Variety (October 1928)

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VOL. XCn. No. 12

NEW YORK, WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 3, 1928

64 PAGES

ROAD'S" COMEBACK CHANCE

Broadwayites Going for East Side
Nite Life-Freaky, Cheap and Fast

Night life on New York's lower
East Side has assumed vast propor-
tions of a highly amusing nature
within the past year, the hide-
aways arid even the "tourist" places
Increasing in prestige and drawing
power to the exact degree that the
Broadway gyp 'hangouts have lost
ground with the regulars.
These freak sawdust Hebe honky-
r tonks, crowded from dinner time to
the early hours of the morning with
weird denizens of a score of for-
eign colonies, with their mixed en-
tertainers of all nationalities, offer
amusement value never heard of
uptown.

Even, the chump joints, spotted by
the large electrics and silk-shirted
waiters, and sometimes a congenial,
red-nosed doorman, are a panic with
certain Broadwayites.

There are marked arid numerous
differences bet;yeen the Esust Side
take Joint and the regular hang-
out. The sawdusts feature fern
warblers of heavyweight dimen-
sions, who deliver from the center
(Continued on page 66)

Church Memberships

V/ashington, Oct. 2.

Churches are gaining in mem-
bership according to the Census
Bureia-u which has ju.st relea.sod its
report covering 1926.

Total membership in the 213 ex-
isting bodies was 54.624,976. This
covered 231,933 churches, parishes
and congregations.

Ten years ago the membership
was recorded at 41,926,854 in 200
religious bodies.

As to the largest individual or-
ganization membership the bureau
lists them as follows: Catholics,
18,000,000; Jewish congregations, 4,-
087.000; Methodist Episcopal, 4,000,-
000; Southern Baptists, ij.,.") 24,000;
Negro Baptists, 3,196,000. '

Boilermaker-Chorus Boy
Tired of His Family

. Rochester. N. Y.y Oct. 2.

Harr^ L. Kairow, alias Keon
Kairoff, .n, Broadway chorus boy
and erstwhile boilermaker, is in jail
here without bail following his plea
of not guilty to abandonment oE his
wife, and three children.

Kairow informed the Missus In
court he never wanted to see her
or the kiddies again. He got the
yen td be an opera singer some
eight years ago, according to hin
wife, when someone told him he had
a voice. She hadn't seen or heard
from him .since until police here
nabbed him as he came to th<? city
for .1 flying .visit.

Merchants Behind Stock Company

Opera Ilou.se, Bayonnr^, N. J;. re-
lights Oct. 15 with dramatic stock
bankrolled by n ^roup of bii.siae.s.s
men adjao.-nt f. ; t.ho tii':Mtr.'

Quick, the Needles!

The "atmosphere" performers
in Mae West's "The Pleasure
Man" have been instructed by
Miss west that, during the
dreasingroom scene (on the
stage) they must not read —
they miist knit,

"Business" is business.

At the dress rehearsal, which
lasted all night, after putting
in this and multitudinous other
alterations. Miss West sank
exhausted on u chair and
sighed "Wow — ^I'm all fagged
otft!"

2 Fibn Stock Racketeers
Get 60 Days in Cleveland

Cleveland, Oct. i.

Arrested for working, the old
movie gyp racket, Frederico Viola,
self-acclaimed Impresario, and C.
M. Blackle, his business manager,
were sentenced to 60 days in the
workhouse and fined $50 and costs
each on charges of obtaining money
under false pretenses.

Charges were brought against the
racketeers by reporters of the
Cleveland Press, who exposed their
faka picture producing company
called the Cleveland Film Produc-
ing Corporation.

■ Viola and Blackle pulled in
chumps' money by promi.sing them
roles in a $100,000 movie to be pro-
duced,, as payment for the stock
they bought in. the company.

Investigation started when a sob
sister reporter called for instruc-
tions in the art of movie acting.
Instead.she was offered stock in the
company which had not been or-
ganized.

After some hlgh-pres.sure sales
talk,' the .«?ob-sisteV coughed up $20
clown on $2,000 w.prth of. stock, for
which - she was to have a role in
the film,. Then she called the cops.

During the trial Viola admitted
he was MichaH Peros, former
taxicab driver and tile setter of
New York ,and Blnokle was actu-
ally Archibald Black, stock sale.-! -
man and pfomotor.

Tyler» Ames and Hampden
Organizing to "Organize
the Audience'' in Major
Cities — r Adjacent Stands
Then Supplied with Legit
Traveling Attractions — -
"New York Not America,"
Tyler Says

HIGH TOP OF $3

Big Sea and Feel Men

Force Out Runway

Runway numljer.'< at. the S.trir in
Brooklyn, known proC'^.s.sionally as
tlre^^^^ya iiora- =-i'Ii p podi:ome;---will = be
scrapped next woek. the nmnage-
ment beiii.g un.'ihle to cor)>.' ^^Ith th*'
roughneok tactics of t\\<} goh.s. Thr
boys just won't ;idhere to the
no touch edict.

Houso has trif^d -sovoral m^HhOils
to quiet the sail'ir.s n^'-ir th'-- r'inw.).y
who in.-j'ist upon nriulin? th--' i

George C. Tyler, ' Winthrop Amos
and WaltOK. Hampden are associ
ated in a plan to help restore "the
road" on a subscription plan simi
lar in type to the guarantee system
of the Theatre Guild.

Tyler is the creator of the plan
which includes a nation-wide tie
up with the Church iand Drama
League^

' The system is being organized
under the name of National The
atre Foundation with Clayton Ham
ilton doing the promotion and
Beauvais Fox handling publicity
Tyler phrases his idea s£a "pro-
ducing for America." Admitting
that he cannot give New York the
sensational type of play it seems
to want, the veteran producer of
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NOT HICKISH TO
CARRY BOOZE
NOWADAYS

Talkers Increasing Production
Cost of Pictures,

A Family Paper

Los Angeles, Oct. 2.

Two men who among other
things collaborate as play-
wrights share a studio ofllco
and a copy of Variety \yeekly.
The day following Its delivery
A demanded B give up the is-
sue he had taken home the
night before.

"Sorry." replied B, "but my
wife took it away from me
saying she and the children
hadn't read It."

The Times Square wisenheimers
foresee a good break for the nite
lifers' kidneyw with the new no-
sell ide'a in many of the nite clubs,
cafes, restaurants, etc.,' thus com-
pelling the nocturnal steppers-out
to. b. y o. j.

What was a silly if magnanimous
gesture in the pa^t of giving the
house a break and buying the poi-
son In the* joints, the managerial
edict again.«*t selling now makes it

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Another Reason

A number of throw-aways
-are being circulated by a for-
mer Keith performer urging
"Smith votefr~rn tHe'~tralIeT

Tht^ argument is signed by
on alia.s. It is that four years
longi^r of prohibition will mean
at K-ast 10,000 more unem-
ployed po.rformers from p;id-
loi."k*^d '■'.abarf r.s.

National Advertisers Turn
To Talking Shorts

Lucky Strike, Paimollve, . Happi-
ness Candy, and other leading na-
tional advertl.sers are reported ne-
gotiating with film-talking short
subject makiers.

Talking shorts are being accept-
ed as the newest system of exploi-
tation, commercially, and relatively
inexpensive as compared with other
mediums.

Advertisers u.slng the radio, ac-
customed to putting on the most
extensive talent over the air for a
plug, are understood willing to pay
the entire cost of talking .short pro-
duction and al.so supply the artists.

Radio names . may be used to a
considerable extent. The talking
short maker will charge for the
work without production cast, and
may also receive revenue from dis-
tribution.

Lucky Strike ciBiiretsr
curing a large number of names on
the "publicity" prorriise only for
type ads, is now reported paying up
to $2,500 for additionally.

Talking picture production will
cost the film Industry from $15,-
000,090 to $18,000,000 OVer the . usual
budget appropriations during the
coming season, it Is estimated.

This additional expenditure will
go to the electrical companies in
the form, of royalties, service and
technical charges.

More than 300 pictures are now
scheduled for . production with
.sound, a total of over 2.000 reels
with $500 per reel royalty, or over
$1,000,000, to the patent holding '
electric companies. Probably twice
that number of pictures will be list-
ed for sounding before^the produc-
tion plans for next year are com-
pleted.

In addition to royalties of over
$2,000,000, engineering and serv-
icing charges win aggregate a sim-
ilar amount. The additional studio
and mechanical coat of producing
sound pictures will be approxi-
mately $12,000i000,

"This Increased production cost
(Continued on page 10)

Two Jolsons on Bill

Chicago, Oct. 2.

On the program with Al Jolson's
"Singing Fool," to open at McVlck-
ers Oct. 5, will be a Movietone short
of Ruby Keeler.

Max Balaban Is billing and adver-
tising Miss Keeler as Mrs. Al Jol-
3on.

Trostitution' Closed Under
Penalty of Arrests

"Prostitution" was scrapped after
the matinee opening at the Grant-
wood, Grantwood, N. J., Monday,
when town censors notified George
Hetherlngton, producer and finan-
cier of the stock, that if an eve-
ning performance were attempted
he and the company would be-
placed under arrest.

Hetherlngton called in his attor-
ney with the latter advising Heth-
erlngton to close.

The hou.se Is dark for the re-
mainder of the week with "Little^
Wom.en" uncler1Inf>d for next week
If the stock reopens.
' "rrostitutioh'-' depicted the strug-
gle of a group Of women to eke out
a livelihood to devote to families
and other urgent purposes.

Mechanic to Lead

Los Angeles, Oct. 2.
OrvUle Waldbrldge, discovered by
Ceicll B. DoMille in a gas filling sta-
tion, will play the male lead in
"Dynamite," DcMilio's first for
M-G-M.

Punch-Board Booze

Poughkoopsie, N. Y., Oct. 2.

Booze on a punch-board is the
latest, her. (v.^=:.^^^,^_w^ _^

Small 200-holo pocket boards are
around. IVIzos in quarts and pints
of Scotch.

ICach board, at .$l per punch, pays
off In liquor.

The boys are woi-hini; the street
corncTs, suppl.viMg Ihn prizes from
nearby auiotnobiK-s.

After 30 Years

Rinhmond, Ind., Oct. 2,
Witnesses of the fir.st Richmond
movie here 30 yoar.s ago were in-
vited by the Tivoli theatre to at-
tend the showing of the first sound
picture in this city.

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Wednesday, October 3, 1928

GDITRY'SNEW
PIECE SCORES

Strauss Operetta Feature
of New Offerings

Paris, Oct: 2.

t^aohu Ouiiry's rour-.Kit operetta,
"Maiiettc," .giv*>n Monday ; (Oct.;. 1)
at the Theatre, ICilouward VII was
very well received, making the
high light Of a period full of new
l>aris Offerings. .Guitry pioce has
inu)^ic by bscHr ."^trauss and deals
with the early lovo adventures of
.Vapoiebn III withMari'-.tte, a pro-
vincial opera .«ingf r.

C^uitry Is ■ splondid as Xapolcon,
and Yvonne Printemps delightCul .'is
the heroine. The dramatic . climax
is in the third ' act, '\vhero Xapoloon
quits Marietta for. political roa.sons.
In the last act a journalist is in-
jyrviewing- Mariette today, the hero-
ine nov.' being an old woman who
'hats amusingly of historical evcnt.s.
It's a trivial story, hut delightful.

"Uh Joli Monsieur" ,

. "X'n joli :Monsieuv," operetta by
Jean BasUa and Paul Cloquemin
and music , by Irving . Paris, son of
Bastia, was favorably produced at
ihe little playhouse, Theatre Com-
opdia, up Montniartrc way. It's a
:.;piey affair, dealing with a respect-
able youth who has an affair with
:t demimondainc, getting himself
wrre.sted on the mistaken idea that
he lives on her. . His misadventiires
are all the more embarrassing, be-. .
cause of his approaching marriage,
and this makes the story, ending
with his escape in the nick of time.

In the cast are Paula, Poggi,
Pierade, Miles. Renhe U'Ys, Tvette
Tessy. Maria Olivro and Tvonne
Ixjisel.

"Bob"

"Bob," also by Bastia and .Saint
Ceorges, and score by Julien Feiner,
Was not quite so isuccessful at the
Mathurins. It has to do with the
marriage of Bob, an illegitimate
son whose father, a crook, signs all
kinds of promissory/notes upon a
secret-paper which crumblcs.to dust
before the payment is due. In the
.•ast are Pizella, Henry Jtillien and
Pepa Bonafe. .

Ex-Chorine Featured
The new Palace revue, entitled
"Beaute de Paris," is the typical
Palace show and was received with
typical enthusiasm. Dufrenno is
featuring Edmonde Guy, former
chorus girl df the Ba-ta-clan, ac-
companied by her dancing partner,
Van Duren, who had- much -to do
with bringing her: intp the lime-
light. ,
' J.,ast-min>ite addition, to the cast
Is ,Tcan LeValliere, son of the re-
iired hurlesque actress, who does
little. The Irwin sisters, billed as
the Irwin Twin.s, also are present
in the cast, which comprises Dou-
mel, Henry, the Belgian comedian
Cherry Kobler, and Tina Meller,
sister of Kaquel. • Pizarro and his
orchestra are an asset.

Sea Rolling
"Coups dc Pouli.s" ( "Sea Swells")
Is the third opera of the last week,
produced by L. .VoUerra at the
.\ta r igiiyV If is ihP -wbrlr ' of Albert
Carre, former director of the Opera
Oomiquc. It had a.n indifferent re-
•eption Saturday evening, although
its . charmingly ramili.ar music won
praise. Slender, plot relates, how
l'"'i'ench ofTicial sent to inspect a
- ua.ttle ship ;travels. to . Kgypt with
ills ■ daughter, becoming involved
with a naughty lady and is saved
by his clever daughter who marries
a naval oftleer. In the east arc
Jlaimu. Pierre ]\l:ignler, Mmes.
;\r;iguy W'arna and Morcella Denya.
Brieux Revived
"J.(>s Ilannetons" ('-The . May
Bug"), bring lOugene Brieux'.^ social
.■omcdy crciated -22 years a'4o with
Lucieri Guitry and Mme. Pdlicre,
was mounted at the Tlieatro Mi>-hcl
. by Trebor. When it was lirst played
the theme of illegitimate unions in-
spired a shocked outcry. Xowaday.-i
it is euriouslv mild and antiquated

Real Vaude This

Week at Palladium

London, Oct. 2.
This week's hill at the Palladium
is rog.arded here as vaudeville at its
best," with Van and Schenck easily
the best headlinor the house has
held since returning to variety pro-
grams. Latter team, opening to a
reception, worked into a riot doing
encore after encore and finally
winding up by singing a couple of
numbers from the orchestra pit.
The boys are hooked on this site
for two weeks hut should be hand-
cuffed to the theatre. ^ ^
' Of the other turns, Nitza v et -
nillc, assisted by Charles Collins,
•was well received despite the
house awkwardly interpolating a
comedy, dance turn to fill in during
Miss Vcrnillo's changes. Shells
doubling here from rehear.s.Qls for
the revival of "The Lilac Dom-
ino

; Oti this -same layout Roth aiid
Shay are a laugh hit with Fleurette
Jeoffric, cblaratura soprano, over
nicely and to replace the comedy
dancer in the Verhille act.
. Arnaut Brothers and Trixie Fri-
ganza are no small part of the
entertainment and Gu$ Fowler is
in the, closing spot; Despite the Jat^-
ness of the hour. Fowler held the
house last night (Monday) but was
out of the supper show due to tne
length of. the program.

Van and Schenck are currently
doubling at the Kit Cat, where they
are hooked for four weeks, prac-
tically offering an all Yiddish rou-
tine oh this, restaurant floor last
night the pair scored the biggest
hit since Soph Tucker's final ap-
pearance.

AustraGa

By Eric H. Gorrick

!

Sydney, Aug. 25.
Toti dal JAonte, leading soprano
of the W.-T. Opera, will marry L.
Muro Lomanto, tenor of the coni-
pany, this week in St. Marys
Cathedral. Nevil Talt, director of
the season, will give the bride
away. Toti is booked for America
at a later date.

GEORGIE WOOD

"The World's Boy," who.se work
has received unqualified praise from
siich* great critics as Hannen Swaffer,
the Manchester "Guardian," the
British public. Dame Nellie Melba,
St; John Irvine and the .American
ptibiic. . Now with Juliain Wy lie's
"Follies of 1928." Address BM/JIM,
London, Eng., W.' C. 1.

REGISTER!

Rosie Dolly Blanked,
But Income Sounds 0; K.

London, Oct. 2.
. Rosie Dolly, one-half or the Dolly
Sisters, is wed to $75,000,000 but can
never touch the principal.

Sir Mortimer Davis, Canadian
multimillionaire, who 'U-^u^d
$150,000,000, has willed half of ms
fortune to his son. Mortimer, tor Mle,
providing it is not passed to the
latter's wife or their Issue. Rosie
la Mrs. Mortimer Davis, Jr. . , ^

Davis' father has also left him
an annuity of nearly $85,000.

Next week, conimencing Oct.
8, is registration week.

Polls will be open through-
out the week, starting Monday,
from 6:30 to 10 o'clock p. m.
On Saturday, all day. .

Register I .

Piker's Father Dies

Principal opening of the week
was Margaret Banner man in
"Other Men's Wives," rather silly
play by Walter Hackett. The Eng
lish start is supported by a good
coast; Frances Lister, Lily Tithcr
adgo, Noel Dainto'n, Geoff Millar
and Pirie Bush. WiUiamson-Talt
behind the attraction, which looks
like running several weeks to good
business.

W.-T. have a real hit in
Silent House," with jVIaurice Mosco-
vitch at the Royal. Shpw dramatic
hit.

Percy Hutchinson in "Mr. What's-
His-Name" at the Palace, has not
set the town alight and the show
closes this week after but a brief
stay. Hutchinson will reviye "The
Luck of the Navy" for few nights
before moving out of town.

Stock company playing melo-
drama at the Opera House Tab
revue still poptilar at Fullers.
Vaudeville dead at this house.
Tivoli

Management worked a nif ty_ gag
when announcing Monday night as
an American community affair. Acts
playing mostly American, with the
Ingenues and Joe Termini featured.
Every American citizen in this cuy
attended the show. First time gag
pulled here. Maybe in the future
we will have an all-foreign bill
[(Americans not called foreigners
' over here), and after that an ^Aus-
tralian bill. Business is tremendous
at this house and has been so lor

picture next and liked. Helen and
Frank and house ballet working
wiS plenty of pop. Os Perry gave
ihc* outfit corking setting. Red
Hair" followed intermisison and did

"^Capitol Is grossing about, the big.
gest business in town and the mecc^
of the elite. Stuart Doyje Is the
leading light, behind ^thls house.

Union Vaudeville ^ „ ,
Acts playing circuit include HmifI
French, Lamorits, Redpeppers^ To-
rino. Dornfield. Helen and Frank
Head Hugo and Ramona, Grand
Opera Four, Wanda and Easter Sav-
age O'Brien Sisters and Mack, the
Enos, Santell, Mustard Club Revue.
PIquo, Roy Ryan, Fallow Twina.
Lewola Brothers and Maggie Foster,.

MELBOURNE ^.
"Hit the Deck," 3d week at His
Majesty's. Show does not look liM
running into big hit. W.-T. man-

'The I^^^Tife" Patsy'' doing well at Royal,
In^ 7th week. Irene Home featured.
W.-T. direction. ' ^ ' ...

"New Brooms" at Athenaeum, 6tli
week. "White Collars" follows.
Carroll management for fach. .

Palace— "Sport from Hollow Log
Au.stralian comedy in 2d week.

Fullers. . ^ ^

Kings— Stock (drama).
"Outward Bound" revived at .

jprincess. , _ it^^

Dion Boucicault and Irene Van-
brugh m "The High Road" at Com-
edv for W-T.

Tivoli has Berg, Jimmy Kemper,.
Cromwell Knox and Dlero as Prln-
cipal attractions. The Ingenues
open next week, featured, . ^

Tab revue still popular at Bijou..
Pictures

"The Circus" still domg well ar

^'"So?rin and Son" opens shortly at
Capitol . on run.

All Around
"Student Prince" oPens at tier
Majestys. Sydney, next month with
Seppie' de Vries and JamesJ^Wdy.
W. T. bought the show from Ru£6

Harry Pilcer is oil the Rochairi-

b«iu at sea bringing back the body ^^^^^^^^ ^^^^ ^ ^ ^^^^^

of his father, Samuel Pilcer, who Ut this house an^d has been so lor ^ «„,„v,^, St.

. « * «i i„ v«a 77th several weeks. Termini opened tnisi_— . Rita" finishes at tn,

died, in Paris, Sept M. in his 77th severa^ ^enf over very big after ^nen ^ ^^^ be followed with
^1.,^- Tuioz^T. hnfl made I r _-_r Tk/fpibnume. I^res- 1 j^*^^g Elsie Prince in lead

year. The elder Pilcer had made
his heme with Harry in Paris for
the last two years, having gone to
the French capital from New York,
Where he lived with his other son,
Irving, who is with Paul Tauslg &
Son, travel agents in New York.
A daughter also survives, residing

in New York. -o- w

Funeral services In New York
will be announced, probably for
Oct. 11.

several wccn-o. .i^,* -r-- — ^..^
week and went over very big after
a good season In. Melbourne. Pres-
ent bill is an expensive one, but the
coin is certainly going into tne

treasury. ■

Pictures

''The Merry Widow" in for ex
tended season at Crystal Palace.

^th Jimmy Godden. "Good News
^rt hut fairlv in Melbourne, owingr,
ft is said to trouble in the com-,
iany Fullers will handle the show.
^ £Jw Parks has left Fuller Arm.

■Tlie aierry .v»*uu»t - — , — Lew l-'arKS . v t„^„-i

nded season at Crystal Pa ace. charge to go mto business

D^SXajS^inT '^sJ:;^^ M^S'I on his owm ^.,Hrvn

"NYMPH'S" REVIVAL 0. K.

London, Oct. 2.
Basil Dean's revival of "The Con-
stant Nymph" was warmly greeted
at the Garrick last Thunsda^

^ ^-The new ed i tion stars Jean Forbes -
Robertson.

Helen Wehrle in London

London, Oct. 2.
Helen Wehrle, acrobatic dancer
recently appearing at the Capitol.
New York, has been booked for the
Savoy hotel for January.

Chatter in Paris

Paris, Sept. 21.
About the biggest surprise around
here is the workout of. the giant
pug, Genaro. He only measures six
feet 10% inches from his stockings
upwards. Those who saw him box
before his battle Wednesday we
averred that he was just a mug
and that a real fighter could bowl
him over in a round or two.

That theory haa been entirely ex-
ploded. The pachyderm Is so darn
tall most fighters can't reach his
chin He appears to be fighting a
downward battle taking full ad-

'itldU^ — • '

ness." Red Pepper jazz band stage
attraction. ,

Corking entertainment at Regent,
with "My Best Girl" as the feature.
"Hangman's House" additional. Joe
Aronson's jazz, outfit, great stage
show,. Ernest Mitchell in charge of
regular house orchestra. .

"Wings" on second run at Lyceum
this week. Dornfield on stage.

Empress has "Lures of Love,
"The Grey Glovei" and
Fifty Girl.'.'

Haym?irket featuring tab revue
and two films. Busines-i nice.

Hovfs screening '.'Across to Sing-
apore" and "Flcetwing." , Tom Katz
and jazz band featured here. Busi-
ness good. -r, • M-A'

"Sunrise" failed at the Prince Ku-
ward and will go out this week.
Replaced with "The Student P"nce
on run. Big Prolog was mooted by
management, but as W.--T. .hold
rights to this play, idea has been
dropped W.-T. will have "Student
PdS?e," stage version," following
Jpera season at Her Majesty's.
"Prince" picture may do well nere.

Dancers Held Over 1 downward battle taking full ^a- | "I'rince pitjiu^^ "-f^^^^

London. Oct. 2. ^11 his height. Another Wed by Dan Gari oil.

Julie Johnson and George Mur- I '^"V B . I umpire

phy, ballroom dancers from "Good
News," .are being held over at the
Cafe de Paris.

SAILiNGS

thing the cunning little fellow does
is rest all his weight on his opt
I ponent during the clinches. They
say he weighs 266 pounds but those
who claim to know say that he is
nearer 300.

'99

''VARIETY

Paris Representative

ED. G. KENDREW
70 Rue d'Alesia, XIV

Oct. 10 ' i'aris to New York)
Louis Aubert (lie de France).

Oct! 3 (New York to London)
Henry Car.son (Washington).

Noy 15 (London to New York)
t ylvia Clark, BobV.:; Kuhn (Colum
bus). ' . *

Kov 9 (London to New York),
Constance Eyan.-^, Monty Wolf (Re

pul)lic), ' , N

Nov. 3 (I^)iidori to New ork)

Dick Henderson ( Afiuitania).

Oct. 2S fNapK'S to New York),

Kdwin Carc'wc, Dolores D''l Rio

(Roma). „■ ^

Oct. 17 a-ondon to New York).
Beatrice Lillio, Noel Coward 'Ma-

jo.stic). , ,

.Oct. 6 (New York to London!,

T. 1). Kfinp. Jr. i France).

Oct. 6 (Now York to London).

J lenity. Hcaij,'tuU._lI-eyJath

St-pt. 29 (Now York to Bermuda)

Laurence Srlnv;-.li, Mr. and Mr.s. B.

O. De Sjiva tl^Tinuda).

Sept. 29 (London to Now York)

W. R. Hearst i Bi rongaria).

Sept. 29 (New York Paris) Barney

Zeeman and band die de I'-^-ance).

Sept. 28 (New York to London)

Regin.ald Riibe.son (Caronia).

Sept. 2c (London to New York)

Kngenc Castle (Leviathan).

The town has settled down to its
usual serious quiet drinking now
that the collegians have departed.
What a Bigh of relief the American
residents let out when the thick
of the tourists have gone. home.

Many of the all year roundex-s
forsake their favorite .haunts all
summer because of the pestiferous
stupidity of some of the wayfar-

•The New York bar is about the
worst sufferer from the university
lads and the bohunks from the
sticks who . don't know what it s
all about. Sixty-two fights. 900
college yells and a glass of beer
down your back are nightly oc-
curence In that barnying emporium.

GUILD'S 1ST MEETING

First meeting of the new season
Iv^llT bT K^idf W ^Hie^^SWlsh^ The-
atrical Guild at the BlJou theatre,
Wf .st 45th street, Tuesday eve-

on

ning, Oct. 9, at 11:30.

Nares' New Play

London, Oct. t.
Owen Nares is to be starred late
this fall In a new SUtro play called
"Living l*ogether.*'

Vlt-'llnla perry reiUaced ,K»tt«n
Reece in title role of Princess
Chiming" in Adelaide. Under W.

"^•"Now'^Brooms," at Athenaeum.
Merboume, by .American company^
looks like running into nice hit wr

*^TvmS LIddy signed with W.
for two :j^ars following success m
• •. I ''Student Prince." Liddy went to op-
•Th'e Fifty- PoSf'on ^vhen Naylor sold rights of
p'u? UP at auction the Tivoli Syd-
nev was passed in when the bid-
dtnk ^nly "^reached ?350,000. The
owners say they ^'^ant a.bout $500 -
000 for playhouse. W. T. have twa
theatre on lease with 14 years td
run W T. pay a weekly rental for
Tivoli, Sydney and Melbourne.

Very old theatre, owned hy the
late Harry Rickard. Place^ badly
nids rebuilding but unable to
carry out alterations, not being the

"""^ufl" Naylor. director of Emplr^
has been a vcry . S'cl^ man but Js

Sow reJovering^ ^^^^^°''^.i'^??h'e
controlling the ISmpire, is one of the
bipgest bookmakers operating in
luftralla and is a very rich man.

Picture Angle .\ /,
Roy Barmby has been appointed
assistant manager of ""^o" ^^^'J^ .
atres. acting as right hand man to
Stuart Doyle. : . v,,r1.

"King of ICihPS'^ doing ereat husl^
nesg in the out of town theatres,
played as special. vi<rh
"censors not ec^tlng a very high
wage here, but expected to^ worK
very hard reviewing and cutting
miles of mm, <^^>^airman of the
Board of Censors docs not geUS.OOO,
ner annum. A woman mcmbei' re-
coTve§ a.little ;Ovor $2,000 for a years

work. . ^, Vi

Hoyts' New House

Iloyts, with wliom arc mterestea
William.son-Talt. will build an enor-
mous theatre in «y(l"<^y,°" ^^^,^'1!
now occupied by Hoyts' old movlj
house. The new movie theatre wHl
be called the Plaza. It will be right
m the picture block. The_new ho^Jje
will stand just where J. D. W Ularns

first started his P^n"^ .^^^T^^H-
years ago. The Plaza will be at

mosphevic. . ^„a,^ "Ro-

Frcd Phillips, who made
mance of Runnymedc" ..^''th Eva
S;?ak fis star, stated clunng his ex_
.aminatlon In bankruptcy t^a^ ^J^t
.tral ian.^-mad&.. rJ^m.^.^'v^^ .,^°\
wanted here. "'if/J^o
he could get monry J'^'^^^^ame
auto trade here, but wlK;n it ram
to getting money for m.akmg moMes
hntikers went denF. —

THE UNIVERSAL THEATRI
OUABANTY *RU9T COMPANY, MZ rtfih Avenue, New V*>rk

Empire

When the Empire first open(5d
with musical attractions the old
wise heads said: "Pictures ^ sure
thing for this house before long.

And so it came to pass.
— Twice "daily "Mother Machree on
silver .screein. ' , ^ v.«» «nt
But the Naylor house has .not
quite gone entirely film. No. Man-
agement said: "Let's do It like those
E^ys do in New York. Let's stage
a condensed musical <3omedy as well
as showing a picture."

And so It came to pass, - ^.
"Models" the thing is called. Dic-
tionary cl.aims a model is an imita-
tion of the real thing-.

Probably the kindest thing to say
ibout "Models" is that it runs btit
an hour. The players include Laurie
Cohen, Violet Elliott. Keith. Con-
nolly, Margaret Grimshaw and li-s-
salie Branson. Staged by Harry
Hall. Business so-so.'

Again the wise-heads: "Empire
can't aland the picture opposition
of the Capitol and the Regent In
such elo.se proximity."
And so It came to pass.

Capitol

Clinking entertainment, this week
with "ICa.sy Come, Easy Go" and
"Red Hair." Business capacity and
hA^s'Teen =T6P "aO-=T?l'BCkS7

Wednesday, October 3, 1928

FOREIGN

VARIETY

London as It Looks

By Hannen Swaffer

London, Sept 21.

Well, what do you think of St, John Ervlne? Has he told you any
bitter truths yet? Has he put his finger right on the sore? Are you the
most maryellousr people lii the world, or are you the worst, or are you
the- most mediocre?

Woollcoti Wants the Earth

Mauiey Paul, ChoUey Knickerbocker of the New York American and
whom I met the other night, was telling nie that Hearst approached
Alexander Woollcott to follow Alan Dale.

■Woollcptt wanted $50,000 a year and all sorts of nighta off and that
sort of thing..

"President Goolidge is just giving up his oince," replied Hearist, 'T.
think we'll offer the job to him instead."

St. John Ervine "Explains"

Krvlne'g last article in London was an apology for his laziness; In
not being able to write a dramatic criticism in New York until two morn-
ings after the night before.

"This is the custom which was followed for some time in London by
the Daily News and Leader," he says. "If a play was produced In the
West End on. Monday Mr, Baughan's critici.sm appeared Wednesday.
I do not doubt that this practice will eventually become general."

May I reply that the practice will neyer be. followed except by stupid
unenterprising newspapers with lazy critics? Baughan did it for some
months like that. The Dally News readers were told, with a blare of
trumpets, that they would not be told anything about a play until
everybody had forgotten all about It. Then, a few weeks later, I met
fiaughaii in the theatre.

"Why I am not doing it the next morning, I do not know," he said.

He .soon went back to the old style— and that is the end of that. Why
the New York World cannot do what all, London new-gpapers do heaven
only knows. But\ then, they tell me, over h6re, that the New York
World is skidding, . ■

J[ do not often take more than 10 minutes to dictate a dramatic criti-
cism, even If It runs to 900 words. If a man cannot do that he ought to
have the sagk. If he has to take a whole day to make up iiis mind he
hasn't got a mind.

A Great Anglo-American Journalist

By Lire way, my editor sails on the boat that brings thia. He is Ralph
D. Blumonfeld, who Is the head- of the London journalists delegation
visiting you from this side.

. You need not make a fuss over Ralph D. Blumonfeld. He was born
on your side in the middle west and he is the only American journalist
who ever made good.

If you want to know anything about me', you ask him. He won't tell
you tlio truth. He is too good natured.

"R. D. B.," as we all call him. Is the mo.st popular editor in London
and the inspiring force of the Dally Express, which is now making the
Daily Mall look silly. He learned how to set up type in his father's
newspaper office, and, many years afterwards, when there was a general
atrilco In England, he was the only member of his staff who could go
upstairs in his composing room and set typo with the master machinist
the only real i.'rinter left in the ofl^ce. '

He came- to London for James Gordon Bennett at the time of the
Diamond Jubilee and made a friend of Gladstone. . He kept the Express
going when, years ago, there was no money in the till,

I do not think he has much opinion of actors, except that he is such a
kindly follow that he wouldn't tell you. Still, he is the only man in
London whose advice I ever take.

I Do My Ow;i Publicity

Two extraordinary things, to show the sudden boom in Swaffer, have
occurred this week. Low, who is Lord Beaver brook's great cartoonist,
printed in the Evening Standard a half page cartoon about the talkers
m which, while other celebrities were labelled with their names my
race had merely, beside it the word "It."

Now this morning, the Dally Express reprints a cartoon from an art
exhibition, in which I am called "The Great God Swaffer"

Don't you believe it. It is only because, for years now, I have been
banging my own drum. If you keep on. they believe you; but you
inustn t believe it yourself. . .

Believe me. It's the bunk!

_ Marion Davies Comes to Town

By th«^ way, just to show that there are no delusions about Marlon
^^r^'^'/.L^^^^^^ Malone at the Matheson Lang first night

ana .said. Do you remember me in 'The Sunshine Girl?' "

«lo>,;^'^^^ * ^'"^^ ^" ^^y^ ^'h^" Malone staged the musical

piay on Broadway.

Yes, Malone remembered her,
fi-iH ^ T'*t>r*^^i[' ^'■'^^ Davies before. She Is obviously a very nice

hVh».. , "^'l' a charmingly modest way by which to idontify herself,
umer .stars please note. .. .

When the Yanks Come to London

, I wonder if she remembers how 1 tore lier to pieces when her picture,
••When Knighthood Was In Flower,", was screened in London!

Well, she has wiped that out with "The Politic Flapper." Besides,
she wanted to meet me, as, indeed, all Variety readers do.

"I treat New York society like you treat these actors," said Maurey
^^1^'' "You are the only English critic New York has ever heard of."
- "We even- cut -out yoiir-TiQtieeg^ Ivbeif'y^u sm^^^^ the TJunclin

Sisters last Sunday.

"I wonder If I buy a play and act here you will roast me," said Tna
Glaire two nights ago.

I wonder who started this delusion thiat I am a hard-hearted man. .
. All Antericans trem^e because of you when they come to London,"
eald Rosetta Duncan.

Wliat.bunkl You ask 'em when tliey go home.

lam their best, friend.

Ask Jake Shubert.

DEBEAR'S REVUE CLOSING

London, Oct. 2.
Many Happy Returns." Arohle
Debear's revue, is closing this week.

Herb Williams goes into vaude-
ville, opening at the Pall.adium. next
■week.

Roth and Shay on Floor

London, Oct. 2.
RoLii and Shay opened at the
Savoy iiotol Sunday (Sept.. »0) and
scored .splendidly. They doubled
._mnkiM.J2alladium:..(vaude\-.ille)

Eli-/,iild« is here for hia .second
season in this room with iiLs band
incron.scd to 18 pieces,

UNIT AT COUSEUM

Tjondon, Oct. 8.

"Young Bloods," vaudc unit, is
booked Intact for the Coliseum
(vaudeville), week Nov. 5.

Group will probably occupy the
entire first half of the bill.

WFLL MAHONEY

Now at t|ie Wilbur theatre; Bos-
ton, featured In Gene Buck's "Take
the Air." The Boston "American"
said: "Let it be shrieked from the
hillsides Will Mahoney is marvel-
ous. . At the opening he even made
the critics, laugh and that in Itself
is a major operation."

Direction

RALPH G. FARNUM

1560 BROADWAY

Stage Disturber

. London, Oct. 2.

While Gaston, French mind
reader, was performing at the Al-
hambra (vaudeville) Saturday night
(Sept , 29), William Tree and his
wife, who do a somewhat similar
iact, went on the stage among a
committee and asked permlssloii to
blindfold Gaston^

When refused. Tree stepped down
to the lights and started protesting
to the audience against foreign per-
formers being engaged while native
artists remain unemployed. He Waa
hustled off stage.

French Subsidy

Paris, Oct 1.

The French Government has
voted 6,000,000' francs for subsidized
theatres the coming year.

Of this, amount the opera is al-
lotted 2,400,000 frs.; Comedie Fran-
calse, 1,000,000 frs.; Opera Com-
ique, 1,000,000 ra., and the Odeon
and PopuIair«, 600,000 fr&

Rainy Paris

Paris, Oct t.
Autumn has arrived with a ven-
geance. Hot weather of ten days
ago is just a. memory In face of
today's thermometer, hovering be-
tween 40 and 60 with plenty of
rain.

WALLACE DELAYS TRIP

London, Oct 2.

Edgar Wallace's visit to New York
has been postponed three weeks. He
was to have pushed off Oct. 17,

Rea.son is that the Huberts are
not ready with the production of
Wallace's "The Squeaker."

/ t- —

Continental Dates

London, Oct. 2.

Runaway Kour have l)non booked
for the Winter Gardon. I-!eriin, next
TOonth ----^-=-=-=--=-=

Whispering Jack Smitli will star
In the I'alace revuo, I'arls, due in
Januiiry.

INDEX

POTClgH • V • . • • . * . • • • i\

—

1-8

■ X^icturGS '

4

-29

Picture Reviewi ......ir..

17

Film House Reviews....

S9

Vaudeville

30

-37

40

New Acts '• ...<.•■•...•.

41

Bills ... .«•••*.•• .E*. . . A •

42

-43

Times Square

46

-47

Editorial ...............

49

Women's Page

48

60

-56

60

-57

Outdoors ........... i ... .«

68

68

59

-63

63

Inside — Pictures

49

49

Talking Shorts

17

28

News of Dallies

44

64

6

.■ Biirlf.saue . .. , . .sr. , ,

=J8_

44

55

Mister Swaffer

To the left of this page Is Mister Swaffer, himself in typo.

Big I and I'm

Mister Swaffer Is always himself in type. He's the Big I and I'm
of ' Great Britain.

Sews up England

Since St. John Ervlne left London for the New York World, Hannen
appears to have England sewed up. He's splashing all over It

Not Onto Himsielf .
Swaff says he haa the rep of being haxd hearted. Swaff meant hard
boiled. He adds the American professionals are afraid of him. Which
means that Mister Swaffer isn't onto himself.

, Falls for Bull .
If an American newspaper man or critic fell for bulling over here as
easily as apparently' Swaffer docs over tiiere the American's! companions
would cast him out of the writing union.

Cinch for Publicity

So the Americans wlvilo in London slip the syrup to Swaff and maybe
get their name In the Daily Express of London. That's another paper
which stands, for England's greatest I and I'm typist If they don't get
In the Express, they are certain to got in Variety, under Lo'ndon .As She
Ought to Be or -whatever head Swaff u.ses for his personal pronouns.

Annoyed Brooklynite

In New York one hears about Swaffer now and then. Like the lay
reader in Brooklyn who wrote that if Varibty didn't discontinue that
Swaffer column he would di.scontinue reading Variety. That was serious.
So the Brooklynite was advised to skip Swaffer's department but buy
and read the rest of the paper weekly as before. He replied with thanks,
saying he had not, thought of that.

bthers

Or some one else, multiplied, saying:

"Is there a Swaffer or is that office stuff, and if there is a Swaffer, la
he possible?"

Or another who coyly suggests that Swaffer is paying space rates to
rant hi.s stuff and that Variety is accepting disguised advertising.

Reflections

These reflections upon Variety aren't nice, but someone outside of
England must stand for Swaffer. Else he couldn't say so much about
so many.

London Office Did It
Variety's London office wished this Swaffer guy onto Page 2. It told
the New York ofiice, under cover, that- Swaffer \vould send the circula-
tion of Variety in England beyond that of . America. The L. O. said a
lot of things about Swaffer, none now worth repeating. And, of course,
that he is the oracle of the world.

Coquettish

At first Swaffer was coquettish in his Page 2 stuff. Ho had discov-
ered more shows than .Tack Lalt had actors, and said so weekly. That
was passed over. Then the I thing. And then the bull. Meanwhile
every once in a while a cable from the London office: "Kill third para-
graph in Swaffer's stuff." That third paragraph usually was about tha
King, Prince of Wales or some other atom of nobility. Sounded lik*
good reading over here. Had no I's and looked strange under the Swaff
head.. Still the killed paragraphs are the best, though they can't bo
duplicated. One such was held out to be rewritten and dated from
Montreal, biit the rewrite man made a bum of it. It was full of th«
antecedents of the Sirs, Lords, Dukes, etc., of England. - 'Too bad.

Letters

In between times letters would pas.s between the L. O. and N. Y. O,
with Swaffer mentioned. The L, O. slapped it on pretty thick about
Swaffer's great impression over there with his Variety column. The
New York office would reply in Its cold blooded way that it didn't show
on the circulation sheet Then the L. O. would say that so many people
read one Variety in England It. was difficult to calculate the circulation.

Temperamental

After that Swaffer commenced getting temperamental. A suspicion
still lurks he dictated most of the L. O. letters hlmseelf. Another L. O.
letter, about a Paris paper wanting Swaffer for a column a week, and
Swaffer didn't like the way his stuff was being handled on Variety.
The next week it didn't go at all, but Swaffer seemingly didn't notice
that. His reply may have been a request for a salary raise through the
L. O. Perhaps Swaff doesn't, know it but the L. O. has raised his salary
three times, so if he Lsn't getting a split, or If he's kicking In with any-
one over there, now's the time to .squawk.

Looking Better

Every one wants to know if the New York office crew ever saw
Swaffer. Everyone truthfully and thankfully says no. Nor will Swaff
reform, according to the account, though report says that with his I
and I'm thing more heavily each wefk In Variety he is looking much
better.

Only an Englishman

Many people conflude that only an PJngliahman could talk aa much
about himself as Swaffer docs, although Swaffer is not an actor. Swaf-
fer's private explanation of the I stuff is that we takes up an extra letter.
It's not a bad reason for a bad habit.

Irrepressible

Mister swaffer 1$ irrcprea.^ible, if that word Is still working. He likes
him.-jeif against the world and some people admit he's really a Class A
j6urnalist. While the I stuff puts him in Class C company this side, he
remains Class A In Britain. Over there. It seemjj, he's safe from expo-
sure, excepting in the cluijs. In the clubs one Variety is purchased each
Wednesday and the entire member.ship reads it by the next Wednesday.
That's according to Gordon Beccles of the London Sunday Despatch
when last In New York. What Mr. Beccles said about M. Swaffer in
the N. Y. O. And what he later said in the Despatch w,as fairly accurate.

Talked About

But Swaffer's T and I'm way is getting Swaffer talked about over
there and over here— although it doos not Increase VarL^ty's circulation
in elthor place.

Second Explanation

Kw.'tff niadf^ one disc-Insure of his I and I'm prliicipU^ He can mako
anoth'^r.

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VARIETY

PICTURES

Wednesday, October 3, 1928

Aaron Sapiro Explains His
Inability to Aid Indie Exhibs;
Need Man Who Knows Them Better

Kpi'iUdhg of tlvo failure, of tho
Inaopendonl Motion I'icturti Tik-
hibitors' Association as a combina-
tion to promote tho ;stariaing of In-
dependont theatre. owners. In.
dreator New York, Aaron Sapii'o,
its first and only presldont, stated
In an interview that as Ions, as ex-
Jiibitors remain the kind of people
they .are there is no hope.

"I . am not the kind of man they
should have chosen," Sapiro said,
"but, of course, I know that now
when It is tpb lato. I admit my
inability , to cope with persblialitles
of that type. . Had I known previ-
ously of the character of these
people I would have had nothing
leas than a complete merger, or
consolidation of their theatres, to
be operated by one. man with a
knowledge of the business.

"What, the Independent theatre
owners needed was a showman, an
opero,tor,. a man "who would know
how to de.'il wlth them, to be able
to tell when they are sincere, hon-
est and loyal; and meet their tac-
tics if destructive.

Did Nothing— Got. Nothing

"I have not earned one cent as
president of thiis organization," Sa-
piro continued. "What they, gave
me went to pay its bills. I do not
clairn any payment, because I did
not do anything for them.

"And this is the first time in all
niy experience as an organize!' that
I have been able to do sjo' little: for
any. group of men. Theif only sal-
vation now is afflliatlon with the
chains. ■

"I feel hurt," Sapiro added, "at
the means they adopted to . end the
combination.. They did not have to
make any stand against me or start
negotiations to" sell out -without my
knowledge. Had those men come
.to me openly and said they were
dissatisfied and preferred to sell to
the chains, I would not have stood
in their way. 1 do not stand in
their way now.

"There can be ho honorable dis-
solution of the iassoclation. If I
wanted to I could attach every piece
.of property on account of the cove-
nant that runs, with land pi'ovided
for in the contract. ' That, at least,
wo'i\ld liindor an immediate sale to
a chain.

"But when I learned of their plans
it was I. who suggested a way out,
mutual agreement to cancellation
of their contracts which will be
effective by December.

"Most of the members of the as-
. sooiation would not do a dishonor-
able act knowingly, despite several
tried to' make deals with the pro-
ducers for pictures, using the asso-
ciation as a lever.

Didn't Come. In

"I did not attempt to hide from
the niembors tho obHtaoles in the
path of the association. Originally
It was thought the assoi'latlon
would attract the other independent
theatre owners, but tho.se who
promised to come in ni>ver. kept

• their promises,. .

"With only this limited liumljer
of theatres the association found it
dilfinult to make. tho right contracts,
and I- told tlio members so. They
became afraid and ran out."

Sapiro' explained that with a lim-
ited nuinbei" of houses here the only
chance loft was to work with simi-
lar coniTjinations in other parts of
. the country. l-3ut he also said that
un'. ■ the New York combination
bei'; le successful It would not
liavo been practical to .'<tart asso-
ciations olsewhei'e.

Sapiro claimed that if an exhibl-
. tor. combination is to siiocecd tho
oxhibitors will h.ave to withdraw
from active management of th<'ir
theatres and allow one experienced
operatijig head to I'un the houses.
}3ut knowing now a little of tho
political intrigue that Kiu'ges
within the bfenst of the average
Ijidependent exhiliitor, Sapiro does
"n^olrTreTu^W"^ lTFy=\vi ll^e\
or he satislied with sueli. an ar-
rangement.

Burkan 'S Welcome

Nathan Burkan, the coun-
selor, meeting .Sam Spring, ,
once again an attorney with
his departure from First Na-
tional, said:

"Sam, I'm glad, to- weleoriv;
you back to the field of hard
work and harder money."

Mr. Spring didn't even laugh
it off:" •

Salesman Socked $100;
He's Anita DavisV Hubby

Chicago, Sept. 25;

Wllllam D. McLean, bond sales-
man and husband of Anita T)avis,
picture actress, -was fined $100 as
one of the participators In a dis-
turbance in which he claims he was.
trying to resctie ^his fiancee from
kidnappers.

The .fiancee. Pearl A. Campbell
of Minneapolis, had been engaged
to a neighborhood boy, but tossed
him when she met MdLean while
buying her trouseau in Clii. This
annoyed the. discarded boy friend.
He came to Chicago with a girl
friend to get Miss Campbell back
to Minneapolis.

They w;ere attempting to take her
from her hotel into an automobile
when McL/ertn came along and
started the fracas. In court the al-
leged kidnappers and McLean wore
fined $10'" each for creating a dis-
turbance.

McLean promised to stay away
from Miss Campbell until he gets
a divorce from Miss Davl.s. .

Harlem Fired with

Colored Film Charice

Looks' like 'King^ .VIdor, due in
New York to start easting hix
Negro "liallelujah" picture for
M-G-M Is in for a surpi'ise.

Harlem is on fire and everybody
there wants to get in the picture.

An ftU-colored c&st picture, "Ten
derfeet," has been ma.de on. th^^
West Coast and Is to be brought
East for a New York premiere.

Among the principals are Spencer
Beck, Mildred , and Flora Wa-shinj?-
ton.

Warners Making Talkers on
Ordinary Studio Lot Stages;
Sound Proof Not Required

«TY" KELLY
MARRYING ON
OWNSTAGE

San FrancLsco, Oct. 2.

M. L. "Shorty" Kelly, who oper-
ates the combination picture-:
vaude-road show houses at Dinuba,
a small town in Central California,
and who has a wide acquaintance
in the theatrical world, believes in
going after business right when
conditions a.re not too rosy. Instead
of. pulling stereotyped exploitation
stunt of haiving sonie outside couple
married on his stage, Kelly is going
to go it a little stronger, and will
himself be the groom at a mar-
riage to be solepfinlzed by a. regu-;
larly ordained nfilnlster .Wednesday
evening, Oct. 3.

The bride to be, Ruth E. Weaver,
is a. hon-pi'ofessional.

For the occasion the feature pic-
ture will be "Just Married." (Par.)

A Foz Movietone riecording of the
entire ceremony will be made, the
details having been arranged by
Fred Volght, branch manager, here
for Fox, It" is planned to shoot
2,000 feet. Aniong the entertainers
will be Carrie Prentice, sopmnb,
who will also be recorded on the
n'ovieione.

Christies Off Vaude Gags

Los Angeles, Oct. 2.

The Christies in the making of
short subject specials with dialog
ai-e not going to use any vaudeville
gag material for their film. .
. Instead, they have decided to buy
up promising sketched or any
sketches which have one or mor<^
di'amatlc situations.

Within the past week they have
bought two sketches that were
shown at the Writers Club last win-
ter, they are: "Bird In the Hand,"
by Percy Heath and ".Semper Fi-
delas," by Al Cohn. ,

Red Golden Directing

Red Opklon, former assl.'^tant to
King A'idor, has become a full-
Jledg'Hl director for M-C-M. He Is
directing "Honeymoon," with Polly
Miiran and Harry CJi'ibbon.

Nobody seems to know Tiod's
fnmt n; ne,

HUGHES STAYS

Los Angeles, Oct. 2.

Howard Hughes, head of Caddo,
has refuted the report of his re-
tirement from pictures in recent, ad-
vices sent east.

Understanding is that Hughes will
take another 30 days to clean up
the air sequences of "Hell's Angels,"
after which he will start on another
picture for United Artists' release.

Caddo's next feature is apt to be
all-adaptation of a current Broadway
comedy for -which $i 66,000" is ^iiTjj
asked for the screen rights.

C. H. SMITH'S DIALOG

Los Angeles, Oct. 2,

At Uni-v-ersal C. H; Smith is writ-,
ing. dialog on"Clear the Deck."
Joseph Poland is writing an oi lgl-
nal for .Reginald Denny to follow
that picture. Hugh Hoffman Is
writing continuity on "The Hou.se
iif Grla.ss," from the play by Max
J^Iarein. ,

Isidore Bernstein is adapting
"Fallon Angels," by Arthur Some.rs
Roche. Will Chapel is writing an
original eircu.4 story and llona
l'''ulr)p is adapting "Diploma," for-
eign play. Tlie latter, with "House
of dlass,'' will be made abroad.

SUTHERXAND DIRECTING BEBE

'i7os""l\^rTgeles7^^
I'Mdic SullierlanO lias l)een siirned
by ]»aramonnt *o direct l^ebe
Daniels' next, "The On-at Scoop," a
newspaper yarn which Ll()>d Corrl-
gan and Grover Jones are wvitiii.,'
Sutherland replace!? Frank Stra yiT,
originallyseheduled to make the mc-
ture. lAitter will be assigned to an-
other film. Sutherland, ^vas fonn
erly Willi Paramount having mado
mo^'t of the Beery-llait-on ."series.

WARNERS SIGN YOUNGSTER

Los Angeles, Oct. 2.
David Lee, child film actor, was
signed to a term coifitract by War-
ner's as. a result of his work in
"The Singing Fool."

Jolson picked up David much as
Chaplin found Jackie Coogan, dis-
covering him setting in the casting
office at Warners with his inother
at a"time when he was looking for
a youngster with personality.

Schulberg Due East

Los Angeles, Oct. 2.
Mr. and Mrs. B; P. Schulberg will
go to New Yotl/i on business this
month.

Embarrassed Ex-Extra

Books Wanted by Club

The M. P. Club lias sent out
.'i third alarm for reading ma-
terial. They -w'ant plenty of
bo^oks, expecting that members
will tire of. cards during the
winter nights.

Anything from Alger to
Freud, but nothing must be
too hot.

Stories along tlie Hays' re-
quirements for plots okay at
any time.

Arnold Kent Killed
In Coast Auto Accident

Los Angeles, Oct. 2.

These spectacular rises of
unknowns in pictures, some-
times result in embarra.sslng
moments for the favored ones.
One young man, who two
months ago -was an extra
and now finds himself inside
, the charmed circle and going
jjp, within a month after en-
gaged' W^^^l^acllng film -com-
pany, was cast as leading man
for a femme star.

The part demands consider-
able wardrobe, with frequent
changes. The boy had been
struggling along for several
nibnths on his $7.50 daily once
In a while and his prthclpal
contract calls lor an unusually
low salary. Moreover, he'd
only been on salary for a week
or. two.

. When called into the office
of the supervisor of the pro-
duction, also the star's hus-
band, he had to admit his en-
tire wardrobe consisted of two
business suits, a couple of
pairs of shaes and other
clothes in proportionate quan-
tities. As result, the super-
visor had to Invest in a com-
plete set of togs of all kinds
for the hoy before he could
"s t ar tT"^""""" "^^^^

This particular lad broke
into films after he had hitch-
hiked his way acro.ss the coun-
try from a .small town on the
east coast whci^ he had served
as a motorman and conductor
on a one-man street ear.
I'revious to that he had been
a baker.

Los Angeles, Oct, 2.

Arnold Kent, 2S, leading man for
Paramount, died Sept. 29 in Holly-
wood Hospital from Injuries sus-
tained when stniek by an auto
driven by F.. H. Curtis, filrrt extra,
the previous evening.

Kent's companion, Margery Coes;
secretary to Ruth Chutterton, re-
ceived minor injuries. The couple,
It was said, stepped from biehlnd a
parked car into Curtis' path. Curtis
was held by police and later ex-
onerated. .

Born In Italy as Lido Manettl,
Kent was schooled as a civil engi-
neer, later becoming a filni and legit
actor on the continent. He was
hrought to this country In 1925 by
Carl, Laemmle and played in two
pictures for Universal, Paramount
then signed him as leading man in
several pictures.

When killed Kent, was playing an
important part In Par's "Four
Feathers." It will be necessary to
replace him and retake all scenes
in which he appeared.

Funeral arrangements have been
postponed pending the corotier's In-
quest. Probably the body -will be
shipped to Italy. Sur^/iving is the
deceased's mother, resident of that
country.

Kent was' the second of Par's
foreign retinues to be killed. Elnar
Han.sen, Swedish, met death when
his car overturned 15 months ago.

Protecting AMPA P. A.s

. A service bureau to deal especial-
ly with its unemployed p. a. mem-
bers liJ considered one of the most
constructive moves yet made by the
A. M. P. A. for its fold.

If plans materialize it will be
tough going for an outsider to break
into film publicity.

Tho arrangement calls for . the
association to first take care of its
own boys through a system whereby
pulilklty directors will communicate
with the bureau, ais soon as they
have an opening.

Police Called in on

"Terror" Ad Stunt

Minneapolis, Oct. 2.

An adverlLsing stunt erhployed
here for "The Terror" at- the Mln
nesota last week caused an unex
pected reaction, which resulted In
humorous calls upon the police de
partment and brought some grief
to Manager Ed Smith.

The gag consisted of the u,se of
door hangers with a warning to
hou.scholder.s to look doors and bolt
windows because "The Terror Is
Coming." Hundreds 'if. i)eople took
the thing seriously and got in
toUi;h with the police.

It didn't take the police long to
fathom tlie "niysery" and the wor-
ried and scared men and women
sorifing^ protect I<vn-.wcrcL^re££U!i:e
i^iiiith, who had his hands full re-
aiSbiij-ing and placating them.

DeMille After Players

Los Angeles, Oct, 2.
C B. DeMille Is searching for tlire.e
unl-.nown pl;iyer,<^ tn fill the pi'lneipal
roles in "1 )yriamit i-," his lirst pic-
ture for M-«-M.

I..OS Angeles, Oct. 2.
Faliui-i; of rival stydlos to get^
dialog pictures . ynder way because
their sound-proof stages aren't com-
pleted is getting quite a snicker
out of Warner Bi'Others. Having
been tlie ilrst in thes field to build
sound stages, W. B. are ho\y .set-
ting out to prove that the sound-
proof structure isn't necessary,'

They kept the f.'iet pretty much
Under cover that part of 'Al Jol-
son's "Winging Fool,-' paiiicularly
the big cabaret sequences, had been
Vitaplioned;on an ordinarj- .stage,
becaO.'jfc the souhS 'Stages Avercn't
big- enough to. accommodate tha set.
Now, they are doing the same thing
with Dolores Costello's "Madonna
of A-v'enuc A," which Michael Cur-
tiz is directing. They -admit that
aside from the greater convenlerico
the sound-proof stages arc not -a
physical necessity for the mokins of
Vilaphone ta.lkers.

They are no longer worried by
the street trafif^c on Sunset boule-
vard, on which the studio fronts, as
they have proved the stages used
for .sbuhding pictures are far
enough back so that the mikes don't
pick up the street sounds. The
only extra effort the ijse of ordi-
nary .st ages involves is tiic organiz-
Irtg of a . group Of property boys
Into (rafnc cops Inside the studio,
to keep vehicles On tlie lot from
passing the stage while scenes are-
being shot and the stilling of all
carpenters' hammers.

,At night, when much of the work
is done, they <eixperience no diffi-
culty at all in Vltaphoning on or-
dinary stages.

Weather Forecast

Washington, Oct. 2.
Weather Bureau furnlsh«\<< the fol-
lowing outlook for weel{ beginning
tomorrow (3) :

Showers Wednesday. Thur.<5day
and Friday fair and warmer, fol-
lowed by showers .Saturday or Sun-
day (7).

Cooler Sunday night or Moilday.

Bancroft Calms Down

Los Angeles, Oct. 2.

After being out of the .starring
part of "The Wolf of Wall Street"
for 24 hours George Bancroft iagain
Is back In. a part he- badly wanted.
Likewise Wallace Beery,, assigned
to the part as a pinch hitter, auto-
matically fades out of the picture.

It all came about because Ban-
croft felt he was worth more money
than he was receiving, A situation
developed which caused Paramount
officials to move quicklj'. The date
for starting was only a few days
away. It was suggested to Ban-
croft that he go home and that
Beery would be assigned to the
part.

No hai-d gloves were ii.sed on
either side. It was not long after
Bancroft went home that inter-
im edlaries entered the e.ontro versy.
The answer Is that. Bancroft H
working and everyone is entirely
happy.

James Ford Miscast

Los AngeTe.s, Oct. 2. .

After .tames Ford played the miale
lead opposite Colleen Moore in "Syn-
thetic Sin" for four days it was dis-
covered he was not for the role.
Replaced by Antonio Moreno who at
the time was playing opposite Blllle
Dove in "Adoration," both First Na-
tional pictures.

Ford wns discovered by Corrlne
GrifFitli and signed to a term con-
J.raet by l''ir.st National for liis work
in "Tl Divine Lady."

PHYLIIS HAVER'S MOVE

.Los Angeles, Oct. 2.
U_nl.e^_^J'irthe renews tli' ir op-
t ion c>n riiy 1 VIs"fTavW=x7n^-1^lTe-
pletion r)f "Ofllce Scahd.-il." her
sixtli starring picture for tin? eon
eerii within the past 12 inontlis, lie',
eoiuraet will be taken over by C.
U. DeMille, responsible for <levcl-
oi)ing her into stardom.

.HeMille may use th" young
woman in his sef!(jnd pii'tiirc I'or W-i
C. M.

Wednesday. October 3, 1928

PICTURES

VARIETY

DEALS

Bankrupt Chi Circuit of 10 Houses
For Sale at $4,000,000-Largest
Losers Neighborhood People

I Wealthy Tourists, Acting as Extras
For "Fun of It," Anger Regulars

Chlciiffo. Oct. S,
A mcetln ar of the creditoca of Na-
tlonflil Playhouse, Inc. once known
iM cooney Brothers', waa called
y^terday by the referee in bank-
raptcy to dispose of claims against
th© circuit. The corporation was
adjudged bankrupt Aug. S. while
being operated in receivership by
the Chicago Title A Trust Co.

After disposition of claims the
circuit of 10 picture houses Is to
be offered for sale at $4,000,000, the
amount of bonded Indebtedness,
l^ropertles originalli- were esti-
mated to be worth $8,000,000.

Declaration of bankruptcy killed
all chance for the stockholders to
realize. The circuit/was heavily In-
Vested in by small family holders In
the theatre neighborhoods.

. RoDer Skating Marathon

Chicago, Oct, 2.
Jack Baker, publicity director for
IJniversal licre^ has completed ar-
rangements for a roller skate mara-
thon between Chicago and Mil-
waukee. Entrants will leave Mil-
waukee Oct, 21. The race will
terminate at White City, amuse-
ment park, where prizes wlH t>e
awtuded in the name of Carl
Laemmle, Jr., directing U's "The
Collegians" scries.

Race will get a newspaper play
as the "Collegiate Roller Skating
Derby." Forty applications have
been registered.

The only prizes will be cups and
taiedals. No coin,

Hash-Slinging Prep .

. Arthur Hornblow, Jr., arrives, in
New York Oct. 3 followed by Di-
rector Alfred Santell Oct 6. They
are the advance guard for Samuel
Goldwyn's epic of the New York
hash slinger. It will star Vilma
Banky.

This is the picture by James
Gleason for which Childs Restau-
rants refused to permit the use of
their properties.

780-fL Talk Love Scene

"Times Square," Gotham pro-
duction Just, completed at
the Bristolphone Laboratories,
Hartford, Conn., iinder the su-
pervision of Harold Shumate,
has a love> aeauehce In dialog
running oyer 780 feet;

It Is one of the longest love
scenes heard of.

ORPHAN GYM MEMORIAL
FOR WARNER BOYS

Abe Warner Denies Dealing
for Keith's/ F. & R./
Kunsky or Skouras' The-
atres — T e r m s Reports
"Stock Propagandas-
Warners Holding 43%
of Stanley — Needs Two-
thirds of F. N; for Ab-
solute Control

DELAYED STATEMENT

PETTIJOHN SLEEPER BUMPS

Charlie Pettijolin, Hays* legal
bower, left last week for one of
his mystery excursions to Chicago
and other parts.

His .secretary denied that he
would be closeted \with Mayor
Thompson, saying that he was
roughing it on the sleeper purely
in the interests of anaemic ex
Tubltors^ " 7 '

Men of achievement, rather than
words, were tributes paid Warner
Brothers at the dedication of the
$125,000 gymnasium which they ten
dored the HebrcAv Orphan Asylum
in memory of their late brothers,
Samuel and Irving.

The gift was inspii'pd by the pro-
ducers also as a testimonial to the
living, so that the little lads who
had dung Oh to fire-escapes In the
yard watching their pictures could
have a sheltered place to enjoy
themselves.

One of the most impressive events
of the evening was 20 -year-old
Louis "Warner's reply to his father,
Harry, who made the dedication
with his other brothers.

"I have never looked up to my fa-
ther more than tonight," Louis said.
"I hope that within the next 25
years I will be able to help him
and his brothers carry on their
work."

president Warner and Will Hays
competed with each other In extoll
ing their respective sons; Warner,
in accepting a trusteeship In the
asyjum, ' said :

'At this time I think I can be of
great service." reading a paragraph
of presentation which he said Louis
had written.

"You have shown to many of our
oo-religlonists how to give ... and
many of them need that lesson,"
remarked Samuel SLrasbourger,
president of the asylum, in his ad-
dress of acceptance.

Win Hays was especially eloquent
Telling of his childhood playmates
and of his nurse. Hays addressed
himself to the Warners: •

"I like you boys. I love you boys.
I love you more than ever tonight."

Several other speakers addressed
the assembly of over 2,000.

Warner Brothers had not acquired
control of either the Stanley Com-
pany chain or First National up to
yesterday afternoon (Tuesday), but
both deals are expected by First
Nationalites to be signed, sealed and
delivered within 10 days.

The First Na,tlonal firrangement is
practically consummated, over 61
per cent, of the company's stock
being pledged to the Warners, but
contingent on the brothers securing
Stanley. With 43 per cent, of the
Stanley stock In. their posaeisslon,
the Warners are reported vo . be
making every effort to secure the
remaining 8 per cent, necessary for
control. . This, and the ironing out
of a few detailSj pertaining to ex-
ecutive jobs under their regime.
Stand alone In delaying the double
deal closing.

Twice during the past week the
neg;btIations have reached . a crisis,
Monday so confident were the War-
ners of it that a statement on the
acquisition of both Interests, in-
cluding all details, was to have
been handed to the press that after-
noon, according to, Ab© Warner.
Then Mr. Warner stated that his
company was in ; full . control of
Stanley and First National.

He declared that at no time had
the Warners entered eyeri into, ne-
gotiations for Keith and Shubert
theatre^ holdings., describing such re-
ports as "propaganda for clever
stock manipulations," He also re-
corded denials of negotiations for
Finkelstein and Rubin, the Kunsky
or SkoTu-M theatres.

Conferences of the Wambm with
their attorneys and others Interested,
starting early In the morning, and
ending early next morning, during
which meals were served In their
meeting room, occupied a consldei:-
able part of the Warners' time dur-
ing the past week-

TfSars vs. Laughs

Los Angeles, Oct. 2.
Emoting and comedy cut-
ting up won't mix on the same
.stage, A First National direc-
tor found that, out when BlUIe
Dove seriously was engaged In
trying to shed tears while
under the saine roof Colleen
Moore and her company nolse-
ily were trying to make laughs.

The matter was mutually
compromised when Frank
Lloyd, directing the emoter, de-
cided to shut . down and come
back at night. That was done
and his company worked all
night In entire peace.

SOUNDPROOF STAGES
NOT RIGHT, SAYS BERN

Los Angeles, Oct. 2.
Sound proof stages will be torn
down one. after another within a
comparatively short time, declares
Paul Bern, Pathe producer. Ob-
servation on several sound proof
stages has convinced Bern that
dead walls Without reverberations
even of slight degree will mean
lifeless product.

Bern concedes cameras and re-
cording apparatus must be silent
and that extraneous noises mUst be
avoided, but he believes the evils
resulting from the deadened walls
will outweigh those that, will' go
with walls and structure less rigid
than the present method of sound
stage construction..

Los Angt'Ks, Oct. 2.

Film extras of Hollywood, with .
none too good pickings for several
months, feel thoy have a new kick
and ai'o making It. Their protest
Is lodged again.st the use by film
companies of wealthy transient vis-
itors in southern California, who
want to play extra for a few days,
just for the thrill.

These visitors, who certainly •
don't need the money, pull strings,
which, somehow, always seem to
be hanging out, to get on the sets.
E>ach keeps some struggling extra
out of a day's pay that means
a lot.

There are hundreds of these vis-
itors here every year, acquainted '
with someone who has some sem-
'blance of a drag In a studio, or
who, through, mutual acquaintances,
secure the desired Introduction to
tiie studio person. Then the cus-
tomary "do this for me, won't
won?" and "It would be so Inter-
iestlng 'to do It Just for a day or
two, "that's all I care about," lln«
Is pulled and It nearly always
works.

The studios using the Central
Casting Bureau are pledged to take
no extras except through Centrad,
but the outsiders are being slipped
in contlnuou!3ly Just the same. The
outsiders admit.tedly mean, nothlnip
to the picture, the experience being
simply a sop to the vanity of the
out-of-towner.

Central has tried repeatedly to
curb the practice, but success has
been far from 100 per cent Mean-
while the, more or less hungry ex-
tras stand by seeing others take
jobs which they feel are theirs by
right.

No Statement Yet

PLOT HARMONY ACCENT

Lily Jjainita speaks v/ith a French
accent in the talking sequences of
Samuel r.oldwyn's "The Resciie."
Because of that, the piot has been
changed to the extent that Instead
of being an ICnglish woman In the
film, Ml93 Dam ita will be described
tiB of French descent.

Columbia's "Davwn,"

Columbia has taken over national
distribution of "Dawn," oth{>r than
in New York state. Within the lat-
ter boundaries the Big Throe Ex-
change is handling the picture,

Negotiations are on for a national
distributor to guide "The Fall of
St. Petersburg."'

"Canary Murder" for Stage

Lee ^lorri.ion Is reported contem-
plating a .stage version of "The Ca-
nary Murder Case," which was first
a novel and may be viewed In screen
form.

If Moni.sun iioes through with the
idea it will be u cUiplirale of the
film, •'P..Ml;.my Trl.'il,"

"Great Power" as Talker

Watcrbury, Conn., Oct, 2.
The entire cast of "Great Power,"
closing at the Ritz, New York, last
week after , a short run, arrived here
Sunday to synchronize the play as
presented on stage. The talker Is
being mad© at Platts Mills, using
the Bristolphone. Work began
Monday. Minna Gombel and John
Doyle are playing tlvo leads, with
the production jointly directed by
Myron G. Fagan, who produced the
drama in New York, and Joseph
Rook, of the Frank Warner Corp.

Besides the actors are 20 technl-
eians and cameramen.

"TIN PAN ALLEY" DEFEREED

Los Angeles, Oct. 2.

The Irving Berlin idea for a story
off ^"''TIfr"if'an=^llGyf-" as -Harry
Uichman's first United Artl.sts star-
ring picture in sound, has been de-
ferred until Berlin can come to
better t#rm3 on how the story
should be treated for the .screen.

In the meantime C. Gardner Sul-
livan and Alan Cros.sland are work-
ing on another iili^a for Riohman'B
ilrst picture.

Yesterday (Tuesday) when no
statement was forthcoming. Abe In-
terrogated his brother, Harry, as to
when a statement could be Issued.
The Warner president, who has re-
used to s^e newspapermen since ne-
gotiations neared the culminating
stage, sent out word by his brother
that he had .nothing to say and that
no statement would be Issued until
the deals are completedL which, Abe
Warner quoting him, said might be
In a few days. '■, .

Under the present arrangement,
unless the Warners hold two-thirds
of each company, the Warners will
not be In absolute control but wUl
manage First National In eissocla-
tion with Its present voting trust,
It was learned.

unless outright ownersjhlp of the
two companies Is secured by
Warners, First , Nationalites are
positive that there will be three
separate identities. If for no other
reason than for the protection of
the minority stockholders In both
organizations.

While it Is conceded that the
First National studio, now turning
out between 40 and 45 pictures

Par Reported Buying
Balaban & Katz Stock

- Chicago, Oct. 2.

Balaban &: Katz stock has been
popping fireworks both In the Ohl
cago market and on the New York
curb. At the time of writing it Is
listed at 90— a 14 point Jump in 10
days.

Favorite story around here Is
Paramount trying to complete Its
ownership of the B. & K. houses, of
which they now own 65 per cent.
Also that an exchange of stock on
attractive terrns is in contempla
tion. Trade of two shares of new
Paramount (selling above 50) for
one of B. & K. mVz on N. Y.
Curb) has been mentioned.

Balaban & Katz and their sub-
sidiaries will show a marked in-
crease in earnings over last year.
Among their as.seta they aro said
to hold over $500,000 of First Na-
tional voting stock.

Young Janney as Lead

' Lps : Angck^s, . Oct ,^ 2.^ ^

Wiiliam Janney. son of Russell
Janney, New York legit producer, Is
now considered the leading can-
didate for the masculine support to
Mary. Plckford in her next picture,
"Coquette."

YoVirig Janney came to tlie coast
to work^ for Henry Duffy In tlie
latter's production of "Tommy,"
Later he knocked at Hollywood's
door but nobody gave him a tumble,
until Jack Lloyd of United Artists
.scenario staff Introduced him to
Director Sam Taylor.

Katz and Dogs

Man starts entering the Chi-
cago theatre with two police
dogs on leash.

Doorman: "Hey! You can't
(jome In here with dogs.'*

Patron: "Why not?, Bala-
ban comes In with Katz."

"Nize Baby" Slopped;
New Story and Cast

Los Angeles, Oct. 2.
After shooting .almost three weeks,
on "Nlze Baby," the MUt Gross car-
toon story, M.-G-M suspended last
week production after the expendi-
ture of $50,000.

It was Intended to make the; pic-
ture In dialog and sound and as a
dramatic love story; then It was de-
cided to shoot It as slap-atlck com-
edy.

Shootlnp along these lines prbg-
res.sed with Hobart Ilenloy at the
megaphone. Toward the middle of
la.st week it was decided the atory
was all wrong. The entire company
was di.sbanded, with the direction
turned over to Sam Woods, jvho la
working on a new story for thia
title with Al Boasbcrg.

When the cast Is reassembled It
Is under.stood Alexander Carr, Lou
Wald ridge, ea.stern Juvenile Import-
ed for the lead, and Sally Eller.n,
feminine lead,_ will not b^ In the,
picture.

The other principals. Vera Gor-
don, Tenan Holtz, and Hank Mann,
remain.

Milt Gross, author Of the cartoon
story, working In the studio on the
story, when told production waa
stopped, decided he would go to New
York and leave the story In the
hands of the studio writers.

Picture is to be done entirely In
dialog in the new version, with
production scheduled, to start Oct. 8.

yearly could easily accommodate 75.
the minority stock situation makes
this remote.

That; First National will Imme-
diately .synchronize practically all
of its pictures as .soon the deal Is
consummated Is conceded. Thoy

^also see the strong poH^'hility of
tho Warners, under a new regime,
sell i ng ^ th c i r-^val uab 1 C-- stii dio_ jsl .oil
Sunset boulevard and' croftiriK One
on the cheaper property next to Uu
present First National lot.
• It is .said that an undrT.standlii.i?
of the F. N. d(ral is that its fran-
chi.se holders go under a five-year
product • contract wilh Wnriier.s,
with some of those c(inlr.'i.ct boifl'-r.s

, .netting flr.st call in tli"ii; li'Ult"i-.v

'on the Warner talk-'i-.-^.

CAREWE-DEL RIO'S RETURN

. I.J03 Angeles. Oct, 2.

The Edwin Carewe-Dolorcs Del
Rio party scheduled to spend the
rest of 19U8 in ICurope will return
ahead, of time.

They sail from Italy Oct 28 on
the "Jtonia."

Christensen Lands w/ith F. N.

Ben Christuusen, dropped f rOm
the I'athe lot after being hailed as
a great iiiipfrtation, has just been
.signed by l-'irst Natlorial. for twe
nioi'e f''.'UiJn'.'i.

I!iiil);uik iinds (niri.stens'm's past

6

VARIETY

FOREIGN FEJVI NEWS

Wednesday, October 3,

Will Hays May Be Invited to

Again Visit France on Film;

Chance for Washington

Paris, Oct. 2.
American film distributing repre-
Bentativies Irt France now realize
that' the only way they are going
to sedure any 6ort of terms with the
French government regarding the
quota and . restriction js to act in

concert. '

Although Harold Smith, Hays'
European representative, sails for
New York today (Tuesday) for the
avowed purpose of talcing with him
several medical films, Variety ^is re
liably informed that the real reason
of the mission' is to Invite and , per-
suade Will Hays to again come here
to negotiate for next year's Amerr
lean supply, of pictures to France.

Jt is further- • reported that the
American companies here see the
fallacy of approaching the French
government with their own indlvid
' ual propositions and that they all
must stand or fall on a unified. pro-
gram.

A weighty proposal that will make
' the French sit up and take notice
•Is necessary at this time. Either
that or the American picture will
be - unknown hereabouts in a few
years. Pointed out is that for the

Rejchenbach's, Ads

Harry Reichenbach, most un-
conventional .of salaried pub-
licists, hjis found a way to use
black ink, big type and cuts
galore In. his advertising In the
discriminating dailies, many of
which ban the same thng on
their theatricar page. Harry
is ignoring the box office sec-
tion and sticking his 200 lines
on "Ijonesoine" elsewhere In
th^ papers.

Among the undie ads and
hosiery sections, he has found
just as conspicuous spots. That
old 72-polnt type can be. used
to handle his special job for
Universal and he doesn't have
to adhere to the sameness he
linds on the page conventional
, for these things.

B. I. and Sovkino

European Nobles Falling
For Fox's See-Hear News

European nohlUty from every
part of the Continent is Hooding the
Fox .Movietone News ollices with
cables and letters requesting a try-
out In th© talking nei!(rsroel.

The appearance of King of Spain,
the Prince of Wales and the forth-
coming appearance of the Queen of
Rumania has precipitated the rush.

Nobility can not be. turned down
cold, One reason Is , the gpod will
created for the ne.wsreel 'and an
btlier the bad Will
ones are refused

Ufa Reported in Bad Way for 0. S.
Distribution of Its Forelgn-Mades

Fihn Stocks Up

On London Market

London, Oct. 2.
Situation in the stock market as
regards pictures is Improving after
the summer slump with most stocks

If the Jioblcl at a premium. .

Gaumont-Brltish Is back over 1 5

to be conventionalities.^ Ti e vanity BO acquire 40 theatres

appeal Is now through sight ^n^fj^^/"^^

'°Jack Connolly Is in charge of the I tlonal company

Fox Movietone
abroad.

News brigade

Gov Ys Suit on Coast

I English Co. Pays $35,000
For train Wreck

Los Angeles, Oct. 2.
Indicating the size of Britain's bid
for recognition In international pic-
ture . markets the Gainsborough

Los Angeles. Oct. 2 „„

Harold Jones, special assistant to company of England spent $35,000
Ithe Attorney General of the United to wreck a locomotive, five-car

■ Unless Ufa can get a national
outlet for its 26 pictures within the
next few weeks, it stands' close to
loping a million marks in the AmeM
ican market this year, according to
an authoritative source. Original
ambitions for this and the feeling
last winter that they would be re-
alized caused the local ofllce . to
shoot in an order to Berlin for the
largest schedule ev.er shipped to
this country. They now find thorn-
selves over-topped with film for
which it Is said they are losing all
hope of completely disposing here.

In 51 last-minute struggle, to se-
cure this outlet Ufa has humbled
itself to World Wi/Se, forelgTi dis-
tributors through Educational titt-
up. F. Wynne Jones, local repre-
sentatlve^ whose contract In that
capacity expires with' no Indlcatlona
from the home . ofnce of its being
renewed. It is reported, liaS been
instructed to make every sacrifice
to cut down pending losses.

World Wide siiice it learned that
David Brill, eastern franchise hold-
er, was not an "employee" of . Ufa,
has turned a deaf ear to the -peti-
tioners despite what arc said to be

tlie. Attorney General oi .ne unxv^u 1 - ;asse";rgcr 'lorry in "The.] almost unheard of concession*

States arrived here for the PU*"Pose|^^^»^"^j^^^„ ^ cameras recording ] cabled from Berlin

London, Oct. 2. iwest Coast xneatres, inu., vxui«.i.«« , ..^--,^..v _ months

of filing charges before fcdei-al ^^s- 1 ^'^^"gj^'^gj^ numbered 21.
trlct judge Paul J. McGromlck that Joseph Striker, American actor,
West Coast Theatres, inc., yio^.^o^\l^^i^^-^ Z'Z.^^'Zs

years. Pointed out is tnat lor me i crmsn "''■^'''^"^"'"^'''riZ^''^f \consxiirins with a number , ..— ^- -
present the French plan Is to .pillow first English deal w^^^^^^ corporations tional's^; "^^^'^i,,

only 36 per cent, ofthe American Russia., involving the sale of Jhe J - 3^ jnaependent theatre owners borough's "Wrecker,
celluloid import for 1927 to be Ring" and two other pictures to be ^eamsi ^^P^^^^ surrounding! The latter .will be

brought In next year without re- chosen. . . ' tprritorv

Btrlctlons, while native officials and Proposition was. closed in Berlin P'^V^^^^/^
the American companies must come gcpt, 29 by Maxwell while there to
to terms before next March. arrange the production program

Overtures with Sudfilm, which British Inter

1- national controls.

Several of those working on the 1
proposition from this end assert that
Washingt(fn ought to make some

Gains-

„r.n overture .« S^—l z Big RussUn Madesj

written pages.

Claudel when he shortly attempts j
a further reduction in the. French
debt. These men declare that never
in the history of any big industry

have such discriminating measures 1^^---^^^^- j^^^g gjosed with an Amer-

beeri taken. They maintain that corporation, name not dis-

they are not asking for favors o"*^ closed, to produce on a co-opera-

merely an even break for open com- K j^^ basis a film based on Leo Tol

petition. In other words, " gtoy's novel, "War and . Peace.

French public want to see American K^^j^ the cost is to be covered by

pictures why not permit their sale. Americans. Most of the scenes
Smith vehemently denied the as- l^.^j gjj^^ in Russia, the director,
aertlons accredited to him In Ger- and other help to be re- *^„„*v,«.- ot tha on

man trade paper recently wherein ^^t^^^^^ U^ifn's S^^^^^

he was quoted as saying that the . ^ ^^ing a scenario which Sapln s picture, "cciaent
U, S. picture Industry Is resigned to '^^JooSref up by Lunachar- I This has given rise to m<
the European restrictions. Picture himself, the Soviet Minister of
men here were in an uproar over l,.^^ TEducation.
the. story. Smith, who has just re- Dire<jtion will be entrusted to A.
turned from Italy, explained he was ^^^^^ ^^^^^^ gp^.^ France,
talking through an interpreter and \^^^^ Soviet Government in-
If any such remarks were made ^^^^^ ^^^^^^ Russia. Sanln is

they came from the linguist, ^nat _ accepted the Invl-

Intervlew was broadcast all over the repor^

Continent. | Another foreign deal was closed

by the Mejrabpom-Film people
with the German firm, Prometheus,
whose help and co-operation will
be extended to the Russians in
their work of screening Tolstoy's
"The Living Corpse." The new film
will be released as "The Lawful

I Dolores Del Rio's Dutch
Fisher Girl Film Next

Amsterdam, Sept. 21. .
Dolores Del Rio, American screen
The latter win be a sound plc- | star. In an interview with Variety'^.
- I ture without dialog. Striker reports co-respondent said her next pio-

.Sefe'ndants named besides West British film executW^^^^ whlr^^ey ^ °'

coast Theatres^arejaramo^t^^^^^ ^tscrTb^ ^ '^^^"0/ t^e"^ picture Is to be made In Hoi-

mous L^Jfy Corpora 1^^^^^^ ^^^g ^^^^ ^ore nearly Ly^^^od Edwin Carewe. her dlrec-

Goldwyn-Mayer. Exhibiting in tor, also here, gathered much pho-

Flrst National Pi^t^re^' 1^;^; here on a brief vacation, J^Vaphio material for background

versal ^Am S^^^S, his way back to England, L°J„/the seacoast of Holland. .

changes, United Artists. I^^^^ Reported that she would sing

Film Corporation and the Vita | w untitled B. I. film start- over the radio for the Berli^ Broad^:

Ing Oct. 8. casting Company Miss Del Rio de-

. Striker reports 14 pictures in pro- ^j^^j ^^lat she will do any etha*
ductlon In Engls-n^ when he left L^^Qoallzlng on her European tour,
there Sept. 8.

One With American [eraPf^. .overs 34 type

Moscow, Sept. 19
Mcjrabpom-Fllm; Soviet picture

Sapin-Pathe Peace

Paris. Oct. 2.
Jean Sapln and Charles Pathe
have . healed -the breach between
them for some time. The two men
were together' at the opening of
ipln's picture. "Occident."
This has given rise to many spec-
ulations, the most important of
which is will they team on produc-
tion.

"Terror" After "Singer"
$3,000 Daily in London

Wampas Officers

Los Angelesi Oct. 2.
Sam Jacobson, Universal, and Jo^
„ ,seph Sherman, M.-G.-M., were
London. Oct ^ r^jg^.^^^ pj.ggjj,pp^ a,nd vice-president
"The Terror" will replace The | the Wampas. The organization

Jazz Singer" Oct. 29 at the Pic- ^ ^

cadllly - despite the Jolson Picture 1 '^—-^^ defection to other branches
is playing $3,000 a day. , of. the business by former press

Pictures are to ^e changed I
monthly at this house Irrespective pigcovery has been made that the
of receipts until "Noah's Ark k ^^^nket insurance bought last year
In. This feature will be permitted . wampas has several glmlcka
to run until the expiration ot the I . k^j^bt in-

Al Jolson^s Opinion

On French Talkers

Paris. Oct, 2.

Halting his honeymoon just long

enough to talk shop for a minute Wedlock." It will be made in Mos-

•or tvfo Al Jolson stated that the cow and Berlin by the Soviet dl-

worst thing that could happen to rector, Otzep, and the German di-

talklng pictures over here would be | rector, Gildensteln
to start them off in English, and

cited himself as' an" example.- • I ^rtl<ftii*«"Riff Onenin<*

Jolson, who has . completely gone .JOlSOn S Olg. VJpenm^

talker, doesn't see how an English- London, Oct. 2.

speaking picture can be a hit in Warner's "Jazz Singer" opened to

this country at present, but thinks an overflow audience at the Plcca^
some French company ought to dilly last Thursday (Sept. ,27) and

make one or two dialog films iin- seems sure of a good run

Fox-Loaned Sound Truck
Helped U's Rush

Unlversalltes in the home office
are elated over their first 100 per
cent dlaloged feature "The Melody
of Love," which was rushed through
in three weeks with a Movietone
truck borrowed from Fox. Piping It
off in one of Fox's projection rooms,
since none of U's own Is yet wired

Warner lease on the house.

TELEVISION TRADE MABKS

Washington, Oct. 2.
British concern, Baird Television
Development. Co., London, has Just
secured trade marks covering the

In it. The whole matter Is being In-
vestigated. The expected fight over
a rule to rigidly restrict ellglbi'llty
of members was indefinitely table*.

F. N. and Germany

secured trade marks covering l..^ , Until merger clouds decide t*
words ''Gramo^sor'' and "Phono- cluster or drift away First National
visor" to cover apparatus for re- will lay no plans for production In
cording and reproducing "views. Germany. With the return of Ray
scenes or Images of television and Rockett Monday and .Representa-

Since none oi u a uwn jr^.. . ---rpct-ps " 1 tive Winegar of tne Defu company

they clucked over the fastness of p^^e^^P^oj^'^J^^.^ ^.^^^ j^j^^ch 15. in which Fir.-'t Nationar holds a

jfnedlately.

Ist Wired in Paris

Paris, Oct. 2.

Jack Connolly, who picks the
spots to plant Fox's Movietone
"mikes" over here, announces that
both the Madeleine and Paramount
theatres In this city are being wired
with Western Electric Equipment. .

These will be the. first houses to
demonstrate sound on the Continent.

—Magnetie^^^ire Device..

London, Oct. 2.
AJiother hew sound device is to
be marketed here, called Multitone.
It Is to be ready in March and will
call for an installation charge of

but $7B0.

Device 13 claimed to operate on
a magnetic wire from the reel
alongside of the film and to be in-
terchangeable with any other sys-
tem.

Reception . was enthusiastic wUh
all theatrical London: trying to ob-
tain seats for the premier. No
^ent in local ahow business has
caught such Interest In some time

Joe Shea Goes West
Joe Shea leaves for the Fox stu
dlos tomorrow (Thursday) to as-
sist Bob Yost in directing public-
ity on the Hollywood lots.

Shea ha.s been in the Pathe road

show department

Yiddish Actor Arrives

Los Angeles. Oct, 2
Muni Wolsonfruend, Yiddish ac-
tw—wh o^ach i c vod- a-- personal-=.tEU
umph when appearing last , year in
"Four Walla," his first English ap-
pearance, has arrived in. Hollywood
Fox will feature Woisenfrcund in
dramatic stories.

the move which important Foxites
say they will never fall for again..

Ev*n Fox men. Universal claims,
handed it to the Laemmle company
for- a -unique piece of work, in view
of the trying and somewhat strained
conditions under which it wa-s ac-
complished.

Frank Wilson Teaching
Londoners With *Simba'

London, Oct. 2,
Frank Wilson, who brought "Sim-
ba" over here, has taught the Brltr
Ish showman a new stunt. Although
this picture received adverse criti-
cism upon its opening, Wilson cir-
cularized . every member of the
learned societies, sending out 20,-
000 letters to include every person
who had traveled to Africa within
the past eight years.

As a con.scqucncc the film is still
a mystery to the boys In doing
nearly $18,000 weekly at the I'olace.

Wilson is going to the Hague to
screen his feature for the Queen of
Holiana^Berort^^
month's run In that City.

1028 with serial numbers 263.194 half Interest, the German situation
and 263 195 granted by the Patent is In for a series of discussions.
Office here. ^ | Rockett had been In Germany just.

a year.

U's Shutdown in Feb.

LEVIGARD GOrSTG ABKOAD

Los Angeles, Oct. 2.

Joseph Levigard leaves Oct. 20_to.l not close its studios

make two pictures 1" Germany for I ^^^.^ February. Then there will be

Universal. He takes with him fu» recess for about 12 Weeks,

scripts on the two stories, fallen claimed the company already

Angels.", by Arthur, Somers Roche. ahead, on Its new production

Glass, hy Max I ^^^^^^^^^ gjjp^^ ^.g^^ . including

and "House of
Marcln, .
Foreign casts exclusively.

14 with sound, complete.

N. Y. to L A.

Monte Carter, Super

Los Angolos. Oct. 2.
Monte Carter, former stage di-
rector, signed by Universal as su-
pervLsor on .sound production.

Schildkraut in Title Role

Los Angeles, Oct. 2.
Joseph Si'liildkraut will ploy the
Litlo role ill Univorsal's version of
AlfriHl Newmann's novel "The
Devil."
Paul Jjenl will direct.

Arthur HornbloW
R. C. Currier
Betty Bronson
Al San tell
Blair Niles
Wm. Haines

Paul Fejos

Hal Mohr

Joe Shea

Tyler Brooke
■.^rVilliam . i Xi9£ii^L

Bayard Vcilcr

Roach's Rascals

WUCOX STUDYING SOUND

Herbert Wilcox,, the English dl-
1 rector who made '"Dawn," reached
New York last week. His purpose
in coming over Is to study the
I sound and dialog field.

Wilcox is going to the coast for a
.few days, then return east. He is
I said to have brought with him the
prints of three English made pic-
tures.

L. A. to N. Y.

E. H. Allen
Jack White
Edward Montagne .
Joseph Striker
Gilmour Brown
Ralph Block

'fFolle- Farine,'^ EunoP-e.__Made . _

Los Angolca. Oct. 2. ^
The continuity for Mary Philbin s
I first, starring picture to be made In
I Europe has been forwardod by Uni-
versal. It Is Ouidii's novel "Ff«il<>
1 Farinc."

U players will go to Europe dm mg
the fall or winter to make the pic-
ture, but no .c^oloction yot has bo«'n
I made.

Wednesday, October 3, 1928

FOREIGN FILM NEWS

VARIETY

VICTOR'S FILM SOUNDERS

Intricate Processes of Pfo-
dlucing Sound Records for
Moving Pictures Proving
Vastly Interesting to Vic-
tor Company's Techni-
cians— -Partially Explained
Here

LAB KEPT SECRET

By Abel Green

Only a- visit irito the rather jeal-
ously guarded precincts of the Vic-
tor Talking lyiachine Company's re-
cording laboratories at Camden, N.
J., can do justice to the painstaking
detail which attends the synchron-
ization of a motion picture.

The film fan, when viewing a
sound film in a theatre, will never
realize what intricate process, la
bbrious niceties and scientific split
second detail the "sounding" of a
flicker requires. .

Per reel of souhfl synchroniza
Hon, a human battery of 40 mu
sicians (under the fiercely- exacting,
precision demand of a baton-wield
ing martinet) slaves from two to
two' and "af half hours rehearsing,
and then devotes a similar period
of time to the actual musical inter
pretatlon of the scores for the best
synchronous mating with the film.

Time and. again, are their wax re
cordings of the music a.nd effects
thrown back onto the screen in syn
chronous accompaniment with the
feature for which they hiavQ played
They watch the celluloid action and
hear themselves in the studio with
In a few minutes after the record-
ing. They notice many things the
conductor himself didn't notice^ in
the process of recording

The -director may think the mu»
slcal ensemble Is well-balanced but
the canned music on the mammoth
disks as they are amplified will dls
close, for example, that the neces
sary bass is lacking. The conductor
and Victor*s own superintendent of
tecordiriff, the veteran Raymond R.
Sooy, turn to the bass player and
want to know is he can "bring it up"
more. If the musician figures that
while he has played as forte as pos-
sible but somehow hasn't been prop
erly "caught," Mr. Sooy tells the
microphone operator to "bring it up"
at that p«int,
This electrical stunt Is readily
b^possible since each of the three
f "mikes" which record the music or
1 whatever sound there is, is Individ
ually controlled and manned by Its
own operator.^ can. be re-

duced or amplified for correspond-
ing diiplnishmcnt or amplification
of sound,

Church for Setting
"The church," In Victor argot at
Camden, refers to the Trinity Bapi-
Ust Church, founded In 1872, pur-
chased recently by Victor as a re-
cording laboratory. The church
1 edifice f oi-ms . a curious ecclesiastic
shell for an ultra-modern, elec
trlcal scientific laboratory and
miniature theatre, with Its projec-
tion booths which are situated, one
each, In the basement formerly oc
cupled by the Sunday school pupils
jnd the other on the . main audi
torlqm floor proper.

Originally, Victor's concern Jn the
Church started with the organ mu-
Jlc recordings on the Baptist
Church's fine organ until Sooy, for
25 years with Victor, and his late

aelm of recording supervision, dis
covered tlie particularly fine ac
coustical qualities of the church
Ain.s prompted its purchase.
I This church iji a 15-hour
«ttronouH roccrdlnir

factory.

syn-
Al-

Jfiou«h \v;iy bchiiul in recording as-
'ignnienl.s ))y . Paramount. M-Cl-M,
Jnitod Artist., ami First National,
^iflor \ui< eliminated the 24-hour

Fox Bottles Publicity

Talent signing Fox talking
contracts cannot have personal
press agents. This stipulation
Is made,^ it is gathered from
one who has noted such a
clause, so that' the utmost,
secrecy in Fox moves can be
obtained.

day grind as an artistic move tb
maintain qualUy. There is general
rebellion at the rush schedule arid
Victor will not "sound*' a film Jess
than a week per feature; Its ex-
perts and field scouts study the
contemporary talkers, hot recorded
by theni, arid report how deficient
are some of the rushed two and
three- day recording Jobs.

Rich Grinds Out

Musical contractors are eliminat-
ing those 15-hour grind musicians,
which brought some of the boys'
weekly grosses up to $600 and $700
a week. Nathaniel Flnston, Publix'-
Pai'amount's general musical direc-
tor, found It did not maintain qual-
ity to have a musician do all the.
overtime and so two completely
new shifts of orchestras are em-
ployed instead^ with, an hour or two
abovo the union six-hour maximum
okayed to finish up a task, but hot
beyond that.

The. church laboratory is musical
bedlam until midnight every day
and Sundays, with a few hours out
from midnight until shortly after
dawn. As it Is, the musicians a.re
cleaning up on their $200 a week
minimum for six hours' daily with
three and a half hours on Satur
days, plus fancy scales' for over
time and Sunday Work/

Many 'of the crack instrumental-
ists w^ere encountered in the Vic
tor's Camden church laboratory, ex
pressing their preference to stage
or nite club work and even to phon
ograph recordings at $25 a date.
But there is more gravy in the syn
chronous racket.

The process of recording starts
first with what might be charac
terized as the brains of the .syn-
chronization. He is the man or
men who originally score the fea
ture. Whether they are compiled
or original musical themes, a cue-
sheet and carefully prepared; score
of so many bars to fit so many feet
of each celluloid scene are pre-
pared.

Then the action shifts to Camden
Either Finston himself or his dep-
uty. Max Terr, another crack mu
sician, supervises the Job, but usu-
ally somebody else conducts. Irvin
Talbot, Publix maestro, well known
at the .Rialto, Rivoli and Paramount
theatres, had the task in hand on
this occasion.

The conductor and his orchestra
have the actual burden, of 'inter
preting the score. They may dis
coyer that a bar or a half a bar of
extra music in certain spots throws
the entire sequence out of kelter.
They must them.selves edit and de
let.e or. embellish to effect perfect
synchronization.

. For Songs

For the song interpolations and
their own musical acconipaniment
to a vocal solo or ensemble they
niust guide themselves accurately;
There are two other microphones
at a far corner of the laboratory to
pick up the voices. These supple-
jnent the three "mikes'.' for the mu
slcal cound.

Then again the dialog, sequences.
Probably made on the coast. They
must be amplified from off thc.rec
ord or film and re-recorded into
the large disks along with the or
chestral synchronization. This Is
but one of the headaches of syn-
chronization.

Like as not, also, the dialog or
sound elfedts were canned in Holly
wood, on the Movietone or film
process. In which case it Is Sooy's
task^to' -snpervlffc^th eirTCDTOtltnalofi
from off the film onto a disk record
This re-recording Is again re-
rec\)rdcd Into the musical synchron
izatlon and uninterrupted sound se
quence made by Victor.

A film must be carefully devel-
oped and then projected. It takes
time and is co.stly.

Several recordings may be made
on iilm and th<>n found the first

one was excellent. It Is an expen-
sive waste of costly skilled labor,
including musicians, electricians
and technicians.

If one trusts to the Judgment of
the supervising comniittee that
.some particular "riiaster" sounded
all right in the process of record-
ing, that too Is a risky gamble. The.
ariiplifi.cation in a. large! auditorium
may later disclose things tljat the
liumah ear could not readily catch,
no matter how ti-alned it may be.

It means either a box office haz-
ard to release a dubious product or
an even, more expensive remobillza-
tion of all concerned In the record-
ing. ■ ,.

infancy

It is Victor's belief that film . re-
cording Is in its. infancy : that much
that Is new. and novel will come
from recording on film . such as
Fox's Movietone. Otherwise, all the
other licensees of the Electrical Re-
search Products are using the disk
process, including Warner Brothers*
Vitaphone which, like Fox, does its
own laboratory recording.

All the others employ Victor
sounding for musical synchronlza-
tibn in the ' east. The essential
sound ieffects, dialog, etc., as canned
on the scene of a.ctlon In Hollywood
or whei'ever the studios may be,
are but makeshifts for interpolat-
ing into . the Victor's synchronized
records,

The^problems that present them-
selves daily in the synchronization
make this new adjunct of the
Victor Talking Machine Co.'s vaist
enterprises Its ^ most fascinating
branch. The skilled and hardy tech-
nicians who have battled with and
conquered almost , every heretofore
known problem of catching the hu-
man voice or musical sound on a
wax "master" ifirid themselves
thrilled anew with these fresher
wrinkleis.

No longer Is the recording of ex-
tremely hifeh or low registers! 'a
troublesome matter; no longer can
a drum or bass tuba or an extreme
percussion Instrument escape faith-
ful ; reproduction in a record, but
with this task of marathon, record-
ings for an uninterrupted sequence
of synchronization^ there is much
to test the ingenuity of the tech-
nicians.

.Beery's So no

'Wallace Beery's song in "Beggars
of Life," at the Paramount last
week, was naturally film recorded
on the west coast. Victor had to
coincide it with the action of an
approaching hobo and' build up the.
volume to conform with Beery's ap-
proach toward the cainera, a
wrinkle that will surprise Beery
hlm.self when he views the film.

In the forthcoming "Varsity"
(Paramount— Charles Rogers), as
yet unreleased, and only recently
sounded, there was the problem of
the dying man who emitted horrible
grunts between the Jerkily spoken
dialog. The talker was all right
but the grunts, as amplified from
the disc re-recording of the original
film record, were almost ludicrous
in their terribly exaggerated his-
trionics.^ It _wa3 patently a case of
poor recording or the huriian ear's
inability to catch the ludlcrousness
of such sound effects, else the di-
rector and the sound recorder on
the coast would have ordered it
out.

Back east, . in amplification, it
showed lip so impossibly: that it
cither meant a new recording in
Hollywood since, because of the
same character's other spoken dia-
log preceding, it was not feasible to
fake it through a ghost voice, or
the elimination somehow of those
grunts.

Losing Groans

Sooy did It. How, Is a trade secret,
but all he recorded was the dying
man's voice and those groans were
somehow lost as the film sound
waves wer re-recorded on the disc
recorded. It could be, as one de-
duction suggests itself, that the
sound waves denoting the grunts
^re"7nit"'6ut" of "thyfiTmri^^
ever It was?, or how dlfilcult or ea.sy
this particular barrier may have
been, this is but one of the daily
problems that have the church
laboratory staff constantly on the
qui Vive.

The actual recording room with
its machines In the basement of the
Trinity Baptist Cliurch Is jealou.sly
icii;>ri](;d. Xobody is admitted. A

Schlessingers Reopen Phonofilm
Studios in N. Y.-Features and Shorts

Dialog Talkers on

Coast Multiplying

Los Angeles, Oct. 2.

Although Fox has released its
first partial dialog picture, "Mother
Knows Rest," and Universal has an
all-talker, "The Melody oi . Love," .
also released. Paramount now has
four pictures with voice and sound
ready for the theatres.

■These are "Interference," all-
talker, Just cpmplcted by. Roy
Pomeroy; "Varsity," with several
dialog sequences; "Abie's Irish
Rose," with songs by Nancy Carroll
and two speeches by Jean Hersholt
and "Beggars of Life," In which
Wallace Beery .. sings a couple of
■songs.

Paraimount is going steadily
ahead with its all-talker pro-
gram. The .next Avill be one, as
yet untitled, to be directed by Wil-
liam DeMlile, which will go into
production alriiost Immediately.
That will be followed by "Drums of
Oude," which Pomeroy will direct.
No silent version oif this picture
will be made, it is said.

A feature of the sound version
of "Abie's Irish Rose'? is that. Hef-
sholt's two speeches are both pray-
ers, recited In the Hebrew language,
which Hersholt had to learn by
rote, as he is a' Dane.

T;ilUlng plc'.uvp producing has re-
commenced at the DeForest Phono-
film studios on East 48th street.
New York. It is by order of I. W.
and M. A. Schlesslnger who lately
took over the combined companies
Dr. Lee DeForest was interested in*
retaining Dr.. DeForest In a.general
capacity. Groorge Mobser Is report-
ed added to the staff of the Schles-
singers over here.

Full length features and talking,
shorts are being turned out at the
studios. It Is said. There Is no in-
formation directly available.

The Schlessingers are also Inter-
ested In the talker adjunct of the
British International Pictures of
Great Britain. It is understood a
plan will be. worked out for an in-
terexchange of talkers, particularly
iJhorts between the two compariles
for distribution on both sides of the
ocean; British International has
completed some shorts abroad,
using a few English stage names
amongst them.

Casting by Fitness

Los Angeles, Oct. 2.

Luther Reed, new" Fox supervisor.
Is now casting "Calamity" which
goes . into production Oct. 15 with
Fred NeWmeyer directing. .

Reed is selecting his players on
the. theory that reputations are less
important than fitness .for. the part

Story Is an original by Clarkson
Miller-

special guard keeps outsiders away.

The microphones on. the floor or
floors above them tran.qtnlt what Is
to be recorded. A system of red,
green and yellow signal lights cau
tion the recorders, the projection
booth and the conductor on every
thing. .

Victor is building a special Holly
wood plant, for sound synchroniza-
tion exclusively. Until that is corn
pleted — It Is now In process of con
stinictlon— <3amden Is the synchron-
ous headquarters. Victor's west
coast recording laboratories at Oak
land are not equipped for this sort
of work, nor Is the essential per
sonnel situated in California.

Pre-Views

Watching sound' pre-vlews puts a
squawking reviewer of the Afriefl
can Roof to shame. Not once but
four or five times, and sometimes
more, is the same reel, run off of
a feature with as many different
synchronous accompaniments. A
committee cheeks each reel. Jesse
T. Bastian of. the Artist and Repor
toire departriient is particularly re-
sponsible on the.se checks. He sees
a reel of a picture over and over
again and must each time inter
pret the same dreary action in lt&
relationship with the fitness of the
synchronized accompaniment. Not
until one reel Is cliecked in is an-
other reviewed; It's the same score
but some one effect or the other,
.some wrinkle of the. radio loud
.speaker or other by-play show up
better than the other. (This refers
to F.N.'s "Show Girl" which was
pre-viewed), although all sounded
only the first two reels' recording
had CO nie^ th r ough Each re cLhad.

Ash Opening New

Paramount, Brooklsrn

The new Paramount, 4,500 seater
:ln Brooklyn, N. Ti, ppens offlclally
Nov. 24 with Paul Ash and a char-
acteristic Ash policy, of entertain-
ment more on . the order of his
Oriental, Chicago.

It will be known strictly . as an
Ash house, with re^lar units com-
ing in from New Haven and Bos-
ton to the Paramount, New York,
whence they go to Brooklyn and
then oh to Washington, Baltimore,
etc. as usual.

For the Brooklyn week extra at-
tractions will bo dovetailed Into' the
show during . the preceding week's
engagement at the Manhattan Par-
amount and then dropped after
Brooklyn.

The idea Is for Ash to put th»
house over in oppoBitlon to the new
Fox already open, and the neighbor-
ing Mark Strand, Albee and 'Loew'a
Metropolitan, in addition to the
lesser neighborhooders.

Henry B, Murtagh, now In Buf-
falo, will be organ soloistl

OTTEESON'S SPEECH

J. E. Otterson, president of Elec-
trical Research Products, In charge
of . commercializing soiind equip-
ment for Western Electric, was the
speaker at the September meeting
of the N<iw York Electrical League
at the Astor Hotel last Wednesday.

Otterson reviewed the progress of
talkers, making no forecasts or pre-
dictions as to the futuria. He at-
tributed .the widespread- a.cceptance
of talkers in the picture. Industry to
the success of "The. Jazz Singer."

mSS SBESSEB IN ITALY

Los Angeles, Oct. 2.

LouisQ Dresser's, first starririgt
picture under her contract with
Fox will be made In Italy under di-
rection of John O, Blystone.

The latter will leave with his
staff. Miss Dresser and .other play-
ers yet to be selected, Nov. 16, lor
Rome, Naples and Venice.

Marlon Orth Is writing the story.

Kfiveral recorded synchronization
with it and Messrs, Bastian, Sooy,
ot al. wore weighing the merits of
each synchronization and selecting
the one which First National would
release.

It has been roughly computed l.iO-
fore that the average cost to syii-
ohronize a feature totalH $i.'..imi(i
to $2r.,000. For .sliurls arovind ?T,-

PATHE'S TAIKEE STAFF

Los Angeles, Oct. 2.
BenJaman Glazer Is gradually
completing the organization of
Pathe's sound staff. Latest to be
added are; William Jutte as a
dialog writer, (M aude ricrke lcy,„
'filhT"fWfftrr^ii"if3r"Jblm RT)hrfs, pVo-
(UH-lidn manager.

H. D. Wilson With U. A.

Los Ani;(>lc.s, Oct, 'i.
n irry D. ^V'il.«f>n, puMiclty man,
I'f (.iji ru-'i from /'iJjrdUd f'tllowinu: scv-
I'l-niift; (if rM-ili'in.s willi J'idwin

11'- -.'. ill /.-il,.!- ell iiMi' (if (-urt.-Jt pnb-
-i' ■• • •! I 'r,;i" a Arti.-'ts.

VARIETY

PICTURE GROSES

Wednesday, October 3. 1988

Heimepin, Minn. Jfli IsiM-G-M Film
And Vaude Jumps Gross 33% to $15,000

iBalto. Mgrs -Merchants
Fight Reassessments

Baltimore, Oct. 2.

I DONvntown first runs are now con-
. Urned oyer a threatened increase

^1- L « +Virnii"-h reassessment.

"?i;ra.lioshowdr.vvlO.()0()ni^tl^ dls-
ami J5,u.o lor Sousa's ^^"^.^^^^^ iirtriT^^^^^^ those concerned. Managers
\" fn'^ihT Twin aifeT mid- r;;e' jo^^^^^^^ merchants in a

^iorl tS, pSld 30.000 people Association prote^tln^O^e

With its first all-talkine "Ter^ol^ _ increase. Dr. J. H. White _

Minneapolis, Oct. 2
(Drawing Population, 475,000)
Weather: Favorable

Dcspile stiff opposition from the
xadio show and politics, ^Ocal^l^ow-
hou.so«, fortined. by strong alt.ac
tions, macK^ crodit^hle shoAvrngs last
■week.

2 Silent Underworlds Not Big

Sel-Backs and Surprises
In Wash Last Week

?Se^.m; h S^^lth a rush Wed
;;Sy and the finish was strong^
The local sensation Was tlie
Hpnnepin-Orpheum^P .^y^^^^^
itial M-G-M Plptur^, I^xo^^^^^^

theatre is 60 per cent.

The talkers are rapidly spreadmg
to the second and later run houses
here. Associated Theatres, .owner

a.cnu<JiJiii'?^'i "~---- • .,T>vrf>ss Bap- here, associulcu •

itial M-G-M P^ctu^, I^xcebs {^^^^^ important neighborhodo

jumped its avcrase^gross 33% pel .^^ "^^"'^ser. that t u.

the credit. „ . ^ v.i Terfor^' in second week, contmued

Failure of "Four S6ns to do bet- Terror ^^'l^''"^'-

^^^cSS^%:^^^^ ^Kh dancing

li^arS^* H^fe^Sr^ the outlook wasn't so

other war picture, continued in sec. continued runnmg in

ond week 'to 3am them in at the Uosy Cent ^y^ "'^^r^^fth^'^.^lwo
Strand and again holds over. |t^„iey was only fair w th ^, Two

iving business section houses to wu e ..^^.e Camera-man Weatht r gen
'and^lik.wise i3, the _elty^ first a^- - -

Following None, Leading ^ All

A slogan particularly aPg^aW|
to Meyer Davis' SWANL^E—one
Most Beautiful Ballroom in Amer-

A sunken dance floor— atmosphere
of throknge grove-subtle lighting
that enhances womanly charm and
beauty— in a word Swanee has IT.

WASHINGTONIANS are justly
pr?[id of this M15YER DAVIS
creation.

"Lovers," $20,000, Best
In Denver's De Luxe

"The '-ameiiMii""- , — i.^rn
amr likewise is the city's nvst ^^ally favorable below season tern
?nosphenc showhouse It is wi lim L^.^t^re prevailing,
^block of the ^}-^^^^ E.,:„,tes for

has been charged uptown. Openrng L^^gg^s^^^^^^ '^'^^yi "f-rtremen-

best-payihg
T<Iight pi-io.eK

Estimates for Last Week
CeMur^JLoew) -^-^S3 Bag-

nils neen cuuib^" ^j,.-..--- -
attraction was •'Glorious Betsy.'

Estimates for Last Week
: Minnesota (F&K-Publix) (4.200;
75 "riie Terror" (Warner, wu-ed)
Itid Fublix stage show ,unit "Sunny

openinr"l^lamed. Nights tremen^^
dous. stage show, High Hat, wt,ii.
liked Big week at near $'-25,000.
''^St'anley^Loew., Stanlfey-Cram^^^^^

—"TWO liOvers" (3.600,
(wir^d). Very fair. Names respon

faction. "Around $32,000. . Best week
in some ume.

State (F&R-Publix) (2,500; 60)
♦'Four Sons' (Fox) and
orchestral presentation.

(Whitehurst) ^^(w'o7.^B^o7
"Pl'istered in Paris" (1,800;
one-week stop-gap J^etweenlong-
Ingram run talkers. Only fair and not one
Picture to buck stiff opposition. $8,000

SS^'^^xcJpUonaliy • but failed to I ^^Valenda (Loow-Uj A;)-^Cam.r

anvwhcre near ^Hawing man (^;:^;f"^v,.;^i>nt, but doesn't
sti^Migth expected and ^owed out cided j,>j^I""p^Se extremely well

and puhlloiti clcpartment for ^Ger- 61^^^^^^^ (Loew-U. A.)-*'Dancing
man trade. Ministers and priests i-art^^^^ (wired) (1.000; 15-35).
were induced to urge Pationago D<m»^U^^^^^

from pulpits, talks were made in its If'f wecK started big and

behalf before German societies and uptown than ^ ^Vhou'^e
German mailing list and ""vspapor enaea ^^-^^^^^ ^g oOO, big for house

■Sint^rS^a{?^nsS?a^^^-i^^ <«chanberge^)-3ichl-

^^^;;Sel^^°^pHeum (Keith's) ( V - ^;^^-e^t^^;^ -
890- 40-60) "Kxcess Baggage" (M- ^pi,'^. Picture apparently well re

G-M) and vaude. Pncea boosted l^j^.^d. About $12^00. ,

10c lower floor week nights, out | M„+,.«r,nlltan (Bqu

Denver, Oct. 2
(Drawing Pop., 40Q,0<)0)
Weather: Cool and Fair

Show business here went to two
theatres last week, Aladdin (inde)
•Cr the all-talking •'Terror,'' second
W'eek, and Denver (Publix), where
"Lilac Time." with sound packed
■em in "Light of New York (2d
ru^) with sound, also got a play at
the America, but the remaining
houses didn't have much trade.

Colorado (inde) passed from the
ownership of Ed A., Bishop, one-
Ume'mnuonalre now >^> oke into the
hands of the lessor,. Horace
Bennett. Doors weren t closed
deS-pite paltry business .Kings
(2d run at pop- prices) opened
fairly strong at the State.

Estimates for Last Week
Aladdin (inde) (1,500: aj-SO-JS)
"The Terror" (Warner) first week
around $10,000; second week every
apiSance of duplicating. Crowds
lined up for half block nearly every

A^merlca. (Inde) (1,500; 20-35-50).
"ThT Midnight Taxi" (Warner) du
well at $4,800, getting best pa it of
Curtis street showgoers. House has

"The Head Mart" (F. N.) didn t
mean a thing to most, with no name
Except Charlie Murray. Hollywood
T>'ihv Stars on stage, m. c. d b>
Davl Good, only interesting feature

^^Denham (stock) (1.732; 60-$l-
$1 50) Romance," starring Alice
Brady, pulled this house several

Washington, Oct. 2.
(Drawing Pop., 450,000)
Weather: Right

Some upsets last^wcek.

"The: water Hole" beat. the previ
ous week at Locw's ralaoe. .

"Four Sons" started big^at the
Fox and then the town got the

^nJiiW^cflSiff'^Sab^^cUe
at U?e Svrle after the new^ high
«,r,iroc. rung up during the two

ana''th\ equipment wasn't

„„? wik with ••Man-M^.d. Wome>.
billQa above six acta.

Estimates »or Last Week

$16,000, ended under $10.0^^^^

J^s Angele.s, OcA. 2.
(Drawing Pop., 1,450,000)
Weather: Fair

-That bogey man, the clrous, ia
town last half of week. It was
Solls-Floto's outfit, and here for
five day.M; What it did to matinee
trade in the . picture houses ^vas no
secret. Night trade fair, but noth-
lAg to hrag about with (he excep-
tion of the Warner house ih ^'v^'
wood, where "State Street Sadie,'
talker, came in for a two-woek so-
journ. This, like all talkers he.r(%
got olt to a whang of a ^'tart and
turned- them, away every night,
over $30,000 (irst stanza. ,
Seems Avhen it comes ^ to the
silent stuff that the underworld
pictures are pas cn^^^'f./^"'
locals. With Metropolitan and .
State each having one. neithei got
out of the attraction what they

o1.ay-V the Show ^V.^.,*--

Who Laughs ,(U)

wf^^'^V^aSw-^ S -ith' ^ound bouse om>^^|— ^^^Vo days
^^i'^. H^ fS^f Including ihidnight ?C/70^^^^^^ Sexes"

wlr?d 3,«2; 35-5i;-75-). . . Another ■ — ^-pWessed.

■O wecrva. ^ . ^

(1518; 35-50).. . Repeat week;

week. "Excess
was no panic at tiie

iS^^S;r^^.%^l?^o^2

^"^iliesf'GiJ^'^^n next to fin^
w.cS'^ai^he %tmore dropp^ about
$2,000 below the fifth wee ic

Estimates for .Last Week
Biltmore (Erlangcr). "Godless

"^°""'?SneTto Ke this to git Oct. .6 forJSimba.';,^_ ^

Core.

"SiDging Foal" lay Stay
4 Weeks in Syracuse

jt Oct. b ior_^-"-- . ^j^p.

Hfd?'"'?pS "Su^ con-
sidering Conditions 'locally, okay at

$6,000. . :. ^. . , C.-Miller),

Short first week none^too a^JI^^f^^!!
at $15,000. Less than Liiac J im
on initial week. ..^yjngs"" wired

. . cents, ,o.,e,n„ ^^^^V^^^'^^
on Saturday and Sunday at Schine^s oqq, great.
E^-ircl here, breaking all records for Egyptian
k'5r-_,.^r'«„n,ifLv nicht it was nec- T,„„„ace"

Syracuse, N. Y- Oct. 2.^
Ai Tolsoh's "The Singing Fool
•at^Js'cS rolled ^P^ over $^0

C.-U. A.), "Kxcf ■

hundred dollars over expenses, or ] { here,. breaking au recorua . Egyptian I vv. «-^-v 25.75).
$7,500 Getting beavy society, play. ^^J^^^JJe, Sunday night it was nec- p^ggage" (M.-G.) f'^^^\^Jl^ 'the
' Denver (Publix) ^2.450; 30-60) J the ho p^uce and fire- ,^1,^3 Haines not too^fortehei .^^^^

"Two Lovers" (U. A.) and stage J handle the mob. Betting p g-^^j stage

s^pi^^led in boys and f irls^ast J m^^^^^ the picture will go at least L^^^^ t^.^ard $8,500
This establishment at least has ntie " „ Qrauman's Ch

Su'enl talking-getting botl^ abu^^^ irteek. with "The Toilers." "White Shadows

linese

(U. A.).

Metropolitan (Equity .Corp.)—
"The Te?ror" (2d week) (wired) a-
400; 25-50). Continued big. One
wecli to go.

remain 75c Sundays. Four shows,
Instead of three, new Sunday sched-
ule. Great show for the price,
vaudeville excellent and Picture

pleading. Wm^^feu^^^^ . x <lf>IK KnO

house always weak, but with M-G- hy*^f BoStOIl, at $45,5UU
M pictures' advent screen portion inci., xjupw , ^ . ^
of entertainment is being, billed and DoUblCS NcaTCSt IxXOSS

advertised by Frank N. Pliclps dis- I UUUUi^^

trlct, man.'iger, over vaude and ex-
))loited on <>ircus scale. Sund.ay
trade very big and lower floor holrt-
oirta every .night..- Snappy,- fast-'
moving vaude de.«prves split, credit
with picture for one of biggest
draws since Minnesota openmg and
33 Va per cent jump in takings.

^^Ln^'cF^n-Publix) (1,500; en)
••Wings" (Pnr) ^ ^ v

citizens laiKiiiB — t,'^--"-' , . „ ;„nn<;^
and praise, but regularly cUckmg.
$20,000 if a dime. So will J-^nac
Time," now current. .

Empress and Broadway both
dark. Bert Levey vaude starts at
Empress Oct. 6, four shows dailj

^'o'rp"heum (vaude) (1.600; 15-50-
75) Good bill. "Ci-aig's Wife
(Pathe) on screen; good comment.

''^i^ito (Publix) (1.0^: ^2^-^:
T'Pefr ect crime" - (F. B. O.) m

"7 \ with "The Toilers." 1 "White Shadows" (M.-G.y wired

$9,000 qtt the Eckel. veith's off and nights fair; $16,500. •

All de luxe houses, Pi^s ■ 1 oew's State (W. 9; s 7.?942 '

vaudfilm. reported excellent ^ bus - ,.^o«- City Blccps''^(M.-G.) (^^42.

ness over the week end. ^.^^fj^ 25-$l). For Chaney. not -so ,P g^o.
Street Sadie." bowing n at the I ^^^^ M., stage show «air. $-J^
Strand, had them standing up Doui ^j;,etropolitan wired '

day.s. "Lilac Time." which it re ..j^ ^ (,f New York (*^an Wugrg
'p&, did $8,000. -P-^ .(?595:. 25-75^^ This von Sternberg

Xoew!s.mat^,Pl^^JSS,

Boston, Oct. 2
Weather, Cold and Rain

ricture business, last week strong
with weather conditions ideal.
Metropolitan ahead of all the

niblix) (1,500;

Second -wcok with i^y ^cajnp^ .tn u^^ ^ s<^

id, Um ?i0.uuv;, oi;^^ (3,595: <:.->-(a;- as

ew's state, playing "Tbe Cam- ^t^^^ed great^

a^^;A^d-t^kies:he^;»

^J^^^^^^-r^^ «furS^S;.t « ) -Battle 0*

..^^^;;s" (Por). ^ccond^wcok with Uyx^^ the liouse

Httle H'tdown in ruslung^,./. ^Jlo^^ V^itjgcr : money^niaking clas.

"jviQaei riuiii ■'"""7",":,-.
around $8 00 for last half.

$28,000 for"Wings"
Hip, Buffalo, Record

over

"Red

for thh-d week.
l,v Mtnrm; $14,000.

■pantaqes (1.600: ■ .

Lips" (V) and v.niule. Show P^(^•»s<;:
•lnl1 po.«sp.ssod little h. o. viiliio; $(■,.•
000 good enough under circum-

^TvHc' (F^'R-Pubiix^ n. 300; nr.-.

..?S!v'' Grain of Dust" CTirr.nv^
«'rinRt".-abiiA:fi . fivernnre and PSJl \

over recent wcek.s.

COSTUME S

hire:

PRODTTCTIONS^
EXPLOITATIONS
PK^ENTATIONS

US^^-fS^^^SdJ^Uh^bw.
l.'o "the week the bouse Ri-^ossed $4^.^^
&00, with "i'^-P^ars of L re f^.au^^^
piciuie, supported by a fauly hti o^t-

""'f; la\he State, the other la;;ge
hou.se here, things w^l^c being . P^^

innc, "Our Dancing T^^^f'^JjT^^
With the picture for lai.t weeK.
lii s cr Ke; It.n in "The Camera-
mnn" (M(iM.), the house grossed
shghtly undi-r $21,000. •

Estimate for Last Week

! Metropolitan (4,000; 60-75) -

I ■ i', .'cars of .I'ifo." $l.>.r.OO.

srate (4.000; 50-6r,)-"The . Cam-

' .a-mvui"' with Anatole

$17,000.

Buffalo, Oct. 2
(Drawing Pop., 500,000)
Weather: Cold

Tiptop last week. «hfa'.s Hip
broke its 15 -year mark. All do^^n
Swn houses are now wired.
Estimates for Last Week

Buffalo (Publix) .(3.6^00; 35-^^^

^^SurSrl ° Boi^omee ^i;^,wed

.show for draw. ?30,-1W).

Hipp (Tubllx) (2.400. 60)

XtTea^iraespKo -ve notices

arawlng EJa^njr o..t.«<le the usual

fan ranks. .

{,.^^ iinnkt! of about the same
fthri^ctnre, retailed for $1, and
the iue for the week was over

'•'Keith's did m the .neighborhood
S14 000 for the week. I'oi tnt

Martv Duproe'H Musical follies.
malSg its first \"cal appearance
in the big house; it had twice dc
Ki-fplayed %Z 7nTt

okay"ar$Y8:000. That Griffith nam*
Rtill means lot^VV °''State Street !

stand them out. too, at nigm.
week around $30,300.

a^hot«»^

Lafavette (Indep.) (.io-rtii^ wheels, one reviewer remarKcn

"Happines" Ahead" (FN), ^aude the whe^^^^ condoned In vaoide-
BuK off ""ten !\;^S?e%^7o'f vine' m^^^^ the ..hade of B, F. Keith
signs of a comebaxik before ena u | variety."
1 week, $12,000.

Mayor Behind Ash Parade

Chicago, Oct, 2.

With a personal letter ^^-^^ ^i^,
or Thompson asking J^; ° 'jal
street merchants to co-o o.ate
exploiting the return of l>ul
tn the Oriental, Bill 1 me , .
S^^publicit^^olll^inr^^:
to cover the entire rialto ^% 'th 0* ,

ner and flag displays. ,,,,,oglz«l
In his letter tbe mayor . ulog^^^^
Ash to the limit and asked the m
chants to come tbrough ^^^t ev^^^^^^
thing. A parade of- autom. «
corted by motorcycle cop.s d. Uve
Ash to the Oriental th-atrc 11;%
iay although Ash did not -.p-'.
Saturday.

Wednesday, October 3, 1928

PICTURE GROSSES

VARIETY

9

Jolson $3 Film, $42,900, 1st Wk;
Roxy Off to

"Beggars'' Puts Par Over

Willi practically a throe-day week
end as a start, due to the Jewish
holiday Sept. 24, Broadway picture
houises held steadily, showing no
decided dips or scaling of the
Jieightig. . , emphasized Its

presence by contiilued cool weather
and interest seemed to revolve
around three points.

Those spots included the Winter
Garden where Al Jolsua's latest
went to $42,900. on its initial full
week plus its first Monday's extra
show and at a $1, $2 and . $3 scale.
Paramount twinkled in staying
above JoO.OOO two weeks running,
"Begh'ara of Life" this' time; "Phis-
tered in Paris" chO])ped the Koxy to
five fi^iiiros, ?04,500, for the first time-
In 1 1 woi'ks. •

''OtlicM"vviKe thoi street was normal
despite that there is another abun-
dance of holdover pictures tliis
week. .

The Capitol's $69,050 for "Excess
Bagsasfc" is somewhat short of a
cordial invitation for a second week,
yet JVl-G-RI -has started booking
features into this house foj- fort-
night runs. "Our Dancing Duujfh-
ters," due Saturday, Is ahOtlior of
this group. "Liion and tho Mciuso"
Is retained by the Strand alter a
satisfactory but not particularly
heavy $38,400. That figure takes on
some Imr)ortance in lieu of the pic-
ture having played up the Street
at Warner.s for $L'.

"Two Lovers" didn't stort out any
too smartly at the Rivo.ll but wound
up with $32,500, which \s good.
Jannlnga' "Patriot" took Its first
real slide on Its sixth week to S25,-
400, descent of $6,200. Both tho.si'
pictures will depart Oct. 11 t-) make
room for "The BattLi of the Sexe.s"
at the HInlto, and "Wedding March"'
at the RIvolI for Columbu^s Day
opening.*? Oct. 12..

.Colony on Grind

Unlvf-rsal's Colony is back in the
erind running and pushed off Sun-
day with the sounded "Lonesome"
and Ren Bernle's band on the stage.
Picture is penciled in for four weeks
and enjojed a strong take off. The
Cameo Is holding "Q Shipa" a third
week and possibly a fourth, al-
though a drop of $1,300 was marked
here at just short of $6,^00.

"Siilimarine" Is going along
smoothly but thinned at $7,900. This
one is supposed to stick until the
end of. the month at which time
"The Bellamy Trial" w.ljl probably
arrive. Pox is in its last week of
the Globe tenancy and "Mother
Knows Best" terminates this week
after $9,600 in Its second week. "Air
Circus" is also due to blow the
Gaiety with "Four Devils" arriving
Wednesday.

"Wings" stays up there at $12,100
but will likely be yanked when "In-
terference" is ready. It should give
the air spectacle about 65 week.s
at the Criterion. . "Lilac Time" is
running .along easily clicking off
$14,500, "White Shadows" doe.sn't
have to worry at $18,550 and Warr
riera I.s still giving $20,000 a lot of
time with "The Terror" and will
have "Noah's Ark" there Oct. 29
Estimates for Last Week

Astor— "White Shadows" and
sound (M-G-Cosmo) (1,129; $l-$2)
(10th week). Approachingk third
month and still showing substantial
figures; $18,550.

Cameo— "Q Ships" (New Era)
(549;_ 50-75) (3d week)_._ Good.-sllce.
mdbr previous week, but holding
over again and hou.se may hold It
fourth week; $6,200'.

Capitol— "Excess Baggage" (M-G)
(4,620; 35-50-75-$l-$1.50) (2d week).
Booked in , for two weeks; $69,650
neat total, but not overly heavy;
"Our Daneing Daughter.s," (M-G).
next; also for two Weeks, to ihaugu ••
Tate sound program.
^.„9?"*''^'~"I^^Jac Time" and sound
(PN) (922; $1.$2) (9th week). Set-
tled into smooth gate; $14,500.

Colony- "Lonesome" and sound
(U) (1,980; 35-50-60-75-99) (1st
Week). Universal, house reopened
Sunday on grind With Ben Bernle's
band as stage attraction; picture
supposedly here for four weeks.

Criterion— "Wings" (Par) (836;
$l-$,2) ((ioih week). Ilolding up,
but will, go when "Interference"
ready; $12,100 last week; will prob-
ably lotiil C,') weeks on windup.

/r.,^*^ ^ ^ y— "Submarine",.. (Col)
(5!)r.; $t-jo) week). Down

again, thLs lime by $400, but $7,900

LelTamyT^rlal" (M-O) being ex-
ported hoie at that time.

Gaiety— "Air Circus': and Movie-
tonf- (Fox) rSOS: $l-$2). Quittiiur
early Ums week to let "I'Vjur J)evll.s"
(I'ox) come in; has had four weeks
JtrTo'^ trade; final full week.

Globe— "Mother Know.s Best" and
Movietone (Pox) (1,416; $l-$2) (3d
week). Fox tenancy of house ends
"•M. 8, theatre reverting to mu.«?ical

Wm. Fox's Own Office

Williain Fox's personal Of-
flC(8 is now permanently es-
tablished In the Roxy theatre
ibuilding, '•■ .•

The. quarters in the home
ofnce buildlhg are still main-,
talned for occasional visits by
the chief executive.

Fox picked 7th avenue for
its convenience and because
he at last is beginning to ad-
mit that his river site is too
far in . thri ''sticks," with all
of the merger talk breaking
on Broadway.

"Daughters" Not Strong
At $20,000 in K.C.

Kansas City, Oct. .2.
(Drawing Pop., 700,000)

In spite of extra publicity, per-
fect newspaper reviews and every-
thing that seemingly would bring
business "Dancing Daughters" at
Lbew's Midland last week failed to
stir up undue entiiuslasm, in fact
business was di.sap pointing. .

"Wings," second wieek at the
newly opened Newman, also took
a no.se dive and stayed down all
week, ^ Looks like thi.<5 house is not
meant^for longer than single week.

Starting Sunday t'le Mainstreet
goes into sound pictures but will
retain its stage band and acts.
With the change Is a scale week
days of 25-35-50 with 25c for bal-
cony nights aboli.sbed, all seats be-
ing 50c, with 10c tilt to, 60c for
Sundays. ' ,

The coming month will see two
openIng.s— Royal (Puhlix) closed
for a year, and the big new Plaza,
miles south of the Main Alley.

Estimates for Last Week
.. L o e w's Midland — "Dancing
Daughters" (4,000; 25-35-50).
Lengthy, complimentary raves from
press and 100 per cent, satisfied
customers. for this -one but business
failed to come up to expectations.
No alibi for poor opening and w^k
business. Overture, three talking
shorts and M-G-M news; $20,000.

Mainstreet — "Waterfront (2,200;
25-50). As usual this house unable
to accommodate all Sunday, but re-
mainder of week not so good.
Vaudfllm bill nothing to rave about
— just good entertainment at 50c;
$17,000; "Lilac Time" broke house
day record at $6,000 this week.

Pantages — "River Woman" (2,^
200; 25-50). Regulars had much
rather see Tom Mix than Lionel
Barrymore, but this story of South
"meller" enough for most. Vaud
good; $9,000. .

Newman— "Wings" (1,980; 35-50-
75.) Second, week. After Satur-
day matinee business let up most
noticeably; $15,000. .

Globe held "Pour Sons" second
week and Uptown featured Bebe
Daniels in "Take Me Home."

comedy: picture $9,600 In second
week, pretty fair.

Paramount — "Beggars of Life"
and sound (Par) (3,666; 40-65-75-85-
$1) . -Held Publix ace above $80,000
for second successive week; excel-
lent figure for Berry picture, w:.ith
Paul Ash in Chicago.

Rialto— "The Patriot" and sound
(Par) (1,960; • 35-50-75-85-$l> (7th
week). Took first big dip; down to
$25,400; out Oct. 11 for "Battle of
the. Sexes" (UA).

Rivoli — "Two Lovers" and sound
(UA) (2,200; 35-50-75-85-$!) (2d
week). Not too strong on opening
weekend, but strengthened to get
$32,500; also out Oct. 11 for "Wed-
ding Marches." Oct. 12.

Roxy — "Pla.stered in Parl.<5" and
Movietone (Fox) (6,205; 50-75-$l-
$1.50). Slapstick comedy with
Sammy Cohen not deemed strong
enough for this house, especially fol-
lowing post 10 weeks of name films;
$94,200 wouldn't have been bad in
.June.-

Strand — "Lion and Mou.><e" and
Vita (WB) (2,900; 35-50-0n-7.'5) (2d
week). K,m for ?2 at Warnf^r.'!, ro
$1^8,400 okay; house, thought cnou.s^h
of it to hold ovt'r and claims. Im-
,lina,vad.^seuaad^jK£CktmL

Warners— "The Terror" and '\''ita
(\\H) (1,300; $l-$2) (8th week).
Hasn't v.iried much since opening;
.$20,S(iO, c>n(Miu;)i to "inlet . all
squfiwks: "Noah'.s Ark" (WB) listed
jfor Oct. 29.

Winter Garden — "Singing Fool"
and Vita (WB) (1,493; $l-$2-$3) (3d
week). High scale and extrti Rhow
on Jewish holiday gave Jolson film
$42,900 for first full week and 17
perfoi'mnnf'^p; .Mock.

Hip, Vaodfihi, Leads
Toronto for 3d Week

Toronto, Oct. 1
(Drawing Pop., 790,000)
Weatheri Rainy, Cool

With counter attraction di'opplng
away like snowballs in an oven, the
return , to standard time and the
close of the Canadian racing sea-
son It was felt picture houses would
comb to life,- but the only spot to
do real business last week was
Shea's- Hippodrome with "M;in
Made Women."

It wasn't such a picture nor did
Harry Conley's . •'Slick aa : Ever"
mean so much on stage, but the
crowd has-the Hippodrome habit
how. Third successive week of
leadership for the Hip.

Pantages climbed $400 to $11,000
for "The Night Bird" then opened
strong With "Wild Geese" Saturday.
The latter has been hanis:ing around
the town for months. Tiffany pic-
tures are seldom exhibited here.
Regulars didn't think so much of
"Night Bird."

"Oh Kay" opened strong at the
Uptown, then faded in the middle
as most pictures do in this house.
Result was about $10,600, better
than average. It this hou^e could
hold its opening pace the result
would be nearer $30,000.

Movietone will come here' about
Nov. 1 with slight advance in price,
but none of regular features cur-
tailed. Jack Arthur's orchestra has
always been considered, best pic-
ture house band in town and syn-
chronized pictures will not affect
contracts of musicians.

Estimates for Last We^k '
Hippodrome (FP) (2,600; 30-60)
— 'tMan Made Women" (Pathe).
Vaude stage show that put this
one in the lead at $12,500. . Decrease
over last ^eek, ■ but still best in
town.

. Pantages (PP) (3,300; 30-60) —
"The Night Bird" (U). Vaude.
Denny never lets house down, and
this one at $11,000 was $400 in-
crease over last week. Only hpus»
in Toronto to show Increase last
week.

Loew (2,300; 30-60)— "Loves of
an Actress" (Par). Pola Negri com-
plete flop here now. Her last three
pictures knocked houses in . Which
they were shown below average.
This . one poor at $10,400.

Uptown (PP) (3.000; 30-60)— "Oh
Kay" (FN). About $10,600 after
brilliant opening. Titles in this one
came In for favorable comment In
dailies and critics voted it a boost
for Colleen Moore.

Tivoli (PP) (1.400; 30-60)
—-"Craig's Wife and "Grandma's
Boy," reissue. About $4,600. Houso
dai-k. Reopens Oct. 5 with sound.
Tom Daley closed the Tivoli Sat-
urday after a filler In week with
"Craig's Wife" and the reissiie of
Harold Lloyd's "Griindma's Boy"
prior to the reopening with the
house wired. Did about $4,600 on
the week. . •

Daley is avoiding the mistake
made in respect to advertising
sound pictures In other cities and
is telling the public that "Street
Angel" (Fox), his opening film, has
no dialog, but only synchronized
musical effects by Roxy orchestra.
Short stuff In the opening program
is straight dialog he points out.
. Ho gets the bulge on the rest of
the town by about three weeks. It
is doubtful if Loew's Hippodrome
and Pantages will have sound stuff
before midwinter.

Clara, $6,700, Tacoma

Tacoma, Oct. 2.
(Drawing Pop., 125,000)
Weather: Cooler

With the Broadwjty open looks iis
though the town is topheayy with
overhead. Going to be tough for
any one to make money. Town llkies
the stage shows and likes vaude, as
witness the success of the local Pan.

But two stage shows is rather
strong. A1.SO Toby comedians are
at the Heilig, doing fairly well.
' Estimates for Last Week

Broadway (WC) (1.500; 25-60)—
"Fleet's In" (Par). Clara Bow draw.
Fanchon & Marco good stage show.
Biz hetter; $6,700.

Pantages (1,50U; 25-60)— "Port of
Mi.ssing Girl.s" (U) vaude. Good
week; $5,500.

Blue Mouse (Hamriek) (650; 50-
75)— "Terror" (WB) virircd. Fir.st
all-talker and .sensation. In for run.
With Broadway opGn, two weeks
figured Instead of four, record made
hy two piotnro.q the past summer.
Biz groat r~$n.l00.

Rialto (VVC) (1,250; 25-50)— "Fa-
zll" (Fox). Well liked but found
going tough; $3,500.

Colonial (WC) _(850; J.^)- "Good
T^fjFiiTngr'.Tii'dg^:." TiPSIr; Tf,W(r, ~"

Col.-Dramaphone Film $4,900

Chicago, Oct. 2,
First five days of "Scarlet Lady"
(Col) at the (^a.stle, using cued dia-
log and musical records on the Dra-
maphone, gro.s.<"ed $4,900. Hou.se
seats 300 and Is scaled at 35-50
eent.^, . .

Loop Low in Good Weather with

; Oriental

First Ribbon Sign

• A runnlhg rlbhon (electric)
, reading sign is over oitlier end .
of the Winter ^ Cardon's
marquee for Warners' "Sing-
ing Fool.''

It attracts from pedestrians
up or down on Broadwayi
. Thousands pa.ss the house
daily.

It's the first band sign that
has been, theatre-employed on
the street level in New York.

WarfieM,al $36,150,
San Francisco Record

Sail Francisco, Oct. 2.
(Drawing Pop., 756,000)
Weather: Unsettled
A new high record for the town
was set by the Warfield at $36,150
on the, week. "Dancing Daughters"
and stage show responsible. ,

California held remarkably strong
on second week of "Wings" at pop
prices and had no dilHculty In roll-
ing up $22,000. . .

Granada had "The Cameraman"
at around $19,000 and satisfactory,
but nowhere near house record.

Estirnates for Last Week .
Warfield (Loew-^W.C^.), "Dancihg
Daughters" (M.-G.-M.) (2,672; 50-
65-90). One of best all-around
shows ever offered. Rube Wolf,
m, c; Bobby Agnew, Jan Rubinl
and Hughes and iSmoot figured.
Topped $36,150 for all-timo record,
not only for nousc, uut for town.
Manager Lou Golden, worked every
possible angle.

California (I'ublix-W. C),
"Wings" (Par) (2,200; 65-90). Pop
engagement of "Wings" surprise,
Second week at around $22,000 ex-
ceptionally good. One more week:

Granada (Publlx-W. C), "The
Cameraman" (M.-G.-M.) (2,785;
50-65-$l). Just ordinary business
for this one; $19,000,

Embassy (Wagnon), "The Ter-
ror" (Warners) <1,367; 50-65-90).
Final week of engagement, extend-
ed two days, new feature Satur-
day. Nine days at $17,250, excep-
tional. .

Columbia (Erlanger-Gottlob),
"Simba" (Johnson; (1,700; 50-
$1.50). Third and final week ol
road fihoW picture held .strong to
around $10,000. Going to road.

St. Francis (W. C), "The Tem-
pest" (U. A.) (1.375; 35-65-90).
John Barrymore. fell down at box
office. Second and final week at
$10,000, disappointment.

Perfect Weather, biit
Topeka Falls Way Off

Topeka, Oct. 2.
(Drawing Pop. 80,000)
Weather, Perfect

Perfect theatre weather and yet
one of the worst week's business
with no explanation. Novelty Is
having a hard time putting over its
new policy of vaudfilm, though the
Orpheum, Wichita, goes to the same
policy next month. The Wichita
theatre was the la.st strictly vaude-
ville house In Kansas. . .„
Estimates for Last Week

Grand (1,400; 50) (National).
Splitting week with sound lilm
didn't help much: Hou.se fell off
$1,500 from previous week with
"Jazz Singer." "Glorious Betsy"
1st, 3 days and "Lion and. Mouse"
last half. Latter caused most of
drop. $3,800.. ..

Jayhawk (1,500; 40) (J^yhawk).
"Garden of Kden," first half, showed
beginning of good busines.s, but
"Forgotten Faces" last half took
edge completely, off.. Week ended
with oniy $5:i,3o6, near worst week
of house.

Novelty (1,100; 40). (Crawford).
Almost lowest gross since change
from vaude to vaud lilm, I'.ctler
than average bills on both halves.
"Beware of Blondes," .first half,
didn't draw, but "Matitiee Idol" last
half pulled slightly, $1,800.

Orpheum (1,200; 25) (National),
Family policy, plus general slump,
set new low record, "Little Snob,"
first lifilf, and "Son of (UMm
^W'<<.stTpixlast-=half)-d'rawing--only'-k-idM,=
$0.-)0,

Cosy (400; 25) (L.awrence). N'-w
low record also set at C(;sv wiUi
"The TiL^rcss," fir.st hfilf, an(l""Di»-^s
Parade," last half, Lattf-r plckfd up
a bit, but not oTioitp;}! to bring thf
total above $750, $200 under wc<*k
before.

Best (550; 20) (Lawrence). Down-
ard and Ko.solajid M,'iiiT.< ;i>>out only
show In town that held ui», Ju-^t
under $900.

.Chicago, Oct. 2.
Weather: Fair and Cold

After, .nuuntalning an exception-
ally sU'ong .pace for some timev
most Loop houses e.ased off last
week. •. Nothing startling in the
program spots and ouly one rua
lilm opening. September, witnessed,
tliree hew house rc'cord,s n,hd an at-
tondance-per-diiy record set by
"Our Dancing Daughters" on a six-
day booking in the Oriental.- Good
theatre weatlier last week, too.

''Two Lovers" at . United Artists
looked most favorable among the
new Loop, stuff at $2S, 000, normally
good starter for tins house. "Night
Watch" at /the Chicago cailght in
the slump, utider average at $42,-
000. Oriental hit the chute to
$40,000 with "Win That <Virl." slid--
ing from the $51,000 ' taken by
"Dancing Daughterjs" hi six day.<?..
Not a reliable estimate of "Oirl's"
iiualitles, as film unforliinate In
preceding the return of Paul ..sh
and following a ' sensational week.

"Patriot" dropped $4,000 second
Week at Roosevelt, after oiicning to
a substantial $26,000. Fourth week
of "Wfng.s" in McVicker's eased off -
$6,000 to $34,000, .Opening was sen-
sational at $46,000, and sticking
power very strong.. .

Return of "When a Man Loves"
at Orpheum little . under normal
with $7,300 and out, Monroo re-
mained above the usual mark with
second Week of "Street Anpel"af
$5,40tK ■ - .

Estimates for Last Week

Chicago (Publix), "Night Watch"
(F. N.), "Ocean Blues," Publix unit.
Wired (4,400; 50-75), • Dropped
$2,000 on. week to $42,000; little
help from stage;

McVicker's (Publix), "Wings"
(Par) wired (2,200; 60-75); Fourth
week still riding easy with $37,000;
record start, $46;00().

Monroe (Pox), ."Street Angel*
(Fox) wired. (975; 50-75^. Hold-
over week worth it at $5,400; $7,SO0
first week; 2d Loop booking.

Oriental (Publix), "Win 'ihat
Girl" (Fox) Wired; . "Creations in
Jazz," Publix unit (3,200; 50-75).
Dropped from $51,000 to $40,000 in
slack week, preceding return of
Paul Ash as m. c.

Orpheum (Warner), "When a
Man Loves" (W. B.) wired (760;
50). Return booking for one week
tnir at $7,300; previously In Loop. as
special.

Playhouse (MIndlln), "Knd of St.
Petersburg" (Sovkiho) (600; 50-75).
Second and last weelc above aver-
age at $3,300.

Roosevelt (Publix), "The Patriot"
(Par) wired (1,700; 50-75). Second
week showed drop of $4,00O to
$22,000,

State- Lake (Keith), "Craig'.H
Wifo" (Pathe) -Vaude (2.200; . 50-
75). Film brought additional $500,
giving $20,000.

United Artists (U. A.), "Two
Tx)vers" (U. -A.) (1,702; 35-75).
Started normally good with $28,000;
favorable reviews.

Emil and Clara Do
$64,100 in St Louis

St. Louis, Oct. 2.
(■Drawing Population, 935,000V

"The Patriot" hailed by .some re- '
viewers here as "the greatest mo-
tion picture even seen In St. IjOuIs."

Other theatres held their own In
fine shape last week, thanks to some
really cOol Weather.

Estimates for Last Week .

Ambassador (Skouras downtown)
(3,000; 35-50-05-75)--i"Fleet'.«; In"
and Kd Lowry stage show. Lowry
could pack 'em In here without a
picture; $39,600.

Loew's State (3,300; 25-35-65)--
"Cardbcard Trover," wired, "gbod
light entertainment," as one re-
viewer put. It, and talking shorts;
$17,500. •

Missouri (Skouras uptown) (3,-
800; 35-50-65-75)— "The Patriot."
Real drawing card, splendid notices.
Frank Fay, m, c, honeymoon- vaca-
tion in Chicago; $24,500.

St. Louis . (4.280; 3y-65)---Bob
Murphy's .stage show eclipsed pic-
ture. "U. S. Smith," called "ordi-
nary comedy." Vaude..

Grand-Central (Skour.as) . (1.700;
50-75)— "The Terror," 3(1 week, tre-
rnendou.sly poi>ul.ar. Will .staj wtiile
longer; $16,000. .

NEIGHBOEHOOD IQc CUT

UMfM, N. y.. Oct. 2.
T'ptfiwn, o^\nf•(^ by N.do U'lMiins

^ pri>:c^ fi-orn .''.'n: for .'i.iliil'..-; lo "»r
I arid fr'im 2')c for f'lijidren to lO'c,
in th<' iieigli)»f<)-lii>(id Ihmisi-,

"Noah's Ark" at Warners Oct. 29

W'arni-r Brothers will i-i ;il..c<- tlio
t. liking ''Terror" at Warner's on
I Uroadwiiy. (K.-toher wilh th'-ii"
newei tniker, "N'o'ili'^ Ark."

10

VARIETY

MCTURE GROSSES

Wednesday, October 3, 1928

Chldren Back in Moiitrears Houses

Mgrs. Ass n. s Injunction

Montreal. Oct. 2.
(Drawing Pop., 600,000)
Weather; Fair and Cold

Chilly broezes and eome rain sit
nights expuiidecl grosses here de-
spite holdovei's, radio week; local
pugs In much advertised fight, big
music programs and- GUbert-Sulli-
Van shows In His Majesty's (legit).
Palace repeated whole show from
previous week and Is getting to be
a regular holdover liouse. How-,
ever, gros.*! held up well, although-
showing a decline of one-third from
first opening on "Four sons."

This house ran neck and neck
with Loew's, both topping the town
with around $16,500, Latter had a
small run-in with the censors,
whose tender susceptibilities were
shocked by title of picture,- "Tender-
loin," and made Manager Adams
change It to "Rose From Kelly's."
Gpbd averaig:e vaude and good ac-
tion picture put the hotlse across.

Gapitol rated about same . as
previous : week with $14j600. from
"Foreign Legion," Lewis Stone sav-
ing the sHuatiqjTi. Orchi?stra here
is back on stage. iGood, ensemble'
acts in Show offer fair cdnapetition
with Palace (wired).

Imperial continues to attract the
kiddies who are, however, now going
back tp. th^ movies after a . six-
months' banishment. Managers. ad-,
mit theni if accompanied by parents,
pending legal situation now going
through appeal against "Children's
Act" in courts.

Strand turned in' a good week
■ With double change twice weekly.
House, takes overflow from the big
houses and also has own . follow-
ing at low prices, .

Neighborhood houses .a:re \finding
business better, thanks to closing
of amusement parks and end of hot
weather. Also much benefited by.
admission of children, now no-
longer followed by penalties since
injunction taJcen out by Theatre
Men'.s Association,

Estimates for Last Week

Palace (FP) (2,700; 45-75). Wired
•Four Sons" (Fox). Held over, to-
geth;er with talking, shorts which
went big first week; Feature syn-
chronized only for sound. Does not
get across as well as talking shorts.
Latter big biz getter. Did well to
repeat at $16,500. ■

Gapitol (FP) (2,700; 40-60). Pic-
tures only. "Foreign Legion (U)
over largely .on acting of Lewis
Stone, Having, tough fight against
competition of ithe wired house up
street, but getting away fairly. Fair
at , $14,500. .

Loew's (FP) (3,200; 35-76). Vaud-
film. "Rose. From Kelly's" (War-
ner). Name changed by censors
from "Tenderloin.'^ Did not hurt
and good vaude succeeded in bring-
ing house level with Palace gross.
■■ Good at $16,500. Not often attained
by this house.

Strand. (UA) (800; . 30-40). Pic-
tures. "Wife's Relations" (Col),
"Freedom of Press (U), "Grand-
ma's Boy' (Pathe), "Ransom" (Col).
Altogether $4,000,

.Empress (CA) (1,500; 25-35). Pic-
tures. "Glorious Betty" (Warner),
"Little Yellow House". (FBO.). To-
gether $3,000.

His Majesty's (legit) (1,900; $1-
$3). Second week of Gilbert-SuUi-
van operas. Held well at $12,000.
English patrons, repeating.

Princess (legit) (1,500; 50c-$2).
French Opera Comlque. Complete
flop. Gross could not reach $4,000,
for . which house rented. Neighbor-
hoods better,

"Kings" Leads Portland,
$17,000; U. A., $14,000

I'ovtland, Ore-., Oct. 2.
(Drawing Pop., 310,000)
Oponing ot the new United
.AfftisLs ' theatre,' .second .big week of
"Wings" at the Broadway, and per-
sonal appearance of Harry Ijangdon
at the Portland were events of last
• week. .

This week sees, opening of Ham-
rick'.s new Mu.sic Box. Now Dufwin
opening for the Henry Duffy Playor.s
has been postponed until Oct. 15.
Estimates for Last Week
Portland (Publix-W. C.) (3,000;
35-.60) "First Kiss." Good program
picture. Personal appearance of
Harry.-^Lnngdo.n with Fanchon ntid
Marco stage revue attraction; $16,-
600.

Dror.dwa^^ (AVO) ("2.000: S.^-fiO).
Second week of "Wings"; $14,000,

Par.tages (2,000; 35-5C^) Kva Tan-
^KUav toppod vaude and on soro.cn.
"iPort"'of~W[T^iRlrig^GlrlB''=r-^$l=4;000r--==

Oriental. f.TOO;- 35-50) ' "Kinc: of
Kings" (DeMille). Drew big; $17,-
000. '

United Artists (Parkor-WO) (t,-
200; 35-50) "Two Lovers" (UA) big
opening attraction. Buslnes.s ex-
cellent at $14,000; holds over.

Columbia (U) (1,000; 35-50) "50-
60 fiirl," neppy comedy film. W<'nt
well; $3,500,

Auditorium-^John Britz Opera.
,L{>«-t wooU of I<^oalI.v j)rodu<'od musi-
cal show. Closed to fair trade:

17.600.: .

$19,000 FOR DOVE, .
SEAniE; $15,000 NEXT

"Patriot," Runner-Up— "Ter-
ror," $9,850, 4th Wk.—;
Columbia, $4,800

Seattle, Oct;: 2.
(Drawinjg Population, 500,000)
Weather; Favorable

Substantial fall business now;pl-e-
vails, although overseated condition
makes the margin of black small
or dubious. ;

Liberty , is still dax'k and alriio.st
forgotten. A few years ago the aoo
Jensen-Von Herberg house,- First
ayeniie is no\y out of • the bright
lights. • •

Olympic, small house recently
built, Is also dark after, colored
vaude show tryipg it. Third Ave-
nue likewise locked up. Finlsliilng
touches are proceeding at the May-
flower, new- dandy 2,500-seater, but
no Blgns| of .an opening in near
future. ' . '

Outside of . these' houses, \v'hich If

open would add^ that much more to
the byerseated condition, others art
running along at fair clip. Big fea-
tures get the coin, good stage shows
help and so do good bands. Weaker
ones not so hot,

Palace-Hip with Al Franks com-
pany getting solid play right along
at low prices; Other second and
third run houses doing good biz.

The star identification contest is
on for a big killing, . It has aroused
much.- interest and b. 6. results ex-
cellent.

The way the public Is adjusting
itself to the Fanchon & Marco
stage show shift to the Seat-tie and
the new policy of bigger pictures
at the Fifth pleasing managements.
Grosses are better, and one costly
stage show eliminated. , Instead of
two stage shows, there is one now,
and It's going over.

Estirhatesi:for>Last Week'

Seattle (WC-Pub-L) (3,100; 25-
60) "Night Watch" (FN). ■ Gene
Morgan back with Fanchon &
Marco stage show that hits. Movie
star identification contest heipu
draw at all West Coast houses;
$19,000. . .

Fifth Avenue (WC) (2,700; 25-60)
"Patriot" (Par). Picture registers
for solid wallop. Hevmie King band
again repeats. Oscar Taylor's final
week as singer in pit; $15,000.

Coliseum (WC) (1,800; 25) "Wo-
man on Trial" (Par), Star guess-
ing contest factor hei-e. Patrons
with pencil in hand when star film
is shown; $4,260.

Columbia (U) (1,000; 25-50)
"Road to Ruin" (Ind). . First of this
type shown here, but Mike Newman
determined to build up . business.
Started off big; $4,800.

Blue Mouse (Hnmrick) (950; 50-
75) "Tempest" (WB) (2d week).
Wired. Going strbng; $7,250.

Music Box (Hamrick) (1,000; 50-
75) "Terror" (4th week) (WP.).
Wired, Big final week. "Singing
Fool" next; $9,850.

Winter Garden (U Chain) (660;
25> "The Sl.'ivor" (Ind). Western
Of better, gate; good at $3',OOo:

Pantagesd.SOO; i:5-G0) ."Michigan
Kid" (U). A'audo just program acts,
nothing big; $5,800,

Orphcum (Keith's) (2,700; 25-$!)
"Cr;iig'.^ Wife.'.' V.n.udc just average.
Biz slightly off; $9,8'00,

President (Duffy) (a.SOO; 25-$1.2,'5)
"Mother's. Millionis" (Duffy stock).
May Hnb-^ori in final Week as guest
star; $4,600, . . '

2 Stand/Em Up FOms
In Providence Last Wk.

Pi'ovidence, Oct. 2.
(Draviring Pop., 300,000)
Weather; Cool

For the first time this season
two pictures had lines around the
corner; "Wings" at MajosUc and
"Patriot" at Strand. "Wings" held
over. Majestic raised top from
•75c to $1,

Now Loew's State opening next
-S a tn Fd ay=^^w.iUi.,=^SiLOSiL_B.u ggag
and t.alking shorts, '

Estimates for Last Week
. Majestic (Fay) (2,200; 15-$!)—
"Wings" (I>ar), .Smashing biz all
week, $14,000.

Strand (Ind) f2,000; 15-50) —
"Patriot" (Par), AnoUier cracker-
jack, standing 'em up, $12,000,

Victory (K-O) (1,500; 15-50) —
"Bluo Danube," (M-G-M). O, K.
About $7,000,

Rialto (Fay) (1,400; 15-30).
Throe change program. Better than
usual at $1,700.

FOX WITH $32,000
BEAT STANLEY, PrilLLY

Philadelphia, Ort. 2.

JJusinesii Soared in virtually all
the downtown picture houses last
week. Meanwhile legits were
doing very badly. The Fox had the
better , of the Stanley In the draw-
ing jxjwer of the presentation foa-
turo' last week. ■

Estimates for Last Week

Stanley (4,000; 35-50-75), "For-
gotten Faces" (Par), Big starring
names. Lconidoff's "Personality
Girls" on stage; $26,000,

Stanton (1,700; 35-50-75). "While
City Sleeps" (M-G-M; 2d week).
Lon Chaney picture fair In last
week. Around $9,000. .

Aldine (1,600; 50-75), 'Lilac
Time" (P N). "Third and final
week. About $17,000. Could have
stayed, btit "Singing Vool" hur-
ried In,

Fox- Locust (1,800; $i),"Fa!!ir
(Fox;. .4th week). Ended fairly!
strbng with $10;000 or little less-

Karlton (1,100; 50^75)( "The
Patriot" (Par; 1st week), Jannings
picture yirttially smash hit;. $8,000;
very big for small house,-

Fox (3,000; 90), "r.Iother Ma-
chree" (Fox), At Fox-Locust last
spring. Together with stage .show,
Benny Davis and Co., clicked to
tunei of $32,000.

TALKERS JUMP COST

(Continued from pa^je 1)

represents approximately 15 per
cent more than the coiit of produc-
tion, last year in the United States
when distributed evenly among all
the producing companies. The In-
crease in cost tp the three or ioiir
companies, planning to make ta.lk-
ing pictures on a large scale, ho.w-
ev'er, will: represent from 25 to 50
per cent.

Rentals for talkeris are appar-
ently unlimited In amount, for the
present, in fiome. cases prices asked
being three or four times the ren-
tal of silent pictures or sold on
juicy . percentages. According to
executives of the Western iSlectrlc
Connpany .it will he two years be-
fore 3,000 houses are wired. There
are only about 700 wired houses at
present and until talking equipment
Is Installed in the other theatres the
high cost bf the talkers will be disr
tributed among those now equipped.

Goy^t Acts as Mediator,
Ending Theatre Strikes

Syiracuse, N. T, Oct. 2. .
After . 18 months of controversy,
FranJc Sardino, managing director
of the Syracuise and former operator
of the Crescent, and the Syracuse
theatrical, labor unions have signed
a treaty of peace.

The adjustment of the dispute
ends the longest labor "war" of the
local Rialto. By the terms of the
settlement, the result of negotiations
launched soon after four teair gas
bombs were discharged in the Syra-
cuse while an audience of 2,000 was
present, the management replaces
Its non-union house staff with mem-
bers of threp theatrical unions,

Three projectionists will be em-
ployed in. the hooth at the $60-$50
scale recently effective here. This
puts the house on the same basis as
Keith's, although other film houses
in the downtown sector are required
to have four operators.

The house also wins a concession
behind the curtain line, taking on a
sihglie mefebei^~Of~"t^^^
union at $72. The Syracu.se plays
Independent vaudilTm.

Two union organists at $65 and
$45 ai*e specified.

High Priced Money Takes Edge
Off Bullish Enthusiasm in
All Theatre Stock Group

San Francisco, Oct, 2,
After permitted to. operate, for
nearly 11 months without an or-
chestra or organlstis. Embassy, local
yitaphone, (exclusive) house, on
Market street, operated by W. B,'
Wagnon, ran afoul of organized
labor. A strike order was issued
by the niuslclans' union against the
operators' local, with the result the»
union'^projectlonlsts were called out.
Peremptory demand was served on
Wagnon that he Immediately Install
an orchestra of eight men, and two
organists, under penalty of the
union operators being out perm.a-
nontly.

A temporary truce was declared
until this week, at which tinio
"W'SghW" Will appear--por»;Grial^^^^^
fore the local musicians' body.

Wa.shington, Oct, 2.
Department of Labor stepped in
last week and settled two thn^at-
ened musicians' strikes In -Fort
Wayne, Ind. Houses affected were
the Embbyd and the Palace. Scale
was set at $57.60 for the Kmboyd
with 12 men in the pit, and the
Palaoo at $-57 with nine mr-n. ,

.A 10 per cent, rate for money
Monday and one bf 9 yesterday took
the heart out of bull , operators in
the anuKsemeht group. Pahimount
made a courageous stand against
pressure Monday, but -yesterday, as
usual paid for its stubbornness.
Marking up a. new peak Monday of
152%, it slumped yesterday to 146,
but rallied to 149 In the final hour.

The new stock went. into, trading
la.st wefjk. It was this speciial sit-
uation In the .film len,der V that
singled it out. New issued repre-
senting throe shares for one. of the
old, got above 50, loading the . old
shares past the mark long ago set
■for It, '

Elsewhere the changes ,were of
small moment. Fox eased some-
what- Monday upon going ex the
new rights Which oiffer. stockhpld-,
ers the privilege of buying, new
stock at 85 in . the^ proportion of
one now share for each five old.
Rights opened at slightly under 4
and subsequently sold off, getting
down yesterday to 2%, with the
Fox stock selling to an extreme
low of 98%. Computation of value
of the rights are airrived at by di-
viding the difference between 85
and the current quotation by . 6.
Thus with ticker rcpbrting 100 for
the s'tock, rights should be. 3.

Keith Marking Time

The amusements were off uni-
formly yestferdaft', Loew being be-
]o\y 60 for the first time since the
rise from 49, following payment of
the stock dividend. Warner got
down to 107, its bottom since the
recerit break below 100, Shubert
was Ibw around 63, and Keith was
practically unchanged at and close
to 2914, Dealings were in moderate
volume, throughout the amusement
section.

Keith is marking tlnae for the
present fbllowing its' brisk spurt
frdm around 24 to better than 31.
A lot bf speculative long stock is
spread about on lines taken on
when the hot tip was out 10 days
ago. Since then Joseph Kennedy
has returned, but for the present
nothing new has come out.

It is known that several offers
for the Keith properties have been
made, but the best Information ob-
tainable Is that there Is small like-
lihood of anything final being done
on the propositions hanging fire
immediately. As ; a curious com-
mentary upon the Keith issues, dur-
ing the extreme of weakness all
along the theatre line yesterday a
sale of 10 old Orpheum preferred
was reported on the ticker at 82,
compared tb the Keith preferrei
last 'quotation the day before at 92.

Around noon yesterday the broad
tape news ticker carried the state-
ment that Keith had closed for In-
stallation of RCA's Phpnophonc in
26 of its houses.- This was misin -
terpreted downtown as marking the
termination of negotiations between
Keith and Warner Eros., since the

Warners have Vitaphone, wli,ich Is
a rival of Phonophonq.

The Ph otophone deal means
nothing other than a busirie.s.s trans-
actibn. Keith had previously closed
for wiring of 26 hou.ses with Wcsli-
ern Electric equipment, making tho
Installation equipment a standoff. In
the trade It Is accepted as a fore-
gone conclusion that interchange-
ability of product will follow as a
matter of course, whatever W; E. or
RCA officials say at this time , for
publication.-

Photophone equipment news had
no effect upon the market for Keith
stock up to closing.

Tighten on Margins

It, was to be expected that any
inflijence such as high priced money
would react with special .vit)lonce
upon the amusement shares, for the
reason that this group has had tho
.most exaggerated upswing during
the phase of the long bull ; market
that ■ started lato in July, This
underlying condition was illustrated
when a big brokerage house sent out
finrm letters to Its customers, setting
up new margin requirements for a
certiVin specified list of securities.
This specified that 40 per cent, mar-
gin • would be required on sonie
stocks that have had a big move,
and bn another list, which included
Fox . and Warner Bros,, the require-
ment would be 50 per cent; on new
long commitments. Rule does not
apply, with. this particular house to
Paramount and Loew, which are
gradually being accepted bn more bf
a semi-Investment basis, even though
Paramount is mainta,ining its high-
est level since it.s listing.

Benefits from' the now capital
structure in Paramount ivcre ap-
parent from the very beginning of
trading in tho new stock, Tlie .new
units a,re attractive to parti. sans of
the company, who. are kept -out
of the' stock because of its high
price. A speculative trade in the
old Pajraniount stock called for a
margin deposit of more than $3,000,
for Ground lot, while the new stock
can be carried on a credit of less
than $l;500. It is taken for granted
that the new stock will pay $3 a
year, for estimates put the current
rate of net at around $4,50.. At
$50 this makes an even 6 per cent,
an attractive yield, together with
speculative possibilities, in this mar-
ket where some, standard Industrials
do .' not yield as high as some
bonds,

B. & K. Exchange

Authoritative reports were circu- .
lated that Paramount will complete
Its ownership of Balaban & Katz,
already 65 per cent,.pwned, by offer-
ing to Balaban & Katz .stockholders,
an exchange of stock on the basis
of two new P,aramount shares for
ono of Balaban & Katz. Trading
in the Chicago circuit .stock on the
Now York Curb reflected this trans-
action, the price moving up further
to better than 92.

ShuTjcrt was weak following the
statement of income showing net
at somewhat under the rate of last
year. St.anloy was. lower in sym-
pathy with Wai-ner, quotccr'yestera^
day. at 5^Vs, compared with close to
70 at the top. . .

Summary for week ended Saturday, Sept. 29:

STOCK EXCHANGE

Hlffh. , liow',

45
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lt)4'4

77.
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34

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3,600 Ajiioricah ■ Scat (3)

Ti.SOO Conpol, Pl!m pM. 2) .

2,,-)00 Ea.stmnn Kodak (8),.:

2(J,[I00 Lociw .(3)

700 Do pref, W/t)

14B,80O Keith

4,400 JJo pref. (7) .

70,K00 Fox Class A (4)

4,000 Maillson Bqunre Garden (2).

.•iOD Met.-G.-M. pref, (1.80) ,

2,000 Motion Picture Cap

00. 1)00 . Parnmount-Fam-Laslcy (8) .',
112,100 Ptir now

80,000 Patlu! I!xch.lnBe

1. -<,8fl0 P.itlie Cla.'M A

lO.nOfl .Shubppt (5)

.W,300 Stanley

no ITnlvpr.sal prof. (8) '.

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CURB

13.300 Bal. & Kalz (3) .
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67,000 Vox Theatres

1,700 lA)cw rts'

•J.r,m Xat, Thr. Supply

1,000 1,'nlv. I'lct

BONDS

101 HH
11414 JO,-ni

102 0!)

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$ 10,600 Kellli C'3, '40

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Wednesday, October 3, 1928

P I C T U R E S

VARIETY

11

KEITH'S

4 Sound Studios in Greater N..Y.
Operating Before November 1;
Warners, Par.

SOFT

Four . sound studios In Greater
New York will be in production
during October— Paramount in As-
toria, Warners in Prooklyn, M-G-M
(Cosmopolitan) and FBO in Har
lem. AH win concentrate on talk
Ing pictures exclusively.

M-G-M is spending $500,000 re
constructing the Cosmopolitan stu
dio and will eventually have lour
stages. The first sound-proof stage
is expected, to be ready for shoot-
ing within two weeks. Movietone
vaudeville will be made there and
musical scores for features syn
Chronized.

Harry B. Weir, sound, engineer pt
M-G-M, is in general charge yvith
Major Edward L. Bowes and Louis
K. Sidney of Loew's . supervising
production plans. A permanent

• studio orchestra of about 40 pieces
will be maintained by M-G-M with
David Mendoza of the Capitol the-
atre as conductor, and Dr. William
Axt associated.

Between 45 and 50 highly special
Ized technical men will be employed
at the M-G-M studio to handle the
three major divisions of sound pro-
duction, . operating, transmission
and recording.

The two original sound stages at
Cosmo will be one on top the other.
They will be sound-proof with

• sound-proof sets also used. Studio
will be equipped for both the sound
track and disk method of syn-
chronization, M-G-M anticipating
using both media with the
movietone system for shorts and
the records for sounding coast
made silent features.

M-G-M now occupies all of the
studio building. Eugene Spitz and
other Independent promoters for--
merly renting space have vacated.
Warners

Two sound stages are under way
. at the old Vitagraph studio In
Brooklyn, under, the direction of
Engineer George Satin.

Warners expect to launch their
eastern talking short schedule the
third week In October.

Paramount

The Astoria studio is partially
operative with Monta Bell as di
rector of sound productions, under
Walter Wanger, general east coast
production head, for Paramount

Some two-reelers .started by Eu-
gene Spitz and his associates 'at
Cosmo some months ago are being
synchronized here. The shorts are
lor Actors' Fund under the an-ange-
ment that Paramount handle distri-
bution.

A dialog feature is due to go into
production in late October. A con-
siderable business staff is on duty
— with -J7 -W.-Butlcr-as studio man-
ager.

FBO

. The former Pathe studio, 134th
Btreet and Park avenue, recently
taken over by Ben Burke and
named the Manhattan. Is the scene
of FBO's fling at sound via photo-
phone. Under a deal with Robert
Kane, new general manager of this
phase of FBO', BUrke ^remains as
production manager. Fitzgibbon is
Btudlo manager.

Others of staff include Joe Cle-
ment a.s art director, Jack Strieker,
head carpenter, and Josiah Zuro
in charge of mu.sic.

The entire area of the studio will
be the stage. FBO will use sound-
proofed -sets, but the slag© itself
will not be so treated. Everything
Is being held to basic reciiiircnients.
Kane succinctly described the
policy IIS being to make pictures.
An allrtalking picture called
'^'^■'''«tTlpTitng^ngVi"'^win'=K-^

a few weeks. Bert Glennon will
diroet the film from the usual angle,
with l>rt Harrison superintending
sound and dialog.

The first talking short to be made
by FBO Is "The Scoop," sketch by
Edgar Allan Woolff.

FBO contemplates drawing upon
Vaudeville acts under contract to
Keith's for their talkiutj shorts

Opera Singers Caused Warners to
Move Vita Talking Shorts 1

Parke's Safety Oven

William Parke, former pic-
ture director, has invented
"safety .even shelves" for
stoves and has organized Wil-
liam Parke, Inc., with a fac-
tory in Camden, N. J. Grant
Mitchell, George Hassell,
George B. Seltz and Chester
Bennett are financially Inter-
ested In the project,

I^arke last directed a picture
about five years ago, a Pauline
Frederick feature for the old
Goldwyn company. He turned
Inventor when his wife burned
her fingers taking a roast out
of the oven.

USICAL FILM
TURNS LOT INTO
BACKSTAGE

Los Angeles, Oct.^2.
Warner Brothers' lot sounds like
backstage of a legit musical produc-
tion these days, with rehearsals In
full awing for "The Desert Song,"
which will go Into production
shortly.

Anyone on the back lot is met by
reverberating melody from the male
chorus, an. unusual condition at a
film studio, illustrative of the in
novations sound pictures are pro-
ducing.

The BO male singers will consti
tute a greatfer chorus of masculine
voices than appeared in the stage
production of the musical.

Ernest Grooney, musical director
of "The Desert Song" during its
first appearance in Los Angeles, Is
serving in the same cap^icity for the
Vitaphone version.

Keith's Off Westerns

Four Organizations Re-
ported Tendering Offers
for Keith Purchase— RCA
is One — Kennedy, Mur-
dock, Casey Management
Continuing — Security in
Present Position Reported
Felt

KENNEDY SILENT

Keith's will not play westerns, it
is stated at Keith's office In New
York.

The crusher is said to have been
Fred Thomson's "Kit Carson," lately
released by Paramount. Keith's got
the Thomson film among the Par
group purchased. "Carson" in the
Keith . APUS.es;. during Sep t._ did _a
bloomer.

"Jesse James," also Thomson's
and another of the Par list. Is said
to have been played by Loew's to
about the same result.

The Keith stateiment it was oft
western did not except Tom Mix,
now making them for FBO, with
FBO of late liberally selling its
prodiict to the Keith houses.

Non-Synchronous for
Reade Houses, Temporary

Walter Reade has contracted for
Western Electric's non-synchronous
in- IG of his houses. Including the
Columbia. New York, pending such
time as W, E. can complete regular
wire installation.

Equipment for non-synohronous
is identical as far as it goes with
Cull talking euuipment and is used
^aH^i.s- wh.cn.-thc.^ccminlcte MijjJKJftfe^^^
is finished.

Non-synchronous is worked by a
house employee (non technical) and
consists of two turntables playing
alternating records. Amplifiers are
standard, of talker type.

Non-synchronous co.sts about $3,-
500 per house, with the cost above
%rm applied against the full cost
I of talker wiring later on.

Through reliably reported offers
to buy Keith's, coming from four
directions, it is said that the Ken
nedy-Murdock-Casey direction of
Keith's believes it is in a soft spot.

At the same time the report is
that there is no present intention
of disposing of the Keith circuit,
through that very feeling of se
curity, both in demand and the
present Keith's entertainment pol
icles, now in operation.

Joseph P. Kennedy, the first of
the direct Keith heads to return
from abroad, is uncommunicative
Other than to merely smile over the
suggestion of the Albee-Heiman at
tempt to secure the return of
Keith's control while 4ie, with Mur-
dock and Casey, were abroad,
Kennedy said there was nothing to
say; that the control held by him-
self and associates told their whole
story.

Inspired stories of Kennedy's
banking associates being dissatis-
fied with the Keith operation and
that Kennedy would leave or sell
out his Interest In Keith's found
little credence, beyond the hopeful
stock speculators or manipulators.

From close sources Information
comes that Kennedy, since his ar-
rival In New York, with his bank-
ing connections, have considered
the several offers made for Keith's.
One Is reported to have come from
R, C. A., the Radio Corporation of
America, R. C. A. is desirous, from
accounts, of going whole-heartedly
into the picture business, as a pro
ducer and theatre operator, with its
Photophone adjunct.

Conclusion
The conclusion reached by the
Kennedy cohorts, from the story. Is
that with the Keith Circuit, includ-
ing the former Orpheum Circuit In
tl.e V^st, remaining the single out-
standing, independent chain of the
first class In this country, and con
sidering Its possibilities, the pres

"Regards" on Wire

Los Angeles, Oct. 2.

When the word "regards" Is
eliminated from the parlance
of fi^^lm studio telegraphy, the
telegraph companies wIU auto-
matically lose their greatest
single word source of Income.

To add the word "regards"
to every telegram that goes out
of a studio Is as sacred a rite
as saying "yes" to a director.

It Is estimated that ah aver-
age of 40 telegrams goes out of
each of the 15 lea:dlng studios
of Hollywood daily. And never
one without "regards" Just
ahead of the signature. This
means that In an estimated 300
working days a year— conser-
vative estimate-^the word Is
used 180,000 times a year,
which at an average cost per
word at least three cents,
gives the telegraph companies
more than $5,000 annually on
this one meaningless word
alone.

Sflyermans Out of Co.s

Cleveland, Oct. 2.

Jacob Silverma.n, president, and
Isaac Silverman, secretary -treasurer,
of the Variety Amusement Co., and
the Midwest Properties Co. here,
have withdrawn as officers arid
stockholders from both.

The Silvermans were two of the
largest stockholders In the Variety
Co., which owns and operates about
a dozen film, houses In and out of
Cleveland. No reason Was given for
their withdrawal.

Holding Over and Out
On Vita's Talking Shorts

The first reported Instance of de-
layed returns In. talking shorts is
the Clinton, In the Ghetto, near the
Delancey street bridge. New York.
Warner Brothers, handling records
through a separate department and
not through their regular film ex-
change, discovered that this house
had contracted for two new shorts
three times weekly but was adver-
tising and playing a four-short bill
at all shows.

It was accomplished by holding
shorts over two days longer than
the contracted period. Bach Clinton
Vitaphone bill contained two new
shorts and two shorts from the pre
vious program.

LOEW'S IN PROVIDENCE

Availability of opera singers is a
chief reason for Warner -Brothers
moving thtilr talking short dep.'xrt-
ment to the Vitagraph studio in

Brooklyn. N. Y,

Reversing the experience of
vaudeville, the outstanding indivld..
ual popularities developed via Vita-
phone are grand opera singers.
Martlnelll and Glgll are oustanding
In this respect.

The big singers were reluctant to
make the trip to Hollywood In most
cases, although some did. Mme.
Schumann-IIeink is now there mak-
ing Vitaphone subjects.

Vitaphone will start functioning
In Brooklyn about the third week in
October. The Jump In Vitaphone
serial numbers from 600 to 2, 000'
was for the purpose of assigning
those number-s to eastern-made
shorts.

There. ar<* 600 Vitaphone acts now
on hand and available to wired
houses. It Is explained at Warners
It Is possible, although troublesome
and difficult, to resynchronize shorts
that have been censored. It was
necessary to do this In ; Pennsyl-
vania, where some lyrics In Winnie
Lightner's songs were ordered out
The rcsynchronlzed record was
made from the master record by an :
intricate and highly technical cut-
out and pick-up system. The aver-
age film-cutter and assembler Is
worthless for this task, w:hlch re-
quires an expert technician.

ent is not the time to favor a sell-
ing deal.

Offers . to buy are reported also
having been made for Keith's by
Fox, W^arners and one other chain
Kennedy since returning to New
York last Friday has . Issued no
statement . concerning Kelth's> He
spoke, over the radie' on interna-
tional show business the other eve-
ning, but clung to that subject
alone, on and off the mike. He
could not be Induced to go Into the
Keith offers for publication, nor
would he comment upon the posi-
tion his own producer, FBO, and
the Keith-controlled Pathe, which
he also directs, might stand In were
a Keith deal completed.

Nor would Kennedy say whether.
If the bids grow beyond his expcc
tatlons for the purchase of Keith's,
he would listen Just now. Busine.ss
associates close to Kennedy a.ssort
=thcre^s. .jifl._-QMliee .Jiilkt.^^?^
anyone buying Keith's.

John J. Murdock and Pat Cosoy
will return to New York late next
week. It is reported that Murdock
and Kennedy are In perfect accord
and the attitude of either covers
both

Important changes are looked for
in, the Keith organization with
Murdock- Casey's arrival.

Opening October 6 With All Pictures
—Wired

Providence. Oct. 2.
Opening of Loew's new theatre
here Saturday will give local show-
men plenty, of reason for gray
hairs.

Immediate wired policy Is pic-
tures only, with orchestral accom-
paniment.

If these plans are adhered to the
two vaude houses, Albee and Fay's,
will not worry so much as they ca-
ter to a different patronage. •*

M. J. Cullen, manager, and Hal
Olver, publicity advance, breezed in
last week for a peek at the terrl
tory and to arrange for the open
ing.

FOX, B'KLYN, FOR NAMES

Fox's Brooklyn, N. Y., Is aban-
doning Its Rpxy type of stage pres-
entation in favor of name attrac-
tions on the order of Fox's Phlla- -
delphla. This same policy will ob-
tain in the new Fox houses In De-
troit and St. Louis ultimately.

Benny Davis was contracted by
Max Silver, the I'ox booker, through
William Morris agency, but Davis
meantime had closed direct with
Earl Sanders for a Keith route
opening at the Palace, New York,
at $3,000 a week, thi."? week for six
days. Davis closes Saturday, with
the new policy of Sunday opening.

B. & k/s Paradise Opens;
Designed for Sound

Chicago, Oct.. 2.
Chicago's first theatre especially
designed, and equipped for sound
pictures, Bal.ibnn and Katz Para-
dl.se, made its sound-picture debut
Saturday.

Dr. Norbcrt M. LaPorte, director
o: research for B. & K.. had charge
of the sound preparations. Sound
chambers were built Into the left
and right extremes of the long pro-
jection booth, and a decorated sur-
face which,, ab^^
fleets was utilized.

New arrangement Is said to insure
perfect reproduction In all parts of
the house.

Chi Suburb 'Sunday'

Chicago, Oct. 2.
■ Wilmettc, Chicago suburb, scene
of a prolonged Sunday movie war,
voted last week in favor of the Sun-
day films. Vote war 1,894 for and
1,165 against. Precincts embodying
the high-hat residential district
were leading in the opposition.

Town has no theatre, promoters
claiming they could make no iponcy
on a six-day week. Members of
the village board predict a large
theatre in the early, future.

Neighborhood All-Sound
™mith ScaleJCut^ToQ

. Chicago, Oct. 2.
LubUiier and Trinz Center, neigh-
borhood house, first all-sound com-
munity theatre In Chicago. House
opens on Oct. 6 with nothing on the
program but sound pictures, news-
reels and shorts.

Adml.sslon prices will stand a 25
per cent slash.

WAYNE PIERSON WEST

Wayne Pierson expects to leave
for the Coast this week to olieck
b TTe'r"^!) reTlrnlriii r y ^ '^^^^^
road showing of "IIi'll'.s Angels" for
Caddo. Picture is due in New York
in .January.

Pierson will handle all eastern
business for Howard Hughes* firm,
Including the submittance of screen
material. He recentry handled
"Dawn" and "St. I'ctersburg" for
Sclwyn and Hammerstein,

12

V A R I* E T Y Wednesday, October 3, 1928

NewsreeU iron. F#X — MO VIETONE

EGINNING this week two
issues of Fox Movietone News
are available weekly to theatres
equipped for Movietone.

Every week brings two new souild
newsreelsr with look and listen
recording of the world's news
events.

Forty recording units, covering
America and Europe, will soon be
increased to fifty, making even
more comprehensive the world's
only sound photography ne wsreel.

MOVIETONEW5

X ''It Speahs far Itself"

Fi

mahes all other

Wednesday, October 3, 1928

or SILENT -^l^wice Each Weeh

OW in its tenth year, Fox
News enjoys a wider distri-
bution and more thorougli world-
coverage than ever before.

Today Number 3, Volume lO, ap«
pears as the 939th issue of a news-
gatheHng organization proud of
its

Its wide acceptance by theatres
throughout the world, in a highly
competitive market, testifies to
the consistent twice -weekly
newsiness of

Mightiest of e411

news reel services obsolete

14

VARIETY

5/Vcdnesday, October 3, 1928

Week s Stulo Survey

The recent increase in motion
picture production came to a halt
during the past) week, but the slump
was only a slight one and promises
to be only a lull before the heavy
activity that virtually all the larger
studios are planning as soon as
their sound stages are ready for
use The revolutionary changes
Invoked by the sound film situa-
tion have inaugurated a period o£
readjustniient which is still only in
Its early stages and it is evident
that it Will be several months before
a new normalcy in production will
be reached.

Production fell off only five per-
centage points during the week-
Paramount continues to lead the
way, though it has one leps picture
In the making than the previous
week. Its ten films are "Canary
Murdier Case," directed by M. St.
Clair; "Shopworn Angel," by R.
Wallace; "Sins of Fathers," by L.
Berger, "Four Feathers," Cooper-
Schbedsack; "Wolf of Wall Street,"
R. Lee; "Tong War," W. Wellman;
"Wolf Song," V.Fleming; "Marquis
■preferred," F, Tuttle.

Warner Brothers took second

There Is No Substitute for

place, with eight pictures on tho
way. These includie "Fancy Bag-
gage," directed by J. Adolphi;
"Madonna of Avenue A," by M.
Curtiz; "Greyhound Limited," H.
Bretherton; "Queen of Night
Clubs," B.'Foy; "One Stolen Night,"
S. Dunlap; "Stolen Kisses," R. En-
right; "Hardbolled Rose" H.
Weight; "Frozen River," H. Weight.

M-G-M, Fox, F. B. O. and First
National each have six pictures in
the making. M-G-M's. six are
"Mysterious Island," directed by L.
Hubbard; "Gold Braid," G. Hill;
"Little Angel," R. Leonard; "Nize
Baby," H. Henley; "Adrlenne," F.
Niblo; "Broadway Melody," H.
Beaumont. Fox has . "Husbands
Are Liars," directed by R. Cannon;
"Veiled Lady," E. Flynn; "Our
Daily Bread," F. W. Murnau; "Tak-
ing a Chance," N. McLeod; "Cap-
tain Lash." J. Blystone; "Street
Fair," B. Howard. F. B. O. has in
the works "Hard Boiled," R, Ince;
"Outlawed," E. Forde; "One Man
Dog," L. D'Usseau; "Jazz Age," L,
Shores; "Amazing Vagabond," W
Fox; "Love In the Desert," O

Meldford. At PirBt National are
"Synthetic Sin." directed by W.
Seiter; "Scarlet Beas," J. F. Dillon;
"Rltay Roaie," M, '1^^' "^^°^%
tlon," F. Lloyd; •'ChanKllng,"^ G.
Fltzmaurlce; ^'LawlcBB Legion, H.
J. Bfown.

Three each make up the gilst at
Universal, Metropolitan and United
Artists. The three at the U ,aro
"Cohens andKellys at AUantlc City,
directed by W. Croft; "Show Boat
by H. Pollard: "Clear the Deck, J.
Henaberry; at Metropolitan. Harold

First Division Merges Commonwealth
In General Retrenchment Move

First Division Distributors of
which Harry Thomas Is head, has
Henaberry; at «ie.™p«x»»... , taken over the Commonwealth Film

Lloy^^s SJtitled feature, directed by Exchange and merged the two of-
T Wilde* "Linda" (C. Broughton). fices under the First Division name.
Mrs. d/ Reld; ••Hell's Angels" | rj^he deal Is an aftermath to the
(Caddo), H. Hyghes. At United
Artists. •'King of the Mountains,
Lubitsch; "Iron Mask," A; Dwan;
"Rescue," H. Brenon.

Fathe, Tiffany and Columbia arp
grinding on two each. Pathe has
In work '"Geraldine." directed by M.
Brown, and "Shady Lady," E. H.
Griffith. T-S has "Spirit of Youth "
W. Lane; ''New Orleans," R.
Barker. Shooting at Columbia are

Fox-Roxy Uptown Suit
Foreclosure for $225;000

"Apache," P. Rosen;

Daughter," A. Rogell.

Studios working one picture eacn
are Charles Chaplin's and Tec-Art
Shorts are being made by Univer-
sal, six; Fox, two; Warner Brothers,
three; Roach, one; Dally, one; Cal-
Art, two.

The failure of the Havemeyer
•rime Wolf '8 I Construction Co. to erect the new

This tabk shows a nummary of weekly studio activity for the
past 33 weeks. Percentage of production is based on 106
units working at 23 studios on the Coast, determined
hy the average normal working condition! :
during the yeaT'1927:

studios

Week
Feb. 22 ,
Feb. 29 .
March 7
March 14.
March 21
March 28
April 4

April 11 ..........

April 18 ...........

April 25 ..........

STAGE-BAND
ENTERTAINMENT

Ktaown M tbie

"PAUL ASH POLICY

f9

May 16
May 23
May 30 .
June 6 .
June 13
June 20
Jilne 27
July 4 .

July 31 ,
Aug. 7
Aug. 14
Aug. 21
Aug. 28
Sept. 4
Sept. 11
Sept. 18
Sept. 25
Oct. 2

• •••••••••

eatures

Shorts

Total

Dark

47

.8

SB

«

39

f

48

12

46

14

54

9

49

. 16

65

7

49

15

64

8

47

17

64

S

63

17

70

s

60

19

69

8

62

17

69

8

60

17

67

8

52

16

67

T

64

17

71

4

63

20

83

8

66

21

89

s

68

24

92

•

65

S2

97

0

77

81

108

. 76

31

107

t

. 64

SO

94

•

. 66

35

81

t

. 64

24

88

8

. 62

24

8<

1

. 6f

21

77

1

. 59

21

80

8

. 72

20

92

8

. 61

20

81

2

. 69

16

76

8

. 57

12

69

8

. 61

11

62

8

. 49

10

58

1

16

TS

8

. 64

15

TS

8

. 69

16

T4

4

Pet.
.52
.45
.61
.«1
.60
.60
.6(5
.65
.65
.62
.62
.67
.77
.64
.87
.80
1.01
l.Ol
.89
.78
.83
.81
.72
.75
.37
.76
.70
.65
.68
.56
.70
.74
.69

I Fox-Roxy Uptown at 75th street
1 and Broadway to Amsterdam ave-
i nue. New York, is the basis of a
foreclosure suit by Uptown Play-
house, Inc. (Fox subsidiary) and for
the recovery of $225,000. Of this
amovmt $200,000 was deposited in
cash, in lieu of the equivalent in the
Roxy Circuit, Inc., and $25,000 orig-
inally deposited by Herbert Lubin
on Jan. 6. 1927, when Lubin con-
tracted with Havemeyer Co. for the
1 theatre.

The total cost was to be $300,000.
I payable in four $25,000 installments
on the execution of contract; laying
of the foundation; completion of
steel work; and. completion of
plaster work.

Lubin, who, with A.rthur H. Saw-
I yer, was one of the original build
ers of the Roxy, assigned his con-
tract to Uptown Playhoiise, Inc., a;nd
Ithe latter is suing on the allegation
the theatre was to haye been com-
pleted by' last March from g?lans
which Walter W. Ahlschlager, the
architect of the Roxy, was to pi^
( pare.

Publix 8 Chi Weeks

Chicago, Oct. 2.
Addition of the Paradise and
Tower, and 'dropping of' the Sen-
ate, has brought about a changed
I local routing for B. & K, units pro-
duced at the Oriental, as follows:
Oriental, Paradise, Norshore, Hard-
I ing and Tower".

Eastern Publix units routed into
:B. & K. houses here play the Chl-
1 cago. Uptown and Tivoll consecu-
tively. This totals eight weeks of
Publix unit time In Chicago.

retrenchment policy adopted by
Excellent Pictures. The latter flrni
is a producer but with Sam Zlerler,
Sain Young and' other principle
stockholders also In on Common-
wealth which distributed Excellent
product In the New York district.
The exchange Is reported to hay©
dropped $150,000 last year through
carrying a $2,600 weekly overhead
and failing to close with any large
circuit although reported doing
good independent business. State
right exchanges to break must do
business with at least one theatre
chain as a whole.

Samuel Zlerler remains as presi-
dent of Excellent Pictures and pro-
duction will be resumed on the
coast under the supervision of
Harry Hoyt. Zlerler was scheduled
to join Universal over two months
ago as production manager.

First Division will have tho rights
to Excellent Pictures for the
metropolitan territory.;

Freddie

AND

Joe!

ORIENTAL
THEATRE
CHICAGO

Limited Engagement

"EXCLESIVELT COI.CMBL\
BECOUDLNO ARTIST"

CONSEIMAN WITH PATHE

Los Angeles, Oct. 2,
William Conselman, who, recently
left Fox after two years of super-
vising and writing, Is to supervise
for Pathe. The first picture will
be "Listen, Baby," featuring Eddie
Quillani

Conselman Is the first supervisor
Paul Bern has added to the Pathe
staff slnde he took charge.

FIEE PREVENTION FILM

In observance of Fire Prevention

Week, October 7, 46 Loew theatres

In Greater New York are playing

"Thru tiie Ages."

It's a one-rceler made by Castle

Los Angeles, Oct, 2. 1 Films In co-operation with the Na-

_ _ fl,^ „^«rv,ftf^^ wac, Ulonal Board of Fire Underwriters
S. S. Millard, film promoter, was .

S. i ffliHard Free

JESSE CRAWFORD
ORGAN CONCERT

MRS. CRA WFORD at Stage Console
Week of Sept, 29

PARAMOUNT THEATRE
NEW YORK

"JEANNINE, I DREAM OF LILAC

TIME"

(Leo Feisty Inc.)

released from custody in Los An
geles, Sept. 27, when word was re-
ceived that the $25,000 embezzle-
ment charge filed against him in
Chicago bad been dismissed by a
Chicago judge.

The charge was made by the U.
S, Health Film Company, which
claimed to have advanced Millard
the money for making three pic-
tures. , -'

Millard had been free under a
v$10,000 bond, following his arrest in
Los Angeles, but on Sept. 26, was
taken Into custody on a fugitive
warrant from Chicago.

Dialog for "Erik"

Los Ane^els, Oct. 2
Walter Anthony is writing dialog
for Universal's "Erik tho Great,"
directed by Paul Fejos. Tale is of
modern magician.

Still Publixing

EVERYWHERE A HIT

TABIIDK" 8AJ1J ••i.^i, cHICAOO

"These boys have devclopca acro-
batic legwork to sensational propor-
tions. They start as comedy dancer^,
later losing their funny clothes to get
serious and excellent. Forced into •
speech.'*

"Smith and Hadley, two male
dancers, deserve headline billing- ror
exoelleiit footwork."

8KATTI.B "TIMES" SAID:
° ■ 8KATTI.B THEATBB

"Two boys who Just about dlB-
rut>ted tho program schedule yester-
day were Smith and Hadley, expo-
1 nents of difficult, graceful and comi-
cal dance steps."

SAN FRANCISCO "NEWS" SAID:

GBANAUA THEATBE

"One of tho most clever dancing
teams that has been here In weeks Is
Smith and Hadley. After doing some
'rube* Bturf' they execute 'some really
dimcult steps."

OMAUA "BEE-NEWS" SAID:

KIVIEBA THEATRE

"When It comes to dance antics.
Smith and Hadley need retire for
hone."

WEEK OF OCT. 2
HOWARD, ATLANTA

Regards to
MAX TURNER
JERRY CARGILL

PUBLIX UNIT
NOW

Hitting on All

Four at
MINNESOTA,
MINNEAPOLIS

Direction
WM. MORRIS OFFICE

Shea of Buffalo Asks
Various Protection Period

Shea-Publix operating two down-
town theatre* and three neighbor-
hood houses In Buffalo, Is under-
stood to be asking 10 days' protec-
tion following the downtown run,
seven days additional upon the en-
tire cast side ot Buffalo, and from
10 to 90 days additional against
certain designated tiieatres classed
as opposition by the Shea-Pdbllx
officials.

In instanceis where the SO-day
protection applies the Shea people
automatically acquire 127 days com-
plete protection.

EXCEIIiENT BEOBGANIZED

Los Angeles, Oct. 2.

Sam Zlerler has reorganized and
refinanced Excellent Pictures com-
pany. He win start production on
the coaat In about 10 days.

Just who will make these pictures
for Excellent Is not yet determined
aa a number of Independent opera
tors her* claim to hold contract*
wltk llM Excellent eoocera.

FANCHON

.MARCO IDEAS

In All West Coast Theatres,
Inc., De Luxe Picture Houses
and Every One of the The^
atres Showing a Healthy
Weekly Profit

Booked to MARKS BROS. Theatres,
Chicago, By GLENN C. BURT

Thanks,
Benny
Meroff

And Thank
You,
Murray

The Ram Rrutnmel

Wednesday, October 3, 1928

VARIETY

15

ANOTHER 'WHISPERING CAMPAIGN '

I

It's***-

»M G-M'$ ^ot- the bigafcSt sound
opera-%hife Shadows." Receipts
beat "fli5 Parade "and "8en-Hur."

"3r A

Wter all'/ts the pictures
ain't it/ MC^'M knows its

^'Now they ye (jot Cecil deMilit -
V/aor, Cruze, Niblo, Btown- al1
Road Show directors ^

i^^Sijf^f^ too '

too / 4f

D

Hoftama'^-

THE

''''75J<?/ sov m "Be/lamy
Trial II is the tafsf
What a line-up !

(Let's a dfink .') "

TALK OF THE INDUSTRY

LON CHANEY— JOHN GILBERT— WILLIAM HAINES— MARION DAVIES— GRETA GARBQ
RAMON NOVARRO-NORM A SHEARER^^

CODY-PRINGLE— TIM McCOY— JOAN CRAWFORD— OUR GANG— LAUREL-HARDY, etc.

WEVGS

Sound or silent, rolling up unheard of grosses wherever
U p^ys! On itJ reeo4 THE GREATEST PICTURE
ATTRACTION EVER RELEASED. A Paramount Picture.

T ▼

THE

In seventh week of S. R. 0. business at Rialto, N. Y.
Jannings-Lubitsch masterpiece success everywhere and
hailed as THE PERFECT PICTURE. A Paramount Picture.

•*The Fleet's In!" ClaraBow, topping even "It" figures.
Bancroft -Von Sternberg hit "Docks of New York"
breaks Paramount Theatre record by $7,000!

aod now

^^^o years in the making, now Erich von Stro-

heim's brilliant successor to "The Merry Widow"
is offered to exhibitors. Available silent or with
magnificent isymphonic accompaniment.
Technicolor sequences. A Paramount Picture.

PARAMOUNT »S GREATEST YEAR J

Wednesday, October 3, 1928

FILM REVIEWS

VARIETY

17

Talking Shorts

FOX MOVIETONE NEWS
12 Mins.; 9 Clips
Week Sept. 29
6trand, New York

Lots of action in thlSt establishing
it as one of the . snappiest sound
newsreels ever turned out.

Of tVie nine shots five are short
glimpses of major college football
squads in action. Differing: . methods
of coaches are illustrated by action,
with «ach shot , Includingr another
exercise. Some thrillingr scrimmage
worlc by the Yale squad and the
noise that goes with it.'Real comedy
In the Dartmouth men's Jigging and
postures (limbering . up) to har-
monica accompaniment a.nd yells
front the instructor. Knee drops,
made easier by pairs clasping hands,
may be. excellent for working, out
candidates but it sure looks funny
on the screen..

Also full of zip and closing this
i)lt is the rodeo at Pendleton, Ore.
One sensational shot follows a
tight-strapped brorik for yards after
the ridier had been thrown. ;,

Opener is of the Breamer games
In Scotland . Idth Britain's king and
queen attending. Xiater pictured is
an oil well blaze in California. Hiss-
ing of the burnl^ig oil is recorded.

Louisville colored Jazz band had
one member producing rhythm by
giving the bird into the mouth of.
a jug. It hnishes with less comedy
than it starts, classing the shot
below anything elae in the reeli

To anyone hearing and seeing
these .football maneuvers, the silent
shots of days gone by must seem
deaf, dumb and blind. What the
boys with the sound boxes attached
to their cameraJs will do with the
real games this fall can be
imagined. Biofi.

Six Months at Coconut
Grove, Ambassador Hptel,
Los Angeles, Cal.

^. JOHN

FREDERICK

and

MARIAN

DABNEY

DeLUXE DANCING TEAM

Now Touring Publix
Circuit of Theatres

Direction WULLIAM MOBBIS
Chicago OfflM

Michigan Vaiide Mgrs. Ass'n
Charlie MACK

Booking the most extensive circuit
of vaudevlUa and presentation the-
atres between New York and Chicago

' Michigan Theatrei Bidg.

DETROIT

standard Acts, Write or Wire

HELENE HUGHES
ROY SMOOT

J''enturcd ivith
FANCIION and HABCO

West Coast
Theatre

Long Beach
Cal.

BILLY SNYDER

THE JUVENILE PRINCE

_ noiNo TnviR IN
FANCHON and MARCO'S

"IIAX" IDEA.
Week Sept. 88
_ I^w'h Stftto, Los Angeles
~DlrooUon-=.WM.-MOKU18 A<JENer-

VINCE SILK

3d Year With West Coast as
Master of Ceremonies

Now

COI-DION G.\TK xnF.ATRE. I,. A.

Thank.s to Fanchon and Marco

"HOW'S YOUR STOCK."
VITAPHONE NO, 2,660.
9 Mins.

Strand, Yonkers, N. Y.

Timely satire on public mania tor
gambling in the stock market, gag
ged up in the movie manner by
Murray Roth and Bryan Foy, Seven
or eight Vita stock players in cast.

Hard working comedy that de-
feats itself by too much striving
for laughs,

Living room set. with ticker In
middle. Husband is reading quota-
tions on Acme Aeroplane on which
the family fortune Is at stake. It
goes from 76 to 25 while wl£o. up-
braids husband .for wrecking the
family. p

Meantime parlor maid., i?, sum-
moned on household business, gets
absorbed in the ticker, learns she
has won. a fortune and quits the
job. Cook does the same thing.-
Burglars enter and blow safe with-
out dlstra,ctlnB husband from tape,'
Cracksmen- ajso interested in quo-
tations and, learning they have
wan fortune, depart to "go
straight,"

While Acme Aero crashes, prices
boom in supposed worthless oil
stock held by husband's father.

While they're all looking for cer-
tificate, view dissolves and husband
is ribbon clerk, aslieep at his coun-
ter while irate woman customer Is
trying to get some service. She
calls floorwalker and clerk is fired
for a tag line when floor walker in
manner of "nanc6" bawls out clerk.

Rush.

REINALD WERRENRATH:
VITAPHONE No. 36i,
8 Mins. "

Strand, Yonkers, N. Y.

One of the best class concert rec-
ords Vitaphone has produced. The
baritone sings two familiar num-
bers, but how he sings them! Ar-
rangement :ls utterly sirtiple and
unadorned and has an attractive
artlessness about it. Salon set with
piano and accompanist.

Werrenrath leans against the in-
strument and without prelude be-
gins "Mandalay." "Duna," the
plaint of an old salt, is a compan-
ion piece, the two num'bers round-
ing out a highly satisfying inter-
lude. Outstanding merit of the item
is the fact that the mechanicals are
able to reproduce on screen and disk
that something that makes the ex-
ceptional artist and , arq» able to
convey It to the audience.

The Werrenrath record was one
of three on this bill. Other two
were a vaudeville specialty and a
comedy talking sketch. The Wer-
renrath number was the only one
that drew audible response. Re-
production Is flawless in tone and
whole record is worthy of place in
any program, with special appeal
to class audiences. Rush.

HURLEY, PUTNAM and SNELL.
VITAPHONE No. 2180.
Piano and Songs;
7 Minutes.
Clinton, New York.

Singing trio, prolsably with a lo-
cal rep on tlie coast. They look
well in blue coats and white flan-
nels and warble a group of pop
numbers, Indicating record was
made some time^ ago. Pair for a
short bilif. '

Opening with a slow ballad, "One
Summer Night," as a double, with
the piano in focus but the pianist
out of the shot. Duo then swing
into "I Wonder Wliat Will William
Tell,", old comedy standby .for this
type of act in vaude. .

Piani.st does, a regulation piano
solo while other two boys are mak-
ing a change, which consists of ad-
justing bandanas for a wop comedy
ditty "Pastifasula." This final num-
ber was done with gestures? that
.seem more or less mechanical to
the boys, who look like cabaret
floor workers.

BROX SISTERS

UNIVERSAL ^.

Songs

5 Minutes

Colony, New York

--^BrD'x^""Si s tersr-t hr ee^s i ng In gr "and
another girl accompanying on the
piano, are from vaudeville. They
rate an early spot on small time
vaudeville bills hardly suitable for
competition with the type of ma-
terial used In talking shorts at the
prosent time.

Deliver a few vocal number.s as a
trio and bow off to light returns.
Rocor^ding did not sound good and
photography also off. Mori.

SHAW and LEE (3)
VITAPHONEj No.#86;
9 Mins.; Comedy,
Winter Garden, New York

Thi.s is an old standard vaud?
act. Opening at the Winter Garden
with "The Singing Fool" tiiis num
bct^, spotted second on a four-act
Vitaphone program, was spontane-
ously greeted as a domedy offering,
It created a riot, but it got plenty
of laughs without loss oif time or
weakening of the routine.

The boys sing' several nut Comedy
lyrics, accompanied by ait Invislbl"?
pianist. They appear in brown der-
bies and tight suits a la tintype.
The wooden face ' delivery is excel-
lent and general . entertainment
valtie gives It a rating for the top
picture liouses.

Some of the gags cotild stand im -
provement. The team is a bet for
future. Mori ,

THE FLEET'S-IN

(SOUND)

Paramount sound production and release.
Starring Clara Bow; James Hall featured. -
Directed by Malcolm St. Clair. Story and
scenario ' by Monte Brlco aiid J. Walter
Ruben, Titles by Georpe Marlon. At Par-
amount. New York, week Sept. 20. . Run-
ning time, .75 minutes.

Trl.\le Deane Clara Bow

Kidle BrJerga... ....Jame;) Hall

^e.nrchliKht Doyle. .......... ..^ . Jack Oakle

Al Pearce.^.... :Eddle Dunn

Betty, v Jea.n - Lavorty

Double-Duty Duffy. ..,..Dan Wplhelm

Mrs. Deane ' ,. .Bodll' Rosing

Judge Hartley. .Richard Carle
Commandant . Joeepb GIrard

As a picture for downtown de luxe
houses with other entertainment,
very good. Plus Clara Bow, a bright
set of titles and Malcolm St. Clair's
intelligent direction. With a so-so
story to work on and Miss Bow to
work with, St. Clair contributed that
which the picture will he most noted
for — speed.

James Hall is . relegated by script
to a half-way William Haines as. a
wise-cracking, fast- working guy.
Also, "Fleet's In" follows the theme

of most Ilalnes pictures, that of the
egotistical flip who tries to make
the questionable but, hard-to-got
flap; repulsed, sore, 'repents, ex-
plains "didn't know what kind of a
girl you w^ere," reforms, and . pro-
poses.

Gob. or marine Or variations, but
it's all the sumo.

As a gob Hall shows more than
probably ever before. He looks the
part and, above 'all, looks good,
which won't be overlooked j)y
women.

Miss Bow again plays a warm but
virginal flapper. The way this mod-
ern type of lass can take 'em, fake
'em and shake 'em arid still retain
her standing is. quite nifty, even for
the screen's stories.

Clara ts a "hostess/' a Frisco
VtaxI" dance hall. She lives on
dancing— -lOc per. It's clear she's a
nice girl, crystallizing clear. No
Job in the daytime, either. All nice
girls in ballrooms hold jobs during
the day and strut their creep Joint
stuff at night for pin money.

.Clara is known as "Peachy" to
almost the entire navy. ' She Is seen
welcoming thgi^'boys as they arrive
Qh furlough. All the boys brought
her presents . and she's carrying
them home when Eddie (Hall) tries
to make by offering assistance. He
is advised to scram several times
iand finally ' does, later meeting
Peachy again at the dance hall. As
the lights go out for a moment they
accidentally become partners. And
they finish by winning the cham-
pionship cup, unaware they are in
the contest.

Still suffering, from lack of atten-
tion, Eddie- frames with a sailor
friend via coin to insult Peachy, so
he can step in and rescue. Works,
and Eddie takes her home, where
the usual Insult occurs. The way
Peachy obviously led . him on, he
couldn't well be blamed, considering
he's a sailor, Both fall in love.
Peachy that night in spite . of the
insult and Eddie the next morning
while repenting.

In an anti-climax Eddie gets into
a free-for-all protecting Peachy,
this time legit, and lands in th6 po-
lice court. He Is convicted, but

Peachy Jumps on., the stand and
saves him.

Canned musical score suitable and
tuneful. Bige.

WIN THAT GIRL

(SOUND)

F\)x production and release- feaiurltiff
David Rollins and Sue Carol. Directed by
David Butler. Adapted by John Stone
from a story by' Jamea Hopper. C.imera-
man. Glen MocWllllams. At the Roxy,
N. Y., week ot Sept. 29. Running time,
CI) mlnuteu.

Johnny Norton, 3rd. ........ .David RolUnfl

Gloria Havens /.....Sue Carol

Larry Brawn, 8rd.... .Tom Elliott

Johnny Nortpn, 2nd ^...Roqcoe Knrns

I.arry Bruwn, lind I......OIin Franci*

Johnny Norton, 1st. .Mack Fluker

I.nrry Brawn, Ist., Sidney Bracey

Cl.ira tJoM.tle.... ,....*onet MacLeod

IS8.0 Girl ... i ... . . . ,• . . . . . . ; . Maxlnif Shelly

ISKI5 .Girl. Betty Recklaw

Extremely weak for the Roxy al-
though a fair program picture for
smaller communities where the high
school is an important factor In
the social life. It belongs to the
cycle of Fox pictures which glorifies
the American 16-year-old. "High
School Hero" and "Air Circus" are
examples of the same general type
although possessing more merit
than this release.

Picture has been sounded and re-
volves about football, two favor-
able and timely factors that will
have influence upon whatever box
office success an essentifilly ordinary
film achieves. Story Is wildly Im-
possible with occasional touches of
.slapstick. Football pictui-es have
always been conspicuous abu.sers of
dramatic license but this one exr
tends the privilege to new lengths.

David Rollins; a good looklnig but
puny youth, ahd Sue Carol, a pretty
child, are the leads and a portion
of.-the fans may be able to take
a love affair between them seriously.
It's the Booth Tarkington Idea lack-
ir this author's wit and pathos.
Easily pleased folk will also find
nothing dlfiicult about a plot that
represents three generations of two
different families devoting all their

(Continued on page 23)

Eastman Panchromatic

Negatwe

e 2

A perfected, proved product
for the cinematographer

In developing it the Eastman Kodak
Company has pursued its long estab-
jlished policy of constantly helping to
improve the motion pictu re art. In
presenting- it to the trade it maintains
its undisputed forty-year supremacy.

EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY

ROCHESTER, N. Y.

Wednesday, October 3, 1928

i

$1,000,000 is the sum appropriated to
blanket the ent^^ in Warner

Bros, unparalleleci newspaper campa^^^^^
The merits of Warner stars, productions,
and Vitaphone are decisively explained in
full page ads in 125 leading dailies!

This is showmanship at its smashing
peak ! We're behind the exhibitor, so th^
exhibitor can make every special Warner
Winner and Road Show a record-
smasher! Our pictures have dynamic
drawing power as they stand! This spec-
tacular campaign raises them to a peak
where the public will see nothing but
Warner }3ros. productions and Vitaphone.

■ This is not all ! • Warner Bros. Vita-
phone Jubilee Hour, broadcast every
Monday evening through the Columbia
Broadcasting System, provides a coast-to-
Goast hook-up I Tune in on the f ourth of
the 26 Warner programs next Monday, at
9:30 p. m, and hear how we create a de-
mand for the Warner pictures you are
going to play! Then tune in on profits!

In December, v\ e start an intensive na-
tional campaign in all fan magazines.
The class fan periodicals, read by mil-
lions, will blazon forth with striking
}Varner ads — provocative box-office
pioneers ! ' " ' ' " ' ' ' " " ■'; - - • ■■

Wednesday, October 3/1928

19

as an

EAD OFF WITH THESE

PHENOMENAL SPECIALS
NOW MAKINa MOVIE
HISTORY

THE SINGING FOOL
'LIGHTS OF NEW YORK
THE HOME TOWNERS
THE TERROR'*
THE JAZZ SINGER"
TENDERLOIN

THE LION AND THE MOUSE"
'GLORIOUS BETSY"

^VERY ONE IS A BANK
BOOK NATURAL 1

90

VARIETY

Phonograph Discs Used for 'Sound/
And Savoy, N. Y., Raises Scale to 35c

p I c T u R E s

Court Wants Assurance
In Ascher House Return

Wednesday, October 3, 1928

Emblazoned with a large aign

announcing ' "sounci pictures" and

"fully synchronized mysical Bcore,"
tho Savoy theatre, off Broadway on
34th street, is using a phonograph
of tlie auditorium type.

Looks like a typical Instance of
Bniall picture, hbuscs ballyhbolng
nothing in particular and giving Im-
pression house is wii'cd for talking
pictures.

As near as could be judged three
Accords were used, these alternating.
Music was of a neutral quiet nature,
wlfch little connection with the
sci-ecn action.

Immediately pi-eceding the feature
was a song slide period. Record
was recognizable as • Helen Kane
singing "That's My Weakness
Now." Slides changed from booth
by operator. L.yrlcs got laughs from
audience.

Trouble of some sort developed
prior to the song slides, about five
minutes elapsing in silence. The
. main title of the song slides stiarted
to crack from heat.

An employee stated admission
scale had - been raised from 26 to
35 cents since the advent of "abund."
Business aboiit the same.

Organist is still oh duty for news-
reel and shorts.

BROOKS TRIO

SINGING BANJOISTS

Now with
FANCHON and MARCO'S
"UP IN THE AIR" IDEA

J

NEW HOTEL ANNAPOLIS

WnaidnvUm. D. O.
SlHRle. §17.60
Doable. t28.0«

11^12 and H St*.

la the Heart ot
Theatre Dlatrlot

Loew's Honest Ads

Syracuse, N. T., Oct, 2.
In advertising "The CaJnera-
mau" for Loew'B State here
(wired) the advertising stressed
a line reading: •
. Presented without sound.

RORIDA IS IN
FOR BAD SEASON

Jack.gonvllle, Fla., Oct. 2.
Theatre business In Florida is ex-
pected to be at Its worst In three

seaisons from effects of floods and
hurricanes in the south.

Practically all Independent houses
from Fort Lauderdale to West
Palm Beach, inland, are badly dam-
aged or totally destroyel, with most
seeing little prospect ot reopening
this year.

From Jax to Miami and over to
Tampa execs are singing the blues.

The 2,300-seat Florida theatre,
Jacksonville, though not damaged,
gave notice to the entire staff this
week. No announcement of dosing
was made prior to official notice,
but It followed a reported refusal
by the Florida's orchestra to trans-
fer to the Arcade, firhere the Peni-
chl Players (stock) open this week.
The request for musicians to move;
from reports, is part of a program
to turn the Florida into a straight
(sound) film house.

The "Journal," afternoon daily,
has started agitation for retention
of the orchestra members. The mu-
sicians claim their contract can be
canceled only upon complete clos-
ing of the house.

Chicago, Oct. 2,

A committee representing 80 per
cent of the organized' creditors of
the Ascher Circuit , of picture
houses, formerly operated by Nate
and Max Ascher. and how held in
receivership by the Chicago Title
& Trust Company, appeared before
Federal Judge Evans with a plea to
have the theatres removed from
bankruptcy and placed under the
general management of Nate As-
cher. The confimlttee claimed that
with Ascher again in charge the
creditors would stand a chance of
realizing 100 cents.

Judge Evans withheld decision,
asking the committee to appeiir be-
fore him later showing substantial
evidence that they are well organ-
ized and fully able to co-operate
with Ascher In operating the
houses.

The obstacle in th<& way of any
agreement between creditors, the
court and the Chicago Title & Trust
Coihpany is the disposal of the liens
and mortgages on the theatre prop-
erties. William Fox, holding $500,-
000 worth of stock, is . opposed to
resumption of the Ascher regime,
figuring the Fox Interests would not
be protected. Chester Davis, rep-
resenting the C. T. & T.,, also op-
poses the move In the interests of
lease and mortgage holders.

Nate and Max Ascher were re-

Warners Discontinue Silent Films;
Talkers Only, With 1st Natl Addition

200 S9ent Houses Quit

It is estimated that over 200
picture theatres, mostly in
iieighbprhoods, flaying silent
l)icture3, have closed -within
the past two months.

.All sections have witnessed
the closings. Mostly account-
ed for by the neighbors gblng
downtown to see and hear the
talking pictures.

ported In "Variety last week as . In-
terviewing creditors In ah attempt
to reach a carrying agreement In
case they could get the theatres
back. It la also reported they ap-
peared personally before Federal
Judgie Wllkerson with a plea to re-
sume control of the houses, but re-
ceived an indefinite answer.

Louis Gardy, former Tllalto-R}-
yoll- publicity man, has left Sara:nac
.after two years and Is resting at
Oradell, N. J. His Cheese Club
friends are planning a midnight
testimonial.

Bristolphone s Clash With W. £.;
May Soon Arrive at Earle, Wash.

Gotham-Brlstolphone is one talker
company that is expecting Western
Electric to give its apparatus a
close once-bver within a couple of
weeks.. Then the device will be in-
stalled in Brylawski's Earle, Wash-
ington.

This win be the flrst of the inde-
pendent talker wiring and may be
the test case on, the subject of In-
terchangeablllty, about which West-

ern now expresses complete ignor-
ance.

In addition to Brylawsky's theatre
the Bristolphone people claim they
have contracts sighed for 600 more
theatres.

If their device infringes it is their
plan to piiy for a license. If they
find they can't pay, then the little
subject of restraint, of trade Is in-
timated.

It is reported Warner Brothers
will not produce any more silent
pictures, unless the d,uplicated neg-
a,llve of sound pictures, intended
for theati-es not equipped with
Movietone or Vitaphone, can be
placed in that category.

At present, it is understood, this,
schedule is in force and is .said to
have been decided on prior, to the
Warner Brothers-First National
deal. It Is not established whether
this program would have been car-
ried through without First National.

According to understanding, the
tentative or perhaps final deal be-
tween Warner Brothei-s and First
National provides that all Fir.st Na-
tional pictures for the coming sea-
son, either finished and waiting for
the final O. K. or to be produced^
will be Vltaphoned at the Warner
studios in !Hollywood, Those First
National productions already made,
it is reported,, will be Synchronized
ajid dialoged wherever possible.

For thei present, according to all
reports, Warners will preserve the
identity of First v National as a
separate organization, but a shake-
up in the ranks of the latter seems
likely soon. If it does not com©
Immediately.

HERNIE KING

Musical Master of Ceremonies

Direotlon Fancbon and Marco

Fifth Ave. Theatre, Seattle

O ABr EN A

DIAMOND

CDANCINO HAKPIST BOTJIEME)
Featured, with
Fanehoii and Haroo'a "RIVER" Idea
New Xoew'ii State, Ixib Angeles
Direction;
l^alter Meyers, of Wm. Morris Ageacy

BEFORE LEAVING FOR EUROPEAN TOUR

JACKIE COOGAN

AND HIS

DAD

Tf

(JACK COOGAN, SR.)

WISH TO THANK

The Entire Staff » of the

BALABAN & KATZ THEATRES
JOHN H. KUNSKY

PUBLIX THEATRES, INC.

ALSO

FANCHON AND MARCO
BENNY RUBIN

WILL ROGERS

SKOURAS BROS.
SHEA'S BUFFALO

CARTER DE HAVEN
HUGH HERBERT

For Courtesies Extended Daring Recent Tour

AMERICAN AND EUROPEAN TOURS

A. L. BERNSTEIN
Personal Representative for
JACKIE COOGAN

Arranged by
WM. MORRIS AGENCY (WM. MORRIS, JR.)

OPENING IN
NICE, FRANCE
OCTOBER 19

Weanesday, October 3, 1028

VARIETY

Smash Hit

EVERYWHERE!

William Ij baton

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FBO's

First Daring Venture into
Sensational Flash Musi-
cal Comedy Sequence-
Prologue and Epilogue—
in SOUND and DIA-
LOGUE

"WORTHY $2.00
RUN ANYWHERE"

Wires Sure-fire Al Gottesman,
of tRe Garde Theatre, New
London, Conn.

SWEEPING THE NATION!
BLASTING RECORDS!
BRINGING NEW LIFE!
OPENING NEW VISTAS TO
UNDREAMT PROFITS!

GERTRUDE OLMSTEAD

Gertrude Astor Daphne Pollard
A RALPH INCE PRODUCTION

WATCH FOR FBO's SENSATIONAL 100% TALKER!

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**Best talker feature yet achieved/'

— ^A^. y. Dailv Mirror

"Unprecedented crowds."

—N. Y. Eoe. Graphic

"Customers applauded extensively."

_-A^. y. Sun

*'Grippinff. You can detect Fe jos* genius.

■ — N. y. Eye. World

"Excellent entertainment."

—N. Y. Telegraph

"Tells a story with unusual brilliance."

— N. Y. Eoe. Post

starring

GLENN TRYON and BARBARA KENT

^e^ ••d©^ ^^J®
A x><^* t^® <:o>>**

its name is nUE MELODY OF LOVE"-
Voices give it the breath of life.

It is the romantic story of love, life and laughter with soldiers and
song for background—

Alljdie cOiarMiteKspea^^

The performanceof every memberoftheexccUentcastwilldclighfyou.-
Walter Pidgeon is the hero- Mildred Harris is the Loved One-
Jane Winton is the girl he left behind him—
Tom Dugan is Walter Pidgeon's comedy Buddy—
Jack Richardson is the heavy-All give finished performances—
All are convincing- AU are entertaining.

Wednesday,. October 3, 1928

FILM REVIEWS

WIN THAT GIRL

(Continued from page 17)

time to proclucing football players
for the aole purpose of defeating
tlip other.

Opening caption stiites that Amer-
icans sottled down after the Civil
War to enjoy a period of peace but
shortly thereafter football was In-
vented. Football of the ,80's, the
game in 1905, and finally in 1928 is
the blueprint of the narrative. Gags
fill In the footage.

Synchronization adds little al-
though the Roxy Is a dinicult test.
Production Is okay except for pho-
tography which seemed foggy at
times. This might be due to am-
pereage or projection causes but
seems inherent in film. '"Win That
Girl" is a moderate among the mod-
•ra,to. Land.

Three Ring Marriage

Produced and released by Flrat National.
Directed by Marshal Nellan. Titles by
Garrett Graham. Adapted by Harvey Thew
from story by Dixie Wilson. In cast: Mury
Astor, Ijloyd Hughes. Howard Truesdalp,
Alice White, At. Loew's Circle, one day,
Sept, 21. Runnlnir time, about G5 minutes.

led off by ranch atmosphere to give
It western classification, "Three
Ring Marriage" has 3, society drama
finla. Cowboy wins hl» cowgirl and
socks the go-between circus man-
ager in an elaborate hotel suite
Weak story, with good names mis-
cast. Okay on double feature or
alone in houses of don't care policy.
. Picture has earmarks of being
made when Alice White was a bit
player, and while Mickey Neilan and
Mary Astor were in between their
regular work.

Mary too delicate type to be con-
vincing in saddle rolei Alice okay as
roughneck circus performer doing
her vamp stuff, .

THE NIGHT BIRD

_Unlvor3l prductlon and release. Starring
Reginald Denny,. Directed by Fred Ncw-
meyer. In coat: Betsey Lee; Sam Hardy,
Harvey Clark,- Corliss Palmer. No other
screen credits. At Keith's Hippodrome,
i^ow York, vtre* Sept. 30. Running time,
lO minutes, ■

With a lot of stock circus shots,

Always
Playing
Opposition
to Somebody

"Charles Althoff,
the Yankee Fid-:
dler, is the laugh-
wow of the Or-
pheum show. This
man Althoff is
clever, etc., etc."
S. P. "Examiner."

"VARIETY"

"As perfect a
characte r i z a t i o n
as was ever por-
t r a y e d on any
stage."

Addren Care J«rry Ctrglil. >S60 Broadway, N. Y.

While this is light matter-of-Ut
tie-fact enteilainment, based upon
but a dim story outline, there are
some conventional situations which
will rate applause in the grinds and
laughs in the others.

Reginald Denny has an a la Tun
ney i-ole, highbrow, disUker of night
life and the prize ring. When the
promoter decides color Is necessary
for the championship battle, he lugs
his battler into a spacious apart-
ment and night clubs. Fleeing this,
the battler comes upon a pretty,
but bruised foreign dame in the
park. That is the excuse for a ro-
mance even peculiar for the screen
and rather a flat one, despite the
"originality."

When the b.attler discovers he
really loves the no-spika English
lady, she pops back to her old man
and the horse whip.

On the night of the biff battle and
while the champ is taking a part
of the count because of the absence
of his "loved one, she Is resisting
papa and getting a sound trounc-
ing. The audience's mentality will
decide whether tears or laughs will
be the order of the evening at this
point.

A half-grown bambino manages
to squirm through the cops and get
to the ropes in time to whisper the
word to the disheartened champ
Then action. The challenger is put
away in the twinkling of an eye
and the. champ, in his fighting togs
— not even the bathrobe — jumps a
cab with the kid, socks right and
left, until the avaricous papa takes
a physical roll and strong arms
clamp the little darling forever.

Denny hias done much better,
when handed better stories.

HIT!

AT LOEW'S WARFIELD, SAN FRANCISCO

Greatest Box-Office Record for All Time

WEST COAST SERVICE CORPORATrON

Gtneral Offlcei flan FranelsoO'OfncM . ForUand OfDeea- Seattle OfRcei

WMlJngton at Vermont At*. Gmnnrta Thontro nidg. Liberty Theatre Itldf. 671 Skinner Bldg.
loi Aiwoles. Calif. Son Francisco, Calif. Portland, Ore. SoatUe, Waflh.

SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF.
IX>EW'8 WABFTELn TMKATRB

Sept, 23, 1928.

Mr. Bobby Agnew,

Fanclion & Marco's "Violin Voyage" Idea,
Loew's Warfleld Theatre,
San Francisco, Calif.

My Dear Mr. Agnew:

It may Interest you to know that during your current ^

engagement at Loew's Warfleld all attendance

records in the^histpi^^

Although we have no definite way of knowing, there is
no doubt that your presenec on the bill was largely
responsible for this marvelous business.

I want to take this opportunity of expressing to you our .
appreciation and hearty congratulations for your
ability, to draw at the box oflice.

It was a real pleasure to have you with us. Our only .
regret is that your engagement Is limited to. a single,
week. Fanchon & Marco are to be congratulated for
giving to us the opportunity to present a real star to
our discriminating patrons.

With kindest regards and best wislies.

Lou Golden,
Manager,

Loew'a Warfiold Theulre,

VARIETY

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GALLANT HUSSAR

(ANGLO-HUNGARIAN MADE)

Produced by Oal>uiborou«l| Pictures.
DlHtributod In the U. K. by W. A F.
Kllms, Directed by Qeorv M. .Bolvary.
I'lroiojfraphy by Eduard Hoeach and Bruno
Tlmni. Adapted from original atory by
Margarete Langen and Arthur Uaidos.
Censors' CortUlcate "U." Pre-vlewed ut
London Hippodrome, Sept. 1*. 'Runninc
time, 80 ' minutes,

Llout. Stephen Alrlk Ivor Novello

Mary Wcntworth ...Evelyn Holt

Bubenylk , Ernat Verebes

Katy Ibolya ' Szckely

Mr. . Qcks. . J^ullu« Von Szotegbt

Bobby Agnew

SCREENLAND'S SMILING JUVENILE

8 MORE WEEKS FOR WEST COAST THEATRES

• Dlrcrtloii F.\N(I10N nn«1 SrARCO

Film is rather like the cast list,
of mix;ed natiohaJlty.

Padded beyond all need.- Would
cut easily to 5,500 feet, and be a
better picture. It has some ele-
mejits of novelty In Hungarian
street and country locations, a.nd
the Katy and Bubenyik roles are
In the hands of a couple of passably
good comedy troupers, even if their
humor is a bit too bucolic.

Some good sequences of a Hun-
garian country lair do not strain
the continuity. But the story is
thin, and Ivor Novello does little
but look a good looking fellow.

An attempt to make an Ameri-
can angle, has beejn gotten In by
making the heroine return to her
native coiintry with poppa; whd
has made a pile in some nebulous
works at Detroit, But Evelyn Holt
does not pass muster either ieis an
American girl or as a screen hope.

The Hungarian studio Ideas of
hotels and restaurants, while they
maye be locally correct, look cheap
and tawdry without being novel or
atmospheric.

In the editing and titling (al-
ways one of the worst features in
British films) there are some funny
breaks, . The hero is said' to be in-
terested only In two things, "unl-
. form and good form." And he Is
shown behaving in a restaurant In
a way in which no educated Euro-
pean would dream of behaving,
even If lit. Much less an "officer
and a gentleman." .

Then, when suspended from the
army, he goes to a farm where, per
caption, he finds salvation in "the
way salvation is usually found; . . .
hard work." Followed by shots
showing him leaning against a post
with ills hands in his pants' pockets
while someone else rustles all the
work.

What story there Is concerns a
young ofHcer who ruins dames and
money lenders with/equal ease. All
the money he borrows he drinks
and gambles, away, till, forging the
colonel's name to a bill, he is "sent
on leave" pending being cashiered.
He meets a girl with whom he falls
in love. His last dollar goes in
paying the restaurant band to play
under her window. She, being
American, thinks this Is awfully
sweet. Or so the director seemed
to think.

Being also an officer and a genr
tleman, he borrows money from his
sister's prospective husband— or
rather persuades his father to do
it for him when brother-in-law is
asking pojp's permission to wed the
sister. Then goes to brother-in-
law's farm to work.

Meets, the girl again, and goes
with a -couple of farm hands to a
fair with her, knowing who she Is
although she is disguised as a farm
hand. Makes love, reciprocated,
but gets the bird when the girl
(who wants to be loved for herself
alone) fiftds he knows she has
money.

Called 'back and forgiven by the
colonel, he sends the same band ,to
play the same tune outside the
girl's window, whereon she ceases
packing her grip to return to De-
troit, and falls in his arms.

Better in some ways than it
sounds, this film will Just about
get by here with the Novello fans.
Others will find it long and In parts
unconsciously funny. Its reactions
are also too Continental for this
market, where stAndards of con-
duct are not quit© so, lax at any
rate in theory. And our audiences
do love to be supposed to believe
they run -true- to tradition and
theory.

For America— out. Frat.

SWEET SIXTEEN

Trem Carr production relea«ed through
Rayart. Directed by Scott Pembroke trom
stnry by Phyllis Duganne. Continuity by
Arthur Hoerl. in Cast: Helen Foster, Ger-
trude 01m.stead, W, H. Tooker, Gladden
Janiea. At Loew's New York, one day,
Hept. 11, on double bill. Runnine time, CS
finlnutes.

Little sister's first sowing of the
oats; how it is repeatedly inter-
rupted with much repentance and
then started all over again. Is the
theme of "Sweet Sixteen," Nice
program but too weak to feature ex-
cept in smallles.

Helen Foster cops the picture.
Ideal for role, sweet, and demure.
Holds throughout.

Roadhou.sc, swimming pool, very
little battling, with customary com-
plications but le.-'s than usual quan-
tity of nocking.

FORECLOSE ON BOMBED HOUSE

Chicago, Oct, 2,
Home Mortgage and Investment
Company has filed a bill against S.
J. Gregory to foreclose a trust deed
for $350,000 .Tgaln.st the Parthenon
>Ii<Mtre.

H<nw hn" f^r-pntly b'?en bombed

Just One of Those Puhlix

Routes

1928
Week

Sept 2— Oriental . . . , . . ................... - Chicago,

Sept 9— Korshore. , . . , . . ..... Chicago, lU.

Sept. 16— Senate. . , . . . ....... .... .Chicago, 111.

Sept. 23— Harding. , . , ... . Chicago, 111.

Sept. 30— Tower . , . . . . . . , ......... . . , . . . . . . . Chicago, 111.

Oct 6— Capitol V ........................ . Detroit, Mich.

Oct 13— Circle . . , . , , , . . . . . , Indianapolis, Ind.

Oct 20— Missouri. , , . /. . .St, Louis, Mo;

Oct. 27— Oriental. . .... . , Chicago, 111.

Nov. 3— Oriental. ...... .................... Chicago, 111.

Nov. 10— Oriental. . . . . . . . , Chicago, 111.

Nov. 17— Oriental. ......... .... ... .v ... . ... .Chicago, 111.

Nov. 24— Oriental. .... .... ..... ............ .Chicago. 111.

1— Travel

7 — Olympia , , New Haven, Mass.

Dec. 1 5— Metropolitan . Boston, Mass.

Dec. 22 — Paramount New York City

Dec. 29— Loew's Palace. .. . . .Washington, D, C.

1929
Week

Dec.
Dec.

J^"- 7— Loew's Century ................. Baltimore, Md.

Jan. 14— Loew's Penn........ ....... Pittsburgh, Pa.

Jan. 21— Travel ^

Jan. 26 — Capitol . . . . .Montreal, Can.

Feb. 2— Shea's BufTalo ; Buffalo, N. T.

Feb. 9-rMichigan . ........... ^ Detroit, Mich.

Feb. 16— Allen Cleveland, Ohio

Feb. .23— Ohio Columbus, Ohio

March 2— Indiana Indianapolis, Ind.

March 9— Ambassador . . . St. Louis, Mo.

March 16— Chicago. . . ^. . Chicago, 111.

March 23— Uptown Chicago, 111.

March 30— Tivoli Chicago, HI.

April ■ 6^Travel . ^. .. \.- . ■ .. .

April 13— Minnesota . . . , v . Minneapolis, Minn.

April 20— Travel

April 27— Metropolitan. Los Angeles, Calif.

May 4^Grenada. ... . . .. . . ; . . . . . San Francisco, Calif.

May 11— Travel

May 16— Denver . , ... Denver, Colo.

May 24— Riveria Omaha, Neb.

May 31— Capitol Des Moines, la.

June 8— Palace. .Dallas, Tex.

June 15— Worth . . Ft Worth, Tex.

June 22— Texas San Antonio, Tex.

June 29— Metropolitan Houston, Tex.

July 6— Saenger.. ., New Orleans, La.

July 15— Alabama. . i , ; Birmingham, Ala.

July 22— Howard, , Atlanta, Ga.

p . (MAX TURNER,

fersonal Management — , ,1,.,,. .« .

/ William Morns Office

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VARIETY

PICTURES

Wednesday, October 3, 1928

No Film Road Show Now Out
Or In Sight Until January;
1st Such Situation in Years

Neck Holding Buyers

Exhibitors In and around
Xew York say they are being
flooded by offers from chains.

One Indie exhlb in explain-
ing the pressure said the buy-
ers were hanging around his
neok, waiting: for him to de-
ride.

Not a road show pii-ture touring
at present and with not one in sight
before .Tan uJiry, next.

That is of the |2 class and
stamped indelibly as a 111m rgud
Hhow.

It's a cojiditlon that has not oc-

ETHEL MEGLIN'S

FAMOUS WONDER KIDDIES

FKATURGD WITH
FANCHON AND MARCO

DORIS WHUMORE

World's Youngest Prima Donna
Toe Dancer and Violinist
Now with
FANCHON and MARCO'S
"UP IN THE AIR" IDEA

ALFRED

BROWER

World's Fastest Russian. Dancer
Re-engaeed by FANCHON & MARCO
Directloo WILLIAM MOURIS

DAVE GOOD

MASTER OF CEREMONIES

COLORADO THEATRE. DENVER
Tbapks to Fanchon 'and SlaTcd '

cu.rred In pictures for years, such a
long lapse between road show $2
pictures with none immediately de-
signed to so play on travel.

Exceptions are possible, but do
not add to the road show list. One
is Warners' "Singing FoOI" with
Jolson. jDue to the wired house
condition and necessity for that
lilm, the Warners have generally
released it for the pop houses al-
though playing at a $3 top at the
Winter Garden, New York, to a
maximum weekly gross now of
$40,000.

The Fox people believe they .have
a $2 road show in "The Four
Devils," opening tonight (Wednes-
day) at the Gaiety,' New York, but
Fox may be In the same position,
as it is a sound picture.
. "Hell's Angel" is the road picture
in the prospective, due In by Janu-
ai'y- It. is also t.6 issue wjth sound.
Much has been heard about "Hell'.s
Angel," a Caddo (Howard Hughe."?)
production, to be distributed by
.Paramount.

"Wings," Paramount, rode along
on £i $2 road, show basis without en-,
countering , difficulty in reaping
good grosses at that scale, until
First National . released "Lilac
Time." Both were with sound and
of the aerial type of subject. "Li-
lac" forced Paramount to generally
release "Wings" for the regular
theatres. Each has been doing ban-
ner business at the pop scales, even
\vhen in competition.

Road show offices in New York
have been, abandoned and the pic-
ture road experts are looking else-
where. This was forecast when
Jeff McCarthy, the foremost direc-
tor of all picture' $2 road tours, re-
cently decamped from New York to
be ©f general assistance on the Fox
lot in Hollywood for Winnie Shee-
han. It Is now reported that
Wayne Plerson and Joe Shea, also

Many Minor Matters
For M.P.T.O.A. Debates

Instead of a mere convention the
annual meeting of the Motion Pic-
ture Theatre Owners Of America to
))e held in Toronto, this year, will
be more. In the nature of a trade
conference, according' to one of the
executives of the association.

The evils of overseating, cenaor-
shif), latior, music tax, mouth or-
gans, red flannel underwear, Publix
Opinion, the Graphic, Pete Hari-ison,
and squawking pictures will be dealt
with in the usual strenuous manner
used by executives of the associa-
tion in moments of grave crisis for
the industry.

"DESTINY,'^ CANADA-MADE

Winnipeg, Oct. 2.
"Destiny," feature' pictiire direct-
ed by Neal Hart for the" British -
Canadian Pictures, Ltd., and pro-
duced In Calgary, has been comr
pleted.

It will be screened in that city
for the local directors before taken
to Great Britain by William
Steiner of New York. The latter
contracted to distribute this com-
pany's features for five years.

of the t2 handling men, are going
west, too.

While the wired houses are now
limited and under 1,000 currently,
with the number increasing slowly,
grosses from them especially as se-
cured by the Warners in rentals,
the latter mostly on percentages,
reach so high they make road
showing unnecessary, if possible.
Warners* circulation grosses are
being constantly added to as newly
wired houses start.

NEW "SMITTY" PEOPLE

Lo^ Angeles, Octo. 2.

Harry Weber has cleaned out the
production crew for "Smitty" Com-
edies at Tec- Art.- George Marshall,
In charge of the production end
directed pictures, has been succeed-
ed by Harry Edwards.

The only one of the old personnel
to remain with the company is Jim
Tynan, scenarist.

While the organization is being
reconstructed the company has shut
down production for a week.

is not a showman and it is que.stion-
able what he can do In getting the
right pictures (which are tied up
here by Publix) and stage talent.
He has placed actiye management
of the house in the hands of A. H.
Haagen, Denver theatre man, for-
merly with the Chicago Opera, who
announces that $50,000 will be spent
in redecorating the house and
preparing it for its new policy. The
house also will be wired for sound
under present plans. Pictures from
the indies will be shown.

Ed Bishop Goes Broke Bucldng
Publix in Denver; Owes

Denver, Oct. 2. ,
Colorado (2,450 seater), most his-
toric pl.iyhouse In Denver and the
best until Publix's new Denver
started, has gone broke iinder the
management of Ed A. Bishop, one
time millionaire real e-state man
and theatrical power. Bishop has

lost his entire fortune trying to
put thei Colorado on. a pa.ying ba-
sis during the past year and a
half.

He is said to have assets of $50
or less and liabilities of approxi-
mately $200,000. •

The new Publix Denver killed the
Colorado In record time. Cutting the
weekly gross by an averagis of
$2,000. :"

According to Bishop's statertient,
his nut has been around $5,000
weekly and his grosses between
$3,000 and $4,500. His actual in-
vestment (not including 15-year
lea.se) in the house was $400,000,
all of which he loses to Horace W.
Bennett, local financier who owns
the building. Bishop, always a
great scout when he had it, is now
seisking a; job. He pledges himself
to square every penny of debt.

Bennett, who expresses his deter-
mination to make the Colorado pay,
is going to place unlimited re-
sources behind the venture. While
he is undoubtedly out to catch the
Denver fans and make 'em like it, he

AL LYONS

AND

NEAL CASTAGNOtI

. Fe«lurcd In

FANCHON and MARCO
IDEAS

LQieWS STATE THEATRE
LOS ANOELES

INDEFINITELY

f f

NOW IN SECOND TEAR

Ba Ba Ba

n

More TboD 'a Hast«r of Ceremonies
At COFFEE DAN'S, Los Angelen, Cal.

GEORGIA LANE

DANCERS

Complete Units Appearing In Fanchon
and Marco "Ideas"

STUDIOS: DENVER, COLO.

I if

WITH MISS DANZI
AND HIS MANILA ORCHESTRA

Scored a Sensation as
MASTER OF CEREMOMES AND^

AT THE PARAMOUNT, New York, This Week (Sept. 29)

Dii-ection WILUAM MORRIS

Excerpts from the Press

"MORNING TELEGRAPH"

"Dave Apollon comp.s very near being, the whole .show at the Paramount this week. The place held for
many week.s by Paul Ash could never have boen better filled than by this amu-sing and versatile Russian
lad. . . . Speed and more speed is what Apollon gives them in his announcements, acting as n)astor of
ccronionies, in his specialties and in introducing the various numbers, .

"He has brought with him to this presentation, which is tilled 'House Boat' and staged by Joseph.
Santlcy, practically his onliro v:iucli?.villo act, which includes his Manila String Orchestra and Danzi, the dancer
who has appeared with him lor several seasons.

""'^'Apollon=makoS; lua-_^ the start of the revue and conducts the Paramount stage

orchestra in an exi-ellent. arrangomenf of 'C)irtlVe"K(>aa tt>""Mandalay:'=--^:^^^^

"Apollon follows with his (hnible m.-indolin and piano . number tliat was a genuine sensationi~^as~"wair
his Russian dancing. ■ ^

"Danzi, the diincer, lioldtt-ttie iicxi-to-elosing spot. This is the person.iblc miss who has been stopping
.■show.s In vaudeville wherever .Apollon iiiis appearod, and proves a shDw-stopi)cr at the Paramount.

Apollon, with bin innate .sense of Iniinor, has never proved his worth better as a master of ceremonies
tlian he has on tliis presentation. A genuine novelty for the, motion picture theatres." — H. I), B.

NEW YORK "TIMES"

"Chicago has evidently won back
Paul A.sh, for he Is hot at the Para-
mount this week. But the audience
there appeared to enjoy his suc-
cessor, Dave Apollon, an expert
Russian dancer, who has a ready
= JKit^Jld_ ajkeen eai^^ music. His
show is one of the best entertain-
ments of Its type that has been
seen at the Paramount for some
time." — Mordaunt Hall.

i>s?)[7iYii>s?it^iYi?ii^t^iys?iiv^

— 1

iOm^^Koi&^fm^ reprodiicing
^system |th€>sanie ^asShaiJ^uitefeei^ an^
^M(ivietone): is a gu^fiJtfeC^ qualitj^ in CqtiJMBU Sound
■Pictures.-, ■ ^ ;^^v/-. ■

^Thrpughi,^ foresight vitr^^rbyidirig jsiound ^boxtOff ice vehicles
%ir our ^^t^erfect 36j^w^ibW>possess a iiuihber of ^^o
stage plaj^^^ind s^ are admirlably suited for repro-

idu€tib0as s(mnd pictures:::^ ;the plays that we arcr now
^ carefully considering for Donovan Affair,

# OWfen Davis; "The from the play "It

Is:ijtoitaiigh;'V fiy Fan^^ Fall of Eve," by John

Emerson and Anita Loos; "Redemption,'^ by Count Leo Tolstoy.
'C?Anioiig the stdries^on the current season's program avail-
able for production ai^sound^p^ are "Acquitted," by Mary
Roberts Rinehart, and^^Trial Marriage," the Saturday Eve-
i ning Post serial story by Elizabeth Ale^^

Theatre-owners can rest assured that when Columbia finally
decides to put a vehicle into production as a sound picture, it
:will have all the necessary values and qualities to
make it a superlative box-office attraction.

October 3, 1928

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to

SOUND
STORKS

SUBMARINE

If

NOW PUYI NO TO CAPACITY AT EMBASSY
tHEATRE,N:Y 'AT $2T0P :\

Willbeavailabe^ineiyia

SOUND
VALUES

COIUMBU

picniRts

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V A R IE T Y

Wednesday, October 3, 1928

pluqqiiiq aloiiq
with AVERAae
Profits

V 4 ^4

OOK

Wliat'XIIiAC TIimE*' Is doing WITHOUT SOUriTD-

**Xilac Time* business best since house opened.
All acclam it best picture of the year.?— P. A*
Boone,-Mt.Airy,N,C,

Best in history at the Strand, Hartford, Conn.
House record at the Capitol, Ansonia, Conn*

TXilac Time' last week without sound broke all
house records for State Theatre. We want to con«
gratulate you on this box-office masterpiece." —E,
A. Renner, Youngstown, N. Y,

Smashed all records at the Strand^ New Britain,
Conn.

LISTEfii

to tbe rares from a$liowmen wlio're playing It

WITH SOUW»-

"Week's gross at Palm Theatre, Pueblo, at 40c ad-
mission, was $1700 better than previous record
established at 50c scale. FIVE OUT OF FIVE
COLORADO BOOKINGS TO DATE HAVE
BROKEN RECORDS.

••Xilac Time* opened yesterday to tremendous
Wsiness. Holdout line started two-thirty before
first show was completed ^nd never broke until
nine-thirty at night. Musical score greatest I have
heard. People actually cheered it. It is a big
smash like 'Sea Hawk*. 'Lost World.' Congratula-

tions to First National on the biggest thing in sight
or sound."— Earl Hall Payne, Kentucky Theatre,
Lexington, Ky,

**It's Xilac Time' in Utica. Picturje opened last night
to capacity houses and line four abreast two blocks
long. Genesee street looked like New Year's eve on
Broadway. Audiences held spellbound by realistic'
air shots and cflfects. Look for a record week."
—Bernard Depkin, Manager Stanley Theatre.

Best in history at the MaAos, Greensburg, Pa.

YOU* can be the 47 ih Showman
io break ^our house record!

John McCormick Presents

COLLEEN MOORE

IIV

It.

L.IL<A€

records to d^oMe-^
witJt COOPEK

5^©eBB5srflo'l>j Cssrciy WIls®-!!! • Fr®Mi the Play by Jaiae-" C<!^wl ais^ Jj^iie.
Majrlln • Ad»|&tstti<&si fey Willas Ooidfe^^ck • Titles fey CJeor^e Mitrloii, jrr.

FIRST NATIONAL, PICTURES

€ret out your
Play date Booh,
Here are 6 niore
sure entries^

THi: WHIP
With Sound

'Boosted sroas 11800 mt Strand, N .T .
Led town at th« Century, B«lti-
^*ore.— 4-St«r Ca«t.

THE

«OOD BYE KISS

Witb Sound

Mack Bennett's great aurprlae ap*-
clal. 9 reel* of fflorioua comedy*
romance.' With tbree new Sennett
atar finda.

€OilIPA]VIO]¥ATE
]«IARRIA«£

Pan t heon ,Tolcdo premiercopened
big and built up throughout waek*
Bet^y Bronabn iand Alec B. Franola
In cast.

IVIILTO]\ $11.1^
in **Tlie C^raslt**

Punch drama with ai click, trick
6nlsh. The whole town will talk
about torrid Thelma Todd.

CHARIilE lUlJRRAT
in-«*Do Your Duty **

Charlie as a comical cop rounds
up 'all the laughs of New York's
underworld.

arc a Sotmd Investment !

Monbcr / Motion Picture ftoduetn mut Distributors of America InC^V/Ill H.Haye JhtuUnt

Kim IflAYIVARD
In <*Tli(e Glorious Trail ^

The showman's delight — boii office
bearcat — in slashing aetion ro-
_m a n c e_w 1 1 h_b r and^- new_st«i n t
thiillaj

Boohing •T'otr—

Wednesday, October 3, 1928

PICTURES

VARIETY

27

Keith s SpEts Wiring of 50 Houses
Between W. E. and R. C. A.-25 Each

A wiring . contract arrangement
piade by Kelth'8 within the past 10
days appeared to have brought con-
fusing opinions to those unaware it
was In the line of straight business.

Keith's contracted for 50 wired
houses, dividing the number be-
tween Western Electric and RCA'b
iPhotophone. It was an equal di-
vision. '

The RCA contract foil6\yed that
with W. E., with the Photophone
contract made this week.

That Keith's Is taking on Photo-
phone Is not accepted as an indica-:
lion that there Is anything more

Frodnction Starts Soon on

"FIVE O'CLOCK GIRL"

starring

MARION DAVIES

An

ALFRED

Production for

M-G-M

than the business agreements It ex-
presses, in It. A report immediately
following, suggesting that the. dea!
evidenced as Interest secured ty
RCA in Keith's had no foundation
other than mi-suriderstanding.

Keith's may add other theatres to
its wired list.

Midnite Mats in Small Towns

Eastman Will Be Wired
By Photophone for /Kings'

Rochester, N. Y., Oct. 2.

After con.slderable exploitation on
its scheduled showing at pop prices
of "The King of Kings" this week,
Eastman theatre suddenly shl'ted
and has "The Fleet's In." Orders to
change came from George Eastman
after a demonstration of Photophone
in New York, attended by the kodak
king, George "VV. Todd, head of the
Regorson Corp., operating the East-
man chain of theatres here, and
William A. Callhan, manager of the
Eastman. .'

Eastman will be one of the first
theatres to have installed Photo-
phone, about Nov. 15, a courtesy ex-
tended, It is understood, because
much of the preliminary work on
Photophone was done at the house
by the General Electric Co., . the
Eastman orchestra being used In
perfecting sound reproduction.

According to Mr. Eastman, "The
King of Kings" will be a "new pic-
ture" with the Photophone accom-
paniment, and will be the first
sound film shown when the new
policy goes in effect.

PLAYING DE LUXE PICTURE THEATRES AND VAUDEVILLE

Miss JUBAL EARLY

ExcluHlve Material by Tlltl. K. WELlis

This Week, Capitol Theatre, Chicago, ill.

1

Chicago, Oct. 2.

Great States theatres, Publlx
subsidiary operating theatres
in Illinois towns, have found
that midnight shows In the
smaller cities get over, with
proper plugging.

The circuit is scheduling the
midnight mats as regular
events in several towns.

Fox's Building Plan

For Wis. and Micb.

Indie Exhibs, Formerly With Sapiro,
Now in Bad Jam-Cai t Gel Product

Some of the Independent .theatre
owners in Greater New York, for-
merly members of the Sapiro or-
ganization, report greater difficulty
than ever in securing product. Hav-
ing held up purchases while wait-
ing for Arthur Whyte to do the gen-
eral buying for the associ;\tibn, the
exhibitors now find a considerable
part of the desirable features has
been sold to opposition theatres in

Chicago, Oct. 2.
Joe Leo, a vice-president of Fox
and general manager of Fox middle-
west territory, is at present en-
gaged In tying up Wisconsin and
the upper peninsula of M.lchlgan.

It is reported Fox Is prepared to
to go on a spending orgy in those
states, with local capital already
contracted to build a large number
of theatres with -the leases to be
turned over to Fox. In no instance
is Fox building himself outside of
Milwaukee. Towns in "Wisconsin
are promised new theatres within
the next .13 months. The cost of
construction of these houses ranges
from $250,000 to $800,000 each. •

Contracts have already been
signed for a theatre to be erected In
Applefbn with 1,900 seats, and.
Green Bay, 2,500-seater- with office
building.

Other Wisconsin towns reported
to be. Invaded by Fox are Marinette,
Stevens Point, Marshfleld, Monroe,
Merrill,, Manitowoc, Antigo, R.hlne-
lander, Waiisau and Waukesha ;
while In northern Michigan the
towns named are Sault Ste. Marie,
Ironwood, Ashley, Escanaba and
Marquette. In Milwaukee, an^
nouncement will be made in the
next few weeks of a $3,000,000
house, seating 6,000,. downtown.

Leo's appointment of vice-presr-
dent gives him added authority, to-
gether with his general manager-
ship of this territory. Leo's record
.shows that he successfully brought
out from the red the Ascher Bros,
theatres, recently thrown In bank-
ruptcy around here, and before that
operated Fox houses In the east.

Winnipeg Epidemic ?

Winnipeg, Oct. 2.
So far common sense has pre-
vailed in Manitoba, Canada, par-
ticularly in Winnipeg, as far as
measures for combatting the, infan-
tile parulysiiJ. epidefnic are con-
cerned.

During the past week several
more cases have been reported,
with the usual result that Juvenile
attendance at theatres is greatly
affected. Health olHclals apparent-
ly realize that it Is laughable to
shut theatres and permit the huge
department stores to remain open
and thus encourage an even great-
er mixing of people.

The neighborhood hou.ses of this
city are finding the strain kind of
hard, especially for matinees.

RED GRANGE IN UNIT

Harold "Red" Grange will enter
presentations via a Publix unit
opening Oct. 21 at the Oriental,
Chicago.

A ispecial unit to bo constructed
around the ex-footballer will travel
the regular Publlx western circuit.

Grange has been playing vaude
iri an around New York for a cou-
ple of Fox weeks.

their respective territories for the
coming season.

Pending deals with Fox for the
sale of the independent houses, the
exhibitors are having a rough time
The longer they remain without
contracts for product the more nec-
essary it will become for them to
tie up with a chain for protection.

The tioup with the Independent
Motion Picture Exhibitors Associa-
tion has cost the 20. independent
operators concerned over $50,000 in
cash and . obligations yet to be met,
while the loss of time during which
their opposition bought product ia
Inestimable.

and. His

OrcliestTa

TRADO TWINS

Playing West Coast Theatres

"Still working; in fact, always
working"

Oct. 18-24,
Seattle Theatre, SeattU

THE GREAT

wishes to announce the completion of his nine
hundred and ninety-ninth week for the marvel-
lous Publix "Circuit at the Capitol, Des Moines,
this week. Now open for engagements with

FLORENZ ZIEGFELD
C. B. DILLINGHAM
GEORGE WHITE
BALABAN AND KATZ

OR

The Trip to London with the Great Abe Lyman
Abe Lastfogel, Walter Meyers and the Entire Morris Office Are Responsible for the Success

of the Great

28

VARIETY

PICTURES

PHILADELPHIA
OPENING UP
FOR OTHERS

Publix and LoewV Re-
ported for De Luxes—
Boyd Acting for Zukor

Philadelphia, Oct. 2.
With the Stanley Company's
chang-e .in control and Warner
Brothers heading that theatre
chain, it is said I'ublix (Paramount)

West Coast Motion Picture
Directory of Players, Direc-
tors and Writers

BEST SOUND ACOUSTICS

Chiqago. Oct. 2.
. Acoustics of McVlckers in
roKard to sound pictures is
conceded to be better than in
any other Chicifjo theatre.
The house has 2,2.00 seats.

Literati

Wednesday, October 3, 1928

cniicago and New York. Ditto tli«
Richmond, Va., News-Dispatch.

Titles by

MALCOLM
STUART
BOYLAN

FOX

WINIFRED
DUNN

Sl^ENARIO OF
'SUBMARINE'

Now Breaking:
Records at Em-
buNsy Theatre,
at i'i Top PrlceB

ORIGINALS

ADAPTATIONS

HOWARD J. GREEN

Management, Edward Small Co.
TITLES CONTINUITIES

LICHTIG

.\M>

ENGLANDER

TTEN YEARS IN nOLLYAVOOD

and Loew's propose to erect de luxe
picture houses in this city.

They will be in additional opposi
tion with Fox, to the Stanleyls local
picture house strenpth. Besides cur-
rently operating two houses. Fox
al.^o contemplates a large seater
here.

It is rumored that Al Boyd, for
jmei-ly with Stanley and^now con
structing a picture theatre in Phil
ly, is In close communion with
Adolph Zukor, also, a personal
friend of Boyd's, Should Boyd ex-
pand his present theatre building
outline it will be accepted he is
acting for Zukor. Within the past
two months Boyd was reported
willing to turn over his theatre in
construction to the Stanley people,

Warners Looking for
House Chain Operator

A chain operator, is reported
sought by the W.arner Brothers for
their theatres, Including the newly
annexed Stanley Company houses.

An unverified report has been
that Spiro Skouras, of the Skouras
Brbthers, In St. Louis, might be
given and accept the position. The
same story Included the Skouras
houses In St. Louis, around 35, in
eluding the Publix- Skouras de
luxes, among the W^irners' many
rumored deals.

It is said that the Skouras' are
unlikely to tie up elsewhere with-
out the approval of their, partner,
Publix/ That could be easily ob-
tained under certa,in conditions
agreeable to' Publix. So far the
matter has not come 'up. It is said
Meanwhile another namie broached
Is that of B. S. Mo!5s. Moss has
stated he is going to Europe for a
long vacation; but might listen to a
flattering proposal, with undivided
authority.

At one time the Skouras wanted
to take over the direction of the
Saxe Circuit in Wisconsin. Publix
blocked it, and the Saxe chain later
passed to West Coast Theatres
Circuit. It now is with Fox through
that deal.

Panorama, New, Out
Panorama, New York's new illus-
trated weekly, finally made Its Ini-
I tial appearance late last week. A
Paris fashion article by Mrs. Anne
U. Stlllman, said to bo the chief
backer of the publication, while
featured on the cover, Js spotted In
the last pages of the issue.

The new publication rcscml)lc.s
Vogue in miake-up and the New.
York In content. Morris Markey Is
handling the theatrical page. He
was formeHy with the New Yorker,
and prior to that on the stafl of . the
Dally News.

A first Installment of Fannie
Brice's life story, by Hottlc Fithian
Cattell, with about a dozen active
or former newspapermen and wonv-
1 en's articles are in the first issue.
Herbert B. Mayer is the editor.

"An Acre of Seats"
liilling of a slogan of "An Acre
of Seats;" employed in connection
with a de luxe picture theatre, has
started the usual post-mortem of
origination in Chicago.

Following press agents are In^
volvcd: Ben Scrkowich, Bill Pine,
Jack Hess, Hollander, Lewis, Lip -
ton and Doob.

Out of this mess It seerns the Ser-
kowlch crew when with Balaban &
Katz in Chicago some years ago!
gave a slogan of "An acre of seats
in a garden of dreams" to the B. &
K. Uptowii, Chicago. Three years
later the line was paraphrased for
the Marks brothers' new house, to
"An acre of seats in a magic gar-
den."

Meanwhile some of the pres.s
agents had switched about.

'Ritzy Rosey" Title
First National Is abandoning the
title of "Ritzy Rosey" for Alice
White's pictures, as King Features
Syndicate has a comic strip of the
same name and wants too much
dough for it.

Had the syndicate manifested
itself a couple of weeks from now
it Is conceded by the film company
that dough would have been gotten

. Garland Not New to Drama

Robert Carland, "who become d
drama critic and editor of New
York Telegram, sitccceding Leon-
ard Hall, is not new to drama, hav-
ing befen critic for years on the old
Baltimore American and later on
the Baltimore Post, from which
paper he moved to the Telegram.

Garland was known in Baltimor-i

Nationalizing "Post"
Drastic changes In make-up and,
what is more important, in policy,
has overtaken Ned McLean's
"Washington Post" in the Capital.
Air sfeemlngly Is creditable to the
new. m. c., Norman Baxter, once
sports editor and then politictd
writer oh McLean's dally.

Baxter has apparently been given
a free hand to try and make the
"Post" a national Institution, an
opportunity the Washington idailies
have all been overlooking in their
consistent adherence to the policy
of .sitting on the fence when It
came to political issues. Anything
sensational during normal times or
campaigns has been smoothed over,
with all centering their editorials
toward helping the downtrodden
government clerk, the paid sub-
scribers.

This now seems to be in for a
chan^ge. Baxter broke e.vcliisively
(Continuc<l on page 58)

R«pre8entlng
DIRKCXOUS, ARTISTS, WRITERS
WARNER BLDO. Hollywood 106tf

MARK SANDRICH

DIRECTOR

JuHt Completed u Fvitture I'lcture
"RUNAWAY GIRLS"
For Columbia Pictures

Week's Best Book Sellers

FICTION

Silas Bradford's Boy^Joseph C. Lincoln. .................... • ?2.00

Old Pybus — Warwick Deeping......... " ' * otn

Bad Girl— Vina Deimar. 2.50

Money for Nothing— P. G. Wodehouse.. 2.00

Strange Case of Miss Annie Spragg— Louis Bromfield Z.50

GENERAL

The Buck in the Snow a'hd Other Poems— Edna St. V. Millay . .?2.00

John Brown's Body— Stephen V. Benet..., 2.50

Strange Interlude— Eugene O'Neill. .• 2-50

Goethe— Emil Ludwig .... ... • ■ • • • • • ' ' ' I'SS

Roamin' in the Gloamin' — Sit Harry Lauder..... J-ou

vieino/ries

The touch, It Is learned, was made
I Just before First National was ready
to hand the printer a big money job
on the title. No new title yet
picked.

Broadcasting Midnite Show

Buffalo, Oct. 2,
The success attending the mid
night showings at the Great Lakes
of the opening of "Lights of New
York" last month and "The Singing
Fool" this week, with hundreds
turned away, has led to the La-
fayette opening "Uncle Tom's Cab-
in" 1'1-iday with midnight perform-
ance. Hynchrohized score used will
1 be broadcast. .

Changes on Nation
An editorial staff change may be
announced by the Nation this week,
It's the sky piece liberal weekly.
Mark Vah Doren, its literary ed,
will become a Columbia University
prof, with Freda Kirschwey, present
m. «., moving In on the lit seat.
I Louis Gannett, associate editor, is
leaving for the Herald Tribune.

Oswald Garrison Villard is the
paper's owner. Another distinction
for him Is that he Is a descendent
of the real Villard. The Nation is
I said to have a run of around 40,000
[ at present, abnormalljy high for a
weekly of its classification,

THE ROMEROS

CARLOS and.MALVINA

90nS AND JI'DITH OSC.VR AND AI.MA

AI>1. OMO J'\\.M1I.,Y Our Elf til Year: wllli Fnnclion ond Mnrco
■ ■ . . Now witli "
PANCHON AND M A RCO'S '*A RT I ST'S I D E A"

Cut' Rate Royalty

J. P. McEvoy's getting a royalty
break on those $1 a copy books
First National Is selling exhib.s o-s
an exploitation stunt for their film-
Izatlon of "Show Girl," In a page
ad In Variety last week F. N. of-
fered the half -rate copy to theatre
managers and owners, buying copies
from Simon & Schuster, the book
publishers,, at regular wholesale
rates and losing a few cents on the
stunt. F. N. is releasing the film
version. ^

as a tough critic and always up to
his neck in arguments with actors.
He delighted in going after some of
them. It is understood that he pre-
ferred to keep his job as columnist
on the Telegram, but the Scripps-
Howard executives insisted on hi.^
doing the dramatic stuff. It i.s
likely that he will be syndicated
over the , NEA string of papers,
thus making him as widely circu-
lated as any other dramatic criti'-
in the country.

Pittsburgh Critic III

Mrs. Florence Fisher Parry, dra-
matic critic of The Pittsburgli
Press and also a leading photogra-
pher of the city, has been ill at the
Jefferson Hospital, Philadelphia, for
several weeks. She is now con-
valescing.

More New York Stuff

The Milwaukee I.«eader, wliicli i.^
Victor. Bergerls paper there, is en-
larging Its dramatic pages to takr
in theatrical news notes from both

Summer Attraction
Film Road Show

(JNWED
MOTHERS

Percentage
Booking Anywhere — Send Dates
SAMUEL CUMMINS

Publix Welfare Pictures Corp.

723 Seventh Ave., New York

GALE QUADRUPLETS

JANE - JUNE - JOAN - JEAN

FEATURED

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1^ !

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The Greatest
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high ,
record

mosUndividual musical master ^^'fmmmiSi^
o/ceremonies playing picmiehouses

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LOEW/ WARFIIID fJlmtrt

Wednesday, October 3, 1928

VARIETY

29

tPUBLIXj

Theatres

Welcome Home Show

LOUIS

"BAG C TRICKS"

Staged and Produced By

cDERMOTT

THIS WEEK ORIENTAL THEATRE, CHICAGO

With the FolIoMnng AU-Star Cast:

IT'S A PLEASURE— PAUL

FF NAZARRO

Thanks to MAX TURNER, NAT KALCHEIM, MAX HALPERIN, SAM BRAMSON and

HARRY SANTLEY

Direction— WILLIAM MORRIS OFFICE

FANCHON-MARCO

PUBLIX CIRCUIT

GOGO DeLYS

"THE CO-ED PERSON AUTY GIRL^'

Thanks to PAUL ASH

Direction— WM. MORRIS OFFICE

ME TOO— PAUL

JOHNHY PAYNE

"THE WILL ROGERS OF THE PIANO'*

Direction— WILUAM MORRIS OFFICE

PAUL ASH— WE WELCOME YOU

THE FAMOUS LUCKY BOYS

In a "RIOT of FUN, SPEED and THRILLS''

Direction— WILLIAM MORRIS OFFICE

HAPPY to BE WITH YOU-PAUL

LORRAINE

LORRETTO

THE DANCING PERSONALITIES

Direction— WILLIAM MORRIS OFFICE

90

VARIETY

V A UD E VILLE

Wednesday, October 3, 1928

Keith's Playing

Less

Weekly Now Than Last Season;
Current Over-Supply of Turns

Keith's Is playingr 400 less acts
weekly at present than it. did at this
time last season. It has brought
about an over-supply oi talent In
▼audevllle, with Keith offlce agents
encountering handicaps in attempt-
ing to procuire season's routes for
their acts.

Changes of policies In the many
Keith houseis; the use of unit shows,
departure of the Poli Circuit book-
ings, and the loss of several Stanley
chain theatres (new policies), with
Bome of the Kelth-bobked. houses
of other times now, playing sound
picture programs have: contributed
to the lessened Keith bookings.

With other Keith houses and also
houses booked by Keith to go wire
by New Tear's or later, the number
of turns demanded by the booking
offlce -will be further decreased.. -.

The slackened demand for acts
has been felt by other vaudfllm cir-
cuits but not to the same degree.
Loew's has a large number of its
theares wired and Fox virtually has
all of its vaudefilm theatres in
readiness for sound at any time. Be-
cently Fox played, a solid week of
sound pictures here and there —
displacing vaude for the period.

Publix's displacement of stage,
shows has tended to Increase the
act supply.

As the wired theatres^ take In
the vaudefllm houses, talking shorts
may be substituted for. acts here
and there, as tried at present with
many of those now wired.

Biliing on Bulb Basis

Cl^icago, Oct. 2.
Refusing to appear, at the Palace
opening performance last week be-:
cause Clayton,. Jackson and Durante
were billed in lights under him,
James Barton finally consented to
play after the number of lights ber
hind the trio's billing was cut in
half, making Barton's billing
brighter.

It Is the first timie such a unique
compromise Is known to havp been
effected.

ISeliF-Boosters

Below is a wire containing
the full story:

Milwaukee, Oct. 1.

Variety,
Any City:

We are killing them here.
Rush representatives for In^
lerview. Left our wives back
home stop. Rush photophone,
rush vita phone, rush movie-
tone stop we must have tele-
vision or else

Clayton Jackisoh Durante

JEAN BARRIOS

who opened his new act at the
Orpheu.m theatre, Los Angeles, last
I week to a sensational hit.

Contract has been signed aa a
headline attraction for the Pantages
Circuit opening early in October.

FORMER WIFE^S CHARGE

Warrant for Sayre Deering for ]
Child Abandonment.

I CRASH RESPONSDULrTY
FOR ZOOn DEATH

Kansas city, Oct. 2. :
A" warrant for Sayre peering,
former dancing partner of. Mae
Murray; charging him with child
abandonment, was: issued by the
local prosecutor's office..

His former wife, Mrs. Mildred
Borgolte,' wife of E. F. Borgolte,
vice-president of the Security Pe
troleum Company, made the com-
plaint. She states, that Deerihg Is
the father of her twin daughters, 7
years old. That she and Deering
were divorced several years ago and
at that time he was ordered by the
court to contribute to the support
of the children.

Both Deering and Mrs. Borgolte
reside here.

Passpart Made Keith s Foreign Booker,
Only Keith Agent in M of Europe

Benny Roberts Resigns

Benny Roberts, musical director
at the Palace, New Tork, resigned
Monday following a disagreement
with Milton Schwartzwald, head of
Kkth's musical d'epartment. Words
have passed between the two for
some time, with the climax finally
reached over, the last week end.

Roberts has been director at the
Palace for eight, years. His resigna-
tion is to take effect in two weeks.

Hip/ Cleveland, Wiredj
Reopening All-Sound

Cleveland, Oct, 2
Hipipodrome^, first local Keith
house to be wired, reopens Qctober
13 with sound picture policy.

"Kings of Kings" opening, fol-
lowed by "Four Sons." "Kings*'
played here, last season for seven
weeks without sound.

Theater was wired at a reported
cost of $26,000.

Formerly owned, by Waiter Reade
and Keith's, operated by the lat-
ter, It IS to be ki]|Own hereafter as
Keith's Hippodrome.

The Hippodrome gives Cleveland
its seventh wired theater, Loew's
Cameo, across the street, showing
talkers exclusively, will' give the
Hip strong competish.

Hosiery for Laughs

"EELATIONS" CONDENSED

Edward Clark, author-star-pro-
ducer of "Relations," which folded
two weeks ago after a brief run at
the Masque, New York, Will head a
tabloid version of the piece for
vaudeville.

• The vaude version will be in two
scenes and carry a support cast of
five. ' ■

Trini Back

Trihi, Spanish- dancer,, returns to
vaudeville Oct, 15 at the Albee,
Brooklyn, N. Y.

She will be surrounded by a
band.

Charlie Morrison is handling
Trini, who appeared all last season
with Will Mahoney in "Take the
Air."

1660 BKOADWAY, NKW XOIIH go

Cleveland, Oct. 2
"Al Smith" and "Herbert Hoover'
silk hose is the latest gag being
used by vaudeville comics to draw
sure-fire laughs.

The new silk socks have the
names of the Republican'and Demo
cratlc nominees woven Into them
around the ankles, "Al Smith" ap
pears on one pair and Just "Hoover"
on the other.

A comic here last week got a
roar of applause by pulling up bis
trquser leg and showing the "Hoo-
ver" sock. And when he exposed
the. "Al Smith" hosiery^ the house
went into a panic.

With the death of Harry A. Zook,
29i of Elkhart, Ind., who was at-
tached to, the special promotion bu-
reau of the Keith offices at 10:30
a. m., Sept, 29, of a fractured skull,
the Newark, N, .J., authorities : are
expected to decide In a court of In-
quiry whether either driver of the
colliding cars was rei^onsible . . for
the accident which caused Zopk's
death'

After the crash at Dead Man's
curve, near Newark, Sept. 24, Sam
Dei Capula, driving, under a New
Jersey license, a musician with the
Pennsylvania Hotel orchestra, was
first ^charged with the responsibil-
ity. De Capula countercharged
against Ralph Dowllng, assistant
manager of the Montauk theatre,
Passaic, N. J., driving the car In
which Zook was a passenger. .

Both men were, released under
ball pending a further hearing and
the result of Zook's Injuries. Zopk,
when found, was In the car seat
unconscious and In. a . critical con-
dition. He was taken to St
Michael's . Hospital, Newark.

The accident hapi>ened about 8 : 30
In the morning. Foggy weather
caused the collision. . The Dpwling
car was sldeswlped by the other,
according , to those In the auto.
D'enlal Is made that Zook and oiie
of the glfls In the Dowllng car
were thrown out. Both cars were
badly damia.ged, the Dowllng ear
being almost a total wreck.

Of the -seven persons in the
Dowllng car only two others be-
side Zook were hurt. They were
girls, Mildred Hawley and Thelma
Temple, the latter having three
stitches taken In her nose.

The Dowllng-Zook party had
been to Passaic upon theatrical
business and were on the way home
when th* accident occurred.

Young Zook, prior to coming
east, had been connected with the
Chicago offlce of the Orpheurii,
When Floyd Scott was transferred
from Chicago to New York he
brought Zook along. This was last
March. '

The young man's remains were
taken back to his home town in In
diana for burial.

Moss Off Show Biz

B. S. Moss says the current
chaotic condition of the theatre
end of the show business,
through which no one knows
when waking up who owns
what, has decided him to lay. off
the biz for a while.

With that decision. Moss
states he has arranged for a
foireign trip, to keep aloof from
the turmoil. He will start
shortly after election and have
as a companion Danny Sim-
mons. Danny was formerly
Moss' chief booker and went
with Moss Into the Keith of-
fice. Simmons lately resigned
as a Keith booker, with no re-
quest Involved^ .

Previously Moss had sold out
his 60 per cent In the Moss-
Keith houses for $3,000,000,, all
In high class Coin. Of that
Danny Is said to have been
slipped $100,000 by B. S.

Moss Is going away from
here to stop himself from send-
ing the balance of $2,900,000
and some other loose change
he has gathered. Into new the-
atres that might not merge.

DIVING ACROBAT SUED

Micareme Hit Violin on Way to
; Orchestra Pit _

Indianapolis, Oct .2.
Alfred Micareme, Austrian aero
bat, while On thi bill at a local
vaude house here, and doing a hand
stand on some small wooden pedes
tail^ lost his balance and took a
header Into the orchestra pit

Micareme, who packs a mere 200
pounds, fell uninjured Into the lap
of William E. Grueling, violinist. In
the house orchestra, but on the way
there demolished a violin, said to be
a Gaurini, 247 years old.

Grueling has started suit In the
jSuperior Court here, claiming
$2,000 damages for the Injury to
his Instrument from tJie diving
acrobat.

Sanders in Command

From reports coming out of the
Keith New York agency. Earl San-
ders has taken complete command
of the bookings in that offlce.

It is said: that Sanders, the for
mer crack booKer for the OrpTieum
Circuit, Is setting salaries and ap
proving routes, without consulta
tion or conference with anyone.

William Morris
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Hanrahan With Trust Co.

William Hanrahan, who resigned
a week ago as booker of Keith's
New York theatres, will be re-
placed by Jack Dempsey.

The Dempsey book will Include
the IlippodromG, Kiverside, Coli-
seum, 81st St.. Hamilton, Franklin,
Broadway and Jefferson, in Now
York; Kenmore and Albee, Brook-
lyn, and State, Jersey City..

Dempsey will take up his new
(IVlie.s next week,

Hanralian will leave the show
business. to go with the Union Trust
Company.

McCABE HERE FOR PAN

_ . Eob^MuCi ib^,^f jlhe_ w^ is
in New York as outsido^ man'fof the
New York Pant.igos office. McCabe
spends his time reviewing acts and
making reports,

McCabo coine.p from Fi'e.'jno. At
one time ho owned and operated
the Garden theatre, San Jose.

McCabc's presence on the local
Pan staff does not mean any change
In the booking rofrimo conducted by
Kd Milne and Rob Burns.

Leonard 'linstrel Man"

Ix>8. Angeles, Oct. 2,
Eddie I^eohard has been signed
by Universal through the William
Morris. Agency to be starred In
"The Minstrel Man," an original
dialog story by Norman Spear and
George Rogan, glorifying the hcy-
dey of minstrelsy.

Production will start about Dec.
1 with Harry Pollard directing. Cur-
tis Benton Is making adaptation.

NOTHING ON PROCTOR REPORT

A week-end rumor hit Bro'adway
that William Fox was negotiating
for the purchase of the F. F. Proc-
tor houses, now booked by Kelth'«.

Mr. Proctor had not heard of any
offer from Fox, up id yesterday.
The Proctor offices could not ac-
^oOTt ^fOTthe'tumor.^^^^^"""^^^^^^-"

WANERS MAY TRY AGAIN

Just as soon as the Pittsburgh
National League baseball team
winds up Its present baseball sea-
son the Waner Brothers, Paul and
Lloyd, may take up a vaudeville
route.

The brother's won't have to
bother about a world's series this
time. They played some lioew
dates last year.

p^eggy O'Donnell Recovered

Peggy O'Donnell, dancer, inca-
pacitated for the past two years
through tL fracture of shoulder, blade
when appearing with Mbns. Alberto
In a dancing twosome, has recov-
ered and will shortly return to
vaudeville.

She Is heading a dance produc-
tion with six In support

SAILY RAND ON LOEW'S TRY

Sally Rand, with the same act as
at Keith's Palace, New York, last
week, opens for Loew Oct. 8 In Bos-
ton.

Loew route depends on restut or
that date.
Booked through the Jerry Carglll

"office^ " " ^~

Berlin, Sept. 11.
Willie Passpart Is now a Keith
booking agent, duly franchised by
Pat Casey, and authorized to book
foreign acts In this city or Contl«
nent f or Keith's.

Passpart is the only agent In
Elurope with this privilege.

Casey visited Berlin with J. J,
Murdock, meeting Passpart.' He Is
well known to both of the Keith
iiien, since years ago when Paas<i
part booked foreign acts for the
Orpheum Circuit.

Passpart, as Willie Passpart was
better known In New York tome
years ago. Is another of the horrible
examples of the former operation of
the Orpheum and Keith circuits.
Becoming attached to the Orpheum
Circuit and acting as its foreign
booking agent, giving his most loyal
service and believing In the prom-
ises of the Orpheum's executives,
Passpart finally found himself flat
on the lot in New York.

He w^as unceremoniously let out
and his appeals to the Orpheum
Circuit wei'e utterly disregarded.
Finally Passpart sued the OrpheUm
but failed In this also as it idevel-
oped his agreement had been a per-
sonal one. Morally the whole thing
was understood in vaudeville but
legally Passpart was outdone;
With no rhoney and his resources,
exhausted, Passpart had to quit.
Staked

Broken In spirit and pocket. Pass-
part, Instead of having a job for
life as promised, -ecelyed a gift
of $200 to go home to Berlin, Martin
Beck thought he had done Passpart
quite a favor in staking him to
$200. Or at least Beck then said
BO to a Variety reporter.

In Berlin Passpart, with ail of
his prestige gone, found It difficult
to re-6stablish himself aS an agent.
He finally went to work. i(pr a son-
in-law, and his existence at this
time' was miserable.

Writing to Variety from Berllo.
Passpart was made a Berlin" cor-
respondent for Variety, Insurlngr
him of a little weekly Income, and .
permitting him to agSiln try ths
agency business. He succeeded to
a better degree than previously, for
Passpart Is a thorough VaudevID*'
showman.

The Balancing Wheel
Passpart some time ago disasso-
ciated himself from Variety's ser-
vice, not having the tlnie to continuo
the correspondence. But. he has
kept up his nev^s letters at Inter-
vals and Is still recognized In Ber-
lin as Variety's variety correspond-
ent for that city.

It's a great whirl of the balancing
wheel that places Passpart back
where he belongs, as ia Keith for-
eign booking representative, with
an agency franchise. There will bo
foreign performers and others who
knew Passpart well, regarded him
as a class Continental, knew his
ability and what he had done to
get the deal he did; who will ap-
plaud the worthy act Pat Casey
performed in Berlin.

For Pat also knew all of the facts;

Ed Janis, Act Maker
Ed Janls, long In vaude and late
of "Magic Steps," has become a
producer.

janls has plaeod In rehearsal a
dancing turn, "Steps," with Herb
DeBell and Winona Winter as prin-
cipals.

Harlan -Provost Sketch

Kenneth Harlan and Marie Pre
vest, both from pictures, have been
teamed for vaudeville under man-
agement of Milt Lewis of Albert
Lewis, Inc.

The couple will b« oautPP** with
Im sketoh.

Rubin's Term Contract

V _ Los . Angeles, Oct 2.

Benny Rubin has signed a term
contract with Universal. Follow-
ing his work with F. N.'s ''Ritzy
Rosle" the m, c. will work on
"Broadway," He. will serve In a
general advisory capacity on talk-
ing and singing pictures; and be-
sides doing for thS screen some of
his own short sketches he will work
on gags for talkers, short and long.

Rubin at present is m. c. at the
EJgyptian In Hollywood. As th«
studio will take up most of his
time he will abandon his stage
work for the present.

FRANCES WHEATON BACK

Frances Wheaton, formerly with
Gus Edwards, who left the stage
several years ago to become tho
•bride of Frederick Slott, wealthy
real estate operator, Is scheduled to
return next month In . vaude,
"""MIs3"WUeatim"iH=to-appenr=under-

the management of M, H. Karpcr,
press agent. Misha Tulin Is stag*
director of the production.

Dancers Doubling •
Marlon and Marlincy, r.;u\tliil1.
dancers, are at tho CUih .Mir;nlnr.
New York, doubling I'l-orii v:uiO»
houses.

WednescJay, October 3> 1928

VAUDEVILLE

VARIETY

31

Keith s Former 66pkers and
Agents Who Have Gone Elsewhere

Of 37 principal bookors, agents
;wid executives out either through
aisrtilssal or reslgnntioh since the
^assine of the K. F. Albee control;
of Keith's, 17 ai-e inactive at pres-
ent, eight have associated them-
■elyes >vith independent bttlces,
eight have retired from show busi-
ness, three have joined Keltli agon-,
pies still enfranchised and one will
revert to apting.

Those currently not doing any-
thing in particular as far as can be
•t^idrned :

■ Reed Alboo, untitled bHiciHl at
•i25,000 yearly, now helping his ta-
thei- d<^i'orato .the interiors of thea-

'tres. . . ,

Ma© Woods, head of the pop
vaude department, now "laying off
and reported attempting to affiliate
with an established booking agency.

Harry Mondorf. foreign scout and
booker, now recuperating from a
nervous breakdown.

Danny Simmons, head ^booker,
' now inactive but soon, to return In-
dependently or go with B. S. Moss,

• from reports.

" Dayton Wegefurth. booker, of-
fered management of Proctor's 5th
Ave. a,nd the Keith house, in Flush-
ing, but hasn't accepted.

• Joe Sheenan, fanniy dept., book-
' er, last seen doing nothing in Bos-
ton. ^,

Ray Myers, assistant to Cteorge

Godfrey,, idle.

. Sam Kenny, family dept., and pre-
■'▼lous to that agency partner oC Jack

Flynn, same.
. Nick Feldman, Louis Mosley,

Montgomery Moses, I..ouis Speil

• man, Jack McNevin, Treat Mathews
and Charlie MacKillop, agents, have

^Inot connected prominently to date.
•'iOf that number, MacKillop, Speil-
'■'iihan and Mosley were first dlsen-
"■"fWinchislJ^d' and later reinstated as
•""i^slstant-^' agents. They were re-
leased for a second time only a
•^"tfek ago.

Out of Business
. Out of the MisinoKs permanently
or for the time, being are:'

Hisirry Jordan, manager Keith's
'l»hiladelphia, retired and traveling.

.Mrs. Elizabeth Oomez. in charge
of can tracts in pop vaude dept., rc
tired and pensioned.
. Pat Woods, booker and brother of
Mae Woods, has a . political job in
New York City.
William HanniJian, booker, re-
• signed to go with banking house in
New York.

Harry Jennings, assistant to Mae
Woods and aon-In-law of William
Mitchell, clo.se friend of .B. F. Al-
bee, now a broker.

Wllliatn Atwell, agent, now with
his brother's Atwell Construction
Co.

Nat Schack, agent, reported oper-
ating a handbook.

John McKee, agent, now believed
with hla father's advertising agency
(Sam McKee).

On the Outside
Those having remained in vaude
on the outside:
' "■ Eddie Darling, booking director of
Keith's, resigned, nbw reported
American representative of Reeves
And Lam port,, th e p ronilnent British
agencyi "

Franklin Graham, assistant to
Wegefarthi Independent agent.
. . Lester Hamil. a£5slstant to God-
. frey, now with William Morris.

Aaron Kesalor, agent, i;ecently
granted a Loew franchise.

Lawrence J. Golde, booker, now
. with William Morris.

., Walter Kingsley, special press
.xeprescntative^ now with Zlegfeld.

P^il Bloom, formerly assistant to
Godfrey, now a Fox booker.

The trio of former Keith bookers
who have affiliated themselves with
franchised Keith agencies:

Jules Delmar. booker of southern
houses known as the "Delmar
Time," now with Charles Blerbauer,
Steve Trilling, booker, now with
Balph Farnum.

George Godfrey, head Orpheum
• booker, now associated with Edward
G. Keller.

= =.=JEhe=ione=pi>odigal^ son ^to=--return
Is Jimmy Dimedin, agent, who will
resume 'lis bicycle a.ct.

FLASH ACT MALES
SWAP SOCKS ON TRAIN

Tommy Mann Hops Warran
Ash Over Dispute With Girl
— Act Closes in L A.

Los Angeles. Oct, 2.
Warran Ash and Tommy Mann,
members of "The College Flirt,"
vaude act, playing the Junior Or-
pheuni time; started a free-for-all
on the train between Oakland and
Los Angelies. result intc in Ash being
put out of the running and the act.
cancelling its appearance ' at the
Hillstreet theatre here after the first
matinee.

Fracas is said . to have started
when Ash and (ray La Salle, femme
member of the troupe, got into a
row. Ash, started .slashing the cur--
tains of Miss LaSalh-'s berth, Mann
stepped in with both nsts and the
two mixed it to a linish. winding
up in the dining car with some fur-
niture' smashed. Asli took the count
and left the train at San Lui.s
Obispo, later following the company
here.

Mann tried to put on the act at
the Hillstreet with six people but
couldn't make it. Meanwhile Ash
entered a comi)laint a>,'ainst M;inn
as representative for. Kclshon Pro-
ductions, owners of tlio ai t. boforo
the State Labor Commission do-
manding transportation back to Now
York. Ash appeared before tlie com-
mission swathed in bandages and
limping with a canie. Case was dis-
missed on grounds tli;' t A.sh brought
his disability upon himself.

Chief little Hawk Carved
Initials on Girl's Breast

MISS PATRICOLA

Headlining Entire Loew Circuit
Exclusive management
Johnny Collins
.160 West 46th- St, N. T, . .

Waters and Dancer's

Double Saparation

In Ha ri em where the colored prp-
fessioi-.aUs n^eet, it is said that Earl
Dancer and Ethel Waters have
.parted in a business way. Miss
Waters is Mrs. Dancer in private
life, with the report the separation
may beconve permanent in two
ways.

IVIiss Waters is in vaude, doing a
single, while Dancer la managing
the new all-colored show, "Deep
Harlem."

Another inside bit of Harlem gos-
sip is thiit , Cora Green and . Ham -
tree Harrington also have had a
differonce of opinion regardinig
tiieir stage work. Thie, GreenrHar-
rin.gton combination is one of the
(>ldo><t in colored theatricals.

The Talking Short Puzzle

A brand now asp.vt . to tbe m.at'ter of tlie lalUimi .sli.wis ."ind
vaudeville acts is tln^ po.ssibility of a surjilus of aols ihrmiVh tl^.
playing of the shorts as subsUtutes for iiuman Uirn.s. or tlu",
lessoned demand for aot.s from various reasons. 'I'he two prinripjil
reixsons are' change of policy or substituted shorts.

It brings up the huitter of exclu.siveness by vaudeville acts. lOven
though an act goes on a talking .short wiih niaterlal it is not cur-
rently using on the stage and perhaps with no Intention of again
empipyirig the material used on the short, yet the act is on public
view, via slibrt.'j. Through liiut an act may create a lessened de-
mand for its stage services. .- Other side is that there could be the
possibility of an act on a iihort leaving an Impression , making it
more desirable for stn^e use. This, latter is not hopeful enough to
be common or considered., ~

-Provided- therp: is an over-supply of acts for vaude houses' as
seems Ijkely with such ,an, o'ver-supply already reported in part,
iiitv eliancoa are that v;iude bookers ihay, give preference to turns
not having appeared as a talking short, where that turn is riot an
established name act. Iii that case un .-ict exclusively vaudeville,
not. showing in a canned short, might be in more demand than if
plitying all over in the wired houses as a talker.

It brings the non-uilking short acts against the point whether
it is. niore desirable to be known as an exclusive foV vaudeville, or,
if going on the talking records, to ask for more money for the ser-
vice than has been. offered of late by the talking short makers. .

.The latter would be through the reasoning, that a talkinig short
can not help an act in stage engagements. Since it can. not help
it might harm, and the act tliereby believes it is justllled, In getting
all it can from its iirst short. As a matter of fact the act may not
be called for a second short, while Its first shprt can play on for-
'evei'.

,'As iiame, headline and fea;luro acts may be aloof from this
wori-y, but the mai5s of vaude turn.s appears to be .afCected for the
future over it.

Keith s,WaslL,Switchu^ from 2-a-Day
To 4-a Day Oct. 7; 2 Weeks of Losses

— >

AUEZ-OOP MISS CAUSE
OF ACROBATS' DIVORCE

CO-OP. VAUDE HOUSE

Musicians and Booth; Operator
Share in Profit*

Muffed Leap Has Backstage
Reaction— Writ for Arrest of
H. 0. Rycroft Over Son

Marcellus, Hawkin. 30. 400 West
57th street, who claims to be a
Seneca Indian Chief, also an en-
tertainer, w^is held in $20,000 bail
for the Grand Jury in West Side
Court on a charge of felonious as-
sault. , , '

Hawkin, known as Chief Little
Hawk, was arrested by Detective
William Carlson, on complaint of
Margaret Rice, 210 East 77th street,
dancer Miss llice charged that the
chief carved his Initials ' in her
breast with a can opener after he
discovered she had lied to him.

According to the story in court.
Miss Rice has known the chief for
about a year. Sept. 23 the chief
secured a professional dancing en-
gagement for her. When phoning
he was unable to reach her. The
following day he questioned her
and she 13 said to have told him she
was home all evening.

Hawkin made an Investigation
and discovered Miss Rice had
signed a register as being out all
that evening. When she visited
him the following day be, blackened
both her eyes, she said. The next
day iwrsehtr^for her and, she swore,
he again upbraided her for being
untruthful, impressing upon her
that it was a terrible thing among
Indians to lie. ^ vi

Miss Rice said he the crtrved his
initials upon her breast with a can

opener. . .

Little Hawk admitted he had
struck her and al.^o that he had
carved her. He said she .con.sented
when he told her it was tho custom
among Indians to brand their wom-
en when they, found untruthful. He
insisted that he did not understand
why he Was being jailed inasmuch
as she had consented to the opera.-
tion, and as he, had not used a

knife. , -

Miss Rice did not say whether
she had consented or not. She did
not appear vindictive and several
times during the trl.'il glanced over
at the Indian in not an unfn-r'dly
manner.

For the first time in the annals of
.show business a vaude hotise is
being operated on a; co-operative
basis between employer atid em-
ployees. This is the local Amer-
ican, a former Orphpum Circuit
break- in site.

George Burdick, who at one time
was manager of this house for Or
plifcum. has taken over the theatre
in partnership with the musicians
iind booth operator, the three facr
tions splitting and sharing alike on
both profits and losses. Arrange-
ment Is unique, inswmuch as the
operator and musicians get . paid
their regular union scale wages Just
the same.

Mrs. Golden Suddenly
Withdraws Divorce Bill

Chicago, Oct. 2
In the midst of the pdud-hurllng
In tho divorce suit of Golden versus
Golden, Violet Golden, dancer, noti-
fied Attorney Ben Ehrllch that she
desired to withdraw her crossbill,
temporarily at least.

Maurice Golden, son of Meyer
Golden, vaude producer, had filed
suit -for divorce against .Violet, on
charges of adultery. She returned
a similar complaint In a crossbill,
adding that her husband's family
had conspired against her . to help
him secure a divorce. , Mrs. Gblden's
notification that, isftie wants the dl
vorce help up brings an unexpected
halt to a' case that has been fea
tured by , bitterness on both sides

Chicago, Oct. 2.
■ ' TfouKles peculiar to acrobats are
beiiig.'"afred here in the suit . for
divoircV started by Mrs. Vivian Atro
against: Sam AtrP on charges of
cruelty.

Mrs. Atro flhishes the act with
a .leap to hubby after the conven-
tional alle«-oop signal. . But in one
thcatte she leaped before he ooped
and knocked Sam down. Backstage
Sam is said to have become ex-
ceedingly riled over the flop finish,
giving vent to his feelings by maul-
ing Vivian. She is represented by
Attorney Ben B. Davis.

Writ of attachment for the arrest
of Herbert D. Rycroft, one of the
heirs to a $3,500,000 estate left by
his father, Herbert 12. Rycroft, was
issued here by Judge Joseph Sabath
on petition of Rycroft's dlViprced
wife, Grace Steel Rycroft, former
chorus girl and artists' model. Mrs
Rycroft claims her husband is vio-
lating the terms of her decree by
retaining custody of their five
year-did son. Rycroft has remar
rled and Is living in California.

Attorney for the husband said the
child was enjoying an environment
his mother could not give him, but
Jxidge Sabath interrupted to state
that Mrs. Rycroft's apartment was
suflicient, and that a mother means
more to her son than the blfik out-
doors.

Mrs. Rycroft secured her dii/iprcc
on grounds of de.sertlon. . She Is
best known as the original model
for ' that schoolgirl complexion."

Washington, Oct. J.
KoUh'3, novy, in , its third week of
twp-a-day vaude with grind week
ends, will be all grind next week,
with the acts doing four perform-
ances daily, ,

It is the first switch on the Keith
circuit of the reihaugurated blgr
time policy with the commencement
of the seaiisoni The week-end grind,
however, did not place the. house In
the big-time class. Rather It w;a8
called the reserved-seat policy,
.Keith selling reset-ved seats during
the weekdays.

In Its first week of the changed
policy Kdlth'a did $7,000. Last week
It did around $B*0Op, That repre-
sented loss on , the two wPeks of
$13,000.

Keith's pverhcad Is about $14,000
weekly. Of that the vaude arid pic-
ture cost $5,500y with . rPnt $2,600,
along -with house upkeep, advertis-
ing, etc.

$2S,600 in Brooklyn

Keith's best grosser around New -
York last week was the Albee,
Brooklyn, with "King of Kings" the
picture attraction, doing $28,000. Its
usual gross is between $23,000 and
$24,000, but it is how up against the
added opposition of Fox's new. 4,500-
seatcr In the same section.

bf the Manhattan's Keith's under
the new two-a-day policy with grind
week ends, both playing a full week,
Keith's Riverside did $8,500 and
Keith's 81st Street $10,000. Kach
house just about broke- evpn.

There Is a chance that the 81st
Street may return to a split week,
with a possibility of the Riverside
doing likewise.

Ink King's Daughter

Lisboth fLisbeth and Clifford),
daughter of Charles M. Higgins, the
mk king, makes her vaude debut at
the Riverside, Xew York next week
in an act with Statler'a Tennsyl-
vaniajus.

Kahl-Levy Stock Co.

Chicago, Oct. 2
Sam Kahl and A.s<-her U'vy, for-
merly a.s,sociatfd with the Orpheum
Circuit, are operating a stork com-
pany in tho P.laclvstone thea'.r^
South IJend, Ind;

Two Single Morgans

Jim and Betty Morgan, Who re-
cently dissolved their vaude double,
remain In vaude but as singles. Jirn
broke in his new turn last week.
Meanhlle Betty, who finished a
yeiar's contract In making Perfect
disc records, Is taking up a new
record contract with the Columbia
Phonograph Co.

Betty will appear with a pianist.
Jim iriay add a girl to his act within

the fprtnlght^ j

"'f'lie former wIIThoF igo^'fir from
N'ew York In her proposed variety
work a-s she must be near the
offices of the Columbia.

EDDIE MORAN'S MISHAP

Coal Passer Killed When Stepping
In Front of Moran's Car*

Patricola in Chi Film House*
Chicago, Oct. 2.

M.irlcM Bros, have booked Isab*'l
I P;itrii>ola for the Granada and
1 Marbro ui'jatrea. beginning 06C 13.

Newark, N. J., Oct, 2,
Kdaic Moran, comedian, at the
Stanley, Jersey City, and Branford,
N'ewark, killed Tony Skoneczkl^ coal
pas.ser of this city, while driving his
i>ar on Passaic street.

Moran asserts he wag driving
.slowly. Evidence offered by a wit-
■nn.sa -indicatea Mora n- W.as -no.t ^tp:
blame. He maintains the man
stepped In front of the car from the
curb without warning.

Moran was held on a charge of
manslaughter and released in cus-
tody of Al Maraaux, pitcher for the
Newark team.

With Moran at the time of the
^r-cldent was Marjory II ii;gih5», then
i playing at the Brjuu'oid.

Edna Usher Takes Poison;
Condition Not Serious

Pldna i.fsher, 23, actress in viUide,
Hotel Markwell, 220 West 49th
street, was taken ' to .BclievucHos-
pItal suffering from iodine , poison
which she awallowo4 while: in a'
phone booth in Boyor's drug stoi-Q
at 729 7th avenue. V

Shortly after she liad entered, the
store and purchased the poison she
entered the booth and then start<-d
to walk to the street, when she
collapsed. Persons first to roach
her side noticed her moulli seared
with the poison.

A call was sent to Bellevue Hos-
pital, While awaiting the arrival
of Dr. Wyant, drug store employees
adrtiinistorcd an emetic. At tho
hospital her condition is not be-
-li/>-ved=to -=be=s(i[:lo USt:^

Whether the iodine was taken by
ai-ciilent or with suicidal intent wa.s
not determined by the police.

IRENE FEANKLIN'S SHORTS

Irene Franklin is the latest rc-
t-rult to talkfrs. 'I'lii- red lierul will
pvobably sign to do slioris for l":ii-
vjisaL

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VAUDEVILLE

Wednesday, October 3, 1928

ents;
on Lay Off Time

PAN WILL DROP NINE
AGENTS IN TWO WEEKS

• It looks as ihonsh the majoi-ity of
former Jvolth agents who have been
struggling along in the independent
field will eithof have to starve to
death or desert the show business.

Practioally all., the agents who
have tried the independent field
have the same story to tell, After
they have niiuiaged to sell a num-
ber of acts they lind that they can-
not deliver, as the acta are holding
off to see if the Keith agqnts can
do something for them.

The. former Keith agents are un-
familiar with the Indie field, and
have their heads filled with Keith
prices and. other Keith ideas. Most
of the agents ai*e considering their
attempts ah entire waste of time.
Along with the agents, former vauile
performers are giving up show . busi-
ness. Work has become so uncer-
tain they have finally taken jobs in
other lines. A number of the wom-
en now work in shoi)s and^ the mefl
take anything they can get.

Three former vaude performers
are now taxi drivers. They say they
can make jlO Or $11 a day that Ayay
and It is better than starving on
the lay-off time.

KEITH OFFICE MOVE

^ Keith executive offices will be
moved to' the new quarters on the
seventh and eighth floors of the
Bond Building within a week or
two.

Only the booking department, will
remain in the ' Palace Building. A
tunnel leading to the sixth (book-
ing) floor of the Palace connects
the two structures.

Vaude-Film Deal Between
Piazza and R & R. Pending

Chic^ago, Oct. 2,
A dOiVl betvvcon Ben Piazzaj head
of the K-O western ofllce, and
I'Mnkoisloiii ' llubih- regiLrd'ing

booking of pictures and vaudeville
is understood to be pending. Deci-
sion awaits the arrival of J, J. Mur-
dock and Pat Casey from abroad.

It Is reported F. & R. will turn
over its Important vaudeville book-
ing.s to K-O and piade a deal for
certain FBO 'and Palhe pictures in
exchange for a protective clause
stipulating that K-O will not build
tlieatros . in DuUith, Minn., and
Sioux Kails. S. D.

Daily Acts for Publicity

Keith's publicity department is
now supplied with a li.st of va,ude-
ville bookings daily. The list In-
cludes all acts, current and future,
booked that daj' and covers the en-
tire circuit.

Heretofore bookings have riot been
delivered to the exploitation staff
until two or three days after booked.
The new arrangement permits al-
most immediate work on press
stuff.

Goo. Lukes' Book

George Lukes, former assistant
to Tirik Humphrey in Chicago, is
now booking Philadelphia, Balti-
more, Syracuse, Rochester, Buffalo
and Toronto for Keith's.

Find Inactive Faction Selling
Acts Indie Dates on Promise
of Following Pan Routes

. Pantagos Circuit is planning a
,shake-up which will delete at lea.st
nine of its 19 enfranchised agents.
i:)eletIonB wlir be based upon Inac-
tivity, as circuit heads figure some
of the boys are merely using their
Pan franchise to corral standard
acts for independent bookings upon
promise oT a following Pan route.

Pan office has' been compiling n
check on the inaotlves and acts
going for the independent dates,
plus the promise, have registered
complaints.

Carrell Agency Methods Denounced;
Not Fooling Acts, Agents or Mgrs.

Fox's Star and Elizabeth
Not Booked by Jack Loeb

Through a recent complaint by
Fox and Gardner against .the man-
agement of Fox's Sta-, New York,
the act ailegingr the Star's man-
ager I'oke faith with, them 6n a
promised engagement, the impres-
sion went forth that the F6x offices
via Jack W. Ixteb are l?ooking the
house.

The house is booked by Jack Al-
len in the Fally Markus offlces. Fox
and Gardner were not sent to the
Star by Allen. The boys endeavored
to mz^te the booking direct and
when given the air, thought they
should go higher .up for an account-
ing.

Loeb neither bopks the Star nor
Fox's Elizabeth, N. J, also on Al-
len's books.

Greeley Sq. All-Sound;
Loew's Film Houses Too

For some time Locw has been
playing vaude as a part of the regu-
lar daily, program at Loew's Greeley
Square, New York. Next Saturday
vaude will be dropped and the ho.use
win use talkers with the first sub-
ject being "Glorious Betsy" (War.)

Other Loew houses going Into
-Sound films on the same date but
which are. straight picture houses
are the 83d Street, 86 th Street,
Spooner theatre, the 116th, Victory,
and Elsemere.

At the outset the addition of the
talkers will only Include the talking
shorts. Lengthy subjects may be
plaj'ed later.

23d St. Back?

Proctor's 23d Street, New York,
is slated to return to its f oi-mer
vaudfilm policy in November.

The house scrapped vaude for
films three seasons ago.

JOE BUHMAN'S OWN TURN

Chicago, Oct. 2.
Joe Burman, former bantam-
weight champ, did not go with Ed-
die Borden's act as previously re-
ported. Burman is making his de-
but on the stage in an. act titled
"The Knockout," presented by Art
Van, formerly with Borden. Art
includes Chris George, former light-
weight, Ruth Alice Selznick and
Van.

Chicago, Oct. 2, .

Buying of acts at cut prices by
the C. L. Carrell Agency Is prov-
ing a boomerang for the acts. It
has brought denunciation of Car-
rell by acts, Independent circuits
and agents In the midwest.

Carroll's reported methods Include
persimding ah act to do Wm a favor
in accepting a ciit for houses ho
is booking on percentage, promis-
ing to make up for it by paying
the act more in other houses. :

Carrell then sends the cut-price
contracts to other Independent cir-
cuits and house owners, it ' is
claimed, purporting to show how
managers using tiie same acta from
other source are paying more;
money.

Carrell also puts in a direct fee
of 10 per cent, against the acts,
leaving the agents to collect what
they can. • He has used these meth-
od.s to such advantage for himself
and detriment to acts and rival
iagencles that the lndepf»ndent
agents ' association at oii" time,
barred his office.

Recently independent house man-
agers were flooded with cut-rate,
contracts- and a list of 50 acts,
comparing, salaries paid by other
independents with those paid by
Carrell.

The Carrell circuit was practic-
ally defunct last year. Some of the
ihdepiendent agents raised enough
money tti take oyer the business.
The circuit was found to be In such
poor condition, the agents withdrew
their subscribed bankroll, and Car-
rell had to sign notes for the money
already used.

RESUME OF THE TRIAL OF

Hal-JEROME and GRAY-Gloria

APPEARING AT KEITH'S PALACE, NEW YORK, THIS WEEK (OCT. 1)

•r-veraut-r^-

THE GENERAL PUBLIC

District Attorney— When did you turn professional, Mr. Jerome T '
Mr. Jerome — On leaving the Ran time about 3 years ago.

D. A. — Isn't it a known fact you flopped on the Interstate Circuitf
Mr. Jerome— And three consecutive times in Dayton and Louisville.

D. A. — You still think you have a good vaudeville act?
Mr. Jerome— Yes; vye have never been in pictures.

D. A. — Why are you playing the Palace this week?
Mr. Jerome — We are breaking our jump from Los Angeles to London, Englandj^

D. A. — Do you think your act will go at the Victoria-Palacie?
Mr. Jerome — I fear nothing after playing Amarillo, Texas.

D. A. — What .well known "names" have you followed successfully in ths next -to-closing position?
Mr. Jerome — Elsie Janis — Charlotte Greenwood— Joe Mendi — Fox News— Bert Lyt^li — Pat Rooney-rPathe Weekly — Eddie Leonard — Robinson's Ele-
phants — Eugene O'Brien — Elliot Dexter — ^"Slim" Timblin — Edna Wallace Hopper — a hundred others and we are also very popular with
the ushers in the balcony.
D. A. — Have you ever had any production offers?
Mr. Jerome— I refuse to work on the Columbia or Mutual wheel.

D. A. — Do you attribute your success to yeast cakes?
Mr. Jerome — Absolutely NOT — but to three other reasons, namelyi HAL JEROME and GLORIA GRAY on the stage — Chas. Morrison, K-A-0 Repre-
sentative.

His Honor — Bailiff — Instruct every Casting Director and producer in New York City to catch this act this week. Recesa.
Sailing Midnight, Oct. 12, on S. S. Lapland to study the European Oq uor siluaH^^ Lamport, London

PALACE, CHICAGO, THIS WEEK (SEPT. 30)

NOT A MASTER OF CEREMONIES

CONRAD

AND

MARION

For Anything Pertaining to Show Business^ See JACK CURTIS (Our Jake)

Wednesday, October 3, 1928 VARIETY «5

36

VARIETY

VAUDEVILLE

Wednesday, October 3, 1928

Loews Bookers Uncertain as to
Talldng Shorts in Vaude Houses

A policy of "feeling the way" will
guide Loew's in operating Its wired
houses. For the present, talking
ehotts will be used only In picture
houses. There ; will be no general
or Immediate change In the ppfera-
tlon of vaudeville theatres with the
exception of the Greeley Square. .

Officials of Loew's will not state
definitely that talking shorts are or
are not a possible, substitute for
acts in their houses. One report
mentioned Loew neighborhood
houses as playing three regular
acts and three shorts. This is still
a possibility if in "feeling the way"
Loew's decides It is de.'iirable.

Western Electric will complete
wiring of 47 Loew houses in -Greater
!ifew York on November 10. Melba,
Brooklyn, and New Rochelle are
already wired. Loew's fur. string
in the metropolitan area is 63
theatres. Those now wiring arid
tho dates set for placing equipment

into operation, are:

Oct. 4,

86th St.

II

4,

83d St.

«l

4.

New.irk

• 1

6, Greeley

Square

l«

7,

Victoria

If

8,

Spooner

II

10,

Elsmere

«<

11.

Delancey

ti

12,

Metro-

politan

II

12,

116th St

II

13.

Gates

«l

13,

Yonkers

«<

14.

Boro

Park

II

15.

Mt. Ver-

non

$$

16,

Burland

«l

18,

Ave. B

CI

Oriental

7th Ave.

II

21, Lexington

II

22,

Orpheum

II

23,

Alpine

M

24,

Coney

Island

tl

24,

Palace

II

26. In wood

44

26,

Woodslde

tt

27.

State,

■N. .Y.

ti

27

Freeman

44

29.

WiUard

14

29.

Circle.

Nov. 1,

Boule-

vard

If

3,

42d St.

II

3,

Commo- ■

dore

fl

3,

Warwick

II

3,

Rio

II

4,

New ^

. York

II

5,

Lincoln

Sq.

il

6.

Burnside

II

6.

National

<l

7,

Plaza

II

7,

Broad-

way,

Bklyn,

44

7,

Brevoort

II

8,' Grand

If

8,

HllLside

ri

9.

Bedford

II

9. 46th St.

fl

9.

Kameo

If

10.

Fair-

mount

Sam H. Abrams, PBO branch
manager at Milwaukee has re-
signed. He may go to Los Angeles.

"Kings" in Keith's

, Cuts Out Act or Two

With "The King; of Kings" (non-
sound) booked In for the New York
Keith houses the, last half of this
week, excepting the Palace, the
Keith booker, Jeff Davis, Is neces-
sarily lopping off an act or two in
some to permit the film Its full
running time.

The "King" jplcture runs 101 min-
utes.

The picture will not be shown
Sunday (October 7) as a new show
opens on . that date under the new
booking scheme of the Keith of-
fices.

Yates Office Split

Irving Yates vaudeville ollice will
probably divide into several now ar-
rangements with the deflection of
Yates to legitinaate producing, Irv-.
Ing Tishman has already quit and
it is expected that a new office will
be opened by Tishnian and Jimmy
O'Neal.

Charles Yates will take over the
vaudeville end and Irving will
operate separately as a legit pro-
ducer. Ted Wing is acting on the
latter's behalf as company manager
of "The K. Guy."

Larry Lawrence will go with one
of the two vaude-offlces.

Kingsway Opens Sunday

KIngsway, Coney Island avenue
and Kings Highway, Schwartz
house, will hereafter open its new
show Sundays Instead of Mondays.
The house plays five acts on a split
week basis, booked by Boh Burns
In thfe New York Pan office.

Nearly all the Schwartz houses
start their vaude-fllm bills on Mon-
days.

High-Low Bally

Having trie<l giants and even
men on stilts as ballhooer,
midgets ai-e now getting a
break, in that particular line of
:endcavor. Loew's this week In-
stalled a uniformed small man
to work opposite a six-footer
in calling attention to the State
theatre box offices.

Broadway strollers out on a
picture shopping tour are apt
to find themselves knee high
In midgets If the idea catches
on along the main stem.

KEITH'S COUNTER SUIT
AGAINST READE-STORRS

-JOE SMITH'S KEITH JOB

Watching Bills for Recommenda-
tions — Also Staging

Joseph C. Smith, former stager of
dances for musicals, has been added
to the staff of Keith's with a rov-
ing comnais^lon to watch shows and
recommend improvements.

Smith, in addition may supervise
staging of units projected by Keith's
production department.

Vaude Left in Poll's

Of the 20 Poll houses acquired by
William Fox about eight are under
long term lease. Of tho remainder
I^'ox will inaugurate a de luxe policy
In four. New Haven, Bridgeport,
Hartford and Worcester,

Fox has decided not to let sound
completely supplant vaudfevillei He
intends to have live acts In the ma-
jority of his New England holdings
except In cities like Bridgeport,
where there are three theatres.

FUKEY, PAN AGENT

Charles Furey, erstwhile Keith
agent, deleted In the recent reor-
ganization regime, has been
awarded a Pantages Circuit agency
franchise.

MORE MIDNITE ATIDITIONS

Ben Lundy and Abe Meyers will
resume their Tuesday midnight
auditions at the Eafl Carroll, New
York, Oct, 9.

Start at 12, as many acts as they
can get and stop when acts run out.

Burt Not East

Ah intention to import Glenn
Burt from Chicago to represent
Harry Rogers on the Keith floor In
New York have been temporarily
dropped.

Through its attorney, Maurice

Goodman, the 'B. F. Keith Co'rpora-

tion has filed suit In the Supreme

Court of New York seeking a Judg-
ment of $32,500 against Frank V.
Storrs a.nd $7,500 against Walter
Reade, together with interest on
$40,000 advanced to the Trenton-
New Brunswick Theatres Co. since
last May. ,

The suit is in the nature of a
counter claim by the vaude chain
following close o'ti the heels of the
suit brought, by Reade and Storrs
in the Chancery Court of New Jer-
sey, in which tCclth's is asked to
show cause why a receiver should
not be appointed for the five
theatres of the company. The New
Jersey action has been postponed
twice, and is no'w scheduled for
hearing before Vice -Chancellor
Backes in Newark, October 9,

Papers filed In the latest action
cite that in April, 1922, Keith's en-
tered into an agreement with the
defendants to operate a group of
New Jersey theatres. Storrs agreed.
It is alleged, that in the event of
losses in operation he would lend
the corporation not more than
$37,500, while Reade would advance
$12,500. These advances were to be
repaid out of the profits of the
corporation with five percent in-
terest before any dividends were
declared.

Last May, the papers state, Storrs
associated with Reade in various
theatrical enterprises and realty
holdings in addition to' controlling
the New Theatre Program Com-
pany, advanced -$5,000 to the corpo-
ration, while Reade kicked in with
a sinriilar amount, when losses be-
gan to occur and continued.

Thereafter the complaint adds,
Storrs and Reade refused to ad-
vance additional money fot the op-
eration of the theatres and it be-
came necessary for the B. F.
Keith Corporation to lend the
Trenton-New Brunswick Theatres
Company $10,000 in May, $15,000 in
June, and $15,000 In August

Clainiing that Keith's has per-
formed all the conditions of its
agreement with Storrs and Reade in
the operation of the five theatres,
the vaude circuit demands a total

Met, Boston, May Close
Or Reorganize by Oct. 15

Metropolitan Booking Offices, In-
dependent vaude booking agency,
may either fold up or undergo re-
organization by October 16.

The Met was organized as an
adjunct to the Walters-Denlsh-
Frisco Agency, Boston, to serve aa
an eastern outlet under an Inter-
change of act arrangement. The
Met had been angling for bookings
of independent houses in and
around New York, but with little
success in sewing any up.

Joe Sullivan, former Keith agent,
organized the Met. Harry Padden,
former booker for Amalgamated,
was aligned with Met until several
months ago.

Acts in ' Units

. Keith's production department's
pair of units, around Ken Murray
and the MosconI Brothers has
Webb's Entertainers (band), Ma-
harana, Jeanette Reed and an Edith
Mae Capes chorus with Murray.
Mosconi unit has Crawford and
Broderick, Parks and Ford and
Ora and Company.

judgment against, them of. $40,000
plus interest and costs.

The result of the action brought
by Reade and Storrs in New Jersey,
due for trial earlier than tho suit
instituted by Keith's, will most
likely have a bearing on the
counter-suit proceedings.

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Wednesday, October 3, 1928

VAUDEVILLE

VARIETY

37

Wire Forces Out Vaude
Loew's in at Richmond

Vaudeville has been taken out of
the follpwing Loow houses: Bir-
minffhJUii, Pittsburgh. EulTalo.
Syracuse, Detroit, Columbus, and
the State, Cleveland. All these
houses have been wired, or. will be
in the near future, for talking pio-
turies. '

Vaudeville will be placod in the
I.oew house in Richmond, Va.,
October 1.

JUDGMENTS

Lyric Qperating Co., Iric, .los. and
Jacob Oppf"l't'i"icr; T. C. Naiiglilon ;

$2,627.

Ritz Laboratories, Inc.; Agfa Ruav
Film Corp.: 51,430, .

Louis N. Jaffe and JaffcArl ThV-
alre Corp.; Sobcl & Krau-s, !»(>..

$340. ■ . ,

Wm. Anthony McGuire; .1. pol-

ioase; $5,604. . _ . .

Lewis J. Selznick; A. xL vv»riss;
$1,059.

Lambert Theatre Corp.;

Crimniins; $10,529.

D.

JEANNE
UPHAM

with the

UPHAM

WHITNEY
REVUE

Week Sept. 23

STATE LAKE, CHICAGO

Touring
Keith-Orpheum Circuit

Direction ALEX GERBER

ILL AND INJURED

Jerry Shea, Tdledo li-ilu privnoicr.
r^'oovoring fri)rn a rcrt-nt ilhu'ss.

Clay Clcini'Tit ri-coM-rinu: froni (i),-
cratioii ror apjKMidii ji N ;ii Alt.
h(j.s)ntal.

■KUiart Uohson, assi^uuit sia^ir
tnaniigcr of "Kosaiio,'.' in Ji-wlsh
.Memorial hospital with pni'Unionia.

I'hil Uyan, manager Mctropoliinn
studio in Ilfjllywocul, just rooovcT-
ing froiii an infected j.xw following
a . tooth pulling, slipiiod as ho'
stepped from his cor and broke a
bono in his right foot. Walking on
crutclios.

Klotfhor Hoiidorson, riM'onlly
•se-voroly injured, is inipro\ vd. , and
.at his home, 228 \V(>sf. lyiuh street,
New York.

Nell Kelly collapsed during tln^
final performance ot "l'ps-a-l.)aisy''
in Philadtdphia l.ast week. tSlii^ will
be out of the cast until the middle of
this week. Kobbie I'cM-kins replaces
Show cun-ent in Xowark.

P^leanor Barnes,, fashion writer
Cor Fi)-st .Nat iona.r studios, struck
by a nrotorfycle and suffered brok-
en arms and other injniios. She is
recovering in the Hollywood Hos-
pital.

P.uddy Messenger (st-rocn). oper-
ated upon for appendieitis'at lloUy-
wood (Cai;) llo.spital Sept, 26. •

Jacqiieline ,I-i0gan operated upon
for appendicitis at Hollywood (Cal.).
Hospital Sept. 26. .

Marie Pettu.s, actres.s, lecovering
\from an operation for appendicitis
at her rooms in St. .lames Hotel,
New York City.

(Jeorge Wecdon, of the Pat Casey
agency, had three lingers on his
right h.'ind. badly crushed by the
.slamniing of an. auto door. H.^rold
Kemp and Wayne Christy also had
their hands hurt in auto mishaps.

JUST TWO HALVES

Actor' (to agent): "tlut two
halves for $1."

Agent: "Sure. Poughkcep.«io
and Kewburgh," .

Houses Opening

on

Vaudeville Artists

When In or near Detroit we

FRANK GILLEN

For ORIOLE TERRACE

and EXCX,U.SIVE CIvUBS
Addretto Oriole Terrace, Detroit

meORPORATIONS

■New York '
Aniericiui. MunIc Dmnui, Manliattan
ITC.OOO; Jucqucfl Sanioasoud, Kli^^abtuh
P. Nnsh, Ida GoUl.stpin.

^"alrninn Music rul>llnlilnir Co., Man
hat tan. 200 sh.-irps; Joseph M. Sonfeld,
MlUan Mallnisky, Maxwell GoldHteln.

y\m«iri<'an Spoiifj Stadlnm, Manhattan
2,000 shares; Isabelle G. WrlRht, Charles
A. CorblM. John P. Mct'abe.

J^lbrubell AmuNement t'on».. New York
6,850 shares; R. M. Abcle.s, .S. A. Felr,
R. EllaBberR-.

Aliluart . AmnNement Corp., New Tork
$2,500; Samuel Poses, Milton Kali, Flora
niombcrff.

Kermiin Tlieatrc, Inc., Brooklyn
opcr.TS, dramas, |2S,000; Ktia C. IJcnder
Toss N. Prince, Samuel Arouowltz.

Kngle Gnind Openi Co., Manhattan
$10,000; Paul Oremonesl, neairioc F. Mc
Murray,- Antonio Guffarili,

CoNHin iSnterpriseH, Tonkcrs, ploture.s
vaudeville, 200 shares; Lewi.i W. Cohen
ThPodore J. Martin. Martin 13. Rnilih.

Urbikln Distriliatine Corp.. Manhattan
pIclure.M, $10,000; Malle Ifamn'ierstein
Gci'tiude I.cbel.son, Beatrice Caino.

<icm Home Talking Muchino Mnd I'Um
Co., Manhattan, picture niachlnf'.'i, 100
aharps; Berlrani Itaff, Harriet (Joldstcin
Jo.sci)h .T. Cruiupt.

4il<>n Thontrc Corp., Kinps, the.-itres
$20,000; Hmma Wiy.ig, Kva Cohen, 1. J
Glnsbert'.

WARNING!

TO PRODUCERS, MANAGERS AND ARTISTS

I am the sole author and exclu.sive owner of sketches "JHUNK"
(copyrighted under title •'SIL^'^<:R PITCHER") and "HOUSE OF
THE LEFT HAND." Two versions copyrighted 1927-28. Third ap-
plied for.

Any Individual, company or corporation Is forbidden to use same, in part or
whole, or In any way, for Btanro. talking or Mund film, or silent motion pic-
tures, •without obtolnlnB production permission from the undersigned. Any
Infringements of these right.s will be prosecuted.

LOUELLA CONLY KEENEY

R. F. D., AZUSA, CALIFORNIA

Vaude resumed at ]"'alace, Fox
Poli, Meriden, Conn. Five acts
split week.

Sund:ay vaiide concerts resume at
the America (formerly Miner's
Hronx,- ..Kew York) next Sunday-
Get. 7, playing eight act bills booked
by Sam Bernstein.

Vaudfilm has supplanted straiight
pictures at the Alhambra, Brook-
yn, N. T. Five acts on a ."^plit week,
booked indie.

Gaiety, Schine house, Uiica, N.
, reopens Oct. 15 with Keith yaud-'
film; former policy.

New Lpcw's State (wired), Prov-
idence, R. I., opens Oct. .6 with
sound picture policy.

Vaudo l.s back at the I'ark L-ane,
Palisades, N. J. after several weeks
of stage band policy. Five act.s on
split week booked by.Fally Alarkiis.

Majestic, Monroe, Mich., vaudo-
fllni. James (Jeorge, owner.

Shoreway, Toledo, pictures, five
ch.anges weekly. H. B. Albright,
eneral manager; Henry;; Schultz,
house manager.

PalacCj Bergenfield, K. J.., new
1,800 • seater, open with vaudfilm.
Five acts, split week, booked by
Fally Markus.

Loew'B 167th Street, new, open
with a straight picture policy. Seats
2,400. Frank Ackerman, manager.

MARRIAGES

Kdwin Decker, theatre musician,
New York city, and Louise I*'ing.
New York City, dancer, have ap-
plied at Gn'onwich, Conn., for a
nvarriage license.

Herbert E.: Kllesbtirg (Kala>)an,&
Katz publicity) to Evelyn Feldman
tnon-pro) in Chicago, Sept.. 26.

Barbara Bronell to iRbbort Ken-
neth '(Ken). Christy,, in Chicago,
.Tunc 22, by Judge William F:
Borders. ,

. John Conway Fox (.'scenarist) to
Rosa Rudami at Agua Calient^,
Mexico, Sept. 2Cr

■Carolina Matlina, dauKhter of
.lannes Martina, Motint Morris,, N.
Y., 'filrtt theatre man, ..to Daniel
Poriello, manager of the Dreaml.and
theatre .^t Naples, N. Y., one of the
Martina Bros, chain, September -20
in Mount Morris. '

James J. Dcmpsey, manager of the
Public, Doi'che.ster,
Marion. R. Murphy,
and daughter
Murphy

Mass., . and
a trained nurse
of Mr. and Mrs. C. B.
of Augusta, Me., will be
married this month.

Pierre (^endi-«m, . filin actor an 1
writer, to .Mi<-e Sciilly, .scenario
broker, Sept. 28 at Riverside, Cal.. ■

Nadel on Fox Lot

K. K. Nadel leaves tomorrow
(.Thursday) for Hollywooil, for the
Fo5c lot, • to direct talking shortp
from the repertoire of- old Paul
(Gerard Smith sketches and playlets.
How many E. K. will do is to bo
determined upon his arrival there.
His stay will be indennite.

On the same, train goes Smith,
also \inder a Tifovietone contract
engineered by Nadei; Smith wlU
write some talking spocial.-s.

J.

P. HARRIS MEMORIAL

McKecsport,. Pa., Oi'X. 2.
The Harris Amusement Co. has
broken groiind here for the ebn-
striiction of a 2,5t)0.-seat .de luxe
picture Mid vaudeville hoiiso, to be
known as tlic John P. Harris
memorial thoalie.

Geo. Sackett in Agency

Los Angclcsj Oct. 2.
George Sackett, manager • ol" the
local Orpheum for eight years, has
joined the staff of the Lyons &
Lyons olliceJ

Ida Anderson is reported licadiiig
tlu>. colored stock sclieduled to open
at the West End theatre in 125th
street later this, month.

HARRY

MARY

Anger and Fair

"DIZZY: 1928"
T<)1 RING INTERSXATK CIRCUIT

BIRTHS

Mr. and Mrs. Nat. Wolf, Sept. 27,
in CJhlcago, son. Father is con-
nected with Keith's In the Chicago
office.

Mr. and Mrs. Al Belasco in Cleve-
land, Sept. 1, son. Father is m.c.
at Branford, Newark, ancl Stanley,
Jersey City (alternating), Mother
professionally Irene Smith, formerly
in vaude with Maurice Diahiond.
, Mr. and Mrs. Nat Wolfe, son. The
father la Chicago film buyer for
K-A-O.

Geo. Mence Quits

George Hence, former Chicago
and New York agent, has quit the
show business. He has returned to
Chicago to take up haberdashery.

Mence was Keith disfranchised
some time ago in Chicago.

General Executive Offices

LOEW BUILDING

A. N N E X

160 WEST 46^ ST*

NKX/KNT- 9850-NEW YORK CITY

J. H. LUBIN

GENERAL MANAOfiR

MARVlOr SCHENCK

DORA

Wr?fNTE

m

TxMixv and IndepeiuUint
JOE iMU HAEI^S

Their "CRISP REVUE"

K.-A,
IN'rsonal Rep,

-O. Cireult

: FRANK KVANS

Coney Holmes in N. Y*

Coney Holmes, formerly road
man for Keith's Western under
Tink Humphrey, will come east
.shortly In the same capacity with
Tink In New York.

DOOKINO MANAtiEB
. CHICAIBO OITICB

mo WOODS THEATRE B'ID'G

JOHNNY JONES

IN Cn A ROE

AGENCY SUES ACT FOR $1,600

Chicago, Oct. 2.

Suit for $1,600 on a breach of
contract claim has been filed by
the -William Mbrris office .again.st
Evans and Mayei", who were at the
State- Lake last week.

Morris' office claim!? the act
disregarded its jurisdiction to
sign with Keith-Orphqum after only
on© year of a two year contract
had expired.

ACME BOOKING OFFICES, INC.

Dooklng Ail Tbei^treB Controlled by

STANLEY COMPANY OF AMERICA

A roat« of IR woeks wlililn 200 miles ot New York
ArtlBtii Invited to book dirert

1560 Broadway

New York City

MORE ■ THAN IT PROWISIC?

A vai;devu.i.e AOKTvrY which prodites

A VAi.ui.>«.i^.ii.^,^j^^^»^,^ EFFICIENT SERVICE 6INC15 1013

Astor Theatre Bldg.,

' Lackawanna

N. W. Cor. 45th St. and Broadway

7876 New York City

WALTER NILSSON

"WORLD'S MASTER UNICYCLIST"
O-H-ooooo !

Featured with FANCHON and MARCO'S

^^Up in the Air^^ 8d©a

|. (y, — U'orklne In O.SI'; jir\t lo <1ii-.i(ik ;iiii1 what hrrrunib

Thaa!-.

a^iCP^^f^ & MARCO and D. HGWE

PC

EUROPE SOON
Direction WM. MORRIS
CHICAGO

VARIETY

3-a-Day Burlesque mi Talkers

A ...

For Columbia s, N. Y., New

BURLESQUE

GINGER GIRLS

ComotUan.

.^Tecoiul Comedian........ I' red W.tI ter

Straight r Al Uaker

TuvenUo • Fred Carl.son

I'rima Donna , ^ , ^*iV,'J.',V!I

.Soubrct, .. Fritzi Whlto

Erin JaolcHon. Uetty McAllister and Connie
St. Clulio on the runway.

Wednesday^ October 3. 1928

Burlesque Off Ot-Side Stuff in
Bidp-Navy Yard SaOors Chagrin

Althc -igh the Golumbla, New
TorkI ia playingr Mutual burlesque
' lb .s and indefinitely, Walter
Reade, lessee of the house, is In-
BtalUng wires prepairatory t6 play-
ing talking pictures. General Elec-
tric is installing.

The Columbia made a change of
policy Jklonday by. adding, pictures
to open the house at 11 a. m. under
the coi.tinuous policy plan.

For the burlesque shows, with
thre'>-a-day for the actors.

The plans of Reade and Jerome
Rosenberg, directing manager of
the Golumblai to swing to three
shows daily at first did not mieet
with I, H. Herk's entire approval,
the Herk offices supplying, the trav-
eling burlesques for tlie : house.
Reade's policy won out as the bur-
lesque contract specified that three
shows were permissible when
deemed necessary by the house.

In the new policy Sam. Futeran
and his btiiid were given their no^
tlce w^ith George C. Bramdman and
-. his orchestra replacing therri Mon-
day (Oct. 1). Bramdman wiU have
nine men In the pit.

Rosenberg said that aftier the
wiring is finished the talkers in ad-
dition to burlesque may be used.

[rons and damage Seek
Class Neighborhoods

Chicago, Oct. :2.
Having added the Strand, Cincin
nati, and .Empress, St. LOuIs, to
their circuit. Irons & ; Claitiage. are
i:\egotiating for Waldron's Casino in
*^ston and for the Pantheon here,
. . picture house, on the north side,
.formerly one of the L. &. T. chain
and now closed.

According to Warren Irons his
Arm is eager to establlsli itself in
the better class neighborhoods
where a burlesque house would be
In new territory. ,

Jersey City Censors Bear
Down Again on Majestic

stock burlesque folded up at the
Majestic. Jer-scy City, ■ Saturday
night, a victim of local censors, who
did Tiot coincide with the patrons'
demand on nudity preferred.

Harry Burkhardt, iassociated for
yeiars with Hurtig and seamon,
branched but this season to open
the stock at the Majestic, three
weeks ag:b. While the abbreviated
costumes were in the troupe prbs-
pered, but the cover-up Order
scared off the ticket buyers.

Burkhardt paid the inob and
closed the ; show rather than con-
tinue with .,a policy that couldn't
compete against the local flappers.
This is the secbnd bust for a bur-
lesque policy at the Majestic
through censorship. Last season th.e
wheel shows passed "up the house
because of the bverdressing edict;
Despite the rigid survey on bur-

Sam Raymond's ''Ginger Girls''
delivers in all departments the near-
est thing to a genuine burlesque
.show the Columbia has seen . in
many weeks. It's a compact little
organization, well paced in alterna-
tion of abundant seml-nudlty, song,
dance and comedy bit. and it makes
lively. . entertainnient for the cus-
tomers of all. grades. . .

There is the usual rotation of
teaser and strip display, the familiar
outcropping of raw dialog and bush
ness, but the whole business is car-
ried on With a good humor - and a
persuasive artlessness that robs it
of rawness. The difference between
this and one of those noisy but
tiresome aggregations is that these
people are clever, and that marks
the, distance between exhilarating
burlesque and stupid smut.

Runway trio aria familiars and do
I not jfigure in the vlisitlng troupe,
except that they back up and sup-
plement an especially cheerful per-
formance. As it happens they have
an extraordinarily gobd lineup of
eight numbers this week, with Erin
Jackson doing the heavy assign
ments and doing them well.

Strength of the traveling iinlt is
in a capital team of comics and

lesque; the town is wide open for „^ u, ua-pitai x.ca.in mi. vumiv-o u..^.
strip stuff in the competitive vaude throe principal women, two of tnem

and picture houses.

Wheel Programs Out

New economy move at the Co-
lumbia is dispensing with all pro-
grsuns.. Beginning this week cup- , ^^^^^ ^,uc-«.
tomers had to get their info about oayety, Milwaukee.

1^ Burlesque Routes ]

. Weeks of October. 1 and 8
B*re Facts— arand, . Hartford; 8, Hj'-
porlon, New Haven. ^ ,^

.Beat ?hbw- In Tpwn— Majestic, Albany;
8, Colonial. Utlca. „ . ^ i „

. Bohemlans-1-2. Geneva; 3-4. Oswego;. B-O,
Schenectady; 8, Majeatlc. Albany. ,

Bowery Burleafjuers— State, Springfield; 8,
Grand. Hartford. , , ■

Burlesque Revicv.' -Empire, Toledo; 8, Co-
lumbia, Cleveland.' ,

Chicken Trust— Gayety, Buffalo; 8-0.
Geneva; 0-10, Oawegp^ U-12, Schenectady.

Dainty Dolls— Empress, Cincinnati; 8,
Gayety, Louisville. _

Dimpled Darlings— Irving Pl.i N. Y. C. ;
8, Empire, Providence.

Dixon's Big Review— Academy, ritts
burgh; 8. Lyceum, Columbus. .

Flapper FoUlcs— Gayety, Scranton; 8,
Ga:ety. . Wllkes-Barre. I,,'- ,. „
French Models— Mutual, Indianapolis; 8,
Garrlck, St. Louis. ' ^ .

Frlvblitles-Oayety, Brooklyn; 8, Gayety,

Scranton. _ ^ . » ^

Ginger Glrls-Columbla, N. T. C; 8, Gay-
ety, Brooklyn. _ , .;

Girls From Happyland— Empire, Brooklyn ;
8, Trocadero, Philadelphia. . • ,

Girls. From the Follies— SUr, Brooklyn;
8, Orpheunii Paterson

made to order for wheel technique
and the third a g-ood . contrast.
L'Yitzi White is th.e peppy pony type,
smooth- in handling undress stuff,
an excellent dancer and with .a' neat
trick of delivering in. numbers.
Wears such clothes as the new show
type demands with, a good deal of
dash and has the trick of spicy sug-
gestion in wink of eye or gesture-
of such Intimate personal memberK
as Ijest serve the purpose
• Vinnie Phillips is the stately Juno
. who gets her effects from the good
fellow attitude, and both of those
principals deal with dialog in bland
and graceful ease. Ritssy Phillips is
the flapper ingenue, contributing
enormously to the coniedy.

Show is close to the ultra In un-
dress and some of the teaser busi-

Stocks Giving Wheel

Shows Plenty Grief

Chaotic conditions in the bur-
lesque field; with stocks giving the
wheel .shows a tu.ssle in most. spots,
bas thrown this branch show
buslhess into a tough spot.

Ijocal stocks, in kidnapping the
censors and otherwise fixing, are
being permitted to go the limit,
with the wheel shows covered up
and censored so as not to mean a
thing in competition. The stocks
are also grabbing plenty of bur-
lesque names from the wheel shows
through paying as good or better
for ..services. The stationary stand
ahgie also a,ppeals. .

With . but one burlesque wheel
now . functioning. Mutual, . perform-
ers have no qualms in jumping con-
tracts to grab a .s^tock assignment,
•without fear 6 f blacklisting, flgur'-
ing the remaining wheel field has
but a slim list of a.yailables to draw
from and wiir forgive.

RECORD-BREAKERS

(Mutual)

Margie Bartel

Syd nurke. . . . , ......> ..... •

Juanlta' Evans.....:'...-...

Elsie .'Kaynor, . . . . •

L):ivo Burt. .• . ; .

ICd Jordiih,.

Johnnie OUmore. . .
Larry ChXi k .

. . .SouUret
. . .Soubrct
. . .Snubret
. . .Ingenue
.-. . . , Comic
......Comic

. . .btralght
. ; . Jdvenlle

Burlesque shows, stock and wheel,
are" holding out when playing
Brooklyn, N. Y.j through an under-
ground word-; that the City of
Churches has become a tbugh spot
for. off-side stuff.

With District Attorney Dodd
backing upv the action of Joseph .'V.
Ga41agher, chief assistant, in
sloughing V-The Night B<efor©" . at
Werba's Brooklyn three weeks ago,
the burlesque shows have toned
down and patronage has dropped as
a Jesuit.

Gallagher grabbed "Night Before"
while acting District Attorney dur-
ing Dbdd's vacation, vWith the legit
group held for. trial In Special Scis-
sions. Gallagher i's being .prlrried
for Democratic nominee for District
Attorney next year with Dodd all
ot : r nomination as County Court
Judge.

Since the "Night Before" muss
Gallagher has been paying atten-
tion to . the burlesque in the
boroueih. The, hold-out matter
greatly chagrins the .sailors at the
Broolclyn Navy Yard and others
who like their burlesque that way
or else.

Through numerous cast changes
and almost complete re-routinlny
on the spot, Jack Keid's current
edition wUs in bad shape at thj
Irving Place last week. From re-
ports, the show has been running
smoothly on the rbad, so ho reason
known for the switching. Neverthe-
less, it didn't look like a Reld
troupe Wednesday.
Outside of some good looking
uicsa aiiu owmc vii's vw»«>^* ^^^^ . principal women and one or two
hess involving playful . threats to comedy situations, not much to i^.
dispense, even, with the pitifully For one thing, Reid failed to make
meager brassieres had the custom- his usual appearance, though pro-
ers in suspense. The trick is, how- gramed and present around the
ever, that it's trimly done and iSiway theatre. Without him the circus
from the raw. ballyhoo number, inevitable for the

Harry Clex, doing an eccentric '^Record Breakers." fell flat as han-
patsy nondescript, gave evidence died by a juvenile. -^^^^y^.- ^y,.,
tliat there are still burlesque cbmics All of which Placfd more than the'
capable of holding up the laughing average burden upon the^lious.^
On«;- paterson. • J ^nd of a wheel ^how even against U^^^^^

Girls in^ Blue-Gayety. Minneapolia; 8, the paramount interest of Undressed the permanent »"ee"8'^J*^^f,„"'
Dvotv Milwaukee. mui_ « l out. civlnK one of the chorus laaics

Mrs/McCoyV Troubles

Jack Reid is supported hy mem-
bers of his "Record Breakers" com-
pany In denying the attempt at sul-
-C ide by iMr 3. T he 1 m a McC oy , ch orl s -
ter, was due to dlapllnary measures
taken by Reid- The . producer and
others assert the girl's domestic
troubles were th© cause.

Mrs. McCoy downed a quantity of
ammonia backstage in ynlon City,
N. .J. She recovered In the North
liudsqn hospital, that city, and is
back with the sho\v.

the cast from the lobby billing or
let the names of the players go by
default

Nobody ever seemed to pay much
attention to program data In bur
lesque houses- when the slips 'Were

Glrla of the U. S. A.— Lyric. Bridgeport;
8, H. & S. Apollo, I^. Y. C. ^ „. ,

H«llo Paree— Gayety, Louisville; 8, Mu-
tual, Indianapolis. \ , , ■ ■

High Flyers— Trocadero, Philadelphia; 8,
Gayety, Baltimore. « \,

Hindu Belles— Lyric, Dayton; 8, Empress,

Cincinnati. ... „

Jazztlme Revue— Gayety, Wllkes-Barre; 6,

provided, and It. was a surprise to Lyric, Allentown; O-IO, Orpheum, Reading;

the Columbia house stafl! that P/- "KuddUnncuuS-Hyperlon, New. Haven;
trons made a point of asklnjg for Lyric, BridgeDort. a v.

them when there weren't any. lumbT^' n!^ Y?c.**°'^"'^' .^'*'"*"'V *'

Usherettes were nagged to dls- "sScrry whirl— Empress, Chicago; 8, Cad

I gals: TTl^^ciown - gives :a pip per- 1 ro{,n^ioL"fo''mT''yhe^^^^
formance of true burlesque AaVor A chance to fill. S^^^^^

with several well sustained bits. ^V- -^^ A« afr«^^h nf' it t.hT'can

wrangle idea as husband and wrife P^X^jl' ^^^rtel, one of the pair of
prepare for bed. -They get ^^^^^ (oth is Syd

ternate rows and affectionate coo- ■

■ Plaza, Worcester.

tlon. I Moonlight Maids— Cadillac,

The old burlesque programs were! E!?1P'''-^ 'Toledo.

Detroit; 8,

ing, . each mood marked by Clex's
taking off ' or putting on clothes.
Worked up to a . scream, : and then
climaxed with dlsrobingr wife for a
panic.

Fred Waller, red nose foil, of small

Burke), played under wraps all
evening. During Intermish it was
announced Miss Bartel will be held
over by the theatre for runway work
next (this) week. The girl also Said
so herself rather than take another
encore later in the evening. AH In

r rea waiier, rea iioue j.um. "»- o""^" encore later m xne evenauB. xviv in

r^i r Qf-.wi w^^hitiir-nn. I stature in contrast to the towering all. Miss Bartel took off less than

a lest for vears Not once in 50 I a Academy Plttsbur^^^^^ Washint.on, ^^^^^ ^ ^^^^ ^^^^ opposite, any other femme in the: company.

?imes couW In ludltor Lure out the ^NtugMy Niftles-W ; 8. Gayety, Mlnne- building the bits and^ getting his although she probably has more to

times could an ^^^^^''^o^^'^^sur® o^^ . . „, » » Points without going after them too show than any. That skimping on

Individuals on the stage from the N,te ciub Giris-Piaza, Worcester; ,^ard. He has an agreeable singing what the boys' paid dough to see

Chinese puzzle on the program, the st^te^ JpHngne^^^^^ 8, Gay- voice, too, and a good deal of real won't bring them back next week,
reason being that a cast. and a list | Buftalo^ _ , | a.crobatic skill. Al Baker serves | After all, there's only one "routine

of musical numbers was one thing tt_i«_ ^.i*.,. . . .

when the program copy was made
up in August but something else
again when changes In cast and
number schedule had been made .by
the second week In September.

By some unwritten law burlesque
programs were never changed, no
matter what happened to the troupe,
and the original August copy con-
tinued to go to the printer right up
to May, by which time mo.st of the
show principals and all the hum
bers were different

No program rule at the Columbia
Is Indefinite.

Warn WTieel Mg^s. on
Use of Show Numbers

Kitty Madison, heading her own
Mutual show "Jazztlme Revue," was'
notified by Low: Leslie, producer of
"Blackbirds," that unless vshe stop-
pisd lising •'Dlck-A-Dl.ck<^y Doo".
from his show he wbuld prbceed for
IhiCrlngemeht. Miss Madison drop-
ped the number.

Complaints to Leslie that runway
soubrets were using another, of his
show numbers "I Can't Give You
Anything But Lbye,V prompted sim-
ilar action. These were also drop-
ped on Leslie's demand.
; Leslie's action has prompted other
producers of musicals to keep ah
eye on burlesque for use of their
hit numbers.

Casino's New Policy

Charles H. Waldron, largest

.uu. , acrouU.llC tjKlli. -tx-i oaivci ot.ivs;.T .n.i.ter ciii, v^...j w..- --

Parisian Flappers-Hudson. Union City; K-^e thankless assignment of Straight for strip numbers, so there was

'•puss^l.u^L-c'^ionVuUca; 8, Gayety. With good Judgment and makes an really nothing to bold ^ba^^

Montreal. ' excellent appearance. second week. However, that is

Radium Queens-Columbia, Cleveland; 6, qu„w nientv of evidence of "merely personal comment on ana loi

^ra^^?^^^rs-Kmplro, Providence; 8, alKj^SS;.dloSoS?has ^^.J^^

Gayety, Boston. _ . „ \ ^"^^^^^^^1^^^^^^^'^ and

twists to tried material. There was p^^bably ^n his first we^^^
a song bit nicely done, parlous {^^j^ ^^^j. '^.^ j^^^^ probably st^
singers appearing in turn to do a ^j^^ y^^^^, h^phead comic character-
medley of songs on the rose theme j^ation on the wheel. Working
—"Broadway Rose," '^Roso of Wash- I rubberfaced Dave Burt, whom
opor.iy w IUOW.O— Mn.irci.j-j .v^"-T.. i Ington Squaro," . "Second Hand 1 j.^^ py^jj^j^ggg^ j^tpre than once, Jor-

' Jl",. *t„,;i_r»r«hA.,m P«:t«rBoh- 8 Hud- Pf*ose;'* eto.— while a bit of panto- braced, the comedy end In the

son • unlin ciS ™* ■' " mime to one Side Illustrates the [ ^p^t half. But even he muffed the

-' - ' - ■ ' • " ' text, or- a framed tableau at the ^i^ance by turning blackface after

back suggests the lyrics. intermission; A very good comedian

Girls have been weil drilled for under grease and the" other extreme
ensembles. They keep up a peppy In cork. ^ t. ,

style of work throughout and do Costuming, drapery and chorus in
some of the best team dancing seen "Record Breakers" about average:
In a long time. They don't grind, As on 14th street it appeared to

Red" Hdts^Lyceum, Canton; .8. Grand,

Akron. . ' a

Round the Town— Gayety, Baltimore; 8,
Strand, Washington, „ ^■

Social Maids- H. 6c 3, Apollo, N. T. C.;
iB, Empire, Brooldyn. . „ „

Speed Girls— Gayety, Montreal; 8, How-
ard, Boston. . : ■ ■ I

Sporty Widows— Gayety.. Kansaa City;
8,- I.. O.

Step Xilvely Girls— Gayety, Milwaukee; 8,
Empress, Chicago. ^

srtep On It— Garrlck, St. t-ouls; 8; Oayety,
Kansas City. a a„ •

Stolen Sweets— Empire, Newark; 8, Star,
Brooklyn.

SuKar' Babies— Lyceum, Columbus; ■ 8,.
Lyric, Dayton. ,
wine, Woman and Song— 1, Lyric, AUon-

Charles H. Waldron, largest wine, Woman and Song-l, Lyric, Allen- in a long time. They don't grma, as on i-tin aiii^ei, ii, ^^i^fv^"^--

QtnrkholdPr in the Casino Boston town; 2-3, Orpheum, Reading; 4-6, Palace, jjy way, and that is a distinct need about twa more weeks unaei

stockholder in tne i^asino, ^osion, Trenton; 8, Empire. Newark. *; to the show The usual shim- its belt. With Its present principals

T>f>w nlavinc- stock, will make a : . asset tome snow. j.iie uauai aiuui r.iiffif ptin'i- hr»rn hilt reach the

mylng burlesque chorister Is.n't an the outfit ^cant help ^ b^^^^

now playing stock, will make
change of policy

The Casino has had quite a check-
"ered burlesque career

A report says Waldron will turn

Burlesque Changes

A report says vv^xuxu.. , Les Dunn .from Izzy Hurst'sPhll-

the house over to local interests adelphla stock to Park stock, Brooke
for the launching of a new policy, hv"- .Ethel Spears replaced Franc^^
which will exclude burlesque. 1 Morton and the Three Lorrie Sis-

myinK ouriesuue uiiuiioiei- jcm v. u-n i , . „

inspiring sight Here the girls of top rung, though an unk^^^^^

the line step briskly and leave the wouldn't believe 't after seeing

shaking m the expert hands of the Wednesday nW

^^'"?^^/Ur^iJlir''a'nd^\'?Jlr''r >Iace""of ^Se^s^lx^^iJ^lclU' o'^f clolh?

waving with skill and a fair de- the chorus "ale

gree of discretion. J^J^ f ?n^d t?ld? th"rerw^e'kno?ked"'doWn

ager who had the Insight to see the ^-^ „ The callaht cuy

: exclude burlesque. morcon ana rne xnree i^rrie ager who had the. Insight to see the T"" house plant. ^^T guy

^ ^ -_.Lters-^ere^engaged--as-runway-lead-^U^v».if--«f-thiH^^^

ttr\ U 1 r'^i^^^A \^*^' Marie Daley engaged to stag© le.sque a service. Costuming Is Iho remalnl'ntr three the highest bid

''Deep Harlem' Colored the numbers m place of BIU smith, bright and some of it new. as foi- .^as sTIs The boys' refused to

"Deep Harlem," all-colored, is at Charles (Dumb) Williams out; Instance, the cerise getup that opons j^j^^g^^ ^^^^ might have had there

the Lafavette (Harlem) this week. Charles Bimbo Davis in; "Pi-lvoll- the secbnd act . been a more convincing auctioneer.

Earl Dancer Is handling the show, ties" (Mutual). . In sum, this is. the nearest tiling in succeeding the demolished

iiiari ijancer IS nanuimb I, c Riqie Ravnor renlacea Margie Bar- to good burlesque of the old school Olympic as the downtown wheel

It's music and ^fore are by Russe l Elsie Ra^^^ ^^^^ ^^^^^^^ metrop- .stand the Irving riace, formerly, in

Smith and Porter Grainger, book tel and ^d fordo^^^P^'^^^^^^ in the now season. So good in Yiddish stock, hasn't quite attained

and lyrics by Tu-tt Whitney and Gilmoro aa P™lpals with jacK Kypj^j^j burlesque fashion that it the better known theatre's rabid

Dancer. Reid's "Record Breakers (Mutual), ^.^^j^^^g curse oft the shimmy and patronage. Business has beeii good

Among the principals are Salem Paul Ryan Joined the Mlnsky 3tj.|p technique that seems to bt> but not standout.

Tutt Whitney, S. Whitney Tutt and stock at H. & S. Apollo, N. Y. last I jnpeparabl© from the new mode. Charles Lauk, house manager.

Homer Tutt and DbDo Green. week. i I

RoUo Takes Over

' Apollo on 125th Street

A deal was virtually, closed yes-
terday whereby Walter Reade took
immediate possession of the Hurtig
& Seamon 125th street house,
Apollo, from its owners. The lease
is to run 16Vi years.

At this time the Apollo (renamed
from the Music Hall) is operative .
Under a , house pooling project: in
whicjh the Hurtig & Seamon offices
work in hand with the show oper-
ators. Mlnsky Brothers, with Rilly
Minsky handling the Mln-sky In-
terests.

There will be no change in ,the
present policy of a combined -^tock
and Mutual show arrangement. ■

As Reade controls the Columbia,
New York, it is his plan to alter-
nate the runway girls and the. nurfi"'
bers at each house. He has it fig-
ured this will save. $15,000 to $20,000
a year.

The former Minsky house a few.
doors, away on 125th street (the old
Apollo) has been • leased to Drake
and Walker, colored, show producers,
who will hereafter call It the Drake
and Walker theatre, Phil Berg will
be their general nianager. The pol-
icy will be two shows dally at pop-
ular prices.

RUNWAY GAL MOVES

Margie P^nnetU has closed as the
runway soubret at Hurtig and Sea-
mon's, New York, and opened this
week in a uimllar assignment with
Joe . Rose's stock at the Casino,
Brooklyn.

Miss Pennetti stays at the latter
house four weeks, after which hIi«
Joins a Mutual show as an added
I attraction.

Wednesday, October 3, 1928

FILM HOUSE REVIEWS

VARIETY

39

AMERICAN

Mow

(CHICAGO)

•Chicago, Sei>t. 28.
yet not unfamiliar hands
have "taken over the reins of this
old former standby of the Aas'n.
This house is now seeing light
again under the directorship of
George Burdick, once manager of
it for the Orpheum Circuit. Bur-
dlck, with backora, took over the
American when its lease to. the
Orpheum recently expired. It, is
understood that Burdick is operat-
ing oh a co-operative basis with his
employees, which Include the op-
erator and musicians. According
to Information the operator and
musicians get liaid . their regular
union scale salaries, but partici-
pate in the losses as well as In the
profits of the house. Idea, particu-
lariiy for a vaude theatre, is unique
here.

Burdick's first movement In tak-
ing the house over was to reduce
admission price from 35 to 30c.
Then to Inaugurate four vaude
changes a week and pictures.
Three acts pliay Monday and Tues-
day and Thursday and Friday with
seven acts Wednesday night only
and five acts Saturday and Sun-
day. As' far as pictures are con-
cerned it is doubtful whether Bur-
dick can get any selection ; outside
of the Independent and state rights
market. Looks as though vaude
will have to carry the house. That
should riot be so dlfllcult consider
ing the low admission and that the
house get* a strong play frorh
family trade.

Last (Thursday) night business
was encouraging though the pro-
gram held little of consequence
Three turns were Cropley and Vio-
let,- rope spinners; Armstrong and
Earl, mixed comedy team, and
Carl Lorraine Serenaders, novelty
band.

Cropley and Violet started slow-
ly but picked the pace up later
for a rousing finish in which the
girr stands out. Nothing out of
the ordinary in, their work but
neatly presented. Armstrong a.nd
Earl got by on chatter and two
songs, employing a good deal of
hoke. Lorraine and his band looked
good and scored easily pn the short
layout. Seven boys and two gii'ls
with the gals at pianos. AU are
In cowboy outfits with the same
kind of setting. Good closing turn
for the smaller houses.

Picture, "No Babies
(Flaza).

Wanted"
Loop.

FOX

Roxyettes appear later In an ultra
song plug for "Bc-cause of You."

OrchosU'al presentation, which
usually constitutes the regular ovc*r-
ture, Is used thi.s week ,ns item five.
It is RaohmaninofC's "Preludo in C
Sharp IMInor." Agonizing mortals
writhe and .suffer In .silliouelto
again.st a Ijiickground of u)»fliincholy
indigo. Such technique is alway.s
sureilre at the Koxy,

Movietone nowsreol was largely an
a.«isembly of football practice stuff
from Princeton, Michigan, Notre
Dame, Yale, and Dartmouth. Tlii?
latter was most interesting, show-
ing the lianoverites doing setting up
exercises to harmonica music. A;
lady in the logos remarked; "Ycu
can ailways depend on Dartmouth
for something different." Another
excellent shot was in the silent por-
tion from. M-G-M, This was in the
wild game preserve, in South Africa,
and included zebras, giraffes, ante-
lopes, rhinos, .etc., snapped around
water holes.

"All Because of You" is sung by
Henri Therrion. tenor froni Chicago,
and also known as Henri Garden.
At the - Terrace Gardens in Chi
Therrian's robust voice cau.sed tlie
candelabra to vibrate. The contrast
at the Roxy illustrates the terrific
nature of the vocal hurdle- those
three acres of seats occasion. Tlier-
flen, although necessarily reduced in
volume, 'gets over well and is ox-
ceptiorial . f or this house in having
clear enunciation. Presentation sur-
rounding and building up this song
brings in the ballet plus the Roxy-
ettes and some attractive optical
effects. The. final color scheme
seemed dtilled by the neutral, pink
inth6d.incingco.stum.es.

Saturdos' matinee biz. was off.

Land.

26.
band

(Wired)
(WASHINGTON, D, C.)

Washington, Oct. 1.

A few . inexpensive acts with the
Black Dots copping applause honors.
Plus plenty of atmosphere this con
stitutes "Prolog . Orlentale" as the
stage show for "Fazil" (Fox).

Joseph LaRose, once with Roxy,
succeeded S. J. Stebbins when the
latter went to Detroit for Fox. In
this stage offering he has deftly
caught the Arabian atmosphere,
dressed his stage exceptionally well
and lighted It appropriately. Opens
with two girl dancers, Zanou and
Caz. Colored boys then lay down
the ostrich fans and partially nude

: put across their tap dancing. The
one with the rope stopping every-
thing. Rita and Teska, adagio, fol-
low and got across, with Elsie
Grcenwall, acrobatic, okay, and
Lawrence, Downey, the "Invisible
master of ceremonies" doubling for
*'Fazil," baritoned well.

Show proper opened with Leon
Brusiloff directing "Robespierre" as
the overture. A second number wa.<i
"Blue Danube Blues." Musicians
soloed under the spot for this. John
Griftln, tenor, followed with "Laugli,
Clown, ' Laugh," actually the flr.'st
time It has been sung In this house.

Pox Movietone News clicked.
Show two hours to the dot.

_- — _ .^.;__jlf eafc t«. .

ROXY

(Wired)
(NEW YORK)

New York, Sept. 29. ,

Movietone, relieves the. musical
staff of a.11 duties In connection with
the feature .this week. Erno Rapee
gives "Win That Girl" (Fox), a
chore} In G, the photo-electric prin-
fclple goes Into operation, and the
musicians retire to the basement
cafeteria.

Prior to the roces.s for pinochle
the musicians labor through a mixed
and fragmentary program embrac-
• Jng seven items?. Hosmer's familiar
''Southern Rhapsody" serves as
overture. Item two is the "Ballet of
the Bubbles," sung with a strong
resonant soprano by Gladys Hice,
and danced with grace and rhis'thm
by Patricia Bowman, Jeanette G.irr
rette and Florence Itoggc. Tlio
bubbles are balloons and the ballot
J-^ai,^tx-picaLJloxy.:=.supor^lntexpiuilix-
tio'n of the w. k. balloon dance. The
program jump;? to grand opera for
the quartet from "Rigoletto." han-
dled by Beatrice Belkin, Adelaide de
Loca, Harold Van Duzee and Doug-
las Stanbury. Nothing new about
this Item but well done.

Ru.«?sell Marker L's dancing troupe
•if 32 performs In one with an im-
ire.q.slve dlsplav of mu.scular co-
•rdlnation and discipline. The

T&D

(OAKLAND)

Oakland, Cal., Sept

Lynn . CoAvan is the stage
leader and m. c. at this West Coast
house. During the several months
here has developed considerable
of a following. Cowan has a. like-
able personality and can. sell the
stage acts as well as the band and
himself. Fanchon & Marco presen
tation house, with the stage shows
here direct from LoeW's Warfield,
San Francisco.

Current show, is peppy. Largely
due to presence of the Georgia Lane
"Denver Beauties," 16 presentable
gals who show the result of cateful
training. They are the last word in
pep and in perfect unison.

Cowan is brought on with a chord
from the band. . At the Tuesday
matinee he pulled the old Al Her
man gag of going off for a bigger
reception. It worked mildly. Then
the Lane girls for high stepping that
won deserved attention. The gals
wear a gold and green trouserette
outfit. Another band number, titled
"Everything We- Like Wo Like It
Alike" (new around here), placed in
fast tempo with Cowan warbling the
wOrds.

Gals back for novelty hand manip-'
ulation and stepping and then Car-
lena Diamond, harpLst, finished
player. Hot Huiu number by the
gals next, the femmes .wearing
bizarre outfits and wiggling aplenty.
One sang a. few introductory lines.
Band followed with a .special ar-
rangement of "Chiquita," with
Cowan singing It, and then the
Trado Twins, comedy patter and
stepping. The boys sewed things up
properly.

For the finale Lane girls on for a
zipplty dance with the band whoop-
ing it up. All-round good enter-
tainment and relished.

Screen feature, "The Patriot"
(Par) Edwards.

PARAMOUNT

("House Boat"— Unit)
(Wired)
(NEW YORK)

New Y'ork. Sept. 29.

When taking "The l':ioet's In"
(Par) from the Rivoli to offset tlic
lirst weeli of Paul Ash's aV).sence,
tlie house missed a bet by the stage
department slipping.

"House Boat," staged by Joseph
Santley, departs from the usual
stage band presentation in being
without the avex'agc number of
singles and two-acts and In other
ways, but the novelty fails to
qualify as superior to what has be-
come the usual istage stuff in pic-
ture houses.

Dave Apollon Is featured above
all else and contributes a dance and
a musical specialty, besides cpri-
ductlng the band and announcing.
He can do more than that. Apolr
Ion uses a thick Russian accent that
might prove dangerous after a
week. With all his talent he isn't
quite the. type to attract the fem-
inine patronage. That's not to be
held agsilnst him as a topline ro-
tating performer, but it dpubtles.sly
would were he to be permanently
held In one spot.

With Apollon and the band arc
12 Felicia Sorei girls/ the Manllii
iStrlng Orchestra and a girl dancer,
The Sorels are on thrice in the for-
miil film house ballet manner while
the musicians from the Philippines
play one number. From the way
they played and wiere received, they
could have done more.

The girl dancer, not announced,
is In sfeml-comlc male attire and
does that kind of a dance. An odd
effect Is gained by a nigtail hanging
down her back^ The^giirl Is clever
as well as something new and rates
either billing or Introduction. Apol-
lon announced - every number but
that.. She took a deserved encore
and appeared In the finale, also
dancing.

Another native of Manila, Gllcerlo
Serna, tenor, pirobably a member
of the musical group, did two num-
bers. One Is a special, "Boat Song."
Set Is slightly suggestive of fi house
boat, or near enough, hence the
show's label.

Presentation ran 30 minutes, but
the screen feature con.sumed 75.'

Paramount news followed a brief
prelude by the pit orchestra
"Krazy-Kat Cartoon" short may be
present only as a filler but there
are better fillers available. It fol
lows the . "Aesop's Fahle" plan
closely, but not as good, which • l.s
pretty bad.

.Tesse Crawford's organ spot la
devoted to celebrating the return
of . Mrs. Crawford; Inactive since
June. A special set of excellent
slides explained away the frau's ah-
sence, stating she left to take un
housework and now is through witb
It. The wording drew a lau.gh .an,<i
Mrs. Crawford is. peachy recentiort
They doubled on two pops with the
Mrs., at the stage console, as charm
In.g as ever. Applause at the finish
entjaled any for anything else the
bill. Bige.

robalily wont home .and had
supper.

Preaent.'ition is a stand;ird allor-
nation of ballet and band nunihor.<?
and acts. New picture house faces
among the turns with Aubrey Sis-
ters promising much. Tliese, two
beauts were la.st seen as the solo
alibi in a revue trying out for
aude. They look logical In kid
clothes, have hannony and dance
talent susceptible to , development,
nd in the meant in\e can rely on
their manipulalion of two little dolls
in chorus dances as a ^cal-rying
novelty. . QMie doll dance has been,
used in picture hoUf^es hero before,
but not enouRh to kill . its- novelty.
Another new. turn locally, Morey
Amsterdam, flopped here w i t h
comedy and. songs due to his own
cello, accoinpaniment. His material
and voice are nil. Top applause
wtts taken by Karxivacff dping his
Russian dance with taps.

Olcott and Lee, of vaude, clcsed
the acts . and .stacked up. as good
material for presentations. Olcott
is a pianist and light comedian. Miss
Le© straighting between, balladd.
Highlight Is Olcotfs piano-vocal
Idea of ' an entire musical show,
strong in humor, Roy Deitrlch, m.
c., eliminated his song spot because
of throat trouble, and stuck to
straight announcing;

Frank Brown and Kay Lji Velle,
doing their "Don't Handle the
Goods" vaude act oh Vitaphone
came through clearly and to sub-
stantial comedy returns. Intierna-
tional Newsreel completed.

Three-fourths house at week-end
matinee. Jiinff.

SANFORD

(IRVINGTON, N. J.)

.Irvington, N. J., Oct. 1.
Revived after the summer, the
stage shows hero start off with a
fine production called "Home Agsiin
Blues." -Glever, clean, and classy
this one; hasn't a dull moment.
Credit goes to Louis R. Golding,
S-F executive and part owner of
the house, for the staging. . '

Making his first appearance any
where as an ni. c. Les Stevens,
band leader last .season at the
Branford, scored individually. Show,
starts with band playing, bril-
liant chords behind curtain which
finally opens to discjos^ Ray
Nichols in front of the band. This
nine-piece combo was good last
year and that still goes.
'Lineup includes the three Adams
Si.stors, recently at the Branford;
Murray Parker, who sings to his
uke accompaniment; Ruff and
Rumble, . acrobatics; Gertrude
Fisher, acrobatic-contortion work.;
and Dorotliy Johnson, in a long
routine of .«inging, sax playing and
band leading. All clicked. Among
other tilings, Stevens, put over a
bedtime story, with interpretative
playing by the band, to good ef-
fect. Attempt at a scenic novelty
is .m.aiT^o, tlin .^et Is.^offective and
Th e .w h 0 iV' pT' o rlitn t Foh .s in o o thrTTb use-
was enthusiastir-, with stage enil
running CO minutcf.". No org;) n' solo,
but I'\ Ahvaise, at the corisule, can
really play and docs. Ilia effects
for the feature were well executed.
Newsreel was all. Fox for nine,
minutes. Bennett comedy and the
feature. "State Street S.adle"
f silent) (W. B.). won eheors in ex
citinfr moments. An.tHn.

(Week Sept. 22)
("Oh Teacher" Unit)

Ben Black Is back . at the Par-;
amount as m. c, opening with this
John Murray Anderson unit sur
rounded by most of the kids Gus
Edwards left behind when he de
parted for the coast. Program had
Ash listed throughout, but the red
head departed for Chicago a week
sooner than expected.

Set consists of a cross section of
a country school house with Black
as the school master. Orchestra is
dressed In colorful, blouses and
spotted upstage back of a desk-like
partition. Kids are down front
draped around light colored desks
and benches.

Ray Belger and Helen Kennedy
provide the comiedy bits, most of it
the familiar type material employed
in vaude acts of this character
Black does straight and runs , the
show smartly. Andrew and Louise
Carr supply tap stuff, a.nd. on thoir
second appearance are followed by
an elderly couple who show tliem
hoofing of another generation. Lu-
cien La Rue handled the vocal num
bers nicely, especially a blackboard
number In which Virginia Ray and
Laura Lee: are the caricatured, fig
ures. Bolger's legmanla Is okay
but his story aboui the origination
of the blacl^bottom Is . in poOr, taste
for the picture house audiences.

Presentation ran 45 minutes and
should be cut,.

of
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AVALON

(Wired)
(CHICAGO)

Chicago, Oct. 1
Member of the bankrupt chain
of National Playhou.ses, but draw
ing good business. Plainly, th
Avalon Is an Innocent victim
weak company.

This week tho sound version o
-^Midnlght-Taxl— (W-B)H»=-Btaeklng-
up as the berries. Attendant stage
show, "Crazy Rhythm," Is a satis-
factory 45 minutes concocted by tw j
producers, William Biltgen and
Billy Mills. These bOys painted the
usual band enclosure and side stair-
ca.ses In checkered pattern, outfit-
ted the stage band In bright cos-
tumes and designated thrfee routines
for the eight ballerinas. Then they

STATE

(Wired)
(MINNEAPOLIS)

Minneapolis, Oct. 1.
This week's orchestral presenta-
tion was "Madame Butterfiy" with
Emily Day in the title role. A sniall
rnale, chorus was off stage. Got oyer
nicely.

"Four Sons" (Fox) was the fea-
ture with the program also Includ-
ing Fox Movietone News, a novelty
reel of wise cracks and the or-
chestra's rendition of the theme
song from ''The Singing Fool" (WB)
underlined attraction.

PARTHENON

(HAMMOND)

Hammond, Ind,. Sept. 29.
William II. Kleihege, who owns
the Parthenon, hag been sentenced
to the. bastile from two to 14 years
for encouraging friends to blow up
his other theatre In Hammond, the
State. His son, Carl, Is operating
the Parthenon.

Audiences In Hamniond . arc a
friendly lot, demanding little class
in production and Inclined to re
gard a well aimed custard pie as
the ultimate In humor. For this
reason inexpensive stage entertain
ment is not .bad judgment. It ap
pears to be drawing and satisfying
at the Parthenon.

Sunday a splurge Is made with
Keith vaudeville; Monday, Tues
day and Wednesday Billy Weinberg
of Chicago books in a low-priced
mixture of song arid dance called
a. Revuslcal, and the remaining
three days are devoted tc a stage
band presentation, also booked by
Weinberg.

Bill Michaels and his pit orches
tra are moved to the stage for the
last half show. In adapting them
selves to stage work the men ap
parcntly have not recognized the
vital function of this type of>mu
sic — to add pep and set the pace
for the entire presentation. Thurs-
day night they were playing way
too slow, and with a monotonous
rhythm suited only to dancing,
They have the ability to easily
correct this fault.

Production was limited to a land
scape backdrope and a band en
closure. The . musicia ng, started
with a, sTow'pdp arrangement using
Michaels for a frail but highly ap
plauded vocal Interlude. First ap
pearance of Mose Lee, m. c, was
good for a laugh. Lee wears
clothes accentuating a peculiar
build, has the delivery, but relied
on weak material. Better gags are
easy to find; and would give him
considerably more class. '

Florence Knight, singer and dan
ccr,' lost some of her appeal with
a poor stage ensemble. That and
her talk with Lee Indicated she is
new to tho work. Her vOlce is
fair and the taps will pass.

Aiieen and Vance, riilxed team
handling an old style comedy dia
log act, probably are veterans of
small time vaude. The act will
carry in sm.all spots. Best spe
cialty worker in the lineup was
Hal King, chair d.ancer and ec
centric hoofer. He finl.shos with
romance told in . dancing, from
courtship to runout on the mother
In-1,aw.

Moni's and ■ Evan.s, colored tap
team>=-olo sedMh e--si)eeialtIeH.^M;L\-=
well dancers, five girls of varlou.'^
build.s, ai^peared twice, without ik)s-
sibililios. Kunriing tin\c of pi'';scn-
tatlon, 45 minutes,

Although Weinberg's nhows don't
cost much, he usually putfl out , a
better ensr-mhle than this. "The
!First Kiss" CPar) feature.

(.;ood biz at four bits per liead.

ORIENTAL

(Wired)
(CHIC AGO)

Chicago, Sept. 29.
Today wa.s the day all of Chl-
ago's ilaiUH'rs and meuxcLirs. of the
.Ash Club wei-i! waiting for. Willi joy,
glee, and w liat not. Paul Ash came
back to the Oriental. Never was
there ever .such a demonstration put
on iiere for ah individual of the
theatre. A mob packed the tiieatre
and janmxed. the doors all day'. It.
proved beyond doubt that Chicago
wants Ash and wants lum bad.

The Ijouioconiing show was a
beautiful bit of production titled
Paul Ash's Bag O'Tricks," Lou
iMcDcrmolt staging. "The A.sh "spir it
in the house had a lot to do with
tlie rousing reception accorded
everything In tho show, but on legit
scoring the bill Was one of tho best
assembled of itis kind, wide in va-
riety and strong In quality.

Topping some pretty keen compe-
tition and following everybody and
everything. Including several show .

topping periods, Cliff Nazarro
whamriied the mob. After Opening
with a fast comedy song he calmed
the audience down to tear 'em
apart with a ballad. Intelligent lay-
out of the show kept the ballet
down to one routine at the Ihti'O-
duction. This set of girls has been
seen too much.

Ash's first mu.sical number was a
pop In which the lone discordant
note of the entiro Show was sound-
ed. This was the vocal efforts of
Paul Small, song plUgger, whose
presence on the stage is made pos-
sible only and solely through his
benefactor. Ash i Lucky Boys (6)
were sensational with their ' risley,
tumbling and .acrobatics. Boys are
clean cut and great performers.
Johnny Payne, plandmanlac wa,s In- .
troduced by Ash as another pro-
tege.. A demon at the finger board,
this boy also sings some Ipwdown
blues. Go-Go Delys,. coast devel-
oped product, went oyer in fine
style with Ash lending a .useful
hand. Go-Go Is a personality gal
who can warble a ballad or a
aprightlier number. Her style and
delivery has Improved. Nifty pic-
ture number was "Chiquita," .put
over by Ash's gang. Stanley Twjifls,
formerly of the Abbott Dariceirs,
showed some pretty heels and toes
and were more thian satisfactory.

More about AsH was heard on the
organ from Preston Sellers, with the
mob going Wild In a singing orgy In
tribute to their Idol. Newsreel car-
ried a clip of Ash's homecoming and
the celebration at the train. Screen
feature was the silent "Water-
front." Loop.

LOEW'S STATE

(Wired)
(LOS ANGELES)

Los Angeles, Sept. 28.
Charlie Murray Of the old Mur-
ray and Mack team and who started
in pictures at a tlmie when comics
were few and far between, is in the
picture houses. Fanchon and Marco
copped him for a 14 weeks' tour and
from trade indications at this house
Murray is one of tho biggest all
around draws they have had out
here in many a moon. Long before
1:30 they turned 'em away and.
when It was over there were lines
half a block long.

Murray Is not one of those screen-
stage disappolntmeints. The Vet-
eran has not lost any of his mug-
ging tricks, dances, chants, clown-
ing or mimics, F. an^ M. have
built a real show around him. For
the opening Billy Snyder, juvenile,
and Maxfne Doyle are in front of a
drop depicting the exterior of Mur-
ray's chapeau shop. "Hats" is the
name of th6 idea. Models do a
number with the next scene the In-
terior of the shop. A dozen girls
go through tap routine on boxes.
Murray is then Introduced by Al.
Lyons, m. c.

- -Murray tells a- trio of. tad stories
befpre taking up the baton to direct
the orchestra/ Ho leads the gang
in a burlesque overture and does 'a
travesty on the regular m. c. for
laughs. "Then a little damsel called
Lucille Page. This gal has just
turned 16, Is easy to look at, has
per-sonallty, and when It conies to
stepping is, miles out In front. The^
kid Is surefire and Broadway. She
does a human pin wheel dance that
Is original. ^

The little Doyle gal Is. nifty too. .
Great to look at arid wears clothes
nicely. Knows taps and has a
voice that Is audible on the other
side of the lights. She docs a
double eccentric tap with Murray
that gonled 'em. Cu.stomers canr-^^''
realize that the comic Who i,s near
00 ha.s the p'-j) and vitality to step
with this 17 I;is.«Ie.

Lyons got little oh.mec at the m.
('.. .stuff. .Tnst one band number
W()i-klny- wltli 'inc of his four horse-
men, Nenl Cf.istagnoll, who pl.ays a
mean clarinet. Several flash- ,cn-
^«emiiin""TinmiV(Tw^^0r=^np--^g}r^
Murray cloKing. Ilan 3f? minutes
and i.s solid entertainment.

Fox Moxietone newsreel No, 43,
with Ruby Keeler, Jol.';on, Sir
Thomas Llpton, Westminister Choir
and two other shots opened. Then a
fashion revue in technicolor made
for a 1' eal furrf'-r with the furrl«»r
fContinued on page 40)

/

40

VARIETY

VAUDEVILLE REVIEWS

Wednesday, October 3, 1928

PALACE

(St. Vaude) .

It limy bo saill that Uu'n'o. is moro
A'uriOty taU'iit aiul v'ainli'viili'.-^
vuiulovillo oil Mic. lairi'i'iit i'aiaci>
bill than has bocn at tluv J'aiaf.-
at any lUii! titiu! in si'V^ral yi.a>.
Ot 'coui'ftO tiiat U!i-;'.)is iMiU-riam-

J110)lt.

. . .%lonilay hi>Aht iho 1u'1..-m'. iaiU;il
to uii ill tin- .('iH'la'Mia ycait- luii. tiii^
shovv shoiilii be iU'a%\iiij;v vapaciiy
by A\'f.iliii\-><Uiy aiul I'm- t>:iiiaiTi-
d'or of the \viH l<; Ir'tt tlu- Sill t oi: a
bill tlial uill or sl;n.ulcl b'.> a fcii'il.
advo! lihor. 'J lui.'i> toi)i)oi-.s in I Joiuiy
a.UivisS una his "(lanK" oC lf>, in^
x'iuilin^ siMHi' bana of .10, J:u:k:
ri-arl ;ur(l vi.iniiany v of ihi-i o (--s't w
-AclsV, iintl )''ran'kio iloaih. ...

Whi'lo a jujJKUr; l'\-Iyvis, holil uv
..tho: v>'-i"f'^i''"''^"f -^'^'^ 3, Davis lUil -b).
ihinutos, (.fusing tho first part. Miss
Heath opened the soc-ond section
solidly arid Toarl lau^'h^nI;■ly dosed
the show, followed by the news

■ i-ecl.

Pea.rl brousht the (legv.iierato
Broadway style bt ine:ioi;t day staK-
diaUiff to the I>'ah.ice; , He probably
•puUfd a; gas' that is tin; rawosi
thiriy a vaiide stage has, ever heard,
at least in this covinfry. . Yet it wa>
in for the Monday iiiKht pcvrorm-
ance, which said that the manage.-

■ ixieiit apparently did not. dare to
order it out through fear' of- losing
the Pearl turn. .

If Keith's -with its family attend-
ance and matinee bid expects to
stand for - a gag like Pear s, they
can fold up or sell out; it's the best
thing for thorn to do, for with that

kind of stuff and the Texas Guinun
:revuo blackouts, they arc - headed
tor a split \veck picture policy
whether they do or do not w:lre
houses.

It's the biggest laugh Pearl ever
had, this gag, and nothing ap-
proached It for a laugh Monday
night in the show. But ifs strictly
the nuts for vaUde. -No doui>t Pearl
could sell it for plenty to a Broad-
way mu.^ical.' It Was -pulled as
Pearl's first gag and threatened . to
swamp his turn for anything to
follow but he did well 'and closed
the show very successfully at after
cteyen.

"*^Pearl Is talkingwith lils sti-aight,
who informs the Dutch c.omedian
a friend says hO' swore >at him the
Sunday before when Pearl ' passed
him on the road In his car. The
friend '.s car was on th^ side of the
road, still, at the time. Pearl de-
nied he swore at his friend ; it must
hav« been an error; all he said
was:

"I see you're sunk in the ditch."

Benny Davis has a corking fa.st
lively turn of sohg. music, dances
and some cOmedy. He's, in the ceh
ter Of a bright setting, with a band
of 10 behind him, while eight per
formers are seated about, four; at a
table on either side of the stage
All, including the bandsnien, con-
tinually moving- in unison to the
music and singing.

Monday night's audience was
pushover for the dancinp; in the

• Davis act. In fact the earlier danc-
ing turns had all the best of It
with the house worn out by re
peated applause as the act pro
grossed. Benny sang two new songs
of his own, "Who Wouldn't Be
Blue?" and "That's How I Feel
About Ybu," besides a snatch mod
ley of his former song hits, all rec
ognlzed; Among the specialists
Benny throws forward the: girl of
Bemis and Brown, primarily dancers
and doing well enough at that, but
with the girl tjivcn a little too
mu(!h leeway here, especially in
singing. She may hold pbs.sibilltics
and if so, it will be With dancing
and comedy only. As an eccentric
comedienne the girl looks likely

: with training and experience.

AH of the dancing scored and lots
of it. A trio oiE the band boys did
nicely with two songs, up against
the Fuzzy Knight style juSt ahead
for cine of them which would -have
gone over strongly, otherwise.
These boys look good enough to
go on as a Vaude act by themselves.
They arte Jiinmy • McCarth.v, Ray
Kule and Jimmy Noel.

Benny has by far his best act.
a most entertaining one and if
• travelling -the vaude route :as . it
should,' advance publicity might
hear heavy, that it is entertaining.

• It can stand up under that kind of
pre-publicity. About the best .and
most unnoticed section . is how
Benny has routined, this turn to
send everything over, through par
tlclpia-tioh in building, up of each
specialty by either the other pcr-

■ formers or the orchestra. That is
hijjh-class yaude staging.

Another duplication besides the
^'svododo singing was "Uomona"
twire mentioned in differont turns
and similarly. Not so nifty on a
second performance. And "Strange
Interlude." also mentioned twice.

Miss Heath has. four songs by
Harry Broen. Two oC them are per-
^rt'T-"ditndir!^r^lltlnight--Kose^ahd

• "Maybe," With Breon writing
lyrics like these, of the flip and
fahcy Broadway sort now in de-
mand, ho shouldn't be hiding away
doing a vaude turn somowliore, but
should be on the 3>.roadw.ay he so
wisely wTitos of. Lyricists of his
kind are needed there, ])lenty. His
"Midnight Roso" has the best Times
Square lyric ever written. Mla.s
Heath does the numbers nici^ly. of
eonr.so. She's acting them and that
is helping, making vacli sons a

characterijsailDU without changing
costume for any one. Her linal
song is the weakest. Miss Heath
received flowers, over the fo.ot.s and
was held for a -^ip'-'ooh but inoroly
yaid '•ThaiUv Voii," another Ui.liv-
erv 6vlii>rs .)ni;?ht well copy.

j-'uzzy Kiiii;iit (N'ew AeLs) was
inovrd frmn .\(). 4 to Is'o. !> at night
lo iielp Uie early part, bui- l-'ii^i/.y
eau'i . slaiul up by hiinselt' as a
siiijilo uiru, in vaudeville, .J'lis
lan.sAV too iiniited and lie- is al-
w;iys i-.cpealing. in the >;o..4 spot
were Jei'ouie and Gray, in a ctmi-
edy turn w ith soino. niuslc. It's- a
man and woman act with Jeroint
talking nieely in a :gagtiing way
Miid ea ■'iiy'gotlin.i;- laiigiis, v.ven it' he
.did. have to use? a eocRroaeh bit for
lii.s.best.

One. of Jerome's .gags. .was. about
••Get Out and Get Under the Moon,"'
mentidiu'il by x\iiss Gray. "He
should get a Cadillac," said .Terome,
arid as he exited, remarked sptto
voice to Benny Itoberts, since the
gag had died, -'arid I still think ifs
a. good one." It is,' but who knows
of the Moon? • . .

Felovis. is alone in his class over
here .'is a light article, juggler and
Jap stick and' ball manipulator. Old
timers will say of him, a. foveigner,
he recalls Rastelli. Quite true, ivut
llasteili reealled Cin^•quevaH^ afid
wiio roiiiembers the latter? P'cw
nbw remember llasteili, leaving Fe-
lovis 'quite , okay, liven his mi.sses
Monday night couldn't hurt his ap
plaiuse. Soirie of the misses may
have been business. His manipula
tions of ~ the ball arid sticks is
superb and the Japs themselves
have not surpassed it. .

Oiiening- the show were Milt Dill
and Sister, on a return here after
.a long wMiile. It's- a lariat circling
turn, with the man doing usual
stylo talk while i-oping. Seemed" too
much talk for ah opening turn, but
did well enough, and might do- bet-
ter with better talk. "A Night- At
the Club," No. 2, all male octet with
Hollis Dcvany^ leading (New Acts)
gbt through well enough. A rec-
oriimendation for this turn is that
all of the men of the chorus sing
ing chorus look regular, some even
more so. Sime.

(Vaudfilm)
•Wlioevcr the glorlliod guy Is who
ucceeded .Joe. iOmmott as liouse
manager at the State, he cloesn'l
like to have. his house or his aels
or his orchestra panned, lie ad-
mitted as. mtieh. What's more, he
can't understaiid why Mr. Ummett
sued- a Kpoeial pass .to N'arlety with I ciinod to

BROADWAY

.(Vaudfilm)

Nothing in either the vaude
names or the picture to attract
Kven with the weather more con
ducive to theatre-going biz wasn'
anything to throw raves about,
Show was average. On the screen
■the River Pirate" (Fox),
Harriet Hawrot and Boys (New I snappily,

STATE

an ax'gumcnt in favor o£ the return I RIVERSIDE
of the sketch. ^ . , ,\, .c, v

Helen Crosby, blonde and single (Vaud61m)
outside of a piano .player, uncorked With Its vaude portion, lopped to
three pops in the deuce. One, a f^^p ^^^^ f^d 70 minutes by tha
ballad, wa.sn't any too strong with Uoverely long feature iilm, "King of
its war interpolated strains but her KiiigH,- the Riverside this week is,
high register hold that which sat s- igj-g a vaude theatre than ever
lied in the closing selection. Mlsa before. Funny, too, to compare the
Ci'osby could havo^sheaked another U„aicnce of Monday night , to those
number but played smart and de- | the two-a-day pight-act $2 top

press • the . invitation.

times. And funnier when recalling
the Riverside's heyday wasn't any
longer than two years or so ago,
with -that theatre one of the most
perfect vaude dates in the <;ountry
for so many years without w.ivering
either, way.

For those who prefer, variety tlierw
is quality if not quantity here this
week.. Limited number seemed to

a courtesy inscription .th(;rcon to U^.- jg. p^jj^.^ ^Qi^jj-pfj qyf,,i.tet, didn't ]
aoQoramodate the Variety reviewers start much while on the stage fol-
n the logo seats where, coming in jy^^^j^. j^|i,,g Cro.sby. However, the
It the drop of tho vaudeville bar- pj^im impact was more resonant at
.ier .-IS they do. Joe appreciated the K.i,p finjgj^ xhkxi for any other do-
convenience of a seat and. a,place to oiple on the bill. Kerr and Ensign
smokei .were- next at the. post to ease

Furthermore,' , says . 'Mr. State's |.tiirough smoothly and well. Mixed
louse manager; he would, cancel tho team's cross chatter amused with'
alidity of Joe Kmniett'a special | the violin Arnaiit idea, holding up^
pa.s.s, and he did.
Xoew's State is at Broadway arid

45th street. ■ li^VJ » ^« — — 1 ,

After ' tliiis calling sp>cial atten- help ii! he were to unfurl a couple .getting was good. . ^ /xi

tion to his orchestra, therefore, of genuine chords regardless of how ^ .Starting were -The Ue.ssems (New

Ruby Zwerdllng. loyal Hibernian,, long he's. been doing the act. : , //"^T'^'''^^^^''*''^^^^^^^

ed ills Spaniards in a slow medley Joe Mendl, trained monk, closed that will stop any show It^ opens

of Irish tunes of the type appro- working crisply and only fumble and come through as a spotter in

priatc enough for St. Patrick's week and on. one as.signment,. a bit with ''■"y '"^I'^^v ., ,

but btherwise not. particularljf pat. his tie which he previously had y^p-'^'K Hooth, ■ baritone^ tono . has

- ' done minus the cue line. retained his pianlsto and style but

Orchestra here n6eds plenty of changed his routine and numbers,

attention. Sid. . The change is for the better and

Booth seems more at ease now than

A slow show is distinguished by
Ai Herman who milked 'eni a,nd
scored tiie applau.so and laugh hit.
As effective as ever, the blackface
comedian with the aid of an audi
ence plUggcr-plant wais in from the
start.

Preceding him was Frank. Dob
son with . four gals in a familiar
Dobson sketch. Marion Sayers . i.s
the new love vis-arvis ' as the
framce of a. proposal conspiracy
Coming after three quiet acts. Dob
son's opportunities, were ripe and
Herman, immediately ensuing, top
ped everything.

when using rather mislit stuff a few
years .back. He now closes with
a musical version ; of Klpllng'.<$
, "Boots." necessitating much iicting.
West of Broadway turned put en jj^n^ solidly here on that.

AMERICAN ROOF'

(Vaudfilm) ,

masse to greet •' Hal Roach's kids
of "Our Gang" comedy. Down-
stairs and root went clean at 7
Monday night with firemen in the
lobby checkinig standees.

This reviewer unaware of the

Jack McLallen and his Sarah libw
classify as a straight comedy turn.
Ad libbing, "Well, back to the bid
sure-fire," when . the. finish proper
brodied. Jack pushed out his pedes-?
•tal and tied on the skates for a

^ 9,- , I okay to the roof where they were

The Juvenile Steppers, an. evenly standing nine deep,
divided dancing dozen, \vere a. flash -Gibson and Price opened with a
in the closing- groove; Their leg- noveltv juggling specialty. The man
mania, is rhythmic,, concerted andKi^andled' the Juggling while the
excellently proisented. Their, forte U^yoi^.^Ln did some sketching during
is tapology and they'd, fit in beaut;- interim. The combine got over well
fully intb a Publix unit for ex- .as ah opener.

ample or into a revue where tlie The enuriciator flashed Singer
synchrbnoUs quality of their cn- and Llghtner next. A detailed fire

rush anklcd.in at and^ go t^ the usual | oHnch encore. The preceding brodie

X was a result of a song by an other-

wise novel feminine stooge, usM

to close.. The girl addition is 'way
up :in the six feet class .in d freaky
enough' for comedy. Also plays
piano well. But. that song. Outl
Day-Alleen and Co. and Marlta.
dance fla.sh of seven people (New
Acts), made the grade in the. closer.

semble form^vtions and . routine. I man also discovered this scribe and See^^ with
would stand up and out even, better, his ^ren makirig a 10th line aiid 1 P^Sv.^Lx°._Pv.. ^^^^L^^Hu^f -n
than in vaudeville. One male team, ordered both out. Down the elevar

the first duo to appear in a spo- I tor and up again, just to hear the
cialty, are individual wows with getaway applause of the deucer on
their buck-and-wing,. the tip oft th.at the same fireman

Opening wore Van Horn and Ino'/, -was regulating tralfic downstairs,
standard team on rollers, this time From applause they must hav6.
doirig their stuff on an elevated liked them.

rburid table platform. It is a novel Robbins and Jewett, male . two-
manner for presentation and their some, trotted out with nifty hokc
whirls and particularly the closing comedy, cro.ss-fire and ihstrumen-
airplane effect— neck swing— tals that clicked heavy, giving way |
closed tVieir zippy five minutes j. to the "Bet.ancourt Revue," like-
able flash and John R. Walsh;

Overture by the so-called "River-
.•^Ide Salon Ensembl©:* (pit) with
Charles Stein conducting, somewhat
long.

A sloppy Aesop Fable" and Path e
newsreei. .

Attendance scarcely three-onar-
ter's, ■ Bifte. .

Acts) shoved the vaude section off.
Joe and Jahie McKenna were sec-
ond. Act remains much the same,
although the boy and girl found
the biggest laughs with their classi-
cal travesty at the close. Talk was

cided results on dancing. I State's new. midnight movie idea,

Harry J. Conley Company dressed patterned after the other Bron<i\Vay

FILM HOUSE BEVIEWS

(Continued from page 39)
ad as the tag line. Overture by

The 3 Lido Boys (New Acts) and I The latter just started when the
Alfred La Tell with Sylvan Dell' asr firieman came back and spotted the orchestra was semi-heavy. Then
slstlng followed. La Tell is : doin-T again. The dame wouldn't be J. Wesley Lord had his shot at the
his comedy canine as ever and Miss crowded Into the ninth line, so es- organ with^ a medley pf pops,
Dell is good foil. Their eight min- corted for another dive down the "Our Dancing Daughters" (MG) the
utes are enough and La Tell wisely elevator. . She doesn't like vaude-:: feature. Ung.
ciicking in'spots, but the duo could I docs not overstay his welcome. ville anyway, . but was sold on the [

use a much more advantageous line "Four Walls" (John Gilbert) Is Amcrlcari Roof assignment through
of chatter. Team got. its most de- the feature and- a good test for the being baited, on the picture. Her

~ " ■ " Cardboard L9ver." . \ (ROCHESTER)

Another trip up got the tag of T>«^i,-»»f«»- m v «o;r.j- 97

Fern and Davis' act with nothing _ ■(^{■t.frF J^^

but applause to record for this one. I ^"h William A. Calihan at tno

EASTMAN

the stage, and Conley continues one houses now doing it.
of vaude's best comics. Skit, a bit
too long, should fill a long-felt want
on many comedy shy vaude bills.
Following came Alexander and
Peggy. Act might have tared bet

Abel.

5TH AVE.

(Vaudfilm)

ter" had it aoneared Prior to Con- I Five acts and "King o£ Kings") carr Jbrotners ana lietty. ciosing i - - --j,-

ley.'^Duo^feK' witE thelr^^^^^^ th.e regular bill registered heavy gygjan Ballet^|-t^^^^^^^^^^ ^ 1^%

It applause to recoia lor im.^ one. ^.^ctcm'ttinn nf

T i»f f iiTirtlRtiirhed <5t}indlnir until M*®'™' following, the resignation oi
Mm "colUns ^"roUed '^t^ wfth" h|^ ^ ^Dlarke js jenerul manager

s"tXJed\r°s£ow 5ow^rrr"anSf;\'SrspIc:'' T^^^^

''Sf BV^'th'eVTaad Betty, closing peek's bill opens With Lulginl's

faced talk and were trailed by 28th street Monday night except a -with acrobatics

Sonnv Hines Co (New Acts). An- s'^ort show and a long picture. And just as the "Our Gang" kid

other new one was Boyle and Delia Three quarters of a house couldn't Qies trotted out, the same fireman

(New Acts) find anything to become frantic again copped and again the elcva

12no Troupe, Japs, closed,
men and two women. Okay.

Mark,

86TH ST.

Two over with the result nobody had an
excuse to do an encore and the
vaiide portion was all wound up by
9:45.

Layout was versatile enough biit
didn't jell into, heavy applause. The
inevitable flash opened and a monk
closed. In between were a quartet,
and a crossfiring mixed

tor, but this time with company.
The othei" mugs squawked for a re-
bate, and got it.

Nan hollered murder, but was

eventually appeased upon promise doCks

overture, with Guy Fraser Harrison
directing. .

Stage presentation is a. musical
frolic . called "I Declare!" It will
bring a reminlscejit chuckle from
anyone who ever has faced the
ordeal of the customs house. Gayne
Ralph Bunker staged his scene at

(Vaudfilm)

New era vaude at the east side I sketch
uptown Proctor stand brings out team. Mahon and Scott's Revue re
several new faces in a layout con- niinds strongly of the slow spots in
sisting of three dancing acts, a high any Broadway musical breaking in
quality perch act and a fine comedy out-of-town. If the Palladium,
skit that is excellently spotted In London, is having its troubles dig
this type of neighborhood house, ging up headliners let it take wam-
Taken all in all- the bill -might be ing to set up preventatives against
classified as better than average; the flash act epidemic,- sometimes
despite all three dancing turns find khowh as that indoor sport of toss-
it necessary to drag in the. varsity ing the great American torso. Girls,
stuff and build up the black bottom, thousands of 'em, have rolled.
New era vaude In the neighbor- twisted and bent themselves dou-
hoods just like" the era that preced- ble the past year, and the bookers
ed it lack.s real comedy turns wlih I are evlderitly still : impressed. It's
oriiginality. . . [ conie to that pass where it's physi

Chris Ohl.sholm and Viola- Brceh, cal exhaustion to watch 'erin. Some
in "A Frozen Romance," next to of the exponentis get . into such
shut, have a comedy sketch that shape that they're off balance when
holds a flock of poHte laughs. Idea I unraveling to accerittiatc the awk-
centers around a honeymoon spent. [ wardness arid convince that it's
ih a. 3Ui>posedly haunted . Canadian not dancing. IPlenty of effort and
border cabin, with a gang- of rum no headwork; Mahon and Scott
runners, pulling the ghost stuff to personally fling themselves through
scare the couple back to the states, an energetic Apache for a finish.
Act is suited for the split week It helped here. Otherwise they're
houses, winning general approval assisted i by a, singing sister . team
hore. ■ closer in their relationship than

Foy Family, now five, dish up harmony, • a male piani.st and . a
eoniedv. si)ngs and dances, the quin- femmc floor sweeper who posed in
tot Rolting most with ah am.ateur a mid-stage entrance; before going
moving pieluro camera bit. Charley Into her number; forgot something,
Foy straights for his younger dashed off, dashed on. and po.sod all
brother, Irving, tlio lalle.r showing over again as the pit crew vamped

she'd be fixed for the picture an
other night. She's going, but wants
a bond . posted. Thinks the Whole
thing was a gag and for that
wouldn't take a lB-5 taxi, but de-
manded a Packard with liveried

As tho pa.ssengers disembark in
the midst of a huge pile of baggage
they are taken In charge by the cus-.
toms ofllcers and forced to open the
various trunks. One reveals a Ger-
man mechanical toy piano and
chauffer at $4 per hour to square. I pij^yg^ -which gives Benny Machan
She got it, hut this chump won't opportunity to contribute a snappy
again eat regularly until Saturday, piano solo.'

"Her Cardboard Lover" was Out of another step six of the
scheduled as screen feature. Didn't g^artest' Paris models, exhibiting
see It, but the . manager swore . it powns, pajamais, sport clothes, lln

would go on tb close the show..

: Edha

evidences of a chip oft the old block
alonjj^-GQim^dy^Iincs — The- Lwitv^gida...
Mary and Madeline, dross up the
act neatly with dancing and pop
tunes, Blrdie'Denn in. a Hash d.'inc-
Ing turn (New Acts) clo.scd, 'while
the 3Va standnrd perch.' turn opened
to good returns. Worthy and
Thomp.=«on (New Acts) • dusky
skinned, hoofers in the deuce spot,
well received.

"Just Married" (P.ar) was tho
screen offering. Biz Monday night
only fair down-stair.s, but good on
the aliclves.

until readyc
^ - Ru th. Rob! nsor i ..ls _ov i d en. t bi, d o j ng
the same sketch she did in '2i."
Anyway, she's still doing a widow
for comedy in a script which placed
jiort expressions on the. fao<"'R of tho
great iinwashod but goivorjiUy failed
to crank tho grime with either
smiles or laughter. A lot of waste
material in this 23 minutes and as
long as Miss Robinson is going to
wear black silk stockings she might
as well stake herself to a sheer
pair. Support oast -of three Isn't
any too stron.g and flio net i« not

ACADEMY

(Wired)

When laist rieported In this sheet
Al B. White, the persevering ballad-
tiirottler, was doing a single run-
ning 22 minutes. Now he .Is sur-
rounded with 18 assistants arid the
act ticks off . 42. Nevertheless,- Al
does not sing "Laugh, CloWn,
Laugh."

He i.s now .shattering the acoustics
with a new super-ballad written, he
announces, particularly for his own
dramatic uses. It is called "The
Spell of the Blues" and Al gives it
his heart's blood. Act is called
"Broadway Scandals (New Acts)
with no ai)ologies. It should be cut
in half. It has its moments and
specialty performers of merit but
the total impression is tinged
with tedium.

'^EVi6n""hna=Al="lKTr=n^e:asorrable"orr-
rUnning time tho Academy show'

'•^Monday night would have been
slow. . JMavIe \''oro w^as a let down
'Xo. 2. Variety's arehlvo.s. reveal
that this young lady was brought
forward a few years ago as a
find from P. S, No. 1 and tliiit
after a period In the neighborhoods
she achieved the Palace. At the
Aradomy. nearly throe years lati;i
Marie seemed a nioo girl proma
Hii-oly lurnod. prcifossiimal. She

gerle, etc. The models go into a
double sextet with six stevedores.
One of the girls, Ann Abbott, is a
looker. Another trunk disgorges a
Paris hat So huge three girls are
required to wear it, and they have
a nobby little song, "'Hats," . written,,
by the versatile Benny Machan.

A bottle of Scotch of heroic size
gives Albert: Wheeler the comedy
hit. Thelma Biracree as a French
doll pantomimes a bit with Ivan
Triesault as the hard-boiled cus-
toms oflllcer, ,
Feature picture, "Four Walls."

Gooding.

could not fill the big auditorium
and created restlessness in the
audience.

William and Joe MandoU, Owen
McGivricy and, Frank JJevoc, con-
stituting the last ahd best half of
the bill, wore not well blended
although all scored, MoGivney, by
adding a tran.sparent .scrim and ox-
=p OS i n g—1 vi a^-] 1 rotcan=--ingcn u LU y - ii w

action, has extended the life, of his
veneralde Oliver Twist skit. An-
other twelve years prob.ably.

Tho tail ond of "The River
Pirate" (l-'ox). in the form of a
spoken epilog, drew the open rasp-
berry from the Academyites bo-
cause of the prissy mannerisms of
the actor who roads the lines. Tlie
Kadex, standard novelty turn with
trick apparatus, opened nicely. I'.iu-
bi7.. LnniJ.

Wednesday, October 3, 1928

NEW ACtS

VARIETY

41

JACK PEARL and Co. (3)
iyhe Flirtatipn" (Comedy)

"BROADWAY SCANDAL^" (19)
Revue

26 Mins.; One
Palace (St. V.)

Tack pearl may . have done thP
-FStion" bit before. If so. this
\rf, as a New Act rccora, since
JJerc is none of him in thi« in the
Sei Just now Mr. Poarl Is in be-
tween Shubert musical productions,
under contract to them.

-Flirtation" is an old burlesque
Kit of the low comedian being
Sught by the straight mitn how to
Srt with a girl. . Polished up a bit
here and with the advantage of a
t^Ice company. '•Flirtation;' is new
to vaude. Besides, Pearl is about
the single remnant of a great line
af Dutch comedians of the Ameri-
can stage, with the greate.st of them
*11, . the: lite Sam Bernard. .

The sputtering, excitable misfit-
flinc word low Dutch of Pearl's is
funny To an average audience he
makes it funnier by working up' to
«ags in a manner that holds laughs
and Interest until the point Is ex-
ploded; .

In this turn Pearl's two bef?t gags,
both howls, come eaj:ly in the rou-
tine. That makes it all the harder
for him as the act prooeeds to keep
BP that yell tempo that really his
first gag excited. That first , gag is
more mentioned in detail In the Pal-
ace show review of this issue,
• Finish is the girl the Dutchman
and straight flirted with, and who
picked the. watch pocket of the
putchman,' appealing to .a police-,
man to arrest the men for msult-
iiig her, but willing to accept $500
as a silencer. And the straight get-
ting the cop a;s an Elk, squares
that, but In Informing the Dutch-
man, the latter gets his signals
mixed with the cop and is lugged
off to the jug for the finish.

Charles Marsh is- an excellent
straight here, In work and appear^
aince. Billy Harris Is all right as
the cop, with Winifred Pearl the
flirtatious girl.

This . act was thought stmng
enough to close the Palace show,
and it did, without losing a laugh
for 26 minutes. ' Sime.

42 Mins.; Full (Special)
Academy (V-P)

Averngo specimen of the type of
production ad supposed to taki-
1)1:100 in a night club with talent
grouped aboiit' .'it tables ami called
upon by a master of eeronionicK.
Uunning time i.s riiliculous. A full j
20 minutes ,«lu)iil(l he slashed. Sev-
eral of the .speo.iaUy people do two
numbers where one would be. ample.
Act also .suffers tbrbugh similarity
of talent and the.bunching of num-
bers. A Ip-plece orchestra ha.s no
chores other than nccompaniment.

l^ck of variety and movement,
through talent being always. present
and introduced with; circus exa.g-
geration. Standing out was a high
kicking contest between Miss Kirk
and Maxine tttone, an Edna Covey
burlesQue the dance by Mil?; Rene.;
and Al White's .dramatic ballad.
"Spell of the Bliies."

MaxinC Lewis, blues singer,
stopped the sho.w,. but this was
partly a. freak of that, audience psy-
chology that makes , a mob stub-
bornly In.sist oh an encore that ob-
viously cannot be given. A girl,
whose, name was swallowed by
White, has a good carrying voice.
Bobbe Tremaine's Arabic jingle
dance was colorful. .

Several strong points, but gen-
eral structure and form militates
against its rating. Does not possess
t^wahk or class. lAind.

EDWARD K. HOUSE
Solo Organist
Tivoli, Chicago

Almost all Chicago organists arc
alike in using illustrated song slides
for their solos and encouraging
community singing. House differs
In discarding the printed chatter
Incidental to the songs and deliver-
ing it. vocally, which rates him. a
novelty.

His solos are presented in the na-
ture of confidential piano talks,
calling for an additional . Console
for him to use while facing the au-
dience. At the performance re-
viewed he lectured on 'the value of
singing, calling it the modern foun-
tain of youth and claiming one song
will add 33 minutes to your life.
After the customers had tried a
few numbers. House stated that if
anyone missed a grandmother, she
could be found in one of the near-
by dine and dance joints.

For conclusion. House sang one
chorus himself with pipes unusual
for an organist.

The direct talk idea proved quick
m warming up the cu.stpmeTS for
community singing. It al-so attract-
ed more than the customary atten-
tion given organ solos.

DAY-AILEEN and Co. and Marita

(7) ■_ .

Dance PTash
19 Mins.;, Full (Special)
Riverside (V-P)

All dancing, most of it good.
Members are a mixed adagio team,
single girl and a uniform group ot
four, also girls. u
. The team's rep ranges from waltz
to adagio. The single miss first ap-
pears In the frnilesit. number In the
turn, a fan waltz on the order of
A'anessi. The quartet Is sprightly
on toe as well as eccentric,

A nicely moinited flash for an>
Intermediate bill and possessing
moro than many of the same type
seen around in better circles today.

"On ne joue pas avec la Dame".
Sketch

Empire, Paris

Paris, Sept. 20..
A couple of high rated legits in
vaude for a short siicll.Dufrenne and
Varna at the Kinpire is a sjketch, by
Henry Kisteihacck.ers; to feature
Victor Francen and Renec Corciade,
entitled for the circumstances "On
he joue pas ayec la Dame." (You
don't play with the lady,)

The plot, such as it is, concerns
a sculptor who tries to got even
with a mistress for her Infidelity.
But the carver went a bit too far.
He invited the woman he loved to
his workshop for an explanation.

With the door locked he calmly
assured her of .a lingering death,
adequate punishment for deceiving
him, by being bricked up in a.cel-
b\r. like in the good old Middle

A predecessor had undorgone the
same treatment, declared the cra7.y
mftn, and he exhibited a mummy
used bv artists; pretending it to be
the skeleton Of his' former victim.

It seemed the fellow was born
to be- deceived, but that's not "
the sketch. Moreover he was only,
doing it as a . stern lesson to his
ladv love. However, she fainted With
fright, and when the sculptor went
•to her assistance he found her deact.

Then it was his turn to trem.ble
.TLS the curtain's closed..

Of the Grand Gulgnol category
this thriller appeared ^^^^'j^^^^^J'"''
the Kmpire crowds. Kr.nd,exo.

MOLLIS DEVANY and Male Chorus
"A Night at the Club" (Songs)
16 Mins.; Club Parlor; Close in One
Palace (St. V)

A male, chorus seldom fails to get
over, vocally, anywhere, but thi."? 1.'='
Mtuisuul. in that its leader is also a
m.ilCi Hollis Devany.

Ou.stomarlly in former times when
a musical comedy name girl who
tAot her stage rep mostly through
.Johns or press agents went into
vaude, she gathered six . or eight
good-looking youth.s, probably
chorus boys from the same. m. c-
and that was that for a fe\y weeks.

These men. around Mr. Devany
weren't selected for their looks or
tigures. so it must have been for
ihi'ir voices. That play be seen and
heard immediately. The only ehoru.s
lioy suggestion is when they do the
."an -stuff In the. ."Minstrel" song
from "The Mikado." They do it
badly fciiough, with the nvinclng step
.tnd flopping fans, for it to have a
substitxite.

Mr. Devany mentions "Blossom
Time" as one of his musicails, sing-
ing a song from It, also another
about "Going Home." the • latter
made fast in action and rather good.

For an encore in "one" they did a
novelty concerted "Massa;chusetts"
hi double quartet style, to an excel-
lint arrangement that contained
viuito some comedy. "This should
loach Mr. Devany that the strength
of anything in yaude is Gomedy.
Nine men may draw women, but
they can only -draw yaWns from men
when singing straight stuff. Two
sitrnights , and two comics better,
with the comic to go in for the
'•Mikado" bit, Avhlch wtfuld save
making stage monkeys out of good

singers. "':

Something of a novelty m forma
tion. With its leader having some
persnality besides a voice,, should
be good for once around, if the
earlier, routine is better .set. All
right here No. 2, but deserves No
4 t)r opening after intermission if
at all worth whilie, in its club set-
ting with piano. : Sime.

THE UESSEMS (4)

MORGAN and DUNN
Talk

12 Mins.; Two (special)
American (V-P)

.- . --Man --aud ^>v:().mvLn ..UTiablo ,to^^^^^
their footing in a maze of a.snum-.
dialog and polntles.s giigging. Sur-
rounded by sc(mery, their produc-
tion idea, if any, is lo.st In an eter-
nity of stupid talk.

Ambitious undertaking for pair
with sci-nic investment, and possibly
an author In the background. Hope-
lf>.«.«< In prc'sipnt shape.' tond.

ROBBINS BALTIMOREANS (11)

Band . ;

20 Mins.; Full (special)
American (V-P)

Pretty good hand act with enough
of novelty, pep and harmony to give

''opcnfwith some film footage of
Sam Bobbins In bed, ^Ing "P to
answer phone, telling him Ms act
is about to go on. In hat and pa-
jamas he rushes through street.^.
Lights UP and Bobbins dashes d-^v-n
aisle in similar costume. •

Clowning , among .the ^bandsmen
chTmxing wiSi-a- ^a^^^^^
midiUing Junie Boy. f^n^^Jf;/^'
sistiJ in a comedy interpretation ot
"You've Got a T.-ot to Learn.

No pauses for yawning and
onougli solid entertainment to de-
serve booking attention. Land.

BUDDY DOYLE and PEGGY

HOOVER
Song, Talk, Dance
19 Mins.; One
86th St. (V-P)

. ^vith elimination of one or two
familiar gags, Ihis V'-^^'^^J^J-'^i^'^^^
mixed team shouM be. capable on

''TJulldy Doyle formerly ^V07l<cdjn
p,l„.Uface and lately has been
around in Shubert rev u^s^ . He i«

SMITH and DALE (5)
(Avon Comedy Four) ...
18 Mins.-; Two and Orte (Special)

86th St. (V-P) . . . ^

Back to "Dr. Kronkheit." After
supplying material for countless
comics for. many years to come with
that act, Joe Smith and Charlie
Dale, dropped it. two years or so
ago for a new one. The new looked
better than: the old. at the start,
but probably has played out. "The
revived "Dr. Kronkheit" includes
m'ost of the former's situations be-
sides several, lines retained from
the old restaurant panic, and still
fulfil y

With Smith and - Dale now arc
Mario and Lazeiren, two; man. vocal
team, playing Ihe.deuce on the same
bill The two boys have been in
the picture houses until recently.
High class straight , singing combi-
nation by themselves, they are
doubly significant naemberd of the
Avon Comedy Four. A fifth mem-
her is a hlonde with two. or three
lines. Comic opera finish Is held
over f rom the last Smith-Dale . act.

In spite of the familiar ring ^to
the dialog. It's almost as. laVghable
as ever. Though successfully used
by rival comics. It still seems better
as delivered by the originators. It s
seldom that a yaud^e ^nce h.as
a chance to laugh as had this 86th
St. niob.

Acrobatic
11 Mins.; Full
Riverside (V-P)

•Way back in 1913, according to
Varietv's thumb-marked New Act.
lilcs that often are so handy for a
newer generation of reviewers, an
imported acrobatic act of six poo-
nio.. burdened with the lengthy title
of \V. Ues.sems' Third (Joiieration,
made a sensational start on this
side. •■

Tlie reviewer of that time, .now
A K. found the acrs main 11a^y in
running timo. It ranv:VO minutes.

The present act of similar name
mav or may not be a fourth gen-
eration of . the Uesscms dan, but,
from description, work in an iden-
tical manner. Descendants or not
Ihev have clipped their time to 11
minutes. ^ It fast enough to .bevsenr
national for 30 minutes, it might be
Imagined what kind of a turn the
new one is for one-third that time.

The Third Generation included a
•Mil who did little else than carry
on the implements. The . Fourth
(Jeneration has no feminine mem-
ber but the carrying role Is as-
signed to a boy of the family. The
personnel now Includes two men
who practically do the act, top and
bottf.m, a scmi-lilliputlan who prob-
ably isn't kin, and the aforemen-
tioned boy.

Among stunts is the climbing of
unsupported ladder by one with the
other in a one-hand stand , on his
head." Another ha.s. the same un-
derstander straddle two ladders
with the midge atop a dome-.sup-
ported percii. • Neither altogether
new but sensationally ■ manipulated
herein.

On a table the understander
brought his partner to a full hand-
to-hand from the former's prpne
position on his. back. Meanwhile
the other walked hands oyer the
othei-s moving body throughout a
complete slow turnover while main-
taining equilibrium. .

A miniature airplane rig-up closes
splendidly, through novelty more
than dexterity.

Among other things, in 1913, the
A K. reviewer stated that W.. Uesr
sems might stand up under head-
lining "on the small big time, where
the act could be made to draw.
That should still go, although now
four to the former six and probably
lacking the former's pretontlous-
ncss. :

FUZZY KNIpHT
Songs

10 Mins.! One
Palace (St. V)

Fuzzy Knight, a nite i hib enter-
tainer, got a chance in a Broiulway
revue ("Here's .Howe") and ' Trom
that is in vaudeville.

In a nite club when It's late and
Fuzzy does a bit of a turn here and
there'.s he.'s'great wltli his style of
vododo sln.!?ing of J.az.z or ballads,
with his own variations besides
iMisiness with a miniature movable
piano. Perhaps the same in a reyue
where what he docs Is susceptible of
being split lip during (ho perform-
ance.-

But in vaude. Fuzzy is a repeti- .
tiop; He can do only one thing, and ..
is. doing that all of .the lime. For
10 minutesi more or. less, it grows
monotonous.' All of Its value nec-
.essai-ily . is gotten out of the first
numiieV, .since everything Fuzzy can
do is done in that.

Fuzzy can't get over as a single
hi v;uule. He had better get a part-
ner if wanting to rem.ain as an act,
or build a small production turn
around him.self. . If cutting., himself
down iii .running . tlms"! as a .single to
wiiat he should, he would rate like
a single acrobat on time, arid'prob-
ably get no more in salary.

iluf .as a nite club entertainer or
a filler in for a musical Fuzzy la
oke. Perhaps, a vaud producer could
use Fuzzy. If one wants to, Mr.
knight should not object, for a pro-
ducer' or stager might coach into
iiim much he needs for the stage
and will have to have to remain
■on it. ■ '.

That Fuzzy Knight is a creator of.
a certain style of singing means
nothing to the stagq if it's sawdust.
In. its origin, -and thci stage ha,9 no
use for so. much of it from one
person. Sime.

BOYLE and DELLA
Music arid Talk
15 Mins,; One .
Broadway (V-P)

Another of the Italian comedy
outfits that getting nway from the
straight musical gag by having one .
member work from the audience
with a final appearance on the stage
of the plant. Neither new nor
novel, but the neighborhoods still
fall. ■ •: ■ . ^ \

Only two are billed, but there Is
a third member, the , vocalist of the
turn. Main musician shows skill
I with banjo and. also does some isul-
tar strumming.

Music is topical in nature and as
such peiased. Mnrki

SONNY, HINES CO. (6)
Dances

15 Mins.; One and Fgll
Broadway (V-P)

nines Is long: of leg. with an ap-
parent spineless body and comes to
vaude via the night clubs. With
him on his vaude fling are five girls,
two who work as a team on their
stepping. Others comP^se a danc-
ing trio billed as the. liah Rah Girls.
Hard workers who do taps- among
other things.

Hlnes is a high kicker -who also
does acrobatics to advantage. Its
not an exceptional act, but fits as a
flash act.

Clewing a .seven-act bill the outfit
plea.'ied. ^ark.

MARJORIE LANE CO. (6)
Dance Flash _
19 Mine.; Full (Special)

""J^Ski^^Vonc .CMtort^onistAc
dance bv Miss T.anc. this formal,!
flash fails to rate above average
In that one number the girl does
a complete ^low . motion front^over
from a prone position. The trick Is
currentlv executed br others and so
far has always been sure. .

It's a breakneck bit and . that Is
lust what may happen some day
to some inexperienced miss who
II.. it and tries it herself Outside
of th.at. fair dancing, mo.stly- buck
by four boys with a girl T'^'^J'^]^^''
accompanying. ■'

WORTHY and THOMPSON

Dancing
7 Mins.; One
Proctor's 86th SL

Pair of dusky dancers who make
a neat appearance and .show a line
of hot legamania that , takes In a
wide field of hoofing, consisting of
taps In solos and . duos and all tne
-dite -originations -of -recent jrears
as well as dimcult stepping routines
seldom .seen outside of colored mu-
sicals. .

Boys might as well dispense with
the comedy gags employed as well
as mo.st of their chatter ^and stick
to their bucks and. hocks. Good
deucer right now for the interme-
rilatf time.

MiTCH^LL and MJNCH
Songs

9 Mins.; One
American. (V-P)

Passable deucer. Good vvojces.
I>ersonalItlcs . agreeable but • song
selections not too ,happy. ' riano is
used for a cbuple of numbers vlth
rest harmonized with orchestral ac-
companiment only. Tenor and bass ■
combo.

Meritorious Within conventional
limits. ■ Lftnd.

Girl Pit Orchestra

Syracuse, N. Y., Oct. 2.
The first feminine house orchestra
In this city will be at the Strand,
film house, Saturday. The band,
nine pieces, replaces the male or-
chestra, dismissed during the sum-
mer when Walter D. McDowell,
managing director, deemed his .syn-
chronized bookings niade. a stage
group of musicians unneces.sary.

McDowell, however, found trouble
In a contract with the musicians
union which had a year to run. The
union served notice It would not
permit cancellation.

McDowell cotiTrtwed -with- the de-
mand that the union find him a girl
band. After not a llttlo difficulty
the union complied.. It Is Ernie
Mills and his Strand Debutantes.
Mlll.'i has been featured organist at
the Strand in the past. He will con-r
duct the girls .from the console.

NEW ACTS

!.,n ali-anmn.l performer, dmng
! (.v. rvthinir well and singing best,
i^m-dloy '.f imitatiuns in one

=;';;;,,;er^-4.=tiie-.=hi

^"iv';!y' Hoover .blonde) plays a
famifia^lunn, chrn-acter. interr^^^^^^^
ing, wanting "to go on the stage
and telling riddles, but well, bho
also toe dancps in ""^^f^fj./^ '
of box .shoes, havh>g high heels at-

Itached.

3 LIDO BOYS
14 Mins.; One

^^Conv-enltlnnl rathskeller trio onr.
a piano, another with uke-gbitar
and another singing and doubling .on
dance and .sax. Costume attire is
naval oince. j.ackets and contrasting

troust.rs. looking smart. '

--WiltTOWi^TO-Hfnrl^-but^ro^

proves. I^etter Bohg numb'-rs will
help. When they get into the more
pleasing pops, as for Instance, 'X^as
It a Dream?" the applause volume
betokened the Improved mass re-
.spnnse.

Fared well in the deuce. Aid.

BIRDIE DEAN and Co. (7)
"Dance Mad." (Revue)
12 Mins.; One and Full
Proctor's 86th St. (V-P)

Hirdio Dean, exc<-ll-nt rontorlion-
Istic dancer. IM surrounded by a
c.om),any of four girls and two boys
' in a flash turn that holds nothing
new in material .or staging.. It gets
ov.-r entirely on the star's splits,
bafk bends and chest roll.s. . ^
1 Th - -lancer holds the' stage alune
-j.fx>r^-hct^tfrf filer P»rt of ' thi^^Jim^.
'Sh- does a cros.s-leg.ged spht and
.som- body bending on a chair tlia^
Is outstanding hcri-. .

Act Is finelv c.o><tiimed and a lUU''
pruning and spo-dinu' u,. will mak-
tit. a :;ood tvirii. f<.i me second -gra-.l.-

I hOI1.«C!S

Paul O'Neil . and Co. (4)
Senorita Alvarez Itevuo, five girlR

and two men.

Bobby Barry and company, com-
edy: act. , 111

Vanne.ssl, new act, with Jack i-iSM
and Callahan and Cox.

fjoorcre Neville in comedy BK.lt.
Four in support.

flporge I.e Maire and Joe I'hU-
Hps, reunited,

Joseph Minil'-Tlo and William

in I,' team.

.lack I'eniier. single.

I'rimro.sc Seamon, single.

M.-irga-ret Young, single,
i Willian-L ilolbrook and Ann
i Vrit'-hard, dancing two-act.

r

42

VARIETY

Wednesday, October 3, 1928

PRESENTATIONS-BILLS

NEXT WEEK (October 8)
THIS WEEK (October 1)

Shows carrying numerals such as (7) or (8) indicate opening next
week on Sunaay or Monday, as datfe may bo. For this woclc (30) or O)
with split weeks also Indicated by dates.

An asterisk (•) before nanio slfjnifles aot is new to city, doihis a new
turn, reappearing aCter absence or appearing for lirst time.

Pictures include in classification picture policy, with vaudeville or

presentation as ^.djunct. >■

• ^ — , . . . — _ — .

GERMANY

Month of October

.Scttla
Mad Athua

4 Ortons

. Achmed & . .Tybor ■

Daphho
.H Kohlbrandt

SantlnKO Ballet .

Oklto

Theremin 3
Powers' Elephants

^Vintergarten
Vaaqucz

5 Swifts
Horace Goldin
Johnson & Johnson
I .Bcnnos

Rebia

Fayre Sis .
Policy & rtnr
John Olms Co .
12. IJarid Girls
Ernest & Ivonne
4 Climaa

Hansa

Victoria Tr
Myrlc. Desha & B
Nathano Bros
Horam & Myrtll
Raymond Cerea :
Daroa
Celtncr Tr
Raffalette
Nonl & Ilorac*
Nonl's Ser

PARIS

Week of Oct. 1

Cirqne d« .rarls

. fiecantos -
Gerard 2

. Antonet & Beby
Hank the Mule
A' Rahcy's Horsea
Mylos ' & Coco
Kobertson-I^iuclle '
Les Gerards
WUos Tr
Performinir Bulla
Jardin d'AccUma-
tatlon

:I>'Je1mako
Harlsnol Tr
Cordiou

Gauthier's' Horaea

Gestrla

Mile Pautette

Flllls-Footlt
■ Vasseur

Flprentlnos

Moulin BoQffe

Mlstlnguett
u^adaro

Earl . Leslie

OlgaValery
Carjol-Dancy
Dlena Belli & R
J W Jackson Girls
Sparkia Ballet
Boyer. Sis
Pogpl Sis
Dltrlx

Roger Blum
Jean Cabin
Duval-Pierrat
Jade-Carervlo
liegeay-Dlmlnlca

Olympia
Sarthel '
Maddy Delly
EUaabeth Llsloft -
Stervel

Georges Jams'
Zalewska Ballet
Bergado ■
Brlck-Korlvln-3
Charley Lloyd
Plson Tr
Harris & Dorrla
Takebayaahl
Wurlu & Komorl

Earl & Bell
Vaul IvinUland
Nino Fuclly .
Bryant. Rnlns & T
Gambl Hale Girla
lien Jilack
"Mating Call"
(20)

"Hoiiae Boat" Unit
Dave ApoUon
Ullccrlo Serna
Peliola Sorel Girls
Manila String Orch
Danzl

'•Fleet's In"

Roxy (30)
Marlo^ Keeler ■
Florence, . Rdggo •
Patricia Bowman
Jcannetto Garrelte
Beatrice iBelkln
Adelaide De Loca
Harold Van Duzee
Douglas Stanbury
32 Roxyettes
"Win That Girl"
CHICAGO, lU-
AvHlon (20)
Roy Dietrich Bd

Auriolo Craven ■■;
Herbert' , ■ •
Foster Girls
'•Lights of N T*'

ATI.ANTA, GA.
Howard («)

"Roinnn N" 'Unit
I.assller :Broa.'
Ben-Hur Stablps ' ,
PJlfli Grcenwell
Phyllis Rao
Ballet Caprice
QAT.TIMORE, MD.

Century (80)
Ted Claire
Sam Lewis
.Pattl Moore
G D Washington
Arthur Ball
Foster Girls
"Docka of N T"

nmM'GII'51, ALA.
Alabama . (8)

"Araby" Unit
Midnight 3
Glersdorf Sis
Rita Owln
Rasch Girls

LONDON

Week of October 1

FANSDURY PARK

Empire .
Harry Tate
Van Mbvien
Hale Sis
8olma 4 "and
Kellnrd Sis
Horace Kenny
Paul & Buchanan
Belllnls
Nixon Grey

HACKNEY
Einplro ,

Amac

Jack Martell
Dawn & Mavis
Joannyn
Harry Kemble
LONDON
' Alliambra
Houston Sis
Bob & Lucy GUletto
Anna Loills 3
■ Van Dock
King & Bensoin
Morton Downey
Edwin Lawrence
Alma Barnes

Coliseum

Ann Suter .
Clarkson Rose
The Rlstorls '
Lillian Rurglss
George Hurd
Maslova

Victoria Fnlace
Ftotsam .& Jetsam .
De Blcre
Victoria Girla
3 Royces
Pearl Joyce
J P Ling

NEW CROSS
Emplr«

Jack Hyltoh Co

SHEPHERM
BUSH
Empire
BlackBIrds Rev
8TRAXFORD
Empire
Billy Blu? Rev
WOOD GREEN
Empire
White Birds Rev

Playing In ThU ViolnKy Thh (Oet I) Week

Lou 18 BETANCOURT REVUE Loew't

American, Bay Ridge
FRANK AND TEDDY SABINI — Loew't

Greeley Square. Last Halt
SHERRY AND ADAMS— Loew't Oriental

Victoria

PERE2CAR0 SISTERS REVUE Uew'i

National, Last Hair .
PAULA AND AL BLUM— Lbtw't Greeley

Square, V:!:drd
LAWRENCE AND WILSON^Jardin Royal
BILLY ROLLS— Jardin Royal
LOLA AUSTIN— Broadway Club
MLLE. JEANETTE— Pearlman's Cafe
HARRY MURRAY— pavilion . Royal. Cedar

Grove, N. J.
BILLEE DAU CHE— Pavilion Royal, Cedar

Grove, N. J.
KAY LAZELLE— Caton Inn. Brooklyn, H. Yc
IRENE LORD— Clifford Lodge, Riohileld, N.J.
LUCILLE BURTON — 8mok« Shop. Red

Bank, N. J.
MADELINE LA VERNE— Smoke Shop, Red

Bank, N, J.

Placed by AXF T. WILTON, Inc.
1000 Broadway Brjant 2037-8

PROVINGIAL

ENGLAND

ABERDEEN
H M
MacDona Playera
ARDWICK GREEN

Empire
Brown Birds Rev
BIRMINGHABI

Empire
Leea Retford
Klrnberly & Page
Arthur Mack
Jack Grlevo '
Gene Beck
Terry & Hazel
Foutr Pellans
Katrlna & Jooa .

Graqd
Dreambirds Rev

BLACKPOOL
Grand
Mr What's Hla
Name

Opera House .
Ur Cinders

URADIH>iU>
Alhambra \
The While Camelia
BRISTOL
Hippodrome .
Layton & Johnstone
Christine & Duroy
D.oroles & Wyvyan
Clay ICeyes
Iiealle & Coh.an \
CARDIFIT
Empire
Virginia ■

CHIS^VICK
Empire .
Toung Bloods of
Variety

EDINBCHOn
Empire'
Tbe Show Boat '
GLASGOW
Alhambra
The Vag'b'nd King
GLASGOW
. Empire
6uBn Skies Rev
HANLEY
Grand

0unny

HULL
Tbe Desert Sons

I^EDS
Empire
Art & Mod Rev

Royal
Vogiiea & Van Rev
LEICF^TEB
Palace
Fanny Ward
■Welsh Miners 4
Tamara .
Hirry Wilson
Osborne & Perryer
LIVERPOOL
Empire
Funny Pnce
AIANCHESTEB
Hippodrome
Hetty King
2 Bobs
G S Melvln
Johnson Clark
Dancing Dolls
Percy Vail
Pauline & Diana

, Palace
Luckf Girl - '
NEWCASTLB
Empire
B'kpool Fol of 1928
NEWPORT
Empire
All at Sea Rev
NOTTINGHAM
Grand
Norris Girls & Max
Talbot O'Farrell
Fred- fiarnes
Herchel Henlere
IjOO Sax 3 '
<^uo Vadis Broa
Max Wall

' Itoyal
Hit the Deck
PORTSMOUTH
. Royal
Deadlock

SALFORD
Palace
Dancing Grenadiers
SHEFFIELD
Empire
Tbe Desert Sonff

SoirriLSi'iA

Jiing'H
Carl Rosa Opera Co
SWAN.SEA
Empire

Juno

Picture Theatres

NEW YOBK CITY
Caldtol (e>

"Under the Sea" U
Walter & EUIa
caiester Hale Girls
Marlon Naldl
•T>anclng Dau'tcra"
(29)

"Dream G" ITnlt
Walt Roesnpr

Capltollans
Emllo Borco
Allan Prior
Helen AVehsle
Frank Stover
Chamberlln & H
Chester Hale Girls
"Excosa Easgagc"
Purnniount (C)'
"B A Kcoll'" fnU

Aubrey Sis
Olcott & Lee
Karavloft ■
Morcy Amsterdam

Capitol (29)
Del Lampe Bd
Batista &. Kay
Dora Early Co
Jack Lanilauer
Beo Bros
Betty Taylor

Chicago (29)
"West Pt D" Unit
Joe Criffln
Virginia Johnson
Born & I^awrence
Male Chorus '
Hale Girls
''Caught In Fog"

Granada (29)
Benny Meroff Bd
Ge. orge Schreck
Homer Dickerson
3 Pepper Shakers -
Marcella Hardle
Giuaeppie Pillego'

. Harding (20)
"Melody a L M" U
Al Morey Bd
Ben Blue
Donna Damarell
BnvUo & Romalne
Gllaoh & Scott-
"FleM's In"

Itlarbro (29)
Charley Kaley Bd
Julian Eltlnge
Newport P &' N
Sara Ann McCabe
Wlnehlil & Briscoe
Jolly 3

Norshore (29)
"HcMo N" Unit
Al Kvale Bd
Rltz Bros
Wlsner Sisters
Co-ed Steppers
"Out of the Ruins"

Oriental (20)
"Bag o'Trlclts" U
Paul Ash Bd
Stanley Twins
Oo-Go

Cliff Nazarro
LUcky Boys
Johnny Payne
Paul Small
"Water Front''

' Paradise (29)
"C In Jazz'' Unit
Mark Fisher B<f
Bernlie Bros
Lydia Harris.
Bddle Hill
Suzette & Jose
Huz/ar Girls
"Street Angol" '

Regal (29)
Fe.sa WIUlAifis fid
Frank Mellno Co ■
Rector & Cooper •
Marsh Itogers
Regal Red Hota

Rialto (1)
Ray Conlon ■
Wolss 3

Stratford
.2d half (4-8)
M nilblom Bd
Malicr & • Sylvester
Darling & Clark
15urUe & Durre
W.alzor & Dyer
Ted Leury

Tlvoll (29)
"M S to iV Unit
B Krupger Bd
Ulderico MaroelU
Barnette & Clark
Joo Bosser
Gerald IToag '
Purdpy VCr Norway
.Arthur. j'gfn pbBll
.Sofrdll Boys
"Street Angel"

Tower (20)
"ley-Hot Jazz"
V MHsters n<l
Bob I,aSalle
Hoy f^helton.
Bonnin
Ormonde Sla
"Out of the Riilna"

rptown CJO)
"Ooi'an Blues" l.'nit
Verne Bui;l( Hd

.\ I Niirinitn

U

BOSTON, MASS. ;

Metropolitan (20)
"B A Frolic" Unit
Gone. Rodemleh
"The Fleet's In"

BUl'FAIiO, N, T.

Buffalo (30)
"Teeing Off" Unit
Herb Sc Gang
Rome & Dunn
Earl La Vere
Duffln & Draper
Alice Wellman
Gamby H Dancers
"The Fleet's In"
Lafayette (29)
Stella Mayhew
5 'Sophomores .
Qulnj) Binder & R
Steve Wenlger
"Hawk's Nest"

CLEVELAND, O.

State (30)
"Bittersweet B". U
Dezso Better
Wilson & Washb'n
Grace Du Faye
Weils & Winthron
"While City Sl'ps"
DALLAS, TEllC.
Palace (0)
"Rah Rah Rah" D
Johnny Perkins
Luella Lee'
Al Gale

Maryland CoUeg
DENVER, COL.
Denver (4)

Plapperttea Rev

Henry Bussi ■

Billy Gerber

'Ruth Denise

Foster Girls

DES MOINES. lA.
Capitol (0)

"Cameo" Unit

Ray Paige Novelty

Band Idea

Tommy Wonder

Coscla Verdi

Lett Sis & Louise

Foster's 16 Girls .

DETROIT. MICH.
C'apltor(20)

"All Aboard" Unit

Del Dolbrldge

Sid Lewis

Gordon & King '•

Vera Van

CliftQn & DeRcx

"The Fleet's In"
Hollywood (30)

J.'ick Benny

Jerome & Evelyn

Seymour Simons

Sunnybrook Orch

htollywood Girls-

"Scarlet Lady" .
Mlchlpin (30)

"Wonderful Girl" U

George Riley

Hclcnc HcUer

Al (k Ray Samuels

Wiliard Hall

Paragon 4

Ruff & RuTnble
"State St Sadie"

LOS ANGET^KS
Egyptian (28>

Benny Rubin
CoHcIa & Verdi
Robert Stlokney
'•i Wells"

Itoulcvard (28)
nod- (lorcoran
Jimniio Bodges
Nllos Marsh '
Dorothy Marcelle .
May Packer
Blvd Beauties
"Grain of Dust"
Carthay C (Indef.)
Chrll Kllnor Orch .
"Mother Kn«ws B'*
Chinese (Indef.)
Tropics Prolog
Sol Hoopli & S
"White Shadows"
. Criterion (Indcf.) .
C Balsallenlkog Or
"Wings^'

Metropolitan (28)

"Seeing Things" U
Henry Busse '
Qhioton & .Thomas
Allen Raymond
I.es IClleks
S.immy Cohen
Felicia Sorel Girls
"The Mating CaU"
I,<(ew'8 State (28)
"Huts" Idea
Charlie Murray
Al' Lyon
TiUclUe Page
Billy Snyder
Maxlne Doyle
12 Hat Trimmers
"Dancing Dau'ters"
V. Artists (Indef.)
Fritz Von Debrulni
Cora Byrd-

2 Girl Daiicera
"Battle of Sexes"
Warner B. (Indef.)
Leo Forbsteln Or ■
Porgeous Prea
Eva Olivetti
Frank 'Bokay
James Burroughs
Doris Walker
Tommy Atklna •
Pearl Twins >
"State St Sadie"

NEAVARK, N. J.

Branford (29)
Al Belasco
Nazarro Jr
Rita & E Darling
Mildred M Feeley
Crandall & Morley
12 A Kaufm'n Girls
Fur Show
"The Fleet's In"
N. HAVEN, ex. •
Palace (29)
Stut; & Bingham
Joe Rhea qalif
Sim Moore & Pal
O'Donnell & Blair
Parker & Babb
"Win That Girl"
N. ORLEANS, T<A.

Saenger (6)
"Hula Blues" Unit
P & J Hubert
Drean Beach
Moore * Powell
Anna Chang .
6 Samoana

Sorel Girls

OMAHA, N^.
Riviera (6)
"Kat Kabaret" U
Bert Nagle & Omar
Patterson 2-
Kerenos & Maree
Ray Walman
Al Rasch Girls
PHILADELPHIA

Carman (30)
Chas Bruiggo
Edna Sedley
Buck & Bubbles

3 Melody Boys
Lloyd & Brlce
Anders Sis ,
"Th'ks for B Ride**

ToM'm (SO)

George Olson Bd
"Farmer'a Dau'ter"

Stanley (-29)
"Mid Ocean" Unit
16 Syncopista
Teddy King
Walter Smith
Lasslter Bros
Sonia Meroff
Whirlwinds
12. Haydeh Girls
"Tho Fleet's In"

Tuwer (1) . .
Irving Edwards
Carney & Jean
B Lindsay's Rev -
Nandes & Mijla
Bizet . & Henrle .
Alvln Sis
H Bendle & Hilya
"Glorious Betsy"
PITTSBURGH. PA.

Penn (30)
"High Hal" Unit
Teddy Joyce
Art Frank
Ginger Rogers
Alice Roy
Tom. Ross
Gamby Hale Girla
"Dancing Dnu''teri9"
PROVID'NCE, B. I.

Fay '9 (1)
Lieut GItz Rice
Hazelle & KlatoR
Barnes & Drew.
Artker St Dunbar
Villet. Ray & N
"Code of Scarlet"
S. ANTONIO, TEX.

Texas (6)
"Rio Romance" U
Joe Penner
Amata Qrasse
Ijeonore Girls -
SAN VKANCISCO

California (28)
Glno Severl Bd
"Wings"

Granada ' (20>
Frank Jonks Bd .
Glen Ooft
Billy Gerber
Rio Bros

Luley Mealy St C '
Ruth Dehlse
"Perfect Crime"

St. Franols (20)
M BamblUa Bd
"2 Lovers!'

Warfleld (20)
Rube Wolf Bd
Goldman's Midgets
.John Aasen '
"Dry Martini^
ST. LOUIS.. MO.
Ambassador (30)
"Harem-Scarem" U
Ed Lowry
Harry Savoy
Tumbling Clowns
"Docks of N T"

Mianonrl (30)
"Homecoming" U
Frank Fay
"Oh Kay"
WASH'GTN, D. C.

Fox's (6) .
Job LiiRose Prea
Myer. Davis Sym
Lawrence Downey
Leon Brusiloft
"Mother Knows B"
(29)

Joa.LaRose Prea
Zanpu & Caz
2 Black Dota
John Griffin
Ethel Greenwell .
Rita & Teska
Lawrence Downey
Meyer Davis Sym
Leon BrusilofC
"Fazll"

Palace (6)
"House Boat" Unit
Wesley Eddy
Dave ApollOn
Miss Danzl
Nell Jewell
Manila Orch
Felecia Sorel Girls
''Excess Baggage"

NEW YOBK CITT
American

1st half (8-1^
Fitzgerald's
Brbdy Riddle £ M
Marcus & Poa
Pirate Queen
Bob Nelson
Chas McGoods Oo
(Two to nil)

2A half (11-14)
Dayton & Rancoy
Les Gellls Rev
Adams &' Rash
Eddie Carr Co
Rublnofl
Gordoh & Day
(Two to fill)
Bonle'vard

1st half (8-10)
4 Fondellaa
Rynn & Moore
C Emmys Pete
Welsh & Hills
Bhythmlc Designs

2d half (11-14)
Plotz Bros & Sis
Mitchell & MInch
Cole Ward Co
•Raymond Gaverly
Rytlimic' Doslgas
Commodore

1st half (8-10) .
Helen Carlson
Hawthorne & Cook
V McCoy & Ram
(Three to 1111)

2d half (11-14)
Louise Ayres
O'Connor Family
Jay Mack
Great Labero
<Two to fill)
Delancey St

1st half (8-10) .
Gordon & Day
Mitchell Sc Minch

Grand
iBt half (8-10)
Jack Se J Gibson
Singer & Llghtner
Bobby & King
Al Herman
Lea Gellis Rev

2d half (11-14)
Norman Telman
Jtine & Jo '
Stateroom 19
Vain & Vernon
Juvenile Steppers

. Greeley Sq
1st half (S-19)
Lawton

Hamilton Big it V
3 Ryana
(Three to All)
. 2d half (11-14)
Bud Carlell
Nancy Decker
Cortelios Circus
(Three to fill)
Lincoln Sq

1st half (8-10)
Ponzlnis Monks
Bert Marks Co
(Three to All)
. 2d- half (11-14)
Fitzgeralda
Geo Lyons
Arthur DeVoy Co
Campus CYolics
(One to All)
National '

1st half (8-10)
Gibson & Price
Kit Kat Trio
A' AcL .Bdrlowe
Smith & Allmaa.
Rooney Sis Rev

2d halt (11-14)
Lawton
Ryan Se Moore
Grlndell & Esther
Raccooners

Viotorli»

lat half i(0-lO)
Romas Tro
O'Connor Sis
Eddie Carp .Co
Bison City 4
Frldkln Si R Rov
2d half (11-14)
Ponzlnis Monies
Packard Ss Dodge
Cardo & Noli
Bert Murks Co
H Ellsworths Rov

. BROOULTN
Bay Bidge
Isl: hiiK (8-10)
Cortelios Circus.
Ted Mark.M
O'Connor Family
Vlllanl,:& VlllanI
(One. to nil)

2d half (11-14)
3 Ryans

Sully & Houghton
Alice More'ly
Romas 'J?
(One to ml)

Bedford
. lat half (8-1-0).
Campbell & Brady
Geo Lyons
Fred Weber Co
•Tones & Rea
H Ellawortha Rev

2d half (11-14)
Gibson & ;i*rlce
Ted Marks ■
Hamilton- Sla & P
Welsh Si mils
Gibson Frish & S
4Gth St .

1st half (8-10)
3 . Londohs . ' .
Dolan & Gale
Goo P Murphy Co
Kemper &.'. Bayard .
Braille & Pallo Rov

2d half (11-14)
Kate & Wiley
O'Connor Sis
Smith & .Allman
Baby. Peggy
Rooney Sis Rev
Gates Ave
- 1st half (8-10)
Kate ■& Wiley

Moehan & Newman
Seymour P & B
Clark & O'Neill
Ralph Whitehead
Radio Fangles

CANTON. O.

Loow's (8)

.V. Nllos

Duel DeKerekJarto
Brown & BIrm
OU'olt it Lee
Leonoras Steppers

CLEVELAND, O.
Granada' "
1st half (8-10)
Osranl 3

Stilwel Sc Frazor
Billy Taylor Co •
Sid Lewis
Violet Joy Girla
2d half (11-14)
Paul I Bros
.Mason *■ Gwyhne •
Billy Trtylor Co
aid Lewi.s
Violet Joy Girls

Park

1st half (8-10)
Paull Bros
Miison & Gwyhne
Billy Taylor Co
Sid Lewis '
Violet Joy Girls

2d half (11-14)
Osranl 3
.''tllwel St Frazer
Toriimy I..oyenp Co
Whitcd Si Ed Ford
Pastime Rov.

CORONA, L. I.
rinza ■

ist half (8-10)
Cooper & CUftpn
Nancy Decker
Sully & Iloughton
Farfarlello
D'Andrea & W Bd

2d half (11-14)
Plckfords
Dolan & Gale
Wedding Ring
Klrby & DuVal
Lillian St Leon Co

LYONS LYONS

•kff Intimate Chat^'^-

SAM LYONS

One of the Rniartc.ot and most
nctlve vaiulevlllo bookers In the
business lg our Mr. Sam Lyons.
If you want action and quiok
service fur consecutive bookings,
.lec Mr. Lyons ot onro. When
better "oDon tlmo" |s Iraokod,
Sam Lyons will book it.

LYONS & LYONS

FABAMOUNT BUC.NEWV0RK

Pmrri

Jiine Si Jo
Alfred LaTell Co
Glenn Si Jenkins
-Lillian St Leon Co

2d half (11.-14)
Jack & J Gibson
Singer & Llghtner
Bobby & King .
Bob N.clson Oo
Sarnoff Co
MntrolopUun (8)
Nelsons Catland '
Seymour & Cunard
Morgan & Shialdon
Carl McCullough
Wm & Joe Mandoi
Perezcaro Sis Rev
Oriental -

1st half (8-10)
Alpine Sports .
Cardo & Noll
Klrby & DuVal
Gibson Frish & S
(One to nil) ..

2d half (11-14)
Helen Carlson
Natalie Alt Co
Maurice^

Eddie Mayo Gang
(One to nil)

Palace

1st half (8-10).
The LeRays
Dalton & Craig
Moran W & M
(Two to All)

2d half (11-14)
Con ley 3
Gary & Baldl
Bison City 4
Paris Crciitlons
(One to All)
Preinler

1st half (iS-lO)
Bud Carlell
Packard & Dodge
Southern Nights
(Two to nil)

2d half (11-14)
Campbell & Brady
Andy Si L Barlowe
Lew Wilson
Lew Wilson Gang
(One to All)

Prospect .

Ist half (8-10)
Plotz Bros & Sis
Natalie Alt Co
Stateroom 19
Harry Hlnes
Raxjcooners . ■

2d half (11-14)
Osaka Boys
Meredith Sc, S Jr
Hawthorne & Cook
Braille & Palo Rev
(One to All)

ATLANTA, GA.
Grand (8)

Niobe
.'Restlvo-

Clark & Bergknan
Ed Shcrlg Co
Lorraine & Mlnto

BOSTON, MASS.
Orpheum (8).

Wilfred DuBols ,

Tuesdays
723 7th Aye.
New York

JACK L. UPSHUTZ

TAILOR, 908 Walnut St., Phila.

Marie Paull
"The Cra.<»h"
FTP. WORTH. TEX.
Worth (0)

"TCnIek Knacks" U
Lee 2

Fn!iler_nirla

"Hoi ' STON;""il5srr

MetropoUliin (0)

"Jlcy Hey" Unit
.l.aek I'owoll
Gili.son Sis
yoalfT (iirls
llCV'tiTON, N. ,f.
.Sill ford (20)

Ray NliholH Bd
3 .\dani.H HIh^
t)it .lolinson
CnoijHn \- 1.,;.id(>lla
G'lririiilc Fi.'ilier
.MiiiTNv rnrluT

Cola Ward Co
Campus Frolics
(Two to Ally

2d half (11-14)
Alpine Sports
Marcus & Poe

^Gco:^P--:=.Mutphy^Go:
Cahlll & Wella
(Two to All)

Fnirmount

1st half (8-10)
4 Serlanys
Nan Blackstone
Meredith & 3 Jr
Eddie Mayo Gang

2d half (11-14)
Chas McGoods Co
Jerome & Ryan
I/enn * Dawn
IJiirry Illnea

(One to All)
MOrphenm
lat half (8-10)

Van Horn ft Inea
4 Chocolate Dandlea
Vox & Walters

-L^-W^-WIlBt)tt

EVANSV'LE, IND.

JAtew'H (8)

Bardelongs
Tho Vagrants
Grey & Byron
Lewis & Ames
Whirl of -Splendor

HOUSTON, TEX.

Houston (8)

Helma Braatz
Henry Regal Co
Wilson Bros
Johnny Marvin
Lowe & S Rev

JAMAICA, L. I.
Hillside

1st half (8-10)
Paula & Al Blum
Al H Wilson
4 Diamonds ' '
(Two to All)

2d half (11-14)
Van Horn & Ines
Nan Bliiekstono
Vox & Walters
Al Herman
Bee Jones. Co
MEMPHIS, TENN<

Loew's (8)
Wordon Bros
Billy Day,
Gosa & Barrows
Dooley Si Sales
;^Vhito Way Gaieties

MONTREAL, . CAN.
I»ew'8 (8)

RcifTlns Monks
Oscar Grogan
mage & Mcda
SAxton Si FarroU
iDonovan & Leo
Fejer «: Lang Orch
NEWARK, N. j.
State (8)
Hubert Dyer Co
Buddy' Raymond
Leo Bin
Lewis & Dody
Carnival of Venice -
NEW ORLEANS

State (8)
Kuma Go.
Meyers & Nolan
Millard & Marlin
Rome '& Gaut
Gautchi & P Orch
NORFOLK, VA.
State (8)
Hama & Tama .
Kramer & Fields
Robinson & C Co
T Christian Orch
TORONTO, CAN.
Loew's (8)

3 Castles
Frolic 4

Nick & G Verga :
Jaa C Morton Co
Cye.loho Rev '
VONKERS,- N, T.
Yonkers

1st half (8-10)
Norman Telman
Jerome & Ryan'
Gary & Baldi
13co Jones
(Oho to All)

2d half (11-14)
C6oper & Clifton
Fred Weber. CO
VlllanI & VlllanI

4 Diamonds '
(Onp to All)

Lew Wllaon Gang

2d half (11-14)

1 Londons
C Emmys Peta
Glenn & Jenkins
Fi-idkln & R Rov
(One to nil)

State (8)
4 kadex
John Walsh
Qert Gordon Oo
Emil Borco
T,eoiioru8 Stoppers

NEW YORK CITY
. Broadway (7)

Aussie & Czeek
Derlekson & Brown
Herbert Faye Co
Rich Si Cherle
Rich & Friends
(One to nil)
(1)

Eno Family
J & J McKenna
Harry J Clonloy Co
Alexandrr Sc I'egcy
Hires A R n Girls
lUiyip Sc D.'lln

Clicflter
Ist half (T-ft)
Keo TftUl & Yokl
Art Henry Co
Walter Wallers Co
Down Home Rov
(One to All)

2d half (10-13)
Dqtson

Anthony & H'wl'nd
Ailellne l:l'endon Co
(Two to nil)

2d half (i-S)
r'arl Sc Brna Orena
I'' ft L»>;itlier Uoys

Billy Arlington Co
Emily Darrolt
Durando Gilbert Co
Coliseuni

lat half (7-9)
■Vic Record Artists
H'lb'k & Prltchard
(Three to All)

2a half (10-13)
Ike Rose Midgets

2d half (4-0)
Aussie- & Ozock
Peter HIgglns
Billy Bateheior Co
Lang Se Haley ■
Fowler ■& Tumara

8lst St. (7)
Tom Waring
D(>c Baker Co

Side Show
CPwo to All)

2d hair (l-C)
Tho Nelsons
AJger & Cappo
Norwood & (.'ook
Marty May
Lewls-Stovall Co
CONTA' ISLAND
Tllyou
lat hnlf (7-9)
P't't Leather Bova
Billy Arlington Co
Ann Oreenway Co
Johnny Hyman
(One to nil)

2d half (10-13)
Jack Ryan
Ruby Norton

OFFICIAL DENTIST TO THE N. V. A.

DR. JULIAN SIEGEL

1560 Broadway. Bet 46th-47th Sts,. New Yorli
Tills Week; Crawford and Bro<1erlck,
Thelma Cannon. .

Jaejc Pearl
Dlgltahbs'
(One to All)
(1)

6 Speeders
>loe E Howard
.l<!nc)inntnient
Jack Wilson Co
(One to All)
Fordhnin
1st half (7-9>
l> J;insleya
Primrose Scamon
Jack Pepper
Vanessl Go
(One to All)

2d half (10-13)
Tom Waring ...
H'lb'k & Prltcliard
(JIbb 2
(Two to All)

2d half (4-6)
Tom Waring •
L«.on Leonhard Co
Winnie Llghtner
Chew Hlng Tr »
(One to All)
Franklin

Ist half (7-9)
I^ewls & Wlnthrop
Ilap Hazard Co
Princess Wahletka
Walmah's Debs
Avon Comedy 4 .
Mario & Iinzaren

2d half (10-13>
Jack Newrhan Jr
Mabel WUheo
Enrico. (Jaruso Jr.
Hal Nelnian
Hooper & Gntchett

•2d half (4-6)
Jose ■Bohr <^o
Frank (lonviMe
Norman Phillips Jr
Harrington Sis
S Jansleys

Hamilton

l!5t half (7-9)
Allan Reno .
Nell O'Brien
Rev Creative
(Two to nil)

2d half (10-13)
Lewis & Wlnthrop
I,ang & Haley
]?orando-Gllbert Co
(Two to nil)

2,d half (4-6)
Sandy Shaw
Elton Rich Girts
(Three to All)
- Hippodrome. (7)
4 Ucssems
Sargent & I,ewls
4 Cdiricrons
Kola' Santos Bd
(Two to All)
(1)

Rogers c& Wynn .
Mel Kleo Unit
• JefTerson
1st half (7-9)
.lose Bohn' Co
Dotaon

Enrico Caruso .Tr
Mabel Wlthee Co
Keno & Green .& M
Kikuta Japs

2d half (10-13)
P't't Leather Boys
Hap Hazurd Co
Walman's Debs
Mario & Lazaron
Avon Comedy 4
■ 2d half (.4-6)
Keo Takl & Tokl
Maurice .Samuels
Calm & Gale

Alexander. P^ggy

Frakson

Int Rhythm

2d half (4-6)
Hill & Margie .
Lucy . Brueh
Keno Sc Green & M
Hal Nelman
Zelglor Sl.s Si Bros

FAB ROCKAWAY

2d half (13-lC)
4 Flashes
Fran'son

Keno & Green & M
Art: Henry Co
Roger Williams
Frankle Hoa(h

2d half (4-6) .
Sheer Boys
Casey & Wurren Co
GIbb 2

Thos J Ryan -Co
Ellz Brico Boys

BROOKLYN
Alhee (7)

Jay C Ifllppen's U't
(1)

Bl'mberg's Al'sk'na
Chevalier Bros .
Hoftper it Gatchett
Etiiel Waters
Sally. Rand Boys

Bushwlck

Ist half (7-9) ■
The Curtys
Kalherine Hayes
Sol Gould Co
. Hal Nlemnn
(One to All)

2d half (10-13)
Emily Barle
Lovlo Lou
Danny Small Co
Bonlta Tr
(One to All)

2d half (4-6)
Florettys
Volma • Kaho
Shore Leave
TIcman & Dice
All Wrong'

Greonpoint ■

lat half (7-9)
Ficlda & Cook
Cantor Sc Duval .
Sandy Shaw
Morin Sla
(One to All')

2d half (10-13)
The Curtys
Gary Owen Co
(Three to All)

2d half (4-6)
Cannon Se Lee
Gua Faye Co
Anthony & H'wl'nd
4 Flashes
(One to All)
Ken more

1st half (7-9)
Ro^o Midgets

2d half (10-lJ)
Eno Family
Wade Booth
Tobey Wilson
Jack Pepper
' Vaneasl Co

2d half (4-6)
Kafka Stanley Sc M
Roger Williams
Ray Shannon Co
Art I-Ienx'y Co
Sophie Tucker.
Pedro Rubin Co
• Madison

1st half (7-9)
Sherr B<)ys
Harry ^acksotf Co

EXCLUSIVELY DESIGNED
GARMENTS FOR GENTLEMEN

BEN ROCKE

1632 B'way. at 5d^h St.. N. Y. City

Alma Nellson Boys
(One to All)

.Palace (7)

Peter Higgins
Alb'rtina R'sch Act

3 Sailors - '
Sophlo Tuckof
Tho Do Marcos
McLellan &- Sarah
(three to All)

(1)

Felovlfl
Fuzz Knight
Night at the Club
Jerome & Gray
Benny Davis- Orch ..
Jack Pearl Co
(Three to. All)

Beigent
- Ist half (7-9)
Frank ' Murphy Co
Walters & Waltora
Adeline Bendon Co
Co-Weds

Toney & Norman
2d half (10-13)
George McLennon
Harry Jackson
Dance Bits
(Two to All)

2d half (4-6)
Phillips & Sheldon
Buss Sc Muck
Walter Walters Co
Down Homo Rev
(One to All)

lUverside (7)
Eddlo I-iambcrt
Ethel Waters
Johnny Johnson Or
i(JT wo^to-^ A 1 1)^-=;=.=.=^.
(1)

4 Uesaema
Wado Booth'
MuTiellan & Sarah
Day Si Alleen Co
(Ono to All)

Royal

1st half (7-9) ,
Franklyn Farrium
MIsM'laslppl Flood
Danny Small Co
(Two to All)

2d half (10-13)
r> Jan.'ileys
Wj-Me ■Young

Roger Williams
Co-Weda
Chevalier Broa
Gibb 2

2d half (10-13)
-Irving -Burnett
Walter Walters C»
Klkutaa

For No Reason ■
Art Henry Co "

2d half (4-6)
The Nagfya
Jack Newman Jr ■
Geo Fredericks Co
Mabel Wlthee Co
Tonoy & Norman
T Linton's Follies

Orpheam
1st halt (7-9)

Jack Ryan

Sol Gould

Boggs & Weston

Gladys .Toyce Co

(One to All)
2d half (10-13)

Fields & Cook

Marty Mny

Rev Creative

(Two to All)
2d half (4-6)

Henry IJorsh.er

Marie Nordstrom

Jack Wilson Co

Jerry I>eah Girls

(One to All)
Prospect

1st hnlf (7-9.)
Jaek^ Nowrijan Jr
'Ttti'by ■"TfTorrrm- ' '
Dance Blls
Anthony Sr H'wl'nd

(Ono to nin

2d half (10-1. '5)
Billy Arlington <'o
B & J Brown
Toney & Norman
(Two to nil)

2d half t4-6>
Gautler'H I'onv I'." '
Sargent Sc l.ev^i^-
Yeoman T.ljr":--
4 l'aineri>ii'<
l,p;ilJ To

Wednesday, Octolier 3, 1928

VARIETY

43

AKTiOS, O.
Palace
iBt half (8-10)
/same bill plays
YoungBtown 2d
half)
Golden Dream
Harry J Kelly
Henry Santrey Co
iTwo to fill)

2d half (<-«)
Danclne T'mb'rlneB
Benard & "West
FrancJa Renault
6 MounterB
(One to nil)
Alil-BNTOWN, PA.
CV>lonlaI
ist half (8-10)
Kenneth Harlnn
Earl Llnsey Co
(Three t« mi)

2d half (11-14)
Wi Ho Mauas
Bc'.l A Alberta
Tanova & Bankon
Hurat A Vogt
Wedding Gown
AlHST'WAM, N. V.
lUuIto .
2d half (11-14)
, -Worthy & Th'mpu'n
Felovis

Mullen & FrancJa
(Two to fill)

<1> .
Stlcltney'8 Clr

Tex McLeod

Dora Maugha

Muriel Kaye Co

Olsen & Johnson

COLUMBUS. O.
Keith's

let half (8-10)
All Girl Rev
Rae Samuels

2d half (11-14)
Paula Paqulta & C
Daly & Nace
Francis Renault
Lclands
(One to flll)

2d half (4-7)
The Graduates
E3va ManUell
Rae & Dot Dean.
Ned Norworth
4 Balls

DAVTON, O.
lioitli's
1st half C8-10)
Hayea Marsh & F
Toto

Barry & Whltledgo
Dance Rhapsodies
(One to nil)
• 2d half (11-14)
Talent & Merit
Bronson & Renee-
Johnny Berkea

Booking with Loow and Picture
Theatres

CREATORE&LENETSKA

1560 Broadway, N. Y. C.

Bryant 0779
p. S. — See UB' lor "Tulkles."

AUjn.'RN, N. T,

JoffcrBon
2d halt (111-14)
liowcll Drew
Mare Dowllnfr
BAtiTIMORB
Hippodrome (8)
Klco Jjambert Co
Jairileson & Styles
Mus Conservatory
Boyle & Delia
International Rev

Jack Moson's (JP rs
Solm.T.nbfI .
Prank X Stlk
. Bi-own & I.ia Voile
Burke & Durkln
New Gardens (1)
Jordan & Grape
Janet Read
Chaney & Fox
Frank Gaby
Glenn Hunter
BINGIIAMTON

ninghamton
iBt half (8-10)
Clayton & Clayton
Riddle & Cook
Our Gang Klda
Woyd-BrlPe
(One to fill)

2d half (11-14)
Alf Loyal's Doge
Blllle Moody
(Three to flll)
BOSTON. MASS.
Nerw Boston <tt)
Sorrontlno 4
Jim & M Harklne
Family Ford:
Dave Vino
Nat Chick Haines
Bcolloy Bqnaro (8)
lildo Boys
Hy B Toomer Co
Milton Berlo
'3Snt Bronson Co
(One to flll) . .

BUFFAIX) (8)
Barr 2 ^ ,
Johns & Mabley
Butler & Parker
Galenoa
Poy Family

CANTON, O.
Paluce
iBt half (8-10)
Paula Paqulta &
Daly & Nace
Francis Renault
Morris & Shaw
6 LeIandS
' 2d half (11-14)
All Girl Rev

2d half (4-7)
B & B Miller
Modern Marlon'ttes
Bob Hall
14 Brick Tops
(One to flin
CHARVTTK, N. C
(':)roIlna
2d half (11-14)
Melnotlo 2
jack Lee
Jja Vine & Evans
Plunkett & JIaaon
Xa Vei-hfi & Fayles
CIN(nNNATI
Albco (8)
Tex Mcl^cod
■Rae & Dot Dean
Rhythm Boya
iDancIng Tnmbs
_j(Pnjj^to^flll) .
■ . (i)

Hama & Yama
Johnny Herkos Co
Mason & Kdcler
Rao Kamuols
Roattn.

Palace (8)
B & B Miller
"Wheeler, & Sands
Curly Burns Co'
. B P & Murphy Br'e
Don Le6 & Louise
(1)

All Girl Rev
CI.'KSB'G, W. VA.
. Roblnsoh Grnnd

l3t half (8-10).
"Welgonds
Vera Cole

Emory Man ley Co .
Herbert Rawllnson
Cuckoo

2d half (11-14) .
Stanley Gal'Inl Co
lioma Wnrth
Lew White & Co
WcManua A Ilickey
(Otip. to nil)
, CI^KVKL-VND, O.

ior»fh St.

Isl halt (8-10)
Dan Pitch's Mina
2a half (11-14)
Rodeo Boys
Allecn Cook
_ -Ghaa^Ued -Mapflhall
Dance Rhapsodies
(One to nil)

2d half (4-7)
Golden Dreains
& n Biirki*
RoynohlH Sr Clark
Don Lee & Loulso
(Onf to flin
Palttoo (8)
■ Klsle & I'auJsen 3
H A IC Nowoll
Jack Benny
14 Urick Tops
'Two to Oil)

Rae Samuels
Kltamura Japs

2d half (4-7)
4 Life .Buoys
Courtney Sis
Rente RIano
Morris & Shaw
I:«rdo'B M.ex Or oh
DETROIT; MICH.
Hollywood
1st half (8-10)
Harry Burns Co
Du For Boys
(Three to fill)

2d half (11-14)
Frank Convllle
(Others to flll)
2d half (4-7)
Joe Browning
Ryan Sis
(Throe to fill)

Oriental (8).
O & P Magley
Murray & Maddox
Roger Imhoff
The Ghezzls
Claude & Marlon
(1)

Maude Ellett Sla
4 Dales

McKay & Ardlne ■
Rhea & Santoro
Scott Saunders
Jungleland

Uptown
let half (8-10)
Lucas A Lillian
Alleon Cook
Rodeo Boys
Renard & West
Mttrlel Kaye

2d half (11-14)
Ashley Page
Harry Burns. Co
Yong Koe Tr
Muriel Kaye Co
Du For Boys .

2d half (4-7)
Twiats & Twirls
Jerome & Bvelyn
Toby ' Wilson
Jack Benny '
C Orleys

DUNKIRK. N. Y.
Capttol
2d half (11-14)
Clar Downey Co
(Two to flU)
EASTON, PA.

State
1st half (8-10)
Willie Mauss
Bell & Alberts
Tanova & Bankoft
Hurst A Vogt
Wedding Gown

2d half (11-14)
Kenneth Harlan .
Earl LInsey Co
(Three to flll)
EUAHRA. N, Y.
Keeney's
let half (8-10)
Clar Downey Co
Wm Elbs
Blllle Moody
(Two to flll)

2d halt (11t14)
Clayton & Clayton
Lloyd Bryce
(Three to flll)
EKIK, PA.
Erie
1st half (8-10)
A Dalps

Chas Bed Marshall
Frank Convllle
.S^tyTo^hoW .
(One to nil)

2d half (11-14)
Walter McNally
Prinresa Pot
(Throe to flll)

2d half (4-7)
Dance Capers
Daly & Nace
Murray & Maddox
Galenos. : ..
(One to flll)
FORT. WAYNE
Now Emboyd .
1st half (8-10)
4 Chandler Boys
M-urlcl Kaye Co
Cnias T Aldrlch-
(Two to flll)

2d half (11-14)
Whirl of Splendor
Renard & West
Chas. Hill Co
The MayakoB
(One to flll)

2d half (4-7)
Leo Gall Ens
Honey Boys
Bill & Elsa Newell
The I..amy8
(Ono to flll)
GLENS F'l.S, N, Y.
Rinlto
2d halt (11-14)
Marty DuT>reo Rev
=GR-NFiLn,-MAHS.^
Victorift' •
2a half (U-14)
Chevalier Bros
(Two to AIM
GRAND ItAPIDS
KoUIJ's
l.st halt (8-10)
Rvan Sla
Lane & Byron
Uhea & Santoro
Irf-ne llUrarJo
M('l'>onal<l 3

2d half (11-14)
Mounters

Johnny Herman
Payne & HUllard
Julian Bltlnge
McKay & Ardlne
Muriel Kaye Co
2d half (4-7)
Rodeo Boys
Alleen Cook
Countess Sonle.
Harry Burns Co -
(One to flll)
HARRISB'BO. PA.
Majestic
1st half (8-10)
Four Aristocrats
Along B'way
(Tlir6e to flll)

2d half (11-14)
I<eo'B Singers
Smith & Sawyer
Peaches Browning
.Winchester .& Roes
(One to flll)
UOI^YOKE. MASS.

1st' half (8-10)
Landus 2.
Miss Ann Mr Pr'nk
Chlsholm & Breen
Cook. & Vernon
If'antaatic Frlv

2a half (11-14)
..Lathrop B'l'oa
Skelly & Helt Rev
Morton & Mack
(Two to flll)
HOKNELL, N. Y
SliattuoUs .
/2d halt (11-14)
Riddle & Cook
(Two to tin).
UtN'(JT'N, W. .VA.
Orphcum
lat half (8-10) .
Arthur & Darling ''
Lew White (k Co
McAriwjius & Illckey
Lestra Lament Co
(Oni to flll)

2d half (11-14)
5 Uraoks
Mildred Force
Duncan's Collies
(Twi> to Ml)
ITHACA, N. Y.

Stntnd
2d halt (11-14)
M-Jiic B(.>x Rev
Roxy Laflucca ■'
roii'e to t;ll)
JAMEBrN, N. Y,
Oporu House
lat half (8-10)
Clur Downey Co
Claire Vincent Co
Roy Snieck

?.d half (11-14)
Varsity Varieties
Holly

(One to flll)
JERSEY CITY

State
1st half (8-10)
George M9Lennon
B & J Brown
Geo Fredericks Co
Lang & Haley
(One to flll)

2d half (ll-a4)
Johnny Hyman
Ann Groonway
Alma Nollson Boys
(Two to fill)

2d half (4-7)
Ertm'nds & F'nch'n
Ruth Robinson Co
Mae XJsher
Vannessl Boys
(One to flll)
LEXINGTON

Ben All
1st half (8-10):
Armstrong & B .
Elliott Dexter
Jack De Bell Co
2d half (11-14)
North lane & Ward
Shone & Rich
As You Like It
IJMA
SlUnc's Ohio
let half (8-10)
Bernard & Suzanne
Twists & Twirls
Walter McNally
Stlckney's Circus
(One to flll)
. 2d half (11-14)
Charles Frlnk
Shapiro & O'Malley
Lestra Lament Co
(Two to flll) _
LOCKPOBT, N. Y.
Palace
2d half (11-14)
Glen Richards
Wm Ebbs Co

(One to fill)

LOUISVILLE, KY.
Keith's
1st half (8-10)
Kltamura Japs
Talent & Merit
Bronson & Renee
Johnny Berkes
Sllvertown Cord Or

2d half (11-14)
Hayes Marsh & F
Sllvertown Cord Or
Barry & Whltledge
Toto

(One to flll)

2d half (4-7)
EIVy .

Pcnton & Field
Walsh & Bills
Rhythm Boys
nicer ft Douglas
MARION
PnliK'e
1st half (fi-10)
Charles Frlnk
Shapiro & O'Malley
Lropal^

Reed A Ray
Under the Palms
Id half (11-14)
Lang Bros
Flo Enright Co
Mangcan Tr

NORTH ADAMS
KmiHro
2d half (11-14)
Harris & Clare
May Love Co
Roxy LaRocca
Mississippi Flood
(Ono to flll)
NORTHAMPTON
Calvin
2d half (11-14)
Delvey Sis ■
Col Jack George
(One to flll) .

OIL CITY
Col. Drake
l8t half (8-10)
Prlncois Pat
Holly

(One. to fill

2d half (11-14)
Rhapsody in Bilk-
Roy ■ Smeek
Claire Vincent Co

OTTAWA, CAN.
Keith's <8)

Shepps Com Circus
O'Connor & Vaughn
Gaffney & Walton
I.iOUI S.London
T Brown & 6 Bros

FllILA. PA,
. Broadway .
1st half (8-10)
Frank Richardson
Burke & Durkln
Reed & Ducthers
Doherty & Breen
(One to till)

2d half (llrl4)
Burt. & Lehman
Frank .Richardson
Ruth Lfndy
(Two to fill)
Cross Keya
1st half (8-10)
Buddy Page .
Bart & Lehman
Ruth Llndy
(TWO to fill)

2d half (11-14)
Buddy Page
Burke & Durkln
Reed & Ducthers
Doherty & Breen
(Ohe to fill)

Earle (8)
Falls Reading & B
Boao Snyder Co
Sol Gould Co
Irene Vermillion Co
(One to flll)
Grand
1st halt (8-10)
Brown & Lavelle
Alf Loyals Dogs
tiander Bros

2d half (11-14)
Lido 4

Frank Gabtiay
(Ono to flll)
PITTSBURGH. PA.

Davis (8)
W & B' Burke
Paxton-
Waliah St Ellis
Ned Norworth
Enchantment
(One to till)

(1),
Villa & Strlgo
Stuart Sis
Johnny Herman
Our Gang Kids
Barry & Whltledge
6 Daunton Sbaws
Harris
1st half (8-10)
Stanley Gallinl Co
O'Brien & J
Ray Shannon & Co
Shriner & Gregory
(Ono to flll)

2d halt (11-14)
Bub Deb Dancers
Arnold & Florenz
Frledel & Gold Co
l*hr & Belle
(One to nil)
Sheridan Sqoare
let half (8-10)
Arnold & Florenz
Myers A Hantord
Frledel & Gold
Frances Ken'dy Co
(One to flll)

2d half (11-14)
Herbert Rawllnson

SPnXNGFilXD. o.

Paloee

1st halt (8-10)
Four Bars of H
T & R Romalne
Kay's Kutups

ad half (11-14)
Archie & G Falls
Nat Burns
Nan Halperin

STEUBENV'LB, O.
Capitol
let half (8-10)
Irma & L Flower
Loma. Worth
Jack Usher & Co
Harry Holmes
Rhapsody In Silk
2d half (11-14)
The Wclgarids • .
Vera Co\e
Myers & Hanford
Cuckpo
(One to. flll)
SYRACUSE, N; Y.
Keith >8
1st half (8-10).
Seebachs
3 Haueer Boys
Mullen & Fraincls
Olsen A Johnson
Left & D'm'rest Sis

2d half (11-14)
Paulsen Sis -
Villa & Strigo
Hilton & Almy
Olsen & Johnson
Ellda Dancers

2d half (4-7)
Trella Co
Jean Boydell
Murdock & Mayo
Eugene O'Brien
Bussoy & Case
Barr 2

TOLEDO, O.
Keith's

Ist half (8-10)
Johnny Herman
Payne A Hilllard
Julian Ellinge
McKay A Ardlne
6 Mounters

2d . half (11-14)
Ryan Sis
Lane A Byron
Rhea A Santoro
B A E Newell
McDonald 3

2d halt (4-7)
Hayes Marsh A F
Harry J Kelly
Henry Santrey Co
(Two to fill)
TORONTO, CAN.
Hippodrome (8)
Murand A Girton
Jean Boydell
Eugene O'Brien
Bussey A Case
Wells A 4 Fays
(1)"

Everett Sanderson
Harrold A Leonard
Roger Imhoff
Clitrord A Marlon
Olga Mlshka Co

UNION CITY.
IJncoln

1st haU (8-10)
Wade Booth
Hlte A Rcflow
Rowland A Joyce
McCarthy Sis Co
(One to fill) '

2d half (11-14)
Allen Reno
Ruth Mix Co
Neil O'Brien
(Two to flll)

2a halt (4-7)
Ressner Slier A B
Welch-Cunnard Co
Stanley A Qulnette
(TWO to fill)
WARKEN, O.

Bobbins
2d halt (11-14)
Irma A L Flower
Harry Holmes
Sub Deb Dancers
Frances 'Kennedy
Jack. Usher Co
W'inNGT'N, D. O.

Kcith'e (8)
Kafka Stanley A M
Medley A Dupree
Foy Family
Frank Gaby" . ,
Casper Stanley A M
(1)

Kiefer 3

Palls Reading A B
Haynes A Beck
Marie Valente
Joe Laurie Jr
The De • Marcos

wmrE i^ijviNS

Keith's

Ist .half (8-10)
Ken Murray Unit
2a half (11-14)
Kitaro Jaiis
Farnell A Florence
The Fur Show
(Two to nil)

2d half (4-7)
Parisian 4
Frakson ■ .

Modern Cinderella
(Two to fill)
WINSTON SAIiEM
Kdth'e
2d half (11-14)
Big Boy Williams
Bezazian A White
Dallas .Walker Co
Taylor A. Bobby
(One to flll)
YORK. PA.
York O, H.
1st half (8-10)
Melody Fiends
YOUNGSTOWN, O,
Kellh'8
2d half (8'-10) .
(Bame bill plays
Youngstown 2d
half)
Ufe Buoys.
Summers A Hunt
Rbslta •
Scott Saunders
6- Daunton Shaws

2d half (^-T)
Dan Fitch's Mine
Irene Ricardo

R

SEATTUS, WASH.
Orphcnm (7)

Teck Murdock
Odiva
Joe Marks
Bobby Folsom"
M'lr'y McN'co A
Bentell A Go^Id
(30)

Keanc A Whitney
Kaye A Sayre
Ruth Budd
Besser A Balfour
Serge Flash
Marlon Wilklns

ST. LOUIS
St. XA>n\» <7)

Bvcrs A Greta
Francis A Wally
HIckoy Bros
Mcx Tlpica Orch
(One to fill)

Master J.ay Ward
Byi-on A WIlHs
Chas' T Aldrlch

Roy CummlngB
Pavley Oukralnsky
VANCOUVER. D.C,

Orplu'um <V)'
Tlmberg Unit

(30)
Teck Murdock
Odiva A seals .
Joe Marks
Hobby Folsom
M'lr'y Mt-'Ncc A R
Bentell A Gould
WINNU*E<i, CAN.

Oriihoum (7)
Robt Warwick Co
Al K Hall
Uuia A Bonita
Hope Vernon
Burns A Allen
Alleen A Marjorle

(30)
Weaver Bros
Norman Thomas 6
JarvIs A. Harrison
Block A Sully
Uokeil Dancers
Paul Nolan

BOOKED TO .

OPEN THIS WEEK

Direction^

Joe— lEDDY & SMITtf — Ed

22» West 47th St.. Bnlte 901

1

NEW YORK CITY
6th Ave.

1st half (7-9) .
Bobble Adams
Weston A Lyons
Kalh Boyle Boys
(Three to fill)

2d half (10-13)
Robins A Jc.w^.tt
Mnyb. A Lynn .
(Other.«< to flll)
. 86th St.
1st half (7-9)
Eno Tr
Ervell A Doll
Hooper A Gatchett
(Two to flll)

2d. half (10-13)
Harrington Sis
Mitchell A Durant
(Thri'O to flll)
ISGth Stl
1st half (7-9).
Yule' A Dean
Farnell A Florence
Geo l.loyd
Kitaro Japa '
(Two to fill).

2d half (10-13)
White A Nolr
X,um A White
Sohaefer A Bernicc
CThroe to flll)
WESTCHRKTEB
Now Hocliello
lat half (7-9)
Toby Wilson Co
(Others to fill)

2d half (10-;13)
Ken Murray Unit

Mt. Vernon
^ 1st half (7-9)
Frakson

Maurice SamUels
Robins A Jewett
(Two to fill)

2d half (10-13)
Marie Valentl
(Others to flll)
Yonkorn'
lat half (7-9)
Schaefor A Bornlce
Ruth Mix Co
(Three to flll)

I Orpheum

CAIXJABY,^ CAN.

Bekefl Dancera
Norman Thomaa. 6
Jarvis A Harrison
Weaver' Bros
Block A Sully
Paul Nolan
(80)
Timbers Unit

CHICAGO, IIX,

Herbert juawimson i ^''^ISl^^ii^'rurtlB
Ray Shannon & Co Harry Fox A Curtw
Shriner A Gregory I Renee Rlano Co

2d half (11-14)
Twists A Twirls
Bernard A Suzanne
Sllckr.eys Circus
MEADVILIJ'::, PA.
Park '
2d half (11-14)
Frank Shields
Reed A Ray
Under, the Palms
MOBRIST'N. N. J.
Lyon's Pork
2d half (11-14)
Melodious Maids
Cleverland A D
(One to fill)
N'SirV'IXE. T'NN.

Princess (8)
The Graduates
R.TO A Harrison
Wilson A Dobson
joo Browning
4 Balls

I.iestra J^aMont R s
Talent A Mfrlt
W West A McGlnty
I'uxlon

Kltamura Japs
NKWIU IKill

A'ttdcmy
1st halt (8-10)

Johnny Moore

Oua Fuye Co

Ni'il Pis ("o
fOno to nil)

2a halt (11-14)
Jimmy Jilorttan
(OlluTs to nil)

■Jd half (1-7),
Emily ISarlc
(Ja rry ('w<n Co
T'rln(''f=.« W.'it'w'sso
(Two to nil)
NIA(SAIIA FAIXS
Bclh^vlew

Ist half (S-10)
Frank :S>hleld3

Ticbors Seals
(Ore to flll)
PITTSF'LD, MASS.
Palace

let half (8-10)
Lathrop Bros
S'^elly A Heit Rev
Morton A Mack
v'Two to fill)

2d half (11-14)
lAndus 2

Mfss Ann Mr Frank
Chisholm A Breen
Cook A Vernon
FantAstlc Frivol
PLATTSB'G, N, Y.
Stront*.
2d half (11-14)
Bobbe Johnston
Boy Friends
(One to fill)
PORTSMOUTH
Le Roy

2d -hal £^^(41-14 ) :

Arthur A Darling
J ark Do Pell A Co
RT-Oprei A Williams
POUGHKEEPSIE
Avon
1st half (8-10)
Jimmy Morgan
Harrington Sla
(Three to flll)
Johnny Mpore

2d half (11-14)
Gus Faye Co :
Jack Wilson
Nell Sis Co
(One to flll)

Jid half (4-7)
Kathcrlne Hayes
ZeUla Santley
Adeline Bondon Co
(Two to fill)
QUEBEC, CAN.
Keith's (8)
Convey 2
Bobble Johnson
The . Boy Frlrnds
P.nps Hamilton
4 'Van Itlpiiers
BEADING, PA,

Rajuh
l).! half (8-10)
T^o'a Rorloty S.
Smith A Sawyor
Poai'hcs Browning
Wlnchesl^^ A Kose
(Ono to fill)

4 AvI.'-N'i rJits
Al'inp B'v'iiy
((Hlicri to fill)
RICHMOND, VA,
National
2d half (U-14)
mu'!''e Clark
Jay/ n.'at RfV
HAKATOtiA
CongrcsH
2d half (11-14)
Plonoer T Dancers
(Two to fill)'

Give A Take
Joe Daly A Co-Bds
Val Harris Co
Florence Brady
(Two to fill)
^ (30)
PaHenberg's Bears
Gilbert A French
Powers A Wallace
Eddie Conrad Co
Jan Garber's Bd
Shaw A Carroll R v
James Barton
6 Rockets ■

State-Lake (7)
Tom McAuUffe
Ella Shields
HAN Leary
H A F Seamon
The Collegiates
Cecil Alexander
Frank Keenan Co
Courtney Sis
B A J _Rooney

(3(n' ■
Veronica A H'rlf'ls
Wheeler A Sands
Teller Sis A A'kl'd
Morion A Stout
RasteUl
Jjano A Byron
Ken Howell's Coll
Fj-arkcl A Dun levy
GAP Magley
DENVER, OOL.
Orphennn (7)
Music Art Rev;
The College Flirt
Chas M Wilson
Fr"man A Seymour
Hector A Pals

(30)
Lou Tellegen
Roy Rogers
Tlllls. A I^aRue
lArlmor A Hudson
Slim Tlmblln Co
LOS ANOBl/ES
Killstreet (7)
Flo Lewis
Billy Doolcy
Rodrlgo A Llla, Or
Wm Desmond Co
Murray Girls
Wolff A Jerome
(30)

Norwood A Hall
Ship Ahoy
ITayes A Cody
StTwart-7-^--f 111 ve---
Monroe A Grant
Florrio l^avore

Ori»ho«m (7)
I'nih.-rcurr'-nt
Roso A Th'irn'*
Gf-rb'^r's (Jaleties
Yat's A Lawley
I'M win C.or.rpo
Dave Rornlo Orch
((Jne to fi.l)
(30)

Tronc Franklin
Ryan A L<e

2d half (10-13)
Ervcl A Dell
Maurice Samuels
Fabcr:A Wales .
Kalherlno HOyle Co
(One to flll)
NEWARK, N. J
Proctor's (7).
Vic Honey 3
Hayimmd .Bond C.O
Winnie Llghtner ^
Bl'mberg's Puppies
(Ohe to fill)
ALBANY, N. Y.
Grand
1st half (7-9)
Wyolh A. Wyiin
W'rthy A Th'mps'n
Roxy IjaRocca •
Los Chlleno Rev -
Drew A G Ah earn

2d half (10-13)
Our Gang Kids
Allen A J Corclll
(Three to fill)
Ilarmanuff Hall
1st halt (7-0)
Sherry A Adams
(Two to fill)

2d. half (10-13)
Prlnc'ss Wat'wassa
(Two to flll).
TItOY, N. Y.

Proctor's
1st half (7-9)
Drew. A Darling
Land of Clowns
(one to flll)

2d half (lOrlS)
Chabot A Tortonl
On the Rivera
Drew A G Dai-llng
SCIIENJCCTADY
Proctor's
let half (7-9)
Harris. A Clairo
Felovis

Chabot A Tortonl
On the Rivera
Plon'r Tan.;D'nc'rs

2d half (10-13)
Los Chlleno Rev
Baird .A Hewitt
(Threift to fill)

Interstate

Rosalind Ruby
Kelso & Demonde
Jones A Hull
Gamble Boys A B
Mack A LaRiie
MILWAUKKB
Orphoam (7)
Gruber's Oddities
Byron A WUlla
Davie A Darnell
Pavley Oukralnsky
(One to flll)
(30)

Uph'm Whitney Rv
HAN Leary
Florence Brady
Cl'yt'n J'cks'n A D

MINNEAPOLIS
Hcjinopln (7)

Manuel Vega
Mack A Rosslter
Powers A Wallace
Evans- A Mayer
Jan Garber's Orch
(One to flll)
(30)

C Bennington Orch
Val Harris
Robert Warwick
Hope Vernon
Burns A Allen
Alleen A Mar.lorle
OAKLAND, CAL.

Orphcnin (7)
Joseph Regan
Rainbow Rev
Al Abbott
Juliet
PhaTifSW'4
Arthur ByrOn Co

. (30)
Illinois State Bd
T Roy Barnes
Lubin Larry A A
Flo Lewis
Paul Yocan Co
OMAHA, NEB.
Orpheam (7)
Larimer A Hudson
Ceirvo A Mdro
Ixin Tellegen' Co
Rastolll
(One to flll)
(30)

Ella Shields
Ruth Warren Co
Ted A Al Waldman
Polly A .07.
Pearl Regay ■ Co
SAN FRANCISCO
Golden Gate (7)
Mary Haynes
Lubin Larry A A
Jack Hanley
Paul Yocan Co
(Two to nil)

(30)
Murray Olrls
Juliet

Rodrigo A Llla Or
I Indcrfiirrfrnt
Newliofr A PhPlpH
Wolff A Joromo
.=..:=^Orplieum^(:7)
Donald Brian ■
NIoola

Flslier A <311more
Non^-tte

Ilpvi l Uros A Red
George W(/ng Co

(30;
Mary Hnvno^
Rosr; A 'l liorne
Gcrl.fr'H Gaiftws
yaif" A I-awhy
Edwin George
Dave ircrnie Orch

AMARILIX», THK.
Folr
Ist half (8-10)
(Same bill plays
Wichita Falls 2d
half)
Eddie Pardo. Rev
ATLANTA, OA.
Georgia (8)
Zelda Bros
Don Humbert
Gene Fuller Rev,
Hunter A Perclval
In the Orient
AUSTIN, TEX.
Hancock O. H.
(Same bill plays

Waco 2d half)
Bury's Dog Stars
Raines A Avery
Francis K Bushm'n
Texaa Comedy i
Cross Roads.
DALT^S, TEX.
Mojeatlo (8)
Throe Worcestera
Kohn A Deplnto
James CoughUn Co
Demarest A Doland
(One to flll)
ENID, OKLA.
Actee (8)
Bob A M Dupont
Parisian Art
Mike Ames
(Two to flll)
FT. WORTH, TEX

Majestic (8)
Lester Irving 8
Co-eds

Rosooe Alls Co

(Two to fill)

OAI,V»!T'N, TEX

Majestic (8-i))
(Same bill plays
take Charles- 10-11 i
Beaumont, 12-13)
Clyde A M Nelson
TjCgrohs

Harry Holman Co
Jack Clifford
Devil's Circus _.
HOUSTON, TEX.

Mertlnl (8)
Australian Waites
Dare A Wahl

Buster A Mldgeta
(Two to fill)
IJT'LE R'K, ARK.
Mojeatlo
Ist half (8-10)
Ruth Sis A Moore
Billy Shone Co
Bernard A Kellar
Clara K Yourtt
(Ohe to fill)

2d half (11-14)
TjAsalle A Loretta 4
Coley A Jaxon
Marsbcll M'ntg'm'y
(Two to fill)
NEW ORLEANS
Orpheam (8)
The AgemoB
Hewitt Hall
Anger A Fair
Ben Turpin
Rlgoletto Bros
OKI^HOMA CITY

Orpheam (8)
3 Redcaps
Ray Vaughn
Walton A Byron
Ethel Davis
Side Kicks

SAN ANTONIO
Majestic (8)
Prank Viola- Co
Irving A Chaney
Senna A Dean
Nick Lucas
(One to fill)
TDIXA, OKLA.
Orpheum (8).
RasFio Co
Ruth Muse
Fulton A Parker
Ward A Van
James J Jeffries
WICHITA, KAN.
Majoetic
Ist half (8-10)
Bob A! M Dupont
Parisian Aft
MlUo Ames
Bob Hope

Willie West A McG

2d hair (11-14)
Holllngsworth A C
Frantt Peg Jones
Newhort A Phelps
Paul R Midgets
(One. to fill)

ad half (4-7)
Joe Daly Co-Kds
Allen A Canfleld
Seed A Austin
Bert Han Ion
B A II Rooney
DEC ATI' U, IliL.
Linroln Si].
1st -half (8-10)
Husbands
2d half (11-13)
cni'ppclle A C'rlton
ESiuoiid A Grant
Desperate Sam

DES MOINES, lA.
Orphoum

1st half (8'lO)
Teller Sis A A'kl'd
Tod A Al Waldman
Shaw Carroll. Rev
Bob Murphy
Morah A Wiser.

2d half (11-13)
Gilbert A French
Ruth Warro.h Co
Bob Murphy
Jo rry A Baby . Gr
(One to fill)

2d halt (4-7)
Bob Murphy
(lOne. Croeno
Davis A T>arncll
Boe Ho Grey
The llrianta

DETROIT. MICH.
Grnnd-Rlvlera

lat half (8-10)
George Boatty
(Two to flU)

EV'NSV'LLE. IND
Gmiid :

lat half (8-10)
Royal Gascoigncs
OhaS; mil
Signer ' Ifriscoe Bd
Foster A Peggy
(One' to nil) ■

2d half (Xl-13)
F'ater.F'gan A Cox
II A F Usher
G A A Schuler
(Two to fill)

2d half (4-7)
I B liamp Co
A A P Stodmnn
Bvers A Greta
Prod . Hughes :
Ann Garrison S
(Ono to flll)

galeSbukg; ill.

Orpheum
lat half (8-10)
■•Hungaria Co
Roxy La Rocca
Bod Albright Girls

2d half (11-13)
Sawyer A Eddy
Hall A Dexter
Julian Hall Bd
JOLIET, ILL.

Rialto
1st half (8-10)
Ates A Darling
Herbert Clifton
Baby Oxman. .
(Two to fill)

2d half (11-13)
Battery to Bronx
Norree Co ■
(Three to flU)
JOPLIN, M6.

Electric
Ist half (8-10)
Ling A I..ong
Val Dean A Girls
Mack A Stantoii
Klutlng's Ent

2d half (11-13)
Lauren A LaDare
Vernon
(Two to fill)

KAN,S. CITir. MO.
MaJristreet (7)

.tfOuisvllle - Loon's
Bert .Hanlon '
Gene Greene
La Beile Pola Co
Allen A Canfleld
LINCOLN, NEB.
Lincoln (7)
C .Bennington Bd
(TWO to fill)'
MADISON, WIS.
Orphedni
lat halt (8-10)
LaSalle A Mack
Ann Garrison 3
Alexander Sis Co
Ernest' Klatt
Servany 2 Bd

2d half (11-13)
Uph'm Whitney Rv
Wilton A Weber
S Rockets
(Two to flll)

. 2d.htt'f (4-7)
HadJl All
Harry .Tolson
Al K Hall
Moody A . Duncan
(One to fill)
MILWAUKEE
Riverside 7)
Flold'r H'rrlet A H
B A R Goman Rev
Helen Bach 3
(Others to fill)
PFX)RIA, ILL.

I'ltloce -
lat half (8rl0)
Mr A Mrs Petchlng
Olyh lynndl.ck
Yvctte Rugol
Battery to Bronx
(One to flll)

2d. half (11-13)
Bob Albright Girls
Roxy I«a Rocca
Himgaria Co
(Two. to. fill)
(tUINCY, ILL.
WiiNlilnRton
^ Ist half (8-10)
Sawyer A Eddy
Hull A Dexter
Julian Hall Bd

Association

BL'MINTON, I LL.
Majestic

Ist half (8-10)
Ch'ppelle A Crrlton
Esmond A (irant
Desperate Ram

2d half (11-13)
4 Husbands
CHAMPAIGN, ILL.
Orpheam '

l.st half (8-10)
H A F XTsher
Girl Wanted

2d half (11-13)
T B llamp Co
' Visions

. (On o - to n UJ ^

2a half (4-7)
FoBlor A Peggy
(Two to nil)
CIIICAtJO, ILT..

Itclmnnt
iHt hnlf (8-10)
G'r'ia Maririilia Bd
(()l! fTi-- to (ill)

2d half (11-13)
KntiX f.- H;il:cr
IVit Ii;'!oy Co
1 >|jine 1 'a V Hov
Crwo to hll)

Englewood

1st half (8-10)
R'cfr Ch'nd'n A D
Madeline
Pat Daley Co ■
Frankel A DUnlcvy
Diane Day Rev

2d half (11-13)
flid Davis Co
Herbert Clifton
(Three to fill)

Riviera (7)

Morton A Stout
Honoy Hoys
B lyameys
(Two to nil)

-DA V EVI»<) RT.— I A
(^ipitol

lat halt (8-10)
Briants

Km li Wai ron Co
Koy Ilot'cra
,1 iV. I'. (Jr-iiids
iCiri'' l o (ill J

•:tl halt (II 1?.)
{;>i.-iw Curi-n;! Itcv
'(•<-ll> r Si^> A'Ul'il
Mtii.-in A V.'liier
(Two to hli^

ROCKFORD, nJtt
Pnlave

1st half (8-10)
T'ph'm Whitnoy Rtl-
WiUbn A Wober
6 Rockets
(Two to nil)

2d hulf 0 1-13)
IiaSalle A Miu.-k
Ann Garrison 3
Alexntidor Sis Co '
I'lrnest Illntt
Sorvany 2 Bd

id half (4-7)
Jerry A Baby Gr
The Ushora
Horhert ( 'Ufton .
P'ster F^Kan A Com
Claudo De t.'urr Co
Morah A Wiser
SIOUX CITY, lA,

Orplteum
: 1st half (8-10) •'
Gilbert A 'French
Seed A Austin
TIllls A LdUuc R'V
(Two to flll)

2d half (11.13) .
Moody A Duncan
PranUlyn D'AnVore
Chas Tlmblln Co
liiuljl All Co
G;tboi-t A French.

2d halt (-1-7)
Ruiz A Bonita
. ISvans A Mayer
4 Girton Girls
(Two to 'Jill)
SO. BlflND, IND.
PaUi«*e
Ist half (8-10)
Veronica A llurlfl*
Fred Hughes •
A A F Stcdman
Loltl'o Mayor' Girls
Howell's CToIleglana

'2d halt (11-13)
Royal (jnscolgncs
Park tiia A Harvey!
Frankel A Dunlevy
Siwrtvor .Princoe Bd '
(One to fill)

2d half (4-7)
Wilton A Welic'r
Old P'ai'rs va JaaM
A le.xund.Or Sla ' ' . .
lio'cn Ba'oh-. 8
(One to nil) '■ .

spkingf>i:.d. ilu

Orphoum
1st halt ; (8-10)
Harry Carroll Unit
Visions
Varsity 8

2d halt (11-13)
Harry Carroll .Unit

2d halt (4-7)
Julian Hall . Bd
Hall '■ A Dexter
Chas Hill Co
Mann A Bernard Tt '
Yong Kee Tr . :
ST. JOSEPH, MO^
Eleelrlc
1st halt (8-10)
CAM Butters
Axel Christensen
Mason A' Dixon C6
(One to flll)

2rt half (11-13)
Klu Ting's Enta
Cook A Oatman -
Roy Rogers
(One to nil)
ST. LOl'IS, MO.
Grnnd .(8)
Mann Bros
Janet Chllds .
Family Album
Ch'inb.rl'n A Earl*
(Three to flll)
ST. PAUL, MINN.
Palaee-Orpheum
1st half (8^10)
Moody A Duncan
Franklyn D'Amor* .
Chas Tlmblln Co
HadJl All Co
Gilbert A French .

2d halt (11-13)
Seed A Austin
Ted A Al Waldman
THUS A LaRue ReT
(Two to flll)

2d half (4-7)
BAR Goman Ref,
Mack A' Rosslter:
Fielder IPrret & H
E Choonera
La Salle A' Mack
T'RE H'TR, IND;
' Indiana
Ist half (8-10)

0 A A Schuler '

1 B Hamp Co
Banjoland
(Two- to flll)

2d halt (It-ia)
Loii Cameron Co
Jack Major
Ken Howell's Coll
(Two to flll)
TOPEKA, KANa.
NoTolty
Ist halt (8-10)
Holllngsworth A O
(Two to fill)

2d half (11-13)
Cat Dean Girls
Mack A Stanton
(Oho to nil)
WA UK EG AN, lUk
.Genesnee
2d half (11-13)
Mldgetland
Ates A Darling
The Briante
WICHITA, KANS.
Orpheam
1st. half (8-10)
Parisian Art
BAM DuPont
Mike Ames
:w.West-A McGlntr
(One to flll)

2d half (11-13) .
Frank Peg Jones
Holllngsworth ' A O
Newhoff A Phelps
(Two to flll)

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Ed La Vine
Shannon A Corlo B
Night Owls
Ross A Coslello
Dan Brown 3
Arthur Brown Rev

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Century (8)
Glided Cage
Jack Russ'Ml
Allfo Hamilton
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Btrund (H)
Maxine A Bohhy
Marly A Nancy
Ijan Ctolr-man
Trout A H<-rf
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TORONTO, CAN.

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Jf-wols Mannilunn

Nugold Revue
SI Ivor toes
(One 10 flll)
HAMILTON, CAN,

Pantages (S)
Perettos
Jason

Prnsslcr A Klalst
Melody Mansion .
(One to nil)
TOLEDO, O,
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Frunce A LaTell

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Hay A Stone
French Frolics
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Football

Thf annual fall give and . take,
guoss and pray palstinie has started
Vk'ith ■ Navy already having allowed
little 3)'avia-Eikin.s to spill ink all

oyer its '28 record and Notrie Daino
boiriK well chilled by a surprise
breeze from the south, which just
-qllowcd the bound inpr Irish to nose
In a. lead-off ■ victory, at 12 to G.
Loyola was the cause of Soiitli Bend
missinpr a coupio of heart beats last
Saturday. However, the most last-
ing messase this. Louisiana, delGffa'-
tion left behind theni was a broken
wrist attached to the left arm of
Fred Collins.

. Collins is a Rockne back who
that coach. Is reported. to have whis-
pered was , not unlike Grangfe. That
was a year ago and, a^ithdugh Col-
lins never. fulfill<&d the piredictlons
of the whispering campaign, It's not
going to help that he . may be out'
for the entire sieaspn. A tough break
for both the youngster and the
school.

And following this close call No-
tre Dame goes up against 'Wiscon-
sin tills week. Peirhaps the most
attractive feature of the date, at
this timie is that it's Wisconsin's
opening game, showing that This-
tlethwalte's huskies can worry
themselves down to playing Weight
If . the grass; drills and charging
machines, haven't sufllced. • Here's
a. tough . 6ne for the, Badgers to
crack on a break-In date and the
baptism is sure to he hot and heavy,
win or lose. .. There's enough , pre-
game worry just in the Notre Dame
rep to make veterans of the sopho-
mores oh the Wisconsin squad, and
this may prove important later In
the season. It looks very much as
if Rockne is the one who has little
to gain arid everything to lose in
this contest. Wisconsin can tem-
|jer the sting of a decisive defeat
by consoling itself that It's the get

opposite Boston C(41*^;;e amV if thoy
again lose, the yallor.s'^-'-Hcrvson will
be aboiit .shot, with the team possi-
bly developing into one oC those
olevcns wliich has one good game in
its system to unleash against ' a
major opponent, niuch like Illinois
in .'25 again.st Pennsylvania when
ClrangQ pranced in the mud behind
a team that had foUnd itself for one
afternoon,

Tough/Schedules

A host pf todgh. schedules around
this' fail with/ Army undertaking as
hard. a job,^ any and reported shy
of seeofid strong material. It
doesh t seem possible that the
Cadet varsity ' can wade Intact
Harvard, Yale, Nptre Dame, Ne-
braska and Stanfei'd, besides . the
fpur remaining Intermittent games
pptimistically called rest, peripds.
No team in the cpuntry Is under-
taking a mere trying list, that's
sure, and thpse adherents who
think their schppls are up against
ah equally difficult prpposltion will
have to do some tall cpnvincing,
with Nebraska having the best
chance. Pennsylvania tried it In
'25 and came out secpnd . best
against Illinpis and Pittsburgh plus'
victories over Brpwn, Yale and Chi-
cago and with enpugh left to eke
put a 7-0 win pver Its traditipiial
rival, Cprnell. But the Army hasn't
the Navy game tp wprk up tp this
year s'o the ppiht.ers caii be said
tp be put pn a rpund rpbln and tp
dp all the damage they can, apt tP
be considerable . with Cagle and
Murrell still behind the line.
N. Y. U.'s Rating

There's practically jibt a major
college In the east that hasn't got
something more than Its hands
full this fail with the exception of
Brown. The Rhode Island insti-
tution win go up against Yale,
Da,r,tmouth and Colgate and have
a ifortnight between each of these

ROUnS WINS

featherweight Title Again
Goes Abroad When Canzoneri

Loses Decision

Probable Football Winners and Proper Odds

October 6

By Sid Silverman :

GAMES WINNERS
Notre Dame— Wisconsin Notre Dame

Colgate— Vanderbilt Colgate

(Predictions based on fair weather)

ODDS
7-5
• 4-5

away game. Should the M^adison
crew ■ be able to hold Rockne's
troupe to a close score that'll prob-
ably be very satisfactory, and If
the Badgers win it's apt to make
W;isconsin the pest of the confer-
ence for the remainder of the.
season.

Harking back to the Chicago-
Wisconsin game last season doesn't
Indicate that Wisconsin .can find
any boon in the Loyola score. The
Badgers about gave Stagg two
touch-downs that day while pos-
sessing the potential power to win.
Allowing that they're just as big
this year, Thistlethwaite will have
to smarten 'ern up plenty if they're
going to get anywhere. Besides
vyhich Crofoot is gone, at quarter.
Yet, the Wisconsin-Notre Dame
game figures to be close, especially
sP early in OCtoberi with ^an edge
for Rockne due. to a. one -game start
and a week in which to correct the
faults. Loyola uncovered.

Colgate's Fullback
The second importtant game of the
day will be played in the South,
. whei'e Colgate . migrates to frolic
with Vanderbilt. Both these teams
polished off their opening opponents
last week without trouble, but the
upstaters will be handicapped
through not using their first string
colored fullback. Colgate will be
far from reaching a peak at this
date, but ought tp have enough to
squeeze thrpugh an inter-.scctionai
victpry with the southerners the fa
vprite because pf playing in their
back yard and the a.bsence pf CpI
gate's important back field mem-
ber.

That safety Is likely to eitlier
make pr break the Navy. The
cileWfi§-^h""the=^^West=Point'=Tncss
hall alone was prpbably enpugh .tp
shake the Annapolis morale. Yet
• this 2 to 0 defeat Isn't as had as
Chicago npt being able tp even
scpre in Its dpuble-header w^lth
South Carolina and Rlpon. IBad
enough tp twice take It pH the npse,
but npt tp register a point— -woo is
the Midway with Stagg in for many
sleepless nights. The Middies hpok
on to anpther tough scrap this week

games. N. Y, U. Is In the secpnd-
ary class as Meehan has talcen pn
his custoihary pushover opening
quartet pf Saturdays before meet-
ing Colgate Oct 27. That's the
Jongest build-up campaign In the
east although smart and Is suffi-
cient to quell the national honbrs
the New York dailies will be claim-
ing for this outfit by the time Ni-
agara, West Virginia, Wesleyan,
Fbrdham. and Rutgers have, been
put away. Following these Leblang
matinees that big team from the
Bronx will take on Colgate, George-
town, Alfred, Missouri, Carnegie
Tech and the Oregon Aggies. No
doubt that's a more bitter dose than
N. Y. U. was accustomed to b, m.
(before Meehan), but for a school
that gets the amount of publicity
in the M^inhattan papers that this
one does, and after glancing over
.•joiiiie ■ other ^e^feTrn ~geKedrrH?fr7 ' It
certainly appears that someone is
gettingf away with murder.

N. Y. U. has been trying to
snatch public favor from Colum-
bia, much as the Yanks pursued the
local populace fpr years, w^hen the
Giants ruled- alone. But Meehan
isn't getting, any closer with this
lineup, regardless of victories, sim-
ply becauiae there's a bit more class
to thpse Columbia- Dax-tmouth, Wil-
lianris, Cornell and Penn games,
even though the Morningsidc
Heights .squad is a pretty consist-
ent loser against these opponents.
And why is it that N. Y. U. can't
schedule games with those eastern
schools which dig deep into the
traditional lore of tlie gridiron?
East Needs Forwards
At the present time the east In-
dicates it is in dire need of lines-
men. Almost every squad can
"hoast^oC^at^leaat- one^ pr--twp--ball-
carrying jewels, and some coaches
are pvorboard on tho.se backfleld
prima donnas. Rut the elusive pig
.skin advancers are liable to get a
heavy weekly joUliig behind their
own lines unless soine forwards de-
velop.

Dartmouth, Princeton, Yale and
Pcnn each have about all any coach
could want in offensive aspirants.
If Hanover can devise a means pf

By JACK PULASKI

• In ir> rounds of almost continu-
ous socking Andre Routis, a little
Frenchinan, copped the wprld's,
foathorweight title from Tony Can-
zoneri at the Garden Friday night.
.\ndy has been over here for some
time putting up a good showlne,
but hardly rated'.as championship
calibre. He seemed almost Inspired
in outpointing, the titleholder.

Tile yputhful Tpny was npt at his
best. When weighed he was over
the title limit and had to go out
and train pit mpre than a ppuhd
Within the hpur. The result was
weakening, there being little sting
in his seeks. Still, he was the bet-
ting favprlte. Rputls and Canzo-
neri. fpught it put a year or tWo
agp at a tinie when Tony was net
the. titlehplder, the decislpn being
close and In favor of Canzpnerl.
The guess Is that Andre wpn't hpld
the title long. It Is expected he
will sail fpr Paris and get' kissed
pn the cheek beifpre he risks his
newly wen crpwn.

Rputis Is a bPdy puncher, mask-
ing his map with bpth hands as all
fprelgners seem to dp. In the first
rpund Tpny hppked under the de-
fense easily and It Ippked like a
quick knpckput, especially- after
Andre went deWn in the first twp
minutes. The French lad hepped
up withput a cpuht, hpwever, indi-
cating he tpppled. because pf being
off balance ait the time. That also
partly expla.iris his de.sceiit te the
canvas in the. seventh when he. was
wrestled eff his feet.

Andre's Body Punching

Though so good a decond as Dec
Bagley . was in his ccrneir, Tpny
didn't seem tp fathom a method to
counter nor tie up the busy Andre.
The Frenchman was not exactly a
hurricane, but the number of blpws
he landed to Tony's tummy made
it look that. way. Joe Jacobs, in
Routis' corner, appeared to aut-
guess Doc. Joe was a happy bird
when the decision was announced,
They knocked off his Jack Delaney,
but at last he has a champ In the
stable.

Canzoneri Just didn't knew hpw
tp defend himself from the untiring
Routis. . Andre belted him and
flayed him and made him Ippk any-
thing but ai champipn. It was a
cinch UP tP the J2th rPund that
Routis was but In front. Tony bat-
tled in desperation from then pn.
Dpubtless he was tpld by Bagley
that the pnly way he cpuld win was
tP knpck the visiter cpld.

The sure thing bpys were agen-
Ized. Arpund where the betters
hang put all the pans Were frpzen.
They had been laying as. high as
three and fpur tp pne pn Tpny, dis-
counting the kid helng oft fprm.
That group disliked the ' decision
figuring a man who had gpne dpwn
twice cpuldn't win the title. The
Garden fans, hpwover, . fpund np
ccm plaint and the usual razz In
such cases was absent.

It is the secend time a French-
man has ccpped the featherweight
title. Eugene Crlqul held the
crown but a couple pf mpnths and
then was stepped by Johnny Dun-
dee, Routis, like Criqui, Is a game-
ster, but there are a couple of
.^Ajn^ericj,n laiJs who can beat . him.

Canzcneri, If in shape, . 'might "^p
it. Andre was pverjpyed at the
win. He rushed ever to Tpny,
kissing him pn bPth cheeks and the
chin. ■

In the seml-flnal Lcpe Tenerlp
had a fight pn his hands with Basil
Gallianp, but Lppe'a stamina and
punching ability gpt him the d'e-
clsipn.

News From the Daflies

This department contain* rewritten theatrical news items as pub*
lished during the week in the daily papers of New York, Chicagoi
San Francisco, Los Angeles and London. Variety takes no credit
for these news items; each has been rewritten from a daily paper.

NEW YORK —

Irene Fcnwick retained M. L.
Maievinsky, pf O'Brien, Malevihslty
«fc Drlscoll, tp fight a judjgment for
?2;500,000 Pbtained against her tWP
years ago arising out of an old
transactipn.- In 1908 When the wife
pf Felix Isman, she signed, a
mertgage and bphd fpr $3,700,000 pn
New Yprk . prpperty. Under fpre-
clpsure prpceedlngs she became
liable fpr the sum. Meantime Miss
Fen wick had divprced Ismah, mar-
ried and divprced James P. O'Brien,
and then married Llpnel Barry-
mpre, whpse wife she new Is.

It is . understpod that Miss Fen-
wick will set up In an effert tP have
the huge Judgment vacated that
she was less than 18 when signing
tlie mertgage and did net under-
stand the ti'ansaiotipn.

An autpmpbile . driven by Eddie
Mpran struck and killed an un-
identified man in Newark, N. J.
The actpr was held en a technical
charge of manslaughter.

First move in what Is expected
tP be a peripd pf spund patent cbn-
tests was made by H; Grindell-
Matthews when he breadcast the
announcement ho would bring In-
junctipn suits against the Fpx-Case
and DeFerest Phpnpfllm pepple, In-
volving the "gas tube discharge"
principle on which he claims to
have cpntrplling- piatents in Eng-
land and this cpUntry. Rights pn
this device alsp figure in litigation
between Dr. DeFprcst and Fpx-
Case. Vitaphpne is npt cphcerned.

Friends pf De Wolf Hopper will
give a dinner . to the star; at
the Savoy-Plaza Oct. 21 marking
his 50th year on the ^age. Maypr
Walker is honorary chairman of
the committee,

ment fpr 25 per cent, pf the net
and alsp tpp much pvcrhead br
Wagner, who ran the works.

LOS ANGELES

Leettl Dexter, fllm avlatrix. wa»
granted a dlvprce frpm B. Zborow^
sky by Judge Edmpnds Sept. 29i
Cruelty grounds. "

Madame Frances, New Yorlc
mpdlste, filed suit In Lps Angeles
cpurts against Mae Murray, asking
|1,065 fpr cpstumes the latter is al*
leged tP have purchased frem th»
plaintiff In April, 1927.

Ben White Ipst suit for $37,509
against. his brother, Tom White, for'*
mer film casting dlrectPr, when Jury;
returned verdict for defendant loi
Judge Arthur Keetch's cpurt in Loa
Angeles. Evidence shewed Ben had
fprmerly werked fpr Tom pn Cata-
Una Island, off L. A. harbbr. After
leaving employment, Ben charged
he heard Tern had made statements
reflecting o'n his honesty.

Oliver ;Mprpsco Mitchell, former
theatrical jproducer, will npt 'con-
test divorce actlpn of his wife,
Sclma Paley, fermer actress In Lps
Angeles cpurts,. Mbrbscp's attpr*
ney entered default In actipn,-
scheduled fpr trial OctPber 10,

Two of last sumrner's brides from
"Rosalie" returned for Jobs in one
of the neW Ziegfeld shows. It led
Walter Kingsley to Pbserve that
three mentha is about the average.

Edgar Selwyn brpught Suit
against Charles L. Wagner fpr. ah
accpuntin^ of prpfits of "The
Barker." Selwyn alleges an agree-

ALL 'ROUND CORP.

includes Dog Races in N. Y.-
ter Allowances

ihar-

Alb^lny, N. Y., Oct. 2.
Prpmptlpn pf dog races, boxing
and sports, amuisement enterprises
and operation of stadiums arid the-
atres are among the purposes of
the American Spprts Stadium, Inc.,
pf New Yerk City, granted a
charter.

It has a capital pf 2,000 shares,
1,000 shares preferred $100 par
value, and 1,000 shares cpmmon, np
par.

Directors are Charles A. . Corbln,
John F. McCabe, Phillip J. Murphy,
John T. Williams, Gertrude Preiser,
James Addison, Jr., Isah'elle G.
Wright, Elizabeth M. Farley and
Lily M. Wordelman.

$1,000,000 Race Tax

Springfield, 111., Oct,
The only sure thing In the Illinois
race game this year has been the
state department of agriculture,
wMch 1plucked"$l7029 ,9 31 . 2 0 from" the
operators of race tracks in the state
since the law became effective.

tJnder the law this money is di.s-
tributed among state and county
fairs for premium li.st payments.
Thus far $670,000 has been divided
and the surplus of over $350,000 will
be thrown into the stiate legislature
for its appropriation.

shaking the long-legged and lop-
ing Marsters lepse there's gping tP
be plenty of fireworks touched cfC
by the Green besides which Haw-
ley has Black and a ccuple pf oth-
ers, all of whom are potent The
Tiger has the sure-footed Wittmer
arid its tackling demon, Miles, again
with a youngster by the name of
Bennett, up for his first year of
varsity football, expected to border
on the sensational if a line can be
developed to let him reach the op-
Xrosing -secGndary-==defense.=-^-Wltt~
mer, invariably good from two to
five yards, tihould be an Improved
back this fall. What he can do
in an open field never came to
light last season because Roper
had ho play to shake this boy loose
beyond the scrimmage line. He fig-
ures to be one of the best backs
in the east this year and if that
doesn't develop dpuble it In spades
fpr '29.

Yale has Garvey, Hammersley
and Iloben again plus an. Exeter
legacy named Ellis, whp may force
Hoben Into silence arid a halfback
niche. Penn is familiar with the
work of Scull, Murphy and Shober
and expects much from new' back
pointedly named Gentle. If Hood
is eligible at Pitt the Panther will
consider itself offensively heavily
fortified and Harvard has the wil-
lowy French as a threat. The^Army
isn't worrying about its first string
ha ck ncld=Avl th-MurrcL and Jilaglo.-iiL
there, but the Cadets are one group
who seem to lack desirable back-
field replacements.

Practically all these teams are
worried about their forwards from
end to end and, ais usual, it is here
that the survival of the fittest will
be decided each Saturday. It
shapes up as a more than custo-
mary trying season for line
coaches.

A contest over $500,000 estate,
left by Earl A. Fraser, Ocean Park,
Cal., beach resprt amusement man,
lulled, in autp accident June 18, Is.
pn 'between his widpw, Lillian R.
Fraser and. Ethel Fraser Prentiss,-
sister pf the deceased.

Luther Hanger, 19, said tp have
pbtained $1,400 from amateur au-
thoris and scenario writers by mis-
representation through mails, sen-
tenced to year and a day in federal
reform school.

A. B. Barringcr, novelist, scenar- .
1st and film director, in Dickey and
Cass hospital, Hollywood, as result
of Injuries received, in fight with
his cook, Geo. Mullen. Barringer
is said tP be disfigured fPr life by
bites in cheek and lip, alleged, to
have been Inflicted by Mullen, whp
is under arrest. Fight said tp have
occurred pver Mullen's feeding
dpgs in kitchen pf Barringer heme.

Her marriage- tp Rpbert Bp-jt,
father pf Clara Bpw, will npt pre-
vent tlie depprtatipn pf Tul Lpr-
raine, screen actress and clpse
friend Pf Clara. The Lps~ Angeles
iriamigratipn pffice received Inatruc-
tiPns frpm Washlngtpn that Clara's
new mother-in-law must leave the
cpuntry pn pr befpre Oct. 16. Miss
Lprraine Is a native pf New Zealand.
ImmigratiPn recprds shpw that she
came Intp the cPuntry In 1925 as
"Clara Bpw's secretary," ' that she
left later and entered the cpuntry
again Illegally at Tia Juana, Mex-
icp, Jan. 15, 1926. Bpw stated his
wife -will leave in compliance "with
the governmental order.

Wallace Beery, screen actor, in a
deposition made in Los Angeles
court, Sept. 26, denied all charges
made agahist him in the $1,000,000
damage suit of Juanita Montanya.
The girl, with a police record, filed
suit against Beery In September,
1927, alleging that Beery attacked
her in December, 1026, and was
the father of her child, born in No-
vember, 1927. The suit never came
intp court^ HE*"! ^^^^ f^^^'^ hired a
coupTe of new attbFn^yg"^hp~have-
now taken up the case on tlie same
allegations. Beery said the suit was
siinply an extortion proposition.

Marie Prevost says she and her
husband, Kenneth Harlan, hav«
been reconciled.

SAN FRANCISCO

Pauline Curry, stage dancer, filed
suit for $20,000 damages against C.
F. Danner and George Evans for
alleged injuries sustained while rid-
ing In Evans' car two years ago.
According , to the complaint, Evans'
car collided with that driven by
Danner, resulting in her breaking
her right l^nee and jiet mimentl.v
.''earring her legs.

Advices from Paris arc tliat
Clifford Tliompson, oonicdiun, has
flled suit for divorce ugaiusl Nana
F.ryant, former leading woinati :>i
=the- Alcazar.:--( dramaUu.^iaiM^kL Jverii.
and of the Fulton in Oakland. Nlisf^
l?ryant, who came here in '-3 t'«
head the Thomas Wilkes riayer.'-.
later joined cast of "Topsy an.i
Eva" on tour.

Victor Neuhou.«!e, of Denver, orig-
inator of the Community IJttl'
Theatre plan (German) is ni'ix>>-
tlating for a similar institulion li' i ''
for the productipn pf GermMn v^■.^y''
in tb« native tengiie.

Wednesday, October 3, 1928

TIMES SQUARE

VARIETY

45

SIR JOSEPH REGRETS
A USEESS SUMMER!

■•1 * * ■ ■ .

Gave Up All of His Time to the |
Willie Howards— Could Have
Made More Money Fishing

"It has been a useless summer. I
spent It with Mr,; and Mrs. "Wllile
Howard at that Beechhurst town
on Long Island. They are all rlpht,
but I could have made more money
fishing. I have discovered tha.t I
can make more money selling ilsh
than laughs," said Sir Joseph Gins-
berg, as he discreetly glanced about
to see if one of the Howard brothers
■were within listening distance'.

Brought to Sir. Joseph's attention
that WilUe Howard appears to be
malting a big income by selling
laughs on the stage, the Ginsberg,
of the original Flying Ginsbergs, ex-
plained it this way:

"They kiiow Mr. Willie by now
and they know he's funny. Mr.
Willie and myself, also perhaps Mrs.
Willie, know I'm funny, but we
can't get any one else to- believe it,
not even Mr. Gene."

Sir Joseph rejected a suggestion
that he give a free exhibition of his
funnlments every noon on the Mall
at Central Park until a manager en-
gaged him.

"That can't be done," replied Slf
Joseph. "I might catch cold and
they would accuse me impersonat-
ing Dave Mario.i.

"I must have an audience, a the-
atre and a salary," continued Sir
Joseph. "Mr. WlUie told me so and
said I should keep it under my

belt." . ■

Reprimanded

Reprimanded for suggesting he
has wasted the summertime with
such a congenial host as his advice -
giver, Sr. Joe hastily sputtered:

"You must not print that. Mr.
Willie will blame me for talking.
The Howards know I like them,
that's why I am willing to stick
around with Mr. WilHe for so long,
but did you ever have to eat Mrs.
Willie's cooking three times daily,

day after day?" ' ' ■ ' 1 ,

Asked what he Intended doing
during the winter with, the Howards
having given up their summer
home, Sir Joseph did riot Immedi-
ately answer. He slowly said he
had given that no thought, but with
Mr. Willie now working again as
usual and making enough money
for both of them, he felt no need
to bother himself over that.

"I can go into talking pictures,
Ur. Willie told me," said Sir Jo-
(Contlnued on pa,ge 48)

I Smith Ahead of Hoover
On Chi Novelty Sales

Chicago,. Oct. 2.
A check-up of Chicago nov-
elty shops, pitchmen and drug .
stores, .reveals that Smlthi
mementos, badges and novel-
ties are leading the sale of
similar Hoover material.

In Chicago's largest flve-
and-ten the girls are doing
good business wfth the Smith
pliotos, brooches, auto plates
and watch fobs while the
counter phonograph grinds
out "Sidewalks pf New York."

Book stores report Smith bi-
ographies are holding the lead
in sales and that any printed
matter oh the eastern candi-
date enjoys a ready sale.

CHINItS MAY TAKE
iERUITtllFE

Yellow Peril in Times Sq.
Cabaret Restaurant Busi-
ness Seems All-Engulfing
—Mid-Town Section Dot-
ted with Eateries with
Dance and Show

WHITES HANDICAPPED

BOOZE RACKET ARREST

Intended Victims Informed Police
in Advance. .

Java Jag Jazzed

One of the ofC-the-arni bean-
eries in the square tliat has
its wall placarded with signs
advising patrons, they can have
all the coffee they can drink
for a dime, called a halt the
othpr night on a couple of . kib-
itzers.

Tlic manager told the boys
that they could continue on
their java jag, providing thoy
went for a side cash sandwich
or a piece of .sponge cake for
dunking purposes oecasion-

aiiy. . . ■.

GIRL'S GYPPING CHARGE

Cops Make Buses Quit
Stalling on Departures

Henry McCarton and Henry Por-
ter, detectives attached to head-
quarters, have been assigned to
round up operators of bus com-
panies stationed In Times Square
ttiallEairto display deiiarture signs.

.More than six operators have been
served with summonses. Magis-
trate McAndrews recently Imposed
a heavy fine on one violator and
the court decried the actions of
companies operating In such a
manner. Detectives explained to
the court that the Police Commia-
Bioner • had received complaints
against bus lines In the theatrical
district. Passengers nlade impa-
tient by the long wait asked for
the return of their money and re-
ceived abuse, said the sleuths
Word has spread around the Stem
. and barkers are now announcing
When the buses are to leave.

Kathan Rosenberg, 24, clerk, 225
Hart street, Brooklyn, was held In
$1,000 ball by Magistrate McAn
drcws In West Side Court on a
charge of grand larceny preferred
by Jesse Venon, 41 West 94th
street.

Rosenberg was arrested after he
had accepted $150 from Venon for
the delivery of "champagne and
Scotch." The champagne is be
lleved to be cider and y6ast. It Is
being analyzed by Edward Kelly,
city chemist.

1 According to Detective Nell Win-
berry, Venon, recently returned
from Europe, received a phone from
a man who asked how he had en-
joyed himself and then volunteered
to get him some of the same stuff
he had drunk on the: boat.

Realizing that It was either a
hoax or he was going to be gypped,
'. enon notified Detective Wlnberry.
When Rosenberg called and accept-
ed the money for the beverage he
was arrested. ■ Rosenberg explamed
that he was merely a messenger
and did not know what the mer-
chandise was or any more about It
than he was delegated to collect
the money.

Clergyman Creates Fuss
In Theatre— Discharged

KInsolming Wythe, 48. who said
he was a Baptist clergyman of 55
Boulton road, Yonkera, N. Y., and
who hails from the South, was ar-
raigned In Night Court before
Magistrate Hyman Bushel on the
charge of disorderly conduct and
discharged.

The Reverend was arrested by
Patrolman Wldgren of the West
47th street station who -was sum-
moned to Hammerstein's theatre at
63d street and Broadway by the
manager. Tom S. De Bitta, who
charged that the clergyman had
created disorder In the theatre by
refusing to leave the orchestra and
take his seat in the balcony.

Dr. Wythe, said the manager, had
bought a seat for the balcony. An
usher explained hte would have to :
leave the orchestra and go to his
proper seat. The manager states
that Mr. Wythe became so boister-
ous In his refusal the performance
was interfered with. . _ _

When the clergyman was being
booked at the police station, he told
Lieutenant 'Broadway' Johnny Col-
lins that he hailed from the South,
"And I am a strong Smith man,
Broadway Johnny quotes the rev-
erend as saying. However, Collins
was compelled to book Mr. Wythe
who was later taken to Night Court.

TELLS COP HE'LL SUE HIM

"I'll sue you if you arrest me,"
declared Morris Dolbcr, 33, musi-
cian, when Policeman Patrick Foy,
West .47th^ fitreet. station^^
to move from In front oriiie'l'ari-
mount theatre.

Dolber was arrested. In West-
.Side Court, when arraigned before
Magl.slnite McAndi-ews, he. said
the cop had not givon him an op-
porHniity to move and poked him
with the club. Ma.qi>^1r;ite McAn-
drews imposed a $5 fine. The niu-
.sieian K"'"*

AKEESTED ON DOPE CHARGE

Anna Burt, 25, who declares .she
is a eiibaret cnterlaliw.T. w;is held
in $1,000 bail for Special Sessions
when arraigned before Magistrate
^TfrA'ndrinvsHn-Wpst-Sin*L.-X4aiir=t.-^^
a charge of possessing opium.

Mi.«!? Burt was arrested m tier
room at a crah street hotel by 1h>-
trelive Mbffatt of the n.-irer-iK'
snund. Latter .sriid lie reecivf d a
lip tbat the woman was a jupe rid-
ili. t and went lo tlie rnom to inves-
tiir.Tte. He claim!- to h.'ivo foiiixl ;i
.-^luall (luanliiy of t)i<; drug.

Broadway's Yellow Peril, stead
ily flrowing with more and more.
Chinese: restaurants . opened , al
ready evidences keener competition
workinfl out to the benefit of the
performers and the Chinese food
swailowers.

Popular Times Square eateries
which did mass business regardless
are now forced to include elaborate
floor shows, refurbish their dance
music and book in speciar attrac-
tions. Where the throngs assured
each place of a healthy gross on
the. register, the chop suey addicts
now are shopping for a little class
in environment, becoming more epi-
curean not alone in their culinary
requirements, but also on the floor
show trimmings.

Thu.<j. Chlnaland, cornering 43d
street and Broadway In the Hotel
Cadillac structure, for long a
stronghold because of Its psycho-
logical location, has been forced to
put in an elaborate revue. The
Knickerbocker Grill, recently gone
Chink. Is putting on a $500 addi-
tional nut on Its dance music alone.
Oliver Naylor and his Victor re-
cording orchestra open there Octo-
ber 9. A floor show will be includ-
ed, all at no couvert charge and
to a $1.25 to $1.60 table d'hote din-
ner scale.

The new Mayfair on West 44th
street, east of Broadway, on the
site of the Mayfair Theatre* will bo
the last gasp in elaborate chow
meineries, also on a no -couvert
basis, the general thing in all the
midtown Chinese- American food
dispensaries. Their percentage lies
in the tilted food scales for the
after-theatre mob.

Chin Lee's, Too
Chin Lee's, on 49th street and
Broadway, long prospering in its
bridge parties,- club and fraternal
organization gatherings and similar
type of wholesale patronage, a
specialty restaurant, and assured it
a terrific source of Income, has been
compelled to put In a;n elaborate
show In addition to Its dance music.
It plays special attractions on top
of that.

Last week George A. Billings, the
Lincoln Impersonator who has done
some screen work as the double of
the Great Emancipator, played for
over a week as the guest star. Bill-
ings 'lY aTypVbf ^tjt ate^ct for-
eign to a Chinese restaurant. Chin
Lee's is also booking elaborate
specialty acts.

The Palais D'Or, on the site of
the old Palais Royal, with B» A.
Kolfe and his orchestra, remain the
old standby. The owner, Hon.
D'Or, of the Palais D'Or, regrets
chiefly that capacity, limitations are
such beneficial windfall for the
neighboring places because of his
tuniaway.

Another name band, Paul Si)eeht,
la at the Jardin Royal, acro.ss 48th
street on Broadway, which also hfifl
an elaborate floor revue. Like the
Palai."^ D'Or's WEAF radio wire,
Jardin Royal • utilizes WOR, for
steady ether . exploitation, while
Yoeng's on 4!)th and Broadway, lor-
7i\erlv Churchill's, ethorizf-s tlirrAif.di
W.IZ, playing stellar bands . i.M'-r-
miiu.ntly. In addition to a r.onwih-K:
-(lrmi-v<-v u Tod-Jiartcll- iH^Aiumilil
at Voeng's.

Chink Dotted

T,.twPon 42d and HOtli stv<f t, the
S'()i!Mre Is df)t(cd with Chin".--'- r"'.'^-

Mabel

Boehle Kept Borrowing on
Same Car Alleged

A new method of cheating finance
companies was bared when Mabel
Boehle, 21, 104 Hyman court, Brook-
lyn was before Magistrate Mc-
Andrews in West Side Court on a
charge of. grand larceny. She was
held in $1,500 bail for. a hearing
Oct. 8.

According to Harry Shelsey
treasurer for the Hood Commercial
Corp 1775 Broadway, Mabel came
to the ofPice. July 5 and rcci^csted a
loan of $925 on hcr new Buiek. She
produced a bill of sale, Shelsey said,
showing that there were no mort-
gages on the car and the loan was
advanced

Some time later Mabol failed to
meet her regular payment and of-
nclals demanded to know where the
car was. Miss Boehle would not
tell Investigators learned, the au
tomobile had been seized by repre-
sentatives of the Pacific Finance
Corp. because of her failure to meet
payments for a loan previously ad
vanced on a mortg.ige

The Hood concern notified Detec
tive Joe Fitzgerald, West 47th
street station, ^'itzgerald went to
the girl's home and arrested her

The detective said he learned that
she had obtained other loans and
in each instance produced fraudu

PoSce Checking Up on
All Suspicious Joints

A police order issued generally at
New York police headquartoi-s late
last week, exciting the curiosity of.
the dallies, appears to have been a
direction to all of the police to re-
port every suspicious joint or place
on every and aU streets in New
York. .\ ■ .

The system to secure the infor-
mation is for the man on post to
make his report, with precinct de-
tectives checking lip the patrolmen.
Inspectors' staffs are doing a gen-
eral check-up on all of them.

While the order calls for all sus-
picious places, the belief is that It
1.S directly aimed at liquor selling
joints, whether nite clubs, saloons,
speakeasies, drug stores, soda water
coimters or juice selling places.
- Purpose , of the order is thought
to be a follow up of tlie Mayor Jim-
my' Walker's letter to -the seem-
ingly new Republican leader, Mrs.
Willebrandt, of the U, S. Attorney
General office, stating that of over
1,500 liquor violations reported by
the New York police force the fed-
eral forces acted only upon '22, and
those to cmbarraa.s the Al Smith
campaign.

Other su.spected places will be In-
cluded under the classification of
dope, joints, gambling and dlsoi'der-
ly houses.

Village Cabs Dark at 1,
But Speaks No-Hear

The 1 a- m. closing curfew has
gone In again for the cabarets, of
Greenwich Village. Open places
have been warned that unless the
shutters are up at that hour pro-
prietors will be prosecuted and
dance licenses revoked.

The cabaret men figure It th»> jgen-
eral pre-election activity by the
copper.s. .

While the ea])aret men are strug-
alonpr with night business

gling along with
down there are temporarily obeying
.„c.tn«no T^rnrlul.,•u i^icu-- .it, thc spooks arc not, Wlnc joints,
;:^ntTifls of svale to'^rbTta^t Ue he^ slipping over ,red Ink at $1 per
Sn? lhat the cax- i^^^^ free and | qr^art are running until unconscious,
clear of encumberance.

and 44th streets), but the most
notable of the 42d street iLst is the
Knickerbocker Grill and the up-
stairs place right next door to the
N-ew Amsterdam theatre on the
other side of Broadway.

Adjoining the Rialto Is. the Re
public. Across Broadway, next, to
each other, are Chinaland and
Chin's, with the new Mayfair
around thc corner on 44th street
Next door to the Globe is an incon
splcuous onc-fiight-up room which,
as a tip-off to the Oriental epicu-
reans, serves the only on-the-level
chink food iu the Square, It pars
that of I..um Fong's on Canal street
ju.st off Chinatown, which spot
came to Broadwayites' attention.
They "discovered" it as a spot for
real native Chinese dishes (chop
suey and chow m<"in an; as foreign
In China as dirty postal cards are
to the native Parisian, both being
strictly for th«j chump or tourist

trade). ^ ,

On 7th avenue and 4f(th .street la
Joy Yoeng's; on Broadway and
48th to 49th arc the I'alais D'Or,
Jardin Royal, Yoeng's, Chin lice's,
and the Far Kost .stands out one
block further north on Main street.

The new. Canton at COth and
Broadway, over what was the Re-
gal .shoe .stor(s at thc subway en-
trance, is in process of erection for
early opening, with intentions to
make this the top-noteher among
the Chinese-American I'ood empo-
riums. Still further up .'ire the
Martcold C.anh'ns, Cliow iMein 'Inn
;ind othi'r spots, and so on up to
Columbus circle, Jlarh.-m. "SVa.sli-
ingtoM ll.'if^lits and haeU :iK:iin tf> ,:
Chinu., a g.-ld-n bon.-ur/a for (he I .i-t nrnin;< hi-
?^ n t'^^rT^rir rng ^: x'l lo \'^l^^ <'*"^-"==^
. Thi.« (•ornpetition all Ifii'ls
liriUK llic ei)teilairuiifnt
HKjro and more info ini)i.'rlarM e. j ni'.n

(•))i'i)U

with locked doors and no license.

The cabaret bolt of Greenwich
Village has been practically de-
leted within the past year with
about a dozen now operating In

comp.'i.rison to 50 a ye.ar ago. Less
than half of those open are doing
any real business.

■The eating places, pop priced,
arc getting a play but closing at
10, NothinfJT but food in the legit
eating places.

Plenty of Wop joints behind
closed doors with a pint of wine
thrown in or at $1 dinners.

2 Alleged Choosers of
Express Checks Arrested

Looking like clothing store mod-
els, George Phillips, 29, 95 'i;hayer
street, Boston, and Joseph T. Lord.
,10, .31 Gold street, Portch caster,
N. were at- RroaTlway hncl 47tlV"^
street when Charles Fl.sher, special
representative of the treasury de-
partment of the American Railway
Express Company, and Detective
George FcrgusonT" West 47th street
station, arrested the pair.

Charges of forgery wei'e booked
against them. They were taken to
thc Tombs prison to. await arraign-
ment in (Jeneral Sessions, both hav-
ing been indicted.

Lord was emphatic In denying the
cliarge, while his companion merely
.shrugged his sliouUlqrs.

AceorOiii',' to Fisher, on July IS.'
last, (Jlen Haskell, of the U. S. Al-
cohol Commission, 110 East 42nd
street, engaged passage on the
"i'ari.s." Jn a coat in his stateroom
! were iva vellers' cheques amounting
It.) Jj.onn. Haskell went to i he rail
'to wave Kodflbye to frien'ls. l.'pon
rw.at had l-een rilled.
-^-^ .Wiri.!.?.-. .yiri.g.,jl lie j;\ press J:^inpany,_
to l a :-l'"p " u.-i.-.- " iuit on 'niirrj Soleh
•ut iiin'cl j '■liCM':. f.. I'-Isher . learned that two

r]\>-i'i- is

liKdiliood, ;is tmu-

had been dropping the
ill \arious clothlnLC and ha-

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46

VARIETY

TIMES S Q U ARE

Wednesday, October 3, 192$

ON THE SQUARE

How Al Shayne Went Off His Nut

Al Slmyne's latest love aff;ilr became so expensive Al sobered, up over
It. She WHS a nice jjtirrul and Al had been slaking llorists for four
months before ho knew ho had boon sidetracked. Then he commenced to
ijtake piano player.s, so you can see how far he was gone.

Al Is a cabaret" floor m. c. and singer, mostly ballads, , Up In the
CastilUan Gardens on the relham road, Al's hours . are late, and besides
It's a long trip downtown! There Wasn't much for either Al or the
femme to do o-nigjits except to check up each other on the photic;
Both locaters seenied perfectly satisfied. Al was on the Job atid . the
frail was whereever Al phoned.

TThat glided alonff for months and Al was singing "King For a Day"
without realizing its truth. One night Al phoned and no answer. That
evening he s.ang"Laugh, Clown, Laugh" but didn't believe it. The next
afternoon he got her on the phone and the usual stuff: . .

"Listen, honey. I missed you last night. You know that's not right
and, lioney, you didn't call me either. I'll come right over."

Femme I'eplled not to come over and when Al said he wo'uld ca-ll that
evening, she chilled it by telling Al she had gotten married the day
before.

It was then Al. went off his nut. That night at the road house he sang
all the ballads one man can do. After finishing his own show up there,
he came downtown, going to all of the sawdust joints, likkering up and
asking the piano players to play, "Ivemember," "I Love You" or "To-
gether" with the rest of the sob stuff.

.When Al couldn't sing any more he commenced to .stake the pianists
|1, $2 or $5, to' just play the sobbers. In one of the joints when a friend
saw. Al Shayne stake a piano player to $5 for playing a ballad, he
grabbed Al, hustled him to a Turkish bath and in the morning told him
what he had done.'. That cured our Al.

Al thinks he got hunk when the former sweetie phoned him up some
nights later at the road house.

"Listen, Mrs, • said Al. "It's not -nice for a. married woman

\o' call up strange men," and then he sang some more sobbers. .

Cold Hearted Raiders

In a liquor raid the other night In New York, a pbpular eating place
was depopulated through the federal agents, also seizing a patron, alleged
to h?ive purchased the drink upon which the raid was based. It is the
second time since Prohibition, that there has been a liquor pinch In the
place. It is frequented by high New York ofllclals who about make a
meeting point of it. ,

When the patron was placed under arrest, one of the local officials,
making himself known to the federal agent, is said to have requested the
declined to do. His refusal was looTced upon as an exceptional Incident
by tho.se present aware of the. identities.

Lou Holtz' Neat Turn

Lou Holtz, who has operated in realty a:s additional to hia stage activi-
ties;, has sold the Y'andls Court apartment house on West 43rd street to
the 'N^^y York Times. It Is said the comedian turned a profit of $125,000.
Title will not actually pass to the newspa:per until iiext year, Holtz
operating until then.

Old Capitol Apts Gone

The Capitol Apartments, last of the buildings razed this .week p'n the
west side of Broadway between 51st and 52d streets, will be recalled by
many .now prominent In the profession as the place once .oalled home.
In recent years the apartments held a spot in the life of the Square
similar to the old Bartholdl Inn, on the site of what is now the Lo'ew
State theatre building.

The removal of the 51st street block of old buildings has chased a lot
of Bowery gyp and racket shops out of the Square.

Cup Reading Fortune Racket in Tea Rooms

Cup readers are the latest ballyhoo to attract business in the tea roomis
of Times Square and Greenwich Village. Patrons desiring futures are
entitled to . a tea leaf reading from their cups by girls In Gypsy cos-
tume. No extra nick and the dames, old and young, are going heavy for
the racket.

Cops can't interfere since there is no specific fee for the reading.
Places offering this stuff are getting 75 cents for tea and cake, with
the readers getting one-third for their readings, it Is said.

BROADWAY GUIDE

(Changes Weekly)

For show people, as well as laymen, this Guide to general amusements
In New York will be published weekly in response to repeated requests.
It may serve the out-of -towner as ■ time-saver in selection.

PLAYS ON BROADWAY
Current Broadway legitimate attractions are completely listed and
.eo.mmented upon weekly in Variety under the heading > "Shows in New
York and Comment."

In- iliat'llepalHmeWt, both iH the •comment and the actual amount of
the gross receipts of each show, will be found the necessary information
•e to the most successful plays, also the scale of admission churged.

NEW FEATURE PICTURES OF WEEK
Capitol — "Excess Baggajge" (Wm. Haines) (second week).
Colony — "Lonesome" (V. talker) and Ben Bernle, ,.
Paramount— "The Flct t's In" (Bow). :
Rialto— "The Patriot" (Jannings) (run) (sound).
Rivoli — "Two Lovers" (Colman-Banky) (sound) (run).
Roxy — ^^"Wln That Girl" and stage show.

Strand— "The Lion and the Mouse" (Vltaphonc); Vita shorts (2d week).

SPECIAL FEATURES WORTH SEEING
Al Joison's 'The Singing Fool" (Vitaphone) "White Shadows"

"Lilac Time"

"Submarine"

NIGHT LIFE

Cafes booming again with a flock of openings and about-to-be open-
ings. Club Barney in the Village got started Friday with a nice enter-
tainment; ditto the Lido with Rosita and Ramon and Harry Rosenthal's
orchestra in a hunting room setting. Club Mirador Is now patterned
along popular lines and is not the class room It was formerly. The
Monterey is hotsy-totsy with a black-and-tan opera and the Silver
Slipper, Frivolity and Chateau Madrid continue per usual with their
Bummer-shows augmented :for_.th.e.:fftl^^-,=,^:,.^^^^ _

Hotels, are going In for attractions. Yacht Club" Boys open tdhlgHt
(Wednesday) at the Ambassador; Park Central has an elaborate variety
bill-; .Pennsylvania is plugging its new band, Phil Spitalny; the 6niart
St. Regis holds up v/ith Fowler and Tamara and Vincent Lopez's music.

Lopez at his Woodmansten Inn continues big as ever with the rest of
the r<^adhou.scs easing off with the advent of crlsper weather.

RECOMMENDEP SHEET MUSIC

"When You're Smiling" ■ "Dream House"

"Would You Care?" "Waiting and Dreaming"

"Art We Downhearted? No!" "Do You? Don't You"

Chatter in the Loop

. Inaccurate Biographies
Paul Ash

A buiich of th« boys were whooping
it up

In a Barbary Turkish bath;
They snapped wet towels at each
other's legs, .
And whanged with a sawed-oIT
■ lath.

When out of the night and Into the
steam

Strode glamorous young Paul
. Ash;

An awe-some figure of health was he,
Man-dusty and lousy with cash.

Paul glanced about with practlcied
«ye

And spotted ah old piano.
He seated himself at the bOx and
glared

. Like, a mad Gllitziano. .

'Stand back, you whelps!" he roared

" with vlm^
. "And lend me a drunken ear;
"I'll tackle this box and .play in a
way

"That you seldom will see or
hear!"

He socked at the keys with a
mighty bang.
And strong men quavered in fear;
He nurtured the keys with a soft
caress.

Arid scoff.6rs drltVbled a tear.

Then up he Jumped to grab a towel

And tie It 'round his middle;
He shot his hips from left to right
And danced a merry diddle.

"that youngster is good!" a critic

extolled —
.A gangster who passed as a sage
'With that lilt to his hips and a
stick In his hand
"He'd be the nuts on a stage!"

So they put a band on the stage
with the kid,
And told him to do his bit;
And he wiggled his hips and waved
his stick
While the customers threw, a fit.

The dough rolled In and the kid
grew great.
Renowned from Chi to Rome ;
But he never forgets the Barbary

And the bath he onoe called home.

f

Once every year he journeys back

To knock off a soccb tuno.
And wiggle his hips from left to
right

. While his pala ifiall down In a

swoop.

Winning Votes

Acting on a political hunch, a
Loop showman placed a substantial
parlay bet on three horses: "Hon-
est,": "Resourceful,"' "Governor
Smith."

"Honest" was scratched. The
other two won, douhling the show-
man's money.
Another vote for Smith.

An attorney handling a divorce
suit for a vaudeville dancer with-
out hope of fee unless securing ali-
mony for her, has started to gnaw
his desk in two. The girl decided
to return to hubby.

Greenwich Village

By Lew Ney

After waiting a year for tenants
who didn't come, one Fifth avenue
has slashed its rates for one and
two-room apartmients to the. con-
sternation of agents -for remodeled
and made-over places. Practically
all of the new tenants are business
and professional people.

Lower Fifth Is beginning to look
like Park avenue. Dignified brown-
stone fronts trom 40 to 46 are be-
ing razed to make way fOr a co-
operative apartment house. All the
moving spirits of the Village have
some time or other lived at 44 or
46, from Jack McOrath, who long
since established himself In the
MInettas, to Vincent Beltrone, who
left for the bohemian Bradford,
when the brioks began to fall.

Tho southeast corner of 12th
street Is also scheduled for an
apartment house to be ready in a
year.

returned from a summer's cruise to
Maine. The sculptors, Loulso aind
Bert Wilder, have moved to 12 East
IBth street.

Figuring Ahead

Jan Galy and Zhenya have left
their cozy basement, on Bedford
street for a tiny tenement on Front
street, east of the East Side; ' Here
they plan to save enough iri rent
during tho winter to satisfy their
longings for Paris In the spring.

Vincent dl Caprio, for . 20 years
the Village printer on Chrlstojpher
street, has moved to 34. Bedford.

Eva Le Galllenne opens her Civic
Repertory Theatre this week with
lyroliere'ij "The Would-be Gentle-
man" and Bernard's "L'inyltatlon
au Voyage," new productions.
"Hedda Gabler" and "The Cradle
Song" are carried over from the last
season. .

After 11 . seasons of playing
around without a playhouse of their
own, the Lenox Hill Players have
the Cherry Lane for the season.
They are opening early In Novem-
ber with "The Dark Mirror," by
Irving Stone, one of four plays to
be given. Otto H. Kahn is slippln.cr
some of the dough.

■Tim Harris with his g<iitar has

; Tony Arrived— Fiat •

Anthony J. Gudaltls, lad .with lit-
erary ambitions, has severed his
connections with the Universal
Magazine, published spasmodically
In Boston, of all places, for con-
sumption in Paris. He has come
to the Village to find himself and
will. ;■■

Almost broke whesn arriving, Gu-
daltls sought out a small publisher

who offered him a month's grub-,
stake if he would write In that time
a proposed flavory novel. He pre-
ferred to take his chances handling
freight.

Until payday ho lived on broken
cakes from a bakery and lemon
water, too shy to tell he was flat.
A lot of misunderstood Villagers
could take lessons from Tony, but
they won't.

„Rap on Rep

On Greenwich street, below. 14th,,
an Inventor of printing presses
manufactures the machines he
creates. A. trade-journal ad
brought an inquiry from a printing
house in .Dallas.

Dallas is an advanced city In
thought and action. . Shoemakers
there , call themselves "shoe rebot-
tomers" and poor kids are . called
"underprivileged children."

In a postcrlpt to a letter of in-
quiry the Dallas printer flaunts his
pet aversion. "I aih sorry your ad-
dress Is Greenwich Street," he says,
"for I -do riot believe that anything
good can come from Green wich
street and hold an abiding prejudice
against It— that is If It is the same
as Greenwich Village of rotten
fame, . " ■ .■

"It may be my prejudice against
the name Is caused by my Ignordnce
but if Greenwich street is Green-
wich Village,, just forget this letter."

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A Newspaper Comedy ty Ward Morehoiue
Staged by George Abbott

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"THIS, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,
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A new play by
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Wednesday. October 8, 1928

TIMES SQUARE

VARIETY

47

Chatter in New York

Bessie Mttck of the Capltol is va-
Mtlonlng m Atlantic City.
Marda Scanlan. former actress,
copped the agency, for those
German fold-up umbrellas and
Jo^e on the road with the pocket-

nMS^mclal Bongsmith to
the Happiness Boys, has turned ten-
pr* and is coaching this season.
Sydney Shields sails Saturday for

* ^ideJ'^' which titters over

"ii^ SkSS- husband Of
Regina Crewe, the chatterer has
Snded a Hollywood yarn witn
Ajnerican Mercury. .

Jimmy De Tarr. assistant to
LouSla O. Parsons, is In town on a
two weeks' vacation.

Another new Broadway column is
elated to start this month m a

"S;^"il^in literary mob has
cone for John Gilbert.
^ Louise Brooks will spend Friday
here on her way to Ufa.. Jac^
Sen. another Paramount featured
nlaver is aimed for Berlin.
^ The ^mme grlf ters . who sell
cbughdrbps around Times Square
tave to ;tand for teasing because
their yellow suits have 5c painted
on the trousers.

Helen Chandler, Who brightens
UP the coryphee riinks, got exactly.
38 presents from ensemble admir-
. ers when 'she birthdayed las,t week.
Betty Garst, temporarily out by
Illness, has returned to "Rosalie.

Stuart Robsoh, son of famous fa-
ther with same monicker, is conr
•valescing from pneumonia..

Yvonne D'Arle , is now up in. the
air with a 21st floor bungalow
t^partment.
• A lea-f of lettuce and a glass of
Boda water for dinner are cooperat-
ing in making Hazel Jennings
■ylph-like;

Vivlenne Segal still looking for a
chauffeur for her new bus.
"They're kidding about St.. John
' Ervihe's usage of the British noun,
•'stall," as a synonym for seat.

Hey-Hey Broun panicked the
first-nighters at the Mansfield with
an as-you-like-it dross suit. Broun
compromised on the tux with a
decidedly informal soft shirt.

Add bridge addicts: Ben Bernie
The new Friar's gag is the "burn
up" between Bernie and Holtz

from meeting Hann.on Swafter In
London.

against another partnership. When
one of the latter commits a fox
pass, and his partner hops on him,
all the other players besides kid-
IJzers hop onto, him anew and carry
on the burn-up to a faretliewell.
This'U tip off Phil Charig. musical
comedy composer, who takes it too
hard;

P:ithe is getting out a dally house
organ for its . 1,500 employees
throughout the country. Called the
"Dally Rooster" it's a one-page pep
'em affair.
. Jeffery Holinsdale. of the World s
dramatic staff, is also taking care
of the vaude reviews. ;

Dave Eader, AMPA secretary, is
sending out short, snappy news
paragraphs with his weekly an-
nouncement about the association's
weekly luncheon at the Paramount
■ grill.

Dick Robertson, radio songster,
has a police dog named WKAF.

Hilda Ferguson and her new b.
fr^iillon^iirc" y^uthr rHaTOid^^
had their, first spat la.st week al-
though the nuptials are threatened
on the up and up. One of those
cafe differences in 'Jim Redmond'."
. place.

The authors of "Geritlomen of
. the Press" can't get seats from the
producers. Have to buy them.

St. John Ervlne's piece on Tallu-
lah Bahkhead in The World cau.s'od
a panic in more than one news-
paper omcc out of town, to which it
was syndicated. Many editors, who
buy the World's Sunday drama stuff
for their own pages cut the hot
stuff out of it.

lioward Barnes, who stepped into
Mark Barron's dramatic shoes on
the Herald Tribune, is catching the
Palace shows every Monday.

Irvln Cobb, on a hunting trip i"
New England, is reported hoadrd
for a vaude try.

C omm ander J\lc harc l_ Byjj's j::.ib-
er'ty ar fio'le" on ""th e, "men" wTVo" will

make the South Arctic trip with
him Is considered one of the best
ever written on American counL.£,'f.
Each man in Byrd's interesting de-
scription is an individual hero.

Charles Moran Is doing Broad-
way for the Daily News.

Kelcey Allen since his return
from Europe seems more austere
than before the briny trip. Close
friends said he acquired the offish

Dillingham's boy,. Marc liach man
who gives press attention to "The
Big Pond," has been saddled with
the publicity for the Dorothy Stone-
Rogers show.

Gene Belasco, former . Times
Square wlsecraeker Is attached to
DeniDcratlc headquarters lii Hack-
ensack, N, J.

H^irry Mayer has resigned as first
assistant to Carroll. Pierce who
succeeded Walter Kingsley in the
Keith press dept.

Tom Bamberger, in the Shubert
press Sanctum, is now Mae West
ing. .

A iftcr turning down a popular pu
gilist as its paying: tenant, the-same
liotel was not averse to using his
name for publicity purposes In cit-
ing a list of celebs attending its
opening.

Those , who squaAVk on the letter
"S" as spoliepi by w:omen in the
talking pictures should holler mur-
der against the men who speak
over the radio with, a hiss in their
voice.

Herwin Stoddart, considered one
of the .star ad getters in New York,
has left; the Mirror. .Now falls
on Robert Coleman, dramatic edi-
tor, to sec tlvat the theatrical ads
are duly in.

Max Troll Off publicity, after a
spell with First,. National. He's
Europe bound, under contract to
King Features. Mrs. Trell, an at-
torney, sailed with her husband
Sept." 29, .

George Lait- has the- coast bug.
He .goes this month. G.r.andpop
Jack okayed it.

Patricia O'Connor was billed to
open with the Club Mirador's fresh
start, but didn't. One of those
things. But Pa-t got the publicity.

Some of the boys Joining the Pic
ture Club are charging the Initia-
tion- on their swindle sheets: It'^.
a two-way efficiency. Initiation
now $150 and going to $200. .

Leonard. Hall, now with 'Photo
pliiy," fias sold an article to the
"American Mercury."
Sam Shiiyne has left Excellent

Pictures. „ J ir.

Warren Noljln has enrolled m
Mark Van Doren's class in biog-
raphy at the. Ney? School of Social
Research. . a

"Honest SamV Forgotson is the
sponsor .of a fodtball dope sheet. in
the M-G-M office.

Lillian Lorraine left the Park
West hospital Monday, looking as
good as ever all over.

June, claimed to have been the
leading ehgenue of England for sev-
eral years, reached New York
Tuesday on her first trip. She will
have the. title role of Hammerstem s

"Poliy "

Bid O'Brien of the M-G-M ad-
vertising depart is an amateur gar-
dener. Recently .''old a gardenia he
had cultivated for $1,000 or some
such fabulous amount.

John Gilbert is in New York nt
the Warwick. No publicity sent
about his arrival. Maybe because
jSs contract -ith M-G-M ex-
pires Oct 1 and he is east to get
set for the future. '

John loft Hollywood without be-
coming spliced to Greta C,arbo. It
is said three times he got Greta as
far-as- the Jiecnse... bureau...buL,«l?^

alwavs balked.

They say Mac West, who resides
at the Hotel Harding, is flirting
with the idea of or already has ac-
quSed half ownership in the Iios-
?clry. Being in on the ground floor
Se^vould have a pretty good idea

°'|.£ri/':S.s,.'loadiinglady-^for
^.^^?-r .Hampden; i« -"on to^PP^ar
in a new comedy by Ano I amma
entitled, ••TUe Three levers.' Only
three players, each loving.

An inventive Longacreite. with

fa^^r arches,, ^^^^^^^r^l^u^'^n^.
ing the- Out to Lunch Club ^vl U
hopes of later affiliation with the
In Conforence bunch.

ra.mnred tint . impresario -
,^,,in lost he.avUy J"*;- *
icilv slimip. Some say fl.-.O.oo".

l\asU i P.u^ of (5.arrick Players
mlinory. flirting with the talK^rs.
Ditto f'lr Rolio Fu.-hls.

on trio l)ack of his head. .

It's a small world when you can
count four waitres.^es all hailu.f^.
?rom prince Edwar.l Island work-
ing in a chain eatery near 4.d,

At the fall reunion on the 2Gth
inst.. of the Crescent Club, mrjcle
famous heretofore by Daddy
r.rowning-s presence and <;^'P-K'2--
mgs. the big peaches and dough
Sny was again presf-nt, in s<>o<l

humor. Jack La Rue and Beverly
West (Mae'a aistcr) among those
present.

.An operatic manager, now on
the divorce hurdles, Is rumored to
have wed under circumstances -of
sensational duress from the lady.
Tc the Incidents Involved two mem-
bers of his company were witness,
being since retained in service on
account of this knowledge^

Bland's Churchly Home

Bland Johaneson and hubby,
Hugh Kent, have moved to their
new home near Newdorp, Statcn
Island. They are temporarily sleep-
ing in the organ loft, but expect to
mak6 the pulpit the head of their
bed. when Its dust Is off.

They bought a church In S. L,
$10 down and 30c now or then,
Thought it a great scheme to save
up, especially with three ways of
getting there. They can. go over
the Perth Amboy bridge, by the
S. I. ferry or swim. . ~
It was a Christian Science church
before Bland lamped It. . Now the
C. S. cohgregalilon will build a new
edifice, ' ■

• House Varming soon. Bring your
.own, including ear.

Under Cover Leggers

In an ultra "careful" Times
Square office building, not known
to have ever had a "leggle" lessee,
a ncAV tenant with Real Estate on
the door fell under suspicion
through a complaint of noise from
a near office. The siiper got in the
adjoining vacant room with his
oar to the keyliole, when echoes of
rattling dice and phone talks punc-
tured with' such spiels as "The
goods will be there any minute
now," and "Sure, the goods is
okay." resulted In the expulsion of
the busy traders next a. m.

W. Beery's Training

Wallace Beery sings In rBeggars
of Life," the talking plcturia. Sing-
ing is no Innovation for W. Bt. (not
Warner Brothers). He got his
training trying to hold a Job with
the Henry W. Savage's musicals of
many years behind.

Sid Skolsky's Slip-over

As p. a. for Carroll's "Vanities,"
Sid Skolsky slipped over a bear cat
late last week on the reported en-
gagement of Blanche Satchell of
the show to Colonel Lindbergh. AH
the. New York dallies went for it,
with the Journal and Graphic be-
lieving they had exclusives.

As "Vanities" is a $7.70 top mu-
sical, that was some put-over by
the . young publicity pusher.

Gladys Lost Her Doggie

Gladys Glad, "Rosalie" beauty,
lost her dog. It was a cute present
Last week the doggie was poisoned
Gladie grieved deeply, then gave
the mut a rltz burial In the dog
cemetery at Hartsdale,

Benchiey, the Loafer
Robert Benchiey, columnist, crit
ic, humorist and actor, leaves for
the west coast Uiis week for Fox
talkers. Although gone for a month
only, the guy hasn't even written
the story for use in- his new talk-
ing short.

Primus Co. New, Holding Contest
For Novices (0 Make One Picture

Throwaways to Attract Notice-$10 First Charge Cor
Single Photo— Partners Vague on Details

Ing editor of "Screcnland." Crossing
was in the' fact that all .%yero ad-
dressed and sent to Miss Ev.yis
care of "Motion Picture Classic, a
rival mag.. ,

. On the Irtour

Broadcasting stations have gone
leary on political "time." Senator
Borah, speaking for Hoover last
week over NBC. went over his hour
and was cut off. The station was
swamped, with .sciu.awking phono
calls, wires and letters.

Forgotten Friends

The Times Sciuurc pussycats are
licking their lips over the flop of a
former girl friend who jumped into
pictures and rose to the top as a
"Broadway, type." While, the gal
was negotiating a divorce from her
director husband she acquired an
east side money man and Went into
high. As. soon as the decree came
through the banking baby wallced.
Her picture contract was not I'Cr
newed, either. .. , .

The paluka star is coming back
to town after - wiring forgotten
friends she's broke and hopes they U
arrange a little publicity break.

It's the Way

The recent marital split bf^one of
those "ideally mated" • couples
around Times Square has an un-
usual angle. The husband got^the
"settlement." He conned the frau
into signing over her interest in
their act, checked out the balance in
their joint account and held the
family jool-9. . . . .

Manima's • gone back to work and
papa plays the track.

. New Racket

Oiie' young financial genius in a
musical show ensemble has been
picking up . enough change to send
herself to dress designing school by
taking and delivering phone mes-
sages for si.sters afflicted wltn
mammas, hu.sbands or over.seers.
She started the racket free to ac-
commodate two pals, but her num-
ber got circiilatlon even outside her

own show. '

She nicks the cuties BOc a call,
dollar after midnight.

Taming Critics

Two picture reviewers who de-
,mand everything from seats for.
their hats to having their hands
held by the ushers were socially
manhandled at a projection room.
preView last week. One after an-
other they parked themselves in a
front seat, only to be told "that seat
Is reserved for Madame Glyn. ^

A holler went up over the relative
importance of "critics" and. Madame
Glyn but the seat stood reserved
through, although madam c never
showed.

Brevity

• A married couple separated by
the ocean this Summer probably
sent across and back the briefest
series of ■ messages the cable has
had to CiLr?:y^ The first was sent
by the" husband Tn~7seW \ork;— It
read:

Coming back.
Wife— Why?
Husband— Because.

Wife— Oh!
Husband— Nuts.

Xo .'loye" on any of - t.h.e mes-
.•^aAcs.

Peaches' $26 Tips

J'cadies Browning has .-spoiled
llu' ..stage hands along he.r v-aude
! route liv giving them $25 tips,
t I'erformers who foUdwc-!
I ,i,M.|iM-c tlie stage hands tousli to
Kct along with after being .spoiled
; ),y l>..!vhes.

Long Distance Interview

Hi'lon Rowland, sobbie for Klrii;
Features, is to interview Vllma
lianky and Ronald Colman by long
distance phone Oct. 5 with the In-
WvIFw =t:?J "^'bii^^^hroa d ea st-1 n
Vork over WHN and later sent out
: ;is syndicate matter.
I -

Crossed Congrats
.SoiivfboUy'H idea; in M-G-M went
amiss last week when approzi-
matcly 50 actors, directors and ex-
ecutives of the Culver City studio
individually wired congratulations
,to Delight Evans upon her becom-

Lon^ Distance Dulls Memory

A my.4tery .still un.solved Is^ the
reported marriage, in late 1925, of
a Broadway actress recently under-
•'oing a serious operation. In Jan-
.uary, 1927, afamlHar figur^on the^
Main Stem was sent"Jown to At-
lanta on a two years', stretch, where,
immediiitely succeeding his a.r-
rival he received for -many weeks
long tri-daily telogr.ams protesting
eternal;' wifely fealty from the lady
.concerned.

After about two. months the wires
died off, but his statement was he
had been married to the actre-ss just
before starting to serve hl» term.
Alt.ho the gent has been back on
Broadway for a year and a half
the pair have n<jt been seen to-
gothfr, wl)i<-h is whe.rf. the T)lot gets
its tliii'kness.

Working Hours

Tlicalrc openintjs and handling
Uie (Jtiiety and Globe are making
(Jabt; York and Frank Seltzer, .spe-
cial publicists for Fox, put in hours
thut run from nine in the morning
until four tlie next. Ifandllng the
. Poll- - clii'.i ri._Js.. a.l^o... a „part_.o f ._.th clr

Though advertising for 100 men,
women and children who might like
to become film players, that Is hot
the sole purpose of the i'rimus Pic-
lures corp., 22^> We.st -IRth .stre<;t,'
according to vice-pre,'^i(l';ut A. bar-
leho.

Mr. Sarleno says that after pro-
curing a cast, Ills company will
make a picture, and if that proves
successful, it .will make another.

When queried on di.<trthutibn,
Sarlenb stated his company Is not
worrying about that and probably
won't until the picture is completed-
The new outfit attrat;tod attention
with throwaways passed out in
Times Square last Week and Is . un-
der investigation It has estab-
lished It.self in a small suite of of-
fices at the 46th street address.

Several applicants were awaiting .
Interviews. Daniel Pompeii, the
president, was not around. Sarleno
and another brunet gentleman who
later said his name was Oino Cata-
inno, do not speak Knglish fluently.
They gradually get the drift by .
serving a,s interprctdr for each .
other.

. Much time- is consumed over in-
consequential questions when the
boys start to ad lib in the manner
of Chinese singles who roll off half
a minute of fast talk In their n.ative
tongue and explain, "That, means

'No'." ■ • ■ ■

Discovering Talent

As Sarleno explained, his com-
pany is under the impression that
by discovering talented novices it
will eliminate the high cost of en-
gaging established players. A con-
test Is now running, with the win-
ners to have roles in the company's
first production, he said.

There is no fee for registration in
the contest- The requirement is a
photograph of the contestant.
Should the contestant hiive no
photo, one will be supplied at $10
per,

"What the iOO survivors may be
taxed before or at the finish of the
conteist was not expla Ined.

Title of the picture will be
"Martyrs of Love." That .seems the
only point definitely settled to date.

A famous director has been
coaxed away froni Lux & Luse, the
Italian producing company. Sarleno
and the dark gentleman said,: but
they could not remember the fam-
ous director's name at first. It
finally came out as Giha Catalan©.
I^itaer the dark gentleman said that
Is his name, too, and that he is the
famous director whose name he
couldn't remember at first.

4,500 or 45,000
Catalano fiirthor stated ^omc of
the initial picture has already been
completed. Between 4,500 and 45,-
000 feet, he didn't know exactly,
lie's only the director.

Though much of the film has been
made,, the cast has not been
selected, according to the promot-
ers.

Catal'a'ho remarked that "the film
business Is controlled by the Jewish
people," though he did not voice an
objection;

Neither Pompeii nor Sarleno has
been previously identified With tlie
picture business. At first Catalano
seemed to know nothing about the
racket, but later Identified himself
with considerable modesty am the
famous director..

Prlmu.s .haia sold no slo'jk, it was
stated, and Is finah<:ed )>y members
of the company. The only appar-
ent income at present is the $10
for single photos.

glorified was planning a reconcilia-
tion with Bob Kice, her jazz beau,
wiih f}eoi'ge Olsen's band.

Ihit Helen and Aaron are hoo^y-
ing ahoiU perfect soul sym-hreniza-
tioii.

work.

Soul Harmony Hooey

Helen Henderson threat "lis ^ti-
otlier recomiliation with h'-r CO-
year-old ex. ihe Balto rilute. Aaron
Beneseh, who is oi.l 100 g's on a
cash settlement. They're Atlantii-
Cltying again ..•if1"r .■.onslderible ro-
mantic ado tliat the ex- 'Follies

No Coat Room "tipfi

"I'ercy'.s acooniiiiodation," naive- .
ly exclaims the comely coat room

-SliM"=-T^^t""l''n*cy^s'^new-u'estaur,'i.iitT-as-
i^lie sidesteps tips. It's an altogether
new gag in New York rest.aurants.
Percy's is on 6th avenue, near 59th
.street, one. of the most bounteously
furnlslied e.'iterles In the city. It

'lool<s as though the mob will go
for It. Fii^h siic'-inltles \\i\h grill.
l,.-idf.« 45 ft y\Mcr bar, and no-

's.-ll.

48

VARIETY

WOMEN'S PAGE

Wednesday, October 3, 1928

Remarks at Random

By Nellie Revell

May Tojie. the former Lady I'Yanols Hope of London, EnRlanil. but
now Mrs. .Tan .Smuts of Dorohostor, Mass., prepares to return to tho_
stape. She Is now in New York City completing arriuij?oment,s foV the
presentation of a one-act sketch in wliich she Intend.', to appear in in
viaudeville.

Mr. and Mrs. Howard Thurston arp happy In the realization of a Ions
cherished dream. tha,t of havinB their young daughter, Jane, join tliem
In their show. This is her flrst s6ason, having just completed her .school-
ing. She made her debut at the Colonial, Boston, last week, appearing:
with her father in a magic act and In a sjinging and dancing turrt of
her own.

Ernest and Arthur Otto^who up to a few yeivrsi a;go \yere German
comedians in vaudeville, have left the stage flalv- Ernest owns a sand-
wich tiar In Boston and Arthur is in the insurance business In New York.
There are two sisters, Elizabeth and Kitty, who have also' forsaken the
footlights. Kitty has retired to prlv^ life and Elizabeth assists Urnest
in the sandwich shop and works clubs on the side. Their brother, Frank
pttp, still represents the family in the profession.

•Carl Stowe, another trouper of days gone by, is now conducting the
orchestra at. the State Ball Room, Boston.

Dicky Mai-tin, the well-known columnist on the, New York Globe, will
be in advance, of Prank Craven in "The 19.th Hole," taking tlie berth
left vacant • by Itobert Harlow. Mr. Harlo'w Journeys to Australia to
manage the golrirg tour of Walter Hagcn,

Many will grieve to hear that blonde little Frieda Davis, who con-
ducted the, "Cindorolla" column and did intei-views for the Hear.st papers
in 'Boston, has passed awixy after a long illness.

Florists in the vicinity of the Hotel Bellevue are lo'oking fo^^yard. to
■good sales in, grvrdeniasr beginning next week. Word has reached their
ears that Tunis F. Dean, the dobonnriir boulevardier of . press agents., will
make gay the portals of the.ol* Hollis St. theatre, where he will In-
stall "The Bachelor Father" for Eelasco,

Ann Ford, foVmerly assistant to Philip. Hale of the Bo.ston Herald,
is handling the local publicity for the Keith-Albee combination iii Bos-
ton. This comprises the Keith Boston theatre and the now Keith
Memorial theatr€^, which is . in process of construction. Mis.s Ford is
the Boston correspondent for the New York Times.

Womenfolks

By Mdlly Gray

Freedom of Speech

There hasn't been such divine for-
giveness on earth in 1900 .years as
displayed by Alec B. Francis in
"The Lion and the Mouse.": Lionel

I. ' ■

l^arrymore's perf(^ct performance
would convert any anti-audible into
giving the films a constitutional
freedom of speech.

May McEvoy too. She looks lovely
in a velvet ensemble, dark. A
three-quarter length cape was edged
with kolinsky fur, also carried di-
agonally from shoulder to hip on
the gown. A two-piece isatin had
set-in sleeves shirred at shoulder
and .wrist, neck shirred and bottom

of blouse embroideried In a darker
shade. .

On Bbstoh Common

Howa;rd Herrick, ahead of "Take the Air." .

Townsend Walsh, heralding Madge Kennedy in "Paris Bound."

Douglas Bronson, managerialing "^Just a Minute."

Sam Stratton, exploiting "The Queen's Taste."

Harry Bryant, back with "Hold Everything!"

Sam Cohen, money-minder for "The Queen's 'Taste."

Al Butler, "The Silent House" soon.

J. J. Shubert, here for the opening of "The Queen's Taste."
Paula Patterson, mother of George Holland, conducting Society. Page
on Boston Post.

As It Is

Clara Bow looks as| though she
had gained 15 pounds in "The Fleet's
In." A tight bra:sslere doesn't, help.
If Mr. Shulberg doesn't watch her
calories, she'll have to begin wear-
ing underclothes and work In pic-
tures which have a story. The flicks
aren't going to steam over this one.
They've seen all it has right in a
Turkish bath, knees, curves and
creases. No laugjis. No sympathy.
No dramatics.

It won't help Clara and it might
hurt her. After all, the boys can
get this stuff for a penny In the
movlescope arcades.

For the Flaps

"Lonesome," at the Colony, is a
picture aimed right at the hearts
of the flappers. It glorifies pick-ups
and holds out hope for every beaux-
less phone girl. .

It's the girls who know loneliness.
The men have poolrooms.

And- every girl has shared in
some degree the misery of little
Barbara Kent when she sees every
other girl with her own^iobler jelly-
bean. Barbara is just grand for
the women. Her prettiness Is the
plain, attainable kind.

And her istory shows that a. girl
can find happiness even if she has
a bad start and a slightly Imperfect
profile. It's, a good picture.

shop. David Rollins Is a football-
playing juvenile. The romanti|c
theme is faint and languishing.
Even a final clinch Is sidestepped
because the hero has a "cbbd in the
hebd."

No love stuff and a hero with a
sniffle!, *'Wln That Girl" won't.

2 Women for 1 Man

. Barbai'a Bedford and Jacqueline
God.sen both want the same man in

'The City of Purple Dreams." Re-
sult is more a crazy quiU than, a
rainbow. : .

Barbara very good though all she
got was sympathy after saving the
hero twice. Her black cloth coat
had collar and wide reveres of
squirrel, black felt hat especially be-
coming. . , ;

Jacqueline wore a squirrel wrap
with collUr and cuffs of grey fox
and her favprlte frock was of chif-
fon, black pleated . skirt, flowered
blouse whose girdle tied, in a . bow
in front. She wore it several times
as most women do.

Only costumes that got any foot-
age, in "Plastered in Paris" were the
harem Ones and they are of no in-
terest except to designers for bur-
lesque shows. Lola Salvl didn't,
seem quite bewitching enough to
hold a man to a ten-year absentee
engagement against the well known
•American competition. She had a
brief moment in white lace and
wide-brimnled hat.

Ritzy

Girls, See This One

The Capitol gets a picture next
week which should set the femme
customers all a-flutter. "Our Danc-
ing Daughters." The title doesn't
niatter. It's hot.

Modern views;' Girls Who stay
sweet but act wild. Cheating wives.
Stacombed sheiks. And. clothes
which beat a whole fashion parade.

It not only gives the girls ideas
for the moonlight, but it suggests
later alibis for mamma and papa.

And Joan Crawford gives Clara
Bow a fast run in a typical Bow
role. Any fchime who doesn't swal-
Tow'tKTs'Tnce'^ir'fu dg
have been working In "Pleasure
Man."

Wrong "Win"

Flick appeal is zero in "Win That
Girl," Fox's late contribution to the
library of football films. Most girls
have forgotten the difference be-
tween a touchdown and a drop kick.
And the plot neglects romance for
the .sensonable game. Sue Carol is
A collegiate flap wlio runs the sweot-

At the Fifth Avenue

Josle Carole, at the Fifth Avenue,
gets her cent's worth out of a scale.
"Down Home," a black and tan
company, could have started a flre
by friction with the stage floor;
speed was no word for the dancing.

Melba Sisters, in simple taffeta
frocks, played "Among My Souve-
nirs" on suspended liquor bottles.
Quite touching, intentionally or not.

Gertrude Olmstead's flrst appear-
ance was In black satin, "The Hit
of the Show," the dull side with
only a narrow e4ge of the shiny ma-
terial showing on the hip length
cape and hem iand pointed fox trail-
ing after her. A dark frock had a
striking pattern of dlffeirent col-
ored triangles and had the fullness
all in front of the skirt. Gertrude
Aster's opening night costume was
of white, elaborately beaded, and a
cape of black spangles collared in
mixed ostrich.

Edith Roberts and "-The Man
from Headquarters" parted at the
pier with nothing more touching
thari a penciled promise froriti her
andf'a deep sigh from him. Film an-
archy! .Not a kiss in the feature,
Edith had a rather different coif-
fure, both ears covered, but One
waved, covering much of her cheeic
drawn closely, the other loosely
The chinchilla trimming her bro-
cade wrap appeared to be a narrow
roll all around the edge, the double
tier of bead fringe on the gown un-
der It had a heading of beads in a
lattice design. All that backed this
gown was crossed stri^pjcrs of rhine
stones. With a long string of white
coral she had earrings to match.

r^.^Mary.=Astor-=make?-a,^perfcGb-atory.
book princes." in "Heart to Heart."
Her cameolike feattires are just
suited to flaring lace collars, gor-
geously jeweled trains and tiaras
are equally at home on- her. But
the picture goes to Louise Fazenda;
everybody could have named her
from among their friends. Pa should
patent his invention for painting
that "no nian's land" .spot on the
floor. Simple, Nvholcsonie and thor
oughly enjoyable.

Screen Tops Hip Stage

Strange to relate, the Hippodrome
has a better screen than stage show
this Week. Mel K.lee's Reyue has
twelve pretty girls, attractively cos-
tunied and about three laughs, one
of which -was so old It had already
Appeared Jn the "Topics of; the Day"
on the same bill. The nine girls in
the line were dressed always In the
abbreviated style, whether white
crepe blouses studden with beads
and orange velvet pants and high
hats or in green silk fringe with
satin bodices bead trimmed.

On the principals a good-looking
ensemble was of yellow silk flgured
boldly in black; a simple white
crepe with two rows of large scal-
lops at the hem was dainty and a
scarlet taffeta with hat, short gloves
and shoes matching was absolutely
fitting to sing "Harlem" in. The
girls' street dresses were smart, too,
one a red suit with striped over-
blouse, red and black on white, and
another of jersey in shades of
brown.

Betsy Lee, apparently a novice,
takes all the honors from Corliss
Palmer and Jocelyn Lee in "The
Night Bird,'* which is amusing and
camera educating. Betsy ma kes a n
admirable Italian girl, capturing
Reginald Denny in' her old shawl and
long braids, where Miss Palmer in
an extreme model in taffeta,, with
bustle feffect, and all the comehither
arts failed. The costume Miss Pal-
mer wore to the ball consisted of a
few important, beads and a large
chain around her "upper arm.

People who l;now Ganna W;ll.ska
when she lived unpretentiously In
Ni;\v y^rk, as the wife of Dr. Joseph
PYaenkel, never coa.se marvelling!
Of poor Poll.sh parents,. Walska
married and divorced Baron Arcadie
d'Kingorn. who waf killed In the
war. Aft'^r tlie death of Fraenkel,
.she called at the Plaza Hotel, and
introduced herself to Hai'old Mc-
cormick, Chicago millionaire; at
that time^ . istlll married to Eiilth
Rockefeller, daughter of John D.
VVal.ska sought employment with
the Chicago Opera, With which Mc-
Cormick vvas a.ssoeiated. Later Mc-
Cormick .sailed for E^urope. Walska
was on the same .ship. 'So was
Alexander Smith Cochran^ New
York millionaire. McCormlck In-
troduced the two. . Before long they
married, and Cochran gave .her $5,-
000,000. Walska (Jlvor-ced him, and
married McCormlck, who gave her
another ?!>,000,000, Before this mar-
riage McCormlck underwent a gland
operation.

Still, W;aldka wanted to sing! She
tried opera here and abroad, with
scant encouragement. She bought
a theatre in Paris, and opened a
perfume shop. She returne^d to New
York, . and the.: customs officers
seized jewels and furs valued at
$2.500,00.0. While She has boon liv-
ing in Paris, McCormick remained
in Chicago. Ills flist wife, Mrs.
liockefellfer McCorriiick, also lives
in. Chicago.:. She has taken up
Chrl.stian Science. A daughter,
Mathilde, when • 17; married Max
Oser, Swiss riding-master, old
enough to be her father. ^A.nothe,r
daughter, Miiriel. went oil the .stage.
The .son, Fowler, wantiod, to niarry
Ann, daughter of the sensationally
sei)arated and reunited James A.
Stillnians, but Ann miarrled a New
York millionaire, Henry . P.. Dav-
ison.

Hal oid's brother,. ' Cyrus H. Mc^
Cormlck, a Widower, possessed of
millions, married Alice Holt, his
secret.ary. His daughter-in-law,
Mrs. Cyrus H. McCormick, Jr., last
spring joined. Stuart Walker's
dramatic stock in Cincinnati, pro-
r'-amed as Mary Butler.

An entertaining show at the State.
Frank Do bson and his four girls,
with no change of costume, tickled
the audience.

Juvenile Steppers have different
frocks and new silver curtains.
Opening in white satin made with
circular skirts trimmed only with
bows of narrow yellow ribbon on
the front, they changed to shieer ruf-
fles, each girl a different color, and
finally green velvet trunks and white
silk blouses. Tarns matched the

^elyet^ -6|E''§^S9r'^- S^5JEJ— ^£?iS^
with Till "costumes. ■ 'VFour^Walls''
bringing hordes of Gilbert fans.

MARKERT'S ST. LOUIS TROUPE

Some 10 ballet girls from St
Louis arrive in. town this week for
a new Russell Markert unit. They
worked for Markert when he was in
that city. All the Markert girls In
"Ruin or Shine" are al.so from Mis
souri.

Sophie Left Flat

Sophie Tucker announced that
after Lady Mountbaitten visited the
Cornelius . Vanderbllt's at Newport
she .would join the "Red Hot Mama"
at the Park Central. But her lady-
.ship has come to, the Savoy-Plaza
Instead. Lady . Sophie Wavertree
then visited the Vanderbilts.

Perhaps Miss Sophie can now
concoct some publicity with Lady
Sophie! The latter Is married to
Baron Wavertree, noted English
turfman. He owned Minoru, which
Won the Derby fOr King Edward.
Wavertree, riding his own horse,
also won the House of Conimons'
lightweight polntrto-point steeple-
chase.

Lillian Lorraine's Debut

When it was announced that Lil-
lian Lorraine was ill at the '■ Park
West Hospital, several showgirls of-
fered their blood for transfusion,
and got their pictures in the tab-
loids. Grace La Rue also offered
a transfusion, and The Mirror
stated "she received her Introduc-
tion to Broadway, and her oppor-
tunity' in the show business" through
Miss • Lorraine. However,, both
have been on the stage since child-
hood, and Miss La Rue reached
Broadway before Mlsa Lorraine;
Grace acted with Julia Marlowe in
18.93. For years she was of the
vaudeville team, Burke and La .Rue:
In 1906 she was in, "The Blue Mbon,"
at the Casino, and waia prima
donria in "The Follies of 1907."
Miss Lorraine was in "The Gay
White Way," with Blanche Ring, in
1908, and was prima donna in "The
Follies" oC 1909-10-11. She di-
vorced Frederick Greshelmer, and
was reported engaged to Frank Mo-
ran, the pugilist. Of recent years
she has had troubles and reverses^
She fell and injured her spine. Her
trunks were held a few months ago
by a. hotel In 45th street, and she
went to live at Astoria, L. L She
has been known as Brennaju her
mother's maiden name.

Cornell, manager of the Majestic,
in Buffalo. She. acted in New' York
in 1916, with the Washington Square
Players, but made her first hit In
"Nice People," along with Tallu-.
lah Bankhead, In support of Fran-
cine Larrlmore, In 1921. Later .she
became p. .star.

Al Woodig lately announced Mc-
Cllntic and Miss Cornell would co-
star In a two-role ixlay, "Jealousy."
to open in Los Angeles. From Cali-
fornia came word Miss Cornell was
taken ill, and Fay Bal.ntcr and
Glenn Hunter would play the parts.
In New York Hunter withdrew.
Miss Bialnter, and McCllntic opened
out of town. Now the play has
been withdrawn through McCllntic
leaving. Miss Cornell is to star in
a dramatization of "The Age; of
Innocence." Glen Hunter is in vau-
deville, in his Own playlet, "Driven."

Lili Darnita's Escorts

Much has been made of the aris-
tocratic escorts of Lili Damlla,
movie actress, now in Hollywood,
especially n;s, after she had been es-
corted for some time past by Duko
Louis de Vallombrosa, he departed
from California and proceed'jd t6
New Yoi'k at the. same tlnie Prince
George, son of king George, and
ycun.'ter brother of the Prince of
Wales, arrived. In Los Angeles.

The Duke, who makes his hom& iji
Paris. -Is a brother of Mrs. Marie
Joseph Pichon, of Paris, and Of
Count Paul de Vallombi-osa, Count
Paul wais married In New Yorlt last
winter to Mr.s. Walter Goidbeck,
Originally Ruth. Brower,. daughter
of William S. Brower, an electrician,
Ruth was, a stenograi)her In New
York, later . posing for Goidbeck,
portrait-painter, whom she then
married, They lived for several years
at 70 West 45th street. When Gold-
beck died the widow settled In Paris
and entered business with Yvonne
Davidson.

The Count was at one time re-,
ported engaged to Viola Cross, Paris
dressmaker, formerly Viola Kraus,
of New York, who figured in the
El well murder case. The Count and
Countess spent their honeymoon at
Palm i3each as guests of Anita Loos
(Mrs. John Emerson). The Count
and the Duke arc half-American, as
their mother, the late M.arquise An-
tolne de Mores, was . Medora Hoff-
mian, of New York, daughter of the
late Louis Hoffman.

The Duke, who, first met LIU
Damlta In Paris, where she also
met Prince George, is a member of .
the house of Morgan, Harjes & Co.,
Paris branch of J. P. Morgan & Co.
He is a Harvard gradtiate.

Doubt on McClintio

It seems doubtful that Guthrie
McCllntic will ever act on Broad-
way. Years ago he acted with
Grace George and in a Jessie Bon-
stelle stock company. "Then he be-
came assistant to Wlnthrop Ames,
remaining some time. Ames backed
him as producer of "The Dover
Road" in 1921. He married Kath-
erioe Cornell, daughter of Peter

SIR JOE'S SUMMER

(Contlntied from page 45)

seph, "but he wouldn't tell me which
talking pictures. Mrs. Wlllfe said
that the bes* talking pictures are
being made in Hollywood, but she
dUn't offer me carfare. And the
dinner that night . didn't taste so
good, either."

"What do you have to do in talk-
ing pictures? Mr. Willie said if I
wore all of my medals that would
be a panic, but I want , to talk if
they are going to pay me for talk-
ing. I could sing 'Melody Out of the
Sky,' like Al Jolson, but Mr. Willie
told- me to stop that Jolson Imita- -
tation l do or I would put my pal-.
Al, out of the business.

Paid Lay-off

"And as I don't dare imitate Mr.
Willie any more because Mrs, Wil-
lie, doesn't like it, I can't make up
my mind what to do for' the talking
picture people. Mr. Willi© said I
mlg^ht hang around the. studios and
get paid for laying off, but I want
to work."

Sir Joseph was assured he had
spoken pretty roughly against peo-
ple who evidently were nice to him;
despite What they thought person-
ally of the Great Sir Joseph, but Sir
Joe was unperturbed.

"Don't worry," said he. "I do
plenty for those Howards, Don't
I go everywhere they do and with-
out kicking, and don't I oat Mrs.
Willie's cooking the same way?"

Sir Joseph said he has again
sfafted"^fo^lIvc=iJS^Wesf^46tR^mt^^t;^
where he had establlsheil a seven
weeks' rooming house credit. After
he has practiced up wearing a new
monocle, blank on one side, that
Mr. "VVilll© had given him for a La-
bor Day present, he would call at
Variety's office and show off. Sir
Joe stated.

Meanwhile he once more asked
not to quote him on what he ln'1
said about the Howards.

Wednesday, October 3> 1928

EDITORIAL

KIETY

Trade Mark Registered
pabllshea Weekly by VARIETY, toe.
Sine Silverman, Preoldent
164 West 46th Street New Yorlt City

SUBSCRIPTION:

Annual.. .....110 Foreign

Sin ffia Coplee. . t .aj_Ceiita

A Friend of the Show Business

jiharges do' not prevail among cimerahien on the west coast.

* On returning to the home studio the cameraman was asked to return
the money ho had received in overtime. The cameraman failed to see
the point. His employment on the lot was terminated when the pic-
ture was finished.

Vol. XCII.

No. 12

15 YEARS AGO

(From Variety and Clipper)

Independents Who had ifprced con
cessions from the "trust" received
a "setback whoh the ,Edison-Bibr
graph intere.stB bcg^an a price war,
offering two-reel features at a
maximunri of $16 a day against the
price of $36 to |50 charged for in-
dependent multiple-reelers.

A crusade against the San Fran-
cisco Barbary Coast, which had
been gathering force for some time,
wa.s near Its igoal. Dut to local
feeling that the old district would
Interfere with tliel success of the
Panama-P'aciflc Exposition, rule
was made effective divorcing danc-
•Ing ft-om strong drink in the tough
resorts, which, of course, spelled
ruin.

It's a hit unique to hear a nominee for the Presidency of this country
declare he is a friend of the show business. That is what JdX- Smith
Ktated in his letter, written to and printed in Variety last week.

Since that is so unique in the annals of the show buslrtess and so like
Al Smith, whom the people are daily linding out says what he thinks,
it loaves not one . thing to.be said otherwise to the show business, all
of it, in favor of Smith for President. He said more In that brief re-
mark about the stage and screen than all of the trade could say for him.

Those of the theatre, In every one of Its branches, regardless of in-
dividu<al belief or personal leaning, can but decide that if Al Smith
goes to "Washington, the show business has' a friend in the "White
"House. It covers everybody; takes in everything.

The show business has been kicked about plentifully for many years.
Mainly because it never properly organized to secure political recogni-
tion. It had to gain friends, if friends, iii the arena of politics the best
way it could. Usually ther'e has been but one way.

Now comes Al Smith and voluntarily, because he feels that way and
always has, as his intimates have known, to assert himself as friendly
toward, show business, whether he Is or is not elected. It Isn't because
that, friendship could or would be used by or for the show business, or
that Pi-esident Smith could or would do anything for the show business
it did not deserve or was not entitled to, but it's, pretty nice for the
show bu.sirioss to be aware that Al Smith is with, it, in or out of "Wash

It's probably the first time since there was a film industry that
all divisions of it may be found socially ropi"oscntod under one roof. That
is at the Picture Club in the Boni building daily. "Whether it js the
fast dovelo'ping popularity of the club or the swiftly moving picture
business that has squared everything between everybody, and y/ith all
on one level, no one attempts to analyze. But it's there daily to be
seen in the clubrooms, presenting a condition .and situ.ation especially
as to exhibitors and distributors, thought impossible but a few years
back.-

When First N.ational'9 "Whip" played at the Stm.n(L New Yo^k, it
"was peculiarly noted that while the express trains In the picture were
emphasized by sound, no such attention h.ad been given to the big horse
race and scene of the picture. . It is popularly believed that .there Js
always a thrill In^ tlie sbund of beating hoofs.

One of tho independent producers who,, has coYitlnUed. work on his.
schedule regardless of slowing or clfising down by competitors pending
clearance of the situation regarding sound has m.ado an agreement with,
his distributor and the latter in turn with its exch.ange buyers.

If producer and distributor so desire a print may bo withdrawn from
an exchange fo"r synchronization and pictures contracted for
made may be treated for sound or dialog as the producer and dis-
tributor may determine.

show bu.sincss to be aware that Al Smith is with, it, in or out of Wash- 1 A story in Variety last week stated th.at^Fox^ is after
ington or in or out of politics. For if Al Smith is elected Presdent, and picture theatres over the country, and Jnt^"<l«*t ^° .V^^^
v.J^>, ^ *^ «u _:»u* -^w., 1 :v,„„ rru^„„ fl„i,ir,,»r, fi-mri +hv» storv. would be mdlo cxhlbltors now

"Taxi dancing," popular already
In the West was Introduced at the
DansS d'Hiver, liug'e ballroom in the
Fox Audubon buildings It was es-
timated that the toll per dance
brought In gross equal to what
would have been received at a 75c
admission. Entrance free.

he seems to have an excellent chance right noW, with improvemient of
that chance very possible, there is going to be a man In Washington
the reformers will never run ragged.

Therefore to the show business it is immaterial If Prohibition is tho
biggest thing'in this campaign, which it is, or if the bigotry of America is
powerful enough to prevail, or if the women will be unwomenly enough
to take an "unfair position, or the farmoi-s will sway the result; all the
show business cares, or should, is. the opportunity at last to cast a
vote for a Presidential candidate who did not .sidestep the opportunity
to go on record as a friend of the .show business.

Not a single perso'n In the show business can disregard or afford to
overlook that when ca,sting a vote.

Inside Stuff-Pictures

Keith's new National, Boston,
Bought permission to stage a public
dance on the stage following the
show, but the Boston censor turned
thumbs down on the Idea,, ruling
it against public morals.

"Today," problem play adapted
from the Yiddish by George Broad-
hurst, was near production. This
play started a vogue of forcing In-
different dramatic successes
through sensational advertising"
campaigns. Play was generally
condemned by . the reviewers, biit
was nursed into a run by contro-
Tersial booming. Ha.rry Relchen-
bach pre.^9-agented it for Harry
Von Tllzer.

"Romance" with Doris Keane
Impended at the Princess, New
York, the first starring venture of
tliat actress.

Two new thea,tres, and to be among the largest yet on Broadway; are
the Strand (MarkStahley) and the newest Paramount on the New York
theatre site. If it is definitely decided upon for a new Strand, its
capacity will be around 5,800. Paramount's idea for the New York re-
placement Is a house holding ©"ver 6,000.

Moe Mark Is. reported up against the problem of replacing his Strand
while the latter is on a big money profit gait. The Strand of recent
months has been averaging, low, a net weekly profit of from .?n5,000 to
$20,000. Overheaded as It Is at present, the Strand Is the lowest of the
big B'way houses. To throw that profit aside to erect the new huge
one would cost the Strand not only the near-one million lost profit during
the 10 months of construction, but interest, etc., on the new Investment.
Additional space for the Strand's enlargement was secured som.fe time
ago by Mark,

F'aramo'unt is reported having the completed plans for the proposed
new house,' diagomally opposite it's present Paramount of 3,600 capacity.
About a year's time Is estimated to erect the structure.
. Meanwhile reports persists that Roxy has an Idea and site for a new
thGatre, to seat 6,600, on iBroadway, but not reported altogether for a
picture policy. Roxy's ideas fo'r the new house have been vaguely rer
peated. They have come mostly from casual comment Roxy himself
has made as to his future Intentions.

them. These • floldmen, from the story, would be indlo exhibitors^ now
associated with Fox . or to' belong to that organization, . through house

annexation mostly. ' «

Warner Brothers is another chain operator with the same objective. .

Warners may go after the indie houses in the same manner.

Reports coming in to Now York ,soy that Chain already has men

in the field looHing after the indio theatres in spots, with proposals to

^'^Fox^^nd Warners' best buying arguinent; appears to be that they wjll
do business with the indie cxhibs <jn a caslvbaSls. ^Indies aa^-J ^yie In
the past when approached to sell or merger heard about everything but.-
coin.

.. Arthur and Lewis Bard are unlikely to get the reported $200,000 In
their litigation against Far West Theatre Corporation, one of W.est
Coast Theatres subsidiaries, The amount the Bards wiU eventually
get iis a result of their Superior Court action against Far W^est Is
reported at about $2,000. . . - ^ -n,T.,o* . rk«o

The action involved some Bard theatres, property of Far West.^ One
of the Bards was formerly in . the employ of the corporation but ^was
fired by Harold B. Franklin and an injunction to restrain him Ijrom
attempting to disturb the peaceful operations at these theatres Is still.

^^Despfte many cross-complaints by Bard, West Coast Is still In control
of its subsidiary.

Around 1,200 Publix theatres are getting In, back of the American Red
Cross in a drive to raise $250,000 to $500,000 from the houses alone for
sufferers in the recent Florida hurrlca,ne. ^

The cahipalgn was an Idea of Benny Serkowlch, special press agent for
Publix, and has been endorsed by Sani Katz and Adolph Zukor.

Piiblix-Blank position In the DakOtas and Nebraska appears to be
the same as previously. Abe Blank is operating with assistance from
Publix In the two largest cities of the chain, Omaha and Des Molnw-
A hitch lately occurred in the deal whereby Publix was to have pur-
chased Blank's other 50 per cent of the circuit. At present It s as be-
fore, 60-50 between them.

Columbia has changed. Its plan^, for wiring "Submarine" under th^
Photophone process. It Is being fjynchrohlzed on the Western Electric
principle for general release. : First run exhibition at Embassy, New
York, la unwired.

50 YEARS AGO

From {"Oiippcr")

Apropos of the new. season being
now in full swing, Clipper lists 30
major places of amusement open In
New York. Among them are: Legit
houses, Standard, Broadway, Fifth
Avenue, Booth's. Grand opera house.
Park, Lyceum, Union Square, Wal-
lack's, Niblo's, Bowery and Ger-
mania. Principal variety houses:
Cremorna, Brigriton, Argyle, St.
James, Olympic, Pastor's, Comique,
Stadt, Miner's New, Volkes G^irden,
London and Tivoll. Lesser places
. made up .the total ef 30.

I

Yellow fever epidemic continued
In the south. Nine actors and act-
resses were reported down*

Longest ring battle on record In
London, j. Fowler iand "T. Hawkins
fought 63 rounds taking up nearly
three h^purs. Issue still In balance
"When darkness fell and fight stop-
ped. Thby went back at It several
days later and battled another two
hours to a draw.

Predictions made about two years ago were that, the picture houses
of this country were heading into three big. chains. They were then
classed as Loew and Publix (Paramount) together, Keith and Orpheum
with others, and Fo'x heading ah independent chain for the remainder.

The interjection of the Warner Brothers within the past year as a
most potent factor In the picture bu.slness, all ends, has changed that
line up, also the manner In which Fox has expanded as a theatre oper-
ator.

Now It looks like four chains are due; Fox, by Itself; Warners, by
themselves; Publix-Loew possibility, and again an independent chain,
perhaps this time headed by Universal or grouped by themselves.

Meanwhile Fox and Warners are out for the Independents of the
nation. It's no new idea to corral the indies. Its bar up to this time has
been to get the indies to do business, although the number of Indie
exhibs has been steadily reduced through affiliation with chains. A
large bunch remaln.s. , , „

Fox appears to have gotten the idea of going after the Indies on a
wholesale buying plan from his successful negotiations with the New
York independent exhibitors. The plan of gathering In the New Yorkers
is said to have been given to William Fox by Bill Brandt, of the Brandt
Brothers of Brooklyn, Indies, now with Fox. The Brandts have 11

llO VISAS' . ... .^L.- L^,^^ , • ,- ■ - _ / ^. • , ^ - - - ■ • - . - •_ ■_

In the race for house supremacy In a producer's own support. Fox
has a very good start. Warners so' far are likewise in exceUent shape,
through its talker product Is self assertive in creating a demand
amongst all exhibitors, chain or indie, with wired theatres.

The mammoth Idea of a producer protecting himself for distribution
with its own theatre circuit originated with Adolph Zukor. for Famous
Players-Lasky, now Paramount, and with Its chain houses know» as
Publix Theatres. It was but one of the many creations Mr. Zukor
placed Into the then growing picture business. -

Inside StufMf audeviDe

About a year ago the male half of a comedy team was stricken by
blindn'.^ss. Treatment was expected to restore the sight, but^to date,
the man has only been able to distinguish a little light. . Yet his wife,
the feminine half of the duo, sticks to him and is his constant guide.
The man continues to be as cheerful as he can under the. conditions and
playing dates still hopeful that his sight will return as suddenly as It

Another case of domestic loyalty Is that of the healthy vaudevllllan,
long a comedy spoke In a standard ,raude turn, who married a pro-
fessional For several years thoy wcrie not only happy, but enjoyed stage
life as- well. This past year the wife 'became scribusly 111. Doctors
expres.sed grave fears as to her recovery. The husband decided that her
health, could be restored by living In a high, dry place, far from city .

dirt and noises. , .... , ^

Up iri the Adirondacks where they Intend to spend the winter are this
husband and wife with no immediate prospects of either returning to
the stage. The woman's condition is considerably Improved. The hus-
band turned down vaude and burlpsqub offers so that ho . could be at
his wife's side.

Sarah Bernhardt went up three
times in Gilford's balloon in Paris
as a publicity stUnt.

The Brighton theatre. New York,
was dedicated. House w-as on
Broadway between 30th and 31st
streets and apparently the same
= l^tciv; kn jayji^as^thelJBi j oAi.^^^

Frank Bush was telling dialect
stories at the Comique.

J. K. Emmett retui^ed from an
European tour during which he was
reported to have grossed $17,500, his
share being $8,750.

Since it has admitted Inttf Its membership producer owned circuits
thP M P T*©. A. has lost most of its active Independents. The step
nevertheless 'is believed accountable for Pete Woodhull, titled president
rnviting the A. M, P. A. to send a delegate to address the conclave at
Toront? on "Exploitation.": This comes off toT three^ .days start Ing
.Oct 16, Excepting the press agent talk, the program will be a replica
of former years.

From reports of Stanley Company ihen. attendance along that chain
of picture houses has picked up markedly of late. There are over 100
wired liouses at present on the Stanley circuit. The same men say the
sea.son's prospects for Stanley are mo.st encouraging which will be good
news to tho Stanley lay stockholders in Philadelphia.
.^j;^|t;i^^.eomment^^as.made^rC£g3^
First Nationals or mergers,

A west coa.st cameraman working with a unit sent from Los Angeles
to' make a pTcturc in the east learned on his arrival In New York t
woSf be necessary for him to take out a card in the local cameramen's
Sn one of the provisions of his membership required him to ^charge
?or ovorVime, This sum amounted the .firnt week to approximately $250
1 knd the charge the second week nearly the same amount. Overtime

It seemed very likely that In the. upward tilt of Keith's commo'n stock
quotations for the past three weeks as manipulated by pool, that many
of the Keith and Orpheum stockholders must have gotten out at a profit.
Keith stockholders paid around 21 for their holdings. At oVer 30, an
unexpected price, they probably got right put. Orpheum holders had
bought their Orpheuin stock, later merged . with Keith, at prices- from

^^j^^tTp" ran all over Times Square last week to buy Keith's; that It
would go to 35 before turning. . .

Some sadness might have pervaded the old regime's important ranks
as they saw the Keith quotations go up, and knew they could noMeil.
They had been bound by . the Kennedy pact not to dlspo.se of any Keith
stock before Jan. 1, next.

Reports are again abroad involving the possible tr*ansfer of the Simons
(Chicago) Agency's field of operatlon.s to New York, Simons ha.s long
been known to have rell.«^hcd eastern activity, preferring operating In
Chicago, However, from ^talk in New York, the switch la still as fai
away as ever. .

Eddie Conrad claims a full week's salary from "Cross My Heart" from
which he withdrew, succeeded by Don Barclay and tho matter will go

^ Eqi^pr^w-ihrwi^r^igKr^fT^^

Conrad and Sammy Lee had a di.spute, the comedian stating he would
quit as soon as another player could be gotten ready. On the night
he left. the show Conrad demanded two weeks' salary, Joe Click the

I company manager refusing.

The claim for a full week was also turned down by the management
which contended' thfU as Conrad agreed to leave the cast at any time,
the usual two weeks' notice was not necessary.

50

VARIETY

LEGITIMATE

Wednesday, October 3, 1928

Yiddish Producers Forced to Get
Together for Mutual Protection

Anothoc legit season on . the Kast
Side for the Yiddish theatres, worso
than. the. ^wo pi-fccding years wliich
resulted in the loss of several bank-
rolls, is ^^alling- forth the emergency
brakes through means of the newly
..formed Yiddish Theatre Managers'
Protective Assooiatloh.

To combat the various causes
.drawing patronage .a\yay from the
Yiddish theatre, one of the decisions
.will result in increased production.
The producers, and operators, faced
by a crisis, are more inclined to
work together.

The M. P. A. has been empowered
to decide the length of run of a
sliQW, at what time it shall open
and when ciosln.i?. To get more
business there will be four or five
new productions during the season
in theatres where formerly but two
or. three, the executives figuring to
get the same patrons several times.
. Strict measures will also be taken
against producers inclined to copy
Ideas from each other. This has
given the productions a similarity
In the past, not found healthy for
the box oflice.

Wealthy Doctor Likes
His Own "Happy Days'*

Los Angeles, Oct. 2,.
. .Richard Carle and Max Dill will
flucceed Fields and Johnson as pro-
fessional comedians in "Happy
Days," the current attraction at the
Mayan next. week. This show was
originally written by Dill and Dr.
Charles McGettlgen, San Francisco
physician. .

br, McGettigen is wealthy and
though the show has not been ac-
claimed highly locally he Insists It
go on, he is financing it himself
• and is trying to shape it up in Los
Angeles, regardless of expenditure
(SO that it will be in shape to show
to San Francisco. He figures that
by Nov. 1 it can be done. Mean-
time he guarantees rent and op-
erating expense of the Mayan.

No Assets for Garden
Vandals Ruined Scenery

" St. Louis, Oct. 2.

Whatever of assets were left by
the five wieeks of steady rains
which put the Garden theatre, out-
doors, out of business, early this
Bummer have been rendered almost
worthless by vandals.

That statcirricnt was made here
during the hearing in bankruptcy
court of the case of Charles Sin-
clair, Inc., operator of the Garden
theatre.

Scenery and other theatrical be-
longings were so daubed up with
creosote by vandals after the the-
atre closad that the fear was ex-
pressed at the bankruptcy hearing
the scenic assets are of little value.

It was testified that the fast
dwindling assets of the Sinclair
corporation had been cut from $6,-
800 to $3,800, at least, making it
practically Impossible to meet the
preferred claims of about 8 pei'sons.
Including chorus girls and men,
ushers and ticket agents, several
musicians and William Parsons, the
musical direcTor Sf "the" stock mil -
sical comedy" company.

AHEAD AND BACK

Charles McClintock, ahead of "In-
terference."

. Bernard Simon, in advance "Mar-
to Miillohs" and "Volpone."

Alfred Head, in advance of
"Poi-gy."

May Dowlinp, with . "My Mary-
land" and ."Silent Hou.se" in Chi-
cago.

Arch jMcGovern, in advance Chi-
cago CO. "Whispering Friends." .

i3. C. lOdsoli, in advance Mr.s, Lcs-
lle Carter in "Shanghai Gesture." '.

Ray Honder.sori, ahead of George
Arliss in "Merchant of Venice."

Al. Strassman, publicity, for "Ad-
venture" (S.L.P. Productions).

C. Taylor, formerly with Holzman
& Dorfinan, publicity for "Goin'
"Home-=-(-Bror.-k --Pemberton).----=^- --

R. Sparks, press work for "This
Thing Called I^ovc" (Patterson Mc-
Nutt.).

AI. U. Kinzler, publicity for
"Cross My Heart" (Sammy I.rf>c).

T. Van Dyke, publicity for "War
Song" (Sam Harris),
• Clay Lambei't is booking th<'
"Trial of Alary Diigan" .shows on
tour for A. II. Wood.s.

The Landlord!

San Francisco, Oct. .5.
During a. rehearsal of "An-
tenia," in which Henry Duffy
is presenting Marjorle Ram-
beau at his Alcazar, Director
Walter Gilbert was in the,
midst of a teh80 dramatic
scene with . the . star, when
Theodore Ilale, local likiuity
representative, walked Into the
hall.

Miss Ranibeaii stopped .short
in her lines. Throwing up lier
arms in a gesture of despair,
she said to Gilbert;

"Stop it, Wallie; here's ihe
landlord." ■

Equity Indifferent
To A. T. A. M. Troubles

Union trouble was averted at
Mamaroneck, N. Y.; last week when
"The Shanghai Gesture" opened
there, after 'stage hands threatened
to walk out because; the company
manager was not a member of the
unionized Association of Theatrical
Agents and Managers, The move
was regarded aa a bluff arid the
show went. on.

The local crew was entirely on
Its own, the isame going- for other
reported tiffs in Boston recently.
The A. T. A, M. has deplored the
incidents, stating they occurred
without its knowledge and disclaim-
ing any participation.

Equity's position as a union was
made clear, officials declaring that
Equity members would continue to
play any arid all such engagements
regardless of the backstage union's
attitude. The Mamaroneck matter
was not brought ofliclaily to Equity's
attention but- it -wa.% pointed out
that . members have, and are .playing
even where stage hands have walk-
ed, in the absence of . any agrees
ment between the various urilons in-
volved. .'.^ .

Tlie A. T. A. M. now .hais 482
members enrolled. The .new organi-
zation has set forth it's, position,
iilmlng through organization to help
show business especially' on the
road. It has rated general press
representative? and New York press
agents as executives and " therefore
not urged to join the union. It is
felt that by working, with affiliated
unioris . business on the road can
be much improved.

At a conference last week with
Joseph P, Bickerton, . Jr., secretary
for the managers, the A. T. A. M.
asked for a uniform contract. The
cardinal difference between the pro-
po.Med contract, being drawn up by
Judge M. H. Grosman, is the crea-
tion of a board of trad©, composed
of A, T. A. M. executives. This
board Is designed to hold members
strictly to the rules of the organi-
zation. Contracts would be filed
with the board and all differences
and disputes handled along arbitra-
tion lines. Other points cover the
two weeks' notice clause and pro-
vide there be at least one man
ahead and one back -with each show,
instead of doubling. The' latter
points have - been conceded . by the
managers In the Theatrical Press
Representatives contract.

Court Won't Enjoin
In Hammerstein Matter

Because there is serious doubt
that Alexander IJ. Fine's contract
with Arthur Hammerstein for his
Russian Art Choir had not expired,
Ju-stice Valerite rcfu.^od to enjoin
the producer from re-employlng
Fine's singers under individual con-
tract . for the road tour ot "The
Golden Dawn." Hammerstein had
purchased 60 voices at $3,000 a week
arid later 50 voices at $2,600 a week
from Fine for "The Song of the
Flame," but Hammerstein is
charged with having induced the
singers to leave Fine's manageriient
and realign with him for the new
enterprise under separate contract.
^-■Ju s tioe^'alente-- conclu dos-- in =-an-
opinion which seem.s typical of all
such theatrical suits that a re.<=:train-
ing writ i.** too radical a remedy
and would afford Fine the .same re-
lief he would be entitled to ulti-
mately after trial of the i.ssuea. In
fact, a trial would become needlea.s
.sirico the ■ injunction gives the
plaintiff all he wants in tlie first
I. lace.

ALEXANDER LEFTWICH

Mr.: Leftwich has staged "Hit the
Deck," "The Connecticut Yankee,"
•'Take the Air," "Rain or Shine."
"Present Arms/' "The Song ^IVriter,"
"C^hee Chee" and is now working on
"The Crooks' Convention" for Lyle
Andrews. He will be available to
.stage dramatic or musical produc-
tions about the middle of October.

Direction

RALPH G. FARNUM

1560 BROADWAY

Five Shows Out

Four of the newer aittractiohs on
Broadway . were added to last
week's closing list, the quartet be-
ing flops. Another brace of clos-
ings are dated for this week-end.

"Ringside," presented at. the
Broadhurst . by. Gene Buck, was
taken ofC after playing five weeks.
"The Big Fight," an opposed prize
ring show, did not affect trade, but
"Ringside" could not cjimb over the
$10,000 and $11,000 mark, which was
under the theatre's stop limit. Tlie
play may lie revamped and sent on
tour, minus the fight scene,

"The Great Power," presented by
Myron C. Fkgan at the Ritz, closed
Saturday, playing three weeks. The
play was sold as a talker for pic-
tures, this stage engagement then
ending, . .

Shows in Rehearsal

"Mueip In May" Shuberts).
"Americana" (J. P. Mc

Kvoy)

"Rainbow" (Philip Goodihan)
"Animal Crackera" (Sam H.
HOjrris)

"Olympia" (Gilbert Miller)
"iviimi" (David Eelasco)
"Tin' Pan Alley" (Henry
Forbes), .
"Jingles" (C, B. Dillingham).
. ".Whoopee" (Florenz .Zieg-
feld).

"Faust" (Theatre Guild).
"The Sandy Hooker" (Mess-
more Kendall).

"The Jealous Moon" (Brady
& Wlmari).

• "Bad Debts" (Shuberts),
"The Squealer" (Jack Lln-
, der),

"The Yellow Jacket"

(Charles Coburn).

Future Plays

THE GREAT POWER
' Opened Sept.! 11. Generally
planned. "Uneven, implausible
play," said Colman (Mirror),
but Osborn (Eve. World) filed
minority opinion, declaring. "ah
evening of unusual excite-
ments and interests."

"The Big Pond," presented by
Edwin Knopf and William Faiiiii-
worth, closed on the sanie date,
playing six weeks to mediocre
grosses, approximating $7,000
weekly. Not profitable at pace.

THE BIG POND
Opened Aug. 21. Da Rohan
(American) said: "Elected to
hit class by comfortable ma-
jority." NoticM moderately
good.

Variety (Land) said:
"Broadway stag* engagement
will be limited."

"The Song Writer.- presented by
Georgie Price and Alex Tokel, went
out Saturday, playing seven wock.s.
Attraction guaranteed $3,500 for the
final two weeks, grossing little
more.

THE SONG WRITER
Opened Aug. 13. Winchell
(Graphic)- believed it "promis-
ing, contender." Anderson
(Journal) reported: "A ..dull
show on hot night." Gabriel
(Sun) termed it: "Cheap,
r a u e 6 u s and incredibly
cheeky."

V a r i e t y (I b « e) opined
wouldn't do^

"The Silent House" will leave the
Harris for the road this week, hav-
ing played 35 weeks. It opened at
the Morosco and enjoyed good busi-
ness there, averaging $16,000 for . a

THE SILENT HOUSE
Opened Feb. 7. Littell (Post)
said: "For a thing of this kihd
the performance could not be
better." "Undoubtedly set for
a long and furious run" pre-
dicted Gabriel (Sun).

Variety (Ibee) said: "Should
go through balance of season
and may stay longer."

time. During the summer it wa.=?
moved to the Shubert and recently
switched to the Harris. Recently
about $9,000.

"Fast Life," presented by A. 11.
Woods at the Ambassador last
Wednesday, will be taken off Sat-
urday. The show drew a uniform
panning and is regarded as huvinR
very little chance.

IIowa.rd Schnebbe, in his first
production since acquiring the lease
on the Hudson, Neiw York, will be
associated with Gerald Bacon In tlie
production of a comedy now called
"Undressed Kid," by William A.
(SrewT- .Cast, includes John. Cum-
berla,nd, . Harry Bannister, Robert
llyman, Betty Sherwood, Dorothy
Chai-d. Thlbs Lawton. Tjaura Burt.'
Creorge Vivian will direct. . .

Busljy Berkeley, is staging the
dancefi for Philip Goodman's "Rain-
bow," the Stall Ings -Hammerstein -
Youmans musical, opening the
Gallo Theatre Oct. 11.

Seymour Folix has been signed"
by Flo Zlegfeld to stage the dances
for "Whoopee" and "Show Girl."

"Sandalwood," from thei novel, in
rehea,rsal next \yeok by the Maurice
Abbe Productions, Ahbey has made
the adaptation.

"Dynamo," by Kugone O'Neill has
been added to the list of forthcom-
ing productions this season by the
Theatre Guild. It will follow
'Faust," now in rehearsal.

"The Town's Woman" goe.q into
rehearsal next week . with Howard
Schnebbe and Gerald Bacon, pro-
ducers, •

"Street of a Thousand Shadows,"

by Euleta Wadsworth and Mrs.
Katherine Browning, fir.st original
to be done by the Pa .sad en a Com-
munity .PIayhou.<?e. since Witter
Bynner's "Cake." Chinese locale
and deals with white heroine in
native surroundings.

"Gods of Lightening," by Max-
well Anderson and Harold Hicker-
son, went into rehearsal, sponsored
by Hamilton McFadden, Charles
Bickford heads cast.

"The ' Lady Lies," new play by
John Mieehan, accepted for produc-
tion by Santley, Barter & • Mc-
Ciowan.

"Pleased to Meet You," dramatl-
y.atlon of the novel of same title by
Christopher Merely, will be given a
stock trial by the Rialto Players.
Rialto. Hobbken, N, J., Oct. 29, pre-
p.'iratory to being reproduced as a
logit attraction. Merely has also
made dramatization of th'e piece.

"Olympia" is in rehearsal for Gll-
bort Miller. Opens in Wilmington,
Del., next week,

Ned Jakobs ha;s taken over "The
Call Woman" by Archa Colby. In
rehearsal.

Veiller Holds to $5,000

As" Film Men Sue

Btiyard Veiller whose "The Trial
of Mary iDugan" was Broadway's
stand-out melodrama last season, Is
the defendant in a peculiar suit for
the recovery of $5,000 sought by Sol
Ashor and Edward Small,, inde-
pendant* picture producers. The
complainants paid the author that
.sum a.bout three years ago as an
advance on what they believed to
be the screen rights to "The Claw
and the King," also known as "The
Devine Crook" and under other
titles.

Previous to the' supposed pur-
chaae of the rights, the play was
tried out several times by A. H.
Woods. It appears Veiller was but
one of several authors who made
an adaptation ot it,

When Asher and Small paid Voil-
lor, they received \vord from Woods
that Uie play was still h^s property,
"that Veirrer"'ciTT"iio f Ti:a:vl"tlie" rlgh t^
to sell and that if a picture were
T)roduced, injunctive proceedings
would ensue.

Ashcr and Sm;ill endeavored to
secure a return of the money but
Veiller refused, contending he has
sold the adaptation written by him-
self and was within hi.s rights in so
(ll^lTl^^.

Strange Case of

Fenwick Judgment

On behalf of Irene Fenwick (Mrs.
Lldflel Barrymore), M. L. Miilovln-
sky, of O'Brien, Malevlnsity & Drla-
coll, yesterday (Tuesday) filed a pe-
titlon In New York Supremo Court
to reopen the default judgment
against their client for ?3. 700,000
entered 14 years ago by the Central
Union Tru!3t Co. The latter la suing
as trustee of the estate Of the late
Judge Henry Hilton, successor to
A. T. Stewart, pioneer New York
merchant, to recover on a mortgage
alleged to have. been, signed by Miss
Fenwick When the wife of Felix
Isman. The actress after divorcing
the realtor in 1909, married a Mr'
O'Brien, and later Lionel Barry-
more. -

. Of the reasons advanced by the
court papers for the reopening of
the default judgment, it is priniarily
contended ;that Mrs. Barrymore was
under age. not yet 18, when affixing
her signature on the mortgage; bo-
sides which she never went on the
bond, which allegedly invalidates
any claim. Miss ' Fenwick divorced
her husband within a year after the
signing of the mortgage, which was
executed June 30, 1908,

The. mortgage Involves the prop-
erty at 280 Broadway, now occupied
by the Now York Sun. Because , oi:
Its Broadway and Chambers street
looation It is considered one of the
choicest parcels on downtown
Broadway. It is valued at around
$5,000,000, When Isman, considered
one of the smartest real/estate ma-
nipulators in the countrj\ executed
the mortgage for $3,700,000, he paid
$500,000 down, A\ proviso was that
■^vlthln five years If taxes, etc, wero
not met, which Isman failed to do,
the Hilton Estate, through the Cen-
tral Union Trust Co., could fore-
close, which it did.

Defenses

Among the defenses advanced by
O'Brien, Malevinsky & Driscoll ai'o
that the Hilton Estate reclaimed the
property; had collected all the rents
on It and never undertook to enter
any personal judgment against Misa
Fenwick, but permitted the matter
to hang fire for 14 years before re-
viving by the entry of a judgment
in New York and proceeding to sue
thereon for its collection in the Cal-.
Ifornia couj;ts. Miss Fenwiqk is now
a, i-esident of Los Angeles, where
Lionel Barrymore is engiiged in pic-
tures, .

The actres.s contends she was
never liable for a personal judgment
and alleges fraud on any claim of
Judgment Involving .personal lia-
bility.

Why Larkin. Rathbone & Perry, .
acting for the trustees, are suing
Mrs. Barrymore solely and not Is-
man Is problematic to her attorneys.
She has no estate or property of
any consequence, and her husband,
of course, cannot be assessd for any
liability.

ENGAGEMENTS

Clifton Webb, Dorothy Appleby,
new Gertrude Lawrence show,

Don Barclay, Clifton Webb, "Cross
My Heart."

Constance McKay, Helen Baxter,
Francis Compton, Jeanne Greene.
Jessamine New.comb, "The K Guy."

.John F, Hamilton, Bonita Banks
Allendorf, Baby Banks, Dorothy
Coulter, "Americana."

Chief Ca;upolIcan, "Whoopee,"

Bruce Gordon, Sojln, Andy Clyde,
Paul Malvern, Glenn . Cavender,
"Ships of the Night."
" Guy Harrington, Robt, BentJevi
"The Squealer."

Gattison Jones, Elsie Elliott,
"Sunny Days."

Deneta Lane, Pat O'Brien, "Dan-
ger."

Harry C. Bannister, Robert Hy-
man, Dorothea Chard, Thaisi Law-
ton, Laura Burt. Betty . Sherwood,
John Cumberland, Albert Corlllo,
Wllma Thorhpson, Roger Bacon,
"The Undressed Kid,"

Walter Vonneput, "Strange Inter-
lude." '

Bartley Madden, "The Big Fight."

Lenl Stengel, Adele Rohson, Na-
talie Schafer, "The.se Few Ashes."

Charles Bickford, "Gods of Light-
ning."

Pierre De Reder, Shuberts,

Alyne Bowle.s, Donald Foster.
Katherine Wilson. "Tin Pan Alley."

Marue Kelley. "Luckee Girl."

Carl Rose. Charles Van Buren,
"Show Boat." .

June, Fred Allen, Madeline Came-
ron, InoTf , Coiu'tney, Syd Marlon,
(^heste Fredericks. Archie I.rf>arh.
R u .ss---Why.txvV---E lsla=JDw^^M,^uE<mC=
Nightingales. "Polly."

Lester Vail. "The TTnknown War-
rior."

Frank Conroy will succeed A. TH.
Matthews in "Heavy Traffic." NTr.
Matthews resumes his role In "in-
terference."

Warren Sterling has replaced
Thom.'i.s Mosoley in "Goin' ITnnie."

Wednesday, October 3, 1928

LEGITIMATE

VARIETY

51

Equity Threatens to Go Into
Agency Business Itself If
5% System Doesn't Work

In revlewinff the new legitimate
casting agency rules adopted by
ikiultyi an official of the association
stated the code was designed to
correct abuses long complained of.
It was declared that if the new sys-
tem .falls to work. Equity •will go
intp the agency field to the exclii-
eion of all other legit agencies. :

Equity takes the position that its
rules limiting the agehcy fee to 5
per cent for 10 weeks, except for
personal representatives, is a legal
step and a court test of the code Is.
welcomed. Several agents question
the legality of Equity's rule because
of the recent Supreme Court ruling
voiding a state law (New Jersey)
limiting employment agency fees.

The association contends it has
the right as a body to do business
with whom it wishes, claiming the
code is not a law but an organiza-
tion measure. Equity asserts . a
elmllar right to deal with the man-
agers and to say through whom
their members shall be engaged.

It Is claimed that most of the
casting agencies have communicat-
ed or Conferred with Frank Gill-
more of EJqulty, who has charge of
. Issuing permits. Sonie have ex-
pressed themselves as favoring the
new rules, glad to be freed from
epiitting commissions Tyith certain
managerial offices. This group ad-
mitted that they had to lay the. coin
on the line every Monday morning.

Time Limit Point

Printing of . the permits Is in-
complete, but will be issued Thurs-
day. Under the new rules a cast-
ing agent who qualifies a,s a per-
sonal representative may not tie an.
actor under contract for more than
three years. One agent ad viged
Equity It took three years to place
a developing actor In the most de-
sirable engagement, and he sug-
gested that the time limit be ralfted
to five years. The point will be
considered by Equity's Council.

Personal representatives, of which
about nine are expected to qualify,
may collect 10 per cent of an actor's
salary for the total length, of an
engagement if such agents guar-^
antee the actor at least 20 weeks per
season on a salary averaging that
paid hlni for the past three years.

The new. rules for other Agents
• iviU work out this, way: Starting
Oct. 9 all agents and actors for
whom they have secured engage-
ments will pperato under the new
tjasis — 6 per cent for 10 weeks. If
an actor now working has been
paying 10 per. cent it will not count,
regardless of how long he has been
liicking In. He is to pay B per cent
lor 10 weeks starting Oct. 8 and
not to pay thereafter for the same
fengagement.

Chicago Confused on
Title of "Burlesque"

■• Chicago, Oct. 2.

Title of Arthur Hopkins' "Bur-
lesque," here at the Harris, stirred
up some commotion at the theatre
when it was- realized that the name,
of the show was conflicting 'with the
advertisements of the four or five
burlesque houses In town.

Many Chicagoans accepted the
idea that the Harris had turned
burlesque, iand In order to offsejt
this belief all billing and advertis
ing of the show was changed to
read, "the great comedy success
called 'Burlesque'," with the title In
very small letters. Names of Hal
Skelly and Barbara . Stanwych are
being featured above everything.

Paint for Weiting

Syracuse, N. Y., Oct. 2.
For the first time since the thea
tre was opened 31 years ago, paint
ers are at work on the Wleting
opera house, home town medium for
Shubert attractions.

Tip for Kihgsley

. Dorpthy Carrlgan, Boston
. girl, with little stage experi-
ence, is playing in "Kosalle"
under a Flo Ziegfeld contract.

Miss Carrlgan, who is one
of the few redheads on the
Zieggy payroll, was offered a
small role in the new Chain-
ning Pollock show, "Mr.
Moneypenny," but refused It.
Miss Carrlgan went on record
as preferring to remain a
Ziegfeld chorus girl on Broad-
way. That may lead to some
sort of a press story for "Wal-
ter Kingsley to sond out, Prior'
to this Walter has never given
the iRed Kid a tumble.

Maude Adams Wanted
For Salt Lake's Finale

Salt Lake .City, Oct. a.

The Salt Liake theatre Is to go
down Oct. 15; a farewell show is
proposed. It is hoped that Maude
Adams, most noted, of all stage
people from Utah, can be persuad-
ed to istep out of her retirement
on to the stage of the old temple
of the drama for the one evening.

The belief of the committee in
charge is that Miss Adams will be
willing to respond to their request
because of the significance of thie
event. It is a number of years since
Miss Adams retired to her home In
New York Crty, since which time
she has resisted every call to re-
turn to the stage.

MAX GABE RETIRING
FROM YIDDISH THEATRE

Brutal Business the Cause —
Present Season His Last
Active Campaiga

U Pays $25,000 More
For "BVayV Dialog

Speech Is worth $25,000 when ap-
plicable to a Broadway success ac-
cording to Jed Harris's rudlmients
of. arithmetic. Accordingly Jed
Harris ' has nicked Carl . Laemmle,
head of Universal- for the addition-
al fee for giving Laemmle privilege
to make a sounder of "Broad vyay,"
which Harris produced.

Harris had previously sold the
silent drama rights to his smash
hit to Universal for $226,000. That
was before the talker Vogue ap-
peared.

Universal had been working on a
silent drama version but later de-.
elded to switch to a sounder. When
apprising, Harris made his price of
an additioniil $26,000 for talking
rights and got It.

Isquith Headaches

"Men She Man-ied" came to a
sudden halt at Worcester, Mass.,
Saturday, and everybody concerned
with the show had headaches. It
was presented by. Louis I. Isquith,
former attorney.

The theatre people secured a body
attachment, permitted under the
local law.s, but IsqUith had left the
state.

Transportation for the company
was wired by Equity. The company
will - b6 paid off 'from funds on de-
posit with Equity.

Screen Actors Voices Are More
Adaptable to Talkers Than Thought

Players in Talkers

Los Angeles, Oct. 2.

Frank Reicher Is playing the
name role as VNapoleon's Barber"
in the Arthur Caesar playlet, niade
as a talker by John Ford for Fox.
Helen Ware, brought out hero by
Fox to function as' coach for the
talkers, is the fern lead.

Other players are Otto Mattleson
and Phillippe DeLacey.

''UPS-A-DAISY'S'^ NEW BOOK

Caites Brother."} ha.ve hcen added
to Lewis A. Gensler's "Ups-A-
Daisy" doing the BUster and John
West parts with new roles written
in for the latter couple. Bobble
Perkins will be out of the show.

Show has hafl virtually a new
>iook ..substituted for lt« orlgln.il
libr^'tto.

"BUZZ" EAGLE EAST
Malcom "Buzz" Eagle has aligned
his Chicago agency with Jack Bell
In the east. Both hold Keith fran-
chises.

BllJy Jackson, alao planning an
eastern affiliation, has not yet con

-ne6tcJ^as.jfac.l^.-lsJtn9w^^__^^^_

"FOLLIES" LAY-OFF

"Grand Street FolUp."," which
closed at the Booth, New York,
Saturday, has been awarded a two
week's layoff privilege by Equity to
reorganize for additional rehearsal
before beginning a road . tour in
Wilmington, I>el., Oct. 15,

After ■approximately .15 year.s in
the People's Theatre on the Bowery,
Max Gabel, for over 45 years an
east side favorite with Yiddish the-
atregoers, will hot renew his lease
and may retire from the stage.
This is due to disastrous business
conditions prevailing . in Yiddish
theatres, accounted . for by the trend
toward Broadway legit and picture
houses, '.

Though the east side is over-
seated, with four theatres oh Scct
ond avenue within three or four
blocks from each other, the theatre
operators are" not anxious for Gabel
to withdraw from the field. As the
only producer of surefire melo-
drama oh the east side, ; Gabel
draws capacity business and creates
general Interest in Yiddish theatres.
Gabel; it Is reported, intended build-
ing a new theatre on Second ave-
nue, but has cooled In this, because
he figured five houses would make
conditions even worse. He has been
asked to take over one of the other
houses, the Public or the Yiddish
Folks theatre, formerly Maurice
Schwartz's Yiddish Art theatre, but
ha^ sliown no enthusiasm for the
venture. • . .

.-.During this season,, perhaps the
last in which he will write, produce
and star in his own show.s, Gabel
Will produce five show.s. However,
his probable retlrernent from the
stage will not mean his withdrawal
from the National Jewish Theatre
Cliain formed last season.

Gabel will supervise' production
of over 30 Yiddish legit road shows
during the coming season, The
formation of this clialn, sponsored
and organized by Gabel, gives eni-
ploynient to BOO or more Yiddish
actors who would otherwise be out
of work.

Expiration of Gabel's lease on the
People's theatre, It Is understood,
will mean the end of his business
relationship with Max Willner, hip
partner.

Opera Subscribers Can Ask
For Operas and Singers

Cosmopolitan Opera Company,
due to open an elglit-week season
Oct. 16 at the Manhattan opera
house, has an unusual plan. Those
enrolling as gubscribers for $5 or
up receive In addition to the. con-
ventional "favored locations" In
seats the privilege of voting on
operas to be sung and on the
singers to sing them.

A group of Italians headed by
Robert and Armand Bogarazy and
Joseph Vivian! founded Cosmopoli-
tan last "year. It played engage-
ments in Montreal, New Haven and
several other out-of-town spots.
Their Idea Is to present $3 opera
with preference shown to Ameri-
can-born singers.

Fulgenzio Guerriori is musical di-
rector, assisted by Gabriel Cime-
onl; Renia Nikona will be ballet
mi.sti'ess.

Although the Italian colony Is
strong for. opera, the promoters of
cosmopolitan state Italian support
comes through the box office and
is not guaranteed by subscriptions.
For the latter form of iaupport the
company has to look elsewhere.

Joseph Lengyel, tenor, Guisippo
Martini -Rossi, baritone, Alfredo
Gbndolfi, tenor, and Helen Adler,
soprano, are among- the . singers
signed.

The Cosmopolitan i<lea calls for
lectures on music as a Sunday
night adjunct to the operas.

"Blackbirds" for West

Lew Leslie will organize a second
coinpany of "Blackbirds of 192S" for
a western tour. The original com-
pany, current at the Liberty, New
York, may switch Into the Ellingf?
around Oct. 15. "ATr. Monoypcriny"
holds the Liberty date.
^^_^J^?^le^^^^^negoUatlng with Biick
and Bubijles to^HeaTd fR(r"iB7vH7fir
company.

"Ladder" Exiting?

There seems to be .son;c doubt
about how long the floppo
"Ladder" is to continue at the
Cort. According to the dope
the show will t'.xpiro early in
November.

: But It seems Edt;ar R. pavi.s,.
its millionaire baclcei-, has soine
sort of option to rent the house
for another si.x months. .

Davis Is rubbering around
the world ;ind sent word that
if the public doesn't support
th(» show by ilov, 1, he. would
r.Toiie it.

Th.at's only three week.*; after
this.

, Pidn't get $000 last week;
bet yuh.

McGuire-Oppenheimer

Default Judgments

. Three legit litigants figured In as
many judgment proceedmgs In the
N. Y. Supreme Coui-t this past week.
All awards went by default through
the defendants, havlng'failed to de-
fend.

Now that the box-oftlce royalties
are smiling on William Anthony
McGuire,. the librettist, old credi-
tors are popping up. anew. The iatr
est Is Joseph 'Delf esse with a $4,-
000 claim on a 30-day note at 7 per
cent, plus $400 for counsel ^ees as was
agreed upon, should McGuire de-
fault Qti making good the confessed
judgment. The claim dates back to
Nov. 6, 1924 in Chicago and the 7
per cent. Interest Is held to be legal
In Illinois. McGuire,. having failed
to interpose a defense, has had
judgment for the full amount
chalked up against him.

Thomas C. McNaughton has been
awarded judgment for. $2,600 on a
$2,600 note executed by Joseph and
Jacob Oppenhelmer and the Lyric
Operating Co., operating the Lyric
theatre on West 42d street. Judg-
ment went by default.

Alleging that he lent the Lambert
Theatre Corp. $10,000 In cash on
Dec. 7, 1927, Joiin D, Crimmins has
been given Judgment by default for
$10,506.

Buffalo Daily Giving
Space to Women's Clothes

When the Evening News started
the practice this summer of ap-
pending to Its reviews of the local
stock company, a list of the society
matrons In attendance with details
as to their gowns, it marked an in-
novation In dramatic reviewing In
Buffalo.

Those locally who regard the
drama as something other than an
opportunity for a dress parade hope
the procedure will be temporary.

With- the regular- season, how-
ever, the practice is continued with
space devoted to the list and de-
scription of those in attendance fre-
quently equal to that given to the
review of the play.

Shuberts and Bookers

- . .Chicago,, Oct. ;2i

Dealings of the Shuberts in Chi-
cago with ticlcft brokers is becom-
ing frank.

Ticket broker's office la next door
to the Garrick theatre, and con-
struction of a 8i)ecial store in the
Grand lobby to be used as a broker-
age office is announced. .

The store la 20'x9' and $10,000
rental la asked.

COESE'S PEKCENTAGE STOCK

Cors6 Payton will take over the
IT.'ilsey, Brooklyn, N, Y,, for dra-
matic stock Oct. l.'J.

The Ilalsoy, formerly on« of the
Rmall-Strausborg chain, reverted
back to owner whon t)io S-S Ica.so
expired last month. It hart too
much oppo.slllon from Loew'a Gntos
and Keith's Unshwick.

J'ayfoii I.H installing the .stock on
a p<T(;<»7)tage arrangement.

From several production heads
engaged in making talking pictures •

are . reports regarding the adapt-
ability of .Screen actors" for. dialog
sequences. According to these au-
thoiities the percentugo of screen
players, whose voices cannot be
given tbe required tone after a little
ti-ainlng is quite lo.w.

The first inipression that most ■
screen player.s would find tlj^hiselyec
out to give place to actors from-
the legithnate stage on account of
talker.s does iiot seem likely to be.
correct, from these fxccounts, While
legit names are needed and wanted,
the majority of screen actors will
still be found useful, though there
will be exceptions.

Screen st.ars with . voices that
cannot be trained will be mo.st afr
fected. If not entirely overshadowed
by the new type of pictures their
value will suffer at the box ofltlce.

In making dialog sequences for
"Times Squarfe," Gotham, at Hart-
ford,- Conn., In the Bristolphone
laboratories, Harold Shumate, pro-
duction supervisor, found a natural
speaking voice is not quite the asset
it wa.s cracked up to be. In a se-
(luence where severqil people - have
to speak lines the laboratory has to
be blanketed so that all the voices
will sound natural. The leading,
man's voice would sound natural
with four or five blankets, for ex-
ample, but the leading woman's
voice would then be either too. shrill
or too low.. If. the leading woman
had a natui-al speaking voice It
would still have to be gauged high-
er or ^owe.r than Its normal tone
to be effective.

With four or five people In a
speaking sequence each voice has '
to be toned to suit the reproducing
apparatus.

Mrs. H. 0. Band's $20000
Ver£ct Set Aside

Albany, Oct. 2.

Appellate Division at Albany ha«
set aside the $20,000 verdict. award-
ed by a trial Jury to Mrs. Doris K.
Bond, widow of Harry O. Bond,
actor and head of the Bond Players,
at Schenectady, stock, killed by a
trolley car of the Schenectady
Railway Company on May 23, 1924.

Bond was In an automobile when
hit by the trolley, Mrs. Bond had
sued for $150,000. Thd accident
happened on the Schenectady-Al-
bany road.

Chas. Tennis Bankrupt

Charles Oliver Tennis, formerly
of Coutts & Tennis, road show en-
trepreneurs, and of recent years in
business on his own, filed a volun-
tary petition In bankruptcy, llstinfir
$13,199 in debts and no assets.

John E. Coutts for the last few
years conducted his own booking
agency In the Karl Can-oil building
and Tennis, the alleged bankrupt,,
continued the firm In the Longacre
building as the general booking
manager and New York represen-
tative of the Easter Theatre Man-
agers'./. Association..

Tennis lists H. C." Wner Lltho"
Co., Enquirer Job Ptg. Co. and
Frank Brady as principal creditors.

Florence Lake in Talkers

Loa Angeles', Oct, 2.
.Florence Lake, former stage ac-
tress and Bister of Arthur Lake,
screen actor, signed by Fox to a
long term contract to play JtigcnUe
part."* In taTkw^.

Jed Harris Resting

Jed . Ilarri.s has ' sidr-trackr-il iili
p'reviou.sly armouncfd . prodiictloiis
and will rcHt upon hi.-? pro-oJit li.«t
until .Tantjary.

Harris has yhaiKinrifil i.in' s>'(-ond
romi)any of "'J'Ik- l-'iom .P;i^;t-'' I'or
1 CliicdRo ;it- ])! 1 .«>'nt.. ' '

Fenrnie Lead Doesn't Miss
Show ; Dislocated Arm

Minneapulls, Oct. 2.

Although she dislocait-d hev rishi
arm when thrown from a lior.'^e lU
St. Paul last week, Virginia Fox,
lead with "Ito.sc-.Vlarie,"' went on as
usual that night. With her arm In
a pla.stor cast she ha.s not ml.s.seO a
performance.

Accident occurred wh<'n Miss
Fox's mount stumbled . and threw
her to the groitnd. After the .show
l<'riday night .she went to a hos-;
pital and rf-nialned th''re unfll the
nej<t morning.

" Mi ss^ Wjmft^fs*" Ma

rrovidonce, Oc(. 2.
( !lia.rlrp((i- "VVyht^-r.s, leading wom-
an of tiie Modern .Sli^ck, leaves tliis
week succeeded by Louise QuInn,
former ingenue. Just prior to Miss
Wynters' dep.'irture, dallies printed-
her marriage la.'«t June to Charles
1 .'^i-hall. son of a New York financier.

VARIETY

LEGITIMATE

Wednesday, October 3, 1928

Shows in N. Y. and Comment

Figures estimated and comment point to some attractions being
successful, while the same gross accredited to others might suggest
mediocrity or loss. The variance is explained in the difference in
house capacities with the varying overhead. Also the size of cast,
with consequent difference in necessary gross of profit. Variance
in business necessary for musical attraction as against dramatic
play is also considered.

Classification of attraction, house capacity and top prices of the
admission scale given below. Key to classification: C (comedy);
D (drama) ; n (revue) : M (musical comedy) ; F (farce) ; O (operetta).

Admissioji tax applies on tickets over ^3.

"A Connecticiit Yankee," Vander-
bilt (Ami week) (M-S82-$5.r)0).
2)ue . for toiir iii another three

. woek.sv bettering $.14,000; "Amer-
icaiia'' possible successor.

"Adventure,'' Rei)Ublic (C-90;-$3).
Not so hot; opened Hopt, 25; re-
vii'w.s unfavorable; little afjoricy
call.

"Biilie," Erlaneer (1st week) (M-
l,G20-$3), Presented, by George
M. Cohan; written and composed
by same; highly rated in Phila.;
opened Monday.

"Blackbirds," Liberty (22d week)
(A-l,202-$3). Will move next
door to Eltinge after another
week; routed out but trade so
strong run continues until Jan. 1
at least;. $22,000 and better.

"By Request,'? Hudson (2d Week)
(C-l,094^$3). Opened Sept, 27;
favorable notices; figures lo get
fairly good grosses.' .

"Chee Chee," Mansfield (2d week"*
'(M-l,050-$5.50). Some diversity
in opinion, but feminine draw in-
dicated; capacity in final days
last week with gi'oss claimed bet-
ter than $28,000 in seven perfbrm-
, ances. ,

"Cross IVIy Heart," Knickerbocket
(3d .week) (M-1.412-$4,4Cl). Cast
change made with aim of bolster-
ing performance r got off on
wrong foot, smothering excellent
reports from Boston; second week
$15,000.

"Diamond Lil," Royale (26th week)

■ (C]J-l,117-$3). Climbed again last
week, newer entrants not affect-
ing trade; went to $14,000 and
run into winter indicated.

"Elmer the Great," Lyceum (2d
week) CC-957-$3). X>rcw good
notices, but agency. call light; box

i office sales better; first week's

. pace estimated at $7,000.

"Eva the Fifth," Little (Gth week)
(C-530-$3). .Slipped instead of
Improving; may continue few
Weeks, but has not shown ex-
pected strength; rated under
$5,000. ,

"Fast Life," Ambassador (2d week)
(D-l,2P0-$.3). Going ofi: Saturday;
prenfilere disappointing . a,nd drew
general paiining; making grade;
opened Sept. 20; no agency buy.

"Front Page," Times . Square (8th
week) (C-l,057-$3.86). : They all
talk about this shown pro and
con, but it's getting the big
ttioiiey, bettering $24,000, weekly.

"Gang- War," Morosco (7th week)
(CD-898-$3), Will move to the
Harris next week; doing pretty
well, with last week ai-ound $10,-
000. an imi..;ovement; "Little
Accident!' listed for next week.

"Gentlemen of the Press," Henry
Miller (6th week) (C-946-$3).
Eased off somewhat last week at
approximately $7,500; expected to
move to the 48th Street next
week.

"Goin' Home," Masque (7th week)
(CD-700-$3). Moved here from
Hudson last week; business still
weak; riot much over $3,000.

"Good Boy," Hammerstein's (5th
week) (M-l,400-$6.60). Started
okay, but slipped off; especially
last week when gross estimated
less than $30,000; should be
stronger for musical.

"Good News," Chanin's 46th St
(M-l,413-$5.50). Producers work-
ing on new musical expected
about ThanksgivTng ftmn; liotd-'
over still getting some coin;
$20,000 and better.

''Heavy Traffic," Empire (5th week)
(CD-l,099-$3.85). Moderate trade
iso far; la.st week again a bit
over $11>000; will probably move
to Millbr's Oct. 15 when "Olympla"
due here. .

"Jarnegan," Longacre (2d week)
(GD-l,019-$3.85). Appears to have
good chance; first week's pace
clairried over $1.3,000; $5.50 pre-
miere for $3,100 aiding talking
about it.

"Luckee Girl," Ca.sino (3d week)
(M-l,477-$4.40), One of new mu-
sicals that does not appear to
have landed; second week's pace
estimated around $15,000.

"Machinal," Plymouth (5th week)
(D-l,012-$3). Improved again,
though business generally off;
. quoted at $16,000, exceptional for
this type of show; dxcellent bal-
cony business tip-off.

weight Hostess," Martin Beck (4th
, week) (CD-l,189-$3). Climbed
with faSings'going "iir^^
000; ought to go through autumn;
iagency sales rather good.

"Pleasure Man," Biltmore (1st
week) (CD-l,189-$3). Pre.sented
by Carl Reed; authored, by Mae
West; created plenty of interest
past two weeks in neighborhood
theatre; opened Monday; cast ar-
rested after premiere.

"Possession," Booth (Ist week)

^ (CD-708-$3). Presented by Edgar
Selwyn; written by him; ex-
oHlont oa.st; opened at sfta.«;horo

to much "promise early In sum-
nier.

"Rain or Shine," Giforge M. Cohan
(35th week) (M-1.371-$5.50).
Eased off somewhat along with
most of, field; at $33,000 last week
got its share; very strong for
holdover.

"Relations,," Wallacks (7th week)
(C-770-$3). Tough time sihce
opening; guaranteeing . house in
order to stick; $2,500 estimated.

"Ringside," Broadhurst . (C-1,118-
$3). Closed Saturday; hou.se has
given notice but business mod-
erately good; $1.0,000 last week;

■ reopens next week \vith "Hold
Everything." ,

"Rosalie," New Amsterdam (39th
week) (M-i,702-$6,60); Made run
of It, . always .strongly supportei
by agencies; claimed profitable;
recently over $3,0,000; due for road
soon.

"Scandals," Apollo C14th week)
(R-l,16S-$6,60). Only one other
revue in town ("Vanities") and
both selling out; $49,000.

"Straight Thru the Door," 49th St.
(1st week) (C-708-$3). Pre-
sented by William Hodge and
written by him; has played out
of town; opens Thursday (Oct. 4).

"Show Boat," Ziegfeld (41st week)
(M-1.150-$6.60). Jumped to lead
in agency demand and gross get-
ting better than $50;006 now; an-
other "Show Boat" for road is off;
this one will doubtless hold
through season.

"Skidding," Bayes (20th week)
(C-860'$3). Small cost show
claiming indefinite " engagement;
last week $4,000, doubtful but may
let show by.

"Strange Interlude," John Golden
(36th week) (D-900-$4.4d), An-
other holdover smash; $16,000.

"The Bachelor Father," B e I a s c o
.(32d week) (D-l,000-$3.85). Leav-
ing after another week; doing
very well, but Belasco . wants to
house his new "Mima" here;
"Father" around $14,000.

"The Command Performance," Klaw
(Ist week). (D-830-$3). Presented
by Herihan Shumlln and Charles
K.. Gordon; showed In Phila. to
promise; opens tonight (Oct. 3).

"The Big Fight," Majestic (3d week)
(CD-l,776-$3). Just going along;
leaves for road after another
week as announced; second week's
gross possibly $20,000; consider-
ably under capacity.

"The Big Pond," Bijou (C-605-$3).
Closed Saturday, probably going
to Chicago; did well enough on
lower floor, but could- not pick
up enough; played six weeks;
about $7,000; house dark.

"The Great Power," Ritz (C-945-$3),
Taken off Saturday after three
weeks; relights next week with
"Courage/'

"The High Road," Pulton (4th week)
(C-913-$3.85). Regarded hit,
drawing smart audiences via
agencies;, approximately $18,000
again last week, not much under
capacity.

"The Ladder," Cort (102d week)
CD-l,094-$3.) Just hanging
around waiting for rental period
to end; floppiest of all runs; not
$500.

"The New Moon," Imperial (3d
week) (M-r,400-$5.50). Off to ex-
cellent start and regarded as
cinch- for run;- second week al-
most all it could get, around
$39,000.

"The Royal Family," Setwyn (4ist
week) (C.-l,067-$3.85). Another
two weeks before touring; still
making some money and road
should be clean-up.

"The Silent House," Sam H. Har-
ris (35th wedc) (Dt1;051-$3).
Final week; mystery play ap-
proximating $9,()00; "Gang War"
moves from Morosco next Monday.

"The Song Writer,'^ 49th St. (C-969-
$3). Shut suddenly Saturday after
floundering for seven weeks; indi-
cated gross under $4,000.

"The Three Musketeers," Lyric
(30th week) (M-l,305-$6,00). One
of very best; agency demand
picked up smartly of late and con-
tinuance until first of year antici-
pated; $35,000 and better. .

"This Thing Called Love," Maxino
Elliott (3d week) (C-912-$3.85).
Agency sales helping a bit, but
little heard about show and could
Improve plonty $8,000 . estimated.

'iThe-=War_-^Song/i ^Nrttional=^(2d„
week) (CD-1.164-$3). Got rather
good break from reviewers; busi-
ness fir.st week not big but East
Side should support this ono as
it did "The Jazz Singer"; over
$10,000,

"Vanities," Earl Carroll (9th week)
(R-968-$7.70). Getting big money
and has from start; average
Weekly groB.so,s rated ai'ound
$40,000.

"When Crummies Played," Gftrrick
(Jst nook; i('-.".:;7-$:!). Pn-sentr-d

"ROAD'S" CHANCE

(Continued from pa^e 1)

over. 300 plays Is turning to the
hinterland for his field. He will
produce at least three and probably
four plays this season with the New
York engagements considered sim-
ply as q, part of the soa.son and
hot the aim or meo-sure . of the
production's success.

Organizing Audiences

The fimetlon of the National The^
aire. Foundation is to . "organize the
audience" in 20 major, cities. With
cities like Cincinnati, Cleveland,
Indiapalols, Buffalo, Providence
and Milwaukee as a nucleus. oE.lull
week "guarantee" engagements it
will be possible, Tyler believes, to
fill In the split weeks and one
nights $uch as Worcester, Des
Moines, Omaha, Akron, Wilkes-
Barre and thereby present an in-
ducement for other .producers, now
ignoring the road, to give It atten-
tion.

. National Theatre Foundation will
not Interfere with existing channels
for legitimate bookings. Local com-
mittees will be solely for th§ pur-
pose of delivering the necessary
number of subscribers. Committees
will not be concerned with nor will
they have . jurisdiction over con-
tracts, to be made . In the regular
way between theatre and company.
'■■ Details of the subscription plan
call for a guarantee of $1,700 for
one nighters, $5,000 for split weeks
and $10,000 for full week engage-
ments.' The local committee Is to
work out with New Tork office In-
cidental details as to number of
selection of attractions for the sea-
son. The Church and Drama League
is' actively campaigrning on behalf
of the program.

Rebates

Top price of $3 Is set as the av-
erage scale. School teachers and
pupils are to be rebated In bulk
so as to encourage this type of
support.

Tyler renounced Broadway last
season after losing a fortune on
new plays. He also has concentrated
on all-star casta In classic reylvals
and it is this type of play he has
in mind ;for the "organized audi-
ence." Ames and Hampden will
send out their own type of show.
. Tyler's "Macbeth" , opens Oct. 29
In Philadelphia with Margaret An-
glin, Lyn Harding and William Far-
num. Later on Tyler will produce
In association with the Players Club
an all-star "Bea.ux Stfateerm."

The ground break for National
Theatre Foundation was. done last
season. The system Is still In the
bud but Tyler states "very encour-
.aglng." Tyler . disavows any con-
fllctlon with the Theatre Guild.

"It amounts simply to this," Mr.
Tyler stated, "New York Is not
America and the type of play that
suceeds In New York In these thrlllr
jaded days will not succeed In
America as a whole, for the rea-
son that the rest of the country
will not accept Invective and vul-
garity as drama." .

Harris Pays $600

Sylvia Sidney accepted two weeks'
salary, $600, in settlement of a
claim against Jed Harris who had
engaged hiir for "Rasputin," a play
due this month. It has been Indef-
initely set back.

The matter wjis arranged _through
Equity. ■ '

Miss Sidney was under contract
not only for this season but had
other contracts for two succeeding
years. It was agreed that since
there was no fulfillment of the first
contract whatever obligation there
waij on the others would he satis-
fled by settlement on the original.

Chi Booms; 10 Shows Average
for Wynn; Guld Again,

"Big Pond*' Rushed Into Woods— Figure Six Will
Stay Until Pre-Xmas Slump — ■"BurlesqueV Ads

STOCK IN W.-V. HOUSES

Two of Wllmer & Vincent houses
will play winter stock. Colonial,
Norfolk, opened last week with the
Doyloart Players In "Baby Cyclone."

The second, the Lyric, . Richmond,
Va., opens in two weeks with an-
other Doyleart stock. Both are pro-
moted by James C. Doyle.

by Charles L. Wagner; play Is an
!blnglish comedy; house policy Is

—aKaln~along-=rep- lines,

"Whits Lilacs," Shubert (4th week)
(0-1,395-$5.BO). Moves to Jolson
next week; about $19,000 esti-
mated and not hot; "Ups-a- Daisy"
next week.

Special Attractions

"The Would-Be Gentleman" Mon-
day and "L'Invitation du Voyage"
Thursday opens the new Civic
Kepertory peaaon.

"The Light of Asia," Walter Hamp-
d'-n'.'s; po.stponed until next we»»k,

Chicago/ Oct. 2.
Receipts in last week's legit trade
suggested improved c o n d 1 1 Ions.
From now until the pre-Xmas lull,,
the important coin Is on tap. Ten
attractions gave the town an! aver-
age gross of $20,l}0O, "Manhattan
Mary" leading and "Arms and the
Girl" (Theatre Guild) holding aloft
the mediocre gross pullers among
the non-musicals^ Two important
houses, Illinois and Erlangur, were
dark.

Theatre Guild drew the important
attention of the Week. It was ca-
pacity at the Blackstone and will
hold because of the tremendous
foundation molded via the subscrip-
tion lists. The Blackstone figures
close to $25,000 capacity at $3. The
Guild's gross for the initial week
only varies from what subtractions
are made I'rom the systont of charg-
ing for the season tickets.

The scheduled two new openings,
plus a list-minute booking, gave
the calendar a new twist this week.
"Red Robe" had a clear field Sun-
day, selling out at the Majestic
due to the Shubert offlces concen-
trating here. The Amerlclan Opera
got under way at the 13rlanger. Ad-
vance reservations gives this house
a rosy outlook for the .limited en-
gagement. The Woods ' drew "The
Big Pond" for a Monday opening
on a last-minute notice.

Heaviest campaigning Was done
for "Burlesque," placed in a quandary
a.t the Harris. That the Hopkins
piece was one of the leading non-
musicals oh Broadway last year
means nothing here. An outside
chance remains for "Burlesque" to
grab the spoils .and the brokers
have taken a hand, returning to the
Harris after the flrst "Week's scare.
Toward the week-end the show
commenced to attract attention.

If "Burlesque" gets set there are
six attractions on the local calendar
that should last until the pre-Xmas
period. This Is a good average con-
sidering the topsy-turvy situation
for the past year. "Queen's Hus-
band" has an outside chance for a
surprise run at the Cort. The critics,
in their second thoughts, gave the
Cort piece just what it needed.

"Command to Love" will s:o be-
yond all expectations If the news-
paper ad campaign for the balcony
seats bring results. The Stude-
baker Is a. solid lower floor hit every
night and this is a Christmas at-
traction without question. "Mary
Dugan" had to bow to the Theatre
Guild for the lead among the non-
musicals, yet the Adelphla still
rings the capacity bell. Brokers
have "Dugan" in the palm of their
hands, cleaning up with, much care
shown by tho management not to
have them overrun the situation.

"Manhattan Mary" will pick up
close to capacity coin at the Grand
and "My Maryland" was picked by
the Shuberts for a successful stay,
but nowhere near the pace It tabbed
after the first week. There's no
chance for "Red Robe" to cut Into
either "Mary" or "Maryland," since
both are now running on their own.
This caused the Shubert offices to
get back of "Robe.".

"Good News" is right up there,
although down about $4,000 to
$5,000 from the gait of the early
weeks. "News" holds the $4.40 scale
record for this town. Record for
the Twins is 47 weeks for "Topsy
and EvA" and 49 weeks for
"Nanette," but both shows played

at $3f30, ^ — ■ ..i

Com weather had much to do
with Improved conditions last week.
Managers realize the fat weeks of
the year are with them and they
lare making the most of it.

Estimates for Last Week
"The Big Pond" (Woods, 1st
week). Six weeks in New York
and rushed here apparently as filler;
costly transportation gamble;
nieagro take on opening Monday;
heavily papered and no advance

"The Red Robe" (Majestic, 1st
week). Chance of being worked
Into important coin ; Word out for
Shubert strength at stands to plug
here with "Maryland" act; "Night
in Spain's" final week fattened total
to $84,000 for four w*'<.'U«' engage-
ment.

American Opera ( lOrlanger, 1st
week). Opened Monday with
"Faust." first half; "Butterfly," laist
half; activities suggest organiza-
tion smashing fat grosses for four
weeks of split offerings.

.Xfieaire^GMjId^ (Blackstone, 2d
week), ('apacity at $3 apprfia:rhe^^
$25,000; only variation the. dcduc-
lion.^ from the subscription lists.

"Burlesque" (Harris, 3d week).
Coiiipletc revl.«tIon of campaign,
title submerged, into almost agate
type to overcome similarity of cam-
paigns for local stock burlesque
companies; spotty Improvement but
far from succcps of Broadway
gro-MHep; will vary around $16,000
undl fate is aotually dotermlnod.

"Command to Love" (?tiidobaker.

Bth week); Illgh rating substan-
tiated; holding around $18,000 with
spurts, depending upon general
conditions, bettering this figure;
balcony shaky,, and plugging being
.done in , ads featuring balcony
prices.

'Trial of Mary Dugan" (Adelphia,
6th week). Holding to sensational
pace with specs handling the heavy
stock ahead of everything; people
going up In second balcony who
were never there before; can be
labeled $23,000, or thereabouts, for
another dozen weeks.

"My Maryland" (Great Northern,
5th week). With variations consid-
ered, is now stamped at $30,000 and
higher, bettering this figure when
special parties are hurled into the
weak Monday-Tuesday perform-
ances; picked for profitable busi-
ness, but gait since opening beyond
expectations; with operating line-
up, season't best killing for Shu-
berts.

"Queen's Husband" (Cort, 3d
Week). Getting fairly good busi-
ness with outlook to hold, as mod-
erate pull; around $11,000 satisfy-
ing; received valuable second
thoughts from critics.

"The Silent House" (Garriclc, 6th
week). Hitting $12,600; not a big
success hut profitable.

"Good News" (Selwyn, 33d week).
Nothing interferes with general
sales; weekly grosses around $23,-
000 and better; will hold for year'.s
run.

"Manhattan Mary" (Grand, 3(1
week). Town's .stiffest scale at
stands and sailed Into important
money at $34,000 or little stronger;
strength back of advance salts.

"Broadway" (Central, 3d week).
Keeps pegging away around $5,000,
pushing net figures into profitahle
column.

Frisco Grosses

San Francisco,. Oct. 2.

"Good News" had little difficulty
topping the town last week. "The
Royal Family," at the Geary, was
disappointing. Customers could not
seem to get enthused. Guy Bates
Post , made an exceptional Amerl.
can return In "The Play's the
Thing" at the Capitol and the ad-
vance sale seems to Indicate a long
healthy engagement.

Henry Duffy scored another hit
In presenting Marjorle Rambeau in
"Antonia" and his "Daddies," at the
President, held strong, demonstrat-
ing the drawing power of Robert
McWade. Third week at Over
$5,000 Is Immense.

"Easy for Zee Zee" continued to
click at the Green Street with In-
dications this French farce will b»
here for a long time.

Estimates for Last Week
"Good News" (Currari). Musical
seems to have caught on; second
week firm at $23,000.

"Play's tho Thing" (Capitol). Guy
Bates Post not forgotten; scored
decisively and bettered $13,500 first
six days. .

"The Royal Family" (Geary).
Though highly praised by critics,
failed to catch on; second week
around $10,601) a disappointment.

"Antonia" (Alcazar). Duffy picked
a winner; Marjorie Rambeau at her
best and sale picking up; first week
passed $6,500; considered big.
- "Daddiis" - (Pf esident). - Another
big week; Bob McWade has firmly
established himself with clientele;
topped $5,500,. exceptional.

"Easy for Zee Zee" (Green
Street). Sid Goldtree hasn't any
cause for worry; building right
along and last week bettered $2,300,
a substantial profit. • .

Heavy Opposish for Minn.
"Friends" Under $5,000

Minneapolis, Oct. 2.
I^git houses were badly hurt last
week by the terrific opposition from
the radio show, the vaude' and film
theatres €uid the visit of Governor
Smith.

Although the critics were unani-
mous in praising the play and com-
pany, and despite that one paper
even urged attendance editorially.
"Whispering Friends" was estimated
under $5,000 at the Metropolitan.

Trade also fell off sharply at tho
"Shuberty^^^where =^the=--Bainbrldgft^=
Players, with IGdith Taliaferro fea-
tured, wore around $4,500 with
"Two Girls Wanted," a drop of
fully $500 from the previous week.
Musical comedy tab vcr.slon of
"Bachelor Brides" brought about
$4,200 to the Palace, where the Mc-
Call-Brldge Players hold forth.

Aided by special boxing and wres •
tllng nights, the Gaynty. with "Stov
Lively, Girls," Msi(u;il ljiirl*'.siiU'\
clos« to $4,000,

Wednesday, October 3, 1928

L E G I T I M AT E

VARIETY

53

27 BROADWAY THEATRES DARK;
DEAHtH OF NEW HITS BLAMED

Eight New Show* Bring Only Two Money Winners
i-^"Chee-Chee" Claims $28,000, Capacity—
"Elmer" in Doubt— "Jarnegan" Promising

New Layoff Word

A new word has sprunp up
among legitB that has bot-ii
used in place of the oldtimo
"at liberty."

, "It's "naked" row In circu-
lation.

Theatre Guild s Subscriptions

Outside N. Y. Denote Faith

Early indications oC lively bnsi-
ness In the legltimato fipld .nppoar:^
to have ;beon little hio re t hap a
flash. Trade on Rroadway and the
road i.s away under noinial levels
for early October:-

There are 27 dark theatres on
Broadway this week. Wliile the full
production complement has yet to
be displayed, the steadily ineoming
attractions have not filled up the
gap."? beeaxise so mafiy of the earl iei-
■arrivals have lieeri taken off.

X'jvrious reasons are advanced foi-
the attendance dulln'-ss, Movinf,'
day must be .considered; also the
sudden weather' cliiil of .ScptemV)e:-.
More important a factor is the im-
pending presidential e.-unpalgn he-
c.au.'se of the vast increase of radio
broadcasting over ■ otlier similar
periods. Hecelving sets may be
. tuned in any night to listen to noted
speakers around the country, the
'broadcalsts being hooked up in net-
works that cart-y far and Avide. .
Hits Needed as Stimulus
The steady opposition of the pic-
ture palaces? probably overshadows
all . the other reasons for weak legit
buslne!5s. ; Showmen and tlclcet
BpecialistR look for real improye-
mont, but are unable to predict
•when better tln>es are to be expect-
ed. Fresh, successes Would doubt-
less aid the new .season. It is hardly
a secret on Broadway that just a
lew hits have turned up to date.

Of the eight new shows last week
only two appear to have a chaiiee
at rekl coin, another m.iy get by,
but the rest are distinctly doubtful,
one shutting down this week.
."Chee Chee," a musical, started
very well at the Mansfield, claiming
capacity, foir takings of about
$28,000 in seven performances;
"Jarnegan". is promising at the
Lorigacre, claiming over $13,000;
"The War Song" ended its fir.st
weeic well, getting over $10,000 at
the National; "By Request." was
nioderately rated at the Hudson;
•^Elmer the Great," at the Lyceum,
won good revlew^s, but rating in
doubt; "Adventure," at the Repub^
lie, will not dp; "Fast Life" will
close this week at the Ambassador
Among the dramas "Machinal'
•tands out because of its steadily
improved business; "The Front
Page" is of course the leader of the
division, always . over capacity for
more than $25,500 weekly; "The
Sigh Road" commands strong
agency sales, too, rated at $18,000;
"Strange Interlude" appears to' have
an ' unlimited draw, capacity at
$16,000; "Bachelor .Father" and
"Diamond Lil," $14,000; "The Rig
Fight" got $19,000 its second week,
but that Is little more than half
capacity, and not profitable; "Night
Hostess" better at $11,000; same for
"Heavy Traffic;" a little less for
"Thie Royal Family;" "Gang AVar,"
$10,000; "Gentlemen of the Press"
and "So This la Love." rated around
. $7,000; the/ others ..stragsling_ down-
war^,' worst oT all, "of coui-s*', 11k
"Ladder," $400.

"Show Boat" Still Tops

"The Now Moon" stood up to first
indications, bettering $39,000 fot the
first full week at the Imperial;
"Show Boat" is the musical leader
again ' at . $50,000; "Scandals,"
$49,000, but not as strong in de-
mand; "Vanities" excellent, $40,000;
"Musketeers" over $35,000; "Rain or
Shine," $33,000; "Rosalici" $30,000;
"Good Boy" slipped off consider-
ably, rated well under $30,000;
"Blackbirds" big at $22,000 (moves
to Eltinge Instead of touring) ;
"Good News," $20,000; . "White
Lilaes," $18,000, estimated; "Cross
My Heart," $15,000; "Luckee Girl"
claimed a bit more; "Connecticut
Yankee." $14,00.0,

In addition to "Fast Life," which
will be followed at the Ambns.«ador
by "Just a Minute" next week,
-'^h^— SI leht==ir.)Til^e"^^^^
leaving the JlaiM-is, which will g'a
"Gang War," whirh moves, over
from the Morosco; latter lu/use gets
"Ivittle Accident"; "Rincsldc" stop-
ped at the Broadhurst last Satur-
day, the housing rflighlinj; • next
week wit )>, "Jff.ld Ev»-'r> thinu" ; "Tlx"
Great I'uwer'' closi-d at the same .
time at the Ritz,' wliieh '^Pt>-- '■four- I
^ ape" next we<l;; ' Tlie Rig Pfmd"

LA, Grosses

Tyos Angeles, Oct. 2. :
Belasco on top last week witli
$15,300 in "The Sqtrall's" opener.
Witli that the highe.st hereab()ut.=!,
legit conditions remained under
normal.

"Happy Days'" second week
■ after removal to the Mayan and
I change in title (formerly ''Pair o
Docs") dropped $700 under the
previous week's $10,000, not so bad.

Ma.jestic caught nearly $11,000
with the IGtli week of "Desert
Song." while "Arms and the Man'
did $6,750 in third stanza a.t the
Vine Street,

Ninth week of "Lombardi, Ltd.'
at Hollywood Playhouse, $5,000,
with "The Best People" to follow
October 7.

"Wooden Kimono," fifth at the
President. $5,500; Hollywood Music
Box for five . days of "Tarnish."
$8,900; "Shannons, of Broadway,"
first at El Cap! tan, $5,900; two per-
formances of a new Tiddi-sh stock
company at the Mason snatched
$1,500. ■ .

Orange Grove and Figucroa still
dark;

Road Bad Early

Early withdrawalis from the road
is indicative of disqouiaging busi-
ness, out-of-town trade more than
reflecting the dullness in New
York.

. Three companies of "Whispering
Fi'iehds'! will be taken oft Saturday.

"Present Arms" yanked out of
Chicago after two weeks and
jumped to Phila., Is reported being
brought In.

BOSTON LACKS PUNCH
SHOWS; $23,000 IS TOP

"Dawn" Leads Line-Up of 7^|
"Paris Bound/' $12,000—
"Hold Everything," $20,000

Philly's Dps and Downs;
Marx Show Smash I

Costumer Attaches

• Boston, Oct. 2.
The Eaves costume company of
New York secured an attachment
against "Take the Air" last week,
al.so an Injunctive proceeding re-
straining the show from using the
Eaves property. .

The muddle ^'as partly .squared
by the payment of $1,500, but it is
understood the attachment was not
vacated, standing against the show
until the creditor is satisfied.

P. A. SUES SHOW SPONSORS

Max Karper, press agent for sev
eral Yiddish theatres and column
ist for the New York. American, has
instructed his attorney, Louis Jack
son, to start suit against Otto P
Backer and James S. McBrlde, real
estate opei-ators, for alleged non-
payment for .services in ballyhooing
"The Worst Woman in the World."

This 1^ a play by Sidney Goldin
which the real estate men; have
been sponsoring.

Boston, Oct. 2.
It needs something better than
haa shown here yet to put any pep
into local legit business. Last week
was an example.

With plenty o£ the college boys
back, the first day of the week the
Jewish holiday and with constantly
chilly and sometimes • wet weather
there was but one house in town
to better $20,000. Four of the seven
got less thain $15,000' and one just &
couple of thousarid above this
llgiare. This despite that of the
seven attractions here four are mu-
sicals.

Conditions' here are rather upset
at best, especially In regard to book-
ings as a result of the iiricertainty
that handicapped the houses wlftn
for weeks "there was ai possibility
of several houses 'being dark be-
cause ol union trouble. The Colo-
nial, always been one of the big
money-makers and which at this
time of year could be counted upon
to be doing around $30,000 mark
with sonie musical, did in the vi-
cinity of $13,000 last week with
Thurston, the magician. Thurston
got a good break 'by starting off his
opening night with a $950 house.

The Tremont, another of the so-
called syndicate houses and always
surefire, with "Just a Minute,"
minus anything in the way of a
drawing name, picked up $17,000.
When this attraction goes ouVthe
end of this wfiek it looks as though
the house will be dark for thr^e
weeks, unpleasant prospect at this
time.

Ilollis, which was plugging along
at about a $10,000 pace with "The
19th Hole," has got "Dracula" for
thriee weeks with everybody fam-
.iliar with the house and its .cli-
entele a bit anxious to see what the
result will be. A better prospect
for this house is "The Bachelor
Father" following "Dracula."

Having done the best business of
the town last week with "Golden
Dawn," which got $4,000 more last
week than it did the previous week,
the Shubert's have booked into the
Shubert "The Queen's Taste," oper-
etta, fresh from Its tryout, Every
effort will be made to put this show
over here.

"Hold Everything," opening at
the Majestic last week, while still
in the process of being readied got
away with a sweet gross of $20,000
for the first week considering the
.state of the show. This one goes
out the end of this week with "The
Silent Housev in.

"Take the Air," at the Wilbur
for several weeks. Is beginning to
show the strain and slipped off
$4,000 to $14,000. "Paris Bound."
in its first week at the Plymouth,
was a bit of a surprise in the vi-
cinity of $12,000. It is figured
Madge Kennedy was responsible for
quite a bit of this trade. Matinees
were especially strong.

Estimates fop Last Week.
"Take the Air"— (Wilbur, last
weeks). Has been a pretty fair
iiTOfrey-maker ^ since,- - although be-

SHUBERTS CHANGE TITLE

Title controversy between the
Shubcrts and Jed Harris over, usage
of "The Royal Family" . for a new
Shubert operetta has been amicably
adjusted. '

The Shubcrts will recaption their
incoming musicar as "The Queen's.
Ta,ste."

"BLUES" UPTOWN

"Triangle Blues," current at the
Triangle, Greenwich Village, New
York, for several months, will move
to an uptown house in two weeks.

It is a colored musical that has
clicked in the downtown stand and
may go . into Wallack's.

olc-Aed at the Bijuu, cl.'irk; ."The
=SDn R^\V-t-i ^^^r■"--a 1 so^w.c;ri.t.-..ofi:^.lu^
dark, but m.iy get "Oentlonu'n of
the I're.<:s." now at the .Mill'-r; also
coming next week are "I'l.s-ur
Dai.^y" at the Slnibert, •'vVliite
Lilaes" moving from then- to Jol-
...cn's: '■P\'iu.«t." Guild; "P.n-is."
Musie Box; "The Commr.n Sin."
K(,rr"st, and "Tlie Ll^'lit r.f A.-!;i."'
Ilampden'.-^, po.stpoticd fr'-rn tl.is
wfek.

ginning to show signs of weaken
Ing; $4,000 drop to $14,000.

"The Queen's Ta8te"^(Shubert.
1st week). In hej-e Immediately
after opening at Atlantic City tak-
ing the place of "Golden Dawn".;
latter show out after grossing
$23,000 final . week; big money-
maker of the town.

"Just a Minute"— (Tremont, final
week). Did $17,000 la.st week, off
$2,000 from the week before; ca.'=;t
changes being made,

"Hold Everything" (Majestic,
final week). Although new and fltill
being revised did $20,000 opening
week; cashed In some on "Good
Ncvy-s" having been at house for
several weeks last season; referenre
to 'news' in ads.

"Paris Bound"-- (Plymouth. 2d
week). Rather a surpri.qc; $12,000
first week: strong at matinees.

"Dracula"— (Holllfl, 1st week).
Peldom that this house gets a thril-
ler: thin one here for three w^ek?:.
In final week "19th Holr." did $9,000.
^-.=^=T-h u rsto n-<^( GolonlalT=.iid.JtJti£dtl. Jto.
fir.'^-.t ' wpek magician did $13,000;
Inislnesn picked up after a rather
wenk opening; . better things ex-
pected of the new "Amerlr.nna."
•:e))fdnlr>d to open next Monday.

Philadelphia, Oct. 2.
Ju.sL.two hou.ses, of the ten legit
theatres in town, got any real
money last week.

The exceptions were "Animal
Crackers" at the Shubert theatre,
and "Hello Yourself," also a tryout
musical, at the Kori-est. These two
and "Billie," recently seen at the
Garrjck, are so far the only real
money .makers for Sept ember, dur-
ing which time 18 slibws were here.

Soino of the other shows got bet-
ter grosses than they might other-
wise have had by the good weather
break Saturday. All the colleges
around here started their football
Saturday afternoon. When a heavy
rain came along, a lot of the boys
took their girls to a show instead.

"Present Arms" failed to show
much strength out at the Erlanger,
and is now in its last week. The
decision to curtail the irun to a fort-
riight was made late. Saturday.

"Ups-a-Da:isy" fell off some more
in its second and last week at the
Chestnut when the word got around
that the show needed beaucoup fix-
ing. A new book went In- Friday
night, but that was too late to help
attendance. "Sunny Days," in its
third and final week at Keith's, was
pitiful.

"Mr. Money penny" got real money
at its opening at the Garrick, mtvlnly
as the result of an Intensive and
extensivie campaign here among
clubs and organizations. The critics
were adverse, almost without ex-
ception. Show had a $2,50 top, writh
plenty of cheap seats, and on . the
week it claimed, around $1.'),000,
most of it due to the gqod start.

Surprising last-minute strength
was .shown by "The Command Per-
formance," which proved to be a.
great women's pl.ay. ;

Next week was to have been with-
out .1 solitary opening, but the flop-
ping of "Excess Baggage," "Shan-
nons of Broadway" and "Present
Arts" will change that. The Adelphl
will get "The Squealer." opening
Thursday night. The Walnut has
no booking as yet for next week,
and the Erlanger may get a pic-
ture. . ■

Oct. 15 the new Gertrude Law-
rence musical comedy ait the Shu-
bert; "RaihboAv," another musical,
at Keith's, and bookings at the (War-
rick and Broad as'y.et uncertain.
Estimates for Last Week
"Girl Troublie" (Broad, 1st week)>
Modern comedy in for two weeks,
possibly longer. "Command Per-
formance" picked up in last few
days, of its engagement and went
out strong.

"Animal Crackers" (Shubert, 2d
week). Smash of .season to. date.
Opening Tuesday, grossed almost
$33,000.

"Present Armo" (Erlanger. 2d
week). Disappointment though no-
tices were good; $16,000 claimed.

"Interference" (Lyric, 1st week).
English me.lodr.ama in for four
weeks. Promising advance. "Pos-
session" weak in final six days to
$7,000.

"Shannons of Broadway" (Adelphi,
2d week). Flop in Philly and goes
out Saturday.

"Excess Baggage" (Walnut, 2d
week). . Bloomer despite glowing
reviews. Botwcen $6,000 and $7,000.
Goes out Saturday with house prob-
rtbiy ^jit^K a-^^eic" -

"Mr. Moheypenny" "(Garrick, 2d
Week). Pollock play had strong
oj)enlng,- but dropped thereafter.
At pop scale, $15,000.

"Headin' South" (Keith's. 1st
week). New Mclntyr© and Heath
musical .show opening postponed
unlll Wednesday. "Sunny Days"

Tlieatre' Guild's efforts to estab-
lish itself on a subseriiJtion basis
in Ciucago, Boston, IMiiludelpliia,
-Pittsburgh, Cleveland and B.altl-
more, are mettlng with a success
puzzling to ' some legit managers
who have hitherto tried the sub-
scription idea ; with scant results.

At the end of its lirst season on.
tour, The Guild will have between
15,000 (minimum) and 20.000 sub-
scrihers outside New Yoi-k City.
Ba.<'ed on its experiences in New.
York and with the advantage of
sending only supees.ses on tour, it
is figured that this number will
double Itself tiie .second year.

In Chicago, where the Guild had
1,200 subscriber's for its fir-st sea-,
son. at the Studebaker last season,
there are over 6,000 enrolled for
the current season at the Black-
stone. In Baltimore, where but one
Guild show, "Doctor'.s Dilemma,"
has been seen, the figure closely
touches 2,000 at the moment and is
figured to be over 2,500 by the time
the engagement there opens? Oct.
22. Pittsburgh and Cleveland both,
contributed over 1,000 subscriptions
for their first season, a number fig-
ured as good by the fluild. Boston
arid Philadelphia are both rated to
be pro rata in the Chicago class.

In only one of the six cities is
the Guild playing under auspices.
That is Philadelphia, where the Art
Alliance is listed as the sponsor. .
This ia because ot the organiza-
tion's efforts in persuading the
Guild to send one of its productions
out of New York for a week. "Pyg-
mallon-' went to. Phllly more than
a year ago and played a capacity
week at : the Adelphi just before

In most of the cities, five plays
are being given, "The Guardsma.n"
and "Arms and the Man," played
by one unit of actors; "Marco Mil-
lions" and ^'Volpone" played by an- y
other and "Porgy'* with Its negro
cast, "porgy" plays here until late
In March, when It goes to London
for an engagement under the man-
agement of C. B. Cochran.

Next season the Guild will send
the New York cast of "Strange In-
terlude" out in the play, to be also
given on a subscription basis.

This subscription thing for the.
road 13 a new thing for show busi-
ness.

• The Guild has purchased; for ex-
hibition purposes, wax figures of
the cast of its "Volpone" produc-
tion. These figures are small, about
seven Inches high, iand clothed lit
replicas of the costumes. They were
made by Hidalgo, a young Mexican
worker in wax, who.se, caricatures
of Lindbergh, Coolidge, Shaw, etc.,
received wide publicity through
their reproduction In class maga-
zines. The Guild also purchased the
Shaw piece made by Hidalgo.

To exhibit these pieces, a special
case of heavy casing will be made
and shipped around the country In
advance of the play.

Harder-Hall Move

I The Harder-Hall Co. moves, from
; rtira. N. Y., to Rifhmond, Ind .
jwl:r)f It opens Oi;t. 15.

pitiful at $8,000 or less last week.

"Golden Dawn". (Chestnut, 1st
week), OperetLa .sensation here last
fall back for Indefinite engagement,
but at another hpu.se. "Ups-a-
Daisy" staggered badly In last
week.

"Hello Yourself" /Forrest, 2d
week). Second big winner of week
with belwf-en $:M.000 .'ind S'i.'i.OOO re-
ported. Prob.Tble stay for some
time.

"Nous" Now All-Equity

"Kntre Nous," which Andy
Wright attfjniptod to float as an
Ln on-.IO.qUl.iy ..r eyue_q.nA_.w_hlrt l.A l.<^w
up In rehear».Tl two weeks ago has
been taken over by Paul Ger.ard
Smith.

Smith will revamp the book and
lyrics, placing it In rehear.sal next
we<^k with 100 per c<^nt. E(iulty ca,st.

Bozo Snyder and Mollie Willlains, ■
originally *-l!.h the .show will he re- :
talned by Smith but will al.«o be |
inducted Into lOO'iity.

Rather Good Legit Biz
In Providence; $2 High

Providence, Oct. 2,
(Drawing Population, 300,000)
Weather: Coo|

-- Three.~-big -legit attractlon.'i. la_at

week; , '

Closing of the Albco stock Sjitur-
day brought capacity all week.

Peggy Wood in "Candida " at the
Modern^ first guest .star, another
attraction. ■

Opera House had 'The Great
Necker," fairly well considering $2
tax as agilnst $1 at the other ■
hou.sefl.

The tab tales of mu.sical shows
at the Carlton seems to bo holding
out and thl.s theatre may .just as
well stand pat with this as take a
licking on pictures and vaudeville.
Estimates for Last Week
Albee— (K-O) (2,r,00; 20-$l).
Clofflng week sell-out. Aroiinil $13,-
000.

Opera House (Ind) n,300; 50-$2). •
"Grent Neek'T,". fair we'-k. I'^ur at

Fay's (Kay) n,600; 1.^-7., i .Jackie
(■Joog.Tii-ln per.^on.. Caimcity. Around
$i2.r,oo. ■ ^ ,

Carlton (Fay) (1,6o0; IH-T..). Tub
sr^f-msio be getting br UfT: ^-l.^Od.

Modern (Fay JT rT'Tud ^v'M.T^- wirn -
T'egu'y Wood In "Cnri'M.lJr' : 'I'l'J.

"WOMEN" REVISION

"Women," the Sdui lliin i :-.\H-i t
Lewj;i .show, fitarrirui .I'-lm II.>!li.-
day. will close .'ifter i>la\iiii; Neuaik,
J., this week.

It nfi'.'ds revision.

54

VARIETY

L EG I Tl MATE

Wednesday, October 3, 1928

Plays on Broadway

CHEE-CHEE

. Lew Fields' musical production nulhored
by . Ilerbevt FlcldB (book), Lorcriz Hart
(lyrics) arid Rlohttrd Roduors (music),
adapted from Cluirles Potlf's novel, "The
Son of tho Grand . £unuch." Staged by
Alexander I>6ft\vlch, dances by ' Hack Has-
kell, orchestra .' by Roy Webb, costumes
by John Eooih. . In two acts and seven
Fcenes, ' cpenlnfr Sept. 25 at Fields' Mans-
flcld, New York; '

A Eunuch .Ralph Qlover

Another i ... . .Alan Lowe

Prince Tno-Tee.i.......... Stark Patterson

Ll-Ll-Wee. Betty Staibuck

.Ll-Pl Slno. ............. .....George H.issell

.Miss .Smile... ..Dorothy Roye

LI-PI Tchou ......William Wllllhms

Chec-Chee Helen Ford

Ban Toy George All

Narrow-MIndcd Owl William Grfflth

Innkeeper ,. Philip Loeb

Tartar Chief.. .George Houolon

Leader of . Khonghouscs. .Marshall Bradford

Radiance and Felicity WiUlnm Grfflth

Profundity ......Philip Loeb

Holy Emperor.; ..Ralph Glover

Dancing Idols.. Masai Sanamli Violetta Aokl
Girls of Ensemble— Gloria Rymar, -Biddy
Boyd, Helm Mlrtel, Jean Caso-well, Cath-
arine Huth, Ann Mycue, Velma Valen-
. tine, Eugenia JReno, Betty Glass, Betty
Shirley. Grace Shipp; Marie Felday, Ruby
Poo, Evelyn Hannona, Evelyn- Kane,
Bunny Moore, Urllda Smith, Pauline
Hartman, Helen Bheppard..-
Men— Gene Byrom. ' Charles Townsend,
Frank White, Robert Davla, Al Blrk. T^sd
White, Jay Llndsey, Jnul Jensen, Jamos
Dale. Bob Matthews, Buddy Penny, R.
P. HaM, Richardson Brown, George Xeh-
rlan, Ted Shultz, Eddie Larkln.

liah. He should stick to these triple
rhymes, Intricate construction and
original phraseology and foi:get all
well meant but misdirected advice.

"CheeTChce's" chance at the gate
Is problematical. It's, not good en-
tertainment and yet a morbid curi-
osity in the daring theme may prove
a financial life-saver.. What good
elTect those songs may have must
also bo reckoned with. One can
never forget what an "I Love You"
song hit did for a medioci-e musical,
"Little Jessie James," some years
ago. However, everything else con-
sidering, "Chee-Chee's" appeal is
decidedly limited to a class draw at
the $5.50 scale.

Abel.

BILLIE

Koss and Carl I'Yancis were among
the ofreotive leads.

"nillle" is enjoyable, entertain-
ment. Thore are some .slow moments
but with the performance lasting
beyond 11.30 on the opening night
it should not be much of a trick
to prune a bit.

A muslral. comedy moderately
scaled, it is aimed for popularity.

' Ihee.

. Between "Ch6e-Chee". and Mae
West's newest opera, "Pleasure
Man," West 47th becomes the theat-
rical red light district and the great
American neutep gender Is In Its
element, :

For all of Its cleverness, for all
of its radical departure in operetta
construction, for all of ' lis tuneful-
ness of score <and Richard Rodg-
ers haa never before fashioned a
more > tuneful collection of song
settings), "Chee-Chee" not alone is
decidedly limited for a class draw,
but further negates Its economic
opportunities by an unhappy theme
which leaves t^e auditor consider-
ably uncomfortable, whether he Is
alone 6t in mixed company.

As far as Variety's thick-skinned
mugs are concerned, anything goes
T-and does — but between this and
"Pleasure Man," the . ^xploslveness
of "Front Page" and the utterly
vlcloui expletives of "Jarnegan,"
careful Indeed must the layman be
where he escorts any feminine com-
panion.

"CheerChee" hasn't even the sav-
ing grace of a provocative theme.
Its libretto is decidedly dull and
Its unfolding Is lethargic and well
nigh boresome. Young Fields' yoe-
man endeavors to colloquially adapt
such old saws as "I wish I had a
hotel with 1,000 rooms and flrti you
dead In every one. of them" by
paraphrasing, it as "wouldst that I
had 1,000 pagodas so I could
!.;rangle you in every one of them"
only served to heightew the natural
comedy deficiencies of It all.

Charles Petit's original nova!,
"The Son of the Grand Eunuch."
the source of libretto inspiration
for "Chee-Chee," has to do with
two elements: masculine sterility,
and feminine laxity. If that's fit-
ting fare for stage reflection, much
less in musical form, then Mae
West Is the feminine Shakespeare.

Helen Ford as the title player,
"Chee-Chce," wife of William Wil-
liams, who plays the son of the
Grand Eunuch, flits through two
acts and seven scenes engaged in
the dutiful task of saving her hus-
band's ll.'e at the expense of her
"honor." However, she thinks noth-
ing of it, because, says she, "1 have
kept mysplf pure in mind."

Betty Starbuckr a "G a r r I c k
Gaieties" alumna, teamed with Stark
Patterson in the juvenile parts, reg-
istered on thoir own with a song
. and dance and a natural conception
Of CTsnredy values,- although they
were additionally fortified by some
excellent song a!5.slgnments. Wil-
liam Griffith, for all his Edwynnlsh-
ness, was a welcome comedy high-
light.

George Houston, as the Tartar
. Chief, was equally effective and
^larshall Bradford, Philip Loeb. and
jMa-sa Sanariii assisted by Violetta
Aokl, the latter a pair , of unusual
"dancing idols," completed the oper-
etta persohae. This marks Houston's
debut in mu.slcal comedy, having
toured as soloist with different sym-
phony orchestras In concert as well
as with the Schola Cantorum and
the Oratorio Society. He impressed
favorably as one of Chee-Chee's"
several not too menacing "menaces."'
The elder Field.s has done well
by his favorite authors on the pro-
duction end . and general mounting.
Jack Haskell on the dance staging
contributed nicely on behalf of the
18 girls and 16 boys, as did Alex
Leftwich on the book staging,
liandlcappod as he was by Herbert

FieTdTgnffirfetto T • • ■ ■

Musically, it Is to be regretted
that Rodgers wasted the best score
he has -ever turned out on "Chee-
Chee." With L?irry Hart's collabo-
ration, they, have five cinch clicks
in "I Must Love You," "Moon of My
Delight," "The Tartar Song," "Dear,
Ohi Dear" and "Better Be Good to
Me," the latter two corking for
dance. Hart, lyrically, seems to
have been ultra, class -conscious and
striven hard for simplification. This,
too, Is regrettable for Hart is at his
best when he Is at his best En£^-

. Musical comedy In two acts presented at
Eriangcr's Oct. 1 by George M. Coliari;
book, lyrics and score. by Mr. Cohan; 8t(iged
by Edward Royce and Sam Forrest.

Maid. . ; .' .June O'Dea

Hahkin '. . , Joe Ross

Bob Wallace. .....Robinson NcwbolO

Jackson Jones. Joseph WagstafC

Winnie Sheldon. .......Marjorle. I^ane

Mrs. Ambrose Gerard Ina Ha^ward

Peter Pembroke. ............. .Carl Francis

Blllle Polly Walker

Wilbur Cheatlngton .Emie Stanton

Sir. Alfred Huntington... Vul Stanton

Harry Thompson David London

Higglns.. Richard Barry

Judge SpotswoQd Joseph Kennedy.

Page..... ..Ethel Allen

Will.. .Billy Bradford

Marion..... .Marlon Hamlltoa

Charles. Charles Sabln

Sheriff..... ............Larry L. Wood

Gnbver Sheldon.. Albert Froom

With a tuneful score, holding
three or four potential sonig hits,
good book with a goodly . share of
laugh-comedy, plenty of dancing
and an all round clever cast, George
M. Cohan's new "Billie" as at Jilr-
langer's Monday night figures to be
a winner.

It is an all-Cohan show as to
writing and score. The book is
based on his success of other sea-
sons, "Broadway Jones," but it hat:
been . smartened up. : The satire Is
more pointed. In the second act
especially, the fun bubbles?.

"Billie" is Cohan In his very best
humor.

Polly Walker, the dainty lass who
shone In Cohan's "MeiTy Malones"
last season, is the star of the new
show. Her name Is In lights atop
the theatre, the show's billing and
title being elsewhere on the ex-
terior. Such a quip cracker as Rob-
inson Newbold is again aniong
Cohan's comedians and such a
laughable pair as Val and Ernie
Stanton have been added.

There Is a. new face. Joseph
Wag^taff, handsome youth and a
model juvenile, a kid vvho was out
on the road with a musical show
last season. From his perfprmance
he belongs to Broadway. The first
nighters went for him hard.

"Where Were You?" ductted by
Miss Walker and Wagstaf£, Is a
peachy number. So is Miss Walker's
"Billie" and the boy's "Happy"—
they wanted more of Wagstaff with
it and later. The duo again come
to the front just at the close of
the show with "The Two of Uis."
It is a slow tempo numbor. in fact
no little of the score is akin a.nd
perhaps it's Cohan's idea to show
a chanjre of p.aoe from the usual
dash and. rush of the modern musi-
cal comedies. The finnle was given
a gentle curtain, different too.
Billie and her boy are left >standing
before the silken curtain and for
the actual end thoy are in embrace.

The' Stantons, Val as an. English-
man and Ernie as his lawyer, were
in front of the .«!ilk drop in the first
act. It was not a specialty sincc-
the dialog hoid^t^ do^ with 'the story.
The second act f ound "tire "brothers
again alone and in a .spot. It was
an olfice scene, partly mentioning
the plot but the phone bit was the
reail idea and the laugh of the even-
ing.

The story has to do with young
Jackson Jone.s who has g;one broke
and gotten, hlni.self entangled to a
somewhat worldly widow. Comes a
message his uncle died leaving him
the chewing gum factory. All hands
off to the Connecticut town and
there the kid meets the girl, Billie,
the secretary.

Jonesy Is .all for her and of course
they marry, tossing off the factory
for a mere five million.

The mentor-, kidder and what not
of the proceedings is Newbold. He
coaches Billie how to catch young
Jones, HtalLs off the widow (Ina
Hay ward), threatens to sock the
English gent in the mush and han-
dles the Cohan comedy lines in the
telling way he ahvjiys has. Many
a laugh in his spare system come.''
^o.u.t.audj:igM.=^;^,-_^^^.^_„^:_^_^

Miss W.'ilkor in addition to^hei-;
sweetness and plea.«ant voire is n'
graceful stopper, nnd so many of
the others .show d.mce skill the ver-
.satlllty of the oast is noi.ahle. Billy
Bradford and M.ai'ion Ilamiltoh are
the specialty dancers, rating well
in the second act i)artioularly A
ballet of eight toe dancers attracts
attention. They were not billed as
from any special Instructor or train-
ing school. Charles Sabln d.anced
one number with Miss Walker.

Marjoric Lane, Miss Ilayward, Joe

ADVENTURE

Miplodr.ima In thn>e actd by John Wlllari^.
Pre.<ientPd n,l the Republic Sept. 25 by Ber-
nard Steele, Inc. Staged by Steele and
RoUa Lloyd. Roberta Arnold featured.

Kitty. ... , .Ruth Hunter

Clerk Harold Kennedy

Ctol. Stetson.. , ..Joseph Kggcnton

Michael O'.Shanfe.; John B. Liter

Jane Merwln , ; Helen Mayon

Dolores Hampton . ; . . . . .\ . ; . Roberta Arnold

"Spider"..... Clyde Dllson

First Herder .;.J. Gordon Kelly

Pedro. Hollo Lloyd

Second Herder... Ernie Telle

"Angel" Evans , ...Harry E). Southard

Steve Lane ....,.T.feo Kennedy

Jed Hampton. . , . ........ . .William ingersoll

Rather attractive title, but as a
play it resembles a western picture,
and they have gone out of style.
"Adventure'" Is a long-drawn-out
tale. It has some color supplied by
the cow hands and sheep herders of
the Wyoming ranges, but that Isn't
enough to lift it above the. rating ol
a cut-rater.

John Wlllard, author-actor, whose
mystery play, "Cat ,and Canary,"
was his most successful writing,-
hegan with a good. Idea, that of the
Adventure League, composed of men
who had been overseas. In the big
war. and who still are imbued with
the over-there spirit, rather than
routine work.- Applied to his Story
here the idea seems to have been
wasted.

(t. too lengthy first act in the
lobby of a small uptown New York
hotel introduces the hero, called
Michael O'Shane, and the heroine.
Dolores Hampton. She has been
east four years and Is about to re-
turn to her father's cattle ranch
when she meets the romantic
O'Shiane.. The. latter has been of-
fered the job of breaking up the
depredations against a sheep range
by the cowboys of the Hampton cat-
tle ranch; adjoining. Ho takes the
Job because it is out there close to
the elusive Dolores.

Scene shifts to Bitter Creek with-
in what Is billed as a hotel. Cow-
hoys and sheep herders are gam-
bling, rough mugs. Somebody has
been picking off Jed Hampton's cow
hands with a rifle frorri the hills.
Nobody suspects Michael, regarded
as a. tenderfoot sent- out for his
health.

The old rancher hires Angel
Evans, bad man from Texas, to dis-
cover the shooter. Evans rates him-
self as second to none on the draw,
and bumps off a herder in a poker
game to prove it.

It Is Evans who ferrets out Mich-
ael, though, of course, Dolores has
known It all along.

In the. end the girl gets her man.
Michael had 5ust snuffed out Evans,
beating, him to the draw.

Except for the shooting "Adven-
ture" is too even. Comedy content
is Ineffectual and the drama is hard-
ly thrilling. Roberta Arnold is love-
ly as Dolores. John B. Litel, put
ol stock, looks and iacts very well
the romantic,, nervy Michael. Sev^
eriil bad men were capably done by
Harry D. Southard and Rollo Lloyd,
while William Ingersoll Is a good
pick for the old rancher.

Bernard Steele is presenting the
.show. He is a stage director an;l
teamed with Lloyd In putting on
"Adventure." It is understood that
outside money is backing Steele, but
thiere is no chance of the attraction
being profitable.^, Ihcc.

BY REQUEST

Farce comedy In three acts. . Prosr»iile(l
.by George M. Cohan at Hudson Sept. -7.
WrUte.n by J. C. Nugent nnd Rlllo.tt N'u-
gent." ."Blagen"' b7^'Sam"-Fo^K^st;-•-]Clllo^^
Nugent featured.

William Abbott. .Elll.Ht Nugc-m

Jean Abbott Norm.i Loo

John Hector Henry... J. C. Nugent

Claudia Wynn Verree Tea.sdalc

Hal Curtis,-} Grant Mill."

Judith Swimn. . .Eleanor Wlnalow Wlllliims

Froddl(! Page Harry McNaushton

Antonio Ulnl , Jules Epallly

Gerald Onglow. . . . , : .Wills rialre

I'Ullman Porter. ...... ..... .Charles Ualturi

"Hcd Cap".... .....Milton C. Herman

Geo. M. Cohan behind the newest
play by the Nugents. Both are in
the cast. Nothing new for the Nu-
gent family, but this time the pater
thrusts the son forward, Elliott be-
ing the sole featured player. "By
Request" has been showing in ao.'ir-
by stands for some, six weeks and
liked. That goes for the premiere
at the Hudson last Thursday, thougn
in a more Intimate theatre its run
pos.sibilitlcs might be more favor-
able. -

"By Request" is comedy with a
farcical trend. Tells the talc of a
small-town boy who thinks he is
Jnow^J.liy;edjwItji the New York hug.
Often the char^^cTers~staik'^Tyn-=^at:
surprising times, but the dialog i."
mostly bright and humorous.

J, C. and Elliott Nugent wotu
home in localing their horo. Wil-
liam Abbott is assistant editor of
tho Independent at Massilon, O. He
is in New York, for tho purpo.^es
of the play, to sec John Henry, who
has added the paper to his string.
The Nugents are from Ohio, but
their town is Dover.

Bill is for becoming New York
correspondent. He has sr^ibbed

himself a picture star's studio tem-
porarily, and likes life in the big
town, along with its artists, actors
and so forthi Bill is Just about fall-
ing for Claudia, blonde vamp, but
he tells her ' frankly he has been
married to Jean for four years, still
very miich in love with her and
never thought of having an affair.

Joan suddenly bursts in from
Massilon. She is all agalrist Bill's
idea of moving to New York; she
misses the front porch out home.
It doesn't, take Jean, long to see
there Is. something on between the
confectionery Claudia and her Bill.
There is a tifC. Acting on the ad-
vice of a girl friend who believes a
man who strays once In awhile Is
glad to come back home, she insists
that Bill take a trip to Bar Harbor
with the vamp, .

. The final act sees Bill and Claudia
In a Pullman drawing room, the
situation being most comic at that
point through Bill's shyness. He
escapes for a moment to pep up
with a drink, returns to squabble
with Claudia, who exits to' a single
berth.

In an adjoining, compartment (s
little Jean. Through a similarity In
dressing robers, he carries her . into
the drawing room, dumps her abed
and climbs Into the upper berth
himself. He hag been kissing her
picture In his watch, and freshly
realizes Jean is the only woman for
him. Henry Is pn the same train,
and be.ore the party troops Into
breakfast Bill gets the editorship of
the Massilon paper, happy to take,
air from New York.

Elliott Nugent as the young ed-
itor Is quite the Juvenile and gulli-
ble, even fpr Massilon. There is a
drynfess about his comedy that re-
sembles that of hia father's, but no
imitation. The .^qulet - and always
effective individuality of J. C.'s im-
personation of the newrgpaper mag-
nate comes to the fore at important
stages. Norma Lee (young Mrs.
Nugent) was peppy . but sweet as
Jean. Verree Teasdale Is the pretty
Claudia. Somebody in the audience
remarked that if Bill didn't take her
to Bar Harbor he would. Harry
McNaughton did very well a;s an
illustrator who made funny or fresh
rem-arks when in liquor. Balance
of the cast so-so.

"By Request" principally depends
on its dialog for the first two acts,
and then It is a matter of situations.
The second act sagged In the mid-
dle, but the show is amusing and
should achieve moderate success..

, Ihee.

A PRINCE THERE WAS

(Yiddish)

Operetta in three acta and a prolog.
Produced by Schulninn and Goldberg un-
der tlie supervision of Ludwlg Satz. Writ-
ten by Harry Kalmonovltch. Musto by
Herman Wohl, lyrics by H. StutchkofC and
Lndwig Safz. Starring Ludwlg Satz.
Dances arranged by- Katchatofsky. At
Public. New York, Sept. 28, $2.00 top.

Rob Bainl.slr . '. .' Sam Blunri

First Jew .Chalm Kornfeld

Second Jew .M. Bermaii

S Prince ., Leon- Gold

Mlrelo '. Nadya Dranova

Schnlndele ....Pauline Klelda

Lalbke I. Ijuplnsky

Esther Fannie T<ubrlt-/Uy

Chatzkel Ludwlg Satz

An Officer- ., .....Charles Nathanson

Tfjrtar General Michael Wllen.sky

A Tzar .....Sidney Hart

A Priest Boris Rosenthal

Olga .Zlna Goldstein

From the common, low-brow, or
commercial point of view it's not a
success. De.spite that it's another
pan on Russi.a and a mythical czar,
and with the oppression of Jews as
its major theme, it will not please
the people whom this play was ex-
pected to dr.aw because the patron-
izers of the Yiddish, theatre rarely
fall for operettas, regardless of
-(luiility. Aside from that, it has .1
«la))sti(k oyniedian attempting the
loading role without the vocal de-
livery renuhed. Ludwlg Satz is
billed over the title, his nanie evi-
dently being used for whatever it
niay be \v.orth~"to^dmw"-Dn'"the East
Side.

Having tlio star of the play mis-
cast in a weak, Inappropriate, in-
sufficient role is only one of tlie
minor faults. It's a weak produc-
tion from every angle. The story
unfolds and blossoms Into a repe-
tition of Xvhat. hiis already been
written and staged for these many
score years now — relative to the
cruelties and stupidities of oppres-
sive Russian rvilers, and . there are
no. new or novel angles to recom-
mend It for a renewed lea.se of life.

The lyrics hold a few odd laughs
but only in spots. Music, like the
book, also has a. familiar tinge.
Practically every Yiddish musical
produced on the .street has had.
something similar. It seems that
the Yiddish composers are limited
to a scale of five notes , with which
they make endless combinations, all
registering alike.

Of tho performers Faimie Lu-
britzky socms to be the only player
KuitJibly cast; and carrying through
her ~ wlMM{""ih ii!ft=lilrerublc^=i^
tho prima donna, 5Iina Goldstein,
.another songstress, who also has
the role of the court vamp, has cul-
tivated a deep gurgle that ruins
everything. .

Sat^ does well with a few com-
edy, situations, but these arc lack-
ing In strength and there isn't
enough comedy called for in the
book' for him to really appear at
his best. Boris Rogenthal delivers
a convincing, through slightly
overdrawn, characterization of the

slnigtcr. Intriguing Russian High
Priest.

Aside from that there's the mea-
gre story o£ the country lad whoa©
quick-mindedness saved tho Prince
from the Tartars. As a reward the
Prince brings the boy to court, tries
to' take his girl, and at the same
time sets the High Priest and the
court vamp to w-ork in an endeavor
to convert him to the Christian
faith.

Ifrom the artistic angle there
would be no I'eview. There is no
art in weakness. Mori. '

The Would-Be Gentleman

Opening the third aeaaon of the Clvio
Repertoire Theatre, directed by Eva Le-
GalUonne, with the revival of a play by
MoUere, adapted by F. Anstey (Thoman
Anatey Guthrie); .staged by Miss LeGal-
llenhe; settings and cdstumea designed by
Aline Bernstein and Jacqueline Knight;
settings by Cleon Throckmorton, painted
by Horace Armlstead; dances by J. Bliake
Scott; at- the Civic Reper;tolre theatre (14tU
street), Oct. 1; $1.50 top.

Muflic Master ,. .John Eldriedge

Nicole ...Beatrice de Neergaard

Dancing Master. ........... .j. Blake Sobtt

M. Jourdaln. ....,»..Bgon Brecher

Baptlste, Lackey.......... "...Walter Beck

Second Lackey. ^ ... Robert Ross

Music Master's Pupil. . . .. .Adelle Scl)uyler

Fencing Maister. ............ .Paul Loyssac

Profeesor of Philosophy. .. . .Sayro Crawley

Madame JoUrdaln Alma Kriiger

pomte de Chateau-GalUard

Donald Cameron

Luclle Jourdaln , .RIa Mbone/

Cleonte Dubois. Harold Moulton

Covlelle, Valet to Dubois

J. Edward Bromberg-

Tailor Lewis Leverett

Ills Assistant ;...'.....:....L{tndon Herrlck
Marquise de Mpntlgnac. . . . . . .Mary Morris

Page. .Harold Francis

Cook's Assistant.... ..Vernon Jones

Dancers^. . .J, Blake Scott, jocelyn Gordon
Muslclam:

Theodore Zarkevlch, Coostantlna
Sheytchen, Peter Tcharkoveky. Abra-
ham Bfttken and Paul iZamulenko
Slave-H ........ Herbert Shaplrof, Ted Fetter

Dervishes:

Margaret I.<ove, Glesca Marshall,
Jocelyn Gordon, Robert Ross, Lewis
Leverett, Landon Herrlck.

Mufti, . , ... .John Eldredge

Guests.,... Agnes McCarthy, Leslie Cooley

Nothing of great consequence.
Miss Le Galllenne's worthy effort is
predicated on the need ow a non-
commei*cial theatre to present
profitless plays which otherwise
would not get a hearing. So far she
has given the world "Cradle Soiig"
— and that would be a money hit
for any producer. Her repeated of-
ferings of other esoteric, drahias,
comedies and tragedies, have borha
little fruit.

"Le Bourgdis Gentilhomme" of
Moliere, which is the original o£
this sea'son's opening opus, is - a
credible and ctedltable farce. This
day and generation could stagger
and struggle along without it. But
it will see and support worse. Thus,
it Is only so-so. . And who wants to
go to 14th street to see the so-so?

Egou Brecher, a Teutonic .actor
of. the "bid school" whp Seems to
be an especial favorite of Miss Le
Galllenno (and not entirely for
naught) gets the role of Jourdaln,
almost a monolog. Except for an
occasionally Qermanlc dialect that
bobs through, Brecher-^more ac-
customed to heavy and drab dra-
matics than light and low comics-
hands fotth a rather decent show.

The other principals are famil-
iars of lagt season, recoignized by-
the overflow audience that graced
the season's premiere of the bo-
loyed Le Galhehne's third period
of stage elevation. Among these the
beauteous Beatrice de Neergaard
and Marry Morris shone, forth in
mionr, but notable Moliere-Itles.
Miss Le Gallienhe did not deign her
personal presence in this offering,
nor w'as there any sign of Nazim-
ova, broadcast as the guest star
of this year's Civic Repertoire.

The settings were excellent and
tho costumes, of a medieval pe-
riod, truly splendid. IMo Outlay was
spared on this affair. Miss Le Gal-
lienne, poor as she and her uplift
may be, is no piker. The prodigal
Al Woods would not have invested
It with anything more lavish. But
— he probably would not touch any
pjart of it with a stage-brace. It
u n veil lit?' 7the""^non - fiscal -is Migs
Le Galllenne's mission, she is true
to it here in every way.

The principal charm of "The
Woiild-Be Gentleman" (as in "Vol-
pone," though the Theatre Guild's
middle-centuries resurrection had
far more sex appeal) lies in Us
adaptability to modern . isati re.
Played with all fidelity In the at ^
mosphere of Its time, acting' its age,
it is still a costumed modern.

It has' to do with an amorous and
pgotistlcal commoner, who, grow-
ing rich and bald, experiences and
pursues the urges of gallantry,
fashion, dame-copping and those
other absurdities which go with the
silly age of an idle pinhead. His
harriden wife rUles him, his Im-
pecunious and flattering young
friend uses and bamboozles him,
tho tradesmen and servants take,
and trim him, !ind he preens him-
.solf nnd fanc'l9s ho is a Don Juan
wit, hail fellow' and sly rogue.

It runs on, developing the char-
jT-cter ^with int^'donts rather than
Aviih fVr'o"grps.s~Tn'^1otr'£inTd--"tho-^^^
ing is what might be termed
"hapi)y." Tlio acting i.s about as
up-nnd-up as is usu.ally found in
revivified seven toonth century com-
edies. Tlie direction is intelligent
iC not brilli.Tnt. There are laughs
.and the evening spins along kind oC
pleasnntly.

That the Civic Repertoire The-
atre, founded on Ml.ss Le Oallienne'.^
motto — "The theatre Is Important
(Continued on p.a^o 55)

Wednesday, October 3, 1928

L E G I T I M A T E

VARIETY

55

Plays Out of Town

MOLLY AND ME

'. All)any. N. Y., Oct: 2.
David K. tjubloalty prcsenta ,Fllio O'llai-a
Jn musical romance. IJook by Aiiion I<\
<5clbllla. A'flnpiwl from i>lay by Do Witt
Nowlnfr. Lyrics avW mxislc l)y George , D.
■wiest, Sclbllla .nml Mac k GorUon. Dances
f)l:iB< (l by Bunny WclUon.

ilurph . , ,

Ji'i ry rennlnston

Tommy. • •:• • • • •

.Tack of C.'onliiw. . . . . . .

Lord Oonlaw,

Molly ••

Sir Daniel Tlmpton. ..
Robert Blake.;........

purser. • •

ITlora'. .....,••..•«•• • •■• '

. . . , .Barney Fagan
Aldls Hartlutt
. Aljpn • York.
...... Flskc O'llara

;..Thoni;in Morrison
...Florence .Trevor
. . .Jack. Ilealy
... .. .Wulior CBr.son

. . , . .Paul Darnollp.
, . , .Ardullo Gleave.s

Fiske O'Hara. was a disappoint-
ment In his new road show, "Molly
and Me,", opening at the Capitol
Wednesday.

"Molly and Me" Is an ela-boration
of O'Hara's vaude play. It had been
overpa.dded. Particularly/ in the
first act the show lacks life, alow
and out of tempo or rhythm. The
two acts run through 100 minutes,
most of which Is dull. Chorus is
small, about 12 girls. Enough good
material, however, to make it sin
entetralnlng mu.sical show. Barney
Pagan, old-tlmo Irish comedian, is
not given the opportunity deserved.
He plays a servant. :

Helen Flynn, talented dancer,
ranks high and helpa to enliven.

Natalie and Darnelle .brighten up
a rather ragged, and slow perform-
ance. .They go through their risky
dancing act with ea.se and grace.

Mr. O'Hara has an attractive per-
'sorialityl but that is about the best
one could say about him in this
show at present.

"Molly {iind Me" played in Albany
for one night. It . is going to Lon-
don, Canada, and eventually expects
to reach Chicago, it is said.

MR. MONEYPENNY

riu'.adelphia, S(n)t..l:S,

Cliannlng PoUotk'is new play ; iiroduced
by Rlcbarii- Bolqslavsky ; production .stajseil
by K'^bert lidmond Jones, a-sslstcd by L.
Dale Stetson and Frances Hand; Incidental
music by Kay Warburg.-

Here is a play that is a .strange
mixUire of several moods and one
that aims to please several con-
trasting tastesV "Whore it will ■ ap-
peal to some groups 61 theatregoers,
it will have no interest for others,
and Where, the latter lind ehlertain-
mcnt, the former will see only
boloney.

In story substance and theme,
"Mr. Moneypenny" £611o^ys in the
footsteps of Channing Pollock's
earlier .plays, "The Fool" and . "The
Enemy." It Is a. draniatic preach-
ment, with the author assuming the
position of a soap-box orator rail-
ing against evils of our modern
clvilizatibn. In "Mr. Moneypenny,*;
he describes to his audience all the
evils of striving after; the almighty
dollar, not only in spirit, but in the
dialog. His development of his
action also runs in passively con-
ventional lines,

The dramatist's chief protagonist
Is a humble bank, worker, .Tt)hn
Jones, who, when we first meet him,
is bewailing the deadening and
crushing monotony and hardship of
his daily routine; Templed by mam-
mon, in the gui.se of an immaciilato,
oily gentleman in dress clothes and
a swagger cane, named Mr. Money-
penny, Jones sets about to make
himself rich without worrying about
the means to the end.

In substance, this is another
morality play. Except for "Money-
penny," the character.** arc given
names,, and not titles like Vice,

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Mr, Pollock has be.stowod upun
is current piece the most elaUorato
ind of staging and scenic Invcstl-
ure. llerp is whore the other angle

of potential audience appeal coinos

in;

"The "arty" crbwd may rave ovir
le .imjH-e.ssionlstic treatment given.
Incidentally, "Mr. : Moneypenny" i.-?
one of the noLsiost pieces ever
staged.. It gives the audience lic
chance to .hear itself think. .. ■
The author-producer ' has pro-
ided an exceptional cast. Donald
Meek wais an ideal oholte for the
timorous, nervous, pathetic Jonf?s,
and Hale HiimiKon Is. sulllciently
.sini.ster and malevolent as Money-
penny. It Is a tough assignment
for him Inasmucii as he walks in
and out of the action, a detached
and unreal figure. Maj'garot Wych-
erly gives dignity and repression
to Mrs. .Tones, arid Catherine pale
Owen is a striking and seductive
figure as. Glory, a vamp In the
story. Ruth Nugent and John P.
.Seymour .*iupply some rather sac-
charine love i.nterost.

"Mr. Moneypenny'' uiight have a
chance to get by on Its ultra-mod-
ern method Of presentation .with
the sophisticates, and on its dra-
matic preachment with Pollock's
chentele. byt the two hardly mix.
well.- Morality plays click price in
a whilCi but recent ones have not
fared So .succe.ssfuUy, and this one
looks uncertain. Wate.ra.

ANIMAL GRACKERS

Philadelphl.a, Oct. 1.
Snm H. Harris presents tiie Marx Broth-
ers In .a new. .musical comedy. Book and
lyrics by .(?eorpe, S. Kaufman and Morris
Uy.skfnd. -Lyrics arid music by Bert Kal-
miir and Harry Ruby; Play directed by
O.^icar ICagle. Dnnce.-i orninBCd bv Kus.seII
Markert. ScttlnKs ocslsrned by Raymond
Sovey. .Costumes by 'Mabel Johnston/

Eryine's Opinions

The morning World's critic,
St. John .Krvlne/ brought over
from Ijontlon to review Proad-
wray, witnessed four new pro-
ductions last week. Ho
thought: .

"Jarnegan" — Bad.

"Cheo-Chee"— J3ad.

"Fast Life"— Bad.

"By Request"— -Fftir.

CARRYING YOUR OWN

There is every indication the
Marx Brothers, have another sriiasn
hit in this ela:borate musical pro-
duction. .. The .fifth Sam Harris try-,
out of the season so far in Philadel-
phia.

"Animal Cracksrs" is in every re-
spect a Marx .show. A duir intro-
ductory period will be cut aind
trimmed before the .show is much
older. !

The production is heavy and gor-
eous. The costurhing rich and
colorful; Russell M:irkert's training
of chorus dancing has many merits;
Kalriiar and.- Rudy's score has at
least one sure-fire number in
"Watching the Clouds Roll By" and
the surroundirig cast is O. K., But
no matter if these assets were 20
times, as noteworthy, the audience
would be sitting there waiting for
Groucho and the others to come on
with some new monkey business.

Gebrge Kaufman (with Morris
Rysklnd) has tried nothing unusual
or unconventional In the matter of
his book. There is little satire, but
he has preferred to write an agree-
able and fittirig story for the broth-
ers and to give them situations
right up. their street. . .

Otitstandirig comedy scenes in
the play incliide a bridge gariie in
which Harpo and Chico take part;
burglary episode played partly in
the dark with Harpo and Chico as
the robbers and Groucho as an on-
16oker; Groucho's description of his
Africa game hunt; Groucho's
.amazingly good take-off on the
thought-expression in "Strange In-
terludes"; the screamingly funny
house-building dialog between
Groucho and Chico; the bathing
suit scene and finally a pretentious
and almost classic burlesque intro-
ducing Groucho as Louis XV dur-
ing a moment of., lovernakjng wilh
DuBarry. The latter runij the bet-'
ter part of a half ;^hour, and will
be funnier than the' famous "Jose-
phine and Napoleon" travesty in
"I'll Say She Is." . .

The comedy comeis from incon-
gruous situations and from the
boys' own efforts, and . cannot be
singled, put separately..

For the first ti'me the four broth-
ers have a song nujnber of their
own, called "Musketeers." They
announce in v song that . they are
"four of the Three Musketeers" and
add that they are "all for one and
two for five," The number ends
with a dance In which they do a
little Tiller routine among other
steps.

A lice Wood is a cute and spri.ght-
Iv ingenue with a sense of humor;
Slargarot Irving plays Du.Barry
with real gusto and appreciation
for the farcical values of . the
sketch; Margaret Dumont gives an-
other good Impersonation, of a
.GrandiL-I>ame; JRichard Kearie does
all ho can for ""tWn^liJVimilPr-and
Milton Watson and Bornice are ex-
ceptionally competent vocally in the
romantic leads. Ivouls Sorln glve.'^
a legitimate touch to the proceed -
Inga as a wealthy banker.

This one looks like a "natural."
Evan In its pre.«'f'nt rough state, it
is an eight-cylinder laugU.

(Continued from page 1)

quite all right for the spenders to
bring their own.

The quality of the Illicit beverage
one totes into a place cannot be ap-
proached by the shellac some of the
Joints peddle at fancy prices of $8
to $10 a pint a.nd $15 to $20 a
quart. No longer has the rounder
any shallow idea that it is declasse
to carry Vplsteadlan coal to nlte
life Newcastle, since the joints
themselves come to the conclusion
it isn't worth the trouble and grief
to dodg^ the revenooers intent on
enforcement or graft.

Any number of cafe managers
have confided that the net income
on beverage sales, eVen coimting in
the sizeable margin of, profit on the
ginger-ale and water .' accessories,
isn't wo«rth the bother and risk of
governmenti3Ll ; litigation. Hence
their decision to cut out the booze
thing even though It riight be a
boomerang for the general gr'pss
through the absence of this con-
venience for their customers.

Shackles Off

One club veteran seems to have
been rejuverialed by the thoiight of
being unfettered and unmolested by
the enforcement boys. Two weeks
before reopening he received a call
from, a couple of the likker-snlffers,
with the usual line tha.t they had
heard he was selling. With par-
donable gloating, considering the
financial tribute he was previously
burdened with, the cafe man gave
the boys a glorious ha-ha. He ex-
perienced a sense of freedom and
light-heartedness he had long looked
forward to, such as only could have
coriie to him by quitting the racket.

From the nlte owls' viewpoint,
this no-booze rule in a few of the
spots will bring about th.e hip-tot,-
ing habit again, with no worries
about appearances. Rounders may
well benefit from collegiates in
bringing their own and . making sure
of what they drink.' The house
seldom ever really cared. The
gravy was in a couple of cases of
champagne a. night, but the mar-
gin on th& hard sales Is hardly
worth while, considering the offlclal
calling list for the regular "smear."

While it may have been regarded
as hicklsh and awkward to b. y.
o. 1., there's no .gainsaying Its value
to the kidneys, which bad booze
first attacks^

The Would-Be Gentleman

(Continued from page 54)

only in proportion to the need It
fills in the lives of the people
. . . it should be an Instrument
for giving, not a machinery for get-
ting . . ." — should regard this In-
offensive Weakling as advancing its
high purpose, Is a trifle antl-cU-
niatic. But it looses no ground or
prestige thereby. Just static.

Should stay in the repertoire for
at least half the season without
either ruining or making Miss Le
Gallienne's excellent institution;

All Male Guild Play

"Wings Over Europe," by Maurice
Brown and Robert Nichols, has been
set for the second production of
current seaaon for the Theatre
Guild.

The piece, with an all male ca,^t,
goes into rehearsal next week.

Inside Stuff-Legit

Marx Hvollurs are viriiuijly ad libliinjr ni-w eiu into "ArMin'il
Crackers" current in I'liilly on i\ break-in. .\ii;htly ni'w stuff goes in
;ul lib anil an enibari'assnuMvt of comedy riches nonpluses CJeorge S.
Kaufman, down there for tlio «>pening days, tl'ie collaborator with .Mor-
rle liyskind on the bocil\. Sdin 11. Harris, luiwevor, insists on two now
song hits from. Kalinar and Kuby, the si •!•>• colhiliorators.

Shuberta must be burning up Ziegfeld with their daily ads on "Luckee
(lirl". with its caption concerning the nuisical's alleged song hit, "Come
On Let's Make Whoopee," with the WHOOIMCIO in caps standing out
In size tyi)o equal to"IjUekeo Girl" and creating confiislob for Zieggy's
incoming "Whoopee" show, starring 'Kddie . C^antor.

Zlegfold theatre oii Sixth . avi^'nue erected without provisions for a
marque, is now haying oho . added on. Ix)bby congestion on recent stormy
nights and ooniplaints about ruined evening clothes forced the change
from a .'^hort overhanging garden effect to a regulation sholtor.

That the . Warner Bro.s, have the Winter Garden on long lease terms
from thi9 Shubprts is (evident from the fact that signs in the house
announce that "Noah's Ark" will follow "The Singing Fool." The
Warners are al-so planning on showing "Stark Mad," "On Trial," "Queen
of the Night Clubs," "The Homo Towncrs" and "Desert Song," all Vita-
phone, attraction.^, rtr-st at the Winter Galrden.

Polly. Walker's name is the first new one in liights this sen.s'on, she
being: featured in George M. Cohan's "Billie," opening at the Erlanger
this week.

"C!hee-Chee," the musical made from the Freni.h 'novel, "Son of the.
Grand Eunuch," tried out in Philly before, coming here. Pidn't do bo
well down there and one of the producing company's officials was ex-
plaining:

"Half the house didn't know what the word 'eunuch' meant and the
half that knew was afr.i.ld to believe that the. play actually joked about
such a subject."

Provlncetown Playhouse plans to do with E. B. Cummings's plays
what it did with Eugenc.O'Nelll, having produced 11 of CNelll's works
before ian outside manager took a play from the author.

Cummings' "Him," a freak .subject of discu.sslpn last season, will be
revived this year. Edward J. Ballantlne, Gilbert Seldes and Cummings
have been added to the group's directors which include James Light,
Cleon Throckmorton, Eugene O'Ne.iU and M. Eleanor Fitzgerald.

Will Rogers says he will surprise all interested in his political neu-
trality when he opens with "Three Cheers," the new Charles Dillingham
musical starring. Dorothy Stone. Rogers stepped In as a courtesy, to
Fred Stone, who is still recuperating from his avla,tlon mishap, and
further In.sisted on full stari-ing honors for Miss Stone and his own
name to be sub-featured and. in size type not to exceed that of Stone's
daughter. .

Rogers adds that there Isn't enough money in both campaign funds to .
interest hirii for any poUtlcoil propaganda from the platform. While he
gags about both candidates his will be a course of strict neutrality.

Since Otto Harbach Is taking it easy as a librettist, having acquired
a small fortune frorii his activities as a writer for the stage, Oscar Ham-
merstein II, not so long out of Columbia, rates as the most prolific
book writer on Broadway today. Already he has three hits running
BimUlta"neously In "Good iboy," "Show Boat" and."New Moon." A fourth
la on the way, Philip Goodman's new "Rainbow." Young Hammerstein
has had a hit a year for several seasons running, Including additionally
"Rose-Marie," "Song . of the Flame," "Golden Pawn" and"The
Desert Song."

"Blackbirds" the colored revue which ."^panned the summer at the
Liberty has been virtually selling out since the weather turned cooler.
After ianother week it moves to the Eltingo where the scale will be
lifted to $3.50. The ticket agencies have arranged a buy that will ex-
tend until Jan. 1, unusual for a holdover attraction.

One of Broadway's most valuable properties incudes two pro'mlnent
theatres. It was controlled by two well known showmen, one of whom
needed. ca.sh. The latter listened to a proposition that ho sell out his
Interest to' the more 'wealthy manager for about |160,000 and he ac-
cepted. The contracts were all signed and so forth and the seller asked
fpr a check. The answer was: "We'll credit it to your account."

"Strange Interlude" Is the most parodied .shdW in New York. "Grand
Street Follies'' has a skit on it, so has "Scandals" and the incoming
"Americana" will have one In which the actor.s u.se roller bkates.

Ko pratt falls In the Guild's production, but some are , anticipated in
the takeoff In "Americana."

"The Legacy," withdrawn Satuirday by A. H. Woods, drew exceellent
business In its try-out Engagements In neighborhood houses. It opened
to 52,500 in Mamaroneck and got $2,100 at Great Nectk. one performance
in each stand. At the Wind.sor, Bronx, the week's grossi eexceeded
$13,000, and last week .at the Majestic, Brooklyn, it bettered $14,000,

The draw Is credited to Florence Reed and her success in "The
Shanghai Gesture." The star did not want to appe-ar on Broadway in
the new play, feeling it was unsuited to her and the management
concuri-cd7' - — — — „ ... ^ , ^

"Jealousy," another new Woods production, was canceled pn the . evo"
of its listed Brdadway proniicre last week. It Is a two-person play. Fay
Bainter a.nd Guthrie McClintic teaming In the try-out spots. It is
expected ia.ter with another actor in McClintic's role.

"Faust" may be the Theatre Guild production to open the Guild's
tenancy pf the Martin Beck theatre, New York. "Faust" will have been
produced by that time, at the Guild's own theatre. It will be moved
to. the Becic when possessio'n passes. The latter may be delayed If the
Beck is holding a hit on a run at that time, with "Night Hostcs.H" now
at the Beck..

Guild is reported having taken the Beck under a guarantee and sharing
on the net with its ownei-, Martin Beck. Guild wants the house for Its
larger productions.

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VARIETY

MUSIC-RADIO

Wednesday, October 3, 1928

Minn's Class Liquor
Both Phoney and Local

\ Mlniioapolis, Oct, 2.

Sourc'o of stamlanl. brands .of
Itiiuoi" in pU-ntirul siij)ply ;<t- corii-
pai'ativc'ly niorlor.'ite pvicos' horc
was rovv.'iloil wlion foi.i. i-nl ])ro1il-
bition aKcnls i-auliHl u- V)\ff business
clul) ill till' \oi)]t (lislrict.

■AVlie.n . niionts .s\v6opc<l down
the club- \v;iK rountl to bo. doi.ns a
thriviri,!^ ret.'iil and manufarituriiif;
huflne."^-^- Tho raiders . conflscalocl
nun-o tlKin. GiiO (|narl.s of liuuor to-
Kether' willv a lnri;o' quantity of
beor and spvoral hundred dollars in
the. cash, i.-eglstor.s. Discovery was
made 'o£ a 'completely equipped
brewery on the second floor and of
a cohipleto label cutting machine
witlV a wid<\ variety of fnko labels,
corking- niiichines and other equip-
meht. Fifteen eltarjjcs oC sale, pos-
session and nuisance have been
lodged asfilnst the two men ar-
rested by the asents.

Fed.cral iiuthorities have Insti-
tuted padlock pro'ccedfnprs apainst
86 homes, apartments and business
places here following the failure of
owners to answer liquor charges
against them. . ,

HERE AND THERE

Kddio LanO', formerly director for
r.ernle cnunmlns at the Hotel Bilt-
moro, succeeds lOarl Qarpehtor at
tlve Lido Cluh hotel, .Long lioach,
this winter, (^irpenter booked Lane
in wilh a unit.

Al Relyea and the Boy State Aces
>pon at the Harmony hotel (new),
Cahocs, N. V.,- in three weeks.

Johnny Klotz and his band arc at
"VVaverly Inn; Olicahiro, Conn., for
the fall and winter season.

Art .Schwartz is In charge of
Apcr, Yellen & Bornstcin'a n<Jw San
i'^rancisco office, and Nclaoh Ing-
ham Is in Philadelphia.

Marvin Lee, representing Milt
Weil of Chicago, is in New York
this week.

Talkers Lure Radio Names

Chicago, Oct. 2.
Chicago radio stations, having
lost several stars who have made
their way to Hollywood to take a
crack kt the talkie pictures, are now
tlelng their important artists down
witih contracts.

• Zeemah's Band in Paris ■

. Barney Zeeman and his Kentucky
Cardinals, Paul Specht unit, open
Saturdiay at L'Hennitage, Paris, for
the winter season.

They sailed Sept. 29 on the "lie
de France."

Leading Organists
in New York

B

ILLY
ARNES

"ORGANTSTB
UODEUNE"

l4>«w*» Btat« Theatre, Times Sq.> N. Y.

PAUL BRASS

Solo Organist

Keith- Albee Theatres
NEW YORK CITY

W. J. GILROY

FEATURING

Organ Novelties
PROCTOR'S 86th ST.

NEW YORK

Johnny Heinzman, identified with
various music publishers in the
past, has recovered from a nervous
breakdown and is back on Broad-
way.

Harry O'Brien is the new sales
manager for Qene Austin, Inc.

Gold Room of the Beaux Art Club
opens Sept. 26 under direction of
Jane Adams,

Floor show- Includes Leon and
Beebe, Catharine. Parsons, m. c,
Margie Barret, Olive Brady, Jessie
Alcova and others.

Radio's Gridiron Club

National Radio Gridiron Club,
patterned along the lines of the
famous Gridiron Club of Washing-
ton, is a new fraternal organization
to Include radio writers, critics and
publicists. •

It Is an outgrowth of the old
Radio Writers' Club with Eric
Palmer of the Brooklyn Times and
a free lance p. a. himself, as its
president.

Palmer and Walter Shilling of
Radio Dealers, were the lea.ding
spirits In the reorganization, the
latter elected secretary. David Cas-
ern, the New York Telegram radio
editor, . Is vice-president, Arthur
Sinshelmer, trade . paper writer,
treasurer.

G, W. (Johnny) Johnstone^ Is
chairman of the board and James
Caulfield of the New York World
vice-chairman.

An annual burlesque on the radio
industry, its fads, foibles and per-
sonalities will be a seasonal oc-
currence.

EAST SIDE NITE LIFE

ADOLPH GOEBEL

Featuring

Organ Novelties

Loew's, Yonkers, New York

Eddie Schwartz

. Featured Organist

Keith-Albee Tlieatres,
New York

Proctor's Fifth Ave. Theatre

JACK SKELLY

At the Wurlitzer
Keith-Albee
WHITE PLAINS THEATRE

Howard Warren

FeatnTA Orernnlst at the

Albee Theatre, Broo

WALTER WILD

Feature Organist

AT

Keith's Hippodrome

NEW YORK

Cleveland Nite Clubs

Cleveland, Oct. t.
George Williams and his Rhythm
Kings orchestra open at the Rain-
bow Room of Hotel Winton, Oct. 6.
Rainbow Room has been closed for
past three years. Before prohibi-
tion, it was on© of the most popu-
lar rendezvous In town. Now Is a
dance and dine emporium, with
$2 couvert charge. .
. Ralph Webster and his Coral
Gabies orchestra Is now playing at
the Music Box restaurant, where
George Williams' orchestra was
formerly featured.

Austin Wyle's orchestra has left
the Golden Pheasant restaurant ttf
open at the Far East restaurant.
Carl Henry's band ia replacing
Wylie^r -■- - r —

Chicago's Nite Clubs

Chicago, Oct. 2.

With cold weather advancing, tbe
few remaining night spots around
town are preparing to bid for coin.

Club Rbyale, open all summer^
has a new floor show with eight-
girls, Betty Garner, Doria Roche,
Carroll and Gorman, Roy Scdley
and Billy Kranz orbhestra.

On the north side the recently,
opened Beaumont, formerly Avaloh,
hag a show . comprising D© Carlos
and Lkouise, Ward Sisters, Lillian
Barnes, Bobbis I'incus, Earl Rlck-
ard and Spike Hamilton's orches-
tra.

Another spot on the north side,
now undvr way. Is the Green Mill.

CapitoKs Musicians' Vacation

^-"YiiJnibc'T^ofnrii^^^^
Ing Walt Rociinor, m.c, will get a
two-week vacation from the Capi-
tol, starting Ihi.s Saturday (Oct. 6),
when, the first M-G-M sound pic-
ture, "Our Dancing Daughters,"
starts Its engagement.

Orchestras will play an overture
and there will be a brlof ballet, but
otherwise the big house will de-
'^nd entirely upon sound.

(Continued from pasre 1)

of the floor for two-bit pieces or
lcs.<?. ITore the boys from the neigh-
borhood usually roll In around 10
or 11 p. m. with the family of six
or eight, take oJt their coats If
wnrm, roll up their slcevos . nnd
order broiled Rumanian steak, llv-
crwUrst, dill plckleia; and finally
ease out a.craln about 2 afl^r klblt.z-
ng v4th the proprietor, also In shirt
sleeves; ■

Botwoon argumentig a gang of
three'- or four troubadours, in well-
worn knickers and dusty linen, .sere-
nade the cash customers separately.
If the . c. c.'a don't come through
they throw a pock-marked, one-
eyed, loud-voiced mama over to the
table for a vocal number. That's
usually ^ worth money to have her
blow and the circus contlnuiea on
to the next table.

Tourist Cabarets
Food is usually of the first rate
variety and prices rUn from 35 cents
to $1 per steak,^ with five courses
thrown in on the sldei.

The "tourist" cabarets have
waiters who are .polite, speak well
of their bosses, draw chairs for the
customers and wear close-fltting
evening clothes as well as picture
actors.

In places of this sort there are
table cloths and the custom9rs may
even have napkins, upon request
Instead of throwing the food on to
the riilddle of the table and disap-
pearing, as In the "make yourself
at home" joint, the food is delivered
in portions, thereby eliminating: the
free-for-all that takes place' in the
former instance.

"Tourist," on the East Side, is
merely another sweet synonym for
anyone visiting the section arid, not
living In the neighborhood.

Some of the "tourist" cafe man
agers have Instituted a regular sys-
tem of espionage for encouraging, or
rather luring ^'toiirlsts." It is said
that there is even an Interchange of
coinmunlcation between some cafe
operators, each tipping the other to
watch for parties, if spending.

The report that there is a 25
per cent discount to customers who
can't speak English and a 10 per
cent reduction for those who order
with a Hebe brogue has been
branded utterly without foundation
by a couple of the operators.

^ongs

The '.'tourist" cabarets have four
piece bands, stringed or otherwise,
a shrill-voiced soprano, and a mas
ter of ceremonies who recites with
a heavy dialect Sometimes he
doesn't recite. In some cases he
sings funny songs about Swiss
cheese In a deep, cultivated. Rus-
sian, getting storms of applause and
Inciting loud "Bravos."

One of the requirements of an
m. c. Is that he shall have two rows
of gold teeth and keep in training
to make the weight. In certa,ln
cases, It Is reported, the class of an
establishment la determined by the
weight of the m. c. If looking un-
der 200, net, it doesn't speak well
for business. The^ soprano is also
required to keep in trim. A good
soprano on the east side Is worth
her weight In steak and onions.

Then, of course, there are the
"art" restaurants, strictly thin soup
and no booze, with high-priced
sandwiches and phoney Russian
princes hoofing In embroidered pa-
jamas, but It doesn't pay to go into
that. They're uptown, too. One
of these "art" cabarets has a guy
who thinks he's the blind singer
from Moscow. He closes his eyes
as soon as he breaks into song,
maybe because he can't bear to see
others suiffer. . Or maybe he's deaf,
too.

There are over 200 of these flour-
ishing hideaways, according to an
East Slder who knows, and all do-
ing a turnaway business some
nights In the week. Two o'clock In
the morning usually has the mob
arriving in full force, over the
week-end, with festivities some
times continuing for hours after.

With the average check per party
around $5 instead of $50 uptown,
new places are said to be spring-
ing up larger than ever, the heavy
play permitting operation at a
profit all round.

Country Dance Hall Rep

Galesburg, nu Oct. 2.
Judge Willis F. Grahana never
hoard of a rural dance hall con-
ducted within the law and doesn't
believe that Mrs. Ella M. Coffey,
who will open a resort at the Edge
Park pavilion, In Henderson town-
ship, will controvert his exr->rl-
enco, he told her when she. ap-
peared with a court mandamus for
license to operate after the
Knox county board of supervisors
lad rejected her petition.

The supervisors meanwhile were
debating whether or not :they
should expend further county
funds upon the fight with likeli-
hood that they would. The Coffey
pavilion. If opened, would operate
Sunday nights, tlie only place In the
county with a Sund.ay opening.

Postpone Air Change

Washington,' Oct. 2.
Complaints frorii the chain broad-
casters over the. new llne-up of .sta-
tions scheduled to become effective
Nov. 11 has seerhlngly had Its ef-
fect with a majority of the federal
radio commission now knowri to
favor a postonment, .

An announcement that everything
has been held up is expected Svlth-
in the next few day."3.

Latest one to protest was the Na-
tional Broadcasting Company. This
protest carried wiith It a threat of
court action. .

Belief now Is that the November
effective date will ' be held up for
an. additional 60 to 90 days.

MACK'S FLOOR SHOWS

Roy Mack will produce the floor
shows opening at the Parody, Oct.
20, and Al's Tavern, iBrooklyn, N.
Y., Oct. 4.

Mack's floor show at the Swanee
opened last week.

String Orch. in Club

Hernandez' South American or-
chestra is doubling Into the Club
Lido from Schvvab and Mandel's
"New Moon."

The Jungle Club In the same
building as the Lido and an added
starter . to the nite club field late
last week has a five-man dance
combo supplied by Harry Rosen
thai.

Whiteman's Brilliant Dinner
And Carnegie Concert

Prior to his Sunday night con-
cert at Carnegie Hall, Paul. WhiLu-
man and his orchestra break in
their program at the QUobn Anne
theatre, Bogota, N. J., as a courtesy
to Ferdle Gi'o.fe's M.asonlc lodgOj
headquartered there. The first lap
of Whiteman's concert tour under
F; C. Copplcus' direction takes oCC
Sunday,, going to Norfolk right
thereafter and west, relurning IH^c,
17 for Columbia recordings in New
York. ' ■

Last night (Tuesday) Whiteman
was honored XN'Ith a testimonial din-
ner by the Citizens of New York's
Paul Whiteman Tenth Anniversary
Testimonial at the Hotel Astor,
New York., It had S. W. Straus as
chairman of a committee which in-
cluded Phelps Phelps; Attorney (ien-
eral Albert Ottinger. -Sir Thomas
LIpton and othors. Whiteman's 10
years In New York, whero ho cam©
to attention as America's jazz king,
were signalized by the formal pres-
entation of an elaborate bronze
plaque.

The Sunday concert will feature
Ferdle Grofe's arrangement of the
new George Genshwln's Concerto In
F and Grofe's own. rhythmic syrri-
phony, "Metropolis." Roy Bargy
will play the piano passages in tho
Gershwin . composition, unlike the
composer's earlier ofilciatlon a^
piano soloist with Whiteman when
the latter Introduced the now fa-
mous "Rhapsodie In Blue."

Jlmnrki© Gillespie is renriairiing In
New Yoi'k and will handiei White-
man's business and publicity out
of the home oifice. Copplcus' rep,
F* C. liaas, will be behind with
Whiteman en tour.

For Whiteman's new recordings
In December, his Rhythm Boys will
be brought In off tho' road. They
have been playing vaudeville;.

Whiteman's pcrsonner will num-
ber 40 for Sunday's New York con-
cert, but otherwise a unit of 25
will travel.

Tappe With WRNY

LoUls Tappe Is now program di-
rector for WRNY, New York. Tappo
was formerly with the NBC.

LEADING ORCHESTRAS DIRECTORY

IRVING AARONSON

KTAB and KLX Sharing

San Francisco,. Oct 2.

Pickwick Stage Company has
taken over KTAB, Oakland, ajid Is
now operating sa/me.

This station, under Its new al-
lotment of air time elTective Nov,
16, will share the ether with KLX
aL^JO nf Oakland.

and HIS COMMANDERS

OPENING SOON
with. Irene Bbrdoni's "Paris"

MUSIC BOX THEATRE

New York City

PHILFABELLO I

and His

ORCHESTRA

LOEW'S 7th AVENUE THEATRE
New York City

MAL HALLETT

AND HIS ORCHESTRA

OPENING TONIGHT

1 :__(Qct.:^-10)

ARCADIA BALLROOM

New York City

THE ORIGINAL

DINTY MOORE

now at
ARTHUR MacLEAN'S

HUNTER ISLAND INN
Pelham Shore Road, N. Y-

GEORGE OLSEN

AND HIS MUSIC
This Week

FOX'S, PHILADELPHIA

Onir.c: 20 WpRt 4;ti1 street
New York City

LPAMIANJEDJEADS

America's Greatest Girl Band

Week Sept. 30
KEITH'S, COLUMBUS

Pcrmunciit Addresn
28 Wo«t >4)i-th St., Indianapolis, Ind.

GEO. ECKHARDT. JR.

And His Orchestra
Now One Year at

LAFAYETTE CAFE

LOS ANGELES, CAL.
Office, 635 N. Mansfield

FROM DETROIT

JEAN GOLDKETTE

Orchestras

VICTOR RKCORDS
Office: 812 Book Tower

DETROIT

SAMUEL HEGGEN

I<eadlnK a Great IJttle Band .

Proctor's 86th Street
NEW YORK CITY

VINCENT LOPEZ

and His ORCHESTRA

Exclusive Brunswick Artist
WOODMANSTEN INN
Pelharh Parkway, N. Y.

CHARLIE MELSON

The Maestro of Ceremony
and His Bands

Stanley,' Jersey City
Branford, Newark

PAUL WHITEMANI

And HIS GREATER ORCHESTRA

Oct. 7— CARNEGIE HAIL, N. Y.

1560 BROADWAY, N. Y. C.
Direction WIIXfAM MORRIS

Wednesday, October 3, 1928

NIGHT CLUBS-MUSIC

VARIETY

57

Inside Stuff-Music

Coast 'News' Off Sunday;
Union Demands Sub Band

Some Publishers' Operations Exposed | S:in Vranoisco Oct. 2.

How music publlslio.ra prefer to do bu.siiu-s.s is disconiiblo fruin the j H;uh<.'r . tJuiii be forced ' to u.«o a
staJd phonograph recording executives' viewpoint. As ."jtal^lo businoss j ^iibt='titut(2 bund In place of Max

jtnen, they decry the lack oX trust among the. music nu-n tlienisclve.s.
They realize that none trusts the other. Tliey miiy band tnKother for a
common cause and each will "confidentially" disclose whnl's what to
the very people they have banded together against.

The 10 per cent deduction for "iVeakage" is a case in hand. It was
decided that since records are not breakable any more to any great
extent, this obsolete trade ipustpm of knocking off 10 per cent on the
gross royalty remittances be eiiininatcd. It representn many hundreds
of thousands of dollars saving or loss to the recoi-dcrs and publishers,
fi-om whichever point you view it,

A pledge and a isignature were secxired from all publishers concerned
but the recording oxecufives tell Va^riety of the many small and large
(some are surprisingly large) firms, which essayed : to curry fayor with
the recorders by telUhg them to forget the Mllljs' edict and to continue
knocking off that 10 per cent per usual. , ' :

Whether these publishers figured it would react firiancially favorable
through getting more ''dog tunes" on the, records and thus reap royalty
benefit, or whatever the axe to be ground wasi the recorders of cour.se
atiU want the hits only.

Furthermore, the publishers don't recognize that this immediately
branded whoever was guilty ot this broach of. the M. p. P. A. agreement,
and that tlie recording people would bf? tlie more chary in' co-operating
•with them- on their prornlses that tliis was the plug, song or that ..they
were "working, on this Blotz song big."

Meantime, the 10 per cent thing i.s a tabled issue until Congress
convenes again on the work in effecting an amendnient to the Copyright
Law of 1909.

Misleading billing
As far na Victor was concerned, Gene Austin's record as used for' a
presentation stunt at the Mark Strand, New York,^ recently made no
difference to them. Legal interference was hot their idea, but Austin's,
although it Is Victor's opinion that the misleading billing to the effefst:
"Gene Austin singing his latest song hits" was bound, to hurt any
artist who had ideas of marking personal appearances In the same picture
theatres.

If not halted, any theatre manager could, bill Paul- Whiteman playing
his latest dance hits, etc., and thus continue misleading the paying public
at the expense of the;, attraction. That it would prove a disk sales'
boom was. not d<?nied, but Victor . thought enough of Its artist to want
to protect Austin and the others.

Jolson Disc Out of. Red for Brunswick

Al Jolson, who is receiving $5,000 a record ($2,500 a side) . from "Bruns-
wick, and not the $10,000 per enormously, broadcast, finally turned the
tide of his sales out of the red into a profit with his "Mammy" and
"Dirty Hands" couplet. The tie-up with "The Singing Fool" feature
Includes another Brunswick couplet of theme, numbers fro'in the Vita-
phone feature.

The tremendous nut in producing a Jolson record and Its attendant
exploitation campaign never made possible a profit for Brunswiok until
recently. It. was discovered that "Mammy," a. Jolson natural, has never
been i-ecorded.

J-'isher's outfit with "Good Xow.s,"
company nianagemont and flomCr
Curran, ut whose house the musical
is. playing, have eliminated Sunday
performances during the engage-
ment here. Kew union agreement
eniered inlo between musicians auvl
managers provides for a six-dav
week. .

The local endeavored to have a
substitute band used one- night a
week during the engagement, but
tlie . managomont ngui;o,d a sub or-
ganiz.'ition would bo detriniental to
the play. ■ • ' ■ ■

This Is the first time on the coa.st
where demand for an entire substi-
tute stage band lias been, made by
the union in order to work t)Ut pro-
visions . of a six-day week. Max
Fi.^her is not here witVi "News,"
.sending one of his units along..

Night Club Reviews

Demonstrating -Orthophonic
A march r^^cording made by Arthur Pryor and his band for Victor in
1904 was played for a Variety reporter at Victor's Camden (N. J.), fac-
tory and then demonstrated on the new Orthophonic. It was also played
on an improved Victor talking machine marketed a year ago, just prior
to the . perfection of the . Orthophonic. The latter brought out low
register eljeet and instrumentation that Victor itself did not suspect
was in the record until properly amplified and reproduced on the new

Orthophonic. ^..,^ '1,7

The demonstration al.so . included a playing on one of those old-
fashioned, horn-speakers, replica of the Victor trade-mtirk, "His Masters
Voice "

The Orthophonic reprpductlo'n was uncanny .'in its startling musical
revelations on a disk a quarter of a century old.

John Skelton, Minstrel

Cornetist, a Suicide

Blooniington, 111., Oct. 2.
John Skelton, 70, who ran away
from home at 16 to join the Welch
and Newcomb minstrels, got
stranded, joined the Montgomery-
Queen circus, traveling across the
eounuy in a wagon to Los An-
geles, and then came back with
Tony Denier, who toured the
country with "Humpty-Dumpty,"
the show In which Pat Rooney
made his debut, shot himself last
Monday in his rooming house here.
Despondency over continued 111
health was given as cause for his
suicide.

He played In the orchestras In
the Hooley and Bower theaters In
Chicago for 24 years, but before
this had been soloist with the Ed-
win E. Rice "Evangeline" company
and with the Marie Lltta company.
At one time Skelton had 30 comets
in his collection.

After his wife's death, 25 years
ago, he returned to this city, his
early home, and became an instruc-
tor, among his students being Hum-
boldt Kryl. Skelton was born In
England, May 25, 1858, his parents
coming to this country when he
was 11, settling in this city.

A CHOP HOUSE
OF EXCEPTIONAL MERIT

186-8 WEST 48TH STREET
Ea«t mi Broadway — —

Rapee Sticks at Roxy

S. L. Rbthai[el (Roxy) is under-
stood to haye gone to the mat on
behalf of Erno liapee, the Roxy
maestro, after William Fox himself
was inclined to dispense with the
latter's. services.

Bapee's activity in scoring other
producers' pictures, including a
Universal, and possibly his pro-
lific collaboration with Lew Pol-
lack on picture theme songs, the
royalties of which during the past
year have netted both a small for-
tune, presumably figured In Fox's
displeasure. .

Rapee under present understand-
ing continues In charge of music at
the Roxy." ~ ■ -

The Outstanding Song
from the '
New 1928 Earl Carroll's
"Vanities"

"Blue Shadows"
'^Once.ia a lifetime
"Raquel"

Sing Them— Play Them-
Buy Them

^Hpbbins Music Gtrporaxiok

■ 799 Sevwith A^ienue.NcwYoA ^

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2D STRAND BANKEUPT

Roy Restaurant, Inc., operating
the Strand Roof on Broadway and
4Yth street,., went the bankrui'cy
route,, qtiickly rcpcn.tlng the pro-
cedure of its predecessor. The
Meyerowitz malnagenient after many
years atop the Strand went into
voluntary bankruptcy.

A Chinese syndictite is dickering
for the site for another link In the
fast growing Yellow Peril.

Jacksonville Club Open

Ga.'^a; Bonlta, Ja.i;ksonVille, Fla.,
cabaret, rumored to have been
damaged and closed bccau.'^c of the
r'l ent storm, is doing business as

usuuil.

Dot
TarPP^

Rae, formerly with
^is-apptJar4ng_JJb<jro.

"Gay

CLUB BARNEY

(NEW YORK)

New York, Sept. 28.

Looking niuoli belter arcliitco-
turally with the two previously ob-
struL'ting pillars tjlimihatcd, and
completoly redecorated, Bariiey
(lUllant again has tlie room of
drecnwich Village as ho always
did, only more so this season.
Those two interfering i>osts were
liabilities which ho may or may
not have realized with a known
antipathy against any location but
that in the ringside sector adjoin-
ing the dance lioor. Now the outer
;irca Is as choice as any other lo-
cation and, additionally, it gives the
room some extra tables.

Gallant has the right Idea in
post- Volstoadian' nocturnal fare.
Tlac booze thing ia really ho longer
smart. The Wheehawkens and tlie
campus caperers may go for it but
Willi them it's no percentago for.
the house so they don't figure in
nite life excepting as petty
whoopees. The greater majority of
the s.ieppers want a convivial at-
mdspliere, good dance music, ap-
propriate setting for a late sand-
wich and above all a brand of
divertissement that is novel. Arid,
believe it or not, even if possessing
a sense of intelligence or distinc-
tion, .so much the better.

The Veor'nL buyer may still go
strong for the great cpidei'mis
revelation and truth to tell there's
enough Peoria and Omaha to make
it worth while for the Silver Slip-
per and Frivolity typo of chump-
catching couVert charges to con-
tinue catering to this element.

But the Club Barney is a noc-
turnal playground evolution in the
modern manner, . It is cozy, atmbs^
pheric, .smart, sophisticated . and
entertaining. They revel in those
Walter O'Keefe lyrics for instance.
This clever banjo songster leaves
'em avid for more. His ditties are
cannily conceived. They are faith-
ful lampoons of the contempora-
neous in fads and fancies. . He
turns neat lyric twists In political
discourses, expo.sltions on parochial
school iiiikles, burlesques of your-
self and your neighbor and you
love It.

O'Keefe is compelling on a floor.
His voice Is penetrating, his dic-
tion undeniable and his comedy
there. Already O'Keefe has fash-
ioned what ia touted to be a suc-
cessful musica,l comedy set of lyrics
with Harry Archer's collaboration.
O'Keefe should become very impor-
tant in creative writing for the
stage. A random thought suggests

3-Sided Merger of

Plaza, Cameo, Perfect?

A tri-cornered merger entailing
an estimated ' aggregate of $12,000,-
000 is being . considered. Involving
the Plaza Music Co., important
New York music jobbers, and the
popular priced Cameo and Pathe-
Perfe.ct disk records. The Cameo
and Perfect already are commonly
controlled by the Scranton Button
Work.Si which press the records.
Henry Waterson, music publisher
and original founder oif Cameo, Is
out . of the concern.

B. J. Kronberg and H. Germain
of Plaza iare in England, the pro-
posed merger revolving about the
Idea of floating a gigantic stock
■Ifsue in Great Britain similar to
Louis Sterling's financing of Co-
lumbia, which put that concern
back into the field as an Important
organization after having been
through bankruptcy^ Sterling's
prosperous activities with the Brit-
ish Columbia Graphophone Co. en-
abled the parent American organi-
zation 10 do a financial come-back.

Paul Franck Under Arrest

Louisville, Oct: 2.

Paul Franck, Belgian concert, or
panlst,- arrested here on charges of
grand' larceny, vagraftcy and be
Ing a fugitive . from Justice wias
turned over to Atlianta police after
the charges were dismissed in Po-
lice Court.

Franck is wanted in Atlanta for
reckless driving and for the th<^ft
of an automobile, according to the
police. R. J. MCClure, an attorney
of Birmingham, said FVanck ran
down and seriously Injured Mrs
Leslie W. Connor of ihnt city.
Franek denied he had \<<'i'n ar-
rested in Birmingham.

Browne-Stasny Suit

Court papers recently filed in
New York Supreme (joiirt reveal a
$202,230 suit by the Ted Browne
Music Co., Inc., of Chicago, against
A. J. Stasny Co,, Inc., and Bessie
Stasny, its president and widow of
Anthony J, Stasny, the firm's
founder.

Browne, Inc., also wants con-
tracts for the handling of Its song
publications by Stasny Co. can-
celled. Stasny has a British branch,
separately incorporated as A, J.
Stasny Co., Ltd., . which la a co-
defendant.

Abe Lyman in Vaude

Abe Lyman, now with the Chi-
cago company of "Good News,"
has been set for vaudeville by Ez
Keough of the Charlie Morrison
oflflce.

The dates are contingent upon
the closing date on "Good News."

Carpenter's m "Good News"

- EarL Carpenter . and his. orchestra
are taking George Olson's l)efth^n
the New York company of "Good
News."

itself for an O'Keefe-contrivi'd In-
timate revue a la "CSai-rick
Gaie,tix?s."

For the rest, excepting of course
the standard Hale ("l'i;e Wet.-")
By.ers' music, it doesn't really mat-
ter. Byers' rhythmiepators are an
institution at the Barney.

Also there is a ftMume m. c.,
strictly as-you-like-U; ditto the
Hindu propaganda by a mixed teaiu
and the contortive iiary Lee, ef-
fective specialist. Convert $2 and
?3, Arnold at the door and 70 per
cent, average on the 'dress thing,
although no restrictions one way
or another, excepting the usual
managerial desire to keep the
choice ringside dressed regardless.
Tempo is al fresco and the crowd
a curious mixture of Sidewalks of
New Y(Uk Including Park, Broad-
way, the Village and. the mugs.
With a melting pot like this, the
patronage defies sombreness or
dullness. Abel,

Park Central Hotel

New York, Sept. 28.
This hostelry is now about one of
the most self-conscious institutions
in midtown. House seems social
minded, and the revolutionary aura
of the place is a grand bust both
way.s. In Its early nl fresco stages
there was .somethi'^" to the hostelry,
but with the shai- ersal on form
it's neither here nur iliere.

They're ballyhooing a swell show
and all the usual trinimlngs are
there, including a crack dance band,
Ben Pollack's . Victor ' combination.
But the Park Central Is too cen-
trally located on the outer fringe of
Times Square to put on the rltz
successfully. The Seventh avenue
hostelry is psychologically situated
to emulate tlio Hotel Pennsylvania
at Its palmiest when Lopez made
the Statler link mean something In
the nIte life. Similarly, the Park
Central can do likewise and make a
better try of It than "the fawning
habit of the waiting staff with the
too pointed solicltousriess by wait-
ers, and captains.

All this is prompted by the occa-
sion of the Florentine grillroom'*
opening. AheU

JOE ROBERTS

PANTAGES CIRCUIT

STOPS THE SHOW

With His Wonderful Playing
on His

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And His Orchestra

COMPLETING SUMMER EN-
GAGEMENTS AT EGYPTIAN
BALLROOM, OCEAN PARK,
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Brunswick Recording

Ash Also in BailroomB

Chicago, Oct. 2.
Paul Ash and orchestra will
double Into the Karza's Aragon and
Trianon ballrooms during October,
from the Oriental theatre.

KEMP'S BENAED JUDGMENT

ed Judgment for ?49n agalnsl
Jacques llonard, the Boston orches-
tra leader at thf Lido- Venice, whom
Kemp got on the Victor records,

The agent had a 10 per rent ar-
rangement, llenard reeeivint' $250
a.'ild'^ from Victor for reeordlnps.

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58

VARIETY

OUTDOORS

Wednesday, October 3, 1928

Mich. Picture Men Frame Campaign
Of Warfare on Road Carnivals

Chicago, Oct. 2.
>\'hat has all the earmarks of a
widespread organized war on car-
nivals and other outdoor attraCaoris
Beems to be gaining a foothold in
this section of the country. Several
weeks ago Jules J; Rubens of Great
Stateia theatres, took the initiative
and retained a special staff of at-
t6rney3 and publicity men to fight
the more questionable outdoor en-
terprises.

Now the Motion Picture "Theatre
Owners .of Michigan, headed by H.
M. Richey, its general nianager,
says that the Michigan men have
no desire to stifle legitimate com-
petition but he attackis this camou-
flaged benefit, the fly-by-night car-
nival and medicine shows.

"We have no quarrel with the
county fairs and other legitimate
attractions that also call Michigan
. 'home,' and who, like ourselves, pay
state and community taxes," Richey
continues.. Richey has several meif
iat wcirk compiling statistics, which
show the money which the lot at-,
tractions take out of the state.
' These same flgures, he asserts, will
show that they leave nothing of
economic .value in exchange for their
brief stay in the town.

Appealing to taxpayers of various
Michigan cities, through a planned
publicity campaignj. the Michigan
association points out that a big
Increase of petty thievery, additional
police costs and the impossibility ot
eliminating . gambling features in-
evitably follow in the W:ake of the
average gypsy outfit.

Both organizations are appealing
to the merchants in their towns.

4.»

Miller Tells of 101

Reports to the contrary notwith-;
standing, the 1,01 Ranch Is goln^
out again next season. The Miller
show closed Sept. 30 In Marlin, Tex.

The 101 played only a few stands
In Texas as -George Miller, direct-
ing the show, wished to save the
«ntire Lone Star State for next sea-
Bon.

Miller not only denied the re-
port the show wouldn't go out but
declared that it will be under Mil-
ler. Bros.' management again, as
the proposed sale to Ballard, Mug-
givan & Bowers was off, through
the failure of both sides . to agree
■upon a price.

WINTEBING INDOOES

Rock Jsland, 111., Oct; 2.
. The S. W. Brundagei shows will
quarter in .Rock Island for the win-
ter, according to R. A. Jacobson,
liaanaglng secretary of the Rock Is-
land Chamber of Commerce, who
acted with Michael Clarke, commer-
cial agent for the Brundage Co.

The show will occupy the Daniel
Boone building, with 45, 000. feet of
floor space.

JOHN ROUNAN DIES

Lios Angeles, Oct. 2;
John Rounan, veteran lion trainer
and manager of the Gay lion fai-m
at Elmonte, died Sept. 30 in Cali-
. fornla Lutheran Hospital after a
clawing by one of three lions that
escaped and attacked him a week
ago.

The animals were recaptured and
two of them slain.

ED BALIAItD BETURNING

Ed Ballard, of Ballard, Muggi
van & Bowers, sailed from Europe
Sept. 29,

Ballard left his family In Switz-
erland where the children Will at
tend school this winter.

DEATHS ABROAD

Paris, Sept. 22.
Agnes Souret, 24, winner of a
French beauty prize which gave her
an entrande as a show girl, died
from . .ap pend lei 1 1 s, a t.. B. uen os . A ir es.

where she was appearing with a
French troupe.

Alexandre Ray ColacOf Portuguese
jnusician. died at -Lisbon.

Henri Bancel, 37, French author,
And dramatic critic, died in Neliilly,
Paris.

Italo Svevo, 68, Italian playwright,
killed in an automobile accident in
Itai*-

CARNIVALS

(For current week (Oct, 1) when
not otherwise indicated.).

Alamo Expo. (Fair), 8, San An-
tonio, Tex.

B. & B. Am. Co. (Fair), Ciierokee^
N. C; 8, Llncolnton.
• Barlow's (Fair), Decatur, Miss.

.Benton Am. Co. . (B'alr), Do" Witt,
Ark.

Bernardl Expo. (Fair), Cotton-
wood Falls, Kan. . .

Berriaidi Grpater "(Fair), York,
Pa...

Brodbock Am. Co., Sedan. Kan.

Brown & Dyer (Fair), Martins-
ville, Va. -

Bi'uce Greater (F.xir)i Woodland,
N. C.

Bunts Am. Co., Murphy, N.

Central States, Dublin, Ga.

Cetlin & Wilson (Fair), Shlpman,
Va.; 8, Henderson, N. C. .

Coe Bros. (Fair), Columbia, Tenn;

Dodson's World's Fair, Lauirel,
Miss.

. Fairly, Noble C. (Fair), Benton-
vllle. Ark.

Florida Expo., Apex, N. C.

Foley & Burk (Fair), Orland, Calif.

Folk, Carl J. (Fair), Marshall,
Mich.

Fi'ancis, John, Ranger, Tex.
G16th's Greater, Zebulon, Va.; 8,
Amelia.

Gold Medal (Fair), ' Hot Springs,
Ark>; 8, Tallulah, La.

Gray, Roy, Nb; 1, New Brisiunfels,
Tex.; 8, Laingrange.

Gray, Roy, No. 2, New Boston, Tex.

Greenburg Am. Co;, Tucumcari,

N. M..

Gruberg's. Famous (Fair), Stone-'
wall, N. C. . . ■■ •

Hames, Bill H., No. 2, Denton; Tex.
. Harris, Walter, Dickson, Jlenn.

Harris Expo. (Fair), Galhesboro^
Tenn.

Hill, Hugh W., No. 1 (Fair), Win-
der, Ga.

Isler Gr-eater, Sallna, Kan.

Jones, . Johnny J. .(Fair), Tupelo,
Miss. ; 8, Meridian. ■

Kellie-Grady, ScottsbOro, Alia.

Krause Greater (Fair), Dawson^
Ga.; 8,, Moultrie.

LaMance's Attractions (Fair),
Tuskegee, Ala.

Laughlln, J. W. (Fair), Wynh,
Arlt.; 8, Clarendon.

Latlip, Capt. (Fair), Charleston
Va. ■ ■ ■ ■ .

Leggette, C. R, (Fair), Many, La.

Lynch, Bill, Plctou, Can.

McCIellan, Magazine, Ark.

McGregor, Donald (Fair), Teague,
Tex.

Metropolitan, Quantico, Va.; 8,
Apex, N, C.

Miller, Ralph. R. (Fair), Fordyce,
Ark. . .. ^ ' . " • •

Miller's F. W'. Midway, Rayville
La* . ■ ■

Mississippi Valley, Malvern, Ark
Morris & Castle (Fair), Sherman
Tex.

Murphy, D. D. (Fair), Atlanta, Ga

National Am. Co., Glasco, Kan.
: Page, J, J. (Fair), Rutherfordton
N. C; 8, Winston- Salem, N. C.

Pearson, C. E., Assumption, III.

Poole, H. B., Huntsvllle, Tex.

Quality Novelty, Amherst, Va.

Reiss, Nat (Fair), Winston -Salem
N. C.

Rice-Dorman, Gonzales, Tex.

Rice Bros;, Hartselle, Ala.; 8,
Lawrenceburg, Tenh.

Rock City (Fair), Soperton, Ga.

Rubin & Cherry, Richmond, Va.

Rubin & Cherry Model, Chat-
.tanobga, Tenn.

Sheesley Greater (Fair), Green
ville, N. C. ,

Sutton Great, Clarksville, Ark.

TIdwell, T. J.. (Fair). Haskell, Tex,

Traver (Fair), Danbury, Conn.

Wade, W. G, (Fair), Troy, AJa,

Williams, Ben, Sidney, N. S.

Wise, David A., Statesboro, Ga.;
8, Spartan.

■ Wortliam's World's Best, Musko
gee, Okla,

Zciger, C. F., United (Fair),
Weiser, Id. .

UTERATI

I

Obituary

CIRCUSES

Hagenbeck-Waliace

Get, 3-5,. Muskogee, Okla.; 6, Mc-
Allister; 8, Elk City, Okla.; 9, Sham-
rock. Tex.; 10, Amarillo; 11, Plain-
view; 12, Lubbock; 13, Snyder, Tex.
John Robinson's
Oct 3, Riedsville, N. C.; 4, States-
ville; 6, Hickory; 6, Shelby; 8.
Greenville, S. C.

Sells Floto
Oct. 3, Ontario. Calif.; 4, Alham-
bra; .5, Morovla; 6, Long Beach,
Calif.

(Continued from page 28)

the "Romanism", letter, and then
bragged about it the next day.

Scribes Jn Washington' represent-
ing metropolitan dailies throughout
the world are agreed that Baxter
has a great chance, as has the
"Post," if McLean, of the famous
loan .to former Secretary - Fall in
the oil scandal, doesn't suddenly
put up the "stop" slg^.

Critic a Yesnian

In his preface to the published
book form of his play, "The Queen's
Husband," Robert Emmett Sher-
wood, .the editor, of "Life," who had
another Broadway dramatic ^snjash
to his credit in "The Ro^d to
Rome," deals with critics andiAmer-
1 can manners. The editor and play-
wright comments on St. John Er-
yine's comment on himself in, the
London Observer (Ervlne Is now on
the New York World), states:

"There used to be an article in
the universal credo — based, presum-
ably, oh the examples of such prien
as Addison, HazUtt, Shaw and
Huheker— ta the effect that the
critic is the superior person who
wastes his life In a futile effort to
guide the public's low taste to high-
er levels. .That belief Isn't quite so
prevalent In these days of Variety
box-scores and book-bf-the-ihonth
clubsl"

From this the pla.ywrlght devel-
ops the point that a critic — literary
or dramatic— today is first and last
a good newspaperman and a faith-
ful reporter and yes-man of the
public' mind In guiding them to the
best either in books or plays. .

Charles Scribner's Sons brought
out"The Queen's Husbiajid'.' in book
form ($2).

SAM BOWKER

Sam Bo-\vker, 82, the first actor
after tlie Civil War to play
Uncle Tom lu St. Louis stock,
died at Los Angeles after a year
of illness St'pt. 24. Bowker started
with Ben. DeHarr in St, Louis In
1866, He played slock In Chicago
and then.eutered the employ of Kohl
& Middleton as ticket taker nt the
old Chicago Opora House and Hay-
market in Chicago. .Kohl & Mid-
dleton .sent him to Cincinnati and
also Milwaukee to manage mu.seiims
operated by them.

In. 1907 he was brought to Los
Angeles by Claf-ence Dt-owh at that
time manager of the Orpheum. He
became stage door man, then when
the Orpheum moved to Its next site
on Broad'way he went along, hold-
ing the same pcist. In 1916 he quit
the Orpheuni and for 11 years
worked as a ticket taker In a Main
street motion picture house.

His wife, a professional,, died a
year affo. He was a member of
the Masonic order arid the Elks.
Both organizations conducted his
funeral.

DIXIE MINES

One of the best knoWn and best
liked Broadway press agents, Dixie
Hlnes, 56, died at his home In New
York Oct. 1, succum'bing to hip
disease of long standing. He was
cognizant of the seriousness of the
attack, having discontinued news

Activities of Par writers Include
dialog for "Drums of Oude," adap-
tation of Florence VidOr Story by
Ray Harri.s, and writing of "The
Upstart Gentlemen," by John M.
Saunders.

As the first of hla foalures for the
new program', Mack Scnhctt will re-
sume production on "Dirty \Vork."
Matty Kemp, Sally lOilers and John-
ny Burke will again, be featured.

Louis W. Chaudf't, inn king "Spirit
of the WildernoH.ci" and filming ex-
teriors in Canada, returns to Holly-
wood n(»xt week for intr-ridrs.

Familiar Mames

Florence Ryerson, in Hollywood,
scenarist, has quit trying to find a
name for herself which -won't dupli-
cate . that of sonie one. else. When
she went to Radcliffe college she
was Florence WlUard, end disc'Ov-
ered that she was only oiie .of four
Florence Willards, two of them at!
the college, another vvho -wrote her
from Iowa on publication of her first
story. She niarrled and . became
Florence Ryersoh; only." to discover
that there was a New York- actress
of that name. .

. Now, In private life, the scenarist
is Mrs. Colin Clements. She began
signing her name Florence W,
Clements until she learned from her
PQstmari of another Florence W,
Clements In the neighborhood. Then
she gave up.

IN MEMORY OF

My Devoted Hu.sband

JIMMIE RAYMOND

-WTio passed out of ■
This Life Oct. 2, 1927

Leading Gabber* .

HeyWood Broun, In his New York
Telegram column, recently picked
what he termed his all-Anierlcan
team of talkers. He picked Clar
ence Darrow, George Jean Nathan,
Irving Cohb, Max Eastman, Al E.
Smith, Mrs. Alice Longworth, Alex
Woollcott, Dorothy Parker, Will
Rogers, Floyd Dell and Herbert
Bayard Swope of the New York
World.

In picking Swope, Hey's former
boss, Broun wrote that "the execu-
tive editor of the World had the
reputation of never being talked
down by any living mortal."

Young Hearst's .Training

Willie Heatst, Jr.. is gatherlni;
repertorlal experience on his fath-
er's New York American by going
to Tyortc in 4 RpU^^
nite life lane.. In between young
Bill is apt to invite the police head-
quarters gang up to any high-grade
speak for something or other.

Eddie Cantor's Story

Satevepost starts this week Ed-
die Cantor's biography, "My Life
Is In Your Hands," the work to be
published In book form later by
Harper & Bros. Author is David
Freedman, young writer of stories
with Jewish themes, whom Cantor
discovered and through whose rec-
ommendation Freedman was en-
gaged by Flo Ziegfeld to write the
Belle Baker flop musical, "Betsy."
Because Freedman failed to collect
any royalty on the show. Cantor
gave hlni a break by letting him
author his btogrraphy.

Newspaperman Joins Ministry

From the stage and newspaper
xepDXtlng.^to.=:the==.pulplt-ls=.--the^.path
:aken by H. Goodrich Gates, one
time member of the Jersey 'Theatre
Guild and staff correspondent for
the New York Herald Tribune.

Ordained to the Baptist ministry.
Gates will take over the pastorate
of the Church of the Puritans, 5th
avenue and 130th street. New York.
He was at one time editor of the
Yonkers Statesman, J

and press letters before he took to
bed. These letters were dissemi-
nated weekly over a long period of
years.

Mr. Hlnes was an organizer of
the Theatrical . Press Representa-
tives' Association and editor of The
Quill, its monthly organ..

Though racked with pain his
sense of humor never deserted him.
It was outstanding In his likeable
personality.

Services were held at Campbell's,
parlors Tuesday afternoon with the
remains being sent to Balnbridge,
Ga,, for burial;

Deceased Is survived by a sister
and a niece, Miriam Hopkins, who
has become -well known on the
stage.

.sociatos iu the Keith sanctums u©
was popularly knpwn as "Hop."

For the three months preceding
demise his health had been such
that ho could no longer attend to
his KeltU duties and he went to hig
home In Charleston for a rest.

Mr, Hopkins had never married.
Two brothers and a sister sur-y^ive.

JACK MILLER

Jack Miller, 40, actor, died Sept.
25 in Mercy Hospital, .S'ah _ Diego,
Cal. Mr. Miller had. spent the sum-
mer In San Diego and expected to
return, to Los Angeles,, where he
had been engaged In picture work.
Intestinal trouble became acute and.
he was removed to the hospital.

The 4iceasod^prior to his .picture
work nau appeared on the legit
stage.

Survived by his widow, Mr.s. Dell
Miller.

JAMES DEVLIN

James Devlin, 50, veteran vaude-
villian and former agent, died Sept.
30 at Saranac Lake, N, Y., where he
had been for some years in the hope
of benefiting his health. Devlin
played a comedy crook playlet In
vaude with his wife, Mae Elwoodi
for years. Mrs. Devlin died some
years ago.

When his health became impaired
Devlin went to a dry cliinate, and,
ialthough his cbhdltlon Improved at
times, it -vvas such that . he. didn't
dare return to Broadway. The death
of his wife helped' to -undermine his
health. '

CAPT, CLIVE MASKELYNE

Captain Cllve Maskelyne, thirty-
threci faumos Illusionist, died on
board the P. & O. Liner Rawalpindi
bound for India Sept. 16, and was
burled at 'sea. He was the eldest
surviving . member of the Maskel-
yne family, whoise illusions and disr
appearing tricks . have been a tra-
dition In London for generations,
CapL Maskelyne was intended
originally for the army, but went
on the stage, although he served
in the Great War and was awarded
the Military. Cross, a distinguished
medal. He was president of the
Magic Circle in London and was
running a theatre of mysteries at
the St. George's Hall in conjunction
with his brother. He leaves a
widow and one child.

PAUL KENO

Paul Keno, 43, vaudevillian, died
Sept. 6 at his home in Cleveland.
Keno and his wife had formied the
vaudeville team of Keno and Wag-
ner and had played Keith and Or-
pheum houses.

Several years ago Keno's health,
became Inipaired and he quit the
stage to open a theatrical booking
office in Playtiouse square, Cleve-.
land. His widow (Edna Wagner)
survives.

ANTON ASCHER

Anton Ascher, who appeared In
the first company of "The Spider"
last season died at the Polyclinic
Hospital, New York. Sept. 30, victim
of cancer. Mr. Ascher -was in 111
health for some time. His eyesight
was affected by cateracts and during
the run of the show at the Musio
Box he fell through a trap door.
The accident is not believed to have
any coiinection with the fatal
malady.

WILLIAM MURPHY

William Murphy, 62, vaudevillian.
died Oct 2 at his home in New
York of heart trouble.

Mr. Murphy had been on. the
stage many years, but most of his
vaude career was with Murphy and
Palmer. Funeral will be held Thurs-
day (Oct. 4) from St Michael's
church. New York, with Interment
in Evergreen cemetery.

. HARRY ZOOK _ :

Harry A, Zoolc. 31, single, of
Keith's publicity department. New
York, died Sept, 29 at St Michael's
hospitalj Newark, N. J., from In-
juries sustained In an auto accident
Sept 24 near that city. With a se-
verely fractured skull he never re-
covel-ed consciousness.

Zobk, along with Floyd Scott
was recently transferred to New
York from the Kelth-Orpheum press
department In Chicago. In New York
he was assigned to handle the Tom
Mix engagement In Boston for
Keith and Mr. Mix later commented
it -was the finest exploited week of
his stay in vaudeville.

Deceased" elder brother, George
Zook, accompanied the remains tot
the family homo In Elkhart, Ind.
Parents also survive.

JOHN HOPKINS

John Hopkins, 57, who had charge
of. ^ pur clyasl njf .suppl Les for the
Keith Circuit died July 8 in
Charlestown, W. Va., following a
long Illness of chronic anemia.

Mr. Hopkins had been with the
Keith oinpes for 23 con.sccutlve
years, prior to that connection he
had had no' other theatrical afiUia-
tlon. Previously Mr. Hopkins had
been a private secretary for a busl-
n«*<s man In New York. To his as-

JOSEPH MAYER

Joseph Mayer, 42, former editor
of the Billboard, died Sept 26 at his
homo in Latonia, Ky., of acute Indi-
gestion.

In recent years Mayer was en-
gaged in picture publicity work and
In theatrical business in Hamilton.
His widow, three children and pa-
rents survive.

JOHN KELTON

John Kelton, 70, minstrel cornet-
ist, committed suicide in Blooming-
ton, 111., Sept. 24. A news account
of his death appears elsewhere In
this' issue.

George Taylor, 57, Chicago, pub-
licity .man, died Sept. 22 at the.
Presbyterian Hospital In that city.
Widow and son survive.

The mother of J. J. Mooney, in
Cleveland, Sept. 25.

The mother of Jack Mayer, man-
ager of the Liberty, New York, died
Sept. 26. She was widowed abo'ut
two years ago.

Cast of "The Spirit of Youth."
T.-S., directed by Walter Lang, in-
cludes Dorothy Sebastian, Larry
Kent Maurice Murphy and Anita.
Fremault

Mont© V Blue's next for Warner
Brothers will bo "No Defense."
Tallvor. Robert Lloyd on the .story.

Louis Wolhclni
Song" (Par),

added "Wolf

Fox took up their option for an-
other year on the j^ervlce^* or
Marion Orth, jJi-enari^-t,

Wednesday, October 3, 1928

VARIETY

59

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Woods Bldg., Suite 604
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CHICAGO

Professipnals hav« the fr«o use of Variety's
Chicago Office for information. Mail may
be addressed care Variety, Woods B.ldg.,
Chicago. It will be held subject to call,
forwarded or advertised in Variety's Letter
List.

Palace

Well assembled layout Sunday
afternoon with James Barton hold-
ing down next to closing for the
aecohd week and toi>lining all alone
In lights. With plenty, of hoofmg
on the bill, Barton followed 'em all
Quite a feat for the rubber-legged
Barton, considering that right ^be-.
hind Jiim was Carl Shaw, who does
more tricks on one foot than many
others would attempt on two.

Eddio Conrad and Marion Eddy
took their time plenty and stayed
for about 25 minutes. Conrad is a
laugh-getter with his piano roust-
abouting and eccentric antics, and
Miss Eddy's sweet . pipes are an
asset. Spotted fourth, the team
scored all the way, ^ *

Pallenberg's .Bears opened to
good returns. Gilbert and French,
No 2. pair of silk hat dancers with
light comedy asides. Clean-cut

toys. 1

iMaud Powers and Vernon Wal-
lace offered dramatic highlights
with sketch. "Now. York," authored
by the Hattons. Well-knitted piece
in blackout form. Outstanding
w'ork by both principals with good
assistance by Earl Clater and Will
Gleason. . ^ ,

Jan Garber and his Columbia
recording orchestra cleaned up the
first half. Great musical outfit,
with Garber a clever showman.'
Rhythmical sinking trio' in the band
clicked heavily. Carl Shaw and
Jean Carroll after Intermission,
with Shaw getting a big lead-off.

After all this Barton followed for
22 minutes" and stopped even him-
self. Refused a curtain bow while
the mob outrapplauded itself.

The Six Rockets, sextet, of acro-
batic and gymnastic, gals on Roman
ladders, closed and held 'em in.

Biz good for the matinee.

Loop.

Fisher's orche.stra comes in with
Fisher acting as m. c.

Alex Swidler, local manager of
Bert Levey oflicc, has gone to Den-
ver ;to meet Levey there and con-
fer on business.

Jack Miller, president of the Ex-
hibitors' Ass'n of Chicago, is in
Buffalo, where he rushed to the
bedside of his father, dangerously
111. .

Schepnstadt Bros, will Western
Electric their Piccadilly on the
south side.

I'Vlday night. At the last shovy- on
Friday evo'nings collegiate songSi
yolls and stunts will be featured..

Jimmle Brundagc's orchostra at
New DoUr cafe at Morton Grove,
laddie Clifford, tenor, l.s m. c, with
Townsond and Bold,, dancers.

Cliioaero Rodeo Ass'n. Incorporated
for $25,000,

Ray Feldman , is handling pub-
licity for the Carrcll Theatrical
Agency, and is al.so in charge of
the club department of that agency.

Esther Brassovanyl, 17-year-old
high school girl, is conducting the
amateur night shows in the minia-
ture theatre on Chicago's muhlci-
I)al Navy pjer for Hugo JCrause,
pier superiiiteiidGnt,

' Carrcll agency is using the
American theatre as a showing
house on Wednesday nights. House

Upon the return of Al Kvnle to
the in. c. job at H & K's Norshore,
the Howard Businoss Men's associa-
tion threw a dinner for him at a
North side hotel.

Will J. narri.s, B Hi K producer, is
prodiicing a special stage vShow for
tho Norshore, tagged "Hello North-
wostorns." It will he an nll-c'bllogo
bill. Northwestern university near-
by.

Morris Silver, of Balahan & Katz,
and Max Turner, of the Chicago
Morris oincc, will leave next weel<
to. attend a Puhlix booking meet at
New York.

Ealaban & Katz took over the

Admiral theatre, grind, picture
house on the northwest side, closed
the past five months, will reopen.
George Evans, who also operates
the Lincoln Hippodrome . in the
same nieighborhobd, has it.

Herman DeVrles, musical critic of
the Chicago Evening American
(Hearst), is also acting in the ca-
pacity of a dramatic critic for that
paper. He is covering certain loop
musicals with particular attention
to the musical end of the show.

Edward S. Beck has installed
Dramaphone for sound at the Castle.
"The Scarlet Lady" (Columbia)
opened the sbuhd policy.

' James Wingfield, who for the
racing season has been engaged on
the staffs of several of the rac«
tracks, will return to his office next
week.

After remaining dark for a year,
Indiana, at 43rd and Indiana, re
opens this week with straight pic
tures. A corporation of business
men has been formed to operate the
house.

Ed Glttleson, formerly connected
with the Orpheum Club depart-
ment. Is now asgociatcd with the
Ernie Young ofDce, in the same ca-
pacity.

Gittloson is a brother of .Ike
Bloom, the cafe man.

"The Terror," Warners* talker,
bookod for run at Roosevelt around
Nov. 1,

Two Warners' talkers, originally
scheduled for the Orpheuiri, War-
ners' own house, have been
switched to B. & K.'s Chicago the
"atre;; ^- .

Films are "Caught In the 'Fog,'
current, . and "Women They Talk
About," next week. La;tter .picture
was at first set for . tho Oriental
this week, but with Paul Ash's re-
turn it was figured not necessary
to count on thfe film.

Reopened Green Min will haive a
new floor show Oct. 10. Billy
Rankin Is putting In 12 girls and
acts. Latter will Include .Adele
Walker, Noel and Judith, Lillian
Barnes and Marcclla Hardy. Buddy

COR R ESP ON D E N C E

All matter in CORRESPONDENCE refers to current week unless
otherwise indicated.

3> The citieiB under Correspondence in this issue of Variety are as
follows and on oaaest

BOSTON
BRONX ....
BROOKLYN
BUFFALO .
CHICAGO ..

63
60
61
60
59

CINCINNATI ..61

CLEVELAND 59

DENVER ....... 59

DETROIT 60

INDIANAPOLIS 59

KANSAS CITY
LOS ANGELES
LOUISVILLE .,
MINNEAPOLIS

59
62
60
62

DENVER

By HARRY FORWOOD

Aladdin — "The Terror" (wired).
America — "Lights of New York"
(wired),.
Colorado — "River Woman."
Denham--"Our Bettors" (Frltizi
Schcff and stool; troupe). .
Denver — "Lilac Time" (wired).
Orpheum — Va u d e, . "Love Over
Nigjif."

Rialto — "Dancing . Daiight(>rs,"
Victory— "The Cameraman" (Ist
ha,]f).

State— "Kings."

MONTREAL • 61

PORTLAND, ME. 62

SAN FRANCISCO 62

SEATTLE • 61

SYRACUSE ..... ........ 60

Hollywood Baby Star.^, a nnislcal
revue conipaijy from tho ^Vo^st coa.st,
dosfd ah unsuccessful' cngagemenl
at the Colorado Thursday. Uave
Ciood, ni.c. from the West coast, woi:
out and will probably remain to
lead the band, Frod V. Greone, Jr.,
expioitationist from First Na-
tional, ran tho Colorado for sev-
eral, months at Bishop's roquest,
and succeeded in minimizing the
red. l!ut he has returned- to hi.s
oflicc in : ' '\v York City.

Bert 1. ' y has leased the Emp-
ress from o .JJenvor Post and will
install vnotlCiiim beginning Oct. 6.
Bert PI'.i. .n, local Levey rep.,
closed :the deal with Louis Le.vand.
house man;iger for rriany years.
Lcvoy has taken a.. .14-year lease. It
ia understood. The Empress, home
of olie.xp musical coniedy and vaude
since tlie - days of Sullivan.- Consi-
dino, has been, a risky proposition
during the past few. seasons, with,
few coitiptinics remaining giny
length of time. Levey thinks he
can put it over at 15-25.

Vol. . i. No. 1 of Real. Stories
Magazine didn't! last long in Den
ver. After police received com
plaints of buyers, who charged the
publication contained obscene liter-
ature, news stands were raided and
mag. taken off. E, D. Bowman, of
the Bowman News Company, dis-
tributors of magazines, was ar-
rested and charged with handling
obscene literature.

ers. "The Spider," hardest play In
company's repertory, picked as
opener. Billle Nunn, diri'ctor, be-
lieves if it goes over they could
clean up on anything else.

Ethel Barrymore and company
scheduled to arrive in town to re-
hearse "Kingdom of God," to have
pronliero at Hanna nex^ week.

Graham McNamee and his radio
revue will open scvason of eight ce-
lebrity entertainments Oct. 29- at-
Publi;' Hall under auspices of Loui.^;
L. Allier. I'cggy Wood, in bits of
hor suooesses, to close series.

Frank Greenwall, manager of XJni-
veraal's Oriental,, playing stock tabs.

Fifteen models selected by Keith's
Palace for its fall fur style show,
beginning Oct. 7. Grace Taylor, am-
ateur, won first prize of $100. Con-
test attracted 2,000 professional 'and
amateur models.

formerly booked by the Associa-
tion.

Orpheum, Green Bay, Wis., will
use 6 acts four days a week.
Booked by Jqhn Bentley.

Valpo, Valpariso, Ind., U acts
thrice weekly.

Great States' Valley theatre, at
Spring Valley, 111., has 3 acts on
Sunday.

RlvoU, Munson, Ind., and "Tivoll,
Richmond, have discontinued last
half vaude for sound pictures.

Moving Picture Bureau of the
Chicago police department rejected
91 films during 1927. •

In the 8,127,000 feet of film in-
spected, 6,769 eliminations were or--
dercd.

Lease of the Mindllns oh the
Playhouse, sure-seater, expired
Sept. 23. The boys remain in on
an extension before picking another
Chi spot.

Two contract claims were filed
last week by acts against Earl
Taylor Enterprises, fair booking
office. Thelma Deonzo and com-
pany entered claim for $300 salary,
and Burke and BUrke.ask $150.

. H H. Hull is FBO branch man
ager at Milwaukee, succeeding S
H Abrams, who resigned. Hull
-has- been- In . .Indianapplis . f or „y.ve
years for FBO.

George Burdlck has taken ovci
the management of the American
theatre, former Association showinB
snot, located at Ashland and Madi-
son. Burdick had the house several

^"^Mauric^' j. Fraincill, formerly of
vaude, has been making appear-
ances In loop department stores
with radiO' devices designed to show
the possibilities of radio in the
future.

Balaban and Katz are again fur-
nishing Paul Ash pictures and en-
dorsements to local advertisers,
Latest is an intensive advertl.sing
camp.aign for a new method of hair
rejuvenation.

Marks Brothers Granada theatre,
located near the Northwestern ITni-
vcr«;ity here, will have free dancing
in the foyer 'of the theatre every

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Riviera, former Keith house, Sun-
day. Present policy continues for a
inontii or so; until a more satisfac-
tory one is doped out,

Dave Dubin, Chicago district man-
ager for Educational, back at his
olfice after a minor operation.

Horace Sistare will keep his
stock players in the Ka ! mal the-
atre here for another year, with
Maude Fealy retained as a principal.

WLS (Sears Roebuck' Station), Is
putting In a radio show of their
own talent at the Congress next
week. Nat Kalcheim, of the Morris
office, made the booking.

Dave "Curly" Ross, cabaret booker,
has put in shows at the Club Royale
and Beaumont. Also booked Eddie
Chester, Medio and Andrews, Esther
Sterling and Margaret Edwards into
Lulgis, Detroit; Shirley Mallette,
Harry Hart, Morita Sisters, Kay
Sisters and Down Sisters into Gara-
velli's Avalon, St. Louis.

INDIANAPOLIS

By EDWIN V. O'NEEL

Circle — "Sunrise."
Palace — "Dancing Daughters.'
Apollo— "The Terror."
Indiana— "Sawdust Paradise.*
M utual— Burlesque.
Lyric — Vaudfilm.

Indiana will boost price 5 and 10c,
Oct. 6. It has only stage show In
town - and -Is- bringing Ed. Reisner
former Circle conductor, to add
overtures to musical program.

Indiana Ballroom opened with Slim
LaMar'.s orchestra. Wck .Powell,
former Circle m. c, will open at the
ballroom with his band Oct 13.

Movie business picked up with the
return to central standard time.

Louisville company lea.scd Lyric,.
Indiana and Royal Grand, Marion.
Wrecking of the Indiana begun. New
structure ready March 1.

Loew's Palace conducted "Two
Lovers" contest in connection with
film. Mr. and Ura. R. B. McCon-
nell, married 71 years, won contest.

William Blanchard will manage
new Spencer, Ind., house, built by
E. M. Viquesney, noted sculptor.

Frank O. Krcsler, manager, an-
n.-iunccd Rpn.sselaer's now picture

.j. hoi 1 se, .f 'P.en ing_^ i .n_two _ wc<LkS;,.. ^

! Oliver, South Bend's oldest play
lliousf, leased to Central Amusi'menl
M'nrp. by Ki'ith circuit. <:iff(>rd-
Jackson stock now at Blackstonf
will move in.

Will Huff, local Kflth'P manager,
transfprrod to rifv-land, and (-iif--
Ffhn\v,'ilt'-r, trf-.".rurfr. in. cliarg'j.
Opening date uncertain.

Harlend Fend, press agent of
Loow's State, appointed head of
publicity department for Loew's
Penn and Arlino, In Pittsburgh, by
W. A. Finney, division manager.

irrcd Barto, fiirmer exploitation
agent for l.'nited . Artists, succeeds
Howard Foersto as manager of
Loew's i'ark. Forste left last week.

With one exception business poor
all over town la.st weok. Ziegfeld's
"Rio Rita" did tremendous business,
$35,000, at Hanrta.

KANSAS CITY

By WILL R. HUGHES

Shubert— "Desert Song" (2d week).
Mainstreet^"Lilac TIme"-vaud.
Midland — "Two Lovers."
Newman — "Patriot."
Pahtages— "Submarine."
Globe— "Kings."
Capitol — "Dandies Revue."

"The King of Kings" haa opened
an extended run, at pop prices, at
the . State, Pathe-owned - house. It
was originally booked into the State
on the understanding that Photo-
phone would be Installed, then
word came from New York that
the sound equipment could not be
put In for the run. Harry Huff-
man, owner of the Aladdin and
America, both wired, bid for the
picture and. got It.

I Denver Post has again been se
lected as the territorial representa-
tive of the Atwatcr Kent radio au-
dition for this year. , Agnes DavlH,
Denver soprano, won national radio
contest last year. She Is abroad
now, studying under noted teachers.

CLEVELAND

By GLENN C. PULLEN
Hanna — "Imperfect Lady."
Ohio— "Rio Rita."
Little— "Anna Clirlstle" (stock).
Alhambra— "Spider" (stock).
Gordon Square — "White Cargo"
(stock).

Playhouse — "Faithful" and "Man
of Mischief" (stock).
, Stillman (wired)- "White Shad-
ows" (3d week).

Cameo (wired)— "Lights N. T."
(2d week).
Palace — "Perfect Crlme"-vaude,
State (wired)— "City Sleeps" -
Publix unit.
Allen (wired)— "Terror."
Keith's 106th — "Stocks and

BIonds"-vaude. - - . — —

Oriontai— ^Stock tab.
Columbia — "Hadium Queens"
(Mutual).

"Street Angel" at Palace last
I week, five shows dally, broke house
record, previously held by "What
I Price Glory."

Arnold Gates, treasurer Loew's
State, transferred to Loew's Allen
It Is reported that charige was due
to disagreement with new State
manager, (jebrge Dumond.

Newspaper gag to exploit Pauline
Frederick's "Imperfect Lady" at
Hanna. Prizes for pretty hab|es,
winner to act as under.study for
flvc-month old Flora Mae In show's
cast. Drawing the fond parents.

Ruth Van Leuvcn, local singer,
will become the bride of William T.
Welch, son of the founder of Welch
Grape Juice., Oct. 9.

Harry Snao Is asst. treasurer of
the Shubert.

Mar en Berdine will have a lead
Role In "The Outsider," Kansas
City theatre's first, starting Oct. 8.
Opposite will be John B. Shanahan,
formerly of stock. '

A company to play "Naughty ^-
Marletta" In this territory is in rer
hearsal hero. Almce T.oVrlanl Is Ll-
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V A R I E T Y

LOUISVILLE

B P o w n — "J.iUic Timo" (lU'Own

'^^Gay'ety ■•lU>Uo Purco" (Mul,uan.

Rialto- •'•Docks of N. Y."— vauilo.

Loew's State- '■White Shailows,"
wivi'il. .
. Strand "l-'ciir Suns." wiriM;!.

Alamo— "( ^aiifiht in Vvtx," wU-od.

Mary Anderson --' King of Ki1i{,'s,'

"wircvl, . . _ ,, ■

Maje6tic-'-"Sto;uviboat IjiU, Jr.

r.nnvn Players close at P-rown on
Cel. J:^. UiU-vcy . SU'i'liens ami
Miirion Wolls, loa^ls. .

J^otAv.s . State playinB pictures

only. Garber's orohestrft has gone
to Keitli's Palace, Chicago.

Keith's Mary Anderson playing
.sound program.. J. H. Hcswl'U man-
ager. ■

Mr<^ Myrtle Zahnd now relief or-
ganist at J.oow's Siale. Uaden
Head, featured orKfini.-^t,

Harrv Long, manager of T.oew's,
alter disnilssitig live stage hands
Inst week, announced that . Robert
Oocke and ClifC Brennan had been
added to the theatre stafC as house
electricians.

"Gay Paree'* will open road show

Wednesday, October 3, 1928 |

season at Brown Oct, 14 for four

days.

Following Bale of Keith's teafie
on Majestic It la understood nego-
tiations may get Brown Players for
stock at the NaUonal. closed, m
summer.

Joseph Steurlo, former manager
of the Walnut, sees xio chance or
reopening. Theatre dark pince Au-
gust-

Players Club's opening play Is
"Queen's Husband" at Wmiian s
Club Auditorium Oct. 12. It will be
permanent home of the Players
Club.

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Detroit— "Young Love,"
Cas3— "6 O'clock Girl."
Lafayette— "Simba," 3d wee*. .
Civic — (stock). . J,

Orchestra Hall— (9-4) "A.braham's

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Michigan— "The Crash"; unit

Capitol— "Fleet's In"; unit,

Madison— "Women."

United Artists— "Two Lovers
(sound); 2d week. . .,v.
. Fox— "Street Angel** (sound); 2d

Adarna— Dancing Daughters," 3d

state— "Uiicle Toml's" (sound), 2d

Oriental— "Taxi 13"; vaude.
I_jttle — "Broken Blossom" (re-

Cad il I ac ^ "Moonlight Maids"

(Mutuail). ' ■ ' . i^„i„i
Stoclc burlesque at Colonial,
Broadway-Strand, Avenue, Loop,
National and Palace.

Adams, last of the silent down
town Kunsky houses, will present
its first sound picture in the near
future.

Walter Prltchard Eaton is ahead
of the New York Theatre Guild
Company for four weeks here,
starting in November. Eaton talks
before the College Club ^Women),
October 4, and will discuss the
modern drama before the Woman s
City Club oh the same day.

Laat night (Oct. 2) saw the open-
ing of a new local venture, Detroit
Theater Guild, functioning at 81
Winder street. "The Substance and
the Shadow," as its first Paul Mc-
Pharlin, of the group, is a uthor.

BRONX, N. Y. C.

M. & S, Circuit, headed by Ellas
Mayer and Louis Schneider-, Jias
Acquired the Steiner and Blinder-
man houses.. Combined circuit
known as the Greater M. &. S. Cir-
cuit, Inc. J j Vv „„i
Gives M.. & S. seven additional
houses, Cosmo, Stadium, Harlem
Grand. Begun, Fifth Avenue* Pal-
ace and King, all In Harlem. Ix)Uis
Goldberg will be general manager
of new chain, and Mike Edelstem,
formerly g, m. for S. & B. remains
supervisor of the Harlem theatres.

When John Coi'Y went into bank-
runtcy fecchtly, he was forced to
reiTnqulsh control of the Windsor,
subway circuit stand in the Bronx,
and the house reverted to Harry
Florsheim, the builder. Florsheim,
without previous theatrical experi-
ence has bUilt up business at the
house to a point w^here it is doing
phenomenally, the theatre having a
record of playing to standing room
almost every night thus far this
season. A recent slight tilt in ad-
mission prices had no ill effect.

After booking Sunday concerts
into the America, formerly Miner's
Bronx, for 13 years, Sam Bernstein
has given up that stand. He is
now booking^ only the Windsor
Sunday concerts in this section.

Morris Blinder, who opened the
Tuxedo, picture house, last week,
is repor-ted seeking a manager for
It. Difficulty in securing good pic-
tures is given as reason.

Although wired, Loew's new 167th
street theatre has not played talk
ers yet. No explanation given.

By SIDNEY BURTON
Teck— "Desert Song."
Erlanger— "It's a Pleasure,"
Buffalo— "Fleet's In."
Hip — "Wings" (2d week).
Great Lakes— 'Singing FooL*. v
Lafayette— "Hawk's Nest,"
Court St.— (Stock,)
Gayety — "Mighty Atom,"

Wagner Stock at the Erlang^tl
closes Oct, 20. Regular Bejison with
"Porgy" Oct. 22.

Buffalo Little Art Theatre (sure-
geater) for pictures by Michael
Mindlin opens here New Year'a,
The site selected is the old Frank-
lin D. Locke house In lower Delat
ware avenue, to seat about 300.
Announcement from New York
confirmed by real estate company
handling lease here. Locke hous*
is one of the most historic in Buf-
falo, Locke having beeii a partner
of Grover Cleveland.

Recent changes in the Court
Street Players include the additioa
of Milllcent Ward, Cecelia Murphy,
Clifford Findley and Nick Warner.

Henry B. Murtagh, formerly
house organist at Lafayette Square,
returns this week at Shea's Buffalo,
Indef .

Shea Publix interests opened «ie
new Shea's Bailey, seating 2,500,
Saturday, making the third neigh-
borhood house and five theatres in
all now operated in Buffalo by the
Shea people. All sound policy.

SYRACUSE, N. Y.

By CHESTER B. BAHN

Wieting— 1st half, "Merchant of
Venice" (Arliss); 5-6. "Kingdom ot
God"; next week. "The K Guy."
Keith's— Vaud film.
Savoy— Stock bur.
Syracuse — ^A'audfilm.
Strand— "Sadie" (wired).
Empire— "ITncle Tom," 2d week,
Loew's State ^ "Cameraman"
(wired).

Eckel— "Singing Fool" (wired).
Harvard— 'Big City."
Regent — "Gay Defender" and
"Skyscraper."

Avon— "Love" and "Tlie Red
Raiders." ■
Palace— "Mad Hour."
Rivoli— "liose-Marie."

Shubcrts' Wieting. opening its
road season this week, draws not
only two of best known names in
the legit, George Arliss and Ethel
Barrymbre, but two first nights.

Both at $3 top, heavy advance.
Next week Syracuse gets another
new piece, "The K Guy." at $1.50
top.

John J. Eurnes, Keith's, back on
the job after a mild attack of the
flu;

Strand, Ithaca, pictures only for
some time, now uses four acts.

The Brighton, nevr neighborhood
house now being completed for the
System Amusement Company, con-
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falo, Will have Charles Goulding,
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BROOKLYN

By JO ABRAMSON
Werba's Brooklyn— "Tlie Song

Writer."

Majestic— "The Conunon Sin."
Werba's Jamaica— "Littlo Spit^

fire."

Boluevard- "Couraso."
Rivera — Stock.
Mayfair— Stock.
Fulton — Stock.

Albee— "The Water HoUr-\;i\nW\

Loew's Met — "]"'our Walls-viuulo.

Fox. — "River Pirate" -stage show.

Strand — "Lion and Mouse."

Star— "Girls ' from New Yoi-k"
(bur). • .

Gayety — "Frivolities of 102!)
(bur)..

Casino — Stock Bur.

Orpheum — "IToitio .Tannes"-vaU(lo.

St. George Playhouse— l^ouhlo
feature.

Momart — "Down."

Empire^ — "Oirl.s from llappylainV
(bur).

ase," by Tom Barry, at Boulevard. |
presented by I..ew Cantor.

"Hit the Dot^k" at Werba's
Brooklyn next week, with "Smilin'
Tliru" at the Jamaica, and "The
Sons Writer" at lioulevard. "Trial
of Mary i)ugan" at Majestic,

. Rivera, stock during tlie week,
stars vaudlihn Sunday. At May-
fair, . al.so. playing .stock durinf? the
week days,, picture, sliow offered
. .Sunday. Boulovai-d; legit hou.se,
jAiving eight acts Sunday.

- MONTREAL

Palace, "Mother Knows Best."
Wii.cd.

Capitol, "Our Dancing Daughters."
Loew's, "The Cop."
Imperial, Vaude.
Princess, Shakespeare Players. ,
H;s Majesty's, G-S Operas (3d
wiH'k).

Orpheum, "Broadway" (stock).
Gayety, "Speed Girls" (Mutual).-
Strand, Four changes.
Empress, Double change.

JOlton theatre,
.st'f'tion, opened
•-.Street Angel."

in Bensonhurst j
Saturday with j

Two new playis trying out here
this week: Shuberts' Willard
Mack's "Common Sin," at the Ma-
jestic, and .Janet Beecher in "Cour-

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Ccloiira (larkrns tlicm pornioncntly with one-
innllcitlon. Kany to apply— harmlesn. tin-
iilTertcd l)y wnshlnK. creams, Mraplrntln.n.
eh: Eyclirows and lii.ihcii sliapcil niid dark-
eiipd by expert) at our thops, SOc. Box of
Coloura with li)PtnirUonB. $1.25 onatpald
Splre'i, 26 W. 36tri St. & 34 W. 4Sth St.. N. Y.

M

IN E R S

M AKE UP

Florabell Amus'nnent Corp. took
over management oC Floral the-
atre. Floral I'aik, from John Mc-
.Veill who built the ilfeatre.

Tlie Marine Roof, of Bossen
Iiotel, always money making propo-
sition, closed Sept. 29. Main din-
ing room music now furnished bV
Arno Jacobs' orchestra.

Starting on the all year roiinu
policy of keeping Coney Island
oi,cn summer and wintfir, Feltnuins'
has not. sbut down, but made the
■rc.st;iiirant a wannei- 'spot lor tlie
cold months. tJrill, clam bake, cate
and lish department open daily,, and
business promising. Despite Felt-
mans' winter opening most of the
concessionaires have put up their
shutters, for they regard the opcn-
all-year-round policy as cold. ;

l:3vory once In a while some one
in Paris remembers this is the
third biggest French city and .sends
Ficnch companies, sometimes good
and sometimes not. French Opera
Coniique last week at the Princess
rated in the latter clas.«<; one of the
complete (lops ever shown here. If
they grossed 50 per cent of the
rent they paid for the week at the
•house, lucky.

. Next week at His Majesty's the
Porto St. Martin Theatre of i'aris
is .showing for a week after which
has been described as a successful
flutter in Quebec City. They are
playing in dramas that da.te well
back in the nineteenth century, but
iht-y may go over for all that.

Moulin Rouge
Wednesday. .

cabaret opened

r.ord Willlngdon, Governor-Gen-
eral of the Dominion, is the patron
of the Stratford-on-Avon Shakes-
peare Festival Players at the I'rin-
fe.s.M. "This will bd the start of the
I'layers' first, trans -Atlantic tour,
under the direction of Comstock &
(rest. Montreal Is a, bit shy on
literati or at least enough to pay
fi om 50c to $3. It is, however,, cer-
tain to be -vnreir patronized by the
elite,

Est. Henry C. Miner, Inc.

not

Rian Jaine.s, coUininist on the
Jh-Moklvn Kaglc, ha.s been engaKcd
to iiHjidle the m. c. stuff at the n(;\v
studio of WL,TH. in the Fox the-
atre building. This is to be a Sun-
day night feature. James is also
going to a m. c. at the 101 Jc^lito
i.evfrich 'I'dwer Criil ^-tarling (Jet.

11.

f^taiidard l.'iiidirs (i.vd iiicture
i;illctl "The Penalty of Indiirer-
, nee," finhlen lUil"' Saf<' ])i-iviiig
.Miilitiji Pieluri', is c-xhiliili'd ot all
ihi- local movie lii'U.'-<s.

fJeorgo Rotsky, manager of the
Pa.I.MCP, only wired house here, or
f'ii- that matter .so far in C;tnada,
is showing his first all talkie this
week in "Mothers Know Rf^st."
fienrge is bask,lng in the limelight
these d.ays and has been, asked to
.'iddress the convention of the Ad-
vf'vtising Clubs of America here on
how ho puts his ballyhoolng over.
.Mianwbile, the Palace is g<'tting
^.Tfis.'^es never dreamed of In the
(lUi d.-iys of .straight sib'-nec pio-

I Ufc'S.

furnished at the price of $25,000.
Tills makes this house one of the
most attractive In town.

SEATTLE

By DAVE TREPP
President— "Awful Truth" (stock).
Orpbeum — "Butter and Egg Man"
— vaude.

Pantages— "None But Brave" —
vaude.

Seattre-^"Fir.st Ki.ss" — stage .show.
Fifth Ave.— "I.'ilae Timi"," wired.
Coliseum — "Rig Killing."
Columbia — "Road to Ruin."
Blue Mouse— "Caught in Fog,"
wired.

Music Box — "Singing Fool," wired.

Ted rjamblc is back from Oor-
vallLs, Ore., where he w;is running
the Universal houses for a couple
of weeks. Ho is assistant to Mike.
.Vewmon, head of the chain In
.NTorthwesf.

Hersehel Stuart, West Coast man-
a.ger for tlii.s territory, is back from
Montana and. eastern .Wa.shington
where he accompanied Bud LolUer
and Jack M.ansficld from the head
ofTlces. F.'ill outlook good in Mon-
t.'in.T. I'lans under way for new
in Rilling.'?. West Coast
more . tlni.e .for Fanejion
iinits, -whleli are going so

house
needs
Marco

CINCINNATI

By JOE KOLLINQ

Shubert— "Night in Spain;-'
Erianger — "Keep Shufflin."
Taft — Walker stock.
Cox — -N'.ational stock.
Albee— "Fleet's In"- vaude.
Capitol — "Beggars of Life."- wired.
Lyric — "Dancing Daughters" (2nd
week)..

Keith's— "Tenth Avenue."
Strand— "Be.-iu Broadway."
Empres3-r-"J)alnty Dolls."

"Rio Rita" splendid openiii.g at-
traction la,st week for red(;ciMated
i'Jrlanger Orand. $4 top.

Sammy AVatkins' Orchestra opens
Hotel (iibson Oct. 12. Tracy
Brown's dan<'e band followed H.irrv
WllIsey'H at Cribson Ro<*f this
week, Willsey'.s at Cinelnnaii Club
Oct. C. .

TOarly cool .si)ell and receni clo.sy-
of 100-night dog racing meet at
Springdalc, near Clney,. have helped
Increase theatre p,atronagc, .ibout
town'.

^;i;./'RENT A..

stjlidly in other houses.

Art Hil'.' is now managf i' of Jti-
dilh. I^ewlslown, ;i.nd is tjff to good
si art.

THEATRICAL OUTFITTERS

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I'.i-ooklvn T.ittlf Theatre, under
l-:iiz;ilif.th B, (lilmliall's direction,
will start the ,•-( roiid sey.'ron Nov.
"') wllh four ])iav.s. .

Jack W. TToins writing a coluirm
f,)f the St.'indaid Tnion eniitle.l
"AH .'Sround Town," appearing daily
on the editorial page.

After all the fu.SH and fedthers
ovi'r thr- admission of clnldren to

.in'i\ie hou.<':eH in defl.'inee of tti"
•'Clnldren's Ac:t," everything is fjuiel

4rei ■^^.'tnd^-tlie^v.Qungatfja , n re_g'iit) i/.
in eve|-vwhore. The only I'nk;
th'V liuist have parents alon.g. All
till' first-run and neigliboi'hood
lioii 1 s ;ire taking them nowadavii
with the result biz, lis better tlian
for jiiany month.s past.

Oreaf Falls, Mont.. g(.)t second
theatre in that .state \vii;ed, I/iberty.
T^anded solidly.. Rialto, lluLte, has
had sound for several montlis and
going great.

In snialler towns the sound hurl;'
st;ige shows. Talking .shofts seem
e.t |ir einlly liked.

"'J'lie (;i):ii-(J^ inaji". and "Juno ami
the i.'aycoek" are in rrOi-ars-al by
the .Sr'.attle Repertory I'!,'iy})OU,se.
Open wilh "(Vii.ai'dsrrian"' at .\Ielro-
rjoliiaj), .Oct. .19. .\'e.';(it bition.s are
ne.Trly e(Jini)ieled for bi;ildin.£.r ik'a
theatre in V distrif;t, 1o be r<':i(ly by
.Ian. 1. Retion .larnes nnd WII-
lieliniM,") Ue;uinie will v>la:.- lecul:- in

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VARIETY

Wednesday, October 3, 1928

VARlEmiOSAKGELESOFFICE

ARTHUR UNGAR in Charge

Loew's State Bldg., Suite 1221-22
707 So. Broadway, Trinity 3711-3712

LOS ANGELES

Prof««sional« hav* the Irf ust of Variaty's
Le« Angolea Offica for information. Mail
may be addressed care Variety, Loew's State
BIdgq Suite 1221-22, Los Angeles. It will be
held subject to call or forwarded, or adver-
tised in Variety's Letter List.

Orpheum

Bill not up lo standard sot.wcHik
before, but still above average.
None of th©. acts poor but only
Joseph Kograni tenor, h. o., and Ar-
thur Byron and iamily in a sketch
packed any wallop; Others easy to
ait tlirouftli but mild.
■ .Toe and Willie riale, scheduled
opcnora, replaced ' by . the Ch-ocketi
Family, introduced as . southern
mountaineers, and went over In a
way that showed they wore spotted
too early. Quintet in hill costumes
pl.iyed and danced a la old time
barn stuff.

Al Abbott did protealn village
entertainment of score of years ago.
Act impi'oved as he went along, best
stunt being i^ed-haired accordionist
singing sob songs of big city perils.

In trey spot Ralph Olsen and Sue
St. John aided by seven chorines had
"Rainbow Revelries," dance act.
Olson si'ored with slow motion danc-
ing. Miss St, John went over with
clever acrobatic and tip-toe ballet
numbers. Line opened with fast
tap-toe, the+i appeared in white
bathing suits in novelty number,
suspended by feet from framework
of lattice drop. Closed with tip-toe
number, with St. .lohn 'and Ol.sen on
for .close.

Norwood and Hall did sarne rube
. coiriedy turn in which they h.aye ap-
peared" before. Misses lots of chances
for wows, though rather funny.

The Byrons In sketch called "A
Family Affair," appropriate title.
After two weeks of high tragedy in
the sketches, thi.s farce was a "elief
that patiicked the crowd. Plot is
twist of mistaken Identity gag and
packs Iqt of laughs. All four of the
Byrons have plenty of personality,
the daughter sharing top honors
with the father.

After the newsreel Redmond a,nd
Wells in mildly diverting comedy
turn, with Redmond as a hick wise-
cracker and Miss "VVells a gypsy for-

tune toller. Thoy cpniliined patter
with some good hoofing.

Kogan followed in next to shut
and duplicated his pcrformuhce of
a week before— .stopped the show
cold.' Audience kept him coming
back, yelling more requests until he
wound up, with "Mother Maohree."

Fahtino Sisters and Co. closed
with acrobatics, teeth suspension
stuff, good enough to keep most of
the crowd in.

"Simba," animal film, booked to
follow "The Godless Oirl" at the
Biltmore theatre, will open Oct. 8,
the De Mille . picture Closing Oct. 6.
"Simba" will be in for three weeks,
after which house will revert to legit
atti*actions, with Guy Bates Post in
"The Play's the Thing," to open
Oct. 20. L<atter play had been sched-
uled to go Into Mason, but plans
switched. Nothing definite as to
what will reopen the Mason, been
dark since "Running Wild," colored
musical, flopped.

HELP WANTED MALE

Poster Artist

Kood letierer lor theatre lobby work
I in Providence. Salary $60 and fare.

A]>plr or Hend sumples to Boom
414, 1540 Urondway, New York,

During six months ending June
30 last, T.Qs Angeles Coliseum netted
$37,915 from , athletic events. Gro.ss
was $70,446.86. DurinaP last fiscal
year • net profit for Coliseum was
$99,915. Biggest single intake from
two U. S. C football games, which
netted $53,355.

West Coast theatre, Long. Beach,
has adopted a split week on pic-
tures.

UniVersal's fourth series of "Col-
legians" sei'ies, starting lale in fall,
will carry a dialof? and sound ver-
.sion as well as a silent one.

Trem Carr puts into production
Oct. 23 "Two Sl.sters," from novel
by Virginia Terhunc Vandewator.
Arthur Hoerl i.s doing adaptaitlon
and continuity. Scott Pembroke
will direct.

Harold Dean Crosby, still camera-
man First National, following live
year.s' experimentation, has de-
veloped a still photographic process
for the reproduction of natural
colors under artificial light. A neg-
ative is returned carrying all colors
photographed which are transferred
intact to positive prints.

-J.' James ^Mui^t^'Auction

Presenting an Opportunity

f or Home-Loyers of the Profession
to Join the Bayside Theatrical

Colony

0]^J LONG ISLAND SOUND, in or immediately adjacent to
beautiful ROBINWOOD at Bayside, lies a group of 64
fully improved lots which the owner has decided to liquidate at
PRICES/FIXED BY THE PURCHASERS. Included in the sale—
and on the same basis — will be five beautiful new homes.

Do you know ROBINWOOD? Facing east— before you a sil-
very beach, with the isle-dotted rcachfes of the Sound stretching
into the disfimoo; behind you, the pleaming turrets of Manhattan
.showing on the skyline. The Clearview Golf and Yacht Club
adjoins. Many theatrical folk already have bought and built in
ROBINWOOD — perhaps, you have friends among them.

But a step to the. private beach, whosF every prrvllege'^^l^^
yours— boating, bathing, fiishing and golf at your doon And just
aliout as convenient to Broadway as if you lived on the Sub.

See these shorefront gems and \ye are sure you will come to
the .sale and buy.

I'araniouut haa picked up another
unknown for a break.

Lucille Powers has been extra-
ihg for some time. She was yanked
out of the mob for an important
rolia In Clara Bow's current ''Three
Week Ends."

The Shrine Civic Auditorium, con-
verted recently into the world's
largest picture theatre, will cease
to be such for two weeks froni
Oct. 3 to 15, when the ajidltorium
will house the Los Angele.s Grand
Opera. It will reopen with films
after the opera season, showing
first run pictures Instead of the sec-
ond and third runs as now.

"Revenge," Dolores Del Rio pic-
ture, which follows "Battle of the
Sexes'* at the United Artists thea-
tre, opening Oct. 3, will have as its
successors Norma Talmadge's "A
Woman I)isi)uted," Vilma Banky's
"The Awakening," Griffith's "The
Love Song" and Ronald Colman's
"The Rescue."

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WATERFRONT

LOTS

Indudlnpr both home sites nnd- business waterfront with ''
riiU riparian rigjit.s In ROBINWOOD atHoofhhurst, L. I.

Also 4 Homes in Robinwpodj 1 in Beechhurst

X. w . inili\ lilually deaiRnpd; ultra-mortcrn ; . Roblnwood homes, 6 rooms,
.HUn poroh, 50-foot lot.s; BoechhuMt housp, 0 rocuus, ](iO .x 100.

AUCTIO

3:30 P. M. — On tlic PremlHoH

Columbus Day, Friday, October 12

on install- Bv TRAIN* J:?"? 'f'^"''. *°

^ ^ ^ wjr a AX.*-*.** ^ , Whitestone Landing

nient con- ( Beechfiursi) , "oi* su^ ^

, Robinwood. Free Station Wagon meets

tract or 7U all trains, meets Sub. on the hour.

em Boulevard to Bell
left to Utopia P'kway.

riiono for |tu4>1<l<4t

Whitehall 3330

percent on mortgage. AfTTO* ^^^^^

FKEK TITLE POLICinS -rVW/ 1 Ave.,
>f«iid for Itooklet _ t> x T yi

X, lames Murphy

2X7 Broadway J iNcoufooATco *

lUiAI. KSTATK AtrCTlON yr lie I A LIST

.Tack Curtis in FN's "Scarlet
Seas," .swung his arm up to drop a
haymaker on Richard Bartlielmess
and connected with a lamp. After
returning from hospital and resum-
ing fight his wound broke open
aigain. The second trip to the hos-
pital wa.s successful.

Dr. Paul Fejos, Universal director
rhaking "Broadway," accompanied
by Hal Mohr, cameraman, flew to
New York for purpose of. taking at-
mosphere shots. Carl Laemmle, Jr.,
slated to go with Fejos, may go
later.

Opening of Ernest Pascal'.s "The
Marriage Bed," at the -Mayan has
been set for Oct. 17. "'Happy Day.s,"
current musical, closes Oct. 6,

"The Best People," next Henry
Duffy production for the Hollywood
Playhouse, will open Oct. 7, suc-
ceeding Leo Carrillo In "Lombardi,
Ltd.," which closes Oct. 6. Carrillo
will go to Portland to open the new
Dufwin in ""The Bad Man." The
cast of "The Best People" will In
elude Marion Lord, Jason Robards,
Natalie Moorhead, Allan Connor,
Montague Shaw, Florence Roberts,
Earl Lee, John MacKenzIe.

Armida, Gus Edwards' protege,
brought to the coast by him to work
in M-G-M talkies, will be given
three weeks off to appear in the
United Artists theatre prolog, which
opens this week with "Rex'enge"' as
the screen attraction.

adTnirer, and not to overlook Alice
Buchancn as the gpld-dlgglng
dancer. Miss Bucha;nen. is brutally
coarse, but her work is flawless and
she won unstinted praise. Looks as
though Duffy has picked, another
winner In this revivil. It . ought to
have a healthy engagement at the
Alcazar. '

P'antages new house in Fresno,
is set to open Oct. 12 or 19.

Francis P. Quire, late of Fresno,
has been appointed exploitation rep-
resentative for the Warfleld and
California (West Coast) here.

T, & D. Junior circuit will not
reopen the Orpheum, Red Bluff, Cal.,
until about Dec. 1. Straight picture
rolicy.

Players' Guild reopened at Com-
munity Playhouse Sept. 2. Opening
bill "The Witch," Norwegian folk-
lore story. Cast includes Herbert
Bayes, Beatrice Benadaret, Joyce
Cole, Lloyd Howard, James Colman,
Jean Jostyn, Lea Calegaris and May
Nannery.

Following three weeks of "Simba,",
picture roadshow, Columbia went
dark temporarily, pending booking.

Frank Whitbeck got a great break
on his last four days In town before
going to Los Angeles to take over
the general publicity for West Coast
Theatres. Ordinarily in the habit
of paying from six bits to $2 for hia
sandwich nnd coffee at luncheon
(due to his lack of skill with the
cubes), Frank had the novel expe-
rience of beiiig guest at three fare-
well feeds, tendered by his local
friends and paLs. He didn't even
have to tip.

Andrew Hervey, for the past three
years press agent for the Orpheum
and Broadway Palace here, has re-
signed to associate himself with his
father in the printing business, Al-
les Printing Co., show printers.

Nena Quartero, recently released
from a personal contract to James
Cruze, will make her return to fea-
ture pictures in "Leathernecks" for
Pathe. Miss Quartero worked in
Roach comedies following her first
dramatic part in "The Red .Mark."
Others in the cast of Leathcrnepk
Includes William Boyd, Alan Hale,
Robert Armstrong, Fred Kohler,
Paul Weigel and James Aldine.
Howard HiggIn to direct.

SAN FRANCISCO

H. H. Brown will build a $55,000
picture house on Kentucky street.
East Bakersfleld. This will be 9th
theatre In jgreater Bakersficld.

. During their five-year residence
on the Paclflc coast Mr. and Mrs.
Dick Mitchell have become the par-
ents of three children. The latest
(second so;i), was born Sept. 17 at
the Queen of the Angels hospital,
Los Angeles, a few hours after the
father had arrived here to handle
the advance for Heniy Duffy's spe-
cial road show production of
"Tommy." Mrs. Mitchell was for-
merly Agnes Wiener, secretary and
scenarist for D. W. Griffith in New
York.

Marjorie Rambeau has returned to
San Francisco In a revival of her
New York comedy, "Ahtonia." Henry
Duffy has produced it with excep-
tional results. In the title role of
this Viennese comedy she capti-
vated an opening night audience.

Great credit is due Walter Gil berl
for his staging and direction, and
under , whose supervision the Duffy
.scenic department constructed two
of the finest "sets" ever seen in a
Pacific coast production. Care was
"«!i6i-cu5ed""by ™bUffy"^ln"- aurro n d i ng
Ml.sa Rambeau with a capable cast.
To this end Louis D'Arclay was
brought on here specially from the
east to play Capt. Marceau, the
I'^rench olllcer. Also Ben Taggert
for the husband role. Taggert ap-
l)cai;ed In chief support to Mi.ss
Rambeau in. other coast productions

There are other outstandin.t; mem-
bers of the cast, among them Dor-
othy Dane, as the unsophistit-atod |
nl'x'f; \\v\\<'f\ Payne, a.-^ tlie fi>rnvL'i'

Felice Greenberg, superintendent
of Loew's Warfleld building here,
was given the distinction of being
first San , Franclscoan to send a
photogram (actual transmission of
own handwriting) In a. telegram of
congratulation sent to Alleen Stan-
ley in "A Night in Spain," opening
in Chicago.

Bell Telephone Co., which spon-
sored the stunt, photographed
Miss Greenberg while in the act of
writing and a few minutes later
the photo was wired by telephoto
to Chicago, transmission requiring
seven and a half minutes. A simi^
lar photo taken at the Chicago end
was telephotoed here at the same
time.

MINNEAPOLIS

By LESTER REES
Met— "Rose- Marie."
Shubert— Stock.

Hennepin— "Dancing Daughters"-
vaude.

Pantages — "The Night Bird" and
vaude. '

Palace — -Musical tab,
Gayety— "GirlH in Blue" (burl ).
Minnesota — ^^"Rlver Pirate" unit.
State-^"Sa:die."
Strand-^"Wings". :(3d Week).
.'Lyric— "Mating Call," l.st half.
Grand— "New York" (2d loop
I'un).

The Palace-Orpheum, St. Paul,
doubled its gross of the preceding
Sunday the opening day of tl;i9
M-G-M pictures there with "EX".
cesg Baggage." ;

Fox, for the first time, and War-
ner Bros, are getting breaks on
Minnesota and" State dates. Both
of these big, leading F. & R.-Pub-
lix theatres are using a large num-
ber of the two products. Loss of
the M-G-M 1928-29 output to the
Hennepin-Orphcum is one of the
reasons for this.

PORTLAND, ME.

By HAL CRAM

Empire— "Uncle Tom's Cabin"
(wired).

Jefferson — "Free Soul" (stock).
Keith's— Vaud film.
• Portland — "Doomsday."
Maine— "Sweet 16."

N. E, Operating Corp., controlling
the Maine and building the State,
says It Svlll acqulrei the control of
Jefferson, Strand and I3mpire by
Nov. 1.

Edith King is leading lady at the
Jefferson stock this week In "A Free
Soul." She was the lead of the com-
pany about two years ago. Robert
Paris Is the new juvenile.

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Gene Ford and Earl Thomas, long
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out on their own and produced a
Junior League show.

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1,000 USED TRUNKS of all descriptions at a SACRIFICE
Chorus, Wardrobe, Scenery, Prop Trunks — New and Used
We Do Repairing Write for Catoloc

SAMUEL NATHANS Inc.

568 Seventh Avenue (Bet. 40th-4rst) New York City

SOI.K AGENTS FOR H. & M. TRVNKS IN THE EAST
PHONES LONG ACRE 6101— PENNSYLVANIA 0064

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Shoes for the Stag'^ St^^^^

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SHOWFOLK'S SHOESHOP— 1

SS2 BROADWAY

Wednesday, October 3, 1928

VARIETY

63

HOTEL HUDSON

ALL NEWLY DECORATED
^ 8 and Up Single
$12 and Up Double
Hot and Oold Water and
Telephone In Each Room.
102 WEST 44th STREET
NEW YORK CITY
Phone J BBXANT 7!828-2»

hotelTulton

<lii the Heart ol New Xork)
$ 9 and Up Single
$14 and Up Double
Shower Baths. Hot and Cold
Water and Telepnone
Electric Fun In each room
264-268 WEST 46th STREET
NEW YORK CITY
Chone: L«ckawanna 0990-J
Opposite N. V. A

Hotels LORRAINE artd GRArsJT~Gl:\icago

LORRAINE

SINC.LB ROOAl. BATH, $2.00 CP ^
UOntl.r. UOOM, UATU. *17.G0 and *21.00 UrEEiKW

i)oi:m.B WITHOUT bath. $u.oo wkeklt

LEONABD UlCKS Prebidcnt

GRANT

•}K\<iLE ROOM WlTlIOn BATH. $1.25 AMI $l.uO PKK DAS
SlM.l.K ItOOM, BATH. $2,00 PKK DAY
DUrBIJfi ROOM WITHOll BATH. $14.00 PEK WPCKTi
OOUHLK ROOM WITH BATU. SI7.00 AND $21.00 \VKtKL¥

340 West 57th St.

FIREPROOF APARTMENTS

2 and 3 Rooms

By Week— $25 By Month— $90
Full Hotel Service

NEW HOTEL

100 Rooms
100 Showere

and Tubs
Double Rooms

$3— $4— $5 .
Single Rooms
$2.50 and $3.00

HOTEL KILKEARY, Pittsburgh

PITTSBURGH'S HOTEL FOR THE PROFESSION
Conveniently Located Within Five Minutes of All
DOWNTOWN THEATRES
Announcing the Opening of New Restaurant and Coffee Shop

THE FAYETTE

In Connection with the Hotel— Something Different, Good Food, Reasonable Prices

Absolutely
Fireproof
Artistic Steel
Furniture
Pr*oprietor

NINTH ST. and
PENN AVE.

J. F. KILKEARY

A REAL HOME FOR THE PROPESSiON

MARYLAND HOTEL

104 W, 49th St., New York City — Ownership Management

2-00

Large Roonin
Rnniiingr Water
Newly Decorated

a day
and up

Inuniacnlately Clean $A Cf|
Cburtcoas Treatment
Newly- Furnished £^ a day
Special Weekly Ratea and up

Double Room
for «, ilalb
»nd Shower

Phone: LONG ACRE 0805

C£0. P. SCHNEIDER. Prop.

FURNISHED

THE BERTHA S"^^^.

COMPLKTK FOB HOCSEKEEPINO

325 West 43rd Street

CLEAN AND AIRI.

NEW YORK CITY

Private Bath. 3-4 Rooms. Catorinj: to the comfort and convenience of

the profeHfclon.

STTCAM HEAT AND ELECTRIC LIGHT- - - - $15.00 UP

^ HOTEL ELK ^

205 West 53rd Street

Just East of Broadway
Runninp, Water — Telephone in Every
liooni — Bath Adjacent
Model Day iuid Nlpht Si>r\'lc«
Weekly. »9, $10. Ill; with private
bath, $12. $14. $16
Transients $1.60 up
Tel. CIRcle 0210 ^

BILLS NEXT WEEK

(Continued from page 43)

MINNE^VPOLIS
PantneoB (8)

Khiiruiiv

Marcus Sis & C B
Krugles & Uobles
Dcllrlo & M Itev
(One to 1111)
REOINA, CAN.

CHipital
ist half (8-10)
(Same bill . plays
JSdrnonlon l-'d halt)
BIcknell
Nancy K.air
Micaroni Co
Miller & I'eterson
(One to nil)
CAI^AItY. CAN.

PantAffes (8)
Daveys

St Clair SiK & O'B
Prcv.iricalions
Eddie Koss
Bert Collins
SEATTLE, IVASII.

I'Hnlapos (8)
Mmo. Str.'iliiL
Silks & Satins
Ferris & Ellis
Flapper Kresliles
(One to fill)
SPOKANE. WASH.

PiintaKi'f) (8)
Broken Toys
Art Glllha.m-
Oreon-Drcw Co
Telaak & Dean
Flashes ot Art
VANCOUVK. H. C.

PnntiiKeH (8)
Mltkls 2
Four Caddies
Nlblo & SiH'iirer
Hilller & ]''ortn
Strains Ix RlrintrH
TACOMA. WASH.

PontAKCB (8)
Hlghtower 3
Dorethea Summers
Revue Unusual
Dixon & Morrell
Knorr & UcHa'
PORTLAND, ORE.

Fantn^eH (8)
Jack & Sol Frcca
Aalbu Sis & Carter
. Do. Torefras
"Brady .& "Kfahoney
Jen I)e Riniano'ony
SAN FRANCISCO
Puntiurefl (8)
' Ma/.le Lunette

Kramer & Pauline
Harry Cooper Co
Alton & Wll.son
Eva Tant;u.ay
I>OS ANGELES
PnntaReo (8)
3 Kay ton Girls
Gehah &. Garretts'n
Pease & Nelson
Paxo 4

Mao Murray ■
SA>' DIl-XJO, CAL.
I^Antiiges (8)

Alexander & Olscn
Hums & West ,
RoKCvs Ucvue
Nllrs & Man-'jllcld
Enill Knolt Bro
L'G BEACH, CAL.

l^lntrtge8 (8)
Meyers ^ Sterling
Hlchard Vlntour
HlKSon Ilcrhert
Argentine Cabaret
]''olcy Kids
Toi» Kelly
SALT LAKE C\T\

rantnBCH («)
3 Olymijlans
Edison & Gregory
Groy Family
5 Crooners
Earl Fou'an Bd
OGDKN, UTAH
Pantajjos (8)
Cornells
Tom Kelly
Tolephono Troubles
Edison & Oregory
Grey Family
OMAHA, NEB.
PiuitaffCH (8)
Raymond * Geneva
Dlis & Clarke
Midget Morel
Harmony \
MoxU'nn Coss
KANSAS CITY
Pnatagen <8)
Ru.ssian Art Circus
Wally & Zclla
Tliose 3 Fellers
Davis McCoy
Cycle of Dani'O
MK-MPHIS, TENN,

PftntogeB (8)
Mary"SWCT5Y(ry " -
Mildred Force
Kelly * Jackson
Billy Gilbert .
5 Urachards

"""MONTREAL, Canada

Make Your Home at the.

LA SALLE

APARTMENT HOTEL
Drummond Street

Special weekly rates t© the profession
Restaarant in connection

Rell, Ponnypat'ker "314-5

Hotel WALNUT

$8- $0, ATltliout Bath
!j;i2-$14. With Bntli
yjZ-?;!'*, M ithont liath
Sl«, Uith Bath

Single
Single
Dwnhle
Double

208 S. 8th St., Philadelphia, Pa.

Hotel

CUMBERLAND

Broadway and 54th Street

New York Got

"Ungtbt Ntw York Horns ofHeaJlimtn'

Rooms with Twin Beds and
Bath 21^ Per Week for Two

Parlor, Bedroom and Bath
2$.OO-30.00'3S.0Q-4O.00 Weekly

Inquire for
HAKAOER

Don Cummlngs
Brown McCJiaw Bd

2d half (11-13)
Van Cello & Mary
Wright Douglas Co
Rov.W.<«h Clcemen
■ SAGINAW
Toniplo

Ist halt (7-10).

Harvoy .
Galla Rini ."'la
(One to nil)
2d half (11-13)

3 Golf<-rs
(Two to nil)

Stanley-Fabian

Reduced Rates

ROOM AND BATH
TWO PERSONS

.00

15

WEEK

HOTEL AMERICA

149 West 47th St., New York City
Bryant 7690

silver Slipper

N T G Kev
"VVilda Barnum

Leslie Storey
Frances Mlld*^!)
Jimmy Carr Or

[ Butterfield ]

ADRIAN
Cr«w\vcll .
?d half (12- U)
A,l Carney
(Two to nil)
ANN ARItOR

Michigan
lat half (7-10)
Eublc BliiKc ('(>

2d half (11-13)
Paul Trcnirtlnp Bd
BATTLE CllBBK
Uijou
1st h!^\t (7-10)
Thank You Doctor
Ashley i'algc
Job Nenmeypr Co
2d half (11-13)
Kloln Hro.f
O S U. Miind
lOnp lo nil)
BAY ( ITY

Isl half (7-10)
fol I'Vcd Lindsay
l'"lorence .Rnynrld
Paul Tfcmalnf Bd

2d half (11-13)
Barvpy

Galla Rlnl & Sis
'<)no to All)
ItENTON HARBOR
Liberty

;d half (11-13)
Flnrenri* Bayfield
(Two to fill)

>'LLNT
Capitol

Isl half (7-10)
The Mcyakos
Bob Hall .
Roy ^Vo^ Glcemcn

2d half (11-13)
That flliarin 4
Don Cummings
Brown 'McCiraw Bd
K.\LAMAZOO
Slate
.1st halt (7-10)
Syncopiillon .Sh'iw
2d halt (U-13)
Cody n
('.hr^n AldrUli
I^p Gnll K\i»
LANSING
Strand
Ist half (7-10)
VanceUo &. Mary
Ji.lcinjartv't
Lee Gall Ens

2d half (11-13)
Syncopalion Show

onosso

Cupitol

2d half (7-10)
Golden Bird
Llbby Dancers
(One to fill)
PONTIAC
State
Iflt halt (7-10)
TliRt Charm i

BAYONNE. N. J. I
Openi H«uiso

1st half (7-0)
Bowling & Nolle
Elks 4

Cahill & Wells
(Two to nil)

2d half (10-13)
Fiank Hanii'ton
(Olhois to nil)
ELIZABETH, N. J.
lUtz
let half (7-9)
Bobby Barry Co
Mitchell & Dove
F' Farnum Orch
(Two to flll)

2d hfilf (10-13)^
IJpr Birthday Unit
HACKENSAOK

- Lyric

l8t half (7-9)
Artie Pierce
WlUard

Dayton Sc Rancy.
(Two to All)

2d- half (10-13)
3 Bennett Girls
(Others to fill)
IIOBOKEN, N. J.
New Kftbian

Ist half (7-9)
Hor Birthday XTnit

2d half (10-13)
Ada Brown
Modern Cinderella
McOrath * Travers
(Two to nil)

JERSEY CITY

Cent ml

iHt h.nlf (7-3)
Frank Jlamillon
Local Follies
(Throe to nil)

2d half (10-13)
East & Bumke
Local Follies
(Three to All)
PASS;UC, N. J.
' Montank

1st half (7-9)
3 Bennett Girls
Billy Swede Hall
MItiholl & Burant

2d half (10-13 )
will J Ward
Chas Maddock
Burns St Kane
Frank Farnum Co
(One to nil)
PATERSON, N. J.
RoRent

1st half (7-9)
Will J Ward
Hudson Wonders
Schwartz & Cllfrord
Modern. Cinderella
(One to' fill)

2d half (10-13
Mitchell & Dove
Zeck & Randolph
Jones & Jones
McCarthy Sis Orc.'i
(One to flU)

CHICAGO

Alabam

B.ile Dyer
T-cW King
Ralph Dart
Ernie Adler
Eddie South Bd
Oriontal-Darin
Al Handler
Aftle Collins
Lee B Evens
Madelon Mackenzie
Sol Wagner Bd

Udo
Joe Allen
Lolila & Angelina

WASHINGTON, D. C.

CliaDtedier

Waiter Kolk
Meyer Davie Orch
Cluh Mailrillon

J ij'j)nnnill Orch

Ilarrj' Norton
Banhn Sis

Terrace ' Gardens
Olive O'Neill
CUK (' Edwards Bd

Torkish Village
Harry Harris
Freddie Janis Bd

V.anity Fair
Larry Vincent
Gene Gill
Dolly .Sterling
Johnson Sis
Jane McAllster
Patsy Snyder
Keith Beecher Bd

I>otlM

TfV BO?TTisrp;n Or
\l'ur<lpuvn Park

Bon & Jerl
Jerry Drlvde
Gormnn & Orme
Meyer Davis Orch

Cabarets

LETTERS

Whoa Beadlnjv f«» -- .

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ODBOVLAB LETTKRB WILL MOV
BB ADVKRTI8ED

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NEW YORK

riialeau Madrid

Hanilil f-"'onard Or
J.Tfk Whlto
Alice BdUlden
Alice Ill.dnour

C\uh Barney
Walter CKe^fc
-ila v-y-=Lee^--^^— ^
Bale Bytrs Orch

Club Lido
RosUa * Ramon
H Rosenthal Orfh

Frivolity
N T G Uev
Tom Timothy Bd
Hotel AntbasHndor
Yacht Club Boys
Van Per Sianden Or

Hotel BUtmore
North way & Chllea

]{ Ciiinmlns Or
OtikUind'H TorrJK'C
Will Oakland
I^andau's »d

Mlrador
Marion & Randall
nee Jackson
-BVPlyn Mnrtinr^^==^^
Patricia O'Connor
Arthur Gordonl
Meyer Davis Orch

Park Central Hotel

Lloyd Garrett
The Carltono
Ruth Williams
Ben Pollack Or

et. Reitis Hotel

Vincent Lopez, Or
Fowler A Tamarn

Aarcin.^on Irv Or<h
Alklnxun e R

Brl) Jack C
Bi-iiiiont H B
Bowman H J
Boyd Billy

Cailahnn Barry

Bbvlson Bylvla

Erkele« Sam

jyil- WlV 1137111" i?

CHICAGO

Andrews f.'< r 11

Hoar Betty
B>llc A <:ontf»
Urunnle? Merrett
Uuchlev Jack
Burke Minnie

ChBnib*riali) Har

M»;:vli;e * Bule
Murray Nact-

Pardf. Allan.

nubin<! Jan
Hu.«.sei; Chf' h '

.^harp Hilly
Khrincr Joe

VnnLnndl J M

~ We> t chr f 1 ) it^i^

OFFICE
■■'linton Doroihy
Con ley Bnrry

Deonzo Wm
Uownt-y Est lit;
Dovle Jimnfiy
t" jpontp The
Oyt Ruth

600 HOUSEKEEPING APARTMENTS
LANDSEER APTS. BENDOR COURT

245 . West 5lst Street
Columbus 8950

IRVINGTON HALL

3o5 West '^ist .Street
Columbus 1300

343 West Ouih Street
Columbus C0C6

henrFc^ourt

312 West 48th Street
3830 Lonffacre

HILDONA COURT

341-347 Wo.st 45tlv Street. 3560 Longacre
1-2-3-4-^ioOm apartments. Each apartment with private bath, phone,

kitchen,- kitchenette.
$18.00 UP WEEKLY— $70.00 UP MONTHLY

The largest inaintainc'r of housokoepJne furnlshe(J apartments (Jirectly
under the iBupervision of the ovvnor. Located iii the center of the
theatrical district. All fireproof buildings.

Address all communications to

CHARLES TENENBAUM

Principal omce: Landseer Apts., 245 West 6 ist Street, New York
Apartments can be seen evenings. Otllce. in ea(:h building.
Will Lease by- tlie Week. BlontH or Year — Ii^mlBlied or Unfurnished.

LOU HOLTZ'S

241 WEST 43D STREET, NEW YORK CITY
PHONE LACKAWANNA 1740

RATiis RKDLCED y^ree Rooms, Bath, Kitchen

Completely Furnished

In the Heart of Times. Square

$15.00 UP

t'or Two Porsons

WRITB, PHONK OR WTRE POB RESERVATION

THE DUPLEX

HOUSEKEEPING FURNISHED
APARTMENTS

330 West 43rd Street, Nev» Yprk

Longacre 7132

Three and four rooms with bath,
cOmiilcte kitchen. Mcidern In every
particular. Will accommodate .four
or more adults.

$13.00. UP WEEKLY

Bifhcn Jack

Fi<-l«]fi Murli.'l
Foley Thfimas
Ford Wiil!ic.
F"rohm.'in Ucrt
Fuller ft Jewell

Glh-son A JU'tty
Olfford M m.
Gilbert Btrt

Hammond Al
Herman L^wis
Hertz LMliiin
HOKftn .t ."Stanley
IIowar<l .May
Howard Myrilc
.H.unter Geo.rgf: _

Inman \V.-ni-<n
IrvinK Ho.so
Ivcrscn' Frilzie

K eiio*" ■ M'.f'S-
KinK <':i{)i<'rine

lyaM.ar* .Ifi' l.'.'!
L.inKi! Iliiw ai 'l
Laurf-n \- 'i .ii I >.Tr.e
l.i-hii-:- 11 &■ C

Mk'V: 'IriiTu ;r.f;
M''i< k H;ii\i-y
Marsh.all (.iccrtre
W.art.n l-'rirdi;!";
May JiiiH-'
M.c' '.'i.-tliy r;;iii:.'
Mt I 't 1 ;i,Nf. I ;

W(-r<l<-.s>'r.. J'-'-'-.

Meyers Deity
.Mitfnon llfl'ne
.MDli^r Bol)
Moore Al J!d
Moore Florence
Morgan Oi:is A
Muriel Fl.Mh<T

Owen Dick

Perr\ Hfii-iy
Petrclla T r;
Powell .A ;bi i i Sr
I>ur( cU <'hii'<
I'ymiii Fr'-d it Pet'

nankin Hilly
KoKefH A Kine
RuKerH J.'i'.'lc
TroK»"rii "WirHon
lloni'' A- Tiunn
HoHiia Mil"
. llulliKiroiii John
Ilyon UU'i'ly

S.Tndlin NiU
.S>hr:.!ii 'J'lioir'i.'iH .
S<'Ot; .'<<il)f-l
.'-'li' T ;• l- ) !iiik
K:liu:itonu (;)tM-(-

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RUANO APARTMENTS

SOO Eighth Ave. (49th St.)

CIIICKBKING S.^.O
2-3 Rooms. Butli and Kitchenette.
.A4'ei»inmo«lat« 3-(i Perijons. Complele
Hotel S^-rvlce. Attriietlvoly Purnlslied.
I'nder New Mnnujrenient
RLDUCEU ItENTALN

lose its hockey romios, while Me-
r-,hfini«'s Hall will h" out of luck as
lar a.s flglu.s arc confu.Tned.

iKHilovc Si(:gal of Boston Herald
I .••spurting .staff, \vlio iindcrwi-nt a .se-
j riou.s opf^ration on his oye this sum-
mer, i.s well toward recovery.

. Clraco D;iyidnoh. "hy-liner"; pp the
I3(7st()n Post." is' Faflv m' towri aflef
the continent.

!• u ii it" I'l' 1 1 '

I Wil(.'ii' ';«•>;.
I H .4 f;ii l!i.y

BOSTON

Colonial had to suffer a dark week
between booljings at beginning of
:-<>a.son, and now it looks as if. an-
other Klaw and Erlanger house,
Trcmnnt. will have to go through
t brei- week.s of darkness, since "Ju.st
a Minute" goes out Oct. C, sooner
than expected. "Blackbirds" Is next
in lin(^ for th;it hou.«e, Oct. 29. Foot-
ball .seiisuu j.s on imd. Boston being
lOllejie town, get.s' heavy theatre
jj.'ii rori.'i'..:'- oVf-i' \M;c); i-nd.

Ni l)i'> Jicvcll I.-- ;ii t',\ui alM'.'.d uf
"Ani' i riii.i ."' Mf-Kvoy ))i'<<(luei i(in.
op' Jilt'-,' "" t. Hat Colonial. •■,Ani< )1-
c.ana' 0T"'r.!-- <old Ij'T'-. Mi.'^s J{';-
veir.<-- m.'iin bunli t; wJiili in town is
'•id<-tra''kirit.': ii'r.'-"i)rKii ijiii'.ii-iiy .'i-i'l
i vvniriK eveiythint' on Uj*. show.

He.vf ll f'r^t.

fli'oi-gc VVil.s(jn, beloV'-d coiuedlan
Yif ilio o)il I-!ost(Mi Mii^''urn (•'jmi)any,
.•r-l'liiatctj hi.s VOtli Iiii-thday last
\\i-'-k .'iiid was tendered a dinner by
f-(j)iie jii'c-s agents and newspaper
iiK M ;.t Kieh's Urill. Mr. \Vil^:On
."■till al'ie aroiiiid. for first nights.

<1

Air

Ko'^i oil'.'-- .MiiOiso:) .>-'i|ii;.r'' 'lanlen,
atop n'v. .Vorth ,sia'i<.'!. will .•-•at
few jeore Miiidi' d p( i .'-om.'-- ilian
New Vorl<<- (Jatder. r>oocs a.*-:
MioDL.;), ii v.ouid lie bi-c Mio< j In fore
<«(>en)iig. i;o.'.iorj -Ai'-n-: will then

J Yank Mi-.^h.'ini\ fornveily niana-
I- of .si>riie of til'* I'liblix hou.scS,

IS roaiia'-'in.u' th<> WiTour, Shubert

-1 1 o '■ 1 s - < -' N' ■ . -< ! r i ) 1 I n , ,ni a na ge r j a s t .

.-(•a -Tiii. has sti"i)i>ed7iCri).'-s tifc strePt

U) th»- .Miijo.'-tie, similarly.

. Th" To:.Jia.L',er of th^ n<,'W Keith
.M'niori.'il tii.'.itre as well cip the pol-
;ov of (he hoiiM' \^lll )•<• finnonnced
I.'' ir< nry Tavlor, Xew Kn.urland di-
\i-;on manager for the .Keith in-
lercKS.

64

VARIETY

NORTH

Via

Station CECA

Toronto
Acclaims

ROLFE MUSIC

RADIO'S FAVORITE CONDUCTOR

EAST

Via

Station WEAF

New York
Acclaims

ROLFE MUSIC

-tr..

Trumpet Virtuoso

GLORIFYING AMERICAN JAZZ

WITH THE

Lucky Strike Dance Orchestra

THIRD CONSECUTIVE SEASON

PALAIS D'OR RESTAURANT

NEW YORK CITY

EDISON RECORDS

WEST

Via

Station KHQ

Spokane
Acclaims

ROLFE MUSIC

Sincere Appreciation to Mr. M. H. AYLESWORTH

SOUTH

Via

Station WJAX

" - Jacksonvillte -
Acclaims

ROLFE MUSIC

STAGE

SCREEN

CENTS

Publtshed Weekly at 1S4 Weat 4etli St., New Tork. N. I., Dy Variety, Ino. Annual aubscrlptloD. tlO. Single cople:>. ti centR.
Ehirered *• secoad-clasa matter Decenaber SS. 1906, at the Post Office at New York. N V.. under the act of March I. ItTS.

VOL. XCn. No. 13

NEW YORK, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1928

64 PAGES

Elinor Glyn Registers Kick

On False Hoke of Pictures

EJlinor Glyn has definitely aban-
doned moving: picture direction
and supervision, as she does not
desire her name attached to pic-
tures containing: glaring: Inaccur-
a-cles that destroy the reality of
the picture and make It laughable.

In the future Miss Glyn will
confine herself to writing stories
jitor the movies and is now engaged
her first talker, That field the
' Madame believes will be her great-
.:o8t forte aa film producers will not
*e able to change dialog pictui-es.
■ Referring to inaccuracies, the
Madame spoke of the incredlible
Hollywood ladles with her short
skirts, short sleeves and little cap,
■popped into every society picture
rand the laughing stock of Europe.

"However," said Madame, "I am
'perfectly amenable to what the pro-
'diicers want, only I don't wish my
;name attached. If thoy know what
. the public wants and can make
money, let them, I do think if I
were let alojie I would know what
I the public wants as I always have
^ in my writings,"

One thing that public does not
want, Madame Glyn is assured of,
is the society picture. Unless the
heronle is a stenographer or a shop
girl who marries her boss and be-
comes a lady over night, or the hero
Is a hairy bolshevik who marries
the princess, the public will not
tolerate society pictures. Madame
Glyn said that this was Illustrated
,'to her in two of her own pictures.
At one time on the coast, her pic-
ture "Liove's Blindness," a beautiful
"accurate" picture that she had
supervised herself, was playing

(Continued on page 56)

Fooled on Weeps

Red-eyed women . daubing at
th^lr checks with tear- soaked
handkerchiefs are common
after performances of "The
Singing Fool" at the Winter
Garden.

One dame, still weeping,
speaking about Al JoLson, said:

"Kin you beat It? We're
crying for him and he's on
his honeymoon."

LEEIT PLUyEIIS

T

Talent from Broadway Le-
gitimate Ranks Believed
Inevitable for Talking Pic-
tures - — Inroads Have
Started— Over 250 Stage
Players to Be Imported to
Hollywood

Fox After 4 Broadway

$2 Hquse?^^

Fox is counting upon giving from
six to eight sound pictures twice
daily careers on Broadway this
season. Those features are to be
released on the '29 and '30 pro-
gram. Some will start out next
September.

To accomplish this the Fox or-
ganization will- have three, and
nvaybe four, legit sites under lease
by Feb. 1. The theatres will pref-
erably have Broadway frontage, but
will be on side streets If neces-
sary. An announcement naming the
houses secured is to be made In two
or three weeks.

Fox gives up the Globe this Sat-
urday which shuts out "Mother
Knows Best" and leaves the Gaiety
as this outfit's sole $2 representa-
tive along the alley. ' '

"The River" is next here, and
'Our Daily Bread" is penciled to
°^_®^?.^P,.J°5 th e former picture.
These" features have 'bcen directed
Borzage and Murnau, in that
order, but a change in booking Is
prohal)lo inasmuch .as both films
h'lvo the .sumo .'couijIo as load.s,
Mary Duncan and Charles Fai'vcll.
I renewed its loase on the

t Jaiety, through Pathe. for the en-
. iro year of '20, the renewal going
1, .no e.lTciU Doc. 2a.

800 Pool Rooms Reported
Closed Suddenly in J. C.

Over 800 race track pool rooms
are reported to have stopped opera-
tions in the Jersey City section
Monday, with an Indefinite stop
said to have been put on all of
them.

No one is named as authority
for the order, which went through
the customary undercover chan-
nels.

The Jersey City pool betting
places are phone rooms and carry
the bulk of the race track betting
in the metropolitan district. Much
of it comes also from farther away
points. Other than the few petty
larceny street or store handbooks
in New York, the bettors Monday
were in a panic through inability to
lose their money by following the
dope.

Each of the Jersey rooms employs
three people. All were thrown, out
of work.

No one knew whether politics is
behind the J. C. affair or the legis-
lative investigation, also involving
picture theatre owners of the state
and looked upon as political, going
on oyer, there.

The J. C. pool room system, the
most perfect ever devLsed for race
track betting away from the tracks,
has been In existence for years.

NO MORE DUMBBELLS

Double Clean-Up

• Vaude at Libby's Music Hall, on
the lower east side, New York, be
gan its second season this week with
to acts. Bill consists of songs,
dances and comedy In English, Rus-
sian and Jewish, offered free to

patrons of Llbby's turkl.sh baths,
: Subway . adv_erti3ing clai m3^^^^^s
is the only all nigfit vaude^house In
the world.

While the bath hounds are going
through their ablutions they are
entertained by .i jazz orchestra un-
der the direction of M. Kerlchma-
roff.

Tlarry Gotti Is booking the acts
into Llbby's and Sidney Corsover
is M. C.

Los Angeles^ Oct.. 9.
It is stated that the number of
strictly picture players available
for principal roles, including stairs
and featured actors in the local
film colony, will be reduced, by . 33
per cent when the tJilker situation
will have settled down.

This decrease will be filled in by
legit players, mainly drawn from
Broadway. Other necessary talker
talent from legit branches will like-
wise be imported to this end. .

Another matter everyone agrees
upon is that the pretty face dumb-
bell is being written off of the
screen by the newest .wrinkle in
films. Unless the dumbbell has in-
telligence, occurring once in 100
times,, she is utterly useless in
dialog pictures.

There are at present about 750
picture colony players to be num-
bered among the available hereto-
fore in silent films. An estimate
claimed fairly accurate based upon
his own needs and calculations by a
leading studio head is that not less
than 250 role plaj-ers from the. legit
ranks will come west. Many are
already here. Each one of these will
supplant a picture player, •

It is further asserted by the same
studio head that despite the reports
strictly picture actors may be
trained for dialog films, it is im-
probable except in special cases,

Hollywood film production is 50
per cent below normal for this time
of the year,, and .every one is run
nirig around in circles. The sound
pictures are responsible folr pres-
ent conditions. It may be two years
before Hollywood is fully equipped
Present situation will continue for
two years unless, as is claimed,
sound pictures can be turned out
faster, th«an the silent pictures..

Talking on the talker; subject
one of the best known producer
directors siid:

"After all thes years everything
is swept away In a moment, , It
meo-ns that we all have to start
from the beginning again. Past
reputations count for nothing,"

From several sources It Is re-
pof icd ^;hs^

temporarily halt'^cl pending some
solution to the new problem con-
fronting the film business in the
talkers. Suspension of activities
has hundreds of actors out of work
at the present time,

Produecr.<» are, for the present,
unable to arrive at any dc^fSnite plan
(Continued on page 56)

mOOO Stage Struck Conegians
ClamoF to Enter Show Business

Nose Fixing

To all appearances there
must.be a number of gals go-
ing for nose straightening.
A count along the main stem
disclosed over a dozen dames
with their schnozzles. hidden
behind plaster.

Several others had plasters
taped back ..of the ears or un-
der the chin, indicating pos-
sible facie -lifting treatments.

Murphy's Straw Vote
Cast Out by Gorman

Senator Frances Murphy, comedy
monologist, got the official razz
Sunday at Keith's Broadway, New
York, when about to start on the
week's term in the new bill. The
Senator remained in the perfor-
mance, straw voteless, after a heat-
ed controversy with Tom Gorman.
The latter supervises the bookings
of the Keith New York hou.ses.

Murph, who disguises the home-
liest map In the show business with
a mick monicker, told Gorman he
had done the straw vote thing as
a gag from every stage h© had
played for the past three months.
Uut not at the Broadway or in New
Yorki answered the hardbolled Tom
who had forgotten to put on the'
ear muffs after easing over the' .sad
news. '

It appears the controversy origi-
nally had started in the Keith book-
ing office over the Murphy tem-
porary election gag. There a di-
vision of opinion arose. The Sen-
ator is reported to have appealed
to one section In authority and re-
ceived' its okay.. "When the nrlattcr
reached John Ford, in charge of
Keith'.s, he <3i.sapproved on the
ground the circuit maintains a
strict neutrality politically even for
comedy purposes. Gorman followed
instructions in gagging the gagger.

Senator Murphy has asked the
audience In many cities of over 20
states while doing the stunt as to
their preference — Smith or Hoover.
He compiled his reports on each
city, notating them in a small book
carried by him. Murph said all of
his reports recorded the actual re-
sult, without partiality and with no
opportunity for either side to plug
or plant. He is said to have for-
warded a duplicate of his report
about two weeks ago to the political
headquarters of both candidates as
possible pro-information about
doubtful states.

Now Murph is in a doubtful state
him.selfr--lt'snjnly-Iit)o\^^^^
to election and. with the best gag he
h.TH ever had scr.'immed during his
New York time, ,'ilso about six
weeks, lie's ready for the river, •
In fact if you had asked the Sen-
ator which he would rather liave
left in the drfs.sing rmmi. t)i;if I'.ig
or his rit-^lii eye, he would have
picked the eye.

Stage struck collegians have be-
come so numerous . It is reported .
over 100,000 applicationa are yearly
received in the show business from
university men wanting to mf>.ke
onnections or asking infornriatlon as
to the theatre In some form;

A recent survey by a' • college
faculty, of the contents of rooms
and dormitories resulted in the dis-,.
covery that over 60" per cent, of
tne undergraduates haye pictures of
stage and screen stars in their
rooms. Intense interest in show.

biislness from the financial as well
as the stage angle is also reported
by a showman who has been on
college facfulties as professor and
dean and who tours the country two
or three tinves a year.

The college show, whether an
annual or quarterly event, Is now
said to be considered an equal, and
by some a more desirable goal, than
the athletic teams. An estimate is
that there are over 75,000 university
men actively connected with under-
graduate dramatic societies and that
95 per cent, of approximately 600
colleges in the country have dra-
matic societies.

Deans and heads of colleges have
been constantly applying for In-
formation relative to guiding stu-
dents desiring to enter the picture
business. This branch of showdom
hJis lately been In receipt of most
of the applications.

Another claim Is that over 6,000
applications were m.'ide for attend-
ance at Professor Baker's School of
Fine Arts at Yale at the beginning
of the fall semester, but only 40
pupils were .accepted. Students un-
der Prof. Baker produce, write and
■direct their own productions with it
understood there is no chance for
enrollment unless the boy has writ-
ton at least a play, or a sketclx
which Professor. Baker h;is found
acceptable.

Town iBoys Claim Yale
Youths Work Too Fast

New Haven, Oct. 9,
In order to hold their best paying
customers the operators of the Em-
bassy iand Cinderella, downtown
dance halls, have agreed fo bar all
Yale students unless they are ac-
companied by girls.

The town boys have squawked
that the students, coming as stags,
are stealing their girls for the eve-
ning, while they -naid the bill. It's
boon going on for some time.

THE NAME YOU GO DY
WHEN YOU GO TO BUY

COSTIJMES

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london as It Looks

By Hannen Swaffer

Ijoiulon, Sept. 2S.

I i\n<1 it vcrv .lillioult . io rtif^.-nss- tho miittor oC Aii;oric-an plays in
•Knpland. Pooplo lii.o ■ t^lr ' Alfrnl lU.tt. iffnorins -tlif^ fact that I hoia
DXMU in the liiKhost TO(i;xva as m.-n; accuse mo of 'personal attacks
vhrnovei- I prot .-SI against iho wholosale American invasion. •
AN^\-4.ni^;t pnl.lic^mon unaor.tana that 7l^<^" .V"'^^ ^^^^ i^";^^?;?^
. lay .thorn open to <Tilicism, newspapers oriticizd anil yet often like tho
people of vhom thf.y. iirc writing?

A Bombastic Reply

. 5?ir Alfred Rut t'R speeeh made to the shareholders '^of. Drury Lane,
this. week, seems to n-solve itself into a reply to: _
—Mischief makers/ tried to create prejudice b.ocausc coloied artists
-R-erc beinp introduced into the H'^^'-^ti-e,'' he sai^^^

on the whole (to quote a phrase of . Max . BeertapnVs) that It m as
not worth while taking serious notice ot remarks thrown from the
garret into the gutter, we steadily pursued our course and ^"e^
strenuous lahovs '^'how Boat' was successfully launched It seen^^^^
incredible but the daily, weekly and monthly receipts Boat
are bifrser than- any we ever tooK Avith either 'Rose Marie or The.
Desert Song.' "

A Challenge to Sir. Alfred
"Ladies and genttemen,- said >Sir Alfred, "there are still those who
spend their, time trying to get cheap applause by ^^^^f^^^^J^^^^
In producing three successive musical plays emanating from Amoiica.

FrJm a bus^iness point of view; I would very "^"^V'^H'^nfl^' o'lSin'
Eriti.^h musical play than a play of American or Continental ougui. ■
I ask nothing better , than a really good Rritish scenario. I am con-
st:mtlv reading. Briti.sh playS and . I wduld gladly grasp any Pl'^^y SV*^"
mittcii to me .th.1t had a rea.sonable chance, of being a success. I. si all
certainly not be deterred by mischievous . propaganda from, punsuin^
the course which . I think is right." ; ' : ■ - ^

Now In reply to all this, I inUst say that not one statement of mine,
made in print' about American plays in England, has ever been .conr
tradicted by anybody. I challenge Sir Alfred Butt on this' matter..

A Proud Menriber. of ParTiament

After quoting; with pardonable pride, the records of the takings ot
Drury Lane, Sir Alfred ended his speech with extraordinary words.

"Ladies and Gentlemen." he repeated, "that Is a record that no other
theatre In the world can put forward. It is a record of which I am
proud, not onlv as a theatrical manager but, as a Member of the House
of Commons and. one who has at heart the best Interests of the com-
munity."

Strange. Imperialism

Reallv. politics are coming to a'iine mess; when a Conservative Mem-
ber of 'commons, who is in favor of safeguarding British industries,
can stand up and bo'ast that he has successfully, imported three
American plays, in succes.-sion, into the theatre which he still persists

in calling National. , x, 4.

Frankly, I have a very good mind to oppose Sir Alfred Butt at the
next election. If I did so. I should stand merely as an ImP<'^>alist.
I should be supported on the platform by scores and scores .of British
actors and actresses, dozens of playwrights, and Heaven knows how,
many musical composers.

British Empire Union Pleads ^

Whv onlv two davs ago. Reginald Wilson, the secretary of the British
Empire Union., called on me and appealed for assistance for a scheme
his. Union was preparing, for the help of British «,'^,"J,,^*^^;"^!f^

I told him the scheme was no good. I pointed out its faults. I sug
gested the sort of .scheme that might help. I told him so-called im
periahsm often fell down when "Business" came^ln. , _

Now, on the one side ^ve have the. British Empire Union^^^nd, on
the other side, we have Drury Lane "Theatre. Which is right?

Will Butt Fight Me? ,

If Sir Alfred Butt will resign his se.at and fight me at a bye -election
1 will oppose him. I make the condition beforehand, however., that

the only meetings which take place in the .c^'f •V;^"^"'^^,^"^.,^""!^"^" J-^
which both of us meet in debate on the platform, so that the con-
sents can see us and hear us and judge between us as to whose
Imperialistic policy is right. ,„ *v.o+ ^

In saving this. I must insi.st thdt I desire no deep applause that I
shall not quote Max .Bc.erbohm but Arthur Hammerstein and that I
hope it will only inclose my pers onal li king for Sir Alfied Butt.

Mother Janis Does Not Like Me

Poor Mother Janis i.s another one who is very cross with me. Now,
all 1 did was to go and say to Elsie, whom I. had never met before.
"Tell me all about this Morhma stuff." m „

I reminded her how lots of people thought she was mother-ridden
nnd that she might live to rteply to it. She did. ^

She was te^y frank ^ a^ how her mother signed her checks and
did all hi business and argued with the managers, volunteering the
'tatement'hat her n.other always went out with J^-^-^f^^Jl^^
rather have her mother with her than anybody. This was all printed
fairly, in fact almost without comment. Vo"^r'^'

Yet. now I hear, Mother Janis is very crass, blsie is not.

The Elsie Janis Failure

What can. vou write about? Can you print no truth at all? No!

The fact i.s of cour.<.e. that Elsie Janis's first night here was a fa 1-
ure. sfe had the misfokune to be up against Cicely Courtncidge,. who
is as clever now as Elsie, was at her best. . t,-.,.:^
. Nlothe^- Janis'sat. in the box,- ill though she was,_ and applaudexVLls e
all th^ time, and did not applaud the others. She is a mother, after al .

It s not my fault that Elsie Janis w:as tired, or that she has pas.scd
her best iT l had not pas.sed my best. I should not be well known
now. When you are doing good woVk, nobody ever takes any notice

''^Beskies the truth is we are tired of all these imitations of Will
RcSis in England. Oh dear/ how tired we get of the mention of that
m ,n-s n'"m.' ^^■h<^" ^'^ ^^""'^ cowboys, we think of the Rodeo and
its insuffcr.-ible cruelty to animal.s.

I Anger Film Critics
, ^ oiort li-i trouble with (he film critics. I committed the unpa.r-
^ ',7 ^ff^>nce of writ ng about the talkers, fhe Warner .P.rothers
^\:i^n^y^^^^^^o-'y n..wspapc.rman who called on them to

_ """ii^^^l^^^^^^ ^v^om.y>o<iyJn the ht^oss. I suppose.- One

Paris Chatter

'NONEnE' IS HOLLAND'S
1ST MUSICAL COMEDf

Pari.s Sept. 27,
Sacha Gul.try has chosen a youth-
ful .*jalesman in a dry good:? store
liere, Pierre Tristan by name, to
impersonate Charles Lindbergh in
his forthcoming spectacular show
at tjho Chatelet. Tristan closely re-
sembles Lindbergh in features; .

One of the local scribca dragged
Aimee Seniple McPherson all around
Pairis on a sightseeing tour of the
naughty places. She said that she
was shocked and that a good revival
would be about the best thing fpr
the"sinful city." biit the reporter
•who went with her said that the
evangelist could no^ seem to get
enough of the low diycs.

Amsterdam, Si'pt. 27. ' -
Believe It or not, but llolliina \M
about to see Its first musical comedy
in "No, ,No, Nanette." It's a twlaf
in thfe" Dutch theatriciU sltuatlih
that both English and. Anierici^n
managements have previously linefe-
ed lip such a venture. Maybe they're
right.

Anyway, a troupe under the direc-.
tion of Defrain comes into the.
Grand here late next nionlh to do,
"Noniette." Hoosci seats 800.

GEORGIE WOOD

Affectionately known a:s "Wee
Georgie." I once thought of bill-
ing myself aa a half -pint actor,
but here in England it might, be
taken to indicate I am a '.'drunk
act which would be unfair, un^
tru6 and misleading, because I
have a "tea-complex" (whatever
that is!).

Address BM/JIM. London, W.
C. I., Eng.>

Paris's most elite night place, the
Blue Room, operating at Biarritz
during the last part of the summer,
is open again. This place which
does not have any draw in the way
of entertainment other than a band,
gets the biggest play from inter-
national spenders in the gay capr
ital. -

Whispering .Tack Smith opensj
early in October in a Hague oper-t
otta managed by Byleveldt.

He then comes here to the Tusch'*
irtski theatre.

Vaudeville performai-ices at the*
Carre, Amsterdam, have stojiped be*
cause of lack of interest. Theatre
seats 1,800. Inferior bills are th»'
cause.

Russia

Moscow, Sept. 15.
"All (3od'3 Chilluns Got Wings"
will be ~ shortly introduced • to the
Soviet Russians by the Moscow
Kamerny Theatre. Eugene O'Neill's
work will be luiQwn here as "The
Black Ghetto" and is expected to
be one of the chief attractions of
the Moscow seaion. New title is
chosen because of its sensational-
ism, the Russians usually associ-
ating the word ghetto with the He-
brew race.

O'Neill has been a favorite here
for several seasons. His "Anna
ChrisUe," "Desire Under the Elms"
and "The Hairy Ape" were pro-
duced in Moscow ajid Leningrad
with, marked success and are still
shown in the provinces by rep com-
panies. "Desire" was screened by
a Russian-Caucasian studio, but the
filni was a flop.

There being no .copyright agree-
ments in force between Soviet Rus-
sia and the United States, O'Neill
gets no Russian royalties;

Van and Schenck dropped into
the Ambassadeurs the night before
the place closed for the season and
were invited by Ted Lewis to rehr
der a number. The boys took the
audience, by storm, singing six songs
before they were allowed to take
their seats again.

Earl Leslie has been out of the
bill at the. Moulin Rouge for a cou-
ple of weeks, having a rest on, the
Riviera. He is, working on the new
revue which he is to produce dur-
ing the fall, also to have Mls-
tlnguett until she starts on -her
Continental tour in January. .

Warsaw reports , Padiere\vski has
signed with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
for a talking short at a large figure.

Marquis do ia Falaise, husband of
(Continued on page. 68)

Orlenyeff, Alia Nazimova's former
husband who accompanied her on
her first trip to America, is reported
recovering frorii his recent severe
I nervous breakdown.

His return, fo the stage Is, how-
ever, dotibtful.

New York's Russian Season

With the new quota regulations
continuing to hit Slav immigration
into this country, the Russian the-
atrical season in America started
off half heartedly this year. Russian
newspapers in New York report a
further end very noticeable drift
of the Russian speaking residents
of the city towards the English
plays and musical, comedies of
Broadway.

First definite rumblings of this
phenomenon were recorded in 192G,
two years after the passage of tlie
Johnson^ Antl-Immigi-ation Bill, but
by now almost every theatre going
Slav in New York heads towards
the big stem when he goes show
.shopping. Result is that so far this
.season only onie Russian dramatic
company has been active. It
played "Anna' Karenina" once in
Philadelphia and once in the Bronx.
Manaigomerit- did -not- exactly Jose
money, yet it deemed wise to play
no more. The actors and the stage
director were sent back to their
tasks in batik painting studios and
shops..

A few Russian actors while in
New York began to study Yiddish,
ne-ver before :known to them, and
had actually rhasterrd the tongue.
Thus. Pavel Baratoff Is appearing
now in Schwartz's Yiddish Art The-
atre. Boris S. Glagolin. stage di-
rector of Moscow, though knowing
not a single word of Yiddish, is also
with Schwartz. He will direct the
Yiddish . .-version of "Ottelo'' for
M.aurico.

London Chatter

London, Sept. 28.

Sights: .

Freddie Astaire'.s face when his
I hor.se "Wearing a Crown" came in
second.

Beth Challis when she finds a let-
ter to her marked O. H; M. S. Is
not for a command performance,
but a command to pay her Income
tax. .

There are certain house managers
in .England . Fi'ank Van Hoven dis-
liked the last time he was over here
One Is still at his job In Liverpool,
Frank got on to him on long dis-
tance and the follo-wing conversation
ensued:

V. Hi.— "Hullo, is that Mr. Blank?

Mr. B.— "Yes, who is it?"

V. H.— "I.am Frank Van Hoven;
I hear you are sick,"

Mr. B. — "Sick? I have never been
better in my life!"

V. H.— "Sorry!"

Owing to bankruptcy the Florft
theatre. Will be offered' for sale th©
end of next month.

LONDON WALKOUTS SCORE

London, Oct. 9.
dreenlee. and Drayton, colored
performers who walked out of the.
Palladium recently when the .housa
management Insisted or. cutting:,
their 15-minute routine to 10 miiy-
utes, have just , opened at the Cd-
liseuih.

Here they did a total of 16 min-
utes and scored nicely. '

MOULIN DEAL OEF

Parls,^ Oct. 9. =.
Negotiations between Dufrenivfl,
and the owners fpr tenancy of .the
Moulin Rouge, have come^to an end,
at least for the time being, with
nothing accowiplished.

Pavlowa on Wing

Paris, Oct; 9.
Anna Pavlowa arrived in Paris
froni her engagement in Buenofl
Ayres late last week. She went oi^.

to London Immediately, to remaiii
until her departure for; Egypt Nov«
13..

Robins Back at Savoy.

London. Oct. i>. .
A. Robins, the ^valkihg music
store', opened a six weeks' return
at the Savoy Hotel last night with
four weeks at the Kit-Cat restaur
rant to follow'.

American performers, in London
with only six -working days weekly
find themselves at a loose end on
Sunday, To overcome this, a crowd
consisting of Mr. and Mrs. Herb
Williams, Ann Codec, father, and
Frank Orth, Claudie Coleman and
mother, Hyde and .Burrill, Sylvia
Clark, Bobby Kuhn.s, Edna, Dare.
Bobby Jarvls, Miss Vernon, Clay
Smith, Phil and Phlora hired a bus
for the day and visited many Lon-
don sights, finishing up at Brighton.

With the termination of the run
of dc .Bear's . "Many Happy Re-
turns" revUe at the; Duke of York's,
the show Was bound to play three
weeks in suburban London, hot in
Herb Williams' contract. The houses
1 insisted Williams must be . in the
show. Although he was offered $400
.more weekly for vaudeville, Iler-b
preferred to keep the companj
working for three more weeks.

JOLSONS SAIL OCT. 16

London, Oct, 9;

Mr. and Mi-s. Al Jolsqn, accom-
p.'inied by Mark Ilellinger. ."tailed for
New York on the Leviathan Oct. 16.

Mrs. Poison is going into rehearsal
immediately in ••V.'lioopee," which
Zlegfeld is preparing^

"Pennant Pair" Sail Nov. 2

London, Oct. 9.

Van and S.chenck will not remain
here for more than the four weeks
originally contracted for.

They sail on the Leviathan Nov.
2 and open a Keith-Albcc, tour at
the Palace, Cleveland, Nov. 11.

WILLIAMS' VAUDE RETURN

London, Oct. 9.
Herb Williams returned to vaude-
ville this week, opening at the Pal-
ladium, where he scored emphat-
ic.'illy.

Williams is doing an extra bit
hy-'-actln g'^as^-accom pan i 9 t--f 0 r-^b ick

Henderson.

^•DEADLOCK" DULL

London, Oct. 9.
"Deadlock," which opened at the
Comedy last night, is a dull play,
and hopeless for America. It has a
solitary bright spot, the acting of
Lewis Shaw in a schoolboy role.

The estate of the late Ellen Terry
is valued at $110,000. She left $1,000
to James Carew, her third husband,
as a token of good will. Some of
her property is to be .sold at Chris-
tie's, (auction rooms), including the
portrait ^f herse lf ^b^^^ O. F . IN'atts,
lier 'first husband.

The small cottage in Kent where
Miss Terry died will probably be

(Continued on page 58)

SAILINGS

Nov. 1 (London to New York)*
Beth Challis, Mrs. Challis, Kddljj
Lambert (George Wa.shington). ^
Oct, 17. (London to New York)
Renoff and Renova (Majestic). ./
Oct. 16 (London to New York),
Mr. and Mrs, Al Jolson, Mark Hel*
linger, Trixie Friganzti, Mr. and
Mrs. Frank Tours/ Beatrice Lillie,'|^
Arch Seiwyn, Morton Downey
(Leviathan).

Oct, T3r(L6ndofl : tb' Xe^
James B. Fagan (Aciuitania). ^

Oct. 13 (New York to. London),
Jo.sie Heather (Baltic).

Oct. 13 (New York to Berlin)
Ludwig Berger (Albert B.'illln). •
Oct. II (London to Africa) Alma
i3arnes and sister (Walmer Castle). ■

Oct. 10 (Paris to New. York),,
Maurice Chevalier, Adolph Osso^
Maurice Chevalier, Adolph Osso,
Jacques Foyder (lie dc Franoe).

Oct. 6 (London to New York) Mr,
and Mrs. John J. Murdock and their
daughter. P:>.t Casey. Archie Sei-
wyn, Mary Jerrold, ihibevt Har-
ben (Maurdtania). , .-

Oct. 6 (London to New York)
Percy I5urton tr-aiu'astria).

Oct. C (Now York to London):
James Thatcher (Levlatli.nn).

Oct. 6 (New York to Paris): Mr.
and' Mi-s. Charles K. llray iVi:n'

Oct. 5 (New York to F'aris): Syd-
uey Shields, Mr. and .Mrs. Charles
E. Bray (Ponlandi.

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Wednesday, October 10, 1928

FOREIGN

VARIETY

FILMS LICK SHAKESPEARE

PARIS SEES 'BROADWAY'
WITH BOOTLEG EFFECTS

Tiny Hooch Bottles Given at
Intermission—Other French
Openings

iParis, Oct. 9.
"livoadway" was. well received in
its French translation at the Thea-
tre de la Madeleine last week. Play
has been splendidly cast by Ca-
mille Wyn. who appears as pro-
ducer.

Feature of tlie premiere was pres-
entation to audience during inter-
mission of tiny bottles of whi.sky
labeled "Bootleg," apropos of the
night club hooch trafflc in the play.

Tarride as Verdis> P. Amiot as
Crandull, Pasquali as Koy Lane
were splendid. Georges Policy,
Darbray and Meg Tjemonnler,
last niimed as "JBilHe" Moore,
did excellent work, Jeanne Boitel
replaced Germaine Rctiver at the
eleventh hour in the part of Pearl;

The J''rench adaptation of the New
York night life classic is by
Charles More, wh ile Elizabeth North
staged t lie pi'oduction.

''the Wasp" Liked

"Ija Gaei>e," three-act connedy by
Remain Collus, staged at the The-
atre T-'emina by Andre Gailhard,
made a good impression. It Is typ-
ically l''rcnch, telling the stor.v of a
beautiful married woman who In-
fiame.s all. men she meets, but re-
ihains cold herself. In spite of her
preaching of self-control, she ends
by elojiingr with a nephew of her
host.

Notable in. the--,.,cast ' is Pierre
Bras.seur in the role of the lady
killing nephew. Others are Hu-
puette, Marcelle Praince and
Blanche Toutain,

More. Fen^nie Studies
Originally "L'Acquittee" ("The
Woman Acquitted"), a new comedy
by Leopold Marchand, now retitled
**Slain," is. the first venture of Rene
Kocher In his tenancy of the Thea-
tre Antoine. Piece, which is an-
other psychological study of a
woman, was fairly well received.

Story has to do with a married
woman whgQ kills the lover who de-
serted her and wins an acquittal
through her brilliant defense. Her
husband proceeds for a divorce as
a matter of course, although he
himself is involved in an intrigue
With an actress.

The lawyer who won her free-
doni confesses he loves the mur-
deress and they elope without wait-
ing for the woman's divorce.
Woman, however, finds that she
cannot return the lawyer's 9.ffec-
tlon, owing to her grief over the
lover she herself had killed. . Thus
the elopers separate. In the cast
are Joan Worms, Marcel- Andre,
Cremioiix, Armond Morlns, Henry
Houry. Mme. SImone Deguysc and
Mady Herry, . . •

Marathon Doubling

London, Oct. 9.
On the cvc of returning, to Amer-
ica, Morton Downey i&r doing a
doubling stunt that is not only cre-
ating a record, but is getting plenty
of talk. He doubles dally between
firlghton and London, 55 miles
apart. He does two shows nightly
at the Hippodrome, Brighton, and
then gets into London in time for
a show at the eafc .de Paris at mid-
nlght>

Down<^y sails back next we(»k.

Latinize Paris Revue

Paris, Oct. 9.
The I'ai'is idea of America's
Brondwiiy is to be translated into
Italian, makiiig a hipli record for
international producing.
"K vetfTlW: iKe^^p e n i ng^ month
in the Olympia. Milan, of a Latin-
ized version of a Paris review called
"Hallo I5roadway."

Register!

Registration all of this, week
(Oct. 8).

Register a iiy evening be-
tween ,5:36 and .10— but regis-
ter! s ..

Polls open all day Satiirday.

IVOR IN HIDING

His Play Produced Under Pseudo^
nyni— f'Truth Game" Trivial

London> Oct. 9.
"The Truth Game," produced Oct.
5 at the Globe is a comedy, credited
to a prop author's name, but in
reality is the work of Ivor Novello.
Cast features Lily lOl.'iie and No-
vello.

Piece is trivial, witli a plot in-
suiTlcient to make an evening's en-
tertainment, but it is splendidly
acted by a brilliant cast. Forecast
is that it will enjoy a limited' run,
in the West Knd and then die.
Idea. is entirely unsuitod for Amer-
ica.

High Price for Rights

London, Oct. 9.
Both "The Front Page" and "The
Royal Family" have, received ad-
vances for the German right.'r which
are record.Si In contrast to the. usual
$3,000 or so, "The Front Page" drew
down $6,500, and "The Royal Fam-
ily" got $5,000.

\Both plays are ' produced by Jed
Harris and are current in New
York.

CONTINENTAL DATES

Pari.s, Oct. 9. .

A. Robins and his walking music
store tour the South of France be-
ginning in February.

Nicolska and Dro.sdoff, dancers,
formerly in the Palace revue, have
been engaged for America during
the autumn.

Glenn Ellyn the dancer is booked
for P.arls dates in November.

Carr and Parr, dancing come-
dians, will be on the Initial bill of
the new Excelsior, new music hall
in Milan, opening Christmas. En-
gagement is for a month. Wood-
ward's Mule is on the bill.

Jack Hilton is returning to the
Empire the middle of December.

"Whispering Jack" Smith goes
into the Palace revue for three
weeks in January.

Dimazzi, famous tenor, is fea-
tured at the Apollo beginning Mon-
day (Oct. 8). In the same show are
Teddy Brown, Bianco Bach ilia.

Gracey Field opens at the Apollo
Oct. isl

London, Oct. 9,
Moss, and Frye make their Eng-
lish debut at Brighton week of
December 31. The Paladium, Lon-
don, follows.

Roth and Shay open at the Apol-
lo, Paris, next week for a fort-
night, and Fred Game's "Humming
Birds" act has been booked for the
Empire, Paris, sometime in Febru-
aix" ' ; ' '• " " ' ^ " ■ ■ ■

Coward's 1-Man Opera

London, Oct. 9..

Noel Coward has fini.shcd an en-
tirely, absolutely one-man, solo op-
erette, having, written book, lyrics
.and score. He ought to produce it
and star in it himself to make it
complete. But he won't.

C. B. Coohran holds the British
and American rights of the work
and will produce it in the spring.

THIRD "NEWS" JUVENILE

London, Oct. 9.
Art Fowler, having replaced Neil
Collins as the Juvenile lead in "Good
News" here, was withdrawn from
the role after 3 0 days.
He i.s succoi?dod by George Mur-
phy who formerly did bits In the
show besides a dance, specially with
Julie John.S()n, his wife. The ball-
V* wlir t"€-ii m 'j.o irTecl^ ih is^ m
playing sonio wcoks iU the iiicliman
('lul.i, New York. :Nruri>hy is a. Yale
bo.v.

PLAYERSNO

Gest's Imported English
Company Did $12,000 at
$3 Top in Montreal LAst
Week, with Six Different
Plays — "Mother Knows
Best/' Fox Dialog Talker^
at Capitol to 75c Top,
$30,000

WILD OVER TALKERS

Montreal, Oct. 9.

William Shakespeare was given a
terrible whipping here last week by
moving pictures. ,

At the Princess to a $3 top and
with . 2,300 seats, the .Avoii Festi-
val Players, also called Shakespeare
Memorial Players, imported from
England with a different play
nightly, did $12,000. At the same
time the Capitol, seating 2,700 at
75c top, playinig Fox's dialog pic-
tyre, "Mother Knows Best," did
$30,000, equaling the records of the
house. That record was made in
September when the Capitol, the
first Canadian theatre wired, had
its premiere sound week to $30,000.
Previous Capitol grosses with . still
pictures were around an average of
$16,000. .

The Princess held fair houses for
three of the playa and bad houses
for the other trio. Th© Capitol had
a turnaway nightly, holding iip the
grosses of the other picture houses
down town.

Another dent made bf the talker
was at the Imperial, where Keith's
two-a-day vaudeville Is playing.
With a strengthened bill, the Im-
perial drew $10,000, against the
$15,000 its straight vaudeville start-
ed off with for a few weeks a couple
of months ago.

The Avon Players canie here,
Morris Gest direction, billed as
under the direct patronage of His
Majesty, The King. The esteem ex-
tended to the players and the name
by the local critics was the great-
est success.. Critics since have been
loud in their walls over the recep-
tion via box office of the Shakes-
pearian group from zxl ample Eng-
lish population; .

An alibi for the ICnglish Is the
Princess' $3 top.

• And that this town has gone wild
over talKfrs.

Jackie's Overseas Dates

Paris, Oct, f.

Jackie Coogan's continental tour
has been laid out. It opens at . the
Eldorado, Nice, Oct. 19 with these
other engagements in ordeir:

Capitol, Marseilles, Nor. 2; Pal-
ladium, London, Nov. 19; Admlrals-
palast7- Berllnr DeCi 14i to -remain
there for two monthfj as feature of
.a new revue.

Keys in "Burlesque*'

London, Oct. 9.

After a couple of years In pic-
t-ures with his own producing com-
pany, Nelson Keys will return to
the .stage in the British version of
"Burlesque."

The sliow Is listed to open In
Portsmouth Nor. 5 prior to trying
for a West End run.

Little has been heard of Keys'
film efforts.

ROUGH COMPETITION

London, Oct. 9.
Just before Erine Edelsten sailed
for New York, a burglar broke into
his London oflFlce and turned It in-
side out, ransacking his papers In
search of— whatever a burglar

"N*obody can point at any rival
.'lucent with any certainty, but the
facts are as stated.

WILL MAHONEY

The Boston "Advertiser" said, i
'•Where there's, a Will Mahoney
there's a way to get the most out
of every wisecrack. This boy does
some excellent tap dancing, too.
And until you've heard Will warble
"She's My Lily" you haven't heard
something you simply MUST hear."
Direction:

RALPH G. FARNUM

1560 Broadway

Aimee's London Flop;
2d Meeting 'Way Off

London, Oct. 9.

Despite the ballyhoo, Almee
Semple Mcl'hersoh hasn't attracted
much attention herCi "The publicity,
attendant upon her arival drew a
crowd of 10,000 to her first meeting
in Albert ITall but there was no
enthusiasm, only curiosity. Second
meeting in the sanie place drew less
than 2,000.

Aimee Intended remaining In Al-
bert .Hail for a week and to follow
up that engagement with a six or
eight weeks' tour of the provinces.
Neither tlic seat money or the col-
lections are yielding anything ap-
proximate to the expenses involved.

Her London appearances are re-
garded as an utter failure.

Dune

ans in

Lond

on

Honor Chey;alier on Eve
Of Sailing for America

Paris, Oct. 9.

Maurice Chevalier was the guest
of the American Luncheon Club a
few days ago. The comedian made
an address in English expressing his
pleasure at the pro.spect of visiting
the States.

He obliged with a song to the
delight of the hosts.

The Paramount staff here also
entertained the comedian with a
farewell banquet last night at mid-
night. Three hundred notables of
the stage attended. Chevalier read
cabled mes.sages of welcome from
Adolph Zukor, Mary Plckfoi'd,
Norma Talmadge, . Bcbe Daniels,
Florence Vidor, Charlie Chaplin,
Emil Janninga and otheris in Holly-
wood.

He- is sailing on the He De France
tomorrow (Wed.)..

London, Qot. ^.

Duncan Sisters made their en-
trance to London last week with
;'Topsy and Eva" at the Gaiety to
be enthusiastically received by a
friendly audience.

The press comments are generally
favorable. One line of opinion Is .
that show is too slow arid pitched
too much In the same-key. As evi-
dence of thi.s, it Is pointed out that
one! of the hits of the performance
was a John Tiller dancing group
blacked up for the occasion.

Limited run pi'edicted, based on
personal popularity of the Duncan
girls.

"Thunder" Proves Dull

London, Oct. 9.

"Thunder on the Left," offered
last week at the Klngsway, proved
ponderously dull for two acts. It
Is a,n adaptation of Christopher
Morley's novel of the same name.

Production has floriie very beau-
tiful scenes, but that can scarcely
carry it. Play's main chance Is in
the support of the Kingsway follow-
ing, built up lately by "Marigold,"
which preceded the new piece
there.

ANGLO-AMERICAN NEWS STORE

Propiiottjrs, R. C. Willi.? & Co., Telephone Rei^ent 67i2, Always the
mo.«it (Jp-to-the-Minute .Stook of Amnrlcan Publications, Buread de
ChnnBe, Kngllsh, American and Continental Newsdealers. Special
Distributors for "Variety" and tho World's Rf-npe and Screen ruMIci tlons. All the world's publications delivered or
nmilcil to any address. 1 Oreen Slrcot, r.eiocster anuare, I.i.ndon W. C. 2. Sub.scrlplifins received for all home and
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a. W. 1. Telephone Victoria 6C00. Willis' Newaagenry, U'lb Rrornp'.on Iloaa, S. W. 1, Telephone Sloane J7Ji,

Doc's Say So Vain

Paris, Oct. 9.

Gypsy Roumaje, American dancer,
was ordered to pay 45,000 francs
damages to Dufrenne & Varna,
arising from a breach of contract
to ap pear Ifi "the " f oi-hi ef ' I'alSCC
Revue. The pier former presented a
doctor's certificate of illness as rea-
son for her ab.«Jerice, but she did
not appear at the . trial of the suit
and judgment was given in default,

Kffort to have the case reopened
is likely.

"NAPOLEON'S" SUCCESSOR

London, Oct. 9.
"Napoleon's Josephine" will be
withdrawn at the end of the month
from the Fortune theatre, giving
way to "The Mollusc" In Barry
O'Brien's revival, starring Joo Coyne
and Constance Collier.

PAEIS ON SUN TIME

I'ari.s, Oct. 9.
Parm went back to sun time Sun-
day (Oct. 7), there being no ap-
preciable effect on the box ofllce
upon the changing of the cloi'k.
Weather-=-ifl -changeable-- -wit Iv^^bii.si*
ncss about normal.

Matinees at Holborn

I^ondoni Oct. 9.

The Holborn Empire goes Into
policy of two matinees a week be-
ginning October 15, this being the
second house of the circuit to make
the change.

AH contracts for General Theatre*
Circuit now call for 1.4 perform-
ances a week, indicating that the
system will be general, calling for
tbie two matinees a week In addi-
tion to twice nightly.

PARIS "MARY DUGAN" SET

Paris, Oct. 9.
Jane Marnac and Camllle Wyn,
under the business name of the
Marwyn company, have leased the
Apollo commencing In January, and
will stage "The Trial of Mary
Dugan" In a new French version
after the first of the year.

"The Noose" in London

London, Oct. 9.
Marty Sampter has completed ar-
rangements with Sir Alfred Butt
for the production here of "Th©
Noose."

INDEX

Foi'eign 2 -.3 -58

Pictures 4-28

Picture Reviews 15

Film House Reviews.... 36

Vaudcvillo: . ..... , . . 29-35.

Vaude Reviews 38

New Acts 37

Bills . 40-41

Times Square ...... 42-43

Editorial ......... .. 44

Women's Page ........ . 39

Legltiniate 45-51

Music 52-55

Outdoors 56

Obituary 57

Correspondence 59-63

Letter List 63

Inside— Pictures ........ 25

Talking Shorts 15

Literati 10

.NTc ws of I>aili«.s.. ........ 39

Legit Reviews 48

l'\)reign Film , News 6

Unrlcsque 34

Sports 52

Inside— Ij<'git 44

JOSIE HEATHER IN NEW SHOW

London, Oct. 'J.

Josle Heather will come over to
appear in "Las.sle," a new produc-
tion to be made by J.. L. .Saeb.s,

Mi.ss Iloather leaves New York
0<-.t. 12 un the "li.'tlil,.,"

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VARIETY

Transparency Bacbirounds
By Roy Pomeroy's New
Make 'location'

Los Angeles, Oct. 9
In the miikinff of "Four Feathers/'
Paianiount is cmpioying- a new pro-
cess of nim photography that may
. Boiind the death knell of distant and
. lengthy location trips.

Two years ago, Koy J. Poineroy,
chief of Par's special effocta divl
sion, began the development of the
process which produces wliat are
known as transparency backgrounds,
Th€SO permit of the photographing
of a background and later superim
posing the dramatic action in the
studio'' itself. .

Some time before the Williams
process was introduced with the
same objective, this process invoiv
ing a blocking out method, which
owing to the difflculty of manipula
tion and the chance for slip.*?, was
never widely successful. ?

Pomeroy began his experiments
along entirely different line.s work
ing on a principle of light infiltra
tlon in which the color of the nega
tive played an important part. When
Pomeroy had i>erfected his process
he demonstrated that it was pos
slble to photograph any background
and then add the player action
simply by running the film through
the camera again and having the
actors perform before a blank back-
ground on a studio stage.

Through the light infiltration and
colored negative principle involved,
the actors registered on the film
and their images automatically
blotted out that portion of the al
ready photographed background
over which they passed,, without a
trace of ghost outlines.

It was the perfection of this
process which enabled Paramount
to launch upon the production of
"Four Feathers" on a scale which
had not been previously conceived
Mcriah C. Cooper and lirne^t 'B.
Sphoedsack, two adventurous film
makers, had' already aijpcarcd twice
from the hinterlands of the world,
first with "Grass," the portiayal of
the life of nomadic peoples of the
near east and the second time with
"Chang," the Siamese jungle pic-
ture which proved one of the big
gest money 'getters on the Para
mount program last year.

Months in Africa
They presented to Jesse L. Lusky
the idea for an African picture.
AVhen It was found that the new
transparency background process
was available, the Idea wasj ex-
panded into a plcturlzing of A. E.
W. Mason's story, "Four Feathers."
This gave Cooper jind Sehoedj^aek
the opportunity to make a picture
of their own particular type, of life
in another little known part of the
world and yet add to it tiie dra^
matic action of a cast of fi'iiincd
lilm players.

Cooper and Rohoedsuck went to
the jungles 'of West Afrieii, bearing
with them the transpareiioy bnck-
ground ctjnipmcnt. They si)ent
months in the wilds photographing
material which it is declared would
have been impossible for a large
company of players on location,
■ •" t)dth Hfrom •■the"'stairdiy6int""a^^

cumstances and the proliiljitive
cost.

.' They returned to Hollywood with
their background and now are sti-
perlmposing the players' action in
the studio with a cast headed by
Richard . Arlen and Arnold Kent,
who arc doing their .stuff against
blank backgrounds.

Should the transparency ))ack-
ground syslena be empioyed extent
Bively, costly location trips will be
a thing of the past. All that will
be necessary will be the services of
a couple of cameramen who can
be sent to any part of the world
to photograph backgi'onnds of every
conceivable nature and come back
to permit the actors to do all theJr
stuff in the studio.

Wednesday, October 10, 1928

Downtown Talkers Killing
Cleveland s Neighborhoods;

Most Ungrateful Star

Kansa3 City, Oct. f>.
The most; ungrateful acr
tress on the screen was the
title tacked on , a young star
traveling across the continent
to takie up an engagement In
Europe; Her train shopped at
Emporia, Kans., where 300
school kids had received ad-
vance word of her passing
through the town. They all
turned out In the rain at the
station, dressed in their Sun-
day frocks and cheered for the
actress. Upon seeing the moh,
she pulled down the blind,
locked the drawing room door
and refused to meet them.

The Emporia papers later
voiced the sentiments of the
town in plain Kansas language
and in a nice way. dared any
local theatre to show any of
her. future pictures.

JEAN MIDDLETON

That dainty musical star wishes
to thank Mr. N. L. Nathanson, Mr.
H. M, Thomas and all the managers
of Famous Players-Canadlan Cor-
poration, Limited, ^ for their many
kindnesses on her tour of the cir-
cuit, and anticipates with pleasure
her return engagement opening at
Capitol theatre, Vancouver, B.
I September 24, 1928.

World's tour now being negotiated
I by my exclusive agents, Edw. J*
Fisher, Inc., Seattle.

Joe Leo Orders Wesco
Mgrs. to Read Variety

Milwa-ukee, Oct. 9.
Joe Leo, general manager of the
Wesco theatre chain in this stat6,
has subscribed to Variety for all
of his house managers.

Mr. Leo says he wants the man-
agers to be kept informed on the
show business. To avoid any ex-
pense on their art for the papeiv
he charged subscriptions . to the
circuit.

MARKS ON NEW
B. & K. AHACK

Lillian Gish Film

Sold as "Western"

Los Angeles, Oct. 9.
. "Wind," starring Lilliiin Glsh, di-
rected for M-G-M by Victor Sea-
fltrom. Is being sold as a western
by the company's distributing or-
ganization.

Salesmen it Is said find it hard
to sell Glsh products to exhibitors.
In the sale of this picture . they
make little mention of Miss Gish,
saying the story Is a .corking good
western and one of the best of the
year.

Ldirs Hansen plays opposite Miss
Glsh . and Montagu Love has a fea-
tured role.

Chaplin Won't Talk

Los Angeles, Oct. 9
No matter who sends his voice
from the screen, Charles Chaplin is
going to stay silent for the re.st of
his picture days.

The comedian declared when ad
mitting his next picture, "City
Lights," would have dialog se-
quence, involving the rest of the
cast but not himself.

Television for Office

From Sound Stages

Los Angeles, Oct. 9.
First National .studios are work-
ing in conjunction with engineers
for the perfection of a Television
apparatus that will reflect the ac-
tivities of .sound stages in the exec-
utive offices.

This is anticipated to be of value
to all studios in the future when
it will be inconvenient .to break into
the soimd stages during the making
of pictures.

Chicago, > Oct, 9.
While the major litigation of the
Marks Bros, against Ba,laban &
Katz, Publix Theati-es Corp. and
Paramoant-Famo.us-Lasky, charg-
ing restraint of, trade is still pend-
ing trial, an offshoot of the case,
involving the Ritz Bros., is being
tried before Master In Chancery
Sidney S. Pollack of the Superior
Court;

Some time aga the Marks Bros,
were awarded ?3,000 judgment by
default against the Ritz brothers.
When they Hied suit charging the
act with breach of contract. A re-
ceiver was appointed for the prop-
erty of the Ritz brothers, but up
to date he has received nothing.
The present hearing was for the
purpose of ascertaining the assets
of the brothers, but after a two-
day session the case was continued
to Oct, 15 with no assets of the
Ritz brothers In sight.

In connection with this Marks
Bros, are also suing Balaban /fc
Katz for whom the Ritz Bros, are
now working. In a garnishee action.
Marks Bros, claim B«&K failed to
w^ithhold the boys' salary at any
time during their engagement with
the latter, circuit. They are fur-
ther trying to prove that B&K are
protecting the Ritz brothers.

Evidence at the hearing brought
out statements from the brothers
that they had borrowed $10,000 from'
Abe Jjastfogel of the William" Morris
Agency and that $1,000 a week was
being deducted from their salary to
pay off Lastfogel. Act is getting
$1,500 a. week. The boys a.ssert they
are broke.

Stunt Flyer Killed on
,Way for Film Scenes

' San Francisco, Oct. 9.

Clement K. Phillips, Hollywood
stunt flyer, was instantly killed
when his plane crashed at Castro
Valley, Just south of Oakland, while
he was flying from Hollywood to
the Oakland airport. Phillips was
to have participated in some flying
scenes foi- "HelVs Angels," flna'
.sequences of which are being shot
across the bay. He was 28.

While flying at 2,000 feet half an
hour earlier his engine stalled and
he was forced down at Mayberry
field, making a perfect landing.
After minor repairs he again took
off and was gilding to a landing
when his biplane went into a riose
dive. He was Instantly killed.

Cleveland, Oct.: 9.

Local movie neighboi'hood houses,
are facing the wall, as the result
of the popularity of talkers at.
downtown theatres. Of the 126 out-
lying houses In tovv^n, less than. 20
per cent are making any money,
while the others are M'ay in the red
ink or Just keeping their heads'
above* water. '■

Managers unanimously agree that
the novelty of the talked- Is drawlnfe
nearly all of their neIghb6rho6d
customers downtown, where there
are four wired houses, and one more
to open shortly. It seems as if no-,
body wants to see a silent movie.

Neighborhood exhibitors also at-
tribute the slump to tho. bad un-
employment situation now existent
here and to the pretentious low-,
priced bills downtown theatres of-
fer, with which they cannot com--
pete.

In a vain attempt to drum upf
trade, the small fllni houses are
now going in for promOitbn stunts.
These Include "nights," gifts of
candy, silverware and chlnaware;
two for one tickets and coupon dis-
counts, but most of the gags flop.

Although the cost of talker equip-
ment is prohibitive to the majority
of neighborhood theatres, several of
the larger ones are going to Install
wiring in ah effort to miect down-
town competition. The Uptown,
3,800-seatcr neighborhood house,
now being built, will be wired when
opening in : November.

Weather Forecast

Wa.shington, Oft. 9.

Weather >:<urea.u fiirnisliew Mhe
following outlook for wcelc . bc^'iii-
ning tomorrow (10):

Wednesday fair and cool. In-
croa.sing cloudiness Thursday with
showers probable that night. Fri-
day fair, followed by showers Sat-
urday or Sunday.

Much'coojor at end of week or
#arly part of next week (15).

Unusual Accidents

Los Angeles, Oct. 9.

Within one week three employes
of the Paranioimt studio stepped
on nails arid were attended at the
emergency hospital. Inquiry of the
doctor in charge reveals . that the
number of that injury was abnor-
mal and that a .safety committee
holds regular meetings at which
are discussed meahs of reducirig
pos.sibility of accident in the studio
or on location.

One studio employe gives his at-
tention to continual insperlion of
the entire plant, making sure that
dangerous spots are eliminated.

P. A. Complimented

By Daily for Tie-Up

Seattle, Oct. 9.
Here Is a theatre gag that put a
metropolitan newspaper into undis-
puted first position in a state as a
circulation leader. It speeded up
sales of photoplay mags, buyers
picking up all the old publications
they could find at all the news-
stands, to an extent never before
known in this burg. It added to
the b. 0. kale at the three West
Coast houses here, Seattle, Fifth
Avenue and Coll.seum, to such an
extent that all the head' gruys
smiled.

That was what the star identifica-
tion contest, conducted for four
weeks and just closed, did for Seat-
tle, concerns Involved In It. Sam J..
Maurice, head of publicity for the
theatres, did the engineering of the
big idea and it went over great
■guns.

In fact, the editor of the "Post-
Intelligencer," the morning, paper
here (Hearst), was so pleased that
he did the unusual and wrote a let-
ter to M."iurice.

Fasbions in Did^^^

Los Angeles, Oct, 9.
Short fa .shion talkers with femi-
niJie stariB strutting, the gowns and
then talking about them Is Uni
versal's latest hunch in sound.
. Mary Philbin will' make the first
with display and chat On ' newest
fa.ll iashions. Release is to be
weekly.

Berger Sailing Oct, 13

l.,os Angeles, Oct. 9.
Ludwig Pergerj director, sails
friim Now York. Oct. 13 on the
Albert l^nllin for CJermany. He will
direct, one picture in Berlin.

I'erger returns here in Fi.'liruary
to resume with Paramount.

FAIRBANKS IN DIALOG

Dou^rlas ]i'airhanks will talk in his
next United Artists Picluro, "'Ph'^
Iron Mask."

Not only will the voice of the
well-known stage and screen star
be heai"d but Mr. Fairbanks will
employ the direct monolopiip or ."^o-
liloquy, rather than that of dialogue
with ether ehai-aclers.

SEEING ^'INTERFERENCE"

"Wings" is tentatively slated to
bo pulled from the Criterion, to
move across the street to the RIalto
in time to follow "Battle of the
Sexes," which opens Friday.

"Wings" Is now in Its 61.st week,
with "Interference" suppo.sed to be
next at the Criterion. Paramount
heads are to shortly look over the
picture for a thumbs up or else ver-
dict.

Sally O'Neiirs Break

IjOU Angeles, Oct. 9.
Ah""additi6Tiai 60: da^s has;' been
added to Sally O'Neill's contra.ct
with Tiffany- Stahl In. order to
allow more time for the comple-
tion of her fourth picture. The ad-
tlonal two months work at Tiffany-
Stahl has caused tlie cancellation
of Miss OlNeiU's . projected Euro-
pean tour, caused her to lose a
one picture contract with another
producing organization and may
prove indirectly responsible for her
taking a, whirl at vaudeville.

The European tour was sche-
duled to. begin Nov. 15, but is now
definitely off.

I Academy Elections'Oct. 27

IjOS Angeles, Oct. 9.
Board of Directors of Academy
of Motion Picture Artfe arid Sci-
ences wlll meet Oct. 27 for the elec- ,
tlon of ofl^cers. Douglas Fairbanks,
now president, has announced his
desire to retire, but there is a defi-
nite move in favor of his. re-elec-
tion. The following unopposed
nominations have been sent to the
members for balloting Oct. 20;

Actors' branch, director three
years, Conrad Nagel. Executive
tommittee one year — Conrad Nagel,
Hallam Cooley, Lois Wilson, Rod
tiaRocque and Jean Heraholt.

Directors' branch, director three
years, William DeMlUe. Executive
committee one year — Sidney Olcott,
Richard Wallace, J. Stuart Black-
ton, Donald Crisp and Reginald
Barker.

Producers' branch, director three
years, M. C. Levee. Executive com-
mittee one year— ^L. B. Mayer, B. P.
Schulberg, J. L. Warner, Mary
PIckford and A. L. Rockett.

Technicians' branch, director
thr6e years, J. T. Reed. Executive
committee one year— J. T. Reed,
Anton Grot, J. M. Nicholaus,
Charles Rosher and Arthur Edeson,
Writers' branch, director three
years, Benjamin Gla2ser. Executive
committee, one _ year— Waldemar
Toting, Jack Cunningham, Winifred
Dunn, Joseph Farnham and Al
Cohn.

LLOYD'S FRACTURED ARM

Los Angeles, Oct. 0.

Harold Lloyd fell and fractured
h\s left arm while playing hand-
ball on the courts at the Metro-
politan studios where he is m;i)<lng
a new untitled picture.

Production continue.** in the
meanwhile.

JIMMY ALDINE SET

Los Angeles, Oct. 9.

Jimmy Aldinc has been placed un-
der contract by Pathe.

Aldine's first picture work was
a half dozen years ago as cabin boy
-In .. "Down_.to. Jlie . S^ .
having" aeen lift'^d out of thc'efc^w
for the job.

Theatre Film Service
Under Ghurch Auspice

■ St. Albanij, Vt., Oct. 8.

Sunday evening services, were
started In the Bellyue theater last
night. The theater orchestra plays
hymns while the words are thrown
I on the screen. A Biblical picture is
shown and a collection is taken.

The plan has the approval of the
combined Protestant churches^ of the
city. All riioney collected above the
house overhead goes to the
churches.

RITZY P. A.

.=,-^=..J^s.A.ug.cili;ji.^<iL.,!L.

Quillan Family Again

Los Angeles, Oct. 9.
Alberta Vauglm will play opposite
Eddie Quill.an In Pathe's "Noisy
Xelphbor.s."

Eddie's entire f:inillv <>f 11 will
be in the ea.st.

Wilbur M'U-.se, former New Vork
press agent for Robert Kane and
Paramount, Is now Out here anili-
ated in the .same capacity for the
I Young and Selznick agency.

Morse is a Princeton graduate
I and the only press agent In Holly-
wood regI.<itored in the Now York
[Blue Book, Who's Who. aiuV Sm-ial
' Register.

Wednesday, October 10, 1928

PICTURE S

VARIETY

PHOTOPHONE PRODUCING

Fox May Hold Up Warner-Stanley
Deal with 34% of First Natl Stock

While Vltaphone was moving
from the eighth floor in the War-
ner building and the impression
prevailed on that site that this floor
would be used as a theatre depart-
ment and headquarters for the
Stanley ch|iin, late yesterday after-
noon (Tuesday) the Warners had
iaot signed papers okayed by Stan-
ley for slightly over 54 per cent
of its, stock and by the First Na-
tional directorate for 51 per cent,
of its company.

William Fox, strongest minority
atbckholder in First National, has
In the past few days secured an ad-
ditional six per cent, to the 28 per
cent. M'hich beca^ie his through the
acquisition of the West Coast cir-
cuit. IE the.«5e buying reports, com-
ing; from reliable sources, are true,
then Fox has succeeded .in blocUing.
any immcdiatfe hope of Warners ac-
quiring absolute control ot First
National. • ■

While Abe Warner, vice presi-
dent, w.is reticent, he declared that
the same statement containing de-
tails of the deal would . b*! issued
yesterday . (Tuesday), Late in the
afternoon H. M. Warner, prey ident,
who has repeatedly refused to air
the Warner version, was reported
.downtown and no st?itement was
Immediately forthcoming:..

Two -Thirds for Full Control

Without the two-thirds interest'
In both companies control would
mean little to Warners. This was
conceded by First Nationalites who
have participirted in the ne;;otia-
tloris. Rocrardless of what they call
the Fox ' interference" it is believed
in informed First National quarters
that Warners will go through with
the deal and will secure the neces-
sary additional stock.

So sure are they that the deal
will be closed without the Warners
having, two-thirds that they point
to the wire sent out. Monday by
Irving Rossheim to all domestic and
loreign ofllces of the compSiny.
Telegram assures that the execu-
tive personnel will remain "aa is."

Engineers No Rubbers

Ix>s Angelas, Oct. 9.
One of the unusual happen-
ings in Hollywood was regis-
tered when a delegation of the
American Society ot Civil En-
gineers visited the studios for
a sightseeing tour. When the
guide asked them if they
wanted to see the stars, lead-
ing ladies, bathing girls in the
flesh or the actual, making of
pictures first, he was told by
the. engineers that they pre-
ferred inspfebting generators,
interlocking machinery and
the lighting systcm.s about the
studios.

Raoul Walsh Badly Cut;
Rabbit Hops Thru Glass

Los Angeles, Oct. 9.
; Raeul Walsh is in a ho.«pltai at
Salt Lake City suffering from se-
rious cuts about the face and pos-
sible loss of his right eye. While
driving an automobile noar Cedar
City, Utah, the director's headlights
bUndod a jack rabbit who leaped
throuijli the windshield.

As a result of the .unu.sual acci-
dent Fox has assigned Irving Cum-
minga to complctfe "In Old Arizona,"

Wampas New Method
To Pick Baby Stars

Los AngeleSi Oct. 9.

If Wampas plans work out, the
baby star prospects will be looked
over carefully this year, Tom Eng-
ler, chairman of the Baby Star com-
mittee, has propounded the scheme
of having likely candidates anpear
a.3 guests at Wampas meeting J, be-
ginning Oct. 15, so that the pub-
licity men may. become acquainted.

For the past five years Engler
has assumed a self-imposed task of
keeping tabs on likely Baby Star-
prospects. It has maintained a list
of candidates which he brings out
each year just before Christmas.
This year he proposes to let the
girls speak for themselves, or at
least. shoW. The girls are not to
be told that they are candidates.
It Is . just their introduction to tlie
gang.

In previous years about half of
the Wampas memberflliip has ana-
lyzed the possibilities of candidates
from stills arid the eulogies Of their
protagonists.

To add to the festive features of
the occ"sIon the meeting place for
Oct. 15 has been changed from
the Roosevelt Hotel to the Edge-
water Beach Club at Santa Monica,
Calif.

Buy. of Keith's and FBO
Indicates Nothing Else—
RCA Protecting Subsid^-
iary by Exhibition Prod-
uct and Theatre Outlet

KEITH'S SELLS AT 40?

and Friends Sic-ed Onto
Coast Studios by Bosses Back East

Wash. Expects Report on
Block Booking in 2 Wks,

Washing;ton, Oct 9.
Federal Trade Commission ex-
pects a report front Examiner
Klein of the Commission's New
York ollic^ within the next two
weeks containing Klein's recom-
■ meridatiori in reference to the pro-
posed whole.sale move against the
entire picture . industry oh block
booking.

Klein has been in charge of the
investigation, since the various pro-
ducing and distributing heads ap-
peared in Washington for quostion-
lr>g. ' ,

FARNOL LEAVES GOlDW YN

Lynn Fnrnol, for the last year
and a half eastern press representa-
tive for Samuel Goldwyn, resigned
yesfrday (Tuesday).

F.irnol will re-enter the legit field
hanrllin?: publicity af the outset for
-GeougA-G .--T-yler-^^and- --f or^Ke ii iveth
Macciowan's "Young IjOvo."

Theatre's Straw Vote

Chicago, Oct. 9.

United Artists theatre is con-
ducting a straw vote on the presi-
dential election, by projecting slides
of the candidates each show and
judging on basis o£ applause. Each
candidate is shown twice.

On six shows daily Smith has
been witining an average of five.

Wide Difference in

Two-Version Talker

Los Angeles. Oct. 9.

Paramount has completed the
making' .of "Interference" in .two
versions, one . silent and the other
in sound*

Both were treated so different it
will be hard to traqe any similarity
in story or theme.

$7,5fOO for Novarro

Los Angeles, Oct. 9.
M-G-M is renewing its contract
with Ramon Novarro for another
year.

Novarro. now getting $C,00p a
week, will i-eccive ?.7,500 imder the
new afrangemi-nts,

EOACH'S AUTO TRIP

Lo's Angvlfs, Oct. 9,
ILil ]':..! loach is on his way- here

by aiitiMnobile,

lie will stop off at the varidus

key rities • en route to visit the

M-f. -M f.v.'liangos which distribute

his product.

ITNEMAN-BURR SUIT UP

Los Angeles, Oct. 9,
Bernie P. Flneman is en route
to New York to attend to some legal
matters in a suit brought against
him a number of years ago by C. C.
Burr.

Accounting of profits of a pic-
ture will come to trial. Fineman
will b* gone Uiree weclca.

Before expected big bu9«neAs or
the electrics have fulfilled the pre-
diction by going, into the show
busineess. Picture producing and
theatre operation must be foreseen
in the purchase by the Radio Cor-
poration, of America for its sub:
sidiary talker and producer and
wire equipper RCA Phbtophbne, of
the stock control ^ of Keith's the-
atre, chain, and FBO, the picture
producer.

It is said that Joseph P. Kennedy,
acting for Keith's anjl also FBO,
agreed upon the purchase price by
RCA and the : interested banking
group at 40 per common share.
That gives Keith's a paper valua-
tion of $80,000,000 plus Its pre-
ferred stock and bonds. It is re-
ported that FBO goes in at a valu-
ation of around $8,000,000. RCA
has been a holder of one-twelfth of
the FBO capital stock for some
time,

Blair and Company and Lehman
Brothers have been the prime mbv^
ers in the banking group for the
RCA-Keith deal. Both of these
banking houses have been con-
cerned in the Keith and its affiliated
companies. Lehnrians handled the
Kelth-Orpheum merger, and were
also in on the Kennedy-Murdock
buy of the Keith control by Ken-
nedy. Blair and Company's interest
dates back to the days and before
of the Producers Distributing Cor-
poration, later merged with Pathe,
with Keith's currently holding, 50
per cent ot Pathe.

Pathe has not been mentioned In
the announcements so far sent out
on the RCA. deal. It may even-
tually go in on the FBO end or
Kennedy may be holding out Pathe
for another film producing merger
in mind.

Saranoff's Ideas

David Saranoff, president of RCA,
is rumored the central figure In
the latest and biggest deal that
has hit the show business, in its
possibilities, In all of its record. Be-
hind r6a is the American Tele-
phone and Telegraph Company,
America's biggest commercial or-
ganization. Interlocked with A. T.
& T., as is also the RCA, are the
Western and General Electric Com-
panies, and almost every big cor-
por-ation with electricity as its base.
That necessarily takes, in. the larg-
est banking houses In the U. S.

Saranoff Is said to have con-
cluded that since Photophone had
decided to issue educational and
commercial talking pictures, .shorts
and full lengths, it could not well
overlook the theatre supply in the
same commodity and a theatre out-
let for the supply. Photophone is
reported to have made up some ed-
ucational talking pictures and well
pleased at the results.

Photophone, like Electrical Re-
search, W. E. subsidiary for talk-
ers, sees a huge future in the world
outside of the theatrical circle, but
appear to figure the show business
as a requisite part of their opera-
tions in the talking picture sphere,
Mr. Saranoff is reported to have
decided viiRws upon this ^i^spect and
the Koith-Fl}0 deal appears to bear
out the conjectures.

Reports of a Keith sale have been
bruitcd-^around^for^iilmoSt-a-^inonlhT
The rumors credited either War-
ners or Fox as the buyer. Variety
previously hinted at RCA as a pur-
chaser and last week reported that
if a favorable offer were rriadc for
Kelth*.s, a sale probably would be
oftected with RCA favored.

Upon the return of Kennedy
from abro.'id two Weeks ago, he ac
tively.went Into conferences with

$100,000 Check by Air

Los Angeles, Oct. 9.

New Y^oik and Los Angeles
wei-e brought closer together
last week when C. B. DeMille
found it necessary to transfer
$100,000. from a. Now Y'ork
bujik to this city, and quick.
Transfer was made in exactly.
IG minutes by telegraph and
teleplioto;

DeMllle, through arv arrange-
: ment between the two banks,
wrote out a check for the.
amount here which was im-
mediately photoed to New
York. The Manhattan bank
made the payment on the
check by the same process to
liie local institution.

tiuv Uankors, with the FBO added to
the negotiations.

No Information
Nothing is known as to the
RCA idea of operation for Keith's.
It is accepts that it wants FBO
for its picture organization and
plant to make its talker product.
That product for pictures theatre
exhibition will be sounded and dia-
log pictures ■ and talking, shorts.
Neither is it reported whether Ken-
nedy or J. J. Murdock will retire
frorii Keith's upon completion of the
sale, or if RCA Intends installing
its own operatives for the Keith
Circuit or select them from the
present Keith staff.

The association of Lehman Bros,
in the matter would suggest that if
RCA does not reorganize Keith's
with its own staff the bankers In-
volved will be inclined toward -.the
former El. F. Albec group that ran
Keith's before the Kennedy-Mur-
dock. buy. Since that time and with
Kennedy-Murdock In Keith control
in the Keith ofTlce two factions have
developed, that, of the former
Keith reign and the current oper-
ators.

The Beginning

In the show business the belief
will spread that the movement of
RCA into the show business, even If
to ostensibly protect Itself from the
earlier start on talkers, including
theatre wiring by Western Electric,
means but one thing, since all are
intertwined with A. T. & T., that
there must be a community of in-
terest that either will add to the
theatrical and picture producing
hcfldings of both electric companies,
or cause those electrics to divide
tho field with one wiring and the
other producing.

Meanwhile the compa;nies holding
licenses from W, B. are protected
and tho Warners besides hold a
valuable contract with W. E., giv
ing the , Wa.rners a. _p^^^^^^
come for a long while . aside from
that which may. be secured from
the Warner producing and distrib-
uting busines.s.

Linked with the many reports are
those connecting Victor Talking
and Columbia Records with either
One or tlie other of the ei<;ctrics and
the opinion the present RCA pur-
chase may be but the boglnnihg of
a, goal the dbwntownr-rs have de-
cided upon.

Kennedy*6 Speed
Kennedy took ovQr FBO about
two years ago when it was in the
red for over a million and losing
money weekly. He Is said to own
75 per cent, of that producer, with
the other 25 held between RCA and
a. few small stockholders. It is four
months since Kennedy as.'^umrid tlie
direction of Keith's for him.'^flf,
Murdofk and the bankor.s. ,Kfith'!<
was then quoted -at near 10, with
'it5^i;000,000="sharfj=of-" xrommonr giv-
In.g it a value of h-ss than .$;3:.',')00,-
000. Its underwriting price on hook
value was $21 a share.

In those four month.'^, without
appreciable iiicrr-ase in ihe hook
value and not mu(;h . «i-('at"r net
earning capacity, wiMi this sc.'json
too young to det'-rniirn' th^ i i.'-o)!'.-
possible 'V'fii-niiii,'.'^, K"iltrs \i- .«ftii l><
1 40 by the demand lor ontrul pur-

IjOS Angeles, Oct. 9.
Film executives on the coast are
finding themselves in a tough spot
trying to accommodate all the re-
quests for jobs coming from the
home office and other influential
channels. Some of, the boys In the .
homp office do not go to the bother
of infornii.ng the executive at the
studio end that they are sending a
friend or relative to the coast until
they arrive with a portfolio of In-
structions. Nothing left to do , but
find a spot and write out a check
for the first week's salary, as In
most cases their salary starts when
they leave New York;

Most of these job seekers want
to become actors, writers and di-
rectors. Without previous experi-
ence, they are reluctant to start at
the bottom because of their Influ-
ence back east. The coast execs
can only give them a hard job to
start with, knowing their short-;,,
comings will have to be made up
by the assistance of more proficient
studio help.

Some, knowing they can never
make the grade, persist' in hanging
around the studio doing . nothing
and drawing their weekly, check.
I*, lasts a certain time. Whiit be-
comes of them .after , that is of ho
concern to the studio.

Warfield's M-G-M Talker

David Warfield is set for one
talker, to be made by M-G-M, the
actor's favorite picture producer..'
Latter is merely through Mr. War-
field being one of Loew's, Inc.,
largest stockholders, which helpa
liim to rank as among the world's
wealthiest shop people.

No selection has been made so
far for the dialog picture. If the
first attempt is okayed by pro-
ducers, actors, press and public
with the b. o. incidental,. Warfield
niay do another, also for his fa-
vorite.

3-Version Script

9.

Na-

Los Angeles, Oct.

Tom Ceraghty of the First
tional writing staff la working on
what is said to be the flrat three-
way scenario of the picture biz.

It is for Colleen Moore's next,
based on an original called "The
Richest Girl In the World." Cer-
aghty Is writing .a script designed
especially for a silent version, anr-
other for a version with .sound ef-
fects but no dialog and still another
with dialog.

Double Pre-Listen

ChlcagbV Oct.
of Balaban
films for that
theatres, Is

9. '
and
clr-
pre-

Max Balaban
Katz, in buying
cult of Chicago
listening on all
least tv/Ice.

Purpose is to check on modula-
tion with an eye to acoustical re-
quirements of the various houses.

sound pictures at

Berlin's 'Skew Boat' Score.

Los Angeles, Oct. 9.

Universal has
lin to write a
"Show Boat."

signed Irving Ber-
special score for ;

chase. Warnt.-rs and Fox were also
angling for it.

This transfer of Keith's is more
important in general interest to the
vaudovillo people, with the prospect
of J'hotophone preferring Keith's all
j sound, that bringing up the qucs-
>_(. i <„ 1^-0 f^v;i u d 0 v ill e =an d-^-s ta gc-.^acts,
\ in.«tf;iil of the prospective sound
i pictutcs and talking .shorts,
j Ariiiouiicf'mont of the R. C. A.-
: K< i(h-F. B. O, merge;- is worrying
; tiiusM'ians thr'jughout the coimtry.
i At, confiTonces In the union's
. .N'l w York headquarters the past
iwn v,c. •!<.«.:. li f-al officials att«>ndlng
v.. ,!• iti -d iicied to counsel patience
, ;i riinii'..', ii»fiab<.M's,

6

VARIETY

FOREIGN FILM NEWS

Wednesday, October 10, 1928

British Filin Field

By Frank Tilley

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London, Sept. 28

Three new theatre deals are on
as well as two more circuits in lor
itnation. Carrcraa, who at one
time had the Blue Halls circuit,
iis operating with E. K Lyons, for-
mer owner of the Biocolor Circuit
and seller of the Astoria to . the
Dcnman Company, are puttiiiff in a
circuit of 40 houses, building some
arid buying others.

A. 10. Abrahams is buying sites
.and getting options, with, the object,
of building 100 P.ogal theatres. lie
, has already three in the building
stage, and will possibly float a pub-
lic cornpany for the potential: 100
later on. . x

And then John Maxwell is at It
too. His British International Com
: pany is issuing a further $1,250,000
of stock in shares of a par value
of $1.25 to be issued at $2.50. These
are underwritten and are for the
■ purpose of buying New Savoy the-
atres, building a super at Brighton
on the site of Brill's Baths on Eaist
street to seat 2,500, to acquire the
C D. circuit and other houses In
the riortli' and Scotland.

British International's total cap

Ital is now $5,000,000.

FRENCH MATTER
MUST GO TO
SHOWDOWN

New Administration Will
Take Up Matter of Bar
on U. S. Films

Evans' Pulls a Bon«
Af tor W. H. Evans, head of Pro
vincial Cinematograph Theatres,
stopped British Instructional from
holding pre-views at the Piccadilly
theatre, he declared he would do
all he could to prevent anyone using
the house for films.

Wai-nei" Brothers, in putting
Vitaphone in there,; seem to have
tried to placate him by fixing some
of their ordinary pre-views at the
P. C. T. West End theatre, the New
, Gallery. But that didn't stop Evans
from trying to throw Warners into
a jam on the Piccadilly.

- . One of the P. C. T. houses, the
Scala, Maida "Vale, had a booking
on the silent vei^ion of "Jazz
Singer," arid appears to have been
the only theatre on the circuit
which had booked the film. Curious
in view of what happened.

Maida Vale Scala had a contract
allowing pre-release at specifically
named theatres in the West End, of
which the Piccadilly was hot one.
P. C. T. was very anxious. It ap-
pears, to get "Jazz Singer" 405 pre-
release at the New Galleiry, the only
West End house so far wired. Bu|t
couldn't make a deal with War
ners.

So the day before the Piccadilly
la due to openi and with Evans

- out of town so no one could reach
him, the Scala applied In the Vaca-
tion Court for an injunction to re-
strain Warners from pre-releasing
"Jazz Singer" in any form at the
Piccadilly or any theatre not named
In the contract.

Bui Hizzoner said "No."

About Folks

, e. R. Seelye is back from Berliri
and other places. >

Lupu Pick Is to direct a further
Napoleon film in Germany tor the
Ostermeyer company, script by Abel
Gance, who made the last Na,polcon
film which M-G-M is handling.

The company producing "Young
Wcodley" in film version, and call-
ing itself Regal Productions, In-
cludes A. B. Abrahams, Charles
Gulliver,. John Maxwell, Sam Ber-
rpy. D. A. Abrahams and Clifford
Gulliver. Elstree studios are there-
fore likely to be used. Thomas
B(<ntlev directing.

A bfinkruptcy is t"hat of Niranjari
Pol, brought about by the Indian
film 'Xlght of Asia." Pal has failed
for some $7,500.

British Instructional Co.'s studio,
buildfncr since March, 13 complete
and will get to work Oct. 1. Mean-
while Anthoriy Asquith Is shooting
next week on the lot, where a Bond
street set has been built. Asquith
is finishing "Princess Prlscllla's
Fortnight," which, like many other
British films, is being made co-oper
atlvely with Germany. .

Philip Madeux, at one time with
Fairbanks, is production ma,nager
Th6 5?tudlo looks like a bit of Holly-
wood trarisplanted into Hertford-
shire. Star dressing rooms have
private baths and there are a num-
ber of bathrooms for principals and
extras, innovation here. Accommo-
dation for 250 extras, with dressing
rooms and costume hatches like
those shown In "The Last Com
(Continued on page 57)

CONTINUOUS POLICY TRY

Other. Houses

Paris, Oct. 9.

Paramount here has gone continu
oujs, abandoning its twice daily
policy. It now operates from 1:30
p. m; until midnight.

This is an innovation hero and
as such Is being closely watched by
many other theatres. If successful,
it will revolutionize the exhibition
system here.

Washington, Oct: 9.
Those administering the affairs
of our government will not permit
the French film situation as now
exlstant to become the subject of
negotiations in connectipn with
debt settlements or any. other dip-
lomatic twisting^ trading, or . tying
onto, that the French may be hop-
ing to accomplish.

It Is now reaching . the surface
here, say those informed of the
administration's activitieis, that the
entire French film situation created
to bar Aniorican produced pictures
wa;s. a set up— not to help the de
funct producers, as the cry has
beeri, ■ but .to gradually build up
something that could be used as' a
whip against Americia. when it came
to negotiating . debt settlements,
etc.

This was done, it is . asserted,
after much thought on the part of
the French,. to pick one Import com
modity that would have a popular
appeal for publicity purposes in the
United States, plus a^- substantially
strong financial tle-ln with the
larger banking Interests. In. the
motion pictures they thought they
found just that

No American officials see the
present revived interest and discus
sion of even tighter filni restric-
tion proposals^ for the new . sea
son as the* forerunner of a final
hoped for cashing in on a delib-
erately planned campaign. The real
devopments are to open with the
arrival shortly of the French Am-
bassador, Claudel.

Washington Is convinced that
the returning ambassador has filled
his brief cases with, many proposals
hinging, to a greater or lesser de-
gree, on the discriminatory barrier
set up against American films

All of which may avail the
Frenchman nothing,

Everything the present admin-
istration, and particularly the De-
partment of. Commerce, has done
in the past clearly Indicates Uncle
Sam's attitude when it comes to
meeting discriminatory trade bar-
riers set up abroad

It has always been the policy of
the American Government to treat
such barriers with firm resistance
when the time is ripe. The govern
ment does not, nor, In fact, can
not object to legitimate barriers
such as tariffs, etc.

Unfortunate
One American official character
ized the situation that has been ere
ated as an untimely a nd u nfor-
tunate one for France particularly
during this time of delicate nego
tiatlons. That, it Is. "untimely and
unfortune" for France is given
credence in. President Coolidge's
emphatic "no" in reply to Poincare's
"war debts are bound to repara
tions, and. the United States is in
duty bound to finance both."

However, the gathering together
of the rtiany opinions eixpressed dis-
closes that nothing in the way of
settlement, or retaliation: will be
made by this government until
after March 4.

Thus it will be left to the next
I administration to inform France
that nothing further "of the kind
will be tolerated.

Maybe, said one Washington ob
server, if we said: for each French
gown sold in the United States you
must buy one American— and wear
it— the squawk would be heard

around the .w.^orld!

Further said another well known
official, after noting Variety's story
of last week wherein the Will Uays
representative abroad was stren
uously denying printed reports that
the American Industry was rc.«3lgnod
to Its fate, stated that the Amcri
can might well object as the re
corded attitude of the government
clearly discloses no such "resigned"
evidence anywhere.
Anyhow the all important sltua

Foreigners and Talkers

That foreign showmen are
almost entirely Ignorant of the
nature of talking pictures and
equipment is revealed by com-
ment made by them In com-
munications with the home of
fices In New York of the big
film companies.

A common request cdirilng
from foreign distributors and
exhibitors is to "send us three
or four naachlnes;" The for
. elgners seemingly regard Vltar
phcne, Movietone arid Photo-
phone as simply elaborate, pi-or .
jection machines.

Because of the ignorance of
their foreign connections -on
talking pictures , the big corn
panics within the; last few
.weelts have prepared detailed
form, letters giving the com
plete lowdown on the present
trade conditions arid develop
ment of talkers on this side..

iForeign Troubles for Am. Films
Climaxing in '29-'30, Says D. S. Commr

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Casey Talks Pact
{with Bromhead on
Film and Talkers

Of fer Hearing to U. S.
Trade Before League

Paris, Oct. 9
Considerable importance is at-
tached here to the invitation ex
tended last. Thursday (Oct. 4) , to
American film people now abroad
to join in the., conferences of the
International Cinema Federation
which has been meeting a;t Brussels
for the past week.

According to those Interested, this
invitation gives to the Americans
their first opportunity to express
their views on business iii Europe
and also affords them the oppor
tunity to present their cause against
quota.s iand other restrictions on the
interchange of film.

Representatives of the major film
iriterests were present at the Brus-
sels conference and their efforts
were ceritered on tax reductions.
I>resent taxes range as high as 40
per cent, of the gross in some coun-
tries and it was pointed out that
the tax Is so great that many
would-be patrons cannot afford to
pay the present price, but that a box
office reduction would ensue if the
taxes were lowered and that the
increase in total revenues . would
mean a.ygreater return to the va
rlous governments.

The next meeting of this body,
to which exhibitors only are eligible
or membership, Is sheduled for next
spring. The Chambre de, Syndlcale,
Paris, will furnish Information as
requested.

London, Oct. 9.
Pat Casey spent the last two days
there before sailing for home in con-
ferences with Brpmheads. It now
hooks as though they have made
progress toward an ■ International
I .alliance.

This would take the form of an
I exchange of material, including acts
for use on General Theatres corpo-
ration as well as, and of a working
understanding on film, particularl>
talkers.

Hays Expects Report

On French Condition

That the International Chamber
of Commerce has abandoned all
immediate efforts to reduce the
severity of- France's film quota law
Is seen in a cablegram to the Hays
office announcing that the meeting
which was to have taken this situ
ation under adviserncnt Nov. 14 has
been Indefinitely postponed. .\t the
same time it is heard at the office
of the Motion . Picture Producers
and Distributors that Will Hays
is not considering another trip to
France.

Little relief during the year froni
the drastic conditions imposed by
this law is "foreseen in the Hays
office because of the fact that it
does not expire until next October.
The only hope, according to one
spokesman for Hays, is the French
temperament which might become
philanthropic "any day and repeal
the law."

Will Hays is waiting for a low
down on the situation from his
Paris representative, Harold Smith,
who is scheduled to arrive here to-
day (Wednesday). This report, It
Is understood, will have a bearing
oh whether Hays will deem the
situation sufficiently serious to
make a return date with the
Frenchmen in their home town

Lya Mara Story

Boag Would Keep Gilda
Out of British Picture

London, Oct. 9,
Gil Boag has issued a writ against
Gilda Gray (Mrs. Boag) and British
International to restrain the dancer
from appearing in the film, "Picca
dilly," now In production here.

Boag contends Miss Gray is
breaking her contract with him.

World Fight on Tax

Paris, Oct. 9.
The International Association of
-the theatre -Interests holding a
meeting in Brussels adopted a reso-
lution calling upon Its affiliations to
use every means to obtain relief
from high entertainment taxes;
which, it was declared, are crippling
enterprise In many countries.

It is proposed to campaign for.
reform by spreading propaganda.
Next year's meeting, will" be held in
London if the British federation
oKets confirmation.

Washington, Oct. 9.
During tho '29-'30 film soa.son,
preparations for which should oc-
cur in March, will be the most
troublesonie In the history of tlio
American film trade in Europe.

Several facts underlie this con-
tention," says George Canty, trade
commissioner, Paris, iri a special re-
port to the Departmerit of Com-
merce.

"In the first place," continues Mr.
Canty, "film. Kurope is quite well
sold on the idea that whereas fron-
tier film restrictions "must cea.se on
June 30, 1930, internal film restric-
tions can proceed with a reckless
abandon.

"Of the six European countries
now including film restrictions,
three— ^.Germany, Austria' and Hunr
gary — will very likely change their
form of film restrictions between
now and the date set for the new
treaty.

"Great Britain, of the other three
countries, Is now working under
the first year of a 10-year act which
Is aimed to rehabilitate film affairs
there. The remaining two countries
— France and Italy — while having
so-called internal filrii resti-Ictions,
will more than likely make several
changes. In these before another"
year will expire."

In addition to ail of this. Canty
points out, .Czechoslovakia and
Spain seriously threaten to impose
Internal restrictions during this
fall.

Leading proxlucing countries are
rapidly negotiating for joilnt. pro-
duction of features,, this making it
possible, through assured distribu-
tion, to put more money into pro-
duction, and, possibly, adds Canty,
to turn out better comparative nria-
terial.

In the aggregate this exchange of
product Is another serious develop-
ment which . the American official
sent to Europe to fo;ster tr/ide in
the American filmsi sees as still an-
other method to lessen the foreign
playing time open to American pic-
ture productions.

I Loew Buying Out Butt
And Joel in New House

London, Oct. 9.
Loew Is negotiating to buy out
I the interests of Sir Alfred Butt and
Solly Joel In the New Empire thea-
tre, due to bpfen the end of thia
month. The deal gives Loew com-
plete control of the house, and will
probably be closed shortly.

Theatre Is to have Western Elec-
I trie Installation for the premiere,
I with no feature named as yet to
head the first prograrii. Screen
leader will be a film already re-
I leased In the States.

A dispute, concerning the policy
I of the house brought up the mat-
ter.

London, Oct. 9.
One more German star American
I bound.

This time It Is Lya Mara, who has
been recently working for the First
National Defu Company In Berlin
She is said to be employed by Para
[mount and reported her first vehicle
will be written by Lajos Biro, the

1 well known Hungarian dramatist, , ^ 1 . r\

now In America. He has recently Urge Quality VS. V£uantlty

[written "The Last Command" and
"The Way of AH Flesh" for Emil
1 Jannlngs.

Miss Mara's vehicle wlil be in
I sound.

King and Qneeii Preferred

London, Oct. 9.

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer is trying
to arrange for the King; and Queen
to be present for the opening of
the New Empire and has offered
to premiere with British Instruc
tional's Indian picture, "Shiraz," if
that firm can swing the attendance
of royalty.

It is thought B. I. can swing this
"either -by-"itMlf =6r-T;m^ghMts^n^
flue.nce with the Federation of Brit-
ish Industries.

The foreign negative of this pic-
ture was destroyed In the Ufa . fire
at Babelsberg, Germany. It was
insured for $50,000.

World Film Congress

The Belgian ClnematograptT 'as-
sociation is arranging for a word
picture congress to take place In
Antwerp In 1930, the date coinciding
with the celebration of Belgian an-
niversary of Independence.

BUSSIA'S HIGH PEESSUEE

. Paris, Oct. 9
A new Russian sales system is
I about to be instituted. The .Rus-
sians. It seems, are going in for the
big bear's share of the world's trade
and Intend to corral some of It
through the medium of high prcs
sure.

The fast working boys will be
stationed all over the globe,

Paris, Oct, 9.
Report here is that German film
experts are trying to persuade their
producers to cut down the quantity
of output anA concentrate on the
quality. Reason for this is that 80
new films have been shown here
during the first two months of the
new season, and that only aTJOut
one-fifth anywhere have been nefir
successful.

Warner's London Dates

London, Oct. 9.
"The Terror": will run four weeks
at the Piccadilly theatre, giving
way then to . "My Man" starring
Fanny Brice, according to formal
I announcement made here.

The .Brice opus will run for a
like four, weeks when "Noah's Ark"
will come in for the remainder of
the Warner teriancy.

tlon 1.1 getting near the point of
settlement after the aforementioned
and all vital date of March 4 next.

lACHMAN'S DEAMAS

Paris, Oct. 9
M. Lachman Is to make two more
fljins for British International. He
fias"^uccKssfuITy "cbw
cdy starring Monty Banks.

His next two pieces will be drama,
exteriors to be taken in Franco,

PAEIS FILM BILLS

Paris, Oct. 9.
Current picture attractions in
Paris are;

Emil Jannlngs' "The Last Com-
mand," at the I'aramount.
-^"-Latest- fpom-Paris'i-at--th c.-G aui=
I mont.

IT. A. BUYS QUOTA FILMS

London, Oct, 9.
. United Artist.s has .taken two
Brlti.'iih films, "S. O. S." and "The
Passing of Mr. Quinn," fpr Austra-
lia.

"FILMING HAEDY

London, Oct. 9.
British International has mado
I arrangements to nuikc a film ver-
sion of Thomiis.TIardy'.s novfl, "Un-
1 dcr tho Groonwood Tree."

Harry Lachman i.s to be tlu- i)ro-
duccr.

Wednesday^ October 10, 1928

PICTURE GROSSES

VARIETY

Par Repeats to $84,100; Roxy, $93,200;
Toor $43,000; "Devas'VGood Start

Business hold up briskly last
week with the Scries . apparently
not hclDinff or huvtinf? the Broad-
way flickoriums. Actually only
two. outstanding totals on the
street with the Paramount having
usurped tlie place of the Roxy in
running up consistently high
gros.se.s. . . ,

The Publix giant has now stayed
over $80,000 for three consecutive
weeks. That's a lot of business in
any -3,666 aeater. A; new b. o.
scale is probably helping but "The
Fleet's In" did It last week. The
second iniposing sum checked in at
the' Winter Garden where Jolsoh's
"Singing Fool" practically did
$43,000 again.

High tide is no more at the Roxy
which has taken a decided drop
following that two months and a
half to well, over $1,000,000. "Win
That Girl" about ran even with the
preceding "Plastered in Paris," both
under $95,000. "Excess Baggage"
grabbed off $61,700 on its holdover
at the Capitol, while "Lion and the
Mouse," also lingering, did $30,000
at the Strand. Both are sharp, drops
from fii'st weeks. .

"Patriot" and "Two Lovers" have
turned into the stretch, each leav-
ing the RialtO and RIvoli this
Thursday to permit Columbus Day
openings. Jannings ticked" off a
somi-flnal. of $25,100, only a $300
slide, and the Colman-Banky bit
pocketed $26,600, down $5,9.00. "Q
Ships" wound up Its third week at
the Cameo to $6,300.

Plus It.s $5 opening Wednesday
night and three shows dally on the
Week-end "Four DevIKs" I'olled up
$10,300 in three days, smart pace,
but ".Mother Knows Best" wasn't so
hot at the Globe, $7,100. Latter de-
parts this Saturday so "Cheers" to
open on stage.

"White Shadows" continues . to
hang up glpwlng figures, with $18,-
500 as another sample. "Lilac
Time" inveigled $13,600 and "Wings"
keeps stopping at $11,850. "Sub-
marine" has settled into a normal
and lightly profitable gait of over
$7,000 and Warners fate the "Ter-
ror", at: $19,300.

Sound And Ben Bornle brought
the Colony back to life and on the
first week of Its reopening "Lone-
some" gathered $17,300. .

Estimates for Last Week

Aster— "White Shadows," sound
(M-G-Co.smo) (1,129; $l-$2) (11th
week). Weekly substantial enough
to dispell thoughts of what will fol-
low. $18,500. ■

Cameo— "Q Ships" (New Era)
(649; 50-75) (4th week). Holding
again with $6,300; just fair, figures
past two weeks.

Capitol — "Excess Baggage" (M-Q)
(4,620; 35-50-75-$l-$1.50). $61,700
on holdover and $131,350 in two
weeks; okay but not particularly
big; new weekend fecord of around
$40,000 claimed for; "Our Dancing
Daughters" opening Saturday with
hold out Monday m.'itinoo; has
' added midnight shows.
■ Central — "Lilac Time," sound
(FN) (922; $l-$2) (10th week).
Goes along smoothly. $13,600.

Colony— "Lonesome," sound. (U)
(1,980; 35-50-60-75-99) (2d week).
House reopened with sound pro-
gram and iBen Bernie on stage;
$17,300, not at all bad; "Melody of
Love" (U) next; want current film
to .stay four weeks;

Criterion— "Wings" (Par) (836;
$l-$2) (6l3t week). Veteran has
plenty of pep left, but will probably
go to Rialto next month; last week
$11,850.

Embassy — "Submarine" (Col)
(596; $l-$2) (7th week). Making
nice run of it; really better than
-lioped for and some profit in. $7,300.

Gaiety— "Four Devils," Movietone
(Fox) (8.08; $l-$2) . (2d, w6ek).
Came In at $5 Wednesday night;
adopted extra show Idea on week-
ends and holidays; first three days
$10,300, all right; Fox has renewed
le^se on house through P.athe for
entire '29 "The . River" (Fox) next
on~11st here.

Globe ^"Mother Knows Best,"
Movietone (Fox) (1,416; $l-$2) (4th
week). Closes this Saturday, house
resuming with musical comedy; not
good with $7,100.

Paramount — "The Fleet's In"
(Par) (3,060; 40-65-75-85-$l). House
clicking heavily of late; last three
weeks over $80,000;- Clara drew
$84,100. big money; with Paul Ash
out bookers have strengthened
screen.

Rialto ^ "The Pntriot," sound
(Par) (1.960; 35-50-75-85-$!) (Hth
week). Excellent health;- only $300
differenee in past fortnight; last
week $25,100; cut Thin-sday for
Friday opening- of "P,;ittle of Sexes"
( IJ A) .w.ith.l'.W.ings" ,( T^ lr) Jikely .to

"LILAC TIME" IS BIG
IN DENVER, $22^0

^'Terror," $9,000— Colorado
Can't Get Going; At Just
Over $2,000

""Toil

ow.

Rivoli— "Two Lovers,'! sound (UA)
^2.200; 35-50-75-85-$!) (3d week).
Plunged $5,900 in 2d week to $26,-
600. r.ilr; dep.arts Thursday for
"Wedding -March" Frldav, which
arrives in 10 reels, first half of the
cut version, for. $2. showing; second
half ran nine reel.''; "Women Dis-
puted" (I'A) named to trnil.

.Roxy -'-Win That Girl." Movie^
torn- (f.'oN) (n.205; •:)0-T:^-$) -JI.HO).

. Denver, Oct. 9.
Drawing Population, 400,000)
■ Weather: Fjair and. Warm
Three houses enjoyed- a brisk
play last week-^the Denver, where
"Lilac Time" with .sound set a
strong pace; the Aladdin, holding
"The Terror" for a second weeii,
and the State, showing "King of
Kings" at pop. pricds. . Some ot the
smaller houses got more than their
usual share, too.

Estimates for Last Week
Aladdin (Inde) (1,500; 35-50-75)
"The Terror": and Vila (W. B.).
Finished second week liigh; some-
where around $9,000; critics said it
was only fair, but had everybody
talking.

America (Inde) (1,500; 20-35-50)
"Lights of N. Y.'Vand Vita (W, B.).
Second run brought more good
trade for Harry Huffman, the boy
who jumped to Warner's before
they started moving; $5,300.

Colorado (Inde) (2,450; 15-25)
"River Wonian" (Gotham). Same
in immediately following bank-
ruptcy of firm running the house;
failed to arouse any curioiisity
despite, page one stories oh house
going broke; . betweien $2,000 and
$2,300; very much in red and prices
slashed from four bits.
. Denham (dramatic stock) (1,732;
50-75-$l-$1.50). For the first week
since the start of the visiting-star
system house failed to show a
profit; Fritzl Scheff the name;
Fritzi . In "Our Betters" didn't
strike the general fancy and the
star left instead of continuing an-
other two weeks; may iiave gotten
$6i500, about the overhead; Miss
Brady still in town and has' filled
the vacancy in "All. Alone Susie"
for one week before returning to
New York,

Denver (Publix) (2,450; 30-60)
"Lilac Time" and (FN) sound. First
real sound opus to hit here and
customers lined up; Colleen rated a
rave and takings in the vicinity of
$22,000.

Empress— Opened Saturday with
Bert Levey vaude and "The' Court
MartLal (Col).

Orpheum (vaude) (!,600| 15-50-75).
Lou Tellegen as lieadliner got
heavy femme interest; Rod La
Uocriue above average on screen in
"iyove Over Night" (Pathe) ; maybe
$7,000.

Rialto (Publix) (1,050; 20-30-40)
"Our Dancing Daughters" (NtC).
Bettor than recent features; getting
;Lt le.-ist $4,600; a favorite with the
young custotners.

State (Pathe) (1,120; 50) "King
of King.s" (Pathe). Plafbd to hold-
outs every night; close to $10,000;
first money made here in months;
"King" entered second week .strong.

Victory (Publix) (1,140; 20-30)
"Beau Broadway" (M-G). Closed
last half to $875; $1,100 for
"Cameraman", first half.

SCHULBEEG EAST

. Los Angeles, Oct. 9.

B. P. Schulbergi production head
of the Paramount studio, leaves
Oct. 12 for New York on his an-
nual vacation. : u^^..^

Schulberg will remain in the east
for fo'ur. weeks. He will visit the
studio at Long Island to watch de-
velopments of sound and talkers
and also shop for new stories and
plays to be made into pictures dur-
ing 1929-30 season.

As both Schulberg and B.- 'V.
Fiheman will be absent from the
studio at the same time, J. J.. Gain,
business manager, will be in chargfe.

NOVARRO'S 6 MONTHS

Los Angeles, Oct. 9.
Ram(m Novarro's new three year
contract with M-G-M provides that
he work only six months each year
and on three pictures annually.

CHANEY'S $21,100 RECORD

Pushes State, N. C, to $21,100—
"Fazil" Not So Hot, $17,400^
Orpheum, $8,750

New Orleans, Oct. 9,
(Drawing Population, 475,000)'
Loew's State ran ahead of every
house in town last week with
"While the City Sleeps." Picture
took away the record established by
"The Terror" by topping $21,000.
.Some of It can be accounted for by
the corking exploitation given both
the picture and Johnny Marvin, re-
cording artist, headlining for the
week,

. The Saenger was again In the
doldrurhs with "Fazil." Film did
not click as anticipated and barely
passed $17,000. "Wings," in its
first week at the Tulane at $1.50
top, did ni.cely at night but matinees
were . light. Went close to $9,000.
Tenderloin," in its first week at
the Tudor, played to capacity at all
night, shows, going above $7,000.
It is being retained.

Orpheum dropped materially with
Fleetwing," which drew the light-
est week in several months. .
Estimates for Last W.eek
Loew's State (3,218; CO) "While
the City Sleep.s" (M-G). Greatest
business in history of house; $21.-
100. .. , • .

Saenger (3,568; 65) "Fazil" (Fox).
Something of a fizzle; only $17,400.
Tulane (1,464; $1.50) "Wlng.s"
Par). Broadway Vspeclal nicely
handled during local erigagcment;
okay at $8^,500,

. Orpheum (2,400; 50) "Fleetwing."
Picture showed, little strength com-
paratively and sent house to its
lowest gross in some time; final
figures, $8,750.

Tudor (800; 50) "Tenderloin" and
Vita (W. B.).— Standout in the little
Canal Street house, and. is being re^
tained for a run; first week, $7,200.

'DOCKS? $23,000, BALTO;
BOW UGHT AT $18,500

Clara Having Her Md. Troubles
—"Beggars," $3,000 at Va-
lencia— ."Patriot," $3,900

About equaled previous week and
showed no power, at $93,200;
"Mother Maehree" (Fox) about

$J.4'M^_JL*'--lL''-A' t'— not near
loii. ' ' ~ "

Strand — "Lion and Mou.sc' and
Vita (Wli) (2,900; 35-50-65-75).
Second week fell $8,400 to $30,000.

Warners — "The Terror," Vita
(WB) (1,360; $l-$2) (9th week).
Claims $19,300, high at this stage
of run.

Winter Garden— "Singing Fool,"
Vita (WB) (1,403; $l-$2-$3) (4th
week). ..Tust short of $43,000 again:
pr"t(y (-)osp to all hons-e can holfl.

'Daughters' at State, !. A., to
Beat Next in Town by

BOSTON'S TWO TOPS;
' SILENT AND SOUND

. Boston, Oct. 9.
(Drawing Pop., 850,000)
Weather: Fair

Between Clara Bow piling them
n a.t the big Met with "The Fleet's
In," and "Our liancing Daughters,"
the first sounder at the State, run-
ning everybody at that house ragged
to find places to put customers, a
week of record-breaking business at
two of the biggest houses happened.

While these two big houses \yero
gathering, other houses wei-e trav-
eling along at a pretty pace, with
the entire lineup hero about the best
of the season.

Estimates for Last Week
Metropolitan (4,000; 60-75), Big
with "Fleet's In" (Par); $47,000.

State (4,000; 40-65). One of big-
gest money-making, weeks in his-
tory of house with "Our IDancIng
Daughters," sound. (M-G-M). Kec-
ord breaking for day and night
shoWfl. .

Keith-Albee (vaudfilm). End of
daylight saving helped out.

Olympiia and Fenway, "Wings"
(Par). With sound effects and
Vltaphone features, both these
houses, with popular prices, cleaned
up. Business was strong enough to
warrant same program being held
over for second week.

Scollay,"Lilac Time" (FN), sound.
Vaudeville also. Addition kept busi-
ness .Well up at the top.

Modern aiul Beacon, "Uncle Tom's
Cabin," sound, in at both houses for
several, weeks, closed strong. . Went
big with school children during en-
tire stay, with special arrangements
made for extra performances for
them. '

Orpheum, (3,500; 25-50), "Two
Tjovers'- (UA). Vaude also; $20,000.

Baltimore, Oct. 9.
(Drawing Population 800,000)
Weather: Fair ^

Protests of downtown picture
owners over tax reassessments has
resulted in bfg cuts from the figures
first given out by the commis-
sioners, lioew interests get a big
slice on the Century .which has
been reduced in valuation for tax
purposes from $1,039,780 t'p $978,700,
only $8,005 over last year's assess-
ment. The Schanbergers succeeded
in having $75,000 sliced off of their
assessment which now stands at
$369,750, $31,555 over 1927. White-
hursts protested the $100,000 on the
^ew and got it reduced to $75,000,
exactly last yeai''a figure. Ford's
joined the film fold Monday with
"Submarine" at a $1.50 top on a
two .daily schedule. Looks as If
there will be plenty of this doubl-
ing on the part of the legit houses
this season. Ted Claire, m. c. at the
Century, played his 38th consecu-
tive -week at the house, a record
both for house and town.

Last week was generally down In
spite of favorable weather. Out-
standing was the Century with
"Docks of New York." "Fleet's In,"
at the Stanley, managed to naqual
previous week's fair average. "Beg-
gars of Life" was only fair at the
Valencia; "The Patriq^" was good
but not big at the uptown Park-
way. At the Metropolitan " The
Terror" finished Its run with' a
third week that didn't keep pace
wUh the, other. . two. _ The c ombos,
Tlippojrbme and~New Garden, were
only fair.

Estimates for Last Week
Century . (Loew) "Docks of New
York" (Par) wired (3,200; 25-60).
Critics praLsed and Bancroft clicked
with fans; matinees, due to type of
film, slightly under but nights .big;
.about $23,000, very good;

Stanley (Loew-Stanley, Crandall)
"Fleet's In" .(Pat) (3,600; 25-60)
Hardly up to expectations although
not bad; recent Bow films have
taken some of the edge off Clara's
draw here; $18,500.

Valencia (Loew-U. A.) "Beggars
of Life" (Par) wired (1,500; 25-50)
Still off; picture liked but of lim-
ited appeal; TuUy tale not a flapper
f'.'tfher for daytime trade; about
$3,000.

Parkway (Ix)ew-U. A.) "The Pa-
triot" (Par) wired (1,000; 15-35)
Consistent with .showing at Stanley
two weeks earlier; strictly a Class
dr.aw picture; about $3,900.

New Garden (Schanbergor.s)
K o n e= -Bu t-- t-h (T=^<ra-ve-'--an d--K -O
vjuide f3,200; 25-50). Picture liked
(;i(,'ii Hunter, stage headliner, failed
to score heavily in spite of locail
popularity; about $11,500.

New (Whitehursts)— "Fazil" and
Movietone .>£Fox) (1,800; 25-50)
Opened rather alow, due to keen
competition; huilt rapidly after
first half, getting a $3,000 Saturday
and a $12,000 weok; another wiek

Talker Novelty Wearing
Off in Topeka House

Topeka, Oct. 9.
(Draw. Pap., 80,000)
Weather, Fair

With the novelty wearing oft the
talkies, business at Topoka's first
wired hous^ has shown a decline
for past two weeks. "Wings" next
week is expected to bring them
back.

Stink bombs, attributed to union
stage hands, operators and musi-
cians who ^re now out because of
the open shop policy at all the first
run houses but one, failed to cut
into the business because they
were pborly timed and went off
after the last show at night.
Estimates foV Last Week
Grand (1,400; 50) (National).
"Women They Talk About." 1st
half, failed to hit hard, but "Warm-
ing Up" scored. Week off by $660
Total, $3,200.

Jayhawk (1,500; 40) (Jayhawk)
"Just Married," with fashion show,
1st half, failed to click; "Steamboat
Bill," without fashion show, did
enough to send gross, to $2,800; a
couple of centuries near normal.

Novelty (1,100; 40) (Crawford)
Acts 1st half and ballyhoocd act
for kids last half. Got $2,200.

Orpheum (1,200; 25) (National);
Wheel of Chance" (FN), 1st half;
Gibson's "Trail," last half, clicked.
Normal $800.

Cozy (400; 50) (LaWrence). "King
of Kings," local picture theatre
bow~after previously here
show, got good buslne.s3, but not
good enough to hold over as ex-
pected. Management doubled price
and played to about regular num-
ber of patron.si $1,800,

CHANEY, $23,500, ST. LOUIS

$34,000 for "Docks" at Ambassador
—Colleen Moore, $25,400.

St. Louis, Oct. 9.
(Draw. Pop., 1,000,000)
Weather,. Wat'm and Fair

With the famed Veiled Prophet
parade and ball and the interest
over the World Series, thcatregoing
got a big impctu.s last week.
Estimates for Last Week

Ambassador, (Skouras) (3,000; 35
CO-65-75). "Docks of New York
rpar). Picture okay, and I^fjwry'
"Ilarem-Scarem" stage show

<-liek(-(l^t(r^tol:U=O^W4;00(l^=-

Loew's State (3,300; 25-35-65)
"While the City Sleeps (M-G). Lon
Chaney in oxcell''rit picture; general
v<'nlle.t. T!iz go<Hl, too, .at $2'), ;!')()

Missouri (Skouras) (.3,><00; ;!5-5
65-75) "Oh, Kay" <V N}. Did .all
right in ni-l\.'\u:: $'.i.').-l(io. .

Grand-Central f Skoui-.-i.-^) n.700
.'0-75) "The TiM-n.i-" .md Vli
fW B). Fourth and I.ii'! w-U big
at $16,;J00.

. Loa Angeles, Got. 9. -
( D ra w i n g Pop u lat i o n, 1 ,460^000)

■ Weather: Warm ■>
Loew's State copped last week.
Other houac-j just got a ^sniff.

Loew's led its nearest competitor,
the Met, by nearly $15,000, doing the
biggest business it has done in over
a yeiir. On the stage it had Charlie
Murniy in person and on the screen
Dancing- Da.ughter.s." The Hearst
pup was used to help sell here, but
the Murray following was obvious
around the theatre and gave him
some of the credit. ^Murray was in
on a guarantee and got better than
3,000 for his share in addition to
his salary.

"Mating Call," starring Thomas
Meighan, was not hot at the Met,
Sammy Cohen, the Fox comic, who
ippeared In person, helped consid-
erably. "State Street Sadie;" a
Warner talker at the Warner house,
was not the panic as its predeces-.
.sors, for trade fell around $8,000 be-
low the first stanza..

None of the $1.50 houses had any
blare. They all took It on the nose.
'White. Shadows," at Grauman's
Chinese, got top money of the trio,
but was away off/ It probably will
be put in three or four weeks to
make way for "Noah's Ark." At the
Carthay Circle, "Mother Knows
Best" ls .no riot. The trade there
seem."} to think quite well of the
Shaw and Chic Sale shorts, how-
ever, "Godless Girl" bowed out of
the Blltmore after seven weeks, get-
ting an average of just a little over
111.000 a d'ay on the final week.

"Wings" dropped $4,000 below the
week before in Its fourth Week at
the Criterion. Second and final
week of "Battlcpf Sexes" was about
one-third below the first, which Is
fairly good. Egyptian had fairly*
good week with "Four Walls" on
screen and Benny Rubin heading F.
and M. unit on stage. Boulevard
held up nicely With "Tiff any -Stahrs
'Grain of Dust."

Estimates for Last Week
Biltmore (Erlanger), "Godless
Girl" (Pathe) (1,550; 50-1.50) (7th
week). Exit march of run played
to $7,400. "SImba" current

Boulevard (WC), "Grain of Dust"
(T-S) (2,164; 25-50). This Inde-
pendent well liked with F and M
stage show; $5,700,

Carthay Circle (WC - Miller),
Mother Knows Best," wired (Fox)
(1,500; 50-1.50) (2d week). No
panic. Tackling Shorts the hit .
Around $10,0Q0.

Criterion (WC), "Wings.** wired
(Par) (1,600; 25-75) (4th week).
For length of run hero, great; $12,-
700. First picture to show house
profit In age.

Egyptian (WC-UA), "Four Walls"
(M-G) (1,800; 25-75). Gilbert and
Rubin made around $8,000 possible.

Grauman's Chinese (UA), "White
Shadows," wired (M-G) (1,958; 50-
1.50). With Grauman prolog aid,
held to around $15,000.

Loew's State (WC-Loew), "Dane.'*
Ing Daughters," wired (M-G) (2,242;
26-$l). Charlie Murray In person.
Another good reason for record
gro.ss; $38,200,

Met (Pub-WC), "Mating Call,"
wired (Par) (3,595; 25-75). This
Meighan not so forte. S.ammy
Cohen, Fox comic, in person, helped;
$23,.';00.

United Artists (UA), "Battle o«
Sexes" (UA) (2,100; 25-$l). Second
and final week for this Grifllth;

$i2,ooo;

Warner Bros- (WB), "State Street
Sadie" (WB), with dialog and talk
short.s (2,756; 25-75), Not as big as
conjured for second stanza. Around
$22,500. One week to go. "Then Mr.
Jolson. — — — u

Stage Show Houses

Best in Tacoma

Tacoma, Oct. 9.
(Drawing Population, 120,000)
Weather: Cooler, Some Rain

One less stage .show In town as
Toby Leltch with the dramatic
players, have returned to Seattle.
This leaves Pan and Broadway; with
Fanchon & Marco stage shows, to
battle for the ellentole that likes
acts with pictures. Rialto is hold-
ing up well with big film and sound.
Blue ISIouse is still .sending chills
up and down spinal columns ■with
"Terror."

Estimates for Last Week

Pantages (1,500; 25-50) "None
T'.tit Brave" <Vn\). Good picture.
Vaude f;ilr. $5,500.
==Broad.way.=.:(.U=r>0:0;i==25~';0)--i^^
Slii-phcn]". (KN^. Nice picture but
mild title. Fanuhon & Marco on
st.age. $5,400,

Blue Mouse dl.'imriek) (650; 50-
75) "Terror" fWB) Wired. Dandy
2d wr-r-k. ,$4:600.

Rialto avc) (LsriO: 25-5n> "Pa-
1rii)t" -n'ar). Not b.ad. $3,500,.
Colonial (WC) (Hr.i): 'j',) "^'jinish-
V.nu, (■]••' H'art. Tvne that
' Jr:iv'. s at this srind. $1,600..

\

8

VARIETY

PICTURE GROSSES

Wednesday, October 10, 1928

Ash's Oriental Return Draws

I, Chicago; Run FOms Quit

"Wings'; Leaves Strong, $18,000— "Lilac Time" and
^Lights" on Repeats, $5,700 and $8,400

.Cliicapo. Oct. 9.
Weather: Varied

JU'Hirning to Iho Oriental,, .Avith
piio or the : poorest pictures bdokea
into the hcmse In a year, Paul Ash
dri'w ?47,000. It's a, good exampU'
bC his local draw. House has. been
above that figure only twice since
ho left, usually hovering around
$•10,000 and under.

Opening day, Ash was forced to
put on an extra show because of the
llne-up outside the theatre at 10:30
P; m.

. Lodp's three run films closed last
.wtok, with "Two Lovers" leaving
United Artists aftei' only two weeks.
Filth and last, week of "Wings,*' at
McVicker's, was only six days, but
did $24,000. This has beert a darb
money-maker, but had to be jerked
in favor of "Singing Fool," Three
weeks of "The fatriot," . at the
Rooseveilt, . lined up as moderate
coin, opening to $26,000 and drop-
ping $4,000 each week.

Chicago jumped $2,000, to $44,000,
with Warner's "Caught in the Fog,"
bringing the house back to normal.
"Lights of New York" surprised
.With a good $8,400 at the Orpheuiii,
following both Loop and neighbor-
hood bookings. Held for a second
w eek. Another repeat, "Lilac Time,"
was strong at $5,700 for the Monroe.
State-Lake continued its upward
' stride with "Freedom of the Press,"
getting around $22,000. Better pic-
. tures are responsible tor the im^
provoment at this vaudfilm stand.
Estimates for Last Week
Chicago (Publix), "Caught in the
Fog" and Vita (WB); "West Point
'Days" Publix unit (4,400; 50-75).
Talker raised gross to $41,000;
house back to average money.

' McVicker's (Publix), "Wings" and
.sound (2,200; 50-75). Only six days
in fifth and closing week, but $24,-
OOO; opened to record $46,000 and
eased . off very slowly', "Singing
Fool" in (WB).

Monroe (Fox) "Lilac Time" and
sound (FN) (970; 50). Second Loop
hooking worth the. repeat; $5,700;
"Lilac" previously broke record at
• Roosevelt.

Oriental (Publix), "Waterfront"
(FN) and "Bag 0' Trlck.s" Publix
unit (3,200; 50-75). Return of Paul
Aish a .nifty with $47,000; picture
rated very weak. .

Orpheum (Warner). "Lights of
New Ybi-V and Vita (WB) • (760;
50). second Loop showing after
.also playing neighborhoods; $8,400
and hold over.

Playhouse (Mindlln), "Ivan, the
Terrible" (GOO; 50). About $1,000
above average with $3,500; house
reverts to legit Oct. 26, Mindlin's
moving to another .spot.

Roosevelt (Publix), "The Patriot"
and sound. (Par) • (1.700; 50-75).
Third week $16,000 and out; favor-
able showing on run; "Man Who
Laughs" (U) in.

State-Lake (Keith), "Freedom of
the Press" (II) and vaude (2,200;
50-75). Better grade of . films bring-
ing continued ri.se in gros.ses; $22,-
000 last week.

. United Artists (FA), "Two Lovers"
(UA) (1,702; 35-75). Two-week
run opened to ■$.28,000 and olo.sed at
$20;750; average.

Providence Goes for Tom'
And 'Wings,' Both $26,500

Providence, Oct. 9.
(Drawing Population 300,000)
Weather: Cool

.Bigger 'n' better with, half page
spreads in all dailies. Biz is get-
ting hot.

"The Jazz/ Singer," the only thing
on . the record • books to: touch
"Wings'" $14;000 at the Majestic;
held for two weeks; $1 top couldn't
faze 'em. "Uncle "Tom's Cabin" at
the Strand also did top notch aft
iind evening. "Across to Singapore"
ii'ood and likeable.

Estimates for Last Week

Majestic (Fay) (2,200; 15-$1)
••Wings" (Par) (2d week). Smash;
$14,000.

Strand (Ind) (2,000; 15-50) "Un-
cle Tom's Cabin" (U). Loved it
and good for s.r.o. many nights;
about $12,500.

Victory (K-O) (1,500; 15-50)
"Across to Singapore'' (M-Ci). Con-
sistent biz; $7,200.

Rialto (Fay) (1.400; 15-30).
Three change program; average

$20,000 FOR 'TOOL" IN
WASH,; HAINES,$21,500

"Fleet's In" Light, $11, 000—
"Fazil" Drops Fox to $22,500
— "Patriot^s" 2d Wk., $7,000

Minn. Tires of Underworld Films;
Hennepin Best with "Daughters '

GRANADA AND WARFIEL
COME IN AT $27,000

. Washington, Oct. 9.
(Drawing Potjulation, 450,000)
Weather: Okay

Everything last week centred
around "The Singing Fool." It is
scheduled for a five weeks' stay. -

Palace had a surprise In "Exoess
Baggage" which brought an extra
$1,000 over the preceding week.
Fox had a surprise, too. but In re-
verse, as "Fazll" dropped in the
face of the opposition. Clara Bow's
"Fleet'3 In" did well at the Earle,
but not up to the figures of previ-
ous weeks with talkers. Got in an
extra midnight show Friday, pre-
ceding the regular opening. Which
helped.

Keith's finished three weeks of
two-a-day vaudeville and a picture.
House went grind on Sunday with
a unit, "Morocco Bound," with the
scale cut from $1 top to 35-50 cents.

"Wings" did a nose dive on its
third Week hut goes a fourth to
keep the house open due to . Cohan's
legit a;t tractions, "Whispering
Friend:s," cahcelling. " S im b a "
(film) has bieen booked in for next
week after previously being shown
at the Shubert house. Poll's. Jan-
ning's "Patriot" had a bad second
week iat the Columbia.
: Opening Saturday of . current
week was sad for everybody with
the possible exception of the Colum-
bia with "Dancing Daughters" as its
first sound picture plus a Hearst
campaign. Drop was caused by the
Government half holidays having
ended and the opposition of a big
army relief carnival that attracted
over 25,000.

Estimates for Last Week
Columbia (Loew) "Patriot" (Par)
(1,232; 35-50). Bad .second week for
a universally conc;6>ded excellent
picture; $7,000. . '

Earle (Stanley-Crandall) "Fleet's
In" (Par) (2,244; 35-50). Extra
midnight show may have .brought
this one up to;around $11,000.

Fox (Fox) "Fazil" and Movie-
tone (Fox) (3.432; » 35-50;75).
Rather di.sappointing and opposition
blamed; dropped house to $22,500.

Keith's (K-O) "Hit of the Show"
(FBO) and vaude., (l,t)3R; 50-75-$!).
Slight improvement to maybe $8,500;
went grind Sunday.

Met (Stanley-Crandall) "Singing
Fool" and Vita (WB) (l,5l8; 35-50-
70). Broke hoii.se record with
claimed $20,000. .

National (Erlnngier - Kapley)
"Wings" and sound (Par) (1,745;
50-$1,50). Brodied in third week to
around $9,000.

Palace (Locw) "Excess Baggage"
(M-G) and Movietone (2,372; 35-
50). Crawled up $1,000 above pre-
vious week; approximately $21,500,

A BETTING OP VAUBNCIA DROPPED
INTO TlIB HBABT OF NKW TORK

You hear the melody of the song
you love on the muted violin — on
the octoroon — the saxophone — and
always that delightfully soft, but
emphatic, strumming accompani-
ment of the banjo-ukelele

It makes the dajice what you ex-
pected it to be.

It's a MEYER DAVIS ORCHES-
TRA,, Bobby Bershad directing.

SOUND HITS TORONTO;
KEATON DOES $11,500

First 2 Days of "Angel,"
$6,000— "Geese," $11,000,
Pan;— Hipp, $13,000

CLOSE PTLD. GROSSES;
$88,500 FOR 6 HOUSES

Albe« (K-O) (2,500; 10-75). 'H^er-
fect Crime" (FBO) and vaude. Gool
opening and $14,000.

Fay's- (1,600; 15-75) vnudfilms.
Had week, aro. und $1 1,500.

HEATH SUPING FOE U

Los Angeles, Oct. 9.
A. B. Heath, veteran stage and
flcreen director, .signed by T'niversMl
to supervise all .sound pictures. I

Portland, Ore., Oct. 9.

Two Russian film Ifeatures in op-
position last week, creating puzzled
frowns from crities and managers.
Pictures were "The Tempest" and
"The Patriot." On the size oi the
houses ".The Tempest" beat .""The
Patriot" hands down.

John Hamrick opened the new
Music Box suoGOssfully. United Ar-
tists had a good second week with
"Two Lovers." New Dufwln will
open with "The Bad Man" Oct. 14.
with Henry Duffy dramatic stock.
Estimates for Last Week

Portland (Publix-W. C.) (3.500,
35-(i0)— "Docks of New York," un-
usual plot. C4ood business. F. &
M.'s "Monkcyshines" .stage idea;
$15,000.

Broadway (W^ C) (2,000; 35-60)—
"Tlie Patriot." High quality. One
of l.H',«it pictures this season. Failed
to o:itch on well; $12,500.

Pantages (Pan) (2,000; 35-50)--
"Scarlot Lady." Five acts. Did
.w:cj =41g,5M.-^.J.^.^..=- ^

Oriental (.Tebbctts) (2.700; 35-50)
—2d week of "Kings." Held up
well; $12,000.

United Artists (P,irkor-W. C>
(1.200; 35-50)— 2d week of "Two
Lovers." Continu(>d big; $11,500.

Columbia (D (1,200; 35-50)—
"The Tempest." Good exploitation
put over bumper business; $10,000.

Music Box (Hanirlnk) (2,000: 35-
,-0)- "(;iori()Us itetsy" exploited big
iind got good returns, $15,000.

TolPOhto, Oct.. 9.
. (Drawing Population, 700,(X)0)
Weaither: Fair and Cool

Sound piictures were ushered into
Toronto for the first time this week
with "Street Angel" at the Tivoli.
On the strength of a good campaign
house opened to a line three deep
and two blocks long. The line has
not diminished. House was dark
Monday to Friday to. complete; in-
stallation and gTo.ss for Jirst two
days is $6,000, all hou.se can do. Be-
sides "Angel," Tom Daley had- Fox
Xews and two Movietone shorts.
The Uptown will be completely
wired for sound stuff in less than
a month.

Shea'.s Hippodrome again led the
town at better than $13,000 for
"Heart to Heart" and a strong stage-
show headlined by Roger Imhof.
Loew's jupiped better than $1,000
with "The Cameraman" to $11,500.

Tiffany pictures are seldom shown
here .so "Wild Geese" didn't get
much of a show from a publicity
standpoint but drew $11,000 to the
I'aptages. This one has been
around town ready for release since
la.st winter.- Held to average for
hou.se.

Two Lovers" Increased matinee
biz at the Uptown but evening
grosses were about avernge. Resiilt
was $9,500 or a sligh.t drop from
previous week. "Fleet's In" was
no wow on its Saturday opening.
Looks as if censors had delayed
"Ladies of the Mob" as it was
booked well in advance of "Fleet"
but has not yet been spotted.
Estimates for Last Week
Hippodrome (FP) (2,600; 30-60)
"Heart to Heart" (FN). Mary As-
tor usually cold here but drew well
at better than $13,000; Roger Imhof
big help on stage.

Loew's (2,3-00; 30-60) "The Cam-
eraman" (M-G). House came out
t C temporary slump. at $11,500; good
fa usi cal act on stage and radio plug
ai.led. r ■ ' .

Pantages (FP) (3(300; 30-60)
•Vv ild Gee.se" (T-S). Increase over
last week at $11,000.

Uptown (3,000; 30-60)"Two
Tvovers" (UA). About $9,500; in-:
crease in matinee biz.

Tivoli (FP) (1,400; 35-75) "Street
Angel" (Fox) . Inaugurated sound
PYiday; absolute rapacity for two
days at $6,000 with no indication
of letup; likely to break house rec-
ord of $14,000.

Good for "Crime"— Off for
Dry Martini"— "Wings,
$18,000, 3d Week

San Francisco, Oct. 9.
(Drawing Population, 756,000)
Weather: Unsettled

Picture grosses were generally
off last week, only the Embassy and
the California showing any real
strength. . The Warfleld, for the
first time in months.^ dropped con-
siderably below $30,000. Revenues
was exceptionally bad Saturday
night, the entire street being below^
normal. . ^

Granada had a very sat>sfa;ctory
week with its first synchronized
feature, FBO's "The Perfect Crime."
California could have held "Wings"
a fourth week and the Embassy
presented another talker program
with "State Street Sadie," No re-
ceipts broken but first week highly
satisfactory.

A dismal bloomer was 'Two
Lovers." Gross was the lowest at
the St. Francis in months. Imperi-
al with vaude. and film' policy
clicked handsomely.

Estimates for Last Week

Warfield (LoewrW. C.) ''Dry
Martini" (Fox) (2,672; 50-65-90).
Roundly lambasted by critics; even
house regulars not slow to put on
the pan; stage fare wasn't too forte,
though novel; slipped to $27,000.
lowest in some time. ^ .'^^

Granada (Publix-W. C.y "Perfect
Crime" and, sound (FBO) (2,785;
50-65-$l). House took, another lease
on life despite unfavorable com-
ments on talking sequences; a nov-
elty for big house and business
good; topped $27,000.

CaTlfornia (Publix-W. C.) "Wings"
(Par) (2,200; 65-90). Pulled a week
too 'soon; third and final week an
easy $18,000 ; "White Shadows,

current. ■ j.

Embassy (Wagnon) "State Street
Sadie" and Vita (W. B.) (1,367; 50-
65-90). Straight Vita house con-
tinued to hold its own; initial week
of new program reached $16,500;
considered good.

St. Francis (W. C.) "Two, Lovers
(UA) (1,375; 35-65-90).- A bloomer
and lucky to hit $G,0OO; one more
week to go.

MAINSTREET, $30,000,
WITH 1ST SOUND FILM

Piano Marathon

Chicago, OcX. 9. .

Grefit States Circuit is staging a
piano pl.'iying rnarnthon at its Or-
pheum, I'eoria.

Contestants to play all day arid
night, continuously, with . 1 ."i-niiuute
lost periods.

BURTON KING RESUMES

Los Angiples, Oct. 9.

Burton King has resumed his con-
tract with Excellent and will pro-
duce one picture before signing a
new agreement.

This film will be "Broken Bar-
riers," with Helene CosU^llo, Gaston
Glass, P'rank Beal, Frank Ilagney
and .Joseph Girard.

Kan.sas City, 0<-t. 9.
(Drawing Population, 700,000)

Seldom docs a city of this size get
such a group of real pictures all
at once. Sad part is that .some of
the good ones Were passed up by
the fans. . ...

'^'T.-he big splash was the Mum-
street with'? its opening sound pic-
ture, "Lilac Time.". lOlaborate pub-
licity campaign included four radio
stations sending out the theme song.
Special Saturday midnight pre-
show brought close to 2,000 people
and $6,000 on the day. The house
broke gross and attendance records;
70,000 people to $30,000.

Just a block away "Two Lovers",
at the Midland and an all sound
program could not be called a draw.
Favorable reviews were played up
strcmg but the response was disr
heartening. Same report would
just -about cover "The Patriot" -at
the Newman. Critics raved, . But
local fan.s Just do not care for J.anr-
nings. ■ ' ^

At Pantages "Submarine" brought
holdouts. Turnawaya were al.so fro-
quent. Peculiar that both the
Mainstrcet and Pantages, the only
two downtown houi^es offering stage
sho\YS and vaude with their pictures,
should reap while the big first run-
ners, with sound policies, flopped
Estimates for Last Week
Mairistreet— " L 1 1 a c Time" and
sound (VH) (3,200; 25-35-50-00)
Innuguration of sound policy re
suited in record; stage show cut to
two .nets phirf Walter DavKson'.s
.stage band; $30,000.

Loew's Midland— "Two Lovers
and sound (UA) (4.000; 25. 35
50). Failed to bring 'em in and
week a disappointment; three Vitii
sliorts .'ind Tox ,\f )viet(nie . news
completed bill; $lR,OuO.

Newman—" The Piitriot" (Piir)
f1.!)Sn; .'t.")-.^.0-r,O). Proclaimed the
J)est i)ifinre on street but .just luke
w>iTnf;""$n^:5t'(r'""' "^" " " '

Pantages- ' Submarine" (Col) and
v.'uidf) (2.-J00; 25-50). Drew hen vy.
live acts ok.ny; $13,700.

OPPOSITE TANNINGS

Los Angeles, Oct. 9
Marie I'revost is the probable lead
[for Emil Jiinnings' "Ellis I.sland" to
be made by Tiirnmount in New
York.

Minneapolis, Oct. 9.
P.usInesB has started to hit the
toboggan with a vengeance and
skidding grosses much in evidenco
last week. Minnesota and State,
king-pin houses, suffered par lieu-
larly.

Political campaign is the cause
as.signe.d.. Loca,i interest in the
presidential fight is at a high pitch.
Campaign . rneetings are drawing
enormous crowds. Radio also hold-
ing crowds at home for .. the
apeechca.

Screen offerings on view at the
Minnesota, and State last week,
however, also had something to do
with the drops at those theatres.
The former had "The River Pirate'*
and the latter "Sta;te Street Sadie,**
Bach is a good picture, but both
aa'o underworld dramas. It ap-
pears that the public here at least,
and eispeclully the women cus-
tomers, have been fed up on thla
sort of fare.

Strand and Hennepin-Orpheura
were the only houses that went
contrary to the downward trend
and wound up bullish instead of
bearish. At the Strand "Wing.s," in
its third week, pulled around $8,000.
"That's a remarkable showing in this
berg f6r a;third week, and good
enough to lipid picture for; fourth
week. . Jt has been more than two
seasons since any other picture has
run that length of time here.

It was a plctui-e, too, instead of
the vaudeville that ajiparently pre-
vented the llennepin-Orpheum from
slipping. The screen offering in .
question w.as "Dancing Daughters."
second of the theatre's M-G-M line-
up, which went over especially big
with the fem fana and younger set.
Robert Warwick in person in a
plavlet on. stage. Vaudeville,
though, inferior to that of the pre-
"^eding week, while the gross topped
Its predecssor in the face of the
fact th.at the takings of other
houses . were in every > In.'^tanco
smaller.

Estimates for Last Week
Minnesota (F. & R.-Publix)
(4,200; 75)— "River Pirate" (Fox)..
Publix unit stage show, "Xylot
phonia." Picture impressed us
above average in qu<allty, but failed
to click. Feminine patrons in par-
ticular found fault. Stage . .show
also fell below standard set by its
predecessors. Manager Ed Smith'*
splendid exploitation unavailing in
f.ace of handicaps. One of worst
and only poor weeks house has had
since oi)ening; $21,900.

State (F. & R.-Publix) (2.500; 60)
—"State Street Sadie" (Warner-.
Vita) and Ingram's, orchestral pi-es-
entation. Another case of too much
underworld drama. This lurid mel-
icr frequently had audiences laugh-
ing in • its most tense situations.
Around $10,000. Not so forte.

Hennepin - Orpheum (Keith)
(2.890; 40-60)— "Dancing Daugh-
ters" (M-G-M) and vaude, Ineludr
ing Robert Wai-wick in person, Pic-
ture real magnet, overcorhing ad-
verse business conditions and medi-
ocre vaude. M-G-M product As
proving business builder here.
About $15,400. Slight increase over
preceding week and considered big.

Strand (F. & R.-Publix) (1,500;
65)_"\Vings" (Pai-). Third week
and still they come. Night attend-
ance especially heavy. Around
.8,000. Great for third week here.
Held over for fourth week.

Pantages (Pantages) (1,600; 25-
50_"Night Bird" (U) and vaude.
Lookis as though Reginald Denny
is no longer draw here. Picture,
well liked, but no box office
strength. General conditions must
bear .some of blame for poorest
ifnde — m ■'WTOTy^^t^eks. " Around
$5,000. Bad. ^ ^

Lyric (K. & R.-Publlx) (1.300;
35)— "Mating Call," 1st half; "Kit
C^arsOn" (T>ar), 2d half. Neither
picture .seemed to mean a thing to
box ofllre. Around $1,200. Bad,

Burned in Booth Blaze

Syracu.sc, Oct. 9.
Fighting to extinguish a fire in
the film booth of the. Swan theatre,
last night, lOmil J. Eccles, although
serlou.'^ly burned,, kept the flames
under control until the arrival of
firemen.

Two hundred per.sons In the the-
atre were Unaware what was hap-
pening In the projection room until
the .arrival of firemen.

EecU'M was taken to St. .losepli's
Hospital where physicians said to-
day his condition is serious. Ho
suffered severe burns about the

^forehead. ^ ^^veg, ■,ears. hand s. „an d

arms.

M. P. CLUB'S HOUSEWARMING

llou.xowarming of the new Mo-
tion Picture Club, in the. Bond
Building on Bmadway, will be hc-ld
Thursday nlglit.

A program furni.shed by .\Vi)li!im
Morris will be presented.

Wednesday, October 10, 1928

PICTURE GROSSES

VARIETY

9

Montreal's 1st Dialog Talker

Montreal, Oct. 9.
(Drawing Pop., 600,000)
Weather: Fine

StandintJ in line for six blocks,
It Iciolted as If the whole town
meant, seeinff "Mother Knows Best,"
the lirst dialog picture to-be shown
in Montreal, and a second $30,000
weclc was the result, with holdover
for the foUowine week, George
Rotsky couldn't handle th6 crowds
He was forced to put . on an extra
midnight show first three days;
hundreds were turned awiiy. Prices
were 45-75; so it is estimated that
in the neighborhood Of 50,000 people
saw tivp show last week. Crowds
well and efficiently handled.

Capitol benefited by the overflow
from J'-alace, although *'Dahcing
Daughters" was good enough to
sllghtlv better previous week's gross
at $15,000. This town now is crazy
for talking pictures. . Hest of the
shows only get by if they put on
something exceptional. . Manager
Dahn ofCered a fine bill, with techni
color i)ro.duction3 thrown in as
extra and with a good band and en
siemble acts on the stage to vary the
show, .

Mooting, the heavy opposition
Loew's put on a better than average
vaude bill and a good action pic
ture, "The Cop." Gross held well up
to previous week's figui"0.ot $16,500,
excellent for this theatre. Fans gci
to the I'alace put of curIo.sity, but
they stay with Loew'a. week in and
week Oiit, while better bills will al
ways boost receipts a couple of
thousand at the steadiest theatre In
town. ' ■

Gilbert-Sullivan operas at His
Majesty's finished tliird week and
now go to Toronto. Kvery time this
show returns to Montreai it Is as
Bured of good houses. In the thi'«jo
weeks they are estimated to haVp
grossed slightly over $30,000.

Princess put on Sliake.speare Mo
moriiU Theatre Players in six of the
pl.ays. First and second balcony
sold out for three, but balance got
only mediocre support. Probably do
bettor In Toronto, where bigger
British population, but in Montreal
$12,000, .

Imperial .Is fighting h,ard against
t.alkijig shorts and features at Pal
ace, and now puts On four head
liners out of .seven acts and a news
weekly. This house is feeling the
comipptition and gross is not in
creasing as anticipated; $10,000 thi-s
week would be fair estimate.

Strand, with four changes and
low prices, besides being almost
next door to Palace, is benefiting
by overflow from that house and
continues to get good bu.sinoss
$41000 satisfactory gross here.

Neighborhood houses report much
Increased ,blz during September
with probability of betterment hold
ing throughout current month.
Estimates for Last Week
Palace (FP) (2,700; 4'6-75). Wired.
"Mother Knows Best" (Fox). Rave
and repeated record-making gross
of first week when house ; re-
opened September, Talkers have
gone over big in this. city. Man-
ager Rotsky h.as capitalized on his
success by Introducing, bargain
matinees at 25c from 11 to 12:30,
getting five shows a day. Talking
fihort.s and a fashion fur show
brought in all the femmes who
might not be interested otherwise.
Smashing week at $30,000.

Capitol CFP) (2,700; 40-60). "Our
—B.aTTcing Daughters'' CM"- G -
Wont over big and house .stood up
against crushing opposition of Pal
acc. . One of best shown here In
weeks, dcspit© Capitol ha.s been
steadily Improving bill, Extr.as of
Technicolor production, "Scareface"-
and ensemble acts helped; Good at
$15,000. ■ . ,

Loew'3 (FP) (3,200; 35-75). "The
Cop" (Pathe). Good action picture
featuring locally popular star and
above average vaudft hill held to
exceptionally good gross of previous
week at $16,500. Figure represents
near highwater mark of theatre, and
tliat it is reached and hold so early
Is good augury for fall and winter
hero. .

Strand (UA) (800; 30-40). "Grip
of Yukon" (II); ".lazz Mad" (IJ)
"Riitlor and Fug Man" (1''.%'), and
"Rrandod Man" (Col). ({of)d at
$4,000.

Empress CCA) (1.500; ir-^-?,^)). PIo
turos. "Girl From Rio" fGotliam)
"Sha.ngiiaiod" fFBO); "ISaok Slag'>
(TilTany), and "Love Me^and World

His Majesty's (lopii) n.fK'O: $1-
$.1). Tliird week of (Jilbort -Sulliv;H)
op'M-as. Still, going strong with
Rrlfi.T-li iiopuln.tion ; $10,000.

Princess, (legit) (2,300: 50 -$3)
Stratford -on -Avon P'estival Com
pany in six Sh.akosi»eare plays.
T?ii«inoss light on throe and fair on
b.llanoo; $12,000.

Imperial (Keith) (1,000: 35-$!. 50)
V.iuilo. Frmr lioafllinor'; a^; roply to

"WINGS," $21,000 IN 2D
WMUFFALO, $27,000

JolsdtT Over $30,000 at Great
Lakes— Show Aids Clara—
Hawk's Nest," $13,000

^'^^L'^JJf^T S^KeiA Shares Have Inspired"

$26,000 AT ALDINE n o 1/ o m iaa

Relapse; B. k L Soars Above lull

"Fleet's In," $30,000, Stanley
— Olsen Helps Fox Get $28,-
0.00— Keaton Fair, $13,000

: Buffalo, Oct. 9.
(Drawing Population, 500,000)
V/eather: Cool

Business was decidedly on the rise
ill! week with Shea's llipp and the
Great Lakes dividing honors.

Hipp wa.s over $20,000 for the sec-
ond >yoelc of "Wing.s," sensational
business, and "The Siiiging Foolj"
Great Lakes, approached the high
for the house. All four downt.p.wh
houses are featuring sound.

Estimates for Last Wfeek
Buffalo (Pubiix) (3,600; 30-40-75)
Fleet's. In" (P.-ir). ^'Teeing Off,"
unit.. Corkinp bill with any. weak-
nesses in the slvpw solely due to the
lilm feature; Straub and his ".(Jang"'
and Murtanh at thio U'urlitzer di-
vided sliow honors; $27,000.

Hipp (Publix) (2,400; 60) "Wings"
(Par). Second week, while some-
what . under lirst, within striking
distance ol previou.s record; again
shown five times daily with vaude
ibandoned; $21,000.

Great Lakes (Fox) (3,400; 30-40-
75) "The Sinking Fool" and Vita
(\VB). Opinion unanimous and
good; plenty of talk drove the
takings high; estimated over $32,-
000,

Lafoyette (Tndep) (3,400; -35-50)
Hawk's Nest" (I'^N*) and v;iude.
Nothing exciting dospilo excellent
vaude oard; around $13,000.

Movietone at Palace. Seven acts in
all. (5ood show, but feeling com-
petition. Fair at $10,000,

Neighborhoods reported much bet-
tor grosses Sei)tcmber and holding
well current tnonth.

Philadelphia, Ool. 'J,
. . Al Joltton'.s . "Singing Fool" wurf
the sensation last week. For tlio
first six days the Aldine eouldn'l
begin to take care of tlie erouds.
Starting with a capacity midnight
performance Sunday, "Fool" has
liad lines a block .and a half long
ever since. First week's gross: wa.s
reported at $20,000, probably a rec-
ord for the house.

Outside of this business was gen-
erally good. Bankers' convention,
tlie: weather and pictures all played
a part. Stanley, with"The Fleet s
In" and a "Midoceah Itevue,"
claimed about $30,000. Fox., whi.i
"Tho Farmer's Daughter' and
Geoi-go Olson's band, got about $-!»,-
000. "ratriot" pulled about $6,500
at the Karlton, not aulte up to ex-
pectations, and the Arcadia did
$2,500 witli "Hoid 'Fm Yale;" "Thi
Camera. Man" looked uncertain in
its first week at the Stanton at
$13,000, Fox Locust opened "The
Air Circu.s" fairly at $14,000.

This week sees the opening of the
Little Theatre, under direction ef
■Motion Picture Guild, already es-
tabli.shed in Washington and De-
troit. House is just beyond the Kr-
lanijer and .'teats 216. Scale 50 and
75 cents, Philly's familiar .prices.
Policy is . continuous and ripening
picture is "Siegfried."' .

Estimates for the Week

Stanley (4,000; 35-50-75)^"The
Fleet's In" (Par). Clara Bow given
fair recoi)tion; $30,000 with a revue
as presenta-tion feature.

Ald'ne. (1,500; 50-75)-r-"The Sing- |
ing" Fool" and Vita (W B> ..(l.st
week), Snia.sh from the start; be-
twooii $20,000 and $27,000 elaimod.;
probiiblv a hou.se record at sctilr-.

Stanton (1.700; 35-50-75)— "The
Camera Man" (M-G) (1st week).
Buster Keaton; just fair at $13.-
000.

Fox (3.000; 90)— "The' Farmer;s
Daughter" (Fox). Not .so hot, but
Oisen band helped; $28,000 to $29,-
000.

Fox-Locust (1.800; $1)— "Air Cir-
cu.s" (Fox). Started mildly, but
mav pick up; around $14,000.

karlton (1,000; 50-75).— "The Pa-
triot" (Par) (3d week). Off to
$0,500 in second week; good under
circumstances.

Tool' in

Seattle, Oct. 9.
(Drawing Population, 500,000)
Weather: Rainy and Cool

Greatest grosses ever known in
the Pacific Northwest Saturday and
Sunday of last week at the local
West Coast llou.ses. Star identifi-
cation contest played its part.

More people in Seattle are going
to shows than ever before and they
are paying more per time. Yet the
net Is not what it used to be in the
earlier days of the business. Over-
head much greater today.

Just now the talker arid sound
pictures have revived an interest
admittedly ebbing a few months
ago. Fall weather with some rain
is now here. .

'Charlotte Tread way, new feminine
lead at the President, opened last
week, witl» Ko.nneth Dalgncau op-
posite. Miss Ti-oadway was highly
lauded by the. critics.

"Singing Fool" hi.t on all six at
Music Box and looks headed for ah
all time Seal tie record run for a
picture, ft beat all Ha.mrick local
grosses with $17,000 in., first week. •
Estimates for Last Week
Seattle (WC-Pub-L) (3.100; 2!5-
60) "First Kiss" (Par). So. and so
with Harrv L.angdon in person, get-
ting ffuffaws. P,ig oponintr days.
Weakp.ned toward finish, Fanohon
Sc Marco stage idea clover. $19,500,
Fifth Ave. (WO (2,700; 25-00)
'Lilac Time" fFN). With good
pioturo and Uormio Ivin:;'s band
k'onhig thinus tip, $18,500. Big.
Coliseum (\\'<') fl.sno: 2.-) "r.i-.,'
Killing" (Par). Dandy show. $5,200.

Columbia , (D (1.000; . 2.o-5(t)
"Pvoad to Ituin" (ind). Soorm.l wo(!k
H«)C)d all thinK-5 i:unsidorod, Firs't
[liclun- in .'if;"s (o b" h<'ld over a.t

$1,600. I'.lg. Sooond wook.

Blue Mouse illanuiil-: ) (f.'O; f.O-
-,) "faKglit in l''..g" (\VI5). Wind.
$S,400.

Music Box (ITamriok) (1,000; 50-
75) "Singing Fool" (VVP.). Wired.
Xovor such crowds and looks for
crreat run. $17,000. .Tiomarkable for
l,f'00-soator at 75c. Broke all ITam-
riok records.

Winter Garden n.J Chain") (650:

25) "Home, .Tames" (U). Clean and
snappy, P.iz fair. $3,000,

Pantages (1,500; 25-60) "None Bui
tho Dravc" (T'^ox). Picture in liKhlv
and above vaude. Gross okay. $6,300.

Orpheum (2,700; 25-$l) "Gutter
and lOgg Man" (FN). Little better.
$9,700.

President (Duffy) (1,800; 25-$1.25;
"Awful Truth" (Duffy Players).
Charlotte Treadway's Initial bow to
Seattle stock. Ken Daigneau has
real part. Good support, foi- able
acting of leads; $3,400.

Keith stocks wore still being h.eld
Jiaek yesterday, the general . market
condition playing into the hands
of opei-ator.s who are seeking to
draw out long stook to add to tito
shares taken over direct when tho
UCA deiil, now practically set. Is
aotually.. closed.

It inovod sluggishly most oG Iho
day close to and below 31 ci>in-
pared to Its best above 34 last week.
There was heavy soiling when iho
news of the Ilf A merger beeamo
l>nhlIo, getting down to 30. This
was the expected liuuidatiori of
siieculative linos upon the coining
out. of the news.
Thereafter the -show crowd looked
to .see Keith go forward to soino-
whore near 40, the price at which it
is exi.x>ctod the Ivonne(ly stock will
'..e taken. However, such a niove-
moht seemed to be no part of the
plan. It becomes desirable, of
course, for the Keith purchasers
to pick up whatever stock can be
drawn out at this price level, and.
the issue had the appearance Mon-
day and yesterday of being held
in check and churned about for
some such purpose.

B. & K. Soars.
The qpntrary was the case with
Dalban & Katx, which had an ac-
tive play on the Curb. I'aramount
is In thd market for these shares
to complete its, ownership of the
circuit. Last wieek announcement
was mfide of an exchange of stock
on a two-for-one basis payable In
New Paramount Before the formal
announcement was made gradual
buying had gone on and . when
all that could be drawn out around
90 had been obtained, the price
obeyed that Impulse and jumi>ed
about 14 to parity with the ex-
change. At its top it stood at
103 compared to current price of
50 for Par.

Tho Keith turnover was enor-
mous, the total of more than 200.000
shares last week prjbably marking
the greatest .bulk of business in an
amusement i.ssue since they got on
the Board. This week dealings
quieted down.

The Keith pi-eferred stock has
shown greater resistance to pros-
sure than the common. It Is con-
vertible 3 for 1 Into common and
po.ssibilltles of profit should tho
common go to around 40 arc highly
attractive. Yesterday It was sold
afr low as 93
of 103.

Paramount
Summary for

compared to Its best
It.solf was distinctly

Weak yoslerd.iy, w hon liea-N'y linuid-
ation, in llu< form (>f prolit t;iking,-
depressed " prleos thruughotit ' tiie
li.si. The old stock was low near
14:1 an.d tho now at 44. Ijoow hold
elosely to a new low level of 58
and a (r.-iotion, npiiarontly in What
is eaileil.a "re.^t ing period," fol-
lowing its iirlslc .iumn from the low
,"iO',< to around 65:. Some lmiH>rtant ,
showiUon are. firm . in their belief
that LoCw is (ine of tlie host of
tho loner pull .'irnusomenis and are
m;ilnt.iining thoir long position here
fegiirdlos.s. of' what happens olso-
wIkm'o in tho gi-oup. ■

!•'( X appearetl io no. following a
oourso. similar- to l/oow. It has
eased off considerably from its ill
considered leap from 80 to near 120
and its tiaily porCin'mance seems
to substantiate the view down-
town that it is well in hand at
this level,

Warners Quiet Down.
Warners swung , in a range .much
narrower than it.s recent custom.
Little new pl.iy- Is comiiig In on
the long side and its sponsors ap-
|)oar eon tout '.o let It ride between
IOC and 112 for the present. Bid-
ding, has swung uw.'iy from. "A"
stink ai\d toward Lhe "B" lately,
so that tiie former premium on the
"A" has practieaily disappeared and
the. tw') l.s.sijes (the "A" is soon due
for oaling') have been movln.g side
by side. Stanley has been steadier
than Warners this week, moving
yostorilay close to 55, eompared to
.Stanley's 107, >!vhloh Is just below,
parity of the ImpcTuling exchange :
of stocki

It: is pi-ol)able that in addition
to the general reaction In progress
Monday . and . yi'storday. new price
basing by banks for lending money
on Stock lOxchange ' collateral, hit
tlie amusements, especially Warner
and Keith. Brokerage 1u)USos also
notified customers of new and more
dnistic margin reiiuirements • on
these two Issues, the new rulings
oovoring amusements generally and
in particular thosi; that have had
the widest advance.

At. this time the amusements
seem to have discounted future mer-
gor ])o.SHibilitles pretty thoroughly
and h.-ive lost a good deal of their
speculative following. Appears like-
ly they will "rest" for a time un-
til their ■ position at these levels
has boon digested, Pathe, by thtv
way, discounted its prospects mod-
oiatoly in the Kolth-BCA tr.ansac-
tlon. i)ut it did not by any meajis
in.'iko ft demonstration, partly be-
oause the part it wiir play Is ob-
.scure. Noijody knows whether it
will be included in 'he Keith -KG A-
FBO deal or will be held out by
Kennedy for his own ppt-ration or
possible other merger or affilia-
tion..

wcok emllng Saturday.

STOCK

Oct. r.:

EXCHANGE

Jolson at 35c $1,000 Short
Of 2 I^ts, Syracuse

Syracuse,: N. Y.. Ool. !> ;
(Drawing Population, 220,000.
The do luxe theatre with the m:>st
modest box-ofllce scale and tho
city's legitimate playhouse with the
city's top price rah an even race for
grovss the past week. The fSckel, in-
augurating a run for "The Singing
Fool," with a top of 35 cents, rolled
up more than $15,000. The Wietjng,
opening the Syracu.se legit year witli
(feorgo Arliss in"The Merchant of
V'oiiloo," which began lt.<j tratisoon-
tinontal tour of 25 cities here, fol-
lowed by the Friday promioro of
lOthol Barrymore's "The Kingdom of
(io'i]," grossed approximately $16. 000.

Miss Tiarrymore enjoyed a yiriual
.sell-out for all three porforni;i neos
iur $S.500. Both show.s had a top
I.,oow's. Slate, with its first non-
.^vnohronizoil i)ioture in some wofks,
"Tho Camoram.'tn" (.M-CJn duijli-
■o;it'"d tbo oxporionco of other hn-.-il
-Iro VI Koa=t-i I rfi i n g^f rcri n -s( » ij«d=to=Ki=liiii.t-
liusinoss shmiped painiulle and
house did not do more than $S,oon.
Strand's "Sl,itft Street Saile". ( WI'.)
did about $9,000, .or $1,000 mor" th in
the sooond week of "Lilfic Tiino."
TOniolro. holding over "irncle Torn's
Cabin" for a .second week, rr-pori.od
$7.00.'!. Tn th(i first week the h'Uis"
did ii 1,000.

Keith's saw something ovfi-
$14,000.

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10

VARIETY

L I T E R AT I

Wednesday, October 10, 1928

Why and How Jack Conway Wrote Slang

(As written by Jdck himself as a special article in' Variety's Anni- 4
versary Number of December 29, 1926. It was headed: "Why I Write
Slang," and carried his signature as generally used in Variety, in this
•tyle; "By JACK CONWAY (Con):')

In answer to the a])bvo quory I
can truthfully siiy I write slang be*
cau'se at an early age I picked up
a three-a-day habit against food,
Although I have tried all. the known
cui-efi, including a prejudice against
work, I'rn still an addict.

No craving for expression' moti-
vated me when I hung up the An-
ger glove and sliding pads in favor
qf socking a typewriter. A crossed
ligament in the right soup bone had
more to do with the assault than all
the Inhibitions outside of the obser-
vation ward at Bellevue,

As one apt critic put it, "Without
slang he would be dumb," and he
might have' added, hungry.

Slang, in addition to providing mo
with seven flops weekly and three
scoffs daily, has saved me from
night school and made it possible
for me. to get. the pennies without
making .weight for the erudite w-ord
slingers who are big leaguers in t)ic
three-syllable- racket.

Slang Slingers '

r had sense enough to know that
with my 50 -word vocabulary I'd be
a busher in that company, haying
had no minor league experience. I
Was hep that the slang slingers
were not crowding each other and
were . very much in demand, after
the success of the tabs and the
ermy intelligence tests.

Without slang I knew of a lot of
other guys who would be doing pan-
tomime — fellows who Were too busy
chasing calories all their lives to
pick up more than enough words to
get around the night clubs with. It
enabled them to be. as chatty as a
board of directors; and It gave me a
ready-riiade audience.

On Broadway It .was the pay-off,
for we all speak and think it. But
I never knew it could be peddled
until I fell into a job on Variety
and found a home. On this sheet,
where they use the dictionary for a
door check, I could rip and teJir—
and I have.

And I like it. I think "guts" has
It all over "courage;" "clicked" can
outpoint "satisfactory" any time,
iand "brodied" can give "failed'
seven In the rack and bank the last
ball.

Just Natural

In addition, it's my natural medl
um. When I do a Sherwood Ander
son with a hang-over hitting on all
six and turn the mental .spotlight
Inward, It isn't Introspection; it's
the low-down. And when I've
conned myself back to normal and
the dauber Itsri't down, it's not In
tellect triumphant over complex or
ego again in the ascendant — In my
lingo It's beating the horrors, which
probably means the same thing, al-
though you can't prove It by me.

Yes, r am proud to be labeled a
Blangster; to be articulate and un
derstandable to my mob. Slang has
its complexities, just as well as pure
English.

The average reader doesn't differ
entiate between the dese, dose and
dem type of slang and the wise
cracking variety, which has its In
ceptlon jn a desire for colorful
phraseology. It disdains the usual
5.n^d ordinary _speech, dictated by
precedent and g;c)oa"f5fmT '

To. this school belong the para
phrasers and the simile makers
They are inventors In a measure,
. and instead of writing that "Joe
Gllch has attempted an Impossible
• task," they prefer to say "JOe Gilch
■ Is trying to -stop Niagara with
tennis racket."

The Purist in Slang

Most slangstors use the exagger-
ated simile when breaking Into
, print. Its use hais ci'cpt more and
more Into our general language. It's
an everyday occurrence to hear one
ffail say to another: "Powder your
nose, kid; you look like a seal."

But there is the purist In slang as
well as In belles lettres. The guy
who knows ell the gun talk and will
make no concessions to anyone out
side of the mob. ' By the mob I re
fer to. those fortunate Individuals
who can tune in on the conversation

a "fio'ck "clfnri'6ns"and"fOl^
without the aid of a central office
dick or an interpreter.

This bird will necessarily go up
against a select clientele, for no one
but the etymologists will take the
trouble to have hla rave analyzed.
Hbwever's he's a hundred to one to
got a rise dut of the tall forehead.s,
for they are nuts about bizarre T^ecf-s
that are away from the regulation
diet. .

Broadway Slang .

Broadway slang differs from giin
talk as much as Bostonesc from hog
latin. Broadway chatter Is full of
theatrical cracks such as "flopped,"
clicked," "wowed," "kayoed . 'em,"
'knocked 'em bowlcgged," "four
frolics daily," "ten per center," all
of which would be mashed potatoes
to the wi r e wh o b u 2;zes gl i b 1 y a bp li t
mouthpieces," "big house," "head
screw." "gettin" a tail," "right
britch," "Insider," "fish hooks," "Hop
worker,'! "jug touch,'" •"sheet scratch
man,", etc.

The Broadway wisccracker has
probably never heard that a "bas.s
drummer" in certain circles is a
gentleman who socks lonely way-
farers on the^ conk with a .sap In
preference to sticking him up with
a rod and saving the sock for emer-
gencies.

And the cleverest wire who ever
eefed an insider w'ould be aston-
ished to hear that a "milk man"
was a hambo, who stole more bows
than the applause warranted at the
finish, of his act.

By the same token the knight, of
the grease paint wouldn't be hop to
that a "sheet a;nd scratch man" ^yas
cannonesque for a high -class forger,
and the pipcher would never tumble
that "nice people" meant an act
that kicked in more than the u.^ual
vaudeville agent's legitimate com-
mission-
National Slanguage

Every, phase of our complex civ-
ilization and every class have con-
tributed something to what is. fast
becoming a national slanguage. The
bootleg&ers With their "hooch," "rid-
ing," "drums," "tail," . "fronters,"
'fixers"; the underworld with its
jargrfn, almost unintelligible to iin
outsider; the outdoor show game
with its "rag front," "silver men,",
'pitch," "ballyhoo," "grift," "roll
downs," "shills," and hundreds of
other words; racing, with its "front
runners," "morning glories," ".stoom-
ers," "workouts," "wind suckers,":
"pencil men," "chumps," "round
books," "first past," et al.; the road,
with- Its "blanket stiffs," "jungle,"
'rods," "blind," "Mulligan," "main
stem," and the thousand and one
others; the dopes and hop hcad.s,
with their "sterti." "yen hok," "hab-
it," "sul paw," "layout," " "landlord
special," "green pill," "yen shee,"
needle," "hypo"; the army and
navy, with "flops," "dream bags,"
and the war slang bom during the
recent quarrel, and so on ad in-
finituni.

Book of Slang

It Is not beyond the range of pos-
sibility that some day an entire now
language will evolve and that some
pioneer will write a book on it, with
out recourse to what we now know
as pure E.nglish. And why not?
Some-'of the terms and words con-
sidered vulgar 10 years ago have
become harmless and innocuous
through general use. Of such is
"gold digger," not mentioned in po-
lite society until a daring author

Mrs. Ervine's Impressions

Ivconra Mary Brvlne (Mrs, St..
.Tohn Ervine), wife of the New York
"World" critic, writing in that pa-
per, compares a London first night
with a Broadway premiere and
clearly and. dispassionately regrets
the rowdyism ' of her own people
as compared to the composure of
the American metropolis' . theatre-
goes, but chides us for our blaise re-
a-ctlon to the tinsel and gaudlness
of the footlights which, In turn, are
so inspirational to the Engiishman,
be he. a gallery god or a soup^ahd-.
fi.sh's stall occupant.

Mrs, Ervine rings the bell with
her opinion, of qontomporary sar-
torial standards by chucking a bou-
quet at the American worpen but
deriding the carelessness and un-
tidiness of the American man, even
whexi he Is all dressed up?

' Louise Read Passes :

The "Grand old woman of French
letters," Louise Read, ' who Inspired
many an author of European repute
and was herself a -writer of no
mean ability, passed away at the
age" of 83. Her last days were spent
in seclusion in a tiny apartment
hidden' away just . outside of the.
Latin quarter.

Pauline JacobsQn Pies.

Pauline. Jacobson, pioneer San
Ifrancisco newspaper and fiction
writer, died Oct, 1 in Franklin
hospital In the Golden Gate city,
following a long illness. She was
for many years a feature writeir on
the S, F. Bulletin, retiring from
active newspaper work several years
ago. ■

Mary Host to Editors

During their visit to Lbs Ange^les
the group of 14 British newspaper
publishers, from Oct. 31 to Nov. 9,
will be .entertained Nov. at the.
Pickford-Fairbanks home in Beverly
Hills.

appropriated it and used it as
title for his play. There was noth
ing comical about a loose lady to
our-parents, but after a comedy was
fa.s-hioned around her and she was
marked. human, she was admitted to
the national language.

A "pushrftver/' which means
fighter with round heels along caul-
iflower alley, was, by the same tok
en, a dame on. rockers in another
circle. A fight manager could u.s'e
the term in church without a blush,
but in the enviromont wliere per
fume and rosin don't mix, it would
have been given the official knife.

The spread of American^ slang
Isn't confined to - Our own shores.
According to recently returned trav-
elers it Is sweeping England, fol-
lowing in the w;vko of the jazz
craze.

Some students have attributed the
phenomena to the succofis of recent
American slang plays in England
one of which, "Is Zat So?" inserted
a glossary in the program, so the
-limo^-juiccrs,.^wj3uld"- knoW-Wha t it
was all about. They laughed in the
wrong places and In the middle of
the gags, but they loved the slang
just the same, probably thinking it
a survival of the tribal tongues of
the Five Nations.

Variety Is credited with a large
circulation in England, but wti'vc
never been able to figure out why
Maybe that's the answer. They buy
it and- then have It tran.ilated.

George Kllpatrlok, publishor of the
Lawrence-v'Illo Times-Gazette, in his
office,

Kilpatrick some time ago bought
the weekly fi*om Beach. Bea«h
•agreed not to start another paper
Iri the Brunswick territory and It
was further agreed that Beach was
to be employed on the paper. Beach
recently quit the sheet >ylth reports
that he was going to launch an-
other paper. Kilpatrick, says Lewis,
made threats tb kill Beach If he
did. The t-vvo men met on Thursday
last. Without a -word Beach fired
four .shots, killing Kilpatrick, then
he fled to a deserted lot where he
turned the gun on himaelf.

Literary "Bibles"

Bureau of Educa ti.on, of the De-
partment of interior, ha^s picked
four as the "Literary Bibles'* of the
world with; none of those four by
Arnerlcans, They are: the Iliad and
Odyssey of Homer, the Divine Com-
edy of "Dante, the greater dramas
Of Shakespeare, and Goethe's Faust.

A. statement Irom the federal-
educational controlling board In the
United States has. placed these
"Literary Bibles" in revised Read-
ing Course No. 1 as sponsored i>y
the bureau.

.. New Ydrk Circulation

Following are the last circulation
figures covering average daily cir-
culation for the six-month period,
April 1 to Oct. .1 for the English
language ne\yspapers published In
New York, together with' the sahie
figures coverincr the like period end-
ing March 31, 1028:

''■ Oct. ' l' ■
401,656
..1,224,243
.. 13,127
. . S3.484

•292,392
-4,164
5,350

piate in formulating somie simple,
workable, standard rules liU(?nded*
to complete the work already vol-
ur.tai'Ily and Independently begun
by the publi.sliors to ielinilnate
from this field" of publicity an
advertisements of a false and
inisleading nature. In other
woi-ds, as experts In their line,
men actively engaged In this field
are a:sked to assist. In the forma-
tion of rules designed to regulate ^

■ this subject.

Neither this Invitation nor at^i
tendance or repres^'ntatlon at th« •
conference should bo; taken to
niean that those addressed or rep-
resented have knowingly permit-
ted the use of such advertising in
their publications, or have aided
or. abetted advertLsers In decep-
tion ot the public or unfair meth-
ods of competition. Quite th«
contrary is generally true, as
these conferences are usually
urged and brought to a success-
ful termination by those 'in tht
Industry who are obeying th»
law and who -wish not only to
protect the Industi'y. but al.so the ■
public, and the conference Is In
aid. of the splendid Work In this
connectibn which niahy. of th»
periodicals have the.ih.'se.lves

. started.

Public Relations "Counsel"

Columbia University. In Its exten-
sion- depa,rtment is. now offering a
course in publicity methods and
public relations. George Hastings,
public relations counsel of the Astpr
Hotel, Is the class instructor.

Saturday Evening Post for Hoover

Sam Blythe's. story in the Satur-
day Evening Post two' weeks ago
comparing Smith and Hoover as
candidates. was regarded by the Re-
publican campaign managers as
goo'd Hoover propaganda. Tliey are
said to have ordered three million
reprints for distribution throughout
the country.

The Post hesitated about printing
a piece so strongly favoring a can-
didate because the paper has al-
ways been neutral In national poli-
tics. ; When deciding to print the
Blythe article they expected heavy
squawks accompanied by cancella-
tlo'n of subscriptions. The mails
brought less than a score bf com-
plaining letters and not one sub-
scription was cancelled.

Daily Mirror
Daily News .
News Record
Racing Form
Running. Horse. ,
Eve, 'World . . . . .
Exhib, Review . ,

Film Daily

Jour, of Com. . , ,
Morn. Telegraph
American ......

Eve. Graphic . .

Eve. Journal.

Eve. Post .... . .

Herald Tribune
Telegram ......

Times . . ;

Sun , 285,464

Wall St. Journal. 39,381
Woman's Wear.. 30^244
Morn. World ..... 368,090

Lorimer's Birthday Party

George Horace Lorimer, editor of
the Saturday Evening Post, gave his
first birthday party last week. It
was the occasion . of reaching his
60th. birthday. . He never would have
thought of celebrating had not
George Bye suggested it.

Event was staged In the private
dining room in the Post's building,
Philadelphia. Attending were a,
number of writing fellows, hard and
so'ft boiled. Included -wei'e Rube
Goldberg, Franklin P, Adams, Arr
thur Bugs Baer, Alexander Wo'oll-
cott, William McGeehan, Eddie
Cantor, Laurence Stallings and
Dave Friedman.

Stallings' Idea

Laur(»nce Stallings has declared
himself out of active writing for
the stage and pictures. Not that
he has entirely quit, but, hereafter,
he will have no part in rehearsal.s
and the detail annoyances of being
on the spot. He' has purchased a
400 -acre farm In Danville, Va., re
tiring there to write.

Stallings plans to have future
plays first printed in book form
with sta,ge prcsentaiUon possibly
following. .

O'Connor's Book

"Broad-vvay Raciteteers," by Jcihn
ny O'Connor, is shortly to he pub
li.shed by Boni & Liveriglit. The
title is most eloquent ancl. will
Johnny's knowledge, be.s-idos stylo
.w-hatcver=^the^pricfi.^Jbn y.

Fatal Gun Play

Commonwealth Attorney K. A
Lewis of Brunswick County, A'a.
has expressed the belief that J. B
Beach, former newspaper publisher
of Lawrencevillo, "Va., and a nephew
of Rex Beach, the author, died last
woMt as the result of .i duel. Beach
died Oct, 4 from a self-inflicted pi.s-,
tol shot "Which he fired after killing

.23,920
42,851
341,658
295,645
635„401
89,2(55
323,913
235,578
459,800.

April 1

432,440
1,226,561
13,219
19,336
18,336
302,521
3,413
5,320
25,496
• 37,094
337,741
297,084
680,115
77,049
316,061
209,388
. 447,651
262,152
. 35,364
. 30,212
368,629

Dempsey's Trio Weekly

Jack Dempsey has a. new contract
with King Features for three ar-.
tides weekly. . One will deal witii
celebrities the eX-heavy charrip has^
met.. Others will be concerned with*
general sports news and physical
exercises, Frank G, Menke, . sports,
editor of International News Serv- '
ice, is Dompsey's ghost writer.

♦Filing of statement delayed.

A new novel of theatrical life Is
"Angel Child," by Grace Perkins,
published by Rae D. llenkle^of New
York. Miss Perkins Is in pri-vate
life Mrs. Fulton Oursler. In addi-
tion, ,she has appeared on the stage.

Mags Combine

Maneuvering on the part of The
Outlook and The Independent for
one to purchase the other, was won
by the former. It will combine the
two and call it The Outlook and
Independent, First joint issue, will
be on Oct, 24, . Covering the same
field, both weeklies had done rather
so-and-so, and the only way out
wa.s by an amalgamation. Francis
R, Bellamy, editor of The Outlook,
will be in charge of the combined
publication.s.

Poets on Reverse

Alfred A. Knopf, the publisher,
will have an Engll.sh branch of his
concern, know-^n as Alfred A. Knopf,
Ltd., with headquarters in London.
The organization was effected by
Mrs. Knopf; wife of the publisher,
who is her husband's assistant In
the business.

Success of Knopf and his wife in
their publishing enterprises disap
proves the theory that poets don't
make good business i>eople. Both
were poets before .turning to. the
business end of the publishing in
dustry.

The True Story Bunk

. Literary aspirants wbo pour in
their fiction for the True Stories
page of the Dally News need a lot
of endurance before they get
through. Ninety per cent of this
capsule fiction is. ground out by the
boys, on the staff. Outside romanc
ers u.sually Svait five to 10 w'ceks
for a decision on their stuff — 'gen
erally takes the form of a fat en
vclopc and thanks.

The Mirror is acting rallier huffy,
too, of late.

Trade Conference

A conference has been called by
the Federal Trade Commission in
New York Oct. 9 at the Waldorf-
Astoria hotel, of publi.'ihoi-'S of perl
odicals, with this objective rx
pres.sed in Mie eoniniission'a notifl
cation:

The purpose is to .i^ivc all con-
rorned an opportii'nil y to parlici-

John Held is Con-sta-bule
John Held, Jr., was elected conr
stable of. Weston, Conn. He beat
his Republican opposition by A.
single vbte for the board of relioft ;
of the town. Held goes after th^*,
dern speeders. . .';

Barry Conners, Allan Dlnehart.'
and Claiborne Foster, citizens ojf""
the village, were bri the ca.mpaigh'"
cbmmlttee which swept Held . Into
office.

Merk's Idle Prize

That $500 prize offered by the
American Mercury to the journalist
submitting the best a.rticle on
journalism seems to have aroused
little response to date.

The editors are threatening to
divide this prize between the .Amei;- ;
lean Civil Liberties Union and the
Association Opposed to the Prohi-
bition Amendment In case none of
the articles submitted by Oct, 15,
when the contest closes, are deemed
worthy of printing.

Famous Parody

"The Ballad of Yukon Jake," a
parody on the vei-ses of Robert W.
Service, written by Edward E. Par-;
amour, Jr., one of the authors, of
"Ringside," Will be . publl.shed In
book form by Coward & McCann,
Rockwell Kent will illustrate.

Publicity Travesty .

"Babe Evanson" is the title of a,
book burlesquing life In New York
publicity departments which . Is go-
ing to the Century pres-ses.

It is the work of Cathferine Birody
who contributes to the American
Mercury and other such things. -

Youngest Mag Editor

Girls are commencing to tell their,
age.

. Like Natalie Messenger, who Is
21, and says ' she's younger than.
Delight Evans, No dli'ty dig in that,
just a matter of record as to the
youngest magazine editor, "Variety;
said It was Delight— Natalie says
it's herself. She's on Secret.s, too,
a Ramer Reviews periodical.

Burns Mantle on Playwrights

As soon as he has c6mi)leted his
annual compilation, "Best Pla,ys of
1927-8," Burns Mantle, dramatic
critic of the New York Daily News,
is to start work on a volume of
short biographies of American i)lay-
Wrights. Ho may make that an an-
nual, too, if it gets arroas, taking
'th7;-~^!^!?onal==TiT'\\'>^pl;i y\v-isffli l^=^as
his .subjects.

Chester Hope Rescued

Cho.'^'tcr Hope, recently he;id of
Universal Service anil until this
week organizing editor of IIear.st'8
new B(>e-Xews in Omaha, has been
rosfucd from oxUe to Ix'con-ie Jack
Lait's a.ssist.'int on King Featvu-eS
Syndicate magazine staff.

Wednesday, October 10, 1928

VARIETY

11

JACK "Con" CONWAY, ordered
to Bermuda for a four-weeks*
rest because the island had no phone
cable, died there Oct. 2, four days
after he and his wife had landed.

It was a sWi ft passing for the great-
est natural writer of slang on the rec-
cord. No one had the slightest suspicion Jack's ailment could be fatal. An
eminent New York specialist, had recommended Bermuda for a full recovery
from a recurrent and painful but not prolonged nor aggravated chest con-
vulsion. Before consulting the ^ecialist Jack thought it was indigestion. The
diagnosis after four days of X-rays and other methods gave a slight muscu-
lar dislocation in the wall of the heart, which i bed-rest would cure. If
disregarded, it could become chronic and then serious, was the remainder of
the report.

When Jack told the boys in tlie office of the expert opinion, he laughed
' it off and said to his wife :

"Arab, if this is a fluttering heart and it gets me, lam right to Baltimore
and collect that $42 Johns Hopkins gives up for a flutterer."

After reaching Hamilton, Jack wrote letters to home folks in his lively way,
with no complaint. He reached Bermuda Friday morning. On Saturday night
the pain came again, this time the most severe attack. It terrified his wife and
Jack must then have realized. The next recurrence was the following Tuesday
evening, when he went out.

Though the Conv^ays actually did not know of his heart condition until
. about three weeks before death, that condition must have been slowly advanc-
ing for several years. Jack never remembered his father, who died of heart's
disease when Jack was four. In reaching his diagnosis, the specialist informed
Jack that turning so abruptly from a highly
active life to a sedentery life years ago, and
again his continued cigaret smoking, besides
the poison gin so abundant in Hollywood,
where Jack recently was for a year, along
with the heavy quantity of coffee Jack drank
—as many as 15 cups a day — all contributed
to his heart affliction. His coffee and cigarets
were shut off totally and immediately.
Recognition

The New York dailies were splendid to
Jack Conway as a. word coiner, slang- creator,
humorist and writer. That he but received gen-
eral recognition at death may have been his
misfortune in having employed his natural gift
only upon a sheet such as Variety. Jack liked
Variety and the Variety boys loved Jack; that
may explain why he never vvorked oh any other
paper.

But as much as tKe Variety bunch recognized
Jack's extraordinary gift in y/riting, a gift never
approached as far as any Variety man knows
by another slang user, the Variety boys always
saw in Jack what they thought was the most re-
markable boy and man in principle and char-
acter to ever cross their horizon.

Jack Conway was a tall, handsome fellow,
of athletic physique. Hfe was welcomed in any
company and easily mixed everywhere. Jack
knew the underworld and the upper world, up-
town and downtown; east and west side. He «
had mixed with the crooks and the dips of Har-
lem when a boy; he was looked upon by them
as their friend ; they followed him into Vari-
ety's office for advice from time to time; he knew tlie inside and outside of
Times Square and was probably the most popular newspaper man the Square
has ever held ; he had withstood and passed up any, and all kinds of temptation,
with Jack Conway dying at 40 without ever having been in ajam of any kind
in his entire life.

A Magnificent Mother

There was great stock in Jack Conway but it was also the love and respect
he held for his magnificent mother tliat always held him aloof from wrong.

Mrs. Anna V. Conway came to New York a widow* 35 years ago when
her son was five years old. She became a school teacher in the Bronx, finally
r<^tfring on the age limit as a principal, to go with her boy to the coast. Mrs.
Conway, who lost her only other child," a at 1 2, survives Jack,

living in their home at 3464 Knox place* Bronx.

During those long years of the rearing of her son and her idol, with all of
the fears and tribulations only a widow can go through with a boy who is in
demand everywhere, the mother finally saw her son come through as a lead-
ing and literary light of the rather extensive family of Conway in the Albany-
Troy vicinity.where Jack was born as John Whitie Conway.

In August of last year while on the coast and shortly after reaching there,
Jack and Bertha Brown were married. Miss Brown had been for some time
and still is the secretary to the publisher of Variety.

Wliile on the coast, where he did title writing for Paramount and other
picture producers. Jack unknowingly was slowed up in his work by creep-
ing affliction. At that time he thought and treated it as indigestion, when he
should have been under the care of a heart specialist. With his wife in Vari-
ety's office in New York, Jack decided to return, driving back in his car
with his mother, and making the trip in 12 days.

Slang

In speaking of Jack as a user of slang in his reviews and stories in Variety
always signed Con there is nothing to be told to any Variety reader otiier
--^^^than tlTe'=facility =with whi

doubtful if there will be another Jack Conway in that way for generations
if ever. For besides although never credited, Jack's writings always have dis-,
closed that he was it rare humorist.

As he grew up and mostly hanging around the uptown dally newspaper

CON

offices of 1 2 5th street. Jack became*
acquainted with Johnny O'Connor,
then an usher in Percy Williams' Al-
hambra Theatre. Johnny was picked
out of the ushering job to become a
Variety office boy. Johnny swiftly ad-
vanced on the tlien youthful Variety
and one day asked that his friend

Conway be given a job.

Jack had been a street car conductor for a few days, in tlie times when a
conductor was expected to split 80-20 with tlie company until the company
found it out. When the company did. Jack went baseballing, playing semi-
pro and finally with the Brooklyn Federals. These were mentioned by Johnny
as Jack's qualifications for newspaper work, along with the added fact that
he had been a vaudeville actor for one day at Proctor's 125th Street theatre.
Johnny said it was one day but Jack said it was one performance, as a half
of a two-man cross fifing act.

The break sent Jack to work on Variety as an advertising solicitor. In abou^
two months Jack complained, stating that when lie solicited show people he
would forget advertising talking shop, and thought he was a washout. After
another month Jack said it was no use; he just couldn't on the ad thing but
would like to try writing.

If has . been thie theory on Variety diat no one of the staff could be worse
than the other, Jack was sent but to review a vaudeville show. To give him
the proper slant on what he had missed as an actor. Proctor's 23rd Street
was the assignment. It was two-a-day vaudeville. His notice on the show went
into the waste basket. Other notices^ went the same way. His knowledge was
fine but his expression not.

No Preparation

Jack was asked to write his notices exactly
as he saw the shows and thought, and from that
ffm^.. came his first slang article which was printed.

After that day Jack Conway never wrote a
show notice on Variety that was not printed.
His Variety work was only otherwise interrupt-
ed by the War. He enlisted in the Navy, as-
signed to the "Ohio" as doctor's assistant.

Jack would come into Variety's office after
seeing a Palace yaudevlUie bill, reach here about
1 1:15. turn in his copy by 1 1.45 and drive
home. Ofttime it was a slangy, critical review
of acute perception that missed nothing on the
program and would cause talk in Times Square
if not elsewhere for the remainder of the week.
He wrote his slang without pre-thought and
wrote his notices in slang more quickly than the
other boys wrote theirs in such English as any
Variety reviewer does. Jaclc never asked to see
a proof or rewrote any portion of a review, once
he had turned it in.

About three years ago Hugh Kent, former- -
ly managing editor of thie New York Morning
Telegraph, wrote a story on Variety for the
American Mercury. In it Mr. Kent classed Jack
as America's master of slang. It was the first
national mention of Jack Conway in his proper
sphere. Previously Christopher Morley, noted
among the literati, had quoted Jack's reviews
in his literary columns, and years before, Sam
Blythe had referred to Conway.

Brilliancy Plus
In slang Jack wrote with brilliancy plus.
His expriession was emphatic, his style illuminating and entertaining. He never
drew personal attention to a new slang phrase or coinage, letting his work
speak only. There is no question that during Jack's 15 years with Variety,
he contributed most liberally to the present vogue of slang, not through Variety
which held him down, but through the writing thieves who stole from him.

In his critical work on Variety Jack was a specialist upon vaudeville, bur-
lesque and musical comedy, besides being a spoi-ts writer on either fights or
baseball. He had declined offers to go on the dailies. His name and his cre-
ation of forecasting winners of fights with the proper odds in Variety were
stolen by the New York Mirror, which employed both for a long while, re-
gardless of Jack or ethics. It was then a Hearst paper.

Kind Friends

CTiarles MacArthur, the playwright and his bride, Helen Hayes, had
been on the boat with the Conways. Though on their honeymoon, they took
the bereaved young widow into their bungalow at Hamilton and gave her
consolation. Mr. MacArthur handled all the sad details in Bermuda which
such a tragic catastrophe occasions. The Mac Arthurs were of invaluable aid
and solace. ,

The remains were returned to their native land on the steamer "Fort Vic-
toria," arriving Monday morning. Mayor Walker, who wz^s extremely fond
of Jack, offered a municipal boat to meet the ship and bring the casket to
New York City. Solemn mass services were held at St. Malachy's church on

49th street, in the immediate environs of his happy pursuits — Times Square

yesterday and the auto funeral cortege drove to Albany under official convoy
of State troopers to be interred in the family plot.

Broadway in Tears

Broadway broke into honest tears. For Jack Conway was the apotheosis
of Broadway's soul. He was its poet laureate, its interpreter, its biographer,
its historian. Because he made Broadway laugh, he made Broadway cry. Be-
cause he loved Broadway, Broadway loved him. Because he belonged, Broad-
way let him take liberties with Broadway. Because he wrote as he thought,
Broadway thought^as-he^wrotCr - B

him on the Square. And because 4ie is no more, Broadway is disconsolate.

The Variety gang is in sackcloth and ashes. For of all Broadway, they
knew him best; they worked side by side with him, they played side by side
with him — and they bow their heads today — still at his side.

»»

12

VARIETY

PICTURES

Wednesday, October 10, 1928

Mayer's Attention to Talkers
Carries Him to Auditions in N. Y.

J.oiiis B. JMnyer, procUiciiiR head
ot Motvo-dolclwyn-Mayer, in Mew
. York for a semi-annual lay off from,
the Ktrupslos of a HollyAvoo<l lot
guara.ian, appoars to be spending
his time attcntlinp auditions at the
Astor. tlioatre.

Mr. Mayei' stated. he looked upon
the aiiditioii .attendance as neces-
eary in view of the exactitude over
candidates for talking pictures from
the legit. He would not express an
opinion upon pro.spects or mention
the names of the legits reviewed.

During hiJ? visit east Mayer vis-
ited the Republican nominee, Her-
bert Hoover at the latter' s Wash-
ington home. Messrs. Hoover and
Mayer arc. strong personal friends
and have been for years. Mayer is
by' preference a Republican. He
may make, another call, upon Mr.
Hoovei- before shortly returning
west.

Asked if he considered dialog as
staple as soiind in the future pic-
ture business, Mr. Mayer emphat-
ically replied in the afllrmatiye, He
Bpoke with an expression of con-
fidence in the talking feature, pre-
dicting big things for it and for his
MrG-M company as a pro'ducer of
talker.s.

GANG'S FAN MAIL

Los Angeles, Oi-t. 3.
As a result of the tour of
Hal Roach's "Our Gang," the
fan mail received for the kids
at the studio has tripled. Half
of the lettors are from adults.

YicWs Coast Sound
Plant Ready Oct. 25

Victor Talking Machine Com
pany.'s new iloUywood building for
the "matrix and pressing plant will
be turned over to the company by
the . builders Oct. 25. It will be in
practical operation by the pnd of
the. year.

.The recording studios are still in
process of construction.

The idea is . for West coast pro
ducers to complete the musical
synchronizations and ship every-
thing from that point. This will
ease the pressure on the eastern
end, where Victor's Camden, N. J.,
home plant has been taxed abnor-
mally. Camden will continue to
service for eastern production.

As it is now, everything fropi
Hollywood mu.st be shipped east
fov handling in New York and
Camden as to scoring and actual
recording and .synchronization.

3 Par. Directors Doing
Sound and Silent Versions

Los Angeles, Oct 9.

For the fust time since it began
recording dialog J'aramount is as-
signing dirqctors to the vocal as
well as the silent versions. This
step is in accordance witli the
policy outlined at the beginning,
that this added responsibility would
gradually be .mposed on directors.

The first order names three men.
They are Roland V. Leo, "Wolf of
Wall Street"; Richard Wallace,
"Shop Worn An.gel," and Mai St.
Clair, "The Canary Murder Caf^c"

Warners Consolidating
Departments for Speed

Warner Bros, will merge all Vita-
phone departments with like sec-
tions in their producing company.

WMiore AVi.rners maintained two
sales departments both will now
come under the Warner .sales chief,
Sam Morris, with Paul Swift, AMta-
phone sales heq.d, in charge of the
talker department, but accountable
on all sales to Morris.

The same is ti'ue of the other de-
partments, including the publicity,
which will give A. P. Waxman the
right of way.

No one will be let out, it ^is
learned, there being no duplication
of effort.*-: obvious at this lime.

While practically no ieconomy in
•budgets will be effected, it is. fig-
ured that this napve will expedite
general interests ' and insure a
gr.eatei' solidarity which will rro-
duce a maximum speed.

It is said the same policy will
hold true for all other interests the
Warners gain full control of in the
fut re. ; In such cases, as the pres-
e. t with yitaphone, the llnal word
in all departments will be up to
the Warner nian.

Shurlock's New Position;
Cutting Useless Scenes

Los Angelo.s, Oct, 9.
With the elevation of Geoffrey
Shurlock, of the studio reading de-
partment, to scenario edltoi', Para-
mount has created a neW position—
despite its familiar title— in pic-
tures.

It is Shurlock's duty . to analyze
all film scripts at the studio, just
before final production plans arie
launched. He Is to nose out .soft
•spots and possibilities for the con-
densation of scenes and sequences.
Although inevitably familiar with
the stories to be fllmlzed. the scripts
come to him cold so that he has a
fresh viewpoint, not colored by long
story conferences or extensive mull-
ing over scenes and development
of plot.

Shurlock won the position after
he had taken a 700-scene script of
a picture now in production, picked
a mushy ppot In it and cut out 150
script scienes, greatly reducing the
prospective overshooting, therfeby
saving the company many ^thoii-
sands of dollars. To a le.s.ser de-
jgree, he had done the same thing on
previous scripts.

. HAYS' EVENING CALL

A club atmosphere prevails
In the reception room at the
Hays hendquarteys.

Some, one stuck a card ovei*
a conspicuously placed bell
button, reading: "Night Bell."

32 SOUND SHORTS

Christie's Gont^^^ct With Para-
mount — Studio Resumes Work

Los Angele.s, Oct. 9.

Charles Christie is back from
New York holding distribution con-
tracts with Parjimount for produc-
tion. In addition to usual number of
two-reel comedies, a- series of 32
talking shorts. Most of the extra,
subjects will be based on one act
plays. Some of the talking shorts
also will be based on Negro stories
of Octavlus Roy Cohen.

The Christie studio resumed work
yesterday on the fourth of eight
subjects in "Confessions of a
Chorus Girl," featuring Frances
Lee.

Labor Complaints

Lbs Angeles, Oct. 9-
Zuck Jones .Film Corp., named
defendant in a complaint lllcd with
the State Labor Commission by
Loretta Fitzpatrick to collect
$369.55 said to be due 56 extras
whom 6he represents as agent.
Amounts range from 12.50 to $20
and represent work don© last June.

Four complaints were filed
against E, D. Horkheimer, former
motion picture producer, totalling
$222,75, for alleged work In the
Hollywood [ Immortal Alodels bally-
hoo at the recent Pacific Exposition
at Long Beach. Goniplainants
were Lee Conkright, posing, $87.50;
Merry Farrell, posing, $93.50; Ce-
cile Farrell. cashier, $20.76; Mrs.
Kathcrine Farrell, cashier, $15.50.

Five complaints were filed against
the College Inn by musicians. These
were'^Ira F. McCullogh, $39.97; W.
T. McGee, $38.97; B. M. Riley.
$22'84; Irving R. Pratt, $22.84.

Complaint was made against the
Broadway theatre (Sutki.n and Co-
hen) by Marjorie Bishop, usher, for
$12.77 In wages. -

Fred Fleck Returns

B'red Fleck is back at ranunpunt's
Astoria, L. I., studios a.s casting
director.

Fleck was. with Par .sovei al years
ago, doing the main easting for
the eastern made films, ^yhen the
L. .1. shop closed its film making.
Fleck went to the west coast.

EASTMAN CUTS
ORCHESTRA
FROtt70 TO 28

Starts with Completion of
Photophone Wiring — Lost
$200,000 Last Year

$75 for Mrs. Nigh Enough
For Director, Too

Los Angeles, Oct. 9.

William Nigh, picture. . director,
was limited to $75 a week living
expenses for himself pending set-
tlement of his wife's divorce ac-
tion. Mrs. Nigh is receiving $75
weekly and Judge Elias Ro.senkranz
said that if that was enough for her
it was enough for him.

However, Nigh can spend up to
$600 a week for entertaining and
othr-r ontorprlses in the line of his
duty as a director.

L. A. to N. Y.

Edwin Justus Ma^'or. .
.Toiih G. fiacirnijuiii:
Ben StolofC.
Howard Sheehan.
Marshall Neilan.
lerbert Wilcox.
l!ornie Fineniah.
Mr. and Mrs. B. P. !^' l;u!l>i i g.
Elizabeth Meohan ;
I'aul Pejo.s
Benjamin Stoloff
Joe Pincus
.lane Shore
Ahe Stern
Zonia ICarlov

FREEDMAN'S BRIDGE SERIES

Los. Angeles, Ocl. 9.
"Haniucl Freedman I'roduolions
has taken offices in Tec-Art studio.
I Frcedinan was formerly, an official
'of the Fine Arts studio prior , to
[-It.s purchase by -Tiffany-Stahl. . .
I Company will make six feature
: pictures and a iseries of 12 auction
! lu ldge single reelers, the latter in
' Technicolor. Milton C. Work is
featured in the card subjects.

All of the product will be state
righted with prpduclion to start
Nov. '1.-

N. Y. to L. A.

Vivian Mose.s.
Hal Roach.
[Marion Davies
Frances Marlon
Pete Smith
Joe Cohn
John Gilbert
II. E. Edington

No U. A. Radio

Washington, Oct. 9.
.United Artists was ruled in de-
fiiult last week, when their- attorney
failed to appear for the scheduled
hoaring on an application for a
point to point broadcasting station
in California.

This automatically rules the pic-
lure company out.'

L'juvorsal and Paramount both
have applications ])cnding with
I (InloK for hoarings yet to be sot.

James Pays $25,000 for
Exhibs Daily Review

Arthur James, publisher and edi-
tor of Motion Pictures Today, trad^
weekly, has purchased the Kxhibi-
tors Dally Review, for $25,000.
James printed under his signature
in the daily trade paper Monday
his purchase along with the usual
declaration of . everything as the
policy.

It is understood that Biir Wil-
kerson, who recently took over the
operation of the Review for Wil-
liams, its former owner, will con-
tinue under James, on a sizeable
weekly drawing account against a
piece of one-third of the net, Wil-
kerson gave the lifeless .sheet sbrhe-
thing of a spurt In the short time
of his handling.

James is said the have paid $15,-

000 In cash and the remiainder In
notes to cover the consideration.
He Is asserted to have one or two
of the same financial backers
among picture men for the new

1 venture who have financed his
trade weekly.

The Daily Review was reported
some weeks ago offered to the Film
Daily, leading daily trade paper of
the picture business, for $2,500.
Jack AUcoate and Red Kann of the
Film Daily, agreed to buy at that
figure, for the purpose of suspend-
ing the Review. When the price
was Jumped to $3,500 on them the
next January,' they walked. Some
months pi'evlously the Daily Film
Daily group had refused to pur-
chase the paper at any price.

James expects to be active on
both of his isheets, contemplating,
a division of material between
tiiem that will avoid cbhfiict in rep-
etition. '

Christies' Added Output
Of jParamouiit Talkers

Refuting reports of downward re-
vision of comedy output for Para-
mount, Christies make known It has
closed with that distributor for a
new series of talking comedy shorts
in addition to the silent subject.s
regularly on Ifs schedule.

New arrangement calls for 32
subjects for release during this
seasoui In the group will be a col-
lection of one-act plays. Another
item will be the Roy Octavus Cohen
stories of colored life, enacted by
negro players with sound.

Production will continue at the
same time on the Christie program
of silent shorts for PanT^-of which
half have been completed.

Buffalo, N. Y., Oet. 8.

Eastman theatre,. Rochester, ac-
cording to Information from a re-
liable source reaching here, will an-
nounce a new policy for the Iloches-
ter house at the time the Photo-'
phono Avired" equipment is installed
about a month hence.

This includes the leaving of Vic-
tor Wagner, co-dlrcctor with Guy
Fraser Harrison of the Eastman or-
chestra, and, cutting of the. brche.s-
tra from 70 to 28 pieces, it is un-
derstood. Rochester nowspapr rs- are
either discreet or Ignorant of the
situation, since not a line has been
printeil.

Musicians affected are union inen,
cotnprising the"' Rochester IMiil-
harmonic Orchestra, with <erla.ih
additions. It is evident that ihe
Philharmonic . is not to be dis-
continued, as Eugene Gooss»>n.s is
back in Rochester to-d>rect it and
several concerts have bten pro-
gramed.

Competition Is reported as the
sole reason for the move. Sound
pictures at two other Rochester
houses are getting the cruwds, and
that, coupled with internal dissen-.
Bion culminating recently in the
resignation of Mana;ger Eric T.
Clarke at the Eastman, are believed
to have forced a new policy.

Geqige Eastman is understood to
have lost some $260,000 on the house
last year, although it was operated
tax free as an institution of public
education. At that, those in the
khpw see no rea.son why he should
carry, such a heavy expense unless
the public turns out in good num-
bers, which has not been the case
of late.

Talker Held Up 3 Days;
Equipment Went Wrong

Los Angeles, Oct, 9.

Production on the dialog se-
quences of M-G-M's • "Bellamy
Trial" was held up three days when
the s.pund recording equipment, just
installed, refused to function.

M-G-M started recording the pic-
ture at the Po.ramount sound stage,
but transferred ■ to tlje home lot
when it.'J own equipment wa,s in-
stalled. . *

Solo Femme Role

Los Angeles, Oct. 9.
/Bji^nc Ellis, signed by Pathc to
play only feminine part in "Leather-
necks," featuring William Boyd,
Alan Hale and Robert Armstrong.
Nena Quartero was originally
chosen for the part but it was later
switched to Miss Ellis, by Ralph
Block, the producer.

4C O S X U M E

PRODTTCTIONS
BXPLOITATIONa
PRESENTATIONB

. COSTUAAES'

VON BECHTOLSHEIM HURT

Baron Von Ufchtolshi-im, fxocu-
tlvo in tho local Ufa ollico, is suf-
fering from injuries snstaincd . in a
recent auto accident in Bronxvillo.
Ten stitc!he.<5 were taken.

Von Ilochtolsheim was ordered to
nniain in a hospital ptMiding deter-
mlnatkm of the extent of internal
harnu

MUUrS NAME CHANGE

Los Angeles, Oct. 9.
Muni Weisenfreund Will see his
na:me in lights as Miini Wise. Fox
studio officials siy the first .screen
appearance of the player will be . as
a star.

This muHi. wias decided a^ter they
had seen and heard his- first te.<jts.

Trailers by Post Allowed
To &iter Great Britain

W^ashington, Oct. 9.
Although the importation of com-
mercial shipments of picture films
into Great Britain by letter, printed
pappr, commercial paper, or .sample
po.st, has been prohibited, arrange-
ments have been made and are now
in operation permitting bona fide
trailers (samples) of po.sitives or
negatives, intended for demonstra-
tion only, to be admitted by siun pie
post.

Department of Commerce in ad-
vising the industry says each pack-
age must bear the full nam»^ and
address of the addressee and must
also be addressed 'Care of Officer
of Customs and Excise, Mount
Pleasant "Depot, General Voki Of-
fice, London, W. C."

A statement must al.so be placed
on the package to the eff*'ct the
contents are bona fide samples,
with description and footage. A
white l.abti" 'bcfirinff" ' Tlre^ word
"Films" in plain black letters must
also he affixed to each package.

A post office clearance fee of six-
pence, collected on delivery, is. as-
sessed on each package.

Roach Not Using Special
Stages for Sound Output

Los Angcle.s, Oct. 9.
Hal Roach studios has joined the
revolt against sound proofed stapes
for talking films. A faction out here
contends sound proofing is not nec-
essary.

Roach will utilize ai structure now
.standing on its back lot which ha.s
hollow tile walls and, proven by
-tostr-ls=adaptable,^to_iio.untL..pnQdu.t^
tio/i.

Robert McGowan, Roach director,
is now in the east regarding .>;ound
equipment.

Sound Dedication.

Los Angelef:, Oct. 9.
William Fox is issuing f;in..-y in-
vitations for the dedication of the
sound studio at Fox Hills, Oct. 28.

BETTY COMPSON'S COMMISH

Los Angeles, Oct. 9.

Betty Compson has been sued
for $1,500 unpaid commi.«!sions by
the Edward Small Co.

Case is on the calendar for Nov.
16. .

* M-G Grooming Asther

Los Angeles, Oct. 9.

Nils Asther is being groomed by
M-G-M to take the plaice of John
Gilbert in fviture high t.lood pres-
sure romances.

Asther will be co-starreil with
Greta Garbo in a p<:.-rii-.« of pic-
tures.

McElwain Trails tVtcMahon.

TjOs Angeles, Oct. 9.
Don McElwain .succeeds Henry
McMahon as head of Pathe's Coast
^^luhliv^ity^depai'tinent

McElwain was recently bu.'^incss
manager for 3uck Jones.

Billie Dove's Glyn Story.

Los An.ircles, Oct. 9.
Billie Dove will be starred liy
. irst Nation. .1 in "Tne. Man and tlU'
Moment" by Elinor Glyn. .
" George Fitzmaurice is to direct.

Sketch as Full Length

"Tlu- .Kounder," the iii;.>l</t in
whi.ch J. C. Nugent wrote-; . ''-nd ap-
peared in- for some limf hi vaU(l<'.

Jia.' ^-.Aieen-.sd.U I. to „M"ti.!.--'.L?il'l.vv^v.rjL- .

Mayer.

It will be adapted into ;> ftsHr.
length- i.'dker by Kaii)h .^i^'ii''''.

Wallace Mactfonaid Acting Again
Los An}:< l' ' " t. i*.
Wallac;- MacDonaM. di-
rcfiting ^hort conicdi' > : mI i'-..' ■•!r< s.
will be (Opposite Anna Q. Nilsson in
a film for FUG.

Wednesday, October 10, 1928

V A R I E T Y

13

pin another medal on him!

q Filmdom has very few authentic production geniuses. Erich von Stroheim belongs in the
select company that you can count on the fingers of one hand. Producer of masterpieces
that make money, q in "The Wedding March " he has done it again! The two years since
his "Merry Widow" he has devoted to the creation of this, the greatest of all von Stroheim
pictures. Torrents of money, effort and box office value have been poured into "The
Wedding March." q Results show! Reports already received from pre-release openings
brand it without question one of the mightiest money-makers of the year! Reviewers and
the public rave about the dazzling spectacle of this flaming romance of old Vienna. The
brilliant von Stroheim touches. The breath-taking scenes in Technicolor. The inspired
acti^ of von Stroheim and beautiful Fay Wray. § Erich von Stroheim, ^ w^
medal on you for "The Wedding March"! Silent or with its magnificent musical score and
sound effects, it is your greatest achievement! Worthy to stand beside "Wings" and "The
Patriot" and the other history-making productions that make this

VARIETY

Wednesday, October 10, 1928

But The

IGG

"T 111

This Ad is written while the Qreatest
record-breaking feat of the pictr^
season is taldng place

CAPITOL THEATRE, N. Y
SMASHES EVERY RECORD
IN ITS NINE YEARS
EXISTENCE!

Because it*s playing

OUR DANCING
DAUGHTERS

with, exquisite

JOAN CRAWFORD

John Mack Brown— Nils Asther
Dorothy Sebastian — ^Anita Page
directed by HARRY BEAUMONT

The BIGGEST {Qetthatn PICTURE HOUSE HIT OF THE DAY

CHICAGO

Sensational ax
Oric<\tai

MEMPHIS

At State
omstanding businest

COLUMBUS

OhioThcatre's
imosh week

DETROIT

Broke records at Capitol
Moved to Adatris.for a ruhl

SAN FRANCISCO

Broke Warfield record,
Broke State record
. second weck^
Mot/ed to Boulevard third
big week " '

LOUISVILLE

Panicked them
at the State

CLEVELAND

Biggest business
in town Of State '

SYRACUSE

Greatest attendance
ln,monxh5 m State

OMAHA

Tremendoits at
theRialto .

BALTIMORE

fitanlcy packed 'cm iti
breaking house record I

MADISON, WIS.

New Orphcum
crashes rgcord

ST. LOUIS

State business
Pherufmenal

ATLANTA

Records go bloole
at Capitol

WASHINGTON

•Second rip'roaring uicek
at Columbia

BOSTON

Socles every record
At State

METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER'S

Whoopee Picture!

Wednesday, October 10, 1928

FILM REVIEWS

VARIETY

15

Talking Shorts

-ox MOVIETONE NEWS
0 Minutes
Veek Oct. 6
itrand, New York

This first bi-weekly issue of the
[ovietone newsreel carries about
.ve .clipij with one easily topping
nythinff else oh bill in talking
taorts for returns in applause and
uman interest. A smart looking
terrier puppy Is Introduced by
is owner with a; foreword to the
ftect that the dog has never been
.n the stage. Th'e first query aimed
. it thie animal is, "Would you rather
je married or dead" Thie dpg rolled
over on the grass.

Laughs went even stronger with
the pupV imitations of a baby cry-
ing and the gag af sticking , his
tongue out- insultingly at another
query, .

Newsreel opened with a flash of
Qovernor Sniith welcomed by
crowds. No speech but the noise of
the mob and remarks heard aboA'e
the din proved effective.

Another clip has a typewriting
contest in full swing, with the
originator of the idea congratulated
by the mayor of the town in which
the contest is taking place. Mori,

EDDIE PEABODY (2)
VITAPHONE NO, 2103
Stringed Instruments
10 Minuteis
Strand, New York

This is merely a friagmcntary
contribution not suitable excepting
to fill out. Eddie Peabody is a like-
able player, sending across a screen
personality with his delivery which
promises well for future talkers.

Mechanically this does not regis-
ter very highly either and photog-
raphy .is poor. Accompanied by
Jimmy Jitaisel for the finishing
numbers.

Peabody is a banjo specialist well
known on the coast , but nevy to
picture house, audiences here. Se-
lections he plays in this record are
not surefire with but one exception
out of five, "St. Louis Blues."

Dialog* "and song used briefly.

Mori.

HELENE HUGHES
ROY SMOOT

r<-aliired with
FANC'IiON and MABCO

ALFRED

BROWER

World's Fastest Russian Dancer
Re-cncneed by FANCHON & MAKCO
DIfectlon WILLIAM MOKRIS

DAVE GOOD

PRODUCING M. C.
3 years with West Coe^st Theatres

NOW INVITES OFFERS
Address Variety,
, > Los Angeles

West Coast
Theatre
Long Beach
Cal. .

BILLY SNYDER

THE JUVENILE PRINCE

DOING TJMB IN
FANCHON and MARCO'S
"IIAX" IDEA
WliKK OCT. 12
CAiai'OKNIA, SAN DIEGO
' Direction — >VM. MOKKI.S A(iUNCY

VINCE SILK

3d Year With West Coast as
Master of Ceremonies

GOT.DKN

'niatiKs

Now

U.WK TliKATKK. L. A,

to Fnuchon ■ and Miitco

Co.

"SHARP TOOLS"
VITAPHONE NO. 2666-67
Dramatic Sketch
ETHEL GREY TERRY and
17 Minutes
Strand, New York

Ethel Grey Terry is featured In
this sketch by Willurd Mack. It
should prove an acceptable offer-
ing for the smaller theatres in the
country districts but i« " too trite
for a big town's first run.

For the present, with the novelty
of the- talkers to be considered, it
can be usod on any talking short
program. It is a crook thriller with
an interesting twist. Cast, inciud-
ing Miss Terry, docs not register
well.

The story concerns a quartet of
yeggs who have made a heavy jew-
elry haul. The "brains" is tiding
to put the double X on the two
men and make a getaway with the
girl, who is married to one of the
gang.

The girl tips the safe-cracker oh
the plans to show herself on the
square with him and to get him to
tell that the "brains" had shot and
killed In.spector Burns.

The girl and t.ht* fourth member
of the gang turn out to be.work-
ng with the police in attempt to
track down the slayer of their fa-
ther, whom tlie leader of the mob
had murdered.

Bryan Foy directed. Cast in-
cludes Willi.im Davidson, Edwin
sturgis and Carl Gerard. Mori.

VAN and SCHENCK
M-G-M MOVIETONE

Mins.; Songs
Capitol, New York

Standard duo vocalizing two pop-
ular airs and an Italiah comedy
lyric. Very much okay, especially
on its speed, and the director seems
to have solved the encore problem.

At the finish of the second num-
ber, figuring there must be spatter-
ing applause at the least, the cur-
tains close in, to immediately open
for a third and final song. Good
ideia, which made a Dei'fect fit as
ar a.s this audience (Monday night's
first show) was concerned. Ap-
plause wasn't particularly heavy at
any time, but they enjoyed it.

The bpj's are too well versed on
the sales end to permit an audience
to remain indifferent. They'd prob-
ably rather be i)anned than ignored,
nhd this short is not likely to expe-
rience either sensation. (Sid.

CLAUDIA COLEMAN
VITAPHONE No. 2244

PUTTING IT ON"
6 Mins. ;

Strand, Yonkers, N. Y.

Discuse, known to vaudeville au-
diences for her. "readings," this one
heing made up of two characteriza-
tions, dumbbell nouveau riche dame
hlhatting another woman and mak-
ing raw breaks in grammar, and
a manicure who does "cutie" to takQ
a male sap customer. Whole thing
is parAr entertainment and makes
a very mild impression
sound.

Miss Coleman uses obvious
methods, is .slow, almost tedious,
in her address and accustomed to
ultra drawing roon? vpspopse. _

Not f or t ho rough aria' f.eaay'peas

in sight-

character
Civil War
a Lincoln
Containing

"MARCHING ON"
CHIC SALE
FOX MOVIETONE
13 Mins. ^
Gaiety, New York

A highly interesting
study by Chic Sale as a
vet at the unveiling of
statue in. a small town,
that certain comedy Sale injects
into all of his work makes it the
more valuable as a real staple In
talking shorts for any house.

The Abraham Lincoln bit was
done by Sale in a Winter Garden
musical. On the screen and with
the Fo.x production department, its
embellishtiients raise the standard
of shorts to date, '

Here is the >mall town, the
poor downtrodden old vet, grand-
father of the family, pushed away
in an up.'^tairs room and bawled
every time he starts to play
his squeaky cornet. The vet's de-
termination to go the Soldiers'
Home, the kidlet of the family gOr
ing along, and the demand for the
vet with a reserved seat in the
speaker'.s stand when it become.s
known he knew Lincoln, in person,
when both were young men.

Everything illustrated and all of
it, as the program states, holding
either drama, humor or pathos.

This is another and probably the
newest of Sale'.s shorts for Fox. It
ha-s not as yet been named on the
Fox short list. With Sale seemed
destined to become a favorite on
the talkiivi; short, reels, his charac-
ter work such is this as a tiling
that can't miss.

4 DEVILS

(SOUND)

WlUiain Tox pioducllon and rel..'a.-'e.
DIrcc-ted by l^ W. Murnau fryin JierllroWl
VlerterH ad.'iptntlon of the novoi by Her-
man U.-ing. Janet fiaynor and Mary Dun-
can featured ; iiub-£eiLturcd, Charles Mor-
ton,. Barry >rorton; Nancy Droxel, Kanoll
Macilonald. Fox Movietone, tsynolironlzuil
musical .^core liy S. L. llolhafel. Thein«-
Bontr, ■•Marion. " by ICrno Kapee and Lew
Pollack. At Gaiety, New York, Oct. 3 on
run. W tup. Unnnlng time, I'JO minutes.
FIRST SEQUR.V<JK

The Clown. Farrell. Macdonalil

Cecchl Anders UanJolf

Woman- Claire McDowell

Charles, as a Hoy Jtick Parker

Ailolf. .-IS a Hoy ; Philippe DeLacy

Marloti, as a C.lrl. Dawn O'Uay

I>oulsi>, as a Girl Anita FremauU

PorxllP. Dop ..• illmself

Old Clown . Wesley Lake

SKUbND SKQUENCK

;intry.

Rush;.

HUGH HERBERT and Co. (2)
"The Lemon" (Sketch)
VITAPHONE, No, 2259, 12 Mins.
Clinton, New York ,

HUgli Horbort, Jewish, dialect
comodi.in, aiipoared on .Vita pre-
vitiusly in . "Solomon's Children." In
the present case he is a lawyer.
■ The short is okiiy. The scene is
in front of a cigar store Just Jir-
chasiMl by the lawyer's client. Tl'.e
cigar stoi'o is a. lemon.

Tlio plot deals with out-slicking
the slii;ker wlio slipped the .Tewisli
m;in the lemon.

It's an old idea but holds interest
and laughs ihrongh mispronuncia-
tions. Ihii'ry Shutan and .AVaUcr
Wcetns .'ii-e creditiMl as aulhors with
Brvan l-'oy diioclor.

Land.

Marlon

Charles

I.,ouise

AdolC

The I.r.rly

Circus Director.
Mean Clown....
Old llouc

.lanot naynor
Charles .Morton
,. Nani-y Drexi''.
...Barry Norton
.;.Mary Uvrn'-an
Michael Viaaroff
. . .(irovpc Davis
. . . .\ndre Ch-eron

s^va

inp

LUCILLE PAGE

I'KATl ItKO, IN

FANCHON and MARCO'S "HAT IDEA"

with CITARLTK Mi;ilR.\T

"4 Devil.s" turns out to be an ele-
gantly produced, photographed and
directed picture by Yox, of high
value regular release quality,, and
missing the super height class
only because it Is missing any one
big kick.

The picture tells its interesting
story picturesquely and grai)hioally,
with the vivid circtJs atmosphere a
big item. But after that it's a smart
handsome vamp who landed a hioky
acrobat and broke another little
acrobat's heart to give the snapper.
And the snai)per seemed to be the
acrobat went back to his trouj>e.
blew out on the vamp because she
sheered at "acrobats," while his
little girl partner and financee of
the "4 Devils," unaware of the blow
off, let herself drop to the ring' in
the final high double leap oC the
ca.sting act.

It isn't .'«uch an exciting story to
take the two hours it does. In fact,
more touching and human is the
opening, when a clown rescues a
pair, two little .sisters and brothers,
not related, from the brutal clntohos
of the circus owner. He intended to
train the waifs to be aicrobats. . The
cloV\'Tfi"beat him. up- for his rough-
ness to the children, then took them
away in his donkey cart,, becoming
their father and mother until devel-
oping the qu.artet as the 4 Devils,
the star turn ot<^n indoor circus !n
Paris. ^

Mary Duncan is the vamp. All
vou see. or think of in the picture is
Mary Duncan. ' As a vamp she s
gorgf^ous. -Her methods of grabbinir
men- may not be the most niodfrn |
even in " pictures, but as a vamp. |
Mary's ■ right there. It's h«^r first J
picture .'issifrnment. Miss Dunf>n-n-i
is from the legit, making her big- j
gest dont on Broadway in "Sliang- !
hai Gcstiirp." Still Miss Dunctin is |
co-featurod bore with Janet Oaynr.r ]
and entitled to It. |
F. W. Marnau has turned out a,
commercial proposition in this ex-
pensive production. It's going to
hold attention, with the sound ad-
junct other than the catchy thenn- j
song, "Marion," not import;! ni.j
I Marnau's indcwr circus is' supcrl):
his entire f^ircus arrangement ni'vci
[--fa1t(a\s..;-'md.=^nO---CirjiUSJm=lke=!lcrei2rL
I under canvass or roof lias . aj)-
! proached the semblance of bi^rnr-ss
; Marnau has given here.
■ The bit of the vamp seAtcd in the
1 same box nightly, out to m.nke the
acrobat of fine figure swinging just
I over her head in the casting act. 1h
a fine piece of suggestion, if not
planting, though the vamp's stew
bit .all over the parlor of her hoitif
may not r-'ease as well. Thf-r^ m iv
be ex;ii,'i."iation here and thett? in

the vamp's work, but she's
and working at it.

A pleasing picture is the four kids
.grown up ' in their acrobaiic' cos-
tumes, while Murnau has given
them a ring entrance that will sol
every acrobat in the world on lire
when, seeing it.' In flowing devilisli
wrai)s, they ride into the ring, each
on a white horse, with the clowns
preceding them. Their trapezes are
lowere.ii. As each of the quartet
rides under it, tliey are taken aU>rt,
their wraps falling off on the. way
up to the. aerial pedestals of the
ea.siing. turn. ■

The casting scenes iii their way
are.nbtunlilve those of "Variety." It
is much better done here and made
more important,, th.ougli itwas im-
portant.' enough for and . in "Va-
riety." And iMurnau's "Ciniue" of
l*aris pales Dup()nt's"Wintergarteh"
of Berlin.

Doubling on the casting. of
course, with mueh if imt all of the
eivcus . talent from the Jtihuling-
Utirnum circus. Animals pns.^ibiy
from the Barnes circu.s on the coast
or from a zoo out. tliere.

iNIiss. (;aynor is one of the sisters,
the girl who thought her sweetheart
had fallen for that, woihan, witli
tiiat women eventually becoming
the eyesore of the entire circus
while in her box seat hightl.v. ^liss
CJaynol' hits nothing and does noth-
ing to stand out here; .she aiui the
others are completoly .•submerged by
Miss Duncan. ' If ever there were a
one-person luctui'e, this is It.

Chiirle.sMorton is the hit'k caster.
tlH> vamp goes' afi<>r. life i)lays the
booby fellow quite Well a.nd cer-
tainly loo.ku it; in fact, the llgtirc:;
of liie four . young people in^ their
tights arc hn)st .aitrae.tive. Nanc.\
Drexel and Barry Norton are thi-
other, mixed couple anil h.alf of. the
l.'Jcvils. Mr. Nortoii does very well
in his role, and Mifts Drexol lookf'
niee. ' They also, become engaged
during the running of the story.

Best among the r men is Farrell
Macdonald as the' bid clown tor il
may h.ave been ,Wesley.„ B;.ike)..
Anders Randolf is the tough drink-
ing circus owner, with but a. few
moments in the prolog, . lie m.ade
the Itrule pretty ■ tough and rough.
.Vnothex clown bpen.s and closes the
picture with anno.unc'cments Cslides).
: A cameo-llke piiUiu-e. the photog-
I'aph.v cannot be overlooked. While
"Four Devils" as a whole.is .another
decided mark of the excellence of
the Fox prodiiction department.

Murnau made "Sunrise" and il
was not box-ollice in the sense a
piicture of its productiim cost should
•liave been. Murnau, (Jcrman, in the
common way would have been
thought too artistic for another try
with an expcn.slve big picture. Per-
li.'ips Winnie- Sheehan. did . the un-
usual, then .and followed his belier
Murnau could, bo made box-ofllee.
-Mr. Sheehan assi.ixnod him -to '•The
Four Devils" and Murnau has conae
through. Winnie ;ippea?'s to be
I'i.cht, It looks as though there i^•
a big picture in Murnau. . IMaybe i!
will be his next, and if one. then
more. For ho classes amon.g the bif-'
diioclor.<;.

and in the magistrate's court with
Jim sa.s.sing the court clerk — it's
just an ordinary sound picture, av-
erage in story .md badly synchron-
ized.

The score sounds like a plu.gi'est
for one music publisher's eat.-iUig,
This may be explained' by a"I-.<)ue-
sorne" tlionie song publishetl by thin
tirm, and a cert;\inty to be a seeret
lb the. hit ranks. The score is un-
di.^tingui.shed, tin-panny and not
particularly fitting from any .view-
point. " . '.

The direction -iind evoryihing.
about "Ijonesome" are tritely fa-
miliar, l-he lonesoine promise, sound
ehtuigh tho.'^is for a sereon epic
under other conditions, , prinoip.-illy
backed ,Up by a sturdier .^itory— here
i.<!' a travelog of Coney Island. It
looks like a celluloid ad for l.iini.a
Park.

Action takes ih.- B)i> and Oirl on
their Saturday h.'ilf-holUlay to tlie
beach amusement itlaoe into a fiirta-
tious mating. The direinor, through
the caniera medium of a restless
focus, has endeavored to Impress
the lonesonu' spirit of two individ-
uals amid.st a sea Of humans. It is
this loneso.meness which prompts a
nice boy and a nice girl to engage
in uiiconventional familiarity for
the conventional happy ending.

Some of . the photography and the
basic appeal of tlie theme .saves it
for a time, but for the main "Lone-
some" drags .'lud ultimately pelt r.s
out.

,i; should have saved this one and
dtme somethin.g about . a stronger
opener for the nevv policy. "Show
Boat" and "Broadway" are In the
works .for later release; which should
raise the avorano considerably.

Ahcl.

MATING GALL

rai-ainount releAste oC CaUdo pr()tluetii>n.
IHrecle.l liy Jame.s Cruze and starrint;
'rhiiniaH Meisllnm. . Waller Wood? nilaptcl
from the novel »iy Hex. Heach. Vho'on-
raphy by .7oh. Morgan: Uunnlnx. time,
niln.s". .. At the I'nniniount, N. weeli of

I'.'e^ilo Ilattim i .Thoma.i MoiKliun

Hose Henderson:. ..Kvelyn IJrent ;

fallrerlne . . . . . .Uenoe Adore.-

I.on llendois.in .....Alan Uo.-;.>.o-

Marvin Sv,ii;i»w.. "^''l',"''"'!'' ^-^'T.l

Jossie.... .Helen 1-o.^ler

.Tu.lpe reehles . . .' J ^'''}^'' A^'^'^lT'Tr

Anderson .' CyrU ChadxM.-k

"Milting Call" has been long her-
alded. It is revealed as a sincere
piece of work and will please the
fans. Has drawing power in, the
names of its players and Is good
(lualitv output without being an
epochal achievement in production.

Picture's be.st assets is a
(Continued on page 22)

first

Glenn
I'-eJos'
I'aKe,

LONESOME

(SOUND)

X'niver.sar.<i flr.st talker, eo-Htarrln^
Tr\on .and Uarbara' Ivent In Paul
jiri'iluc-t ion, from story by Mann
iiilapted .hv Kdward J. Taiwc .Ir. Direcfil
hy. ICdwaril J. .Monlaifne and .supervised by
I •m l lA.ciiimlP. .Jr.. Huns little over (!0
minutes. At Ciilony. New York, opcninK
.■^■I'l. •'M) on grind to T.'ic top.

Mary .Harbara Kent

Jim ■ (llenn Tryon

( ivet'dre.vied Woman '.Fay Iloldernes.s

■Homiintio Clentleman . , (ju.flav I'arlhoa

The f^port Eddie Phillips

tThiversal .ballyhooed "Lonesome"
to a fare-thee-well, Its first full-
length talker, boldly alleging It to
be "the talking v/ondor picture." It
is nothing of the kind. Save for
two or three dialog soqucnce.s— on
the beach between the leading pair,

HERNIE KING

Musical Master of Ceremonies

Direction -Frtn^'""* sn** Morco

Fifth Ave. Theatre, Seattle

BROOKS TRIO

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VARIETY

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has the one

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FILM

FABLES

TOPICS

in Sonnd

SPOKHICnB

in

Vroduced by
JOHN L. HAWKINSON

"THE RED MARK"
James Cruzc Produciion .

"TENTH AVENUE"
with Phyllis Haver, Victor Vairconi,
Joseph Schildkraut

*^MAN-]VIADE WOMEN"
^ starring Lea t rice Joy .

L "THE COP"

^ starring .Williani Boyd >

"POWER"
starring William Boyd

"LOVE OVER NIGHT"
starring Rod LaRocque .

"CRAIG'S WIFE"
with Irene Rich and Warner -Baxter

"CAPTAIN SWAGGER"
starring Rod La Rocq'uc with Sue Carol

^'FORBIDDEN LOVE"
^starring Lili Damita

"ANNAPOLIS"
with John Mack Brown and Jeanette LofT

"SHOW FOLKS"
with Eddie Quillan, Lina Basquctte,
Robert Armstrong

"CELEBRITY"
with Lina Basqucttc, Robert Armstrong,
Clyde Cook

"MARKED MONEY"
with Junior Coghlan, George Duryca*
Tom Kennedy

"SAL OF SINGAPORE"
starring Phyllis Haver with A^aft Hale
and Fred Kohler ,

"NED McCOBB'S DAUGHTER"
with Irene Rich. From Sidniey Howard*s
Theatre Guild Hit

"THE SPIELER"
with Alan Hale, Renee j^doree, Fred
Kohler, Clyde Cook

"THE OFFICE SCANDAL**
starring Phyllis Haver

"NOISY NEIGHBORS"
with Eddie Quillan and the world-
famous Quillan Family

"THE FLYING FOOL"
starring William Boyd

- "LISTEN, BABY!"
from the Red Book Magazine Story by
Elsie Janis and Gene Mdrkey

"THE LEATHERNECK"
starring William Boyd

"THE SHADY LADY"
At Erring Phyllis Haver, with Robert
Armstrong and Louis Wolheim

s "THE GEl AWAY"
with Jcanet te Loff and Robert Armstrong

"HIGH VOLTAGE"
starring William Boyd

"SQUARE SHOULDERS"
with Junior Coghlan

"THE ELEVATOR GIRL"
with Jeanette LofTand Robert Armstrong

"GERALDINE"
with Marion Nixon and Eddie Quillan.
From Booth Tarkington's famous story*

THE public demands variety, originality and super-
excellence of produetion. The exhibitor demands
a complete, diversified program to supply this crying
need. With an array of product unprecedented in
showmanship quality, in scope and in infinite variety
Pathc jjresents the one complete program that fulfills
every ' demand of the box office,

SEVEN BIG FEATURES, headed by '^KING OF
KINGS," are clicking to new box office, records
throughout the country. Eleven other features com-
pleted are all set to crash through to new records.

'^KING OF KINGS," leading the victorious phalanx
of Pathe, has shattered all existing records wherever

PATHE SHORT SUBJECTS, which form the essential
unit of every well-balanced program are again setting
the pace for the industry.

MACK SENNETT COMEDIES are out-Sennetling all
previous Sennetts and are scoring box office bulls-eyes
with deadly regularity.

THE SMITTY SERIES, with the notable personalities
appearing— the first of which stars theone-and-only Jack
Dempsey, and the second the inimitable Lloyd Hamilton
—fill a niche all their own in any program. -

These Two Super

CECIL B DeMILLeIS

KINGt?f KINGS

jbi) Jeoinie Macpherson

The World's Greatest Box- Office Attraction

Pathe
News

Pathe
Reviews,

JuuttiaMtL'flic^,
SPORTLIGUT!

MACK
SCNNETT

Super Comedies

TOPICS^

the DAY ^KX,

PATHE PRODUCT is attuned to. meet the demands of advanced
showmen of today for a COMPLETE PROGRAM-one that FULFILLS
EVERY DEMAND OF THE BOX OFFICE.

^

Wednesday/ October 10, 1928

VARIETY

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PATHE REVIEW, Terry Ramsaye'sscreea cocktail;
Grantland Rice's SPORTLIGHTS; the Van Beuren
Enterprises' AESOP'S FABLES and TOPICS OF THE
DAY are short subjects that add spice to the movie
melange.

PATHE NEWS maintains its undisputed supremacy
in the news reel 6eld. .''First on the scene — first on
the screen*% is the backbone of every program.

PATHE SERIALS and WESTERNS round out Pathe's
Complete Showman's Programed i versified, compre-
hensive and quality-plus.

Sound Developmenls

PATHE is keeping pace with sound and dialogue de-
velopments. ELEVEN FEATURES and a considerable
array of Short Subjects are being synchronized by the
R.C.A. Photophone process. "KING OF KINGS]' is
the first big picture to be presented in synchronized
version. "THE GODLESS GIRL" wiir have a full
synchronization. "CAPTAIN SWAGGER" and "AN-
NAPOLIS" are synchronized with music and sound
effects. SEVEN OfTHER FEATURES are being syn.
chronized with music and sound as well as dialogue.

PATHE SOUND NEWS is already a fact. AESOP'S
FABLES, the first animated cartoon in sound, has al-
ready been released and SPORTLIGHTS are now in
process of synchronization.

Productions in Sound

CECIL B DeMIUES

. Sensfif/ional MeJodram

COMING IN

In addition to

"THE KING OF KINGS"
and

- THE GODLESS GIRL",
following is the sensational
array of super-feature

SOUND

pictures now scheduled on
the Pathe program — the
majority with dialogue and
talking sequences:

"CAPTAIN SWAGGER"
"SHOW FOLKS"
"ANNAPOLIS"
"THE SPIELER"
"NED McCOBB'S
DAUGHTER"
"NOISY NEIGHBORS"
"THE LEATHERNECK"
"SQUARE SHOULDERS"
and "LISTEN, BABY!"

5 GMAT
PATH t
SERIALS

dSPEEVy
PATH

WESTERNS

The World's Greatest News Reel

Now in SOUND

Jeanie Macphetson

COMEUIES

THE

COMEDIES

H/^NDY

COMEDIES

>^D HIS PALS
COMEDIES

AtSOP'S

FILM
FABLES

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Pictures

PICTURES

Wednesday, October 10, 1928

U Hopes to Place Serials in 1st Runs;
larzan" Draws Kids to Indie Houses

Rcsiirrcftiun of serials froin 'jtlu'
. Ri-iiul grave n nil well -nigh obsolptp
oJasK of a yciir iVRO, to naiional first
runs.is the plan of Chiyersal. R.^is-
ing the production ante from around
$65,000 for 10 .episodes to. over $100,-'
,000 so that duality sniisfactory. to
any house policy win be achieved,
Is a part of the int^^ntion. As a big
li-ad toward revivifying the field
Carl Lacmmle is considering intro-
ducing iat an cfirly date the first
talking serial.

Serials arc now played , in about .
■ 5,000 theatres in Anior.iea, accord--
ing to Fml McConnell, sales head

. for U short product.

So . great has been the demand for
"Tarzan," according to a - batch of
letters from exhibitors playing it
ami solicited by . the home office to
§:ive their reaction,' that the com-
pany is adding five more episodes
to it.

Stick Stuff

AVhy serials are coming bOLClv for
their whack, especially in indie ex-
hib cii'Clie.«, is attributed by Mc-
Connell to big circuit, competition
making the youthful trade, formerly
.spiirned to a Ifi.i'Se extent even with
indies, a big bet.

Some of the answers from exhibs
to U's . i-eciuest are highly, amusing.
Qne bird in Shelbj;, N. C, says that
he became a serial' convert in order
to dispose of a persistent salesman.
Since then he adds: "t^old forever.
Kcsults amazing." Another exhib in
Cleveland, Okla., says that 15 bucks
worth of ice cream pies doubles biz
every time an episode comes to his
.house. Still another from Pa:uls A'al-
iey in the same state declaref? tbat
he will be able to wire his house
from serial pin money, alone, if the
episodes get any better.

Costly Paradox

Los Ange.lPia, Oct. 9.

Te.<it,s for recording sound
and dialog ; on Pathe's sound
and silent stages resulted in
bettor results obtained from
the i-egular stages' than the new
sound stage recently completed
at a high cost.

Contention is that there is
more freedom for audition In
the open stages than there is
in the sound-proof structures..

Claim 200 Wired Houses
Between Denver and Coast

L,os Angeles, Oct. 9.
C. P. Swanson, manager for the
wes'terii division of Electrical Re-
search Products, Inc., handling
.«ound installation between here
and Denver, estimates there are
now 200 theatres wired in his
.sector.

bfllces of this coriipany have been
moved from film row to the Holly-
wood Professional Building.

SIDNEY'S ALONE

Los Angele-s, Oct. 9."

(George Sidney w'ill be the only
Americain screen plaj-er to be taken
to Germany to ' play in "The Five
PVankfurters," directed by W, J.
Craft for Universal.

Other members in the party to
leave from liere will be Jack Foley,
as.sistant director, and Al Jones,
cameraman.

Balance of cast will be recruited
from European talent.

EXTRA GIRL'S ROLE

West Coast Motion Picture
Directory ot Players, Direc-
tors and Writers

Titlea by

MALCOLM
STUART
BOYLAN

FOX

Los Angeles, Oct. 9;
Universal has signed Fritzie Fern,
an extra girl, to a term conti'act to
act in stock. Her first role will _^be
the' hard boiled chorus girl ""in
"Broadway."

This makes the eighth person en
gaged by Universal this year. Four
have mia.de good and are still on the
payroll.

Unknown Co. Wants Brin's
I 2 Milwaukee Houses

! Milwaukee, Oct. 9.

I Evidence tliat one of the big pro-
;ducing companies, name undisclosed,
lis angling for an in here came out
Saturday when arriving^ emissaries
held a conference with L. K. Brin,;
independent owner of the Garden
and Majestic, two of the best film
spots in the downtown district.

The company it was learned is
seekinp to tie up the vwo theatres
by buying and using them exclur
sively for its product.

The Brln theatres are now the
only downtown Independents, Fox
having three houses here and Uni-
versal one.

The Indies have been pl.aylng
Warner, Metro and United Artists.
When asked about the i-epbrt that
he was to sell, Brin said: "I will
sell anything I have if I get my
price."

The Garden, wired a year ago and
for 11 months alone in the down-
town sector of Milwaukee with
sound, has been a consistent money
maker. Majestic opened in Septem-
ber and out of the red since launch-
ing into straight pictures. ; .

Cincy's Big Theatre-Hotel ;
Fox to Operate House

, Cincinnati, Oct. 9.
Announcement .has been mado
that a syndicate composed of east-
ern and Cincinnati capital will erect
a 40 story theatre and office build-
ing here. The site has a frontage
of 175 feet on the south side of
Fifth street, between Ma;in and
Sycamore, and a depth of 402 feet.
Fox, according to Harry L. Linch,
local attorney associated with the
enterprise, will operate the theatre
and United Hotels will be in charge
of the hostelry. When work is to
start has not been made known.

New theatre will be the first bp-
position in the downtown section
to the Keith-Harris-Llbson and
Heidingsfeld interests.

Planes Interfere

Los Angeles, Oct. 9»
Due to icfo many airplanes be-
ing up during the day Pathe is
working at night recording dia-
log sequences in ".Show Folks,"

U. A. Changes as

Buckley Goes in

Los Angeles, Oct. 9..
With Harry D. Buckley taking
over the general managership of
United Artists Theatres, Dr. Hugo
JRelsenfc.ld, general nriusical and
operating head of the circuit, has
resigned to devote his entire time
to synchronizing of pictures for the
United Artists Company..

Bruce Fowler, one of the Harold
B. Franklin ace managers, inst.nlled
by him when the theatre opened,
al.so leaves the organization and
will return to the West Coast clrr
cuit organization from whenfce h^
came, ^ '

His place will be taken by HaroW
Horn, former West Coast Theatre
manager. Horn will also take over
the publicity of the theatre^ replac-
ing Sam W.' B. Cohn, Ed 01m-
.stead for the time beiijg will con-
tinue as hea,d of the advertising de-
partmf'ut of the theatre.

Woodhuli's Hope on Cut
And Dried Contract

For onoe Pete ■Woodhull feels eer-.
tain a statement is going to get Into
the papers as it was handed out, It
has to do with a meeting ■ of the
contract committee, and all the
members, Pete avers, signed at the.
close of the session in the Hays of-
fice last week to keep stiir.

But a Well-informed gentleman in
the Hays office says the exhibs'
contract . was washed, dried and
ironed a long time ago iii-Chlcago
and that the New York meeting ac-
complished nothing because no, one
presented a; sujffgestion. . .

On that score he .said that there
were a lot of pros and cons on
financing certain exhib units, pro-
moted primarily by "some of the
salaried boys,"

House Advertises Sermon
On Picture in Syracuse

SyraeuPO, N. Y., Oct. 9,
For the first .time i.n this eity
a picture screen was used to ad-
vertise a local clergyman's Sunday
sermon.

Learning th.at the Rev.. . Dr.
Bernard. C. Clausen, pastor of the
First Baptist Church, one of the
largest in the city, was planning to
preach on "Four Son.s" Stmday
night, A. P. Kaufman, of the Em-
pire, secured a photo' of the cleric
and Incorporated it on a slide an-
nouncing the sermon.

Church reported an Unusu.illy
large Stinday night attendance.

RCA in Syracuse

Syrficuse, N. Y"., Oct. 9;
First theatre here to be equipped
with RCA Photophone will be a
second ■ run house, the Syracuse^
pperated by Syracuse Theatres, Inc.,
controlled by Frederick Ullman,
Buffalo, and Frank Sardine, Syra-
cuse.

While Keith's is to be wired for:
Photophone, plans for the local art
palace are indefinite, according to
J; J. Burn.s, local K.-O, representa-
tive.

First lip -state house to have
Photophone will be the Eastman,
Rochester. , A Schenectady theatre
has the device for General Electric
experimental purposes.

TURNS BACK 14th ST.

After five yoiU's* , operation, the
New 14th Street theatre, by :'Sol.
Raives, pr-esident of T. O. C. C.f
has been turned back to its former
owners, Schwartz & Blinderrnan.

Raives found the biz kept him in
the red.

WINIFRED
DUNN

SCENAKIO or
•SUBMARINE'

X o w Breaklni;
Record^ at Em-
Uasfiy .Theatre,
nt $2 Top I'rlceB

MARIE PREVOST FREE

Los Angeles,. Oct. 9.
Marie Prevost, imder contract foi-
two years to DeMille and Pathp, is
leaving.

For the first time in a number of
years .she is to freelance and is to
be starred in "College Coquette,"
from a story by Howard J, Green.

Columbia will produce it, W,
Christy Cabance directing.

Silent Sidewalks

Lios Angeles, Oct. 9.

M-G is tearing up all cement
sidewalks around or near the new
sound proof stages to eliminate the
noise of people walking.

Asphalt walks sprinkled with oil
three of four times daily will re-
place.

ORIGINALS ADAPTATIONS

HOWARD J. GREEN

Management, Edward Small Co.
TITLES CONTINUITIES

LICHTIG

AM)

ENGLANDER

TKN VKARS IN MOM.VWOOD

I{«pr«44enting
1>I RECTOR.S, ARTISTS, WRITERS
WARNER BLWC. lloiljwood 1068

TECH BUREAU OPENS

Los Angele-s, Oct. 9.

Newly created Technical Bureau
of the Producers' Association will
devote the majoi- part of its atten-
tion to problems of sound and to
serving as an instrument of co-
ordination between the producers
and the electric engineers, declares
J, A, Ball, bureau chief.

Ball opened his office Oct. 1.

RUTH CHATTERTON JOINS PAR

Los Angeles, Oct; 9.

Ruth Chatterton has been placed
under a long term contract by
Paramount.

Same company has also executed
new arrangements with Wallace
Beery, Dorothy Arzner and Charles
Roger.c.

Vita Shorts to Come

Among the ' Vitaphone , shorts
scheduled for release during the
next few weeks by Warners aie
records by Chaz Chase, comedian;
Bell and Coates, singers with a
West coast rep.; Florence Brady,
in songs and Impersonations and a
second record called "Chai'acter
Studies"; Dora Maughan, Engliish
comedienne, two records, "The Bad,
Bad Woman" and "Song Impres-
sions," while The Croonaders are
on the list with their second record,
"Melodious ■ Moments."

Larry Ceballe's second Vita num-
ber is an undei-sea musical revue
and Kitty IDoner's second is billed
as "A Famous Male Impersonator."
Tex McLepd makes his first entry
with a rope and chatter act.

F. N. RAISES ANTE

Los Angeles, Oct. 9.

Al Rookett ha.s ral.sed the ante on
rewards jjaid out to First National
studio employes for suggesting main
titles of pictures.

Old scale was! $25 .to $50. Now.
it's ranges arc $50 to. $100.

NEW LOCATION

Los Angeles, Oct,' 9,
Paramount is sending its "Wolf
Song" company on location to June
Lake located at Mona, Cal„ in the
heart of the Sierr< -, It's the first
time this particular location has
been ured by any picture company.

Los Angeles, Oct. 9;
After 50 tests Anita Page and
Bes.sie Love are still shy a leading
man for "Broadway Melody." (M.
G.). It's a sound picture and that's
what's making It tought.

JUNE lAUGHLIN IN. PICTURES

Chicago, Oct, 9.
June I>a«ghlin, wife of Jack
Laughlin, B. & K. producer, will ap-
pear in Universal pictures and left
for Hollywood.

/ WISH TO THANK

FANCHON and MARCO

For Their Kindness and Many Courtesies

Benny Rubin

K. C, Publix Houses Under Friedl

Kansas City, Oct. 9.

Newman ' and Royal thentros
( Publix), have been placed undei
the juri.<3diction of John J. Friedl
manager of the Texas de luxe the-
atres for that chain. C. C. Perry
lias been named managing- director.

The Royal, dark about a. yeru-.
reopens Oct, 13 with the ".rnzz
.Singer."

Principal Picts. Sued

Los Angeles, Oct, 9.
West Coast Theatres has filed suit
against Principal Pictures Corp. for
$60,000 on two promissory notes.

The notes were executed in April,
1923, and due in August and De
cember, 1926,

GOIDSTONE'S TONE FILM

Los Angeles, Oct, 9.
•Phil Goldstone. now in New- York,
has named his .sound proces's Tone-
film, which may he. recorded cither
on film or wax. Q^he producer plans
to niake musical shows for the
screen.

Fcrri Under Grainger

Roger Ferri ha.s been relieved of
his job .ns editor of the Fox Dynamo
to concentrate on special exploita
tion work under. Sales Chief Grainr
gei'. Tom ("ommin.^key, in the pub-
licity depariment, has been placed
in charge of the house organ.

Charles AIM

Always
Playing
Opposition
to Somebody

"Charles Althoff,
the Yankee Fid-
dler, is the laugh-
wow of the Or-
phoum show. Thia
man Al th o f f i*
clever, etc!, etc."
S. 1?. "Rxaniiner.*

"VARIETY"

"As perfect a
ch a ractt r i z a t i o n
as was ever por-

t r a y e 4 Qi^
stage,"

Addreu Car* Jetry Cargill, 1560 Broadway, N. Y.

CARI>ENA

DIAMOND

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Fiinrlioii nnd Marco'B "RIVBR" Idea
Now T.,oew'B State, I/Os Angeles
Direction:
n'altor MoyerA, of Wm. Morrln AKenoy

NEW HOTEL ANNAPOLIS

WuNliington, D. CU
Sinirle. S17.60
Uoal>l«, $28,00

11-12 and H 8tK

in the rieart .ot
Theatre District

Glasor's First Talker

Los Angeles, Oct. P.
Bcnjaniin Olaser i.s directing for
r.-uhf^tlK^ fuvt talking s-jiiuenees. [n
'•■\sTi ow J 'oi ](^'^^-^~-^ ^ ..^^-..^
J.'di.'t Quiilan and Ljna Kusdiietie
!()■<■ fiont of the microphone.

GALE QUADRUPLETS

JANE - JUNE - JOAN - JEAN ^

KKATVKKW IN
FANCHON AND MARCO'S "HAPPY IDEA"

Stern Brothers Resume

Log Ang«-le.«, Oct, 9.
After a production lull of two
monOif-, Stern Brothers have .parted
on a Century comedy, "The Newly-
weds' ViJ<lt." Snookuni, Derely.s
perdue and Joe Young In the. east.

THE ROMEROS

CARLOS and MALVINA

,JOIIN AM) .11 DITH. OSCAIt AM) AKMA

AM. OSK rA.MII.T Our Mfth Vcjir wUli Fanohon iinO ."Vhirco

Now with «
FANCHON AND MARCO'S "ARTIST'S IDEA"

Wednesday, October 10, 1928

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presents

(c\kCk

pSEXES

Jean Hersholt
Phyllis Haver

Belle Bennett

HIT

says Los

s

Los Angeles "Examiner":

"It^s a picture the women will en joy and
the men will find worthy of discussion/'

Los Angeles "Eve. Herald'^

"New GriflFith film is sure-fire entertain-
ment. Give me a sentimental picture
directed by D. W. Griffith and HI enjoy
myself all evening."

Los Angeles "Times":

"A picture that is different. It over-
shadows majorilty of screen efforts. It is
a slice of life — a revelation of restraint."

"HoUywood":

/1>. W. Gr^^ story,
enacted by a strong cast. The story is a
gripping one."

Los Angeles "Record":

"A realistic film, with principal charac-
ters doing some highly dramatic work."

ANOTHER OF THE BIG BUSINESS

UiutedM

X«i>ibftr *t Motion Picture i'rodu-(;ra iind 7.>i.nribu- oi i of Aioeri'-a., Inc. -W, il. Ilu-yn, i're.sldent

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AN^IEl CA^v50N -goo::- N'lA-.Si
■ 'ADAr r.-\":

The Battle
Forever Being Fought
But Never WonI

VARIETY

Wednesday, October 10. 1928

Wednesday, October 10, 1928

PICTURES

VARIETY

21

Publix Win Withdraw Coast
Houses from All West Coast
Circuit Operation by Jan. 1

Lo3 Angeles, Oct. 9.
-According to reports Publlx will
withdraw their two houses in Log
Angelea and four houses in i?an
Francisco under the operation of
iWest Coast Theiatres Circuit, Jan.
3L, Also to be withdrawn from
;W, C. on the Portland and Seattle
In the Northwest. This shifts the
Fanchon- Marco units to the Broad-
way, Portland, and Fifth Avenue,
Seattle. . ,
West Coast took oVer the opera-

MASTER OF
CEREMONIES

METROPOLITAN
' LOS ANGELES

tjon of tlie Los Angolos and Sah
Pranci.sco thoatrps on July 1, 192G.
At tliat time those houses were not
operating oh a profitable weekly
basis.

The houses in Los Angeles are the
Motropblitan and Million Dollar; the
latter is now closed. In San Fran-
cisco they are Granada, Iniperial,
California and St. Francisc, also the
P.ortola which has been clo.sed. Im-
perial is now being operated under
a lease by Bert Levy.

When West Coast took over oper-
ation of the houses they put Fan-
choh and Marco productions In the
Metropolitan here and the Granada
in San FrancLsco. Business in both
houses immediately improved.

Then Publix stage show.s came
in. They were produced in the east
and came west when the houses
in Seattle and Portland opened.

Results with these,, unit shows
were none too profitable with the
Portland and Seattle houses drop-
ping them Aug. 1, last;

It is understood. West Coast
wanted Publix to als^o withdraw the
shows from San Francisco and Los
Angeles, but Publix did not a'grce

to it; .

This is said to be one of the rea-
sons for the ending of the contract.

In addition Publix w-ill establish
its own operating offices . here .-with
Halph -B. Crabill, now Publix repre-
sentative in this section, as general
manager.

Oirection of
WILLIAM PERLBERG
\V.>I. MORKIS AGBNCr

Summer Attraction
Film Road Show

UNWED
MOTHERS

Percentage

Booking Anywhere — Send Dates
SAMUEL CUMMINS

Publix Welfare Pictures Corp.

723 Seventh Ave., New York

TRADO TWINS

FINISH OUR TOUR

Capitoi Theatre, Salt Lake

Nov. 19— "New York Bound"

Marks Bros. Stock

Going on Chi 'Change

Chicago, Oct. 9.
It is. reported that Marks Ero3
will shortly come out on the Chicago
Stock Exchange. This move
hanging fire pending developments
of a coincident announcement made
by the Marks' that they intend erect
ing two more houses in town. One
is reported for Wacker drive and
Stajte street, a block from B&K's
Chicago theatre, and another oh the
south side. ;

Marks have two- large houses on
the north and northwest sides of the
city — Granada and Marbrb. Both
of late have been showing good
profits.

MORE CHICAGO WIRING

Chicago, Oct. 9.
More sound installation for lo'cal
picture houses. The Senate, B & K,
opened with sound policy this week,
figuring to compete with the Marbro'
and two smaller houses,, the Wilson
on the west side and Metropolitan
on the south side, wired last week.
Wiring at the Harding and Nor
shore, B & K de lux© houses, will
be completed this week.

RESUME SUNDAY CONCERTS

Washington, Oct. 9.

Fox is to again have Sunday af
ternoo'n concerts. This time they
will lean td tK^ pispxrlar'^ith Meyer
Davis as guest conductor for the
first one.

Orchestras will be augmented
from 30 to 50 pieces for the occa-
sions.

GRACE

MARIE

ELINE

THIS WEEK WITH PAUL ASH
ORIENTAL, CHICAGO

IN "SUNNY SPAIN," A PUBLIX UNIT
NEXT WEEK (OCT. 13), PARADISE, CHICAGO
Direction AVIIXTAM MOBBIS omCK

The Trade Union Idea

Washington, Oct. 9.
Warner brothers are to spond
a, cool niUUori dollars In daily
papers, beginning at once, to ad-
vertist! their talking pictures.
That ought to show the money
involved in th© big hiovi© ven-
tures,

Wlien movie magniites start
bearing, down on the workers
who make their pictures and on
the musicians "who provide the
music required to make so many
of them palatable, it will be re-
membered that Warner Brothers
can peel off a million dbllart just
for daily newspaper advertising.

New Voter Society in 1. A.
Out for Labor Reforms

lios Angolos, pot. 9.
Having completed ori^nni/.ution,
I-'odoruled Voters of the Jj. A.
Amusement Organizations have,.be-
gun deflnifp action on two meas-
ures intended.' to improve . opi-raling
conditionis in the local amusement
field.

One of these is the v^('<'mniend-
ing of an ordinance making renewal
of picture projectionists' licenses
compulsory each year.

The other is designed to bring
about the lifting of the present re-
strictions on overloading tempor.ai-y
power lines for brief periods. This
has met the approval of the elecr
trical engineers and is now being
taken up with the city authorities.

Federated Voters of L. A. Amuse-
ment Organiizatlons comprises the
organized peirsonnel of all local
amusement enterprises. It is esti-
mated that between , 25,000 and
30,000 voters are Influenced by this
organization. While politics will not
enter into its activities outside of
tho immediate purpose of the body,
the organized workers may vote as
a unit on any measure affecting
the amusement world.

It is the avowed intention of the
organization to work with the
municipal authorities as completely
Harry A. Schulman. 26, theatrical I as possible, rather than to buck
manager, of 4S We3t 70th street, them. Compulsory renewal oi: pro-
was convicted in Special Sessions jOctioni.sts- licenses ia a. case m
of permitting a minor to perform In POint. Under existing regulations,

a man who secured his license

$7,000 Weekly Drop
With Stage Band Out

Chicago, Oct. 9.
Since discarding the stagehand
policy for straight" pictures, the
Sheridan has dropped from a $10,-
000 average gross to around $3,000.

Sheridan is one. of the bankrupt
Ascher houses, operated by the
Chicago Title & Trust Company.

2d Minor Conviction

public without a permit. He was re-
manded to the Tombs without ball
for investigation and sentence next
Monday. This is the second time
within the past year Schulniari has
been found guilty of the same of-
fense. On the first occasion he was
fined $250. It is expected he will
be given a jail term for the pres-
ent violation.

According to Vincent Pisafra, su-
perintendent of the Children's So
clety, Schulman for three years has
been putting on juvenile shows In
and. about New York and claims to
be the head of a stage children's
association. Whenever he wishes to
run a show with children as the
main attraction, according to Pisar-
ra he neglects to obtain the neces-
sary license.

In the present case he was con-
victed of permitting Doris Lehman,
eight years old, to sing and dance
at a show Schulman put on at the
Manhattan' Opera House on May
27 last.

seven years ago, operated for one
week and has not since been in a
projection booth. Is still in good
standing.

While the action on the over-
loading of temporary power linos
has been undertaken primarily to
improve operating conditions, if
put through it will save thousands
of dollars for the bos.ses . of Fed-
erated Voters.

P. O. Paulson, I. A. T. S. E.. 33,
is president; T. H. lOckorsoh, M. P.
Projectionists, 150, is secretary.

TALKING TABS
ON MOVIETONE

L(i.s Angeles, Oct. 9.
Fox i-s givins to make what are
to be known us "Movietono Follies,"
short review subjects . with the tal-
ent provided by Fanchon & Marco,
Fanchon Is to a.ssist in staging
all of the Movietone Reviews and
Dave Stamper is writing the music.

A series of kiddie Movietone pic-
tures will also be turned out by Fox
for the Yuiotide season.

Marcellc Silvers is to direct these
pictures. Fanolion will stage th«
numbers and train the kiddies.

Fiedelbaum in Home Office

Arthur Fiedeibaum, formerly In
charge of all South America (ex-
cept Brazil), for M-G-M, has been
traVisfcrred to the horne foreign of-
fice In New. York under Arthur
Loew.

Loew'$, Prov., Opens

Providence, Oct 9,
• A new theatre raised itself up to
bow Saturday night. The usual gala
opening this time, for the new
Loew's State, with mobs fighting
their -way in. House Is undoubtedly
one of the most ornate in New
England. "Excess Baggage" (M-G)
and Van and Schenck on M-G
Movietone headed the bill. M. J
Cullen Is house manager.

Cal. Exhibs on Zoning;
Deplore Hays' Non-Interest

Los. Angeles, Oct. 9.
The pet grievance of the inde-
pendent exhibitors, zoning and
clearance problem, came In for dis-
Icusslon at the meeting of the South-
ern California M. P, T. O., held at
the Ambassador. Outcome was a
prediction that if diplomatic meth-
ods are not productive, more dras-
tic measures will be necessary. .

Lack of co-operation on the part
of the Hays organization was de
plored.

NEW W. C. JOBS

San Francisco, Oct. 9.
New Jobs for faithful retainers
are being distributed by West Coast
Theatres. Nick Turner, for several
Some nifty publicity was put over ygj^j.g manage- Of the Stockton
with the Friday Providence News U^^^gg^ becomes assistant to Archie
isisulng a 16-page, tabloid Loew Kg^^j^^^^ ^^^j^^^^^ ^^^.^^^^.^ ^-.^^jj.

Edition. Even the Journal and Bui
letin, frigid to most publicity, came
through with big art layouts.'

fornia division,

Charlie Thall, Bowles' former as-
sistant, will be stationed in Seattle
as northwest division manager, and
Vita in Earle, Wash. I phll Phillips becomes manager of

The Earle, Wa.shington, is using the T. & :D., Oakland, succeeding
Vitaphone product, having been gob Harvey. Latter moved acro.ss
equipped with W. E. apparatus, and the bay to fill Frank Whltbiick's
it is the Academy, Hagerstowh, | berth
Md., that is to Install the Bristol-
phone" devlde: Variety erfOhebusiy
gave the impression the Earle had
wired for the Independent system.

PATHE'S NEWS TEUCK

Pathe news has a sound news
Both houses are under the Julian I truck, built for it by RCA Photo-
Brylowski managerrient, | pho'ne

It's the first truck of Its kind other
U's "Pirate" Serial ~ | than those of Fox's Movietone news
Los Angeles, Oct f.
Universal starts another serial*
'The Pirate of Panama," Oct 8.

Written by William McLeod
Raine, with adaptation and con-
tinuity by George Morgan and Ar-
thur Henry Gooden. Ray Taylor
directs.

WM. FOX
Presents

"4 DEVILS"

AT THE 0.\IKTY, NEW TfOBK

"HERALD TRIBUNE**
(Richard Walls, Jr.)

"On the preliminary movier
tone bill Chic Sale appears in
an effective and touching
sketch about a Civil War
veteran who knew Lincoln."

"AMERICAF'

(Regina Cannon)

"Tlie feature film is sup-
plemented by an amusing
movietone drama that has its
share of pathos, too, and in
which Chic Sale is starred."

Chic Sale Movietone
Directed by Marcel Silver

Jirdamtjlormosi
Sound on2ilmi,

MAXINE DOYLE

ITSATtRRD IN

FANCHON and MARCO'S "HAT IDEA"

with CITArvLTE MURRAY

Rialto, Washington, Reopening

Washington, Oct. 9.

Univcrsal's Rialto is^set for re-
opening Saturday, Oct. 13. Been
closed for past several months and
in now to have a solid sound policy,
opening with U's "Lonesome."

IZ. G. Wood has been named
manager.

Sounding "Love Song"

Los Angeles, Oct 9.
United Artists has sent T>. W.
Griflith's "The Ix)ve Song" to the
Lasky studio to be synchronized for
mu.sic other than accompaniment,
skits and .songs.

Th«rc is strong pos.yibilUy the
accompaniment may be done here
j rather than In New York-

This Week at Oriental^ Chicago

FRED

STANLEY

WALTERS ™ RUSSELL

NOVELTY DANCERS

w

ith

"SUNNY SPAIN"

A PUBLIX UNIT

22

VARIETY

FILM REVIEWS

Wednesday, October 10, 1928

MATING CALL

(Continued from page 15)

rate sympathetic role for Rcnee
Adoree, Another is the presence of
some pretty high powered sex
sequences and a third, although
value of this may be doubtful, is
topical interest of Klan activity.
. St£vr part fits Melghan's casual style
.of hero and technical production is
in the best mode, with evidences of
careful preparation.

Flaw of the release on the aud-
ience interest side is the looseness
of tlie story, a fault almost Insep-
; arable from pictures made from
novels. Action . does not build
smoothly and there are faults in
the development - of. character arid
incident, probably representing
problems in translation . from
printed page to screen.

Picture will help Melghan in his
comeback that began with "The
Racket," but the picture really be-
longs to Miss Adoree. This young
actress here reveals a talent for
.sympathetic comedy roles of .the
•highest distinction. -Her Catherine,
immigrant girl, rushed Into a mar-
riage of convenience and gradually
learning to love her husband, Is a
delicately shaded bit of acting. It
takes on added daintiness in. con-
. traat to the boisterously played so-
ciety vamp of Evelyn Brent.
High light Is the passage where

AL LYONS

AND

NEAL CASTAGNOLI

Featured In

FANCHON and MARCO
IDEAS

T.OB\V'S STATE THEATRE
XOS ANGELES

INDEFINITELY

Catherine slips out of her husbanaa
farmhouse at night to take a soli-
tary swim in the nearby brook
where she is discovered au naturail
by the anxious mate, who then and
there decides that she will bo his
wife in truth, instead of his fP-rm
assistant. Miss Adoree in a filmy
chemise— and wot at that— being
carried home f rom =the brook, is sex
appeal pcrsonilied. It. is a tribute
to the line and sincere playing^ of
both the actress and Meighan that
there was no giggling audience re->
action to this situation and it was
devoid of any taint of forced spicy
import. This because it's a legiti-
mate dramatic situ^ition. and Is
handled with taste and discretion.

Sequences having to do with klan
activities in a small American town
are ' lacking in punch. Subject of
the K. K. K. is pretty blah for dra-
matic purposes at this late date,
anyhow. . , „ i

Gist of story Is that Leslie Hat-
ton' marries the town belle and then
goes off over there. He is retupii-
ing after peace to find that the
girl's rich . parents have had the
marriage annuled and she has wed
a rich townsman,, leader.'of the klan
(called here "The Order"). She has
become a hard, worldly Awoman,
meantime, and Is determined to
throw herself Into an affair with
the returned soldier, even to the
extent of forcing herself half un-
dressed into his bedroom. Here the
husband finds them, but nothing
much comes of the scene except
that, the hero, disgusted at doll
facetf5=iWomen, goes to Ellis island
for a real woman, for ' his wife.
Story Interest then takes on speed
as.tlje immigrant girl, first insist-
ing upon the position of servant,
gradually answers the mating- call.

A mechanical sub-plot deals 'with
a klan leadier who drives a girl to
suicide and then turns suspicion
upon the hero. It never creates
much suspense, serving principally
to furnish a background for the
romance of the immigration grlrl
and the heart-hupgry farmer.

Rush. .

of personal warmth which braced
the so-so story on the boards is
the difference between the show,
fairly successful, and the picturCj
which Is fair. ,

In picturized "Tenth Avenue", the
young woman keeper of a roomine;
house for thieves, both active and
reformed. Is made more angelic and
given a sick- mother.

Phyllis Haver is not at home In
the young landlady role. She found
herself in "Chicago," and though
.both of the underworld, the moods
are as different as day and night.
Joseph Schildkraut Is also an un-
easy player In his backboneless Joe
characteriizatlon. He looks and
acts less like a dip than the de-
tective.

Vl.ctor Varconl's smooth perform-
ance leads the . cast. VTenth Aye-r
nue" can play the vaiidfiljns and
please. . It shouldn't be taken
straight In class company.

Bige.

of a beautiful yoiing wife is 'alwaya
appealing from several angles? Ac-
cording to this tale the young wife,
t'vonne, remains on board ship
against her husband's ordera; She
stays m the cabin of a formfer
lover, expecting to surprise her hus-
band. Captain Corlaix, later on in
the evening. , , , 4.

War is declared and the ship sets
out to sea. Brambourg discovers
the girl In B'Artelle'S cabin and de-
mands concessions in the way of a
close relationship. The girl refuses
and he threatens to tell her hus-
band. Hubby won't listen and as
she is called on deck D'Artelle en-
ters the cabin and shoots the men-
ace with the Captain's gun.

"The court room scene Is dull and
unimpressive. Action on board
ship registers. Picture Is synchrp-
hized but has no dialog. Mon.

THE NIGHT WATCH

(SOUND)

First " Naflonol proauctWn and release.
Directed by Alexander Korda under the
supervision of Ned Harln. Cpntlnully by
Lajos Biro. Author hot credited on
screen or proeram. Starring Blllle Dove
•with Donald Reed featured. At Strund,
Kew York, . week Oc£. 6. , Running time,
72 minutes. _ ,'.

Yvonne Blllle Dove

Captain Corlaix PaurLukas

D'Artelle Donald Reed

Bram-bourg ........... Nicholas Souesanln

Ann i. ... . Anita Garvlne

Dagorne .................. /Gustav Partos

Admiral Mobraye WilUarri^Tooker

Fargasson George Periolat

DeDuc Nicholas Bela

Our Dancing Daughters

(SOUND)
. Mctro-Golilwyn-Mayer release of Cos-
mopolitan production featuring Jo&n Cra.w-
ford. Directed by Harry BeaumQnt from
Josephine Lovett's atory running serially,
in Hearst dallies. Titled by Marlon Alns-
lee and Rutl^ Cummlngs. At the Capitol.'
N, Y., veek of Oct. 6. Running time, 86
minutes. ■ . ,

Diana' Joan Cravtord

Ben Blaln John Mack Brown

Beatrice Dorothy. Sebastian

Anne . . .• ; An I ta Pa ge

Anne'^s Mother.. Kathlyn Williams

Norman....... • NUa Aethor

Freddie ; .Edward Nugent

if

NOW IN SECOND TEAR

Ba Bo Bi

More "nii^n a Montcr of Ceremonies .
At COFFEE DAN'S, Los Anseles, CaL

TENTH AVEISIUE

■William C. DpMllle production- and
1 Pathe releasCi Directed by. DeMllle.
I Adapted from stage play by John Mc-

Gowan and Lloyd Grlacom. At Hippo-
I drome. New York, week Oct. 7. . Running

time, 05 minutes.

Lyla Phyllis Haver

Joo ; Joseph gchllrlkraut

Guy . '. .. Victor VarconJ

I Detective Robert Edeson

I In film form the formula In the
McGowan-Griscom play of the same
title is followed closely, with only
the realism of the atftge lacking in
the screen version. That absence

On account of Its sex angle and
the appearance, drawing power and
ability shown here by Billie Dove
"the picture should do well In the
first runs providing there is a suit-
able stage program to back It up:
It Is not strong enough to stand by
Itself, rating among the seconds
for box office possibilities.

The opening Is slow and clumsy
under Alex Korda's direction and
the picture drags for over 30' min-
utes before going into stride.

The story is not convincing, with
sequences leading up to the mystery
boring and of the conventional type.

The courageous French captain
who had just returned from a vic-
tory over the enemy Is accused of
killing a fellow officer. Gun and
other circumstantial evidence seem
to be conclusive evidence. It leads
Into a court room scene f oi" a mili-
tary trial with the wife getting up
at the last minute to say "He did
not kill that man — " etc.

From that point onward the ac
tlon and plcturlzatlon are handled
neatly. A tale of the Indiscretions

ford and Anita Page who eee-saw
for cast honors although someone
ought to tip the camera boys to
stop shooting Anita In profile on
cleseups or mediums.

Atid. after you wash this all up
the story Is running serially In tho
Hearst dallies with that string's
customary plug for a Cosmopolitan
picture. It's the unusual example
of a film substantiating the bally-
hoo.

Soniewhere In the whole thing la
a moral. Evidently that the modern
girl is wild but dead on the level
like old Sal.

The boyishly figured Miss Craw -
ford has seldom looked better tlian
In this one. She's both heavy and
light on clothes and strictly for .the
camera either way. Other, than the
appearance thing there are numer-
ous spots where she troupes, and
well.

Miss Page is given her major
spot down next , to closing in a
lengthy drunk sequence to which
she gives abundant authenticity and
-NVhich ends in her death, after a
fall down a flight of stairs. IJarlier
much of her time Is taken up argu-
ing with her money chasing mother
while displaying undies and much
stocking, Beaumont evidently de-
siring to make sure that tio one
would leave this effort early.

Miss Sehnstlan Is clo.se behind as
(Continued on page 26)

Booked in hefe for two weeks
"Daughters" may be able to -go
three. The picture did around $40,-
000 on the week end, had a big
Monday matinee arid that night at
arSOvthey were five deep behind
th6 last row with standees to the
doors- on one side of the lobby. As
a program leader it's been doing
heavy business around the countty.
After taking a look— In fact two
looks— there's reasons. ••

This . jazz epic follows the title,
a pip b. o. name In itself. Is sump-
tuously mounted, gets plenty of
playing from three girls and is suf-
ficiently phy.sically . teasing in un-
dress to do the trick. •.

Add to that head work in direc-
tion which doesn't show this younger
generation doing Impossible things,
except in one instance, and a story
that marries off the juvenile to the
scheming fiapper before he gets back
to the frank and daring but honest
heroine. They've got to kill off the
unworthy young wife to make tho
clinch windup but despite that this
is 86 minutes away from the. lead
title, the picture never lost a cus-
tomer at this p,erformahce.
It's mainly because of Joan Craw

GEORGIA LANE

DANCERS -

Complete €nltH Appearlnir in Fancbon
^ and Marco "Meas"

STUDIOS: DENVER, COLO.

ETHEL MEGLIN'S

FAMOUS WONDER KIDDIES

FEATURED WltH

FANCHON AND MARCO

DORIS WHrmORE

World's Youngest Prima D^j
Toe Dancer and Violini8t>
Now -with.
F.\NCHON and MABOO'S
^ "UP IN THE AIR" IDEA

A big success in pictures for 16 years— a riot
at Loew's State Theatre, Los Angeles

CHARUEl

Will play fourteen weeks in West Coast de Luxe
Theatres for Fanchon and Marco at a very
sweet salary and percentage.

Breaking the Loew's State record, giving five
shows daily — and loves it.

Address: FANCHON and MARCO

WEST COAST THEATRES
LOS ANGELES

Remenibca-"COHENS and KELLYS"-"McFADDEN'S FLATS"-

AND "THE GORILLA"-THAT'S ME

V/ednesday, October 10, 1928

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V A K 1 E T Y

Wednesday, October 10, 1928

'^vrnerBros. ConttnueTheirIead/

Gala World Premiere

TU ESDAY OtTOBER 23^

WARNER BROS. THEATRE

Broadway at S2-'St,AM.

SEE AND HEAR WARNER BROS.

UTEST mXAU-TAimO PICTURE

THE FIRST BROADWAY STACE PlAY PWODUrtPASANAlL-TAlKINO PICTUHi|

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WITH
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ROBERT

GLADYS

ROBERT

ADAPTATION BY ADDISON BURKHART AND MURRAY ROTH

DIRECTED BY

BRYAN FOY

Box Office Results Prove Daily m\

THAT f

Warner Bros. Have the Pictures^

Now Playing

"THE SINGING FOOL" •'GLORIOUS BETSY"

"THE TERROR" "THE LION AND THE

"THE JAZZ SmGER" MOUSE"
"LIGHTS OF NEW YORK"' "TENDERLOIN"

Coming Soon
"MY MAN" "STARK MAD"

"THE DESERT SONG" "ON TRIAL"

"CONaUEST" "QUEEN OF THE NIGHT

"THE REDEEMING SIN" OF AVE. A."
And Mmy^^^P^

Wednesday, October 10, 1928

PICTURES

VARIETY

26

Minn. Houses Rdse
Prices; No Loss in Biz

Minneapolis, Oct. 9.

Tho cost of thcatregoing li3 ris-
ing for the public here. Minnesota,
4,100 F. & ^.-Publlx house, has ad-
vanced its evening scales from 65c
to 75c lor the fentlre house.

When the Strand reopened eve-
ning prices fixed at 6Gc as com-
pared with 50c formerly, with the
advent of M-G-M pictures, the
Henneplii-Orpheum tilted its night
lower floor to 60c, 10c jump. Sun-
day price at this house remains 75c.

A 40c night price is in effect at
the Granada, new uptown atmos-
pheric house wired. It is 10c higher
than any other uptown theatre ever
has charged.

The State boosted its ante from
60c. to 60c some time ago.

Raising prices has not affected
bUsinoaa adversely as yet at any
of . tho theatres involved.-

Inside Sfuff-Pictures

Chai-lo9 Boahan and Garret Fort, collaboralbis on the draniatiO' vi'i'sion
of Jim Tuliy'a. "Jarnogan," tire reported In an embarrassing posi lion
as the i-e.sult of changes made, in their script by Richard Bennott, tho
star.

Beahan and Fort are both employed by film companies, Bi^ahan by
Fox and Fort by Paramount. Especially odious is a line slammin:^; a
picture head which Bennott in.sists upon keeping In.

Cooneys' Drake Fair

: . ' Chicago, Oct. 9.

DraKe, newly opened by Cooney
Brothers, is , reported doing moder-
ate business. Policy Is straight
pictures week days, with a Wein-
berg revusical added Saturday, and
vaude Sunday.

This is the first step in the In-
tended comeback of Cooney Broth-
ers. They are the deposed heads oiE
National Playhouses, Inc., bankrupt
circuit of 10 houses.

Mr. Exhibitor

John Arnold, in charge of the photographic department of M-G's
sound department, la experimenting on hew devices fot" sound recording.

Results of the work have brought about the pei-fection of many new im-
provements which will not be divulged until patents to the inventions
are secured.

Blowing up of a GOO to'n hull a.s a scene for Sam Goldwyn's "lU'Siiie"
was successfully accomplished on the coast. ..

Some 2,000 holes were bored in the Imll and into many of tlioso
dynamite sticks wore inserted. Vessel was anchored Just inside the
inlet on the ocean side of the Catalina isthmus, so that the debris would
drift inside and not out to sea. Dynamite was planted by A. S. St.
John, explosive engineer, and Capt. William Collins so) that what was
left of the ship would go straight in the air Sand to the amount of 400
tons carried down any undestrpyed part. Boinbprools for the 12 motion
picture and seven still cameras proved unnoce.ssury.
MTiat was left oT the stern sank in 10 seconds., ^o one was hurt.

WEST COAST NOTES

Brooks BiMiPdict and Eloanore
Jjeslio added "Cloar the Decks," U.

J. F. Poland and Karl Snell as-
signed to write '"His luicky Day" as
Reginald Denny's next picture for
U.

Joe Brown, Arnold I^iucy, Ifenry
Sod ley, Carmel Myers, I'iirle Foxe.
Clifford Dempsey, Stepin Fetchit,
Baby Mack, Bess Flowers, Dorothy
McGowan. Lew Seller directing.

Emmett King added to "The Shop-
worn Angel" (.Par).

George Y. Harvey and Tim Adare
added to "The Canary Murder
Case" (Par).

Edward Sloman directing "The
Play Goes On," original by Charles]
Kenyon. U,

"Society Circus," one-reelor in the
"Horace In Hollywood" series with
Arthur Lake, completed at U.

Wilfred' Noy, Joyce Marie
and EUiol AViilos uddod Par's
an Hour."

Coad
"Half I

"Two Gun Morgan," short west-
ern comedy, finished l-y Walter
Fabian (U).

. Mitchell I..e%vis,
Jimmy Aldine
"Leathernecks.". •

Paiil Weigel and
added Pafhe'sl

Brodorjck O'Farrell
"Gold Braid," M-T.

added to

Virginia Sale added
Kellys." U.

.Tohn Davidson
Gloves" (WB).

'Cohens and

added "Kid

Houston Bn-ineh is adapting and
George Dronigold and Peggy Pryor
aro writing continuity for "Square
Shoulders." Pathe will star junior
Coughlan.

Romola Nijinski, wife of Va.sloff Nljlnski, both former leading dancers
of the Ballet Russe for Morris Gest, came to Holly wood and. secured a
contract to act in pictures for M-G-M. She was on the. lot for some
time before anyone knew Who she was and then was given small bits
and atmosphere parts. The dancer tolerated this until assigned to play
a small role in a Tim McCoy western. This touched, her pride and she
refused. Her contract. expired shortly after and was not renewed.

■ Casting about for some new thought w-Uh which to publicize one of
his clients, a, film director, one of Hollywood's free, lance publi<:ists.
broadcast a story to the effect that Hollywood was abp'ut to witness
the formation ot ari organization of veteran screen directors who had
served at least 10 years with, megaphones. It was stated his client

(Continued on page 44)

Blanche Le Clair assigned to her
first big pai-t as h teain mate for
Bessie Love in "Broadway Melody"
for M-G.

Warner Richmond signed by Co-
lumbia for "Apache."

Mitchell Lewis
ernecks," Pathe.

.added to "Leath-

Completc cast "Out- Dally Bread"
(Fox): Charles Farrell, Mary Dun-
can, David Torrence, Edith Yorke,
(Continued on. page 62)

Randolph Lewis titling "The Tiger |
Shadow" serial. Pathe, .

Lewis Stone added
M-G.

to "Heat" for

Bobe Daniels will work continu-
ously at the Par.studios until Jan.
1 at which time she leaves for Eu-
rope oh a long vacation.

Warners will do "The Gamblers,"
an old Charles Klein play.

Hal Mohr, camer.aman, signed to
new two-year contract by U. ;

Must Explain

Chicago, Oct. 9.
Olllcials of the Gregory-Bernasek
Theatre Corp., in receiver.ship, have
been ordered by Judge Fitch to ap-
pear in court and explain the
wiiOreabouts of various securitlef;
unaccounted for/

Attorneys for the receivers, Chi- .
cago Title and Tnist Co., declare
that $597,667.95 In cash and $550,000
in stock is missing.

Now tii<tt fall is here, do
not forget to play the real
box-office attraction pro-
duced for the new season

by

ALFRED L
GREEN

Six Months , at Coconut
Grove, Ambassador Hotel,
Los Angeles, Cal.

JOHN

FREDERICK

and

MARIAN

DABNEY

DeLUXE DANCING TEAM

Now Tour mg^^.^^^^^^^^
Circuit of Tlieatres

Uirccllon WILLIAM MOBBIS
Chicago Office

"L'Invitation au Voyage"— Unfavorable

"L'LN'VITATION AU VOYAGE", (Civic Repertoire Theatre.
Street)— Impossible for pictures. All the action Is mental. Diab
lacking conflict, youth, motion.

Maude Turner Gordon In ?'Tar-
nish" at Hollywood Music Box,
added to "Kid Gloves," WB.

Mth
siory
Lnit.

Frank Lel.crh added
the Desert," (FBO). .

to "Love on

"The Command Performance"— Favorablo
COMMAND PERFORMANCK' (Comedy, Herman

Slnnnlin,

Natalie. Kingston
rate of Panama." U.

added to "Pi-

"THE

Klaw). . „. , .

A Harold MacGrath tale of little European kingdoms calling for la-oican

leading man. Treated sMtirically. J^<'''-

Helene Costellb and Gafdori Gl.ass
for "Broken Barriers," Excellent.

"Chee-Chee" — Unfavorable

"CIIEE-CI-IEE" (li'ioldfl— Operetta— Mansfield).

Indelicate thcmo counts this entry out completely for flickcr.<?.

"Fast Life" — Unfavorable

"FAS'! LIFE" (Melodrama, A. H. Woods, Ambassador).
A somewhat confusing story cHmgLXing in a near electrocution,
an idea for pictures.

(leorge Archainbaud replaced
Eddie Cline in directing "Squads
Right," T-S.

J l,rl.

Hardly
Ihre..

Maurice Pivar, supervising film
editor nt U, signed a new five-year
contract.

"The Would- Be Gent'eman"-T-Unfayorable _
"THE WOULD-BE GENTLEMAN" (Civic Repertoire, 14th .Si,").
Nothin- here. Revival of mediaeval Moliere farce, little story, cliar-

George Mel ford and company of
45 players left for Yuma, Ariz., to
film scenes for "Love In the Desert,'.'
FBO.

actor man lead neither extremely funny nor ^,
dmma! all indoor sets. And wiU not attract enough favorable attention
to give it a stage-made value.

at all sympathetif
t(>

JMt.

Fox hiis houerht a
story, "The Valinnt."

one act vaude

Jbi'e.

"Adventure" — Unfavorable

"ADVENTURl':" (Comedy drama, I^ernard Steele. Inc., Republir)
Could only .be used as ordinary western.

"By Request"— Favorable

"n:y REQUEST-' (Co'medy, George M. Cohan, Hudson). .
Amusinff story of youthful husband from Ohio who thinks he m.K
altniTing in New York but can't go through with it . me

Joyce Coad, child screen actress,
in "Half an Hour,'' ([Par, replaced
by NancT Price.

Starting Oct, 22 under Frank Mat-
tison. Trinity Pictures will m.ake
"Night Club Nora" with Alberta
V.aughn. Nov. 4 "Tho China Slaver
goes Into work.

ht

B. & K. Warners in
Chi; 2d Run to Orpheum

pictures,
downtown, is
of their own

Chicago. Oct. 9
With B&K grabbing off majority
of the Warner program
Warners' Orpheum,
on the short end
product.

.With . no .- releases avO-llable ^ at
pre.sent the Ori)houm is sHowmg a
repeat of "Wlicn a Man Loves," sec-
ond Vita picture made with John
Barrymore, and will follow it with

second loop run of "Lights of New
York." "Lights" ran for six weeks
at McVickers, closing there but four
weeks ago.

Next first run at the Orpbeuin will
bo "Land of the Silver Fox." dog
picture with Rln Tin Tin, due to
follow "Lights."

Paul Guertzman, William Marioii
Brandon Hurst added "Wolf of Wall
Street" (Par).

Herman .T, Manklcwicz
"Avalanche" (Par).

titling

Eddie Cline assigned to direct
'SQuads Right" for T. S. George
Stone and ICdd'ie Grlbbon featured.

BOYD

MAKING >rV riRST ArrHAK.VNCli WITH

PAUL ASH

The "RAJAH OF M. C.'S"

NOW AT ORIENTAL THEATRE, CHICAGO
with "SUNNY SPAIN," a PUBLIX UNIT
.«^.-I AM NOW ni.OTING A "V. Vl.WAV AKUOPf-AMt

Federal Trade-Par

Counsels on Issues

Washington, Oct: 9.
Federal Trade Commission has
answered Paramount's petition for
a narrowing of the Issues in their
court fight by leaving it entirely to
its chief counsel.

Paramount wants to get the i)rO-
ceedings ' down to the pfihi-ipal
que.'^lion of block booking wllht)Ut
the other issues. Commission's ac-
tion In leaving It to counsel is
looked upon here as rather indica-
tive tliat the commission also
wants to gel; a decision on the block
booking proposition.

Case, before the commission for
years, has now reached the New
York State courts in an endi-MVor,
on tlie i)art of the cominissioii, to
fDroe riiramount to stop lilofk
booking.

Pathe ha.s started adding sound
dialog to "The Spieler" at its own
recording plant in Culver City. Hal
C\onklin. and , Tay J3arnet^^^ wrote tlie
dialog.

Complete cast "Badges" (Fox);
Helen Twolvotree.s, Charles Eaton,

Thete is No Substitute for

STAGE-BAND
ENTERTAINMENT

Known M tlie

"PAUL ASH POllCr

ORIENTAL
THEATRE
CHICAGO

Limited Engagement

"KXCLrSIVELX OOLVHBIA
BECOBDINO ABTIST"

PUBLIX UNIT
NOW

Jofee

Hitting on All

Four at
MINNESOTA,
MINNEAPOLIS

Direction
WM. MORRIS OFFICE

HANDELRS and MILLIS

NOW AT THE PARAMOUNT, NEW YORK (WEEK OCT. 6) JUST RETURNED FROM TOUR OF SOUTH AFRICA AND ENGLAND

jaid: "Handers and Millie opened and never was such laughter heard inside oF the Empire Theatre."

Direction MAX HART

'JOHANNESBURG PRESS"

26

VARIETY

FILM REVIEWS

Wednesday, October XO, 1928

Our Dancing Daughters

(Continued fi'om page 22)

the wi'ongecl girl ■with the fiery hus-
band. She especially . registers in
Bcenes oppOvSitc Asther and has a
couple of spots with Miss Crawford
Whicli aren't hard to watch. Both
Asther and Johnny Maclc Brown
are strictly the types the latter, per^-
hap.s, lacking lire but getting across-
because right now he isn't too much
the actor. Kathlyn Williams fits as
the angling mother.

Allowing that the New York cen-
«ors didn't touch "Daughters,"' the
showing at the Stanley, Philadel-
phia, wasn't much different.. The
Penn scissor brigade drew the line
on the. doseup of Miss Crawford's
■undergarments on duty, the peel-
ing bit of -her skirt while Charles-
toning for her crowd (the exag-
gerated instance) and a rather
heavy love scene along the shore
line. Otherwise both runs are about
parallel on. footage with the main
difference in synchronization.

Thifi. Stanley used the records
alternately for about two reels
and ■ .then switched to Its big
pit :crew, which made it pretty
bad because the tlieatre mu-
Blcia'ns made a bum out of the
canned scpre. ' And the musical ar-
rangement is spotty. Theme song
Isn't bad but when they dip back
into "All Alojje" and "Broken
Hearted" in following Miss Craw-
ford's love affair it's harking back
to tjie shooting galleries and the
guy at the piano. .

At the Capitol the picture is run-
ning solid on recorded score, the
disk switch being noticeable on
titles and because of the difference
In amplification as the change is
made— louder on one machine than
the other. Why sound effects must

JOHN

TENOR

Playing a Special 10-Week

Engagement In the
i WILLIAM FOX
■ De Luxe Motion Picture
Theatres

THIS WEEK
FOX, Philadelphia

Direction:

A. K. BENDIX

Colninbln Theatre Balldlnc,
MEW TORK CITX

include knocks on doors, horses'
hoofs and even the tap of a ping-
pong ball on a table is beyond the
pale. ,

The public i.sn't that sound crazy
and the Stanley's combination of pit
crew and record is quite apt to make
the Quakers start wondering why
synchronized scores are necessary
In the blig hou.ses which boast of
good orchestras. The Capitol has
been smart enough' to lay off its
musicians for this hour and a half.
It's better that way . than half and
half although it's about time some^
body started using their head on
where and where , not to use these
minor effects.

"Dancing Daughters" is a picture.

Sid.

SHIRAZ

(INDIAN MADE.)

London, Sept. 26.
Pioducc.l by Brillsli IiistrucUonal Pllins
T>td. Directfid by Franz OSten.. Story by
Nir.injnn I'nl. Pholograpliy by H. Harris
nnrt Ern-at . .Schunemann. U. K. Release,
Pro Patrla Films X-td. Running time, 84
minutes, Preview at London Hippodrome,

sopt. ai.. „, --^ ,

Shiraz HImansu Ral

Shah Jehan • Charu Roy

Dalia Seeta. Devi

Selima- (Muhitiiz Mahal) . _

EnakPhl Rama Rau

Some three years ago the German
firm, Kmelka, sent a director,
Franz Osten, to India to make a
picture of "The Light, of Asia."
They were sold this idea by Niran-
Jari Pal and Himansu RaJ, iand
claimed to have spent a great deal
of money on the film. The result
contained not a; little beauty and
some imaigination, but amateurish
in technique and acting, and failed
signally. Then the same two In-
dians put up the idea of using the
Taj Mahal story for screen pur-
poses. . After many refusals. to dea.1,
finally sold the idea to British In-
structional. Its active head, Bruce
Woolf, has a penchant for educa-
tional subjects. There was a re-
lease and partial finance from Ger-
many as a consideration, and .local
.assistance was obtained fronji the
Maharajah of Jaipur for the making
of the film. It has been hailed here
by the press as a thing of great
beauty, and in some respects scen-
ically it Is. But it has also been
praised as a 'great picture, which it
is not. Direction is lacking in al-
mbst every sense of dramia; oppor-
tunities, locations, Immense masses
of people and strings of elephants,
soldiery, camels, and other normalr
Ities of India are used without any
conception of how to handle them
for effect. Many of the Italian di-
rectors" of a decade ago could give
Osten a score of points in these
matters.

There Is a crowd stated to con-
tain 60,000 present at an execu
tlon. All the use made of It is for
a few mid and long shots. The
situation Is one in which Shlraz is
to die by the Death of the . Ele
phant's Foot the huge crowd is
watching the approach of the ele
phant to tread out the life of the
condemned man. Here Is an. ob
vlous chance to create suspense
which every Hollywood director has
used time end again. Nothing of
the kind is' done. Shots of the ele-
phant approaching, lOng-ahots of
the whole scene, and close-ups of

ANCHON
MARCO IDEAS

The Original of Their Type,
the Most Consistent of Their
Kind. And Sure-Fire at the
Box Office

the man on the ground, the one
dramatic note being struck by a
shot of the elephant's foot about to
descend on the man.

The absence of studio work and
the non-use oi? lights are claimed as
an asset, but in many caocs the pho-
tography would have been much,
improved oven If they had used re-
flectors. Ab It is, there arc many
cases in which It Is flat and thin.
Titling and editing-, too, afo .bad to
the point of atrociousness in some
cases, a foot-soldier being made to
talk to a. fellow trooper about
Within these precincts," and (In-
excusable in an Indian film) the
list of players is alluded to as the
"Caste."

An a semi-amateur effort made by
people working under natur.al con-
ditions, the film is not without, in-
terest. Aa an essay in native pro-
duction it has . some merit. But it
has reduced a rather sublime legend
of the building of the Taj Mahal to
something rather petty and person-
al, and its directors have failed sig-
nally to put anything into the pic-
ture beyond what the beauty of lo-
cations and buildings could give
them.

Ruthlessly cut, It will attract
some attention in art theatres. But,
however much one would like to see
it happen, especially as its produc-
ers are so sincere In their belief that
it is a master-piece, it will fjiil as
a general release. As a piece of
entertainment merchandise it offers
no possibilities from any angle.

Frat.

experience, and Pat Alierne has not
the face for a hero of this type.
He should be cast for saturnine
roles. Some comedy of the hoke
vaude typo is supplied by Scotch
Kelly, sometime vaudevillan with
all the familiar tricks, gestures and
falls.

May fill a gap for Par's Quota
here, but if they release it in
America they'll have to let it out
on parole. Frdt.

The Lost Expedition

(GERMAN MADE.)

■ Ufa production, released . by UrlU Dl.s-
trlbultni; Co. Edited and titled by Joseph
R. Fllesler; No other credits listed: At
."iStii 6t. Playhouse, New York, wSQk Oct
<J.' Ru^inlng time, about' (JO minutes.'

during the war, with a small -town
locale and with Langdon in one of
his regular moron roles, is used. Fall-
ing to get Into the army after pes-
tering a recruiting colonel, Ilai-ry,
through a coincidence, isaves that
officer's life and blows up an enemy
ammunition depot.

Doris Dawson shapes up physi-
cally a.s a comely leading lady, more
.sex appeal than a lot of the pclches
Harry has picked in the past. The
gags are not so numerous, but the
ones used are good. '

DOG LAW

FBO production and release, slan-inK
Ranger. Directed by Jerome Storm from
story by. S.. Taylor, -Kobcrt DeGrasse,
cameraman, In cost: Robert Sweeney,
Julcfi Cowles, Walter Maly and Mary
Mabery. At the .Stanley, New York, one
day, Oct. 8, on doable bill. Running time,
about 60 mlns.

"Dog Law" is okay for the kids
and passable In the grinds. It's a
♦Viiical quijkif.'.

There's practically a story witnin
a story. Granger has his love affair
and brings together his collegiate
master and a maid of the log roll-
ing country. One villain shoots an-
other and the lad Is blamed. By
help of the dog and girl he Is saved,
and all that.

Dog* is good. Dulls his teeth cut-
ting ropes and takes a ko twice
from a bar room stick. A puppy
scene is cute, but the rest Is third
rate stuff, which dtags.

LOVE'S OPTION

(BRITISH MADE.)

London, Sept. 27.
Produced br Welsh-Pearson-ISlder Co
U. K. releaae through Paramount for
Quota purposes. Story by W. Douglas
Newton and George Pearson. Directed b/
George Pearson. Photographed by George
Pocknall.. CensorB* Certlflcate <'U." Run-
ning time, 70 mlnntea. Pre-Vlewed at
Plara, Sept. 25. .

John Dacre Pat Aheme

Luclan Wal(« Henry Vlbart

His Niec« Dorothy Boyd

Kelly Scotch Kelly

This one billed as the re-creation
of a great ijolar tragedy is shbrt on
entertainment value, but will prob-
ably please the intelligentsia in the
sure-seaters because of its fine snow
country photography. Slim story
concerns the hardships encountered
by those who invade the Arctic
waste in the name of science. Film
mjty be similar in theme to recent
Fox release "Lost in the Arctic,"

Joe Fliesler's titles written In the
first person plural have the effect
of making one feel he is a member
of the party that has Set out from
one of the northern European coun-
tries to rescue a lost expedition.
The rescuers are divided in two
groups, those who go by boat and
those traveling over the snow
counti'y with dog teams, with Rob-
bin Bay in the Arctic as the desti-
nation. The latter party encounters
all the tough breaks and is finally
reduced to one man and one dog.

Dog finally assists in the rescue
of the man, who Is himself a would^
be rescuer. Rescuing party then
returns home when It is learned
that scientists they have been
searching for in vain are safe.

Some fine shots of Eskimo home
life, with a guide named Milak, fig-
uring. Other outstanding photogra-
phy includes- the breaking up of on
icy mountain and the rescue of men
and dog teams that have taken a
header into deep crevices.

Just a lengthy educational suit-
able strictly for the so-called art
film houses.

Charge of Gauchos

Jiilian A'djurla production (Indepcndont),
released through FBO. . Story by producer.
Albert KoUey, director. Titles by Garrett
Graham. In .cast: Franc-Is X. Bunlinian,
Jacqueline Logan, At Loew's Ne%v. York,
one day, Sept. 2.1, one-half double bill.
Running time, about 05 rrtlnutefl.

Julian Adjuria a year ago landed
in Hollywood with a bank roll.
From Argentirifi he came, fired to
make a picture on Belgrano, his
country's emancipator. After a long
time his work ^yas completed and
he returned, sad btit the wiser. This
picture, minus its pep 'em up title,
reflects his experiences. It's okay
for any theatre as a filler or a sub-
stitute when' the can man is late
with the regular. Otherwise, cold.

"Charges of the Gauchos" is most
amateurish. Even an old-timer like
Francis X. Bushman seems to have
been force: into over-acting by the
brilliant artificiality of the sets and
atmosphere. The whole thing. im-
presses like Mexican rookies lined
up with West Point seniors.

The producer wrote the story,
which may or may not have been
the cause for this mess. It gets , to
the screen in the rilost hokoy form.

HEART TROUBLE

First National production and release.
HartT Langdon, star and director. Story
by Arthur Ripley. Gordon Bradford, titles,
fn cast: Doris Dawson, Lionel Belmore,
Madge Hunt. At Loew's New York one
jay. Oct. 2, on double bill. Running time,
58 minutes.

If American houses are seeking
alibis when they have to tell the
Board of Trade they have not been
able to book their requisite per-
centage on the Quota, some are go-
ing the right way about it. This
film makes a proinlslng start, jibs
after the first two reels, and finally
goes all to pieces.

The story Is trite, not to say tripe.
Wicked old man wants to gyp hero
out of the copper market. Eniploys
toughs to dynamite South American
mine, and then to abduct attorney
who is prospecting In Spain on an
option. Niece, whose money the
wicked old uncle Is embezzling to
carry out his nefarious schemes, be-
lieves hero Is the bad one, till she
learns otherwise from some cables
which he drops In a fight after hav-
ing stolen them from the old uncle's
house. Finally she assists the hero
to get his option made valid at the
last moment, after a hectic fight
with a gang of Spanish toughs, hired
by uncle, one of whom Incidentally
tries to rape her.

Some pretty Spanish shots com-
pensate for directional and story de-
fects, but one hacienda does not
make a movie. Dorothy Boyd, lacks

Probably because it is his last for
First ^National, "Harry Langdon's
"Heart Trouble" comes into Man-
hattan unsung. Yet it is one of the
best of the few he has made during
the past two years. It can stand up
without a. supporting feature for a
short run in iany house.

The comic doies less of the emot
ing he gave way to In his last two.
He abandons to a great extent his
ambition to be the complex of a
tradeglenne and a comedian. "Heart
Trouble" Is more compact and the
story is more actionful.
, That ' he is directing himself is
less obvious.

A novel angle on . conscription

JESSE CRAWFORD
ORGAN CONCERT

PARAMOUNT THEATRE
NEW YORK

WEEK OF OCTOBER 6TH

"FOR OLD TIMES SAKE"

(De Sylva,' Brown & Henderson)

"CRAZY RHYTHM''

(Harms, Inc.)

"ANGELA MIA"

(De Sylva, Brown &. Henderson)

AND

Means "HARMON Y"^^^^ —

THIS WEEK WITH PAUL ASH AT ORIENTAL, CHICAGO
In "SUNNY SPAIN"— A PUBLIX UNIT

Thanks to PAUL ASH» MAX TURNER and SAM BRAMSON* Direction: WILLIAM MORRIS OFFICE

Wednesday, October 10, 1928

VARIETY

27

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JDirected by

Albert Rosell

Supervised by

Harry J. Brown

Presented by
Charles R. Rogers

story by

Ularion Jaeksan

FOR I]¥STA]¥CE —

Here are some of the never*
before-attempted thrill'
stunts you*llfindin the

From hi« perch on a Ugh treeW
limb Ken ropfes a rider speediiir
under vhim— then lower* himscJf-
with the villdih as counterbalance
in time to lasso a second pursuer
with the other end of the rope
and leave them both dangling in
mid-air.

At full gallop. Ken leaps from Tar-;
zan to the tongue of a runaway,
covered wagon, rinkins death be-
neath two dozen thundering hoofs
taatop the six-horse team.

A member of the outlaw ganft
leaps astride Tarzan as Maynard
parses his j^mbush. At Ken's sig*
nal Tarzan bucks the enemy oil
his back, freeing Maynard from
the strangle hold*

Ken° ropes his lasso to the top of a'
telegraph pole, taps the wire to
signal for help, then slides down'
the rope to his saddle as the enemy'
appears^^

With one crack of a bull-whip Ken'
ties up the pistol hand of an out-,
law who has the drop on him.

Standing astride two horses KeaV
drive* « six-horse team at break*)
neck speed. '

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SO i\Y 1} i stvvslme

28

VARIETY

Wednesday, October 10, 1928

EDNA FERBER'S Story

MOTHER
KNOWS

BEST

MADGE BELLAMY LOUISE DRESSER

BARRY NORTON

JOHN BLYSTONE Production

Dialogue written by EUGENE WALTER

Theatre 4ind Stage Embellishments by
CHARLES JUDELS and DAVE Sj;AMPER

talkers talk MONEY!

WILLIAM FOX presents

^ Soaring to Records Everywhere !

Now in fourth capacity week at Globe Theatre,
New York. Smashed all records at Palace
theatre, MontreaL Did $1500 more on week
than previous record, held by STREET
ANGEL. Played to more money and bigger at-
tendance than any picture in Canada at anytime.

Doing sensational business at Carthay Circle,
Los Angeles, at $2 top. The talk of the city,
both press and public. Opens at Globe Theatre,
Kansas City, next Friday.

THE
AIR

emeus

Louise Dresser David Rollins
Sue Carol Arthur Lake

Directed by
HOWARD HAWKS and LEW SEILER

Dialogue staged by CHARLES JUDELS

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READ THIS WIRE!

AtR CIRCUS opened Strand, Schenectady, to
unprecedented business. Smashed to smither-
eens record of What Price Glory, previous top
for this house. Absolutely sensational. If this is
criterion can you imagine how we anticipate
bookings of STREET ANGEL, MOTHER
KNOWS BEST, FOUR SONS, MOTHER
MACHREE, RED DANCE, FAZIL, SUNRISE,
RIVER PIRATE, PLASTERED IN PARIS, WIN
THAT GIRL?

W. M. Shirley, President and
General Manager, Farash Theatre Co. , Inc.

These talkers produced on Movietone film will be
followed witji 6 other all-talking feajtures now in
production at Movietone City for release before
Christmas,

If in California October 28, you are invited to
attend the formal dedicatory exercises of thiis new
40-acre Fox Movietone Studio, miracle development
of our rapidly changing industry, of which Fox is
the acknowledged leader.

FOX HILLS STUDIO

MOVIETONE CITY

The WoM 's largest plant for the production of TalkiiigRcture

iSlC

[iidin^ IS Biiildinds at FOX HILLS , Califomi.

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Wednesday, October 10, 1928

VAUDEVILLE

VARIETY

29

KEmrS FUTURE AND VAUDE

POLICIES AND ACTS
ARE SPECyiATHE

With RCA Purchase Matter
of Act Supply for Radio
and Talking Shorts Comes
In, Besides Home Talkers
—Possibility of All-Sound
in Majority of Keith*s
Under Photophone Oper-
ation Intiensely Important
on Vaudeville Subject

WHO'LL RUN KEITH'S?

Fop anpthep transfer of the Keith
Circuit to occur within four months
since the momentpus turn when
Jos. P. Kennedy and J. J. Murdoek
secured the operating control of
Keith's is dumbfounding the vaude-^
viile world. The major vaude cir-
cuit of all time going to RCA Pho-
tophone, the talking picture sub-
sidiary of the powerful Radio Cor-
poration of America, seems destined
to the vaudevillians to supplant
vaude acts in the Keith houses in
the main, sooner oi* later, with talk-
ing shorts, and with sounded or dia-
log pictures for the silent films the
Keith houses are now mostly play-
ing.

Keith's has arourid 125 theatres
■ from coast to coast under its direct
operation and is booking about 125
others. All of these with few ex-
ceptions play vaude acts. Keith's
now display weekly a considerable
lessening in the number of acts it
weekly employs as 'compared with
this time last season. For the re-
mainder of the Reason, until next
ApriU it is pretty well, booked with
turns.

Under RCA control, that company
'with its broadcasting system and
the National Concert Bureau, Its
ertlsts agency for radio. It could
call upon the Keith acts for radio
«ntertfi.inment as art pxcluslve
source, and In the same way utilize
Keith's for Photophone's exclusive
talking shorts. Home talkers Is
another Photophone project, It Is
Bald, distinct from Television.

A matter of some concern to the
vaude people Is the possible opera-
tor of Keith's under the new own-
ership. From reports, the former
Albee group, along ^ with the Or-
pheum - merged stockholders are
happy to dispose of their Keith or
Orpheum common at 40, the re-
ported agreed upon price by Jos. P
Kennedy with RCA for the buy.

In the Keith office the past few
days It has been claimed that the
old Albee direction will return; with
the Kenncdy-Murdock operation
ceasing. This seemed pre<y cat e
upon the closeness of Lehtnan
Brothers, the bankers. In the RCA
deal. Other bankers are associated
Outside the Keith office that re-
port is contradicted, also that the
Lehman firm is the head of the
deial's banking syndicate.

Conditions
There remains the ^ciuestlon as
well whether David SaranofC, who
Is reported the wheel's hub In
the deal, will consult with the
bankers or with showmen, Including
Albee and his group, or Kennedy
and his immediate associates, Mur-
doek and Pat Casey, as to the best
selection of executives for the fu-
ture of Keith's, whether it continues
as a vaude, vaudfilm, or all sound
chain. Saranoff and Walker will
outline the reorganization, if any,
of the Keith forces from rcpprts.
^Valker Is the hanker, heading the
former Kennedy banking group.
^ ^Konnedy--and-=Mur(lock ^wlll-^ r
tiro from the Keith's ar(Mia upon
the sale of their holdhigs and the
Keith-Orpheum crowd likewise, it
J3 said, leaving Keith's with hard
ly an executive capable of op
crating the circuit as a whole. On
the other side, It Is said that If the
Albee control returns through the
RCA purchase, the former Albee
staff, many of whom were let out

by the Kennody-Murdock direction,
might return Intact. This' in turn
would force out many appointments
made by the K-M, with employ-
ment contracts liguring on both
sides.

Another unanswered report is. of
the possibility of John Ford, .K-M
appointee, continuing as executive
manager of Keith's.

If- the KclLh houses go majorly
sound, it will leave Loew's, Fox and
Pautagcs the loading vaudlilm cir-
cuits with the last vestige of any
two-a-day disappearing. Hope is
held by independfint vaude man-
agers in that event that they, will
be enabled to re-establish their
vaudeville business and possibly
■play two.-a-day vaude with pictures
in the absence of opposition locally
in the smaller towns,

$5,000 Phone Bill

Nothing could he learned up to
yesterday of whaf'Tortcnds in the
Keith ollice other than the confirma-
tion of the impending .purchase by
RCA. That was confirmed by the
Kennedy office • and the, bankers
through annoimceincnts with the
preliminary closure expected daily.

Murdoek and Casey are. on the
water, due here Friday on the
"Maur etania." They > remained
abroad after Kennedy, who had
been with them on the other - side,
returned home.. None of the trio
hart any Intontidn to sell Keith's
when the reports first cropped up.
At that time Murdoek and Casey
were in Rome and Kennedy in Lon-
don. It Is said. Kennedy spent
:;5,000 in ijhoning to New.York to
block that de^l until he arrived, at
which he was successful.

Increased Day s Average Grosses
By Keith's N. Y. Sunday Openings

MISS PATRICOLA

Headlining Entire Loew Circuit
Exclusive management
Johnny Collins
ICO West 'IGth St., N. Y. ;

Act Enjoined from

Playing for Keith's

lankensiein, After 30 Yrs.
Let Out by 1. A, Orpheum

Los Angeles, Oct. 9.
. A F. Frankenstein, after 30 years
and six months as leader of the Or-
pheum's orchestra hero, has received
two weeks' notice and finishes . this
week.-

Frankenstein Is the latest of the
old Orpheum house crew; to get
the axe.

Remedy for Palace, Chi

Chicago, Oct. 9.
Responsibility for continued poor
business at the local Palace, Keith
two-a-day. Is laid strictly on the

Only method conceded possible to
put the house on its feet Is exclusive
booking of acts, keeping them out
of the State-Lake for at least three
months. State-Lake is a Keith's pop
right on the tall of the Pa.lace with
priced vaudfilm stand, and doubling
acts.

Tom Maloy's Side Line

Chicago, Oct. 9

Tom Maloy, business^ manager of

the Chicago Operators' Union, has
gone Into the electric sign main-
tenance business as a side line.
Maloy has bought Into the White
Way Electric Sign Service Co., Inc.,
doing business almost exclusively
with the theatres in town.

Although William Morris' ar-
rangement with Mitchell and Du-
rant does savor of a booking rather
than an employtnent contract, still
Justice Callahan believes that Mor-
ris and the Morris Agency, by vir-
tue of their obligation to pay the
vaudeville team $10,800, net, wheth-
er they worked or not. Indicates a
managerial arrangement.

The Supreme Court; justice has
decided to give Morris an injunc-
tion restraining Mitchell and Du-
rant from working for Keith's as
against the Publix Itinerary which
Morris has them signed for, and at
the same time dismisses the de-
fense of a violation of the Employ-
ment Agency Law.

Facts arise frora the acrobatic
comedy team being brought from
the West Coast by Morris and
guaranteed $600 a week, or $640
weekly net (less 10 per cent com-
mission) for 20 weeks for a period
of two yea;rs. With a year and
eight months to go, Mitchell and
Durant halked at Morris* Publix
route because of the allegedly
str«inuous four shows a day. ' The
team went with Keith's at $750.

A V. M. P. A. ruling decided for
Morris, but the suggestion was that
the Morris Agency permit Mitchell
and Dura.nt to play put the con-
tracted six weeks else the theatres
might bo held legally responsible
on a play-or-pay contract. After
the expiration of the six weeks, the
act continued for Keith's, hence
Morris' suit, brought through Je-
rome Wilzin.

Mitchell and Durant, through
Goldsmith. Goldblatt & Hanower,
raised the point that they are not
unique and extraordinary and sub-
mitted a list of acts they believe
could readily replace them.

Justice Callahan opines that "the
services appear sufficiently unique
to" jusUf y" the liit^r<rentipn --of a
court of equity."

DIVORCE MILL IN
CHI KEEPS GRINDING I

Chicago, Oct. 9.
Maybe Just a slight misunder-
standing. After each had accused
the other of adultery In a siilt for
divorce and crossbill, Violet Golden,
dancer, ana Maurice Golden, pro-
ducer, have become ofniclally recon-
ciled. Last weelc In court Mrs.
Golden withdrew her crossbill and
the suit was dismissed on motion of
Phil R. Davis, attorney for the
husband. Mrs. Golden previously
had. notified Attorney lien Ehrlich
that she . wanted to go bacl^ to
Maurlcis.

Otherwise that divorce business
went on as usual. Leo Lewln, of
the Irvln Berlin, Chicago ofUco, was
granted a divorce from Eva Lcwin
on grounds of desertion. The case
was unusual In that Lewln claimed
his wife deserted him on the day
of their marriage, in January, 1922.
Explanation for the desertion ;aE
offered by Lewin's attorney, Phil
Davis, Is that Eva on second
thought decided that she didn't
want to act as mother to Lewin's
three children by his previous wife.

Davis also secured a divorce for
Fay Drake of the Murray Phillips
casting agency from Jarnes Drake
on grounds of desertion In 1926, four
years after their marriage. A home
In New Jersey was decreed to the
wife.

Socks

3rd Postponement

Helen Herlock, vaudeville dancer.
Is seeking freedom from James Her-
lock, auto salesman, on cruelty
charges through Attorney Davis.
She claims hubby had an annoy-
ing habit of squeezing and pinching
her In a manner not at all friendly.
The Herlocks were married Jan-
uary, 1925, and separated last Sep-
tember.

Ruth MdBrlde, reader In the
Century Play Co. office, gave Victor
McBride, Insurance agent, plenty of
legal air with the assistance of
Attorney Davis. Divorce was
granted, on cruelty grounds, with
liquor and the customary, jaw socks
Included. Marriage In June, 1920,'
and Separation October, 1927.

Catherine Wada, of Vaudeville,
secured a divorce from Tom Wada
with the charge that he deserted
her three weeks after their mar-
riage In. December, 1925. Repre-
sented by Davis.

Roller skating marathon being
held at the Armory on Michigan
Ave. Is claimed to have broken up
the home life of Percy V. Ilolder,
who filed suit for divorce against
Mrs. Estelle Holder during her 36th
day of hoof In - on wheels.

Percy himself dropped out of the
cont^t after one week, and tried
I to make his wife do likewise. When
she refused he filed the suit

Keith and Pixjctor New- York
theatres opening the week's new
shows last Sunday for the first time
Increased the average gross for the
day.

Increases were more noticcaible at
the Sunday matinees than the eve-
ning shows. A marked instance and
at night was the Riverside
(Keith's) where there were standees.
The Riverside also had a marked
matinee iniprovement.

bother houses were i-eported well
satisfied, both as against the aver-
age grosses of the past aiid immedi-
ate grosses of previous Sundays.

The P.alace, straight vaudeville,
only house playing that policy In
Greater New York, held its beat
Sunday attendance for months.
■ Sunday matinees receive the
p.articular attention of the vaude-
ville people, also the Monday's
gross. Monday's rnatinco at the
Palace was exceptional for that
house evincing It had lost none of
its regulars, or if so through the
Sunday's start they had been re- .
placed. The Sunday mat crowd at
the. Palace looked mixed. Many
regulars appeared to be in the audi-
ence with othiys the usual Broad-
way fall-Ins.

Variety reviewers .catching the
Sunday opening shows reported
holdouts In the evening, particular-
ly Proctor's 86th street. They also
reported a better than expected and
accustomed buisiness for the mati-
nees. .

Skimpy Advertising.

The Keith advertising did not
greatly stress the Important chin ge
of the opening to Sunday. A top
or underline was the most In the
Keith and Proctor advertising box.
It was carried for two weeks. A
picture .circuit might have devoted
full page copy to such' a radical
move.

Bills were favorably rel)ortcd up-
on by the Variety reviewers. They
also mentioned the Paramount pic-
ture,. "Docks of New York," with
Bancroft as Important In the house*
where it played.

Brooklyn Keith houses were like-
wise well reported. The Albco la
said to have shown an Increase In
Its usual large Sunday's total gross,
despite the strong competition now
in downtown Brooklyn,

Tom Gorman Is given tbo credit
for pushing through the Sunday
opening despite much Internal op-
position in the Keith offices. Ho is
also said to have supervised the
complete programs for all of the
New York houses for that day, ex-
cepting possibly and probably tho
Proctor theatres.

Elooneys Deny Betrothal
Stories on Young Pat

Mr. and Mrs. Pat Rooney deny
the stories printed In the dallies
llhTclng th^ Tiamtrs tf Pat Roonoyr
.3d. and Mary Bailey, chorus glrL
Pat Is 19. The taljs carried art on
the yarn.

BURT AND BUECHILL

Chicago, Oct. 9.

Report that Glen Burt would
sever partnership with Tom Bur-
chill In their Keith-franchlsed
agency here to join Harry Rogers
Enterprises In New York was pre
mature. Burt haa called off the con
templated arrangement and wlU re-
main with Burchlll.

Burt and Burciiill formerly were
bookers with Keith Western and
WVMA.

D ENIES DISSOLVE REPORT

Metropolitan Booking •Ollice.s, In-
(lopondont vaude booking agency in
Boston, denies that It will disband
or undergo reorganization. Report
grew out of the departure of Joe
Sullivan, former Keith agent, as
general manager and one or two

others. ^ , . ,

Excepting Sullivan, the orlgmal
Hst of offleers remain.

Chancery Court suit brought In
Newark by Waiter Reade against
the Keith-Albee circuit, asking that
a receiver be appointed, for the
Trenton -New Brunswick Theatres
company, was postponed • for the
third time yesterday by Vlce-Chan-
cellor Backes on application of
Robert McCarter, attorney for the
K-O Interests.

Five Jersey vaudfilm houses are
involved In the ca.sc. Barring an-
other adjournment the ca.se comes
up next Tuesday, Oct. 16,

FLOOR SINGEB IN TALKEE

Walter O'Keef e is slated to star
in a five-reel talker for M-G-M.
TTiij^^incture^ccintJairr^KOt-^th
from O'Kecfe's recording voice on
Victor records. After a load of the
nltc rhih m. c. at the Club Barney
In Greenwich Village, the picture
company negotiated.

Bickel on Fox Lot
George Bickel Iflft Saturday for
the Fox Mnvlftone lot

$20,000 Wkly. Saved

. . Chicago, Oct. .9.

By relinquishing operation of the
Dlvcrsey, Tower and Riviera, Keith's
has stopped a loss of around $20,000
weekly on the three houses.

Keith was operating the houses
on a rental basis, with split of profit
If any. The Riviera and Tower were
returned to B. & K., and the Dlver-
sey to Jones, Llnlck and Schaefer.

GOLDENS DROP DIVORCE

Maurice Martin Golden, son of
Myer Golden, himself a vaude pro-
ducer, has reconciled with his wife,
[violet Morley, va,ude dancer.
Golden aired a divorce plaint
agalnt against his wife last sum-
mer and the danseuse countered
for a separation and alimony.

LITA CHAPLIN'S TURN

Los Angeles, Oct 9.
LIta Grey Chaplin, divorced wife
of Charles Chaplin, made her stage
debut Oct. 5 In a combo film and
vaude house In Los Angeles as the
I'tryoUt ^of" a'^aua^'^lur^

.She has a .singing act In which
she warbles four numbers.

Conway Tearle Coming
Conway Tcarle will venture Into
vaude through the Harry Weber
office. The. film player opens Oct.
'20 on Orpheum time.

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VARIETY

VAUDEVILLE

Wednesday, October 10, 1928

BROADWAY BOWS AT LAST RITES
FOR Xm: COINER OF SLANG

Havdboilpa Broadway, tlie fiction-
al street of back-slappers and fair-
weather friends, dropped its mask
of sophistication yesterday (Tues-
^day) and turned out en masse to
pay a final tribute to one of Its
own, John White Conway, staff
member of Variety who passed

away at Hamilton, Bermuda, Tues-
day evening, Oct. 2, ;

The Sanctuary of St. Mulachy's,
the Actors' Church, was crowded
to overflowing as the plain casket,
draped with an American flag, was
carried down the aisle and placed
at rest before the altar,

Grifters, racketeers, dips, news-
paper men, show people— tl^e entire
heterogeneous mass that composes
the personnel of the Big. Street,
kneeled with bowed heads and brim-
ming eyes as Father Joseph Mc-
Kcnna intoned the solemn Latin
litatiy of the dead. The Rev. Father-
Edward Leonard, beloved pastor , of
the Actors' Church, was present
during the services.

Breaking with grief, Bertlia Brown
Conway, widowed while still a
bride, rested on the arm of Marty
McGrath, "Con's" brother-in-law, as

.she walked slowly and unsteadily
li rough the sympathetic crowd. Mrs,
Anna Conway, widowed mother,
controlled herself bravely through-
out.

Just as Con would have wished
it, Sime Silverman,* Jack i?ulaskl,
Walter ^ylnchell, Johnny O'Connor,
Sid Mercer and Arthiit "Bugs" flaer,
all life long pals, acted as honorary
pall bearers. Copy boys of Variety,
among w'bom Con had been a fa-
orlte, served as ushers. Tom Waller,
movie reviewer of the staff, sang
the opening Ave Maria solo and,
at the close of the mass, rendered
the final requiem, Abide With Me.

Following the simple services, a
somber, silent throng, composed of
notables of. show business, stood
bareheaded before thei little brown
church for a last fond look at the
flag draped casket that held the
mortal remains of the Variety
"siangulst" ere the doors of the
hearse were closed and the funeral
cortege, headed by an open car
heaped with flowers and an honor-
ary guard of State Troopers started
Its long trip to the St. Agneis ceme-
tery Just outside of Troy, N. T.,
Where the interi^ient took place.
The stunning suddenness of

Con's death came as a shock to
Broadway. The picture of health,
Con, accompanied by his wife, left
for Bermuda on Sept. 26, suffering
with "a stomach trouble," for a rest.
The couple, while en route, became
acquainted with Charlie MacArthur,
co-author of "Front Page," and hln
bj-lde, Helen Hayes, of "Coquetf?."

Docking at Bermuda on Sept. 28,
the Conways went to the l5lbow
Bieach Hotel. On Saturday nigh t,
Sept. 29, Con had his first sorlous
heart attack, but pulled through and
until the evening of Oct. 2 he rested
at ease and sechied to be getting
on in fine shape.

While discussing fights an<3 fight-
ers with another guest of the hotel,
on the wide hotel porch, Con felt
another attack coming on. He re--
moved his wrist watch and, asking
that he be left, alone, stepped from
tiie . porch ! and begi^ to wander
around the hotel grounds.

The man with whom he had been
talking, fearful for Con's safety,
sunimoned Mrs. Cbnway. Together
they followed In the direction taJcen
by the stricken man. A search of
the fiiotel errounds proved fruitless,
aindTMrs; Conway, rushing upstairs,
found hlni stretched out on the floor
of the hallway, dead.

Owing to the Impossibility of
catching a .New York steamer until
the following Friday, the body was
hermetically sealed In a casket and
held at Bermuda awaiting the ar-
rival of the Ft. Victoria. Upon the
arrival of the Ft, Victoria last Mon-
day, the body was placed In. state

DANCING ROUND THE WORLD

VLASTA

LONDON Coliseum and Entire Stoll Circuit (Re-engaged)
PARIS Gaumont Palace, 3 Months (Re-engaged)

OSTEND
NICE

LA BAULE

DEAUVILLE

CANNES

Re-engaged

BERUN Next

EV ROPE AN ADDRESS I

REEVES & LAMPORT, 42 Cranboura Street, W. E., lxm^^

at the McGrath home at 31 Mosholu
Pni'kway, the Bronx.

Among those who attended the
.services • were: Harry Hlrschfield,
Jimmic Gilleflpie, Major -Donovan,
Waltor Wanger, Walter Howey, Dr.
Carlton Simon, James Tlmoney,
Freddie Block. C. S. "Tink" Humph-
rey, Charlie Foy, Jack Miley, Mark
Luescher, Tammany Young, Charles
MacArthur, Phil Dunning and Fred
McCtoy. The N. V. A, Post of the
American Legion, of which Con was
a member, was representedi as was
the Catholic Authors' and Writers'
League, the Jewish Theatrical Guild
and the Friars Club. "Sully" Sulli-
van, for years known to Broadway
as "Sully the Barber," was also
present.

Coast Services

Los Angeles, Oct. 9

A solemn requiem mass was sung
here at the Church of the Good
Shepherd In Beverly Hills at 7
o'clock this morning, corresponding
In time to the New York funeral
services for Jack Conway.

Services were under the auspices
of the Catholic Writers' Guild, of
which Conway was a member. Ser-
vices :were conducted by Rev. Father
Michael Mullins, chaplain of the
Guild, and over 100 friends of the
dead writer were In attendance at
the abnormally early hour.

Jack Conway made a host of
friends during his stay of a year
or more in Los Angeles. News of
his sudden passing came as a griev-
ous shock. On every hand are re-
membrances of him. /

Tom Geraghty has written a
tribute to his departed friend,
couched in the picturesque language
Cbnway used as his medium.

High Mass In Chicago.

Chicago, Oct. 9.
A special high requienri mass
was giyen today for Jack Conway
at St. Vincent's. Church. A special
mass will be said for him through-
out this diocese,

. A week from today, Oct. 16, spe-
cial services will be held at , St.
Vincent's with theatrical and newsr
paper people attending.

Father Hugh J. O'Connor will
issue the announcements through
the publicity department,

Murdock-Casey In

John J. Murdock and Pat Casey
are on the incoming "Mauretania,"
due to dock Friday.

While abroad and since Joseph P.
Kennedy returned to New York
about two weeks bgo, . they, have
been in constant phone communi-
cation with him.'

Notliing has been done by Mr.
Kennedy in the recent negotiations
for the sale of stock control In
Keith's not approved of by Murdock.
Though Kennedy holds Murdock^s
power of attorney and is authorized
to act for him without consultation,
it Is said Kennedy has kept Mur-
dock steadily, advised.

Much speculation Is about as to
the future of Murdock and Pat
Casey if R. C. A. Photophone
through purchase orders an entire
reorganization of Keith's. Not a
thing is known on that subject.

Wade Booth's Debts

Wade Booth (vaude) Is playing a
repeat .on the .bankruptcy circuit.
JDebts total $13,410; no assets.

The actor gives his address at
1476 Broadway (Longacre building).

Apple Chasers ais Actors

After contracting •wjlth Jimmy
.O'Neil to write a vaudeville act for
Andy Cohen and Shanty Hogan,
the Jewisli-Irlsh pair of New York
Giants, Bugs Baer proposed' having
Cohen walk out with a long beard
and Hogan with red' shrubbery arid
a clay pipe. The baseballers de-
clined, stating they wanted to work
straight.

If following . Bear's tiuggestion
Cohen and Hogan would t»e the first
ball players to adopt eccentric
character makeup when, entering:
vaudeville.

They open— stral.rht for Lbevr
next week. .

O'N.eil's second baseball two -act,
Rabbltt Maranville and Jim Bot-
tomley of St. Louis, has apparent-
ly fallen through since the poor
showing of the Cardinal team In the
series against the Yanks.

WHILE AT LOEVC'S STATE, NXW
TOBKt TUB "ORAPinC" SAID:

/^ THE BILLS BEST BCTsj

MARINA
and MONA

POSITIVE SENSATION

UNIVERSAL STUDIO

Has Signed as

ACTOR AND DIRECTOR

NNY

RU

IN

TALKimS MQTIOIS PICTURES

CURRENT RELEASE MERVYN LEROY'S "RITZY ROSIE"

FOUR SINGLE ACTS THAT I HAVE DONE FOR SALE OR ON ROYALTY BASIS

Address: 166 WillenQian Drive^ Beverly Hills, Cal.

Wednesday, October 10, 1928

VAUDEVILLE

VARIETY

31

Congested Books on Keith s Western
Blockading Bookings Over Chain

The Jack of co-ordination prac-
tically" amountlnff to turmoil that
reigns in the Keith agency at pres-
ent is Indicated by bookings made
during the unsettled condition,

Acts have been booked Into thea-
tres throughout the West from Sep-
tember to May too late, bookers
discovered. Some of the houses
booked were not to open \ylth yaude.

Orpheum, Omaha, and Orpheum,
{3t. Louis, were booked solid in
this way. Acts booked have to be
placed and Keith bookers are In a
panic.

Keith agents feel the same way.
Only spots are reported left, which
are for headline turns. .

Markiis Booking 65

Fally Markus has added Ave
gtands, riiaking his booking list 65
houses.

Markus' newest include the Em-
bassy, Orange, N. J., five acts split
■week; MontClair, Montclalr, N. j".,
ilve acts split week; Savoy, Asbury
Park, N. J., four acts split week;
Palace, South Norwalk, Conn., five
acts last half, and Marboro, Brook
lyn, five acts split week.

JUDGMENTS

Louis N. Jaffe Art Theatre Corp.
and ano.; E. 3d St. Supply Co.; $537.

Anton F. Scibilig; N. Y. Tel. Co.;
$228.

Ben All Haggin; R. Freres; $3,418,
• Edward Ray Goetz; U. S. A ; $1,-
039.

Michael Glynne; R. Siegel; $531.

Loew's Amateurs

Lioew's neighborhood theatres are
again getting ready to stage ama-
teur siiows with local boys and
girls.

Rah! Rah! Whoopee!

Ithaca, N. Y., Oct. 9.
A disturbance, laid at the
door of Ccirnell students, in the
Strand Theatre, when disap-
proval , of one of the acts
brought protests from . the
players and froin.the manage-
ment, ■William A. Dillon, has
resulted in a new Saturday
night policy for that theatre,
Mr. Dillon today said:
"The second performance of
the Saturday evening .show at
the Strand Theatre will be re-
served . for Cornell students.
This weekly whoopee will be
a free play for all students.
This new provision is contin-
gent on the good behavior of
students. All other nights
anything within reason and
ilnything good natured will be
permitted,"

Rose as Sound M. C.

Harry Rose will be the first on
and off m. c. in a variety sound
picture program.. Rose has signed
with Fox for a Movietone record
with an option. Formerly a head-
line single in vaudeville. Rose has
m. c.'d in picture houses for the
past two years;

PROaOR'SMAY

Herschel Stuart, PoU's Gen. Mgr.,
Taken from West Coast hy Fox

TO RCA

Clown Recognition

Crock, the Frciuli clown, ha.s
received an honorary degree
of Doctor of Philosophy from
the University of Budupe.<^t,
Hungaa:y.

In Russia. the Soviet govern-
ment just placed the clown
Duroff, now G7, on a pension of
$75 a month with a villa to live
in, rent free.

NON-SALARY RITZ

Chicago, Oct. 9.

Following discontinuance of the
Anierlcan as the W. V. M.. A.'s local
showing house, the. Ritz Is being
used as the tryout site with eight
lujts every Wednesday.

Acts are being asked to play the
iiay without salary.

FLO LEWIS TO AUSTRALIA

San Francisco, Oct. 9.
Flo Lewis, vaude single, has been
feigned for Australia by J. C. ■Wil-
liamson. Mi.ss ■ Lewis sails from
this port Nov. 3.

First Sunday Confilction

First booking conflict between
two circuits as a result of the new
Keith Sunday opening- plan bobbed
up this week. George P. Murphy,
billed to play Loew's Hillside, Ja-
maica, the last half of next week is
also slated to open a Keith route
at Lynn, Mass., Oct. 21.

Murphy " mu.st obtain a : release
from one or the other circuits or
have his Keith time set- back. Loew
offices ruled yesterday (Tuesday)
that the comedian must fulfill his
Hillside contract.

ACCOUSTICS FOR SHOWING

It is reported Loew's Commodore
may discontinue as a "showing"
house for Loew acts, due to un-
favorable acoustics.

Complaints are freciuently filed
by. acts and agents, the claim be-
ing proper reception is almost im-
po.ssible in certain sections of the
orchestra.

New Team Sailing.

Bert Weeks, fomsrly of Weeks
fend Lorraine, has hooked in with
Billy Watkins.

Team starts a 14 weeks' booking
In London Feb. 11.

BIRTHS

Mr. and Mrs, Charles Casnave, in
Lying-in Hospital, New York, Oct,
3, son. Father is president of the
Associated Theatres Corp.

Mr. and Mrs. Eddie Murray, son,
in London, Sept. 21. Mother is pro-
fessionally Marilyn Kruse of the
Albertlna Rasch girlis. Father is of
the Four Eton boys.

It is reported that with the salp
of Keith's to Radio Corporation of
America for RCA Photophone, the
Proctor chain of 12 theatres may
shortly follow.

Proctor's is booked by Keith's,
but of late has displayed outward
independence of its booking con-
nection. Latest report is that F. F.
Proctor intends to book his own
houses, with L Ri Samuels, for-
mer Keith booker, under Considera-
tion.'

Last week when Photophone se-
cured a contract to wire 15 Keith
theatres, it was giyen an order to
wire 11 of the Procitor houses.

Other recent reports of negotia-
tions for the Proctor circuit have
not appeared to hold much sub-
stance. With a possibility of Keith's
going generally sound Under Its
newest ownership; Mr, Proctor might
be induced to sell at this tinie to
be relieved of the expected forth-
coming vaudeville problem.

Keith Chi Agents

Either West or East

Chicago; OcL . 9.
Reports of agents planning to es-
tablish new York ofUces while main-
taining, western connections have
been met by Ben Piazza, general
booking manager for the Keith
Western offices, with announcement
that hereafter no Chicago agent will
be permitted to retain his local
franchise if opening ah eastern of-
fice.

Piazza has ruled that the agents
must choose between eastern and
western locations. .

Jn Orpheums Pay More
For Pictures: Grosses Up

Chicago. Oct. 9.
Several .Junior Orpheum houses
have start<^d their season under the
uew regime to .e.xcellent business,
with better pictures coTisidered re-
sponsible in each case.

Mainstreet, Kansas City, reached
a new house rec6rd with $27,000
brought in by "Lilac Time". Henne-
pin, Minneapolis, formerly . do'inp
from $12,000 to $14,000, is now aver-
aging around $18,000. In Chicago
the StaitQ-Lake has climbed to
$22,000 after stieking to around
$18,000 for almost two years.

Where previo'usiy these houses
boasted of their maximum rental of
$50 for a picture, with $200 not un-
common, at pfsent they are putting
out from $1,500 to $6,000 for Rims
on the week. It seems to have Jus
tified their cost

Los Atvi4olo.s, Oi't. D.
Ilor.-^chol tjluan, division maiia.^or
I'lir the Seattle territory of Wosi
Coa.st Theatres circuit, has boon
appointed genorAl manager of the
l»o1i circuit and is now on. his \v;\y
to New U;ivcn to take charge.

Stuart was chosen for the po^^t
by Harold ,B.. Franklin, head of the
West Coast, wlio was reauested to
roconiniond an operating head for
llie oircuil by the Fox Now York
otrice.

Stuart has been in the tlicatrical
business for over 20 years, operat-
ing circuits from New York and in
the mid W'e.<»t and has been asso-
ciated with Franklin for eight
yeUr.'i. He came to the coast when
Franklin took over West Coast.

Charles Thall, assistant to Arch
M. Bowles, head of the Northern
(.:alifornia division of We.st Coast,
succeeds Stuart.

Two towns in the territory han-
dled by Stuart have been turned
oVer to the Portland division headed
by Richard Spier. They are Astoria
and Pendleton, Ore.

Bali Players' Showing.

Just one date, a try. out, has
been assigned Andy Cohen and
•'Shanty'. Hogan, second baseman
and catcher of the Giants, by the
Loew olTice.

The ball players will show at
Loew's Commodore Oct. 15-17.

B

DIRECT FROM PARIS

THE INTERNATIONAL STAR

NOW S^lf 7th

PALACE, NEW YORK

THANKS TO ALBERTINA RASCH

ILL AND INJURED

Dave Dubln, Chicago district
manager, Educational, slowly re-
covering froni an operation.

Jimmie Maisel, ban joist, playing
with Eddie Peabody, was stricken
last week in Vancouver, arid under-
went operation for ulcers of the
stomach. Critically ill, but . seems
improving.

Sam-Bennett, at Saranac Lake, is
reported leaving there this week,
expecting to return to vaudeville-

Mose Gumble, the big music man
from the Hilton building, enters the
Lenox Hill ' ospltal this morning
for a minor operation which will
lay him up for about 10 days.

DIVORCES

Edna Adams Clark, Edna May on
screcnr granted divorce from .Hyatt
Edson Clark in Superior court, I.os
Angeles. She charged that Clark
'.starved her out. They were mar-
: riod Dec. 3. 1025 and separated J'in.
■ G, 1926.

Barton Again Hollers

Cincinnati, Oct; 9.
.Tames Barton duplicated his re
cent action at the Palace, Chicago,
by. refusing to go on at the Albee
here Sunday until granted his own
.way with the marquee signs.

Theatre arranged the lights to
read "William Ilaines. in 'Excess
Baggage,' " and "James Barton and
Other Keith Acts." Barton di.sllked
the picture's equality and squawked
tor vaudeville billing exclusively, on
both ends of the canopy..

Barton, topping a fivo-ucl bill,
held closing position at the first
show Sunday. He suffered the hu-
miliation of walkouts and took only
one bow. He then filed hi-s com-
plaint about billing and spotting,
and as' a result occupied the next to
closing spot.

Palace's Guest Directors

With the withdrawal of Benny
Roberts as musical conductor at
the Palace, New York, this week,
Milton Schwartzwald, general mus-
ical director of the Keith Circuit,
will personally conduct the Palace
musickers next week.

For the subsequent week the
Keith. director from the Palace, Chi-
cago, will be guest conductor for
the week.

The fuest director thing will b«
continued indefinitely.

BURCHHIi NOW ALONE

Chicago, Oct. 9.
Olen Burt-Tommy Burchill agency
has disbanded, Burchill retains his
franchise on the K-O floor and will
continue in the business by him-
.self. ' "

HYDES' PEODUCTIONS

Alex Hyde is producing vaude-
ville flash acts with his brother.
Victor Hyde, which another of the
Hyde tribe, John, of the William
Morris agency is booking. "Parisi-
ana" Is a 12-people flash featuring
Wally Crisham and Norma Maxine

"Collegiana," a band act, has
Murray Parker, Mac Wynn and W.
Vcinia featured. Janctte Moore
heads another flash with the Bev
erly Twins, Jesse Goldberg and
Oionelll featured.

DORA

WINNIE

In Their "CRISP

[<oew and Indopendont
JOE MICU.AKI.S

REVUE"

K.-.\.-0. Circuit
rcrtiomil ICcp.: FK.XNK EVAN.S

New Pan Agency Franchise
Pasha and Hantoot In aiUlition to
forming a new vaude agency have
, been granted franfhisf privileges
I on the Pantages New York, booking
I floor.

ANN GARRISON

and Co.

fn "THE CinCUH"
IntcoaucltDT My f)rl(flnnl lJ,anci- Crcatton
"StitinpliifC ft Tftown"
Oct. 11, 12, 13, inclusiva
Palace— Rockford, Ml,

Week Oct. 14
Riveria — Chicago, III.
ToiiriiiKT KflMi-Orplipum Circuit
Dlfoclion .JOHN SC'Iiri'TZ

SUES ACT FOE $183

Chicago, Oct. 9.
Lew Goldberg, agent, has fil'-d
I claim -against Darling and CTark for
commission, •
I Act was contracted by the As- .
''sociation to play 10 weeks in 14,1
I but played only eight and a half.
: Goldberg contends that they stopped t
I commission after Ave weeks. '

MISS

JUBAL EARLY

EKClilSlVE 3I.VTEKIAI. KY WM. K. WEM,S

PLAYING KEITH-ALBEE-ORPHEUM CIRCUIT

HOME AGAIN

(MARIE MEEKER)

With M. New Five People Comedy Act_19 Minute, of Riotou. Lau.hter "IN A REDUCING STUDIO"

-IIS WEEK— PALACE, CHICAGO Direction simon agency

82

VARIETY

Wednesday, October 10, 1928 W«i

SEASON'S SMAS

HIGH-CLASS \V

AN

By SIDNEY CLARE

GREATEST LYRIC BALLAD WRITTEN IN YEARS

I Catf t Make. Her Happy

(That Old Girl Of Mine)

By LEW POLLACK
and SIDNEY CLARE

VOICE

You don\ .see me with my old girl aa - y more
i could be so hap-py if I want-ed to

it

ybyi wonH see me withufy old girl an - y.more
I would be 80 bap-py if I want-ed to

We cai/t get a-long,
Thicf I amtoblame^

Qu9S8 1 must be wroDg
Keal-Iy it^s a shame

.CHORUS (Ztgato)

fve said this a mil-lion times be-forex
I shouldlose the one who^ been so true:

I cant make her hap.py But Fd lore some-one to nake her hap.py That old

3 y "f

T Just don't de-Sierve her But there must besomt^-ooK
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mine

You know .hat

Just the kind Loves a fam . i '. ly ' > I'm the sort whosaspon^ Wan-nabe
ohl so real Sweet aii she can be

I would give all to live

If she'dbe

wild and free So I canVmakeherhap-pyBut I'd love some.one to make her hap-pyThat old
meant for me But I. carft make her hap-py But I'd love some-ontJtomdke herhap-DyThat

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AND NOT FORGETTING

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V A R IE T Y

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kItz ballad

TA

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BEST EFFHRT

GREAT COMEDY SONG

DON'T BE LIKE THAT

Moderato

By ARCHIE GOTTLER,
CHARLES TOBIAS
And MACEO PINKARD

VAMP

VOICE

1**

{3rd person version)

At'lftst I've "got yoU near
^ girl nexi door to me

So I can tell you dear
Is keep-ing eom-pan - y

iiii^f.^, ^ Lii ' iljjj I L I I II.

lost drives me wild I know that you c>m be- UJ^^ 8o nifl^ •fl*)

is all a -bout The walls are rer'V thin. I can i kelp

Your, fun - ny dia -p6 - si - Hon

£ut some-hpiv ^heydont know ajkat

Al-most
love is all

The walls are Ter»v thin

I cant kelp

sweet to me
list - \iin in

You treat me just as tho^ I'm a child:
They qvar-rel and the fel - lowtcill shout:..

1

Eaohtimel .»Aan-na pet Andthinkthat I'm all set Yonplav .ao

I've Roi a brand new cur And when youVe in my car . You usnQoii^

i

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hard to get
•go to far

DON'T BE LIKE THAT

I wan:na lit - tie kiss
It's aUways been my fate

JuSt one you'll ' nev - e
When things are go-ing great

r miss^ t^^^ 'But ypu don't wan-na kiss
You say "It's get-ting late

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Thethings you do.

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'ouwillftnd ft ea - sy.. — to please me ' V,'
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HE SEASON'S SENSATION

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34

VARIETY

VAUDE— BURLESQUE

Wednesday, October 10, 1928

Performers Object to 3;
Back to 2 at Columbia

Eurlo'siiuc . is back to t\vo-a-(l;iy
at ,t,t\o Gnliiinl)i;i, Xow. York, aftor a
half. \vc<.'k with three sliows daily.
Performers SQuawked on the. extra
show without extra compeiisatitjn.

Tl>o srinil policy cpntiniios witli
three iiois on three tiine.s daily,
bridKins the gap vacant tivroii.i^h
burle.s<iiie .R-.oina: two-a-day. ,

Tiio present sehed'ule at . tlie
Colinphia , has feature . .piei.ures
and shorts from 11:30 a. m.,
until 2 p. ni. with a Jjrminute in-
terniissioii and the burlesque foV-
■lowiriR-. and winding- iip at 4: ;'.().
The three riot bill and . pictures' I'c-
peat winding up at 6:30, with hou.se
cleared and clo-sed until 7:30 Avhen
the btirle.sque i-s: Biven with the
vaude acts and pictures followinf?.

Three .^^cales of prices for 'the
combo, ^loi-ning- se."5sion has a '65c
taritY, with aft!?rnoon show $1 and
nigfht .show erettingr the u.siinl $1^65
nick. The pop prices have built up
pa.tronafff for the early show with
intake reported better than matinee
attendance at 'the house previously:

ITALCiaTH

FOR! DROPS

36 in. wide at 75o a yd. and up

A full, line of eold and silver Dro-
cadcs. meral cloths, eold and- silver
trimminga. rhinestones, span g 1 e s.
tierhts, opera hoae. etc... etc.. for stage
costumes. Samples upon request.

J. J. Wylie & ftros., Inc.

(Siicceasflirs to-SiogiVian & Weil)
18-20 East 27th Street
N E W Y O R K

Last Minute Reprieve

S(in Diego, Oct. 9.
City Council closed the Liberty
theatre here upon proof that an im-
moral performan(?e had Ueen staged
by the stock btn-h'sque company.
-Act'Oii carried with it ravocatibn
(if theatre's license.

Vp6n appeal for leniencO', how-
ever, action was deferr.ed upon the
promise oC the manaeenient tliat It
would conduct a sho\v sucii as.- the
council wouhV .'tpprove and would
jironiptly (lelete any material, to
which an ollicial "made: objection,

Ori'fiinal drastic action was taken
upoii. recommend.ation of Chief of
I'olice Joe Doran, who pronoimced
the current i)erforniance as indecent
.and not conducive to g-ood morals.

House is being watchi?d closely.

HOTEL MAN CLOSES TROUPE

, Davenport, la., Oct. 9.

n, A. Burnstein, manager of the
IMontrose Hotel, brought the career
of 'Babes in Toyland," musical
stock which opened 10 days ago at
the Liberty here, to a' close when
he started attachment proceedings
which forced joe Barelaf and Beiiny
Bustello, proi)rietors, to give up
their venture.

I'Varing tho actors might ■ bloVv
out, Burnstein. called the police biit
no charges .were filed. John Barg-
h.oltz. janitor, attached the last
night's receipts to secure his claim
of $40.t)7 for service.

ACTS

ACTS

fiuil

- ACTS -

WHY LAY OFF?

WILLIAM BURNS

Tinc.\TRIC.\I. AGKNCY

:;07 llilton lUdff.,' 1595 B'way, N.
<'uii FlU la YoL" Opeii Time
IiKlepcndont '\'(»udevlIlie^C'Iub.s, etc
Cull or riionc-^CIilcfcering 1X14

PHILLY STOCK'S NEW LINEUP

Personnel. oC the stock, troupe at
the Gayety, Philadelpliia, under-
went general reorgariization this
week with practically a new. cast.

Present lineup includes Mickey
Mark\vood, Leon Dieyoe, Harry
Fields, Howard Harrison, Tilly
Ward, Mickey McDermott, Marie
DeVeaux, Belle White and Dot En-
gle. DeV'oe is staging the books
and Miss Ward the numbers.

DROPS THIRD SHOW

Maji-stic, Alb.'iny, N. Y., playing
Mutual wheel .shows on a three-a-
day policy with pictures, is now two-
a-day.

Solly Fields at Columbia

I Solly I'Mt'lds will, succeeti Jiininy
.Stanton as number stager at the
Columbia, New York, next week.

ai'cus Loew

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ClilCAGO OFFICE

600 WOODS THEATRE BXD'G

JOHNNY JONES

IN CnARGE

Minskys-Weinstock Take
Over H. & S.'s Apollo

Deal was closed this week where-
by the Minsky Bros, and Joe Wein-
stock took over the lease of Hurtig
& Seamon's 125th street house, the
Apollo. Minsky-Weinstock . inter-
ests now control the house out-
right, with Joe Hiirtig and Harry
fjcamon relinquishing all interests
as to policy and leasehold.

Apollo will continue its twd-in-
one burlesque entertainment of fts
own stock troupe, working half of
the show, with the Mutual shows
supplying the other half.

Billy Minsky continues as man-
aging director.

Burlesque Changes

Sonny Delmar out of "Bowery
Burlesquers" (Mutual) with Evelyn
Ramsay in.

Roy Butler in; Ray Read out,
"Burlesque Review" (Mutual). Alice
Richey has been replaced by. Char-
lotte Rae with this Co.

Flo Rich In; Marjorle Conners
out, "Girla of the U. S, A.," (Mu-
tual). .

Margie Bartell and Larry Clark
closed with "Record Breakers"
(Jklutual) last week and opened with
the stock burlesque at Akron, C,
this week.

COLUMBIA'S ALTOPHONE

Some time next week the Colum-
bia, New York, will demonstrate a
new non-syncronontous apparatus
called the Altophone.

This Is a musical reproducer that
for its Columbia presentment will
use four big horns. Its main pur-
pose is understood to heavily am-
plify an orchestra selection on a
disk.

CANTON OFF WHEEL

The Lyceum, Canton O., is being
dropped from the Miutual Circuit
this week.

Shows booked for Canton will
pick up the time at Akron, full
week.

Halliwell Poli Circuit

Waterbury, Conn., Oct. 8.

Richard Halliwell has resigned is
manager of the Palace, Fox-Poli.
He is succeeded by Arthur Sheldon
of the .Fox New York offices.

Halliwell has been manager of
the house for 10 years.

Lucille La Verne will have her
own theatre on Broadway this sea-
son when she returns with a revival
of "Sun Up." The Princess theatre
will be changed to the Lucille La
Verne theatre, opening Oct. 22.

Burlesque Routes

Weeks of Oct. 8 and 15
Bare F acts — Hyperion, New

Haven; 15, Lyric,. Bridgeport.
Best Show In Town — Colonial,

Utica; 15, Gayety, Montreal.

Bohemians — Majestic, Albany; 15,
"Colonial, Utica. . . .

Bowery Burlesquers — Grand, Hart-
ford; 15, Hyperion, New Haven.

B u rl e s q u e Review — Columbia,
Cleveland; 16, L. O,

Chicken Trust — 8-9, Geneva; 10-
11, Oswego; 12-14, Schenectady; in.
Majestic, Albany.

Dainty Dolls — Gayety, Louisville:
15, Mutual, Indianapolis.

Dimpled Darlings— rjmpire, Provi-
dence; 15, Gayety, Boston.

Dixon's Big RevieW'fr-Lyceum, Co-
lumbus; 15, Lyric, Dayton.

Flapper Follies — Gayety, Wilkrs-
Barre; 15, Lyric, Allentown; IG-IT.

(Continued on page 57) '

LAFFIN THRU

(MUTUAL)

When asked for a program for
this weeik'a show at the Columbia,
Jerome Rosenberg, the . manager,
said, "We don't need 'em, we did
$17,860 last week, no klddin', break-
ing the house record for the sec-
ond week in succession and we'll
beat that tliis week."

Despite a book of rules is neces-
sary in order to get an Idea of the
policy in effect at the Columbia
from day t6 day, it looks like bur-
lesque is safe for Broadway as long
as inuggs carrying opera glasses
keep buying seats up front. Sev-
eral that come under that classi-
fication were in the house Mon-
day night.

All in all, Sol Manheim's "Laf-
fin Thru," featuring "Peaches," is
a show that will please burlesk reg-
ulars anywhere along ' the wheel,
especially in thOBe spots where the
.star Is allowed to strut her stuff to
the limit. Joie Van find Al Fatica
handle the comedy bits and black-
outs, most of the -latter show'lng
signs of some orisiriality; Don Par-
ker does straight nicely, while
Frankle Clark, Althea Conley and
Kathryn Stevens are up to the
usual average leading numbers..

The comedy bit in the first half,
which has a w'op comic planted In
the box interrupting Parker, got
applause following a slow opening,
despite the use of the threadbare
gag about. Mrs. Hoover visiting the
White House for an inspection.

"Peaches," singing "Shake the
Body," also stored, despite she -Was
working under' a handicap, her hip
waving restraint being not.imlike
a fighter v/ith a wallop pulling his
punches.

Each of the house runway lead-
ers step out in each ha.lf for a fling
backed up by a chorus of 16, mostly
fair lookers with voices. Erin Jack-
son and Connie St. Clair grabbing
at least a half dozen encores on
each appearance. Both these gir'i.s
handle numbers in finished style
and seem to. be winning a following
for the house.

Miss Jackson's baseball number
in the last half is ah outstander,
she singing that good old-timer,
"Take Me Out to the Ball Game"
and throwing cotton snowballs at
the boys.

Jbo Van doing a' red nose boob
comic shows to advantage in sev-
eral blackouts, as does "Peaches,"
working under a blue spot draped
in radium shawl in the last half
and singing "Bless, You Sister."
Another spot in the show is a night
club scene finale, which has most
of the cast Working in a jazz or-
chestra. .

Comedy hdlds "Laflln Thru" up,
settings and costuming being in-
ferior to most of the shows thrit
have appeared at the Columbia this
.season.

JOB AS PRIZE

Chicago, Oct. 9.
Frank H. Benham, manager of
the Empress, burlesque, is staging
"perfect form contests" Monday
nights. Winners will be offered jobs
on the Mutual wheel, f

Columbia's Evidence' Sign
On Cooch or Gags

Any gal doing a cooch or gyrat-
ing herself into such a phy.slcal
state that the cops step in and mako
a pinch or any comic pulling any
raw stuff that enmeshes him in the
jail house will have to stay in the
coop and face consequences as far
as the Columbia New York opera-
tors are concerned.

. An ofDcIal notice to this effect
has been posted backstage -with the
house declaring it ^yll^ nol counte-
nance nor Efta.nd for any cooch,
bumping, indecent exposure or
grinding or indecent dialog on the
Columbia's stage.

Furthermore, that if any per-
formers or chorines pull any such
stuff and legal difficulties arise the
Columbia management will neither
bail any of them out,' nor assist in
any way with.- the necessary legal
defense.

It is coiiTcIdental, perhaps, that
this warning went up on the morn-
ing following the indictment of Mae
W6st and her "Pleasure Man" com-
pany. Its purpose may have been
for future "evidence" in case of
a pinch at the Columbia.

Runway Stilf at Star

Harold Raymond, manager. Star,
Brooklyn, N. Y., denies the runway
had been banished from that thea-
tre.

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night.

Begin a tour of Keith- Albee-
Orpheum Theatres, opening
at Palace Theatre, Chicago,
on October 14.

Vaudeville until March.
Will then make my first fea-
ture lenglli Vitaphone for
Warner Brothers.

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leader- Tod Lewis offers some stupe-
fy In g numbers. .. . A marvelous
cleverness charactenzcs all that Ted
Lewis attempts, animates y^^^J^^^l^^^V-
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36

VARIETY

FILM HOUSE REVIEWS

Wednesday, October 10, 1928

PARAMOUNT

(WIRED)
(NE

W YORK)

I Mattingly, about on a par with other
Vita shorts; fair deuce spot turn.

An Oswald cartoon comedy on the
screen tollowed for five minutes,
New York Oct 6 I after which the curtains parted on
Some novel and sprightly dance the stap revealing the Ten A^^^
ensemble ideas are the outstanding skuy Russian Si^fcrs In gipsy rig
Items. in Frank Cambria's unit pres- m cj^"^P- .^d ^ewma^^
entation tagged "Bo;uix Arts singmg Herberts Gipsy Love
ProUc°' a well knit, fust working Song'^ followed by Alia; Moskova and
entertainment running 25 minutes her Partner Irt adagio and gipsy
to high average. Stage is set as danco. Marjorie Moore, dancing
artistes studio with band under Ben violinist, next, nifty youngster. Tip-
Black tricked out in smocks and toe whirl finish big. Chorus, sang
tarn headgear for atmosphere,, and "Charsla," Russian numbei\ while
the m c announcing the specialties, two femmes and male dm Russian
In language of the studio and- art hoofing down stage, ' --^ .
gallery Follo^v1?d by Armida, Gus Kd-

At back is huge' gilt frame sug- wards' Spanish lind, who panicked
cesting newly hung paintings and with a Spanish song, accented ver-
mbst of the people: make their enr sion of "Hfc's My Bpy Friend" in
trance for ensembles when the ciirr real jazz style and a Spanish dance
tain over the frame is drawn, dls- that left the mob yelling. Girl has
closing them posed. loads of personality and pep.

Band is playing lively air at In a tough spot, Nadia came On

opening, with ensemble cavorting in Cor a fast gipsy dance, mlnyte and Hungarian Lustspiel Overture didn't
Latin quarter manner. AH off and hair long, and plenty good as the evoke too much enthusiasm and
orchestra goes into new pop num- crowd showed. As :she wound up thence into the newsreel, another
ber. Nino Fucile in solo of prolog down center, ■ Newman sang '-Re- nine minutes, starting off with two
from "Pagliacci" in one of those venge," picture's theme song, to her, gjient Mf-Gr clips. Fox Movietone
formal bits and then elaborately chorus and orchestra picking it up svirltched in here on the first of its
staged "IJlue ■ Law Blues." . In- | close on pleasing picture. twice weekly issues with lour clips,

Knlire act is excellently stagf^d the best of which was the ihterna-
and keyed perfectly to picture that tional pol6 with a. Paris shot of the
follows. Should be real help to I unemployed along the Seine being
draw, ■ ■ • I novel and interesting. Al Smith

CAPITOL

(Wifed)
(NEW YORK)

New Tork, Oct 8.
Capitol is Into Its first all-sound
program, even down to the "Our
Gang" short trailing the bill, and is
demonstrating a showmanship
wrinkle In having the orchestra play
during those Movietone newsreel
clips which are minus tonversatlon.

(M-G

Cosmo) is the film leader, a panto
mime undersea balTet comprises the
stage end and business Is terrific.

Monday ; night at T, standing
do%vnstairs, loges. almost all gone
and the balcony half. Just 145 min-
utes later the standees were .five
deep, on the lower floor, with the
lobby filled on one side to the striset.
The house has inaugurated midnight
shows.

A nine-minute seance with the

troduo(?d by Black as a cartoon,
picture frame has half-Ilnishfld
sketch with two men in comic get
as reformers singing the num

up . - - - , J

her They come down front ana
are jolnod by the 12 Gamby-Hale
girls in bizai-rc,. futiJrifatic costume
with poke hats, horn rim goggles
and tight pants, for a dandy bit of
dancing grotesqucrie.

Girls do steps in a sort of two
high, one set of girls doing the foot

out Jack Cavanaugrh and his femme
partner In a whip-cracking and
lariat swinging turn that hit, but
likewise too long. As Cavanaughs
went off, the octet came on In white
chaps singing cowboy ditty. Scrim
went up to show line In cowboy
fegalia, each, twirling lariat. To
close, Cavanaugh came back with
long rope and gathered entire
chorus In circle of his loop. Too
much of this, too.

.1^ « T-.„.,„»,*....=>f r- Scirlm again, with Al Lyons' Four

"Our Dancing Daughters' (M-G-^ Horsemen, on for couple of fast

numbers, marred -a little by Casta-
gnoll's misplaced efforts at coniedy.
As they offed, Robert Stlckney, stilt
dancer, did some altitude hoofing
that wowed as the most favored
turn of the act.

Scrim upped to show Impression-
istic gipsy -forest scene arid octette
In gipsy costume singing Herbert's
"Gipsy Love Song." Line girls on
in exotic gipsy rigs for tambourine
step number that, like most of other
turns used up tbo much time. As
they closed Rich trio came on for
soine fast acrobatic dancing to
wlndup with Cavanaughs back for
shut.

Show needs lot of tightening up
and more pep.

'Me Gangster,'' Movietone hews
and topics short oh screen.
J. Wesley Lord at console.

ORIENTAL

(WivitL))

("Sunny Spain"— -Unit)
(CHICAGO)

Chicago, Oct.. 6.
Production, for. '"Sunny Spain']

was seen leaving some town, but a
few feet on a trained dog lacked
strength. • It's likely that with two
reels to turn out. a week whatever
punch Is In the library will now be
split up. Tacked on to this was*the
Van and Scherik episode (Talking

ai.t,..! -. , , . . . ., . Shorts) of three songs.

woi-k and another, mounted on their unit was so jumbled during tiie rp^© current ballet, "Under the
shoulders, supplying absurd ges- nrst show that the following show gga," Is practically an exa,ct replica
tures. For the flni.<vh all girls lock ^yas reviewed in an effort to judge i^f that done in "Delmar's Revels"
theii- feet into a floor catch and it fairly. The second was even hagt- year, Walters, Ellis and Naldl
go through laughable postures, such vvorso, affording , plain indication j^rg the named adagio trio here, and
as leaning far forward to point aq- [ that the unit is suffermg from over- j ap very well with It. Set Is excep-

oduction. tiohal with 32 girls and four extras

This is Paul Ash's second unit, hanging from the .flies. Action takes
but the first produced for him by place behind a scrim upon . wiilch
Jack Lavighlin. The latter went too play water and fish effects, the lat-
far to. v«chiove effect,. filling the stage ter particularly good In actually
with, so much other stuff his efforts rnimicking the weaving mbvenient
were bibcked by themselves. There of a fish when It moves. Produc-
is no satisfaction, for instance, in tion end got a neat hand at Its open-
seeing the ballet girls come out dur- ing, and deservedly. Dance three-
ing another act, lash themeslves to some turn In some nice work bulld-
posihg stands with beltsi and then ing up to a backward fall of the, girl
wait for the act . to finish so . they from a. pierch into the arms of a
may be lifted to midair and smile, handler. Slight theme Is of pearl
■flie act lineup is good, and made divers rescuing the pearl from an
, to appear even better through the octopus. Did 12 minutes,
amusing. One does a bit of a man ^^ggistance of Ash. He is a much . After this the long screen leader,
with nervous hands that is a ^^^^^^j. ^ jjja,n when he left here 86 minutes, and then the "Gang"
scream. Dandy dance twosome geyeral months ago. Less hair, for Id minutes. Lengthy show but
nice finish. ■ , « „„ fewer wiggles and less pep; but the okay, and booked In for two weeks.

Gamby-Hale Girls _back for anH ^^^^^ According to . the. first three days

white uauet | Qytstanding among the acfs were wouldn't be surprising If It held

vi'sing fingers, or swaying far to pj.Q(|uction.
the o'.J" in satiric-drunken pos-
tures, all gu' - in single line mov
Ing together in a i^'W motion take
off on the precision aanc.e vogue.

Stage band' into Blaolr.'s own
composLtion, - "Moonlight ahd
Roses," agreeable interlude "With
tenor solo to band's excellent ac
comiKiniment. Bell and Bell, cou
pie of Khglish comics, have talking
bit here, familiar cross talk and
■-fuhny panto, good for first-rate
laughing returns. Gags are well
worn, but the clowning fresh and

other ensemble, all _in .^y-^P I wuistLiimiiie u-iuuiis ,.^.^| r,

costume and carrying wide wnite ^ ^^^^^ ^^^ ^^jj^^^ gj^^^^^^

fans for :the^ usual ballet. ter is a pioneer picture house por-

made 'JlstincUvo by /^^y a jazz clarinet Who puts

upon cloud-like white of costuming ^^^.^ artistry Into his blues. He

8id.

STATE

and billowing f^^^. another I was used to close the acts here,
Bryant, Rams and Young, a,noiner j ci„4.«,.^ -e^^r^ .imirHa :

adagio bit for. the finale, trio be-

Eline Sister^ from vaude have

. o--. — - _ --j., .^-rt verv I carried their standard comedy act

ing the man carrier and tw^ ..^ . picture houses. Nut char-

Bmall girls for the leaps, ^1^^^^^^^ tl^el^. ^^^^.^^ rangln-

poses, using two ^ girls _i^stcaa^^i ^^^^ impersonation of George Wash

(Wired)
(BOSTON)

Boston, Oct, 8
This "house'has finally been wired
and is making a belated splurge on
iMovietone to great response. "While

Fea

ciated it. Oke for that certain spot.

«he makes It a little more, coni
plicated, but doesn't add much
Finale of the dance leads to Orien-
tal tableau In picture frame for the
climax flash. t=oc.<»
For second week of Mrs. Jesse
Crawford's return, couple use med-
ley of sentimental 'numbers under
title of "For Old Times' Sake_^

on amieuc closing with the stair dance which f^^y *^%"f. fj?", ^ust mioses beine

between U. S. and the Argentine they credit to Bill Robinson. Tlie A Eood
feam LVghtnlng Bcrimmage.s in boys are a welcome departure from ^^^'^'^'i. State ' J^ahis its 16 men
Blow motion with a break for. the the regular hoofing team J overture and to' work with the com

to^ho feet Of the tripod in ^^^^^^^ l^^^^i^S^^o^

r\h^?"ldla^" ?>?urSmair^tt^^ S?un^diS Sif'Jhe^
TngS.'^pJeaVod'^twic?" oi' band ol-^-,""-^/" '^r singing, purposes
choruses. Two ballet ■ routines. I to fair success. J^iDUcy.
Spanish to fit the unit idea, opened
and closed the .show.

Organ solo by Preston Sellers was
frrlt^Ih^'crmiirranity singing : results.
"Women "They Talk About," (W. B.)
feature, and Paramount News com
pl'eted. Strong matinee, business

ed bit of riding.

Fox Movietone short, "The Fam-
fly Picnic," low comedy, had 'em
Shouting. Feature is "The Mating
Gall."

UNITED ARTISTS

■ (WMy-^"' " "

CLOS ANpELES)

Los Angeles, Oct. 4.
After threatening for some time,
United Artists tlToatre entered I
the stage preseutallon ranks witli
the .showing of Dolores Del Rio's I
"Revenge." Heretofore, this house |
has offered some brief stage num-
bers a la Roxy of former years, but I
this marked the first time it has]
gone in for any lavishncss of pro-
log.

The stage offering, an atmos-

STRAND

LOEWS STATE

_ -(Wired) ^ .

(LOS ANGELEiS)

Los Angeles, Oct. R.
■B,^„ 1 Fanchon and Marco's new "Fri
" vols" Idea had some makings, but
not enough and the resultant deliv
cry didn't click. loudly. Act started
vvith a flash then sagged away
through a couple of endless scenes
that introduced a mob of people but
didn't supply entertainment up to

(Wired)
(NEW YORK)

New York, Oct. 6.

With two talking shorts, "Sharp I tiie standard the F. and M. pres
iTool.s," a one-act play, and Eddie entations have been offering lately,
Pe.abody, running approximately 30 Orchestral rendition from pit of
pheric prolog called "In a Gip.sy's minutes. Movietone newsreel add- "ji Trovatore" selections opened
Camp," ran for 18 minutes of fast ing another 10 minutes of screen "Frivols" with Al Lyons, m. c, giv
moving, colorful and wholly pleasing sound, and a fairly 'reliable feature ing further evidence of his mu.sicai
entertainment that scored instantly, picture starring Blllle ' Dove, the versatility by. turning over tne oat-
It marked the maiden effort of hou.se h.as a progr.am that can stand on to another member of the »ana
Bruce Fowler, house manager, as Up a-ainst the others on the street seating himself at the organ con^^^
stage director. He wins plenty of f it.s share of the business. ^"^^^".•r"!"^^^^^^^^^?^^", ^^^*^enoH

'^edit for the result. Fowler han- Noithor of the talking shorts Is cl.arlnetist, who ^ ^''7^^" " P.

died the entire affair, conceived theK,urenrp, but each gets over on Per box. n^.h» I Have. Sighed To
Idea, chose the cast and staged it. U^voHy. one of the shots In therRest m^io;^y. tinsb scene

The show opened with a six-min- Mr.vietono. new.srccl. showing a trick ^, from Rich THo Tn

counting wah^^Jiar^^lj^^^

isji ,1 + cos.s.ack iTniCorhis, in two quartets

ira iemme voice accompanied by | watch.'^ counte^f^n ''fSJ^^^^^^^^

male quartet back stage with or- , , j j^jl aga ns^

Sr^EnSr^ed wl^ "ISge a%t'" k*^^ T'T 7"" ^^^°t/T ^-o-

i^^l f^t ■ Angela i«m and has a kind of sympathetic role koj^in^ on ^jt^ currently popular

tV.?^i«^ fnilnwpd With 30 to play as the innocent beauty over double faced ccstumed, rear view
n?nrll7flSh f^^^^ evening gown.s, filont gold

^^-^^wL/rf Pl?ht n^^^^^^ wearing apparel. oriental dance rigs, holding dummy

JhJ^^pg onfy flTe Uems. Wt too I Silent new.srool was , brief and | doll dance partners between extend
much of each.

and

direction of William Prior. Called i ^

=JiMississippi-Mardl-Gras,.yJntEQduc:=..Uj,,,j,^,^^^

Ing "Deep River," sung via fccord fp^turo pict

Next was a seven-minute VJta-
pbone talking short, Dickinson and

preceded by a .short prelude by the ed arms. Number was good but too
Strand orchestra conducted by Alois hong.

Reiser. MorL \ borlm with desert scene brough

GRANADA

(Wired)
(CHICAGO)

Chicago, Oct. 9
Raymond Hitchcock made his
debut in Chicago picture houses.
His opening (SaturdayX was not
marked by any stand-out lines out
front, but business was satisfactory
If Hitchcock feels like squawking
about how he went over. on his first
performance he can hang the blame
on the m. c. on the stage, Charlie
Kaley. After permitting Hitclicock
to- walk out without a word of an
nouncement, Kaley pulled one of the
worst send-offs ever accorded a per-
fornier wlien he finally informed the
audience that here was Mr. Hitch
cock. After such a handicap it was
surprising to see Hitchy go right
out and score, anyway. Hitchcock
had to wor-k with Kaley all the way
through. Latter did not make a
single effort to help. With a smart
m. c, Hitchcock would have done
great. His material Is the sort that
needs quick-witted feeding; and
Kaley bias neither the wit nor the
quickness. Marks Bros, should give
that a thought , when .they think of
the two grand per they are paying
him

Idea of the presentation, labeled
Jewel Box," was good, but with so
many things interfering the general
scheme was lost. Some talented
acts In the layout, too. Introduc-
tory number brought out Betty
Taylor, a nifty in both looks and
vocal ability, who delivered the
theme Song in nice style. Miss "Tay
lor was formerly of the girl team of
Taylor and Lake. She is okay as a
single.

Slow, draggy ballad by the band
was out of place where a hot' snap-
py number would have served bet-
ter. Jules and Josi© Walton, syn
copated dancers, were a last-minute
booking, and came through with a
creditable routine of steps

Jean Granese and Co., familiar
vaude turn, with two male wop
plants, scored with legitimate sing
ing, but got little on the comedy,
Talk can be cut to advantage; also
the piano bits. They mean nothing
Otherwise okay. Hit honors went
to Berlnoff and Eulalie, adagio pair,
announced. OS through the courtesy
of the Roxy theatre. Neatly pre-
sented act.

Norma Ballard, featured house
organiste, delivered a recital on the
console while a Movietone newsreel
was entertanling, and brought out
cheers for Al Smith. Picture was

"Scarlet I^ady" (Col.).

Loop.

STANLEY

(Wired)
(JERSEY CITY)

Jersey City, Oct, 8,

Collectively the best batch of tal
ent that's ever been tossed In here
is with>'Roman Revels," this week's
unlL The sure fire . iniporlation
proved to be the Three Verhons,
two youths and a moll, who adagio

Al Belasco Is the m. c, claiming
he can't sing. But he can dartce
and why they don't let him is some
body's business. Gil Wray, the nice
mustached tenor who also sings
baritone, has three . ballads and
clicked. Bert Gilbert, long legged
funny guy, has a dunking song
which Is big and he clowns tlirough
part of the show with Belasco
Some of the comedy Is out of place

Setting is one of tho.se arena lik
affairs and the big finale is
chariot scone with no sense of speed
illusion wliat soever. A pair of nagi
>y?_LH. on a ji\^.admill biit dOn't gej.
;ihywKf»r(?. -""^

The in Leonldoff rjirlK, billed as
direct from the Roxy. uncorked
some bad routines. Some aro'much
better. Nellie Nelson, a .singer
while .sweet looking, isn't as easy
on the ear.

'•The^ River Plrnte," with Movie
tonQ, .screen feature. A talking
short was "The Ice Man." Hy Gel
at the organ, an overture, and .sounc
newsroel, round out n long bill.

nt:

COLONY

(NEW YORK)

New York, Oct. 3. .
Caught several days after u'niver-
sal's reopening of the Colony with
a talker program, the housei up at
Broadway and 5 3d street Impresses
as having a chance for a duplication
of the Mark Strand's box-oflice suc-
cess In putting Itself across with ,
sound pictures. "Somehow the Col-
ony never did click, the conclusion
having been that It was just a bit
too far uptown to reap the benefits
anything usually does on Broadway
from the constantly shifting attend-
ance.

Now, with its new policy, although.
Lonesome," U's flrst talker. IS by.
no *neans "the talking wonder pic-
ture," as the billing so extravagant-
ly heralds, to a 75c grind the Colony
seems to be getting some trade. The
foaiture IS nothing . unusual, but it
has an expensive stage attraction.
Ben Bernle and his orchestra, in
support.

Rounding It out Is the Universal-
released International news reel and
a U animated cartoon.

Bernio's presentatloTi for the open-
ing bill runs 30 minutes with Mav
Wynne, steppeuse; .Ray Covert,
tenor; Jerry Bergen, drummer,
doubling in a hokei violin virtuoso
longrhair. bit; and Dorothy Morri-
son, a la Zelma O'Neal, in studlpua
animation. Introduced as specialists
to supplement Berniels comedy and
music.

Some of Ben's chatter has been
standard with the maestro and
somewhat of a trade-mai'k such as
tlie familiar "debutanta" and the
collegiate persiflage. Probably
overly familiar to a reviewer, Ber-
nle has carried some of his giigs
through a season at the Roosevelt,
in and out of picture houses and
nto a musical . comedy. ("Here's
Howe"), which show, according to
the facile wag, went over with a
Leblang. Bernle is pulling, that
now as a test of Joe's cut-rate em-
poriuhi's populaLrity. and it looks
like Gray's lMu;gain basement ticket
library Is elected; thty all seemed,
to get that.

Another specialty coiitrlb was
Ukelela Robertson, who encored
with a clown dance a la Will Ma-
honey. They're all going for. Ma-
honoy's routine with the uncontrol-
lable sideway falls. Bernie en-
hanced, the bit with a barrage of
pillows to break Robertson's flop,
and designated Frank Funda as the
"pillow picker-upper."

Otherwise the soloists ard* aver-
age and uninspired. The diminutive
Bergen suggests something, but for
the rest they are sufficient unto the

limited purpose thereof, Alel.

BRANFORD

(NEWARK)

Newai'k, Oct. 7.
Beautiful show, "Ih a Persia*
Garden," but probably not box*
office. Novel opening with a lattice-
traced curtain outlined In an Ara-
bian pattern gradually illuminated
while "Song of India" is played and
sung. Curtain rises on a riot o^f
color, with lights well used. Be-
neath a ds^rk blue combo border are
placed' on three levels the Beb&
Barri girls, the band in two tiers,
and on the upper level eight sing--
ers. Well done, but placed so that
the voices are not as strong as
needed.

Curtain Is down, before which
Charlie Melson clowns. Back to fuU
stage, Walter Donahue, said to be
Jack's brother, danced brilliantly.
The 12, Barri girls in yellow, with
blue wigs, do a unLson doll dan cie
which for speed, precision and gusto
surpasses anything seen lately.
Several gags and . blackouts are
used, all clean. Melson sings once
and Mary Lee, a personable miss,
does a contortion dance. Show
ends with . anot her splash with the
girls" In 'eTaboraie cdsfumes, Melson,
on the magic carpet, rides high
above. Runs 33 minutes.

No organ solo. News eight min-
utes for three Pathe, two Kino and
one each from Par, M-G arid Fox.

Fashion News went two: minute.t
In color. Fea,ture, "Water Hole"
(Par) , a total loss in d raw. Newark
is off westerns. Not a large ctowd
preterit. Austin..

Houses Opemng

brpheum, Kingston, N. T., opens
Oct* 15. Five acts, split weelc

Rockland, Nyack, N. T., opens
Oct. 15. Five acts, split week.

Five houses In upper Michigan
formerly pla.ying straight pictures
have signed with the Sun-Diamond
oflice of Chicago to play vaude,
starting Oct, 15. They are Deft
theatres In Marquette, Escanabe
and=.Irx>n^Rl\^,.^ajjd^J;biU^alainot
and I.shpeming.

Walter Roade's theatre at South-
ampton, Long Island, pk-.turos, is^
expected to be ready by May. Scats
1,400.

After numerous policies. Palace,
Staten Island, N, Y., Is a picture
house. It was formerly a Keith
vaude house.

Apollo theatre, Lorain, 0., was
reopened with a straight film policy.

Wednesday, October 10, 1928

NEW ACTS

VARIETY

37

SOPHIE TUCKER
"Last of the Red Hot Mamas"
22 Mins. Two (Special)
Palace (St. V.)

The wow nunibprs 6p<.-n .Stii'liif'
Tucker's brand now iuyn snai'i'tO
into shape since hor return from
London. The first gives h^^r tlie
billlne she is now usinfr, "The 'Lnai
of the Red Hot Ma^jnas" and is
packed with, punch linos. It is in
narrative form as a runninf? ooni-
ment on her trip overseap, her re*
turn, Joy at beiris back toppinj,' the
Palace, and he'r theory that a woman
should - be President. She suKtfosts
her.self as the only red hot mama
: tha:t ha. sn^t cooled off.

The second number buildin}? up
from "Red Hot" is ultrartopical and
right Off the oVen. It is a comedy
idea about Sophie's 'Tleasui-e Man"
who keeps house and washes the
dishes for hei-. Soph takes her
"Pleasure Man" to the movies, Sh«>
is stuck on John (Jilbfrt and so is
he. ■ ■

Couple of not>so-forte juimbors
foUoy but Sophie's' pei'sonality
Transcends the laolc of sock. Some
smart talk is interwoven kidding
song pluggers and the present
mania of publishers to get thonie
songs for moving . plctiu'es. One
crack is. about seeing a song pjug-
^fer with a sack of oats taking Tom
Mix's horse out fo'r. a plug.

Dramatic bit jumps to Soph's
apartment as she illustrates how
she rehearsed her' present act.
Young married: datnC: from upstaii's
conies td visit., Tells of' dinner flate
with sleeky Greek Romeo'. Soph
ballads about "Forgetting Vo\v.s"
Wife weeps and goes off seeking re-
conciliation with her own husband.

Ba,ck for several more numbor.s,
some f.ahiiliar;. Included in "Tall
"jark and Handsome." Some time
since Sbpliie Tiickier hafi b<?en in
vaudeville an this side. Prior to
going ' abroad . she was taking the
oash and passing up fancy dressing
oonvs for the picture houses. Vaude-
ville noeds her : dynamic, pcr.sonal-
. ■ :ty. •

She receives at all times invalu-
able support from Ted Shapiro, her
super-accompani.st who cro.«;K-fires.
with her. on some of the lyrics.

.. — Land.

NINA and ANTONl'O DeMARCO

and Co. (2) '
Danqe Revue
20 Mins. Full (Special)
Palace (St. V.)

I^ropcnt Di'.Marco. turn is prr-
tonllously nurunU'tl, the .sottijiK. be-
ing a gem of de.sign and construc-
tion. Two pianos are centered bac^k
stage undor larfre paneltd window.*?.
Liifhts play onr- keyboards and,
pianos are Operated by man in full
dt-ess and woman in evening go\vn.

The several dancing number;? of
the DeMa,i:cos are epitoihio of class
and grace, executed with rythmic
sureno.ss and long practiced pre-
ci.sion. They dress with appropriate
.•manorial elegance..

An .clement of faking, is injerted
by the two plano.T. The male pian-
ist discords plenty while makinp.
more , , flourishes than Padorew.'«ki
and Hachmaninoff combined. The
girl sings unneoossai-ily with a thin
and ncrve-raspi'ng falsetto.

The male pianist, thumps .the
pedal persistently and noisily and
doo.s finger exercises eVeh while the
giri is trying to sing. The idea of
a cl.nss piano duet for background
Is good but the idea is not being de-
veloped properly." as is. L'uikJ.

EARL MOUNTAIN and CO. (3)
"Wot a Man?" (Skit)
17 Mins.; Three (Special) .
125th St. (V-P)

At the start . two women ajid
a man work Up a metpdramatic en-
trance for Earl JHountain who plays
a, traveling salesma.n. The two
women act as "sisters," living next
door to the jail where a big roman-
tic type.. of male does the sheriff.

There's a reward for a criminal
.and the girls have been posted to
hang 6n to their man if he hap-
pens along; same m.tn w' earing a
Panama and carrjing a bla<"k suit
case. Then Mountain appears.

Several songs and kidding, with
a robbery reported by phone and
the sheriff finally discovering the
thief is the glib, flippant s-alesmani

Bevy of gags here that. were pret-
ty old; nothing eSctra to any of the
vocal fling nor is the comedy well
sustained.

Sketch could stand cutting and
some of the bowhiskered stuff go
out.

Did fairly ■we] 1 at. the lEHth SUTCt.

. Mark.

THREE RADIO CHUMS

Soings

12. Mins.; One
5lh Avenue (V-P)

The .word' radio is taken as an
indication this trio sings over, on or
through the air. . isut rep or no rep,
the three nien wh.'im. oyer some en-
tertaining; . close harmony and the
voices sound good enough to indi-
cate the boys have beeri singing to-
gether some time.

Topical numbers with .?pme
comedy. In the neighborhoods th.c-y
can. step right out. Ctfuld also
register in picture, houses. MarJc. .

HARRY LANGDON (2)
Comedy skit
15 Mins. Full stage
Warfield, San Francisco

II;:rry lo.^ngdon's return to thr
>\;t{.'<\ thi.s time as a ?<poiial
Pam h(>n & Marco feature for - .a'
liniitfd tour of West Coast theatres.
The screen comic is. supported by
Mia Marvin, charming' and an un-
lirogrameil gal who pl.tys a silent
hit. Skit is not a part of the regu-
lar Fanchon and Marco stage'show.
It is preceded by annotmoement .and
trailer showing scenes of some of
Langdon's screen comedy.

$01 is an elaborate interior. Lahg-
don, .Ts A goof, delivers a note to.
the sweetiieart of one. Jack. Busi-
ne-'«s oiC forgettinB object of.\.ca,ll.
"for laiughs. "When gal gets note
from her admirer,^ she- essays to
vamp Hsirry and there is a red-hot
kiss' scene.

VJacK" phones hie is on hi.s Avjiy
oyer. Business of Langd.oii . trying
to get away, but stopped by the gal.
.^lie wraps her arms .aliout him as
ktioi k sounds on door., The expect-
ed "Jack" turns out to be Lang-
don,'.s ."wife."

Hilarious hokvim, with the screen
actor at home in his talking role.
.\ «ure-fire skit. As arrang(td, act
would fit picture or vaude house.

K(firards. . .

VIOLET SINGER (2)
Songs

14 Mins.; One
81st Street CV-P)

Miss' Singer should have a bright
future if she'll only forget Fannie
Brlce, .She can establish her.self as
a singular per.sonality and a much
needed and welcome .singing come-
dienne. .

' Material is credited to Ballard
MacDonald and Harry Conn. Two
numbers are pip.s. 'A third is tj;ie
lesser of the trio and .should be
.sandwiched in between instead of
closing as at present. That's the
nurse and baby carriage son, clever
in lyric, but inclined to be ..snniity,
Others fire a. telephone girl, openingi
and "How i Broke My Contract."
I-iaiter is a gem. Girl accompanies
at. the piano- without soloing. '
Miss .Singer peddles her lyrics.

Jii<j(.

DIXON, HblER AND CO. (4)
"The Wall Street Girl" (Skit)
19 Mins.; One and Full (Special)
125th St. (V-P)

The main figure is Tom Holer who
has hopped ai-ound in vaude for
some time, doing a. single but in
later yeai's using a sketch.

it is a pretentious effort, farcical
in construction but putting comedy
above everything else. It succeeds
admirably, although the fun making
j slows up to permit some song num-
bers excellently done. A rather' ef-
fective duet wa-s by Hoier and the
girl plaj'ing the daughter of the
rich man;, the latter in Ipye with
Hoier who , essays a phony Wall
Street broker.

A phone gal and stenog are well
handled and form an important
phase of the skit, con.ssiderable gag-
ging and nifties. Sentinmental twist
at the finish.

As vaude needs laughgettors this
one should get plenty , of work.

. Mark.

MORTON AND GREEN
Songs, Talk and Dances
20 Mins.; Two (Special)
5th -Av«niDr<Er (V-P) — —

Some years ago the team of
Kramer and Morton was atand.ardr
Ized in vaude by virtue of hoke
clowning and. dancing under burnt
cork. The George Mbrton of this
act formerly, teamed with Kramer.
His currient ferinine sidi?kick is
Roslyn Green. She . sings, dances
and proves a pretty good side.-
vheeler.

Morton clowns considerably and
even pulls some- of his old fast
etepping to show he still ktiows hi**
shoes. There.ls a fling for a bit of
Bcript with George applying for a
Job of male assistant in the flower
chop owned and operated by Miss
Green. Morton goes in for more
vocal hokum than of yore, and at
this house got away capitally.

CHEW HING TROUPE (5)

-Chinrew A^rolTat^ ^ - -

8 Mins.; Full (Special)
Palace (St. V)

A breath-taker. Feats arr cf a
contortionlstic nature but Ktarting
"Where most of the occidental joint-
benders leave off.

LI ter al ly th ese Ch i ne se t i e i h f m -
etlves Into knots.

T^st moving. Modestly n.o)mt«d

Can play anywhere. LoniJ.

THREE ROSS GIRLS
Songs

11 Mins.; One
125th. St. (V'P)

Biacic in 1922 or thereabouts
there -were two Ross Girls and this
triple combo may be that duo with
the third added. . .

The former Ross gals used ukes
and went in strong for the Hawai-
ian .atmosphere. No ukos hero -and
no co.«tume changes. The girls dross
alike, going in for sweet .gowns
which make them look like real sis-
ters.

No .solos; the girls staying on
for their song routine and attempt-
ing nothing tricky or eccontrii\
Voices not bad and in fairly good
-harmony. Numbers topical for the
.most part, and apparently of last
sea.<!pn"s crop.

The girls could arrange a stronger
.song program. "My Man," which
they Goem to. feature could be re-
placed, -by one with the Ross trio
trying fpr some modernl.stic ;.har-
mony runs.

However ple.ising act; the girl.s
look nice and they sing satisfactpr-

liy.

"BROADWAY REVELS" (6)
Flash 15 Mins.; Full (Special)
5th Ave. (V-P)

If produced under the late $ljOOO
maximum rule for interniediate'
fla.shes, this one- looks It. If not,
plenty under anyway. '

With a three-piece musical com-
bo— ■woman pianistf woman cellist
and man violinist— and a girl vocal
' accompanist, "Revels!' digs deeper
into the "inusic side than, the aver-
age. Otherwise an adagio teapi' in
two numbers, the feminine half
having .a solo. to herself. In between,
j The girl in that solo does a cute Ht-
! tie toe number and seems consid-
erably more proficient albne than:
with her partner. He just catches.

A fair- intermede flash lacking' a
lot but needing nothing more, than
work and polish. Bigc.

Murk.

YULE and DEAN
Talk, Songs and Dances
15 Mins.; One
125th St. (V-P)

The male has been in vaude stiino
time, with other partners, but it is
doubtful if he ever got the result.s
that he is getting with his pn.'-'' nt
feminine half, Miss Dean. «hn takes
care of the comedy gagging and
having a pleasing way puts ')vn-
h/^r„wj:j rk_m<ist_ effocti%^ lj\ _ -

The. man has "^m ad e a {nsTrfi' i"
change from any of his foi'nir-r a' t.'-
retaining the acrobatic bit which I"'
does to .applause a« the woman
.sings and pl;iys her own a( com-
panimont. with a guitar.'

J-Jomo of the patter oxchan.tf is a
little an<-i<-nt, but most of it i.'-v.
and .^^uri'firo.

A .•-•ur-f (s.tiful comedy duo. 7>id
Y< r> w*ll horr. Mdik.

"PIRATE QUEEN"
Songs and Dances
14- Mins.; One and Full
American (V-P)

For a time this act with a girl
and six men seemed destined to be
kidded off the stage here, yet they
went rright on singing and finally
commanded attention.

It's one of those, dream affairs,
the girl asleep in a chair and dream
ing of pirates. Six pop tip for some
songs .and dancing, the girl doing
the latter, featuring a toe routine
and some high kicks, .particularly
with the right fpptl : She also sings,
going after the high notes backed up
by. the masculine -vocal array;

bn6 change by the men,, pirate
outfits being displaced by sailor
jsuit."-. One number. follows another
; with the sextette ' doing yooman
sorvioe on the warbling.
! Act probably carries Special
! scf nory and would look better
(Uru-nstaire; .

Tho troupe work well together
and (U'Soi-ves credit. divX wiia game
to. carry on when the audience ap-
' l.r art.d hostile. Mark.

r B R O WN= AN D=-LA H A RT===f^---—

I Roller Skaters .

.5 Mins,; Full

^ 5th Avenue (P-V)

; :s(>thlng fine nor fancy )u!r<-,

i yotinr man and woman going in
U-r -wliirling stunts with thf girl
•a! ;;..L' tho risks. The miss is a kid

i'.\jti. .-('ij»o d(grrc of per.sonality.
Kla.'-hv roller etu/T and okay.

j idutlc.

HOPI INDIANS (6)

Native Dances .

25 Mins.; Full (Special)

86.th St. (V-P)

An out and out frcalc novelty with
its chief wilcspoint .probably ex-
ploitation ballyjioo, that might be
derived.

This small group of Indian.s fea-
ture a .snako dance, a religious rite
which iias given the Hop! tribe the
siib-title, "Snake Dancers.". It is ox-
plained by a . mistress' (.white), of
ceremonies that the Ilopis are not
.snake worshipper.s.
. Some time ago the Hopis, whose
reserv.ntion is in the vicinity' of
I'hoenix, Ariz., were accused of
snake worship; the accusers apply-
ing to.the gayornment...to halt the
custom; To pirbve their innocence
a gi'oup of tribesmen journeyed to
Washington whore they entertained
Congress, besides presenting to that
body, their defense. All this is ex-
plained by the woman lecturer. A
.screen tr.ailor .sliown previous to
the act proper records. that pilgrim-
age. _ .

The feature snake dance' number
is extremely Aveird and might go
.igainst the grain in some instances,
particularly sliocking wPmeni One
of the Hoi)is i)i;i<'*'s each snake, one
by one, in hi.s mouth.

There are four dance.-, three lead-
ing tip to the fe.'iture, besides the
woman's talk, and her one. unneces-
sary ballad. The dances accompa-
nied by Chlipf .soinothing-or-other's
hot . tom-toining. .

One of the .conipany plays the
lobby between .shows, selling bead.s,.
moccasins, etCv This i.s: likely op-
tional and may be decl.ired out in
some theatres.

Not a bad novelty, thrilling for
the kids, but questionable in the
entertainment department, li'wc.

THE DI GATANOS (3)

Dancing

12 Mins.; Full

81st Street (V-P)

When dancing of unknown qiial-
ity can close a .show* and hold a
vaudfiim audience unanimously to
their chairs, it must be good danc-
ing.

The nian- woman team of the Di
Gatanos finish with ,a rough hou.se
apache that eclipsos anything like
it. With the apache now in every
other fla.sh act built, it's a good one
that can .stop a show.

The single wPman member of the
trio dances alone iand as \yell.

If the girl can stand the punish-
ment long enough, .she should be a
model, for feminine stage ap.iches
for a long time to come. .She.'s not
so tiny, either, and the way. her
partner h.tndles hor is amazing.

lilUP.

ALBERTINA RASCH DANCERS

(10)
Revue

18 Mins.; Full (Special)
Palace (St. V.).

Rather di.scpnnectcd and form-
loss is thi."? latest of the ensemble
acts produced by Albertina Rasch.
It falls far short of the standards
of grace and beauty maintained by
Previous Rasch productions.

The most peculiar inclusion Is
that of Arcady Boy tier, p\ale mimic,
who does first an imitation in pan-
tomime of an old maid upon aris-
ing In the morning, and later ap-
pears as a monkey in a remarkable
makeup and charactorizatlon. But
it is not in .such an .act this that
Mr. Boytler belongs.

There are no outstanding mo-
ments In the dancing although the
ballet ■ work" iff of a" "meritorious
ciuality .and the girls good lo(jklng.
The talking by the girls, is poor
and particularly when put of breath
from a just completed number.

In general this act lacks the .su-
perlative touch expected from Al-
bertina Ra.sch, It has boon inex-
pensively mounted and shows it.

lAtml.

MARCUS AND POE
Comedy Duo
16 Mins.;vOne
America_n (V-P)

To ni.ike sure the luidioiu-c knew
that the male member of this team
was Jack Marcus the female half
roTH-ated his name several times at;
the. opening, Jackie is one of those
comics who kills around and does' a
fall ev(:ry no'w and then to boko
I tilings up. Wcjoian is rather dyna-
].mio on the crossfire but a lot of it
wont for naught her*'. In fact so v-
'ioTn "'TiVjS's^iTr'^Ih'*^^^
Ja' k's goal, so nmch iic nf) and- told
one of the l^d.s to conic up on the.
.st.'ifre and act.

This act co\ild lie pruned. Wh( n
they finally exited Marcus ;-:Wi)ng
his hand in apparent d.cri>-lcm or
disgu.st or v. h:it e.'tr.' you? Mayl":
he's right but ' .it's Jiot gfiod show-
man.slup to lot 'em kno^a tb.'it you
know. Marl:.

TAMPA & CO. (6)

Magic

32 Mins.; Full (Special's
Hippodrome (V-P) . *

Howard Thurston .prcseir. iliis
non-mystifying magi(>al ;u'i. Wi
tricks are rclia.shod from pn \ ioua
Thiirston productions. Ow or two
are probably still used b.v the
latter. ,

AH in need high powered .showman-
.ship to coyer and salespiaiiship is the
missing link in the acts. It's simply
a .series of tricks that mu.st reiy on
their own qualities. '

As performing here, graniing the
tuni may bo brand now, Tampa
would iiot fool a Hindergartcii. H©
failed to cover up Aylth convincing
chatter and when he did t.alic it
idn't. mean: a thlngv Thfe fioatihg
omari, perhaps the^ outstanding
feat in any Thurston repertoire,
as tipped by bad lighting without
Tampa knowing it. . To fm^her
lessen the effect, Tampa failed to
ass the hoop inider and over the
body. Three girls and two .stooges
.^ssist. Two boys and a mrth envrg-
ng from the audience did not con-
.'ince.

For an opening the stpiigcs turn
the leaves , of a large book, on the
cover of whicb is i,'Grout M;igicians,
Past and Present." Throe pages
held picture.s of Herrmann, Keilar.
and Howard Thurston, with Thurs-
ton the only one of the trio now
living. Only having Tampa .step
out from the back page in peisori
could have been funnler-r-and th.tt's
wha.t happened. Iiiar,

w

HORSKY and STOKES (3)
Sketch

16 Mins.; Full
86th St. (V-P)

The kind of sketch that mssed
out "With nickel beer, free lunch and
Jess Willard. Also the. kind of
sketch that helped this kind' of
.•sketch pass out..

Leona Horsky. plays a somi-
comic mother 'm Dutch. Otherwise
nothing notable. Even ' a glaring
lack of comedy In the script fails to.
accentuate the few intended -to-be
funny llne.s. "That's the WilliamB-
burg Brldgo-^lt goes to Brooklyn,"
followed by "Duss It shtay there,"
is a sample and got the biggest
laugh; •

An unbilled blonde and Stokes,
as the son opposite Miss llorsky's
immigrant mother character, are in
support, Big(>.

JOHNNY JOHNSON'S PENNSYL-

VANIANS (13)

Dance Orchestra

18 Mins.; Full (Special)

Riverside (V-P)

Recording outfit has been at - the
Ilotel i'ennsylvanla. New York,
with the appearance here Its ini-
tial dip in vaudeville. Aggregation
sif.es up nicely with Lisboth and
Clifford, mixed dance team, added.
Act went over big In the closing
spot on this .six-acf bill Sunday.

Johnson Is a personable chaj) and
his 10 boys are cleahcut and ac-
compll.shed musicians. All w'prking
in tuxedPe.s. Band's routine em-
braces six Intrumentals, each well
handled. Dancers alternate bchv'cen
selections with dalncc routines, espe-
cially their acrobatic double and
tango. Class Item anywliere.

•» Kdha, .

JOAN PAGET and Co. (6)
Music and Dancing
20 Mins.; Full (Special)
Academy (V-P)

' More d.ancing and less attempt at.
novelty would make a bettor act
of this. Miscast In this company
'an d ^-it a d l.sad vantage thp two boy
musicians are hardly more than
fillers.

Until thiR finale nothing but done-.
Ing. counts.

Ml.ss P.aget features herself in a
whirling toe number, the liest in
the act and probably- the rea.son
for the act. being built. .Another
girl dancer and two men, aKso (hmc-
in^r, round pilt the support.

A fiance flash that, doe.sn'i dance
enough arid therefore no more
than intermediate, If that.-* B'ujv.

COLA SANTO ORCHESTRA (19)
Band and Specialties
19 Mips.; Full (Special)
Hipppdrome (V-P)

Four years .ago. this act uiuild
have rated headline. Today ii i-n t
oven good entertainment.

Act wilh.fi .salary list of 10 sin, old
be or po.ssess .sotnctliiiig. .T)-.e Cola.
S'anto orchestra l;ick.s imn-li. in the

pcv'ik lon.g ago. In tlio si;c(,iiii
this one Isn't a good si.i.i;-- li.md
and in the third place ii. i .c ries
with it no siieci.'ilfy .act wi'rlii.v of
coinriicrit or C'lpalili'' nf 'ex'pl:'ii)ing
awa.,v tlie run.-ic. It .jii-t is»i t there,
IJ.'iimI of 17. iiK hiding iln- nun-
lilayii.ig i'(i!!iliii'ior, Itu-liidi ■• -fi.or
iiniiiijiet:, four reeds anil lu<.) <nim-
iMiUi '-. .W II liout lli'j ba.';.^ horn tiicru

38

VARIETY

VAUDEVILLE REVIEWS

Wednesday, October 10, 1928

are 10 horns and only one fiddle.
Thoy are playlngr Jazz and Victor
Herbert with a single vloHn after
what the name outfits* have done
with fiddle's. It's practically a brass
iBection.

If the act carries on that, middle-
aged planiste-prima donna should
Btick to the piano.

Bige.

TOM WARINQ
Songs . . . :
10 Mins.; One
81st Street (V-P)

Tom Waring has not changed, his
style since serving . as soloist with
his brother's orchestral That should
rate him at the start as wholly com-
petent. Uses pops excluslvesly and
mops, at least he did that here,
Would dispel all doubt if grabbing
a special number. He shouldn'^t be
hard to fit.

' Waring delivers and . is a sweet
single. " Bige,

BRADY, RIDDELL AND MURRAY
Songs,

12 Mins.; One
American (V-P)

Three male singers in tuxedos
and outfits looked new.

Not a bad . singing frameup.
Showed favorably on what they
warbled with the second number
announced as having been written

by Brady. ,

Standout Is a travesty on a par-
son and his choir buddies. Found
Immediate favor and' closed strong
with the comedy twist given to
the song.

One of the bright spots of a
rather duU first part. Mark.

turns sponsored by this ballerina.

peculiar aspect enters through
the odd arrangement of talent and
the inclusion of Arcady Boytler,
pantomime artist, evidently brought
over from ICurppe. Boytler is be-
yond question a clever entertainer,
but it is incongruous for a half bald
man to follow a ballet and give an
imitation of an' old maid getting
dressed in the morning.

Miss, Tucker closed intermis-
ion, the DeMarcoa opening (New
Acts). Their scenic investure ia
superlative. Two pianos are set
backstage and played oy a man and
woman. The iirewdrks from this
department impreissed as a com-
pound of musical talent and a
liberal peppering of bunk.

Jean Bedihl and Roy Arthur
closed and followed with tholr fa-
miliar laughterpiece. Jack McLal-
len. Just preceding the Bedini tiirh,
came back to comic for the added
attraction, "throughout the show
various performer^ appeared Interr-
mittently and read the telegraphic
synopsis of the St. Louis-yanks
game. Downstairs and boxes ca-
pacity. ■ '

Land.:

VIOLET, RAY and NORMAN (3)
Musical and Acrobatic
. 12 Mins.; One
Academy (VrP)

With the probable exception of a
fair harmonica solo, the musical
Qpening under which this plain
acrobatic turn -is now disguised
should be forgotten. There Is
nothing in that instrumental stuff

'amounting to anything worth while
and it tends to lengthen the turn.

: A cut from the present 12 minutes
to eight or nine would unquestion-
ably make it more salable.

The two-man acrobatic business,
occupying the last three quarters
of the act, is high class. They
can start off the best of bills with
that alone. But not with the music
included. Bige,

CARTER BROS, and CO. (7)
Song and Dance
16 Mins.; Full (Special)
Belmont, Chicago (V-P)

Youthful turn and that's about
all.

Two boys are the collegiate, type
who go heavy on feet stamping and
arm waving,, getting nowhere. Five
dancing girls, one in solo and w:ith
the boys, try hard to fill the act out,
but neither capable dancers nor
good-looking (enough to get by. Solo
dancer shows the only signs of ap-
proaching anything In the way of
dancing. She's pretty . fair. Act
opens in full and stays that way
Girls in bathing suits at first, later
changing to abbreviated, gowns
Piano set is at no time Used.

In its present shape, act will not
do. Loop.

RIVERSIDE

(Vaudfllm)

Sunday openings, olficially plant-
ed this week in all Greater New
York Keith houses, drew two-
thirds capacity here at the mat-
inee. All or most were last min-
ute decisions, with the long line
outside figured for a sell-out if
there had been an advance buy.
Good, fast show with plenty of
comedy. Practically all six acts on
the bill angled for laughs atid con-
nected.

Kafka, Stanley and Mae, two meti
and a girl, pacemade to click heavy
with a fast routine of aerial acro-
batics. Stanley's somersault on a
trapeze mid-air and heel catcij
knocked them for thrills with Kaf-
ka's ^ron. Jaw also bringing returns.
Ford, Seller and Ford, nfiale hooftnt,.
trio, rang the bell, too, Avith. nifty
footwork. Some good harmonizing,
too, to uke accompaniment. Boys
have an act. •

Qeorge Yeoman and Lizzie were
heavy comedy, former doing hisf
usual comedy chatter with hia
femrhe stenog sleeping through
everything, but getting, plenty of
howls on the wake-up. Yeopnari's
rapid-fire gags as an information
clerk In a broadcasting station kept
them In giggles for a solid hit. Ed-
ward J. Lambert was another
gloom assassin. His *'My Man''
travesty .finish was a howl.

Ethel Waters, headlining, got off
to mildly, but finished strong. The
naughty numbers, "Handy Man"
and "Take That Where Yqu Had
it Last Night," put her over. After
the rough stuff they couldn't get
enough, but she fooled them by
coming back for a legit blues.

Johnny Johnson's Pennsylva-
nlans, doubling from the Hotel
Pennsylvania, New York, smashed
in closing. iBand is aided by Lis-
beth and Clifford, dance team (New
Acts) .

"Docks of New York" (Par)
screen feature. Edba.

.stuff for the better houses toddy
but competent deucing in the inter-
mediates or le.sser, as .shown here.
The only appai'cnt way to send
Kean's type of turn over now i«
some equally featured quick chang-
ing, koan ducks arid done makeup
on the stage and in view but fails
to permit it sufficient prominence'.
Some showmanship in ni least one
of the changes may improve the
entire turn.

Frank Whitman, trick fiddler,
treyed it, doing as nicely as usual
With his bowing of a violin with
everything from a piece of paper
to a bottle of boOzo.

Ileien John's Glorious Ghis, fem-^
inihe band, fared hot quite as Well
as. brdiharily until the drum corps
finish when they, top, went over
the top. That conclusion seems
about, the best ever conceived for
an otherwise, . average girl band.
Given handicap of spot.

For a rather lengthy overture the
house orchostra, used : "Slavische
Rhapsbdle.". liigc.

state;

(Vaudfllm)

Good show at the State, with '^The
Tempest" (UA) heading screen and
Emile Boreo, recently at: the Capi-
tol, ' topping the vaude. Capacity
Monday, night, with the film cred-
ited. • . /

Four Kadex,. three men and wom-
an, opened with fast aerial acro-
batics. Remarkable outfit, with
plenty of. stuff. John P. Walsh,
lyric baritone, assisted by a male
pianist,' provided a likeaible deucer
with a well chosen repertoire.
Jimmy Allard Co.. set 6f¥ the first
cojnedy torch with "Cheating Inn, '
a three^scene affair, enlisting Allard
and a cast, of six, three men and
three women. . It held up in spots
and dropped In others. Allard got
plenty of laughs as a- waiter of a
hideaway, where two cheating
couples are having a . rendezvous.
All escape, . but the waiter follows:
and nicks them for enough coin to
finance his honeyihoon. Several
specialties by Allard, one of the
femmes Is introduced and she gets
over. Act can stand knitting to-
gether for better results. Like it
here.

Boreo, next to shut, was the usual
panic with, his " foreign dialect
clowning on. His nut songs and
other implements in his bag of
tricks, which Jumped him. from ob-
scurity as one of the mob in
"Chauve-Souris" to a vaude head-
liner. No trouble as a show-stop-
per, but smart enough not to linger;
Mopped up with his legitimate rou-
tine and walked off without an en-
core despite persistent tecalls.

Leonora's Steppers, nine-people
flash, closed with a class dance re
vue. Act Is well toutlned, lavishly
staged and packs everything that is
class In . a dancing way. It can't
miss. Edba.

PALACE

(St. Vaude)

Sophie Tucker, now billed as "the
last of the hot mammas," opened
Sunday matinee at the Palace and
sloughed them in her familiar style.
She returned Just a short! time ago
from London and whipped into
shape an entirely new routine; So
new. that one of her numbers is
aboiit "The Pleasure Man/' al-
though the ink on the police blotter
is hardly dry. -

Soph's reaction was cordial, al-
though lacking the gusto from a
Monday "matinee ci-owd; Indications
were that a lot of the boys and
girls who never passed up, the
Monday matinees, here were absent
on the early Sabbath and did not
appear for the big boom-boom.

Another American act Just back
from , the overseas trade is the
Three Sailors, Bert Jason, . Bert
Robflon and Harry Blue. They also
Bolarplexed the customers. This
turn has gained a lot of finesse, If
finesse is either possible or needful
to knockabout comedy acrobats.
Chew Hing Troupe (New Acts),
five Chinese possessing malleable
vertebrae, opened. With . charac-
teristic Oriental nonchalance they
outrage the laws of nature.

Peter^ Hlgglns, Irish tenor, was
^pbfte3~sec6ixdr^tt~bfid""'bTeaW-^and
especially considering this is his
third appearance at the Palace,
Stage crew gave Higglns scant co-
operation in the matter of quiet.

and pushed the
der his elbow
Notwithstanding,
difficulty scoring.

piano from un-
whlle he satig.
Higglns had no
He has a voice

of clear tone and masculine vigor.
Frank Dixon at the ivories.

• Albertlna Rasch Dancers (New
Acts) is the least impressive of the

ACADEMY

(WIRED)

Another slight change in policy
here, with a lull in feature film value
("Harold Teen," F. N., this week),
increased the number of acts to
eight. Show on the stage runs two
hours to the dot and is real good
vaudeville all the way;

Lacking up to the closing spot Is
dancing. By the time that spot ar-
rives with Joan Paget and Co. (New
Acts), there isn't anything resem-
bling good footwork. lA the Paget
flash none of it is too good. Com-
edy plentiful. Four of the eight are
legitimate laugh->getters, three in
a distinct big. time, manner.: Better
to.Jiave knocked one , off. that num-
ber and insert, some hoofing.

Though Jack Osterman topped,
the winners for laughs and thrlHis
were Joe and Pete Michon, comedy
acrobats, with more stunts than any
number of serious gymnastic turns,
they worked fifth and snatched the
mop-up of . the bill. . .:

Osterman cut to around 13 min-
utes at this house, that time in-,
eluding his now familiar film open-
ing. Came into, his own when get-
ting down to business, song and
talk, and walked off with 'em crying
for more.

An earlier spot gaVe the Seymour
atid Howard Revue the first chance.
The way they did giggle at Lou
Seymour and his k. o. blonde part-
ner suggested they might have filled
any spot in the show with about,
the same effect. The veteran couple
have a high 'geared tab revue of
blackouts and specialties, with com-
edy predominating and all of It
handled by the principals. It's as
big time as any full stage flash
around-and-ha3=.tho--added.^advantage
of good comedy.

Violet, Ray . and Norman (New
Acts), starting the show,, open as
a musical trio but switch to acro-
batics at about the first pole for
some excellent hand-to-hand equi-
librium by the two masculine mem-
bers. Woman fades out with the
music. . Enough pii the later eflorts
for the boys to encore..

Richard Kean, still with his heavy
dramatic characterizations, Is old

PROCTOR'S 86TH ST.

(Vaudfilm)

While the line ran down 86th
Street, around the corner, and up
Lexington, it was necessary Sunday
evening to stop selling tickets by 8
The mob waited, cash In hand, until
enough people trickled out in ones,
twos and threes so that ticket sale
could be resumed. It was unplea
sant for those who waited but sweet
tidings for the management.

Show was Just fair. Eno Troupe,
Jap, opened. Erval and Del (New
Acts) two-gal team trying to hide
with scenery and costumes the fak-
ing in their taps and instrumental
l.'jm were pretty blah,

Fred Llghtner' and Roscella Mc-
Queen (New Acts) offset their as-
sorted and fragmentary material
with vociferous pep that served to
register with the Yorkvilllana as
brightness and furinlness.

Hooper and Gatchett have been
considerably re -routined since a
couple of weeks ago at the 81st
Street. "Stop, Look and Listen"
(New Acts) demonstrateia the eter*-
nal struggle of flash producers to
disguise a bunch of hoofers ...as
something nriore. Production Is
fairly good. Loretta drray, Archie
Rock and the Six KUrknlcker (3rlrls
prograrried.

"Docks of New York" (Par) on
screen. . . Land'

any other pop house than the Hip,
The Uess^is rate a later spot.

SargenjjTand Lewis, two-maii mu-
sical and' gab turn, deuced prior to
reappearing with the Four Cam-
prons and wol'e over nicely on their
own. Cameron family managed tc
warm ''ehi up considerably after
Tampa found the patrons morbid
and made them more so. Dave con-
tinues bouncing^ on his spine, pro-
viding most of the dynamite with
his gymnastics, while the routine
iremaihs unchanged, - with pop,
mother and the blonde daughter
doing their usual .stuff. It's still a
very good act. Chiasing the Cam-
erons, the band act closed.
"■Topics of the Day" failed to coax
single titter from the Hip mob.
That also goes for the Aesop's
Fable, . classing the Hip as the
benevolent home for decrepit shorts.
"Tenth Avenue,'* fllrii feature.

Bige.

81ST ST.

(Vaudfilm)
"S. R. O., and don't forget to put
that in your lousy paper," said the
guy In the box-office as he peeled
an undercover single off the elbow
Sunday night. And S. R. O. Was
right. They were legging it three
deep in the rear, with . "Docks of
New .York." (Par) the picture.. The
house finaily got a heavy draw.

Before the capacity attendance
flashed an almost perfect vaude
show, probably the best to turn up
at this house in a year, the kind you
used to see.. A darb bill and as ex-
cellent a;n audience. They laugl\ed
at anything a,nd everything. It
seemed the acts enjoyed the audi-
ence as well as the audience the
acts. By the time Jack Pearl
stepped ..in, there had been , enough
good vaude to take care of 10 aver-
age .vaudfilm shows. The Dutch-
man's clean-up in the . semi-final
spot preceded another wham by the
Di Gatanos (New Acts). One of th.c
swiftest novelty dance turns seen
outside of a picture house in
months.

Up to Pearl,.! three out of four
were likewi.se New Act."?.. Two are
familiar,, but not in their present ef-
forts. One, Violet Singer, is not
known beyond tills particular en-
gagement. She looks ,) like a cer-
tainty as a member of the thinning
ranks of high-class comediennes.
Miss Singer is blessed with material
and sells it to the hilt. .

The Rallstons, still out and alone,
among mixed gymnastic two-acts,
opened and could have started all
over again:, with the same results.
Spotting of Tom . Waring, No. 2, and
Miss Singer two flights higher was
optional. They might have switched
without causing a particle of differ-
ence. Waring (New . Acts), Just
back trom Europe, placed the deuce
on a par with anything in the show
He's all by himself, playing his own
piano and singing pops. What one
good special lyric would." get him
can be estimated after hearing, the
famili.ars go over.

Doc Baker, has changed his per
sonnel arid material, but still fea
tures the quick-change stuff. The
split-second dressing is linked with
a story. Baker is ably supported by
two young femme dancers (not sis
ters or pretending to-be), who do
not sing fo well, but foil and hoof
to perfection.

With Pearl having Palaccd last
week and Waring already booked
there, it's a fair bet that every act
in "this show win be seen on 47th
street In a month. \ The Palace can
use. them, alone or together. Bige,

Broadway is the ace in the hole
for the sheiks and shebas when tho
big film houses go clean. Inside it
was a tussle to watch the stage.
Show was Just a routiner tliat would
have been sadly, off if not for Sen-
ator Mupphy and Larry Rich. These
were the only: yell merchants card- .
ed and they got .plenty of encour-
agement.

Aussick and. Czech, mixed duo,
opened with man doing bull whip
stuff and girl combining for dress
and target holder. Good act of its
kind that can open or shut. Der-
rickson and Brown, next, had too
much class for here with their min-
iature concert, although Derrick-;-
son's singing eventually won them
over and sent the' boys away to an
undlsputecj hit. "The duo are Just
bjlck from abroad after a once
around trip over' the K-O circuit.
The boys are class and haVe some-
thing when standees are not con-
tinuously Interrupting.

Senator Murphy ambled on and
when getting into his lingo accom-
plLshed the miracle of having the
standees pay attention. . Murphy's
topical gibberage.took in everything
and made them laugh, heavy.
Miirph's latest routine is a corker
and could make Barnum's "Sober
Sue" snicker.

Rich and Cherle also enlivened
the laugh getting department wfth
a brief twosome that faded into a
band cat captioned Larry Rich and
his friends, Mile. Cherle was also
very much in evidence In this
stanza with tricky and revealing
costumes that could ihake a Mutual
soub blush. The Dean Sisters
and a" unprogrammed male
fianked Rich's, band of 11 with
Rich cashing in for comedy on the
recent Mae West pinch . through
having the instruriientallsts effect
soprano response' to his queries and
calling them all "Pleasure Men"
for laughs. Some of. the preceders
also trotted in on the Rich act, the
combined whoopee sending It over
for. a smash. Rich is a rotund comic
of Whiteman proportions and refers
to the physical resemblance more
than once for laughs. He has per-
sonality plus and would . make a
corking m. fc. Edba.

HIPPODROME

(Vaudfilm) .

The first Dempsey-bpoked bill at
the large house was overburdened
with two new production acts that
took a lot of room without reveal-
ing more than slight possibilities at
the first show Sunday. They are.
Tampa, magical turn, and the Cola
Santo orchestral presentment, both
New Acts.

Each provides a chance for ex-
ploitation, but where the bally is
slapped on too heavily neither will
come through. , If office acts, how-
ever, tlioy denote progrcs.s in the

Keit h, search for -mato rial..„ That

Tami)a and the Santo band do not
equal the excellence of the Idea is
just a break.

Of the three remaining acts, two
worked singly and then together,
whilo the case turn opened and
again impressed as one of the most
formidable acrobatic offerings in
present-day vaude. These are The
Uessems, four-man troupe, involv-
ing more . thrilling equilibrism than
half a dozen of the average.. In

FIFTH AVENUE

(Vaudfilm)

Tom Gorman's Sunday opening
worked like a charnl here. Night
show was sold out early with
standees in line up to the time of
the screen feature, "The Man Who
Laughs" (U).

JL - six. act show although: se.yen
were posted outside. Among these
the Parislia,n Four did not show
Katherine Boyle and Boys (I^Tew
Acts) started well, this act having
considerable animation. They were
followed by Three Radio Chums
(New Acts) who pleased immensely
Then the first comedy match in
Morton arid Green. (New Acts).

(IMiss) Bobble Adams has Irti
proved. Her songs werit for a salvo
here. Next to closing were Joe
Weston and Cbllette Lyons, Who
scored their rough house stuff
which is not overdone as this pair
sell it.

LaHart and Brown (New Acts)
short but thrilling on rollers.

Mark

AMERICAN

. (Vaudi"lm)

Crowd' up here sometimes takes
all. the starch out of the act.s. Mon-
day was siich a night. Business
was good but the. majority of the
upstairs boys were apparently from
the neighborhood and seemed to
come in gangs.

The show, especially the first half,
ran off unusually dull.

Toward the close, when the gang
went off its nut about an act or two,
It didn't appear the same mob that
greeted the preceding turr :>. ' Not a
lot over which to swing any hats
in the air although Bnh Nelson
found it easy next to cl; ng. The
Fltzgeralds started the vaude sec-
tion. There's a lady Fitz but the
act centers on the balancing of the
man. who also blindfolds him.seli:
for some leaps . from piled tables
into barrels. ; Brady, Riddel and
Murray (New Acts), were second.
Marcus and Poe (New Acts) dis-
appointed with a patter routine and
first '-part closed with "The Pirate
Queen" (New Acts).

After intermission Monte and
Lyons dished up coriiedy to music
whicli gave the boys something to
applaud. Peggy Mackenzie, mem-
ory act reeling off a deluge of fig-
ures, was a novelty at this stage
of the program. F^eg stood out best
by memorfeing 52 cards which had
been passed among the audience
for shuffling. And she went over
them backwards. Has many things
in her favor for her concentration.

Charles McGood Co.,. acrobatic,
closed. A corkling ground tunibler
Is a valuable as.set. On the screen.

"Four Walls" (M-G-M).

Mark.

125th ST.

BROADWAY

(Vaudfilm)

The boy scouts haven't supplant-
ed the campfire girls at the . Broad-
way yet and a stag auditor minus
"it" hasn't a chance for sitting
Toom-^when^buyjng^ln=Gn==Sundays..
When, buying in. the girl in the. slot
warned they were standing and ad-
vised wc ought to come back Mon-
day morning\ when , it W:ouldn't be
so busy. "You don't want to go In
now," she suggested, W,e agreed,
but that's as far as it went.

Nothing extraordinary to drag
them Into the Broadway unless the
picture, "Man Who Laughs" (O.).
wad the magnet. Or maybe the

(Vaudfilm)
With the new .Sunday iUaiugural
of the first half 125th street show,
the Proctor east side house drew
well, but not capacity. At 1:30
Sunday house, a .little over half:
filled, with the downstairs pretty
close to a sellout by 3. Apparently
the neighborhood hadn't beeh fully
wised-up yet on the show change,
or the elegant Weather may have in-
terfered.

Now 14 acts on the week, seven
each half. The bill Sunday gave a
lot of entertainment,, largely run-
ning to comedy.

Max and His Gang opened. This
oombined dog and male acrobatic
routine was not only effective but
gets . a:way from tVtd stereotyped
canine workers.

In suoc-osHlon appeared the Throe
Ro.ss Girls, Earl Mountain and Co.,
Yulo and l^ean, Dixon, lloior and
Co., Farnell and Florence, all NeW

Closing were the Ivit.iro Japs, two
meh and a woni.an. The.'-e Japs,
with that unusual closing routini»
of one man being Juggled around
like a ball by the other, earned them
a legit bow. The turn has al.w
worked .some bits that are produc-
tive of laughs.

On the screen, "Diockg of New
York" (Par).

Mark.

Wednesday, October 10, 1928

WOMEN' S PAGE

VARIETY

39

Among the Women

By The Skirt

At the Palace

Sol)!!!? Tucker, back from overseas, wowed them to the Palace Sun-
day arternoon. Sophie looked extremely ■well in a sapphire blue chiffon
ensemble. The coat made with sleeves oI,a full elbow design carried
no trimming. The dress was prettily embroidered in silver.,

A back drop was the knockout. On an orange cloth was a woman's
bead against a black fur collar. Arms resting on presumably the rail-
ing of a box hiid diamond bracelets from eibo'w to wiust. A necklace
also was of precious . stones; The swelled effect was cleverly carried
out in an embroidery of sojne material that shown like the real thing.

The Ghew Hing Troupe wore elaborate ma.ndari'n coats and huge
headdresses . made mostly of fruit. Peter Higgins wais neatly dressed
In a blue double breasted .sack silit.. Mr. /Higgins . has the voice a,^
appearance of one who would do well as a ju yen He In musical cbniedy.

Albertinai. Rasch girls were in white chiffon and not ballet dresses
and white wigs. Solo work was done : by several of the girls, one in
apricot and silver, and one In a gypsy costume. Very nice was a gold
gauze costume. Fringe edged the skirt which was sprinkled with
spangles. Petals of peach taffeta made up another dress. . A tap
routine was. don^ in the inievitable black velvet pants and white blouse.
The eight girls finished in blue ballet dresses.. The girl of the Die-
Marcos is wearing an unpretentious lot of clothes. The . concentration
seems to have been centered in .the stage, setting. The stage repre-
sented a huge stone paved hall of some medieval castle. With the
stairs and hangings and the two grand pianos, most sightly.

Sarah, of the Jack McLallan act, looked ni<?e in a.. short, green dre.^s
made with three ruffles. Her tights were of the kind known as fish
■not. ' •

Thank" goodness there were tights. If girls only realized how much
better the legs looked, encased in good looking stockings, and this Isn't
a boost for Nat Lewis. . Fleshy flesh that flops looks sloppy. And
how few girls have firm .s'kin.^ Sarah'.s other costume was of black
lace, also short and* made oyer white. The tjghts to this .costume
were- also fish net.

Jean Bedlhl is Introducing hi.s daughter. His eyes gleam when he
does so, and well they may, foi* a darn pretty girl is little Miss Bedini
As her father's assistant, she wears a long grfey satin pants with
white blouse arid a black tie. On her head. Is a black, beret. In the
afteirplece she did her taps in velvet pants .of . a violet hue.

"New Moon" Hit

; Schwab and Mandel have a hit in "The New Moon" at the Inipcrial
Billed as a "Romantic Musical Comedy," it comes neai'er to" the comic
opera of the good old days, .

Costumed in the period of the 17th Century^ Charles. Le Mair'e.has
put forth his best efforts with the result the chorus are entrancing in
their hoops and huge headdresses. Evelyn Herbert is a prima donna
deluxe. She is always lovely. Her first hoo"ped costume was white "with
a decoration of small pink roses with garlands of laice liaid on in tiny
ruffles.. In a white wig and costume of white and silver Miss . Herbert
never looked lovelier. A gold bodice laced with red ribbons and a skirt
of many shacle of blue chiffon were a solith Sea costume. A night gown
of white satin had inserts of ecrue lace.

Robert Halliday, always the" romantic lover, has a dangerous rival
in William O'Neal, who owns a voice far above musical comedy. Qus
Shy is repeating his former comedy success, Marie Callahan is a cute
miss and as the maid wears several shepherdess' frocks of ta,ffeta. Esther
Howard has developed into a neat comedienne and looks well in her
short hooped dresses.

A wedding costume as worn by the huge female chorus was picturesque
with the high poke bonnets carrying long, dotted lace veils. . The dresses
had the full white satin skirts shirred at the hips.

The music; although, at times; familiar. Is catchy enough to keep New
York whistling.

Womenfolks

By Molly Gray

A Medieval Foot

Vilma Banky and Ronald Colmaii
make such an ideal pair it's a pity
they had to be parted. "Two Lovers'"
couldn't have a more lovely six-
teenth century lady to carry Its
velvets and brocades and plumed
hat.9, and our modem athietic girls
wouldn't have such a dainty. foot to
hold before a log fire. Miss Bl.anky
must have kept hers unspoiled for
just such a moment.

News From the Dailies

This department contains rewri.tten theatrical nev^^s items, as pub--
lished during the >week' in thfi daily papers, of New York, Chicago,
San Francisco, Los Angeles and London, Variety takes ho credit
for these news items; each has been rewritten from a daily paper.

LOS ANGELES

Natalie M. Pnlaske, former vaiulo
actress, j^ranted divorce by Judgi"
Cliarlos MoCoy in Ix)s Angeles from | $-.f>00.
Slanloy 11. ralasko. Non-support
chargos,

liU" to each of his two sons, tJoni-
■fiioe, i9, and Colin, Jr., :;r.. . The
bvalaiice of the estaite go-ss to -.vidow,
Kstate ronaists of property \alued
at .$20 000 and hou.^oholfl good.s,

DiSie Lament is the girl In "Wolf
Fangs," the la^t .word, in .westerns,
"^NTien it took the operator five min-
utes to repair a bi'eak the audience

kept quiet, probably hoping against,^, , , , . /

hope it couldn't be done. A splendid | IjaiWy .i s g lun at expert,

dog In it. But what can a dog do?

Vivian J, B.Tiloy, Hollywood
dancer, liled suit for {SO, 000 dam-
ages again.st Bonjamin F. Bu.ilpy,
father, of her former husband, i-'yl*-'
\V, Baih>y. whom she divorced, ,

charging, alionaiion of affections. «^nd. her companion Wore re.spon.sible

Carol pomp.'^tcr and Maris Fahlin,
both of Lo.s Angeles, were n;uned
defendants in $11,070 damage suit
filed at ' San Luis Obispo as- result
of an auto accident last July. Ac-
tion brought by W. J. Stone of Paso.
Robles, Cal., who charges actrefts

for mishap in which he claims h«
suffered severe injuries.

James Colin Campbell, film direc-
tor, recently deceased, left one dol-

Mbst of the 20 cents admission
at the Acme should have gone for
Domestic Troubles" on tonnage
alone. Looked like a Lane Bryant
production, Louise Fazenda and
Betty Bly the both iappeared to be
in the 200-pound class, Louise as the
vamp trying to hide herself under
long silk fringe, though being more

successful with a black velvet coat, , „ /.. *. i

white fox scarf and cuffs; Betty .^'^"erflIo,s,/ a story so

H. F, Curtis, film extra, who was
driving tlie auto tb«T^t struck Arnold
Kent and the latter "s companion,
Margery. Coes, secretary to Ruth
waterway in a sdft crepe frock with I Chfltlei-ton. causing K<E»nt';S ; death
largo clierrie.s pulling down . one | and .slightly Injuring' tlie girl; was
shoulder.

given ilnal exoheratlon when the
coroner's jury . sitting on ' the case
declared the accident unavoidable,
Curtis had previously been given
a clean slate by the police.

Screen Star Trio

Jobyha Ralston, Lila Lee and
Mae BURch answered to roll, call

Walter C. Trask, local booking
. , sermon iz'ed a rolloetlon foiild h.'ive I '''•''^'i'*' ^''^"^ ^ult in small clalihai
dwarfing the Statue of. Liberty in J^^J'^J^^^ after it Sev^al of ^""^'^ for $50 against Nick- and .
mannish attire and in a sheer crepe \ ^^^^ J^^ken up after it, >everai oi Ujono^a, dance team, Tra.<^k alleged
negligee and striped wool socks, ^'f Ralston s gowrrs, a blacky cr^^^^^ g^cm-cd a cafe engagement here .
But it was a comedy, so everj^hing K"^^ ^ * sUk. were clinging for th6 teani but that after working

was in order I a^lt'e length an dshe hasn't yet | two days, they quit .to go ^ to New

the dignity, to carry that style. A
white georgette with wide band of.
heavy lace finishing the hip length
cape that followed the surplice
clo.sing of the bodice to the point

I York. The $50, he states, is ■ his
commission.

These Forcigns

Fellcltas Malten and Rlna dc
Liguore are the opposing feminine

forces ir: "The . Mystlo Mirror" I ^i^epg"" it'croj-ge^ was much rti ore

Carl Laemmile, film producer, pur-
chased the corner of Wilshire boule-
vard and Ledoux avenue, Beverly
Hills; for floq,odp, A modern.offlce
building is to be erected.

Oliver Mdrosco, theatrical pro-

S. R. O. All Week .

Thursday night the man before the box office at the Winter Garden
announced to the crowds that swarmed the lobby. "Standing room only
the rest of week." Al Jolson ha;s repeated his "Jazz Singer" success in
"The Singing Fool." It will also appeal to a larger field of . people,

Vltaphone was Invented for Al Jolson,. That his voice will never
be stilled is a blessing for future generation!?. Mr, Jolson could well be
called the king of Vitaphone,

The story of Sunny Boy is Ideal for Mr, Jolson and wet eyes were

general. , , , „.

There is something in Al Jolson's throat that gets you and plenty. His
scenes with David Lee, the new baby Wonder, were perfections of screen
crH.ft

Betty Bronson and Josephine Dunn are the women co'ncerned. Miss
Dunn was coldly beautiful and all right until the voice was heard. Women
are not going to be so successful in the speakers.

As a cabaret singer, Mi-ss Dunn showed a black velvet frock cut very
short and decollete. It had a sprinkling of brilliants. An evening wrap
had a collar of white fox. Underneath, was a gown heavily crystalled.
A going away dress had a huge collar of ermine. A neat street drest
carried out a three-flounce effect. An elaborate night gown was of white

and black lace. , i • „i..i

Betty Bronson seemed to'o prettily innocent for a cabaret cigaret girl.
Her black satin dress was correct,, and a beige outfit consi.sting of a cli f -
- ,fon-frock and satin c.oat fox trimmed worn with a small h.aVwas. modiMily
smart.

Latest in Furniture

Joan Crawford, with the big eyes and lovely figure,, is well chosen for
the lead In the picture, "Dafieing Daughters." this week at the Capitol.
As a frivolous and high stepping young miss this young woman^has a
nice wardrobe. The frocks, . mostly evening, . arc made uP. of .models
some tight fitting and some buffante. The tight fittmg ones
trimmed in crystal, some embroidered and some ^M.th fringe. An. eve-
ning wrap was odd in a square effect and futuristic m design made up
of lines of black and silver. - „ v>„.,.,x^

The settings were of the latest design of furmturc known^as
ique. So attractive is it one wants to ditch the whole flat and re-
furnish. . A party scene let loo'so more balloons than one had an idea
existed.

(55th F* eet). Heroine,, a pretty becoming.

peasant in spite of a positive abuse Both Lila Lee's costumes were
of a fine head of hair, cried through I black, one of crepe with small tucks

cellars and corridors, wept agaiiist jn .th^ swathing girdle and front of I dUcer, was nanied defendant in a
walls and masculine shoulders, to Uhe skirt, the other of satin with, suit to collect $182 asserted to be
some good film effect anyway. silver fox scarf and smart hat. Mae wages to Dave Fred and

The lady who was known, as Busch appeared in beads and in Charles N. Canipbell. According to
"Madge" wore a trench coat for an bed finally as the horrible example. ?°Sfv m^ri «T,r''An,Sn oo '^f
auto trip, and the. rest of the party . — — .| watchrnan Campbell as a

something similar toppigd with auto- Dresses Up Cowgirl.

goggles and what could have been According to "Guardians of thel Llell JClngsley Vedder, art director
Arab, head-dresses, about the fa!5hr 'Wild" TJncle Sam "guarantees 1., 1., for. Harold Lloyd, was picked upi by
Ion Vintage of the first car. Her and p. of h, to horses on the- forest a motox-cyclo cop early on Oct. 1,
pajama outfit of metallic cloth had preserve." Heroine was more fortu- walking about In his pajalmas In
a train, no less. Her puppy purse: Uiate than most Miss Westerno, She front of the Colehurst apartments,
has gone to our fashion pound ages, had her eastern moments In white Redder was sound

But she was fine-looking and clever, lace over , shorter satin and In fig- ^^he' officer awoke the somnam-
as the Germans always make their ured transparent velvet . coat ana buHst who discovered he had locked
la,dy villians, while the heroine Is good looking felt hat. Yet her riding hlm.self out. He and the cop had
almost insipid. | outfit was most becoming, split to wak© the iapartment mariag'er

skirt, high laced shoes, white blouse I before he could get back.
Margaret LI V in g St 6 n. came land colored silk scarf. • Ethellne
"Through the Breakers" to the | Clair is attractive, bare knefes,. too-
South iSea Isles in a wisp of
lingerie arid a perfectly dry, un
disturbed marcel wave. South Sea
islands must have prohibition, too.
She was stunning in black lace
and tulle thia.t reached the floor on
the sides and t*us just within the
law as to bodice, as were several

SAN FRANGISCO

Comedy Modes

Violet Singer, as she appeared' at

Rube Wolf, ba^d leader and m.c.
the 81st Street, proved herself a real I at the Loew's Warfield. swore to
comedienne and an agreeable a complaint charging Harry Stew-
trouper. Costumes were built for art, former Folsom convict, with
comedy except her opening one -of P^Iiiig one of two men who held hlni

velvet brocade -t "ght -^^^^^^^^ IZ^n'^Lr^^U^eTh^^^^^^^^
others including a beaded one with i^St'^^: IS^^T^ "^ fafer ^^io ^^ff f^lK^.n??;!
skirt of manr tabs that darkened L,^^^ appllqued figures a darker SrtLrdf an S TffeH^^^^^
at the tips. .She made her second | shade, hem and bolero of net, frock Wolf recognized Stewart as one of

or coat evidence she has not been | the fltlckups.
Idle anyway.

sweet mothers, son and ' daughter- I The Rallstons dlsguil.sc their trap- h. Florence Oakley, stage actreSs,

denied here that sho and her hus-

In-law clinch is just a gag to the pings with beads which is some- . t «„ria ^^r.^^,.

And the sweeter the mother I thing In their favor, girl's costumes | J-f.^l;-^^^^^^^^

girls.

the more deadly the implied poison, adding, one of whit© patterned, in | contemplated

If "Mother Machree' misses as a green beads the prettiest
smash it's because young women The Dlgatanos tickle the men With I First drama tea held In these
can't herolse the only rival they the rough handling the girl gets parts will be staged Oct 1.5 with
4« rrr.tr.a In tho apachc number but the Curran D, Swlnt, drama editor bf

cant come to grips ^ith. 'women in the audience could annl- the News, presiding. Prominent

hilate the man. Indignation and ] stage stars will be guests,

■ ^ ^ ^ , „. , 1 amusement on all sides, a good

The fcmmes five deep pulling ei^^^^^^ ^^^^

Femmes Go Mad

Telling 'Em Off

The femme reviewers romped on
Evelyn' Brent this week for looking
vran and haggard in "The Mating
^COT;''^t'r^a^Wn'r preTurer wrtir

feather caps she has been .affecting.
Most wome look better without hats.
La Brent can keep the girls envying
as long as she keeps hers oh.

About "Mother"

==^=^'Afotliri'^Ma<^hpee!^-=at^the.=Rox>v,

Tommy Meighan heroing and weak may be all rigiit for the Piothcrs and

romantic appeal. Neither Evelyn t'.e men, but fommes under forty are.

nor Renee Adorec, tlie brace of lead- congenitril mt>t^i.^»;-l»a^fj^^- ■^^^
ing women, stand,-? but as a char

acter to get the girls, Adorce Is
negative. The Evelyn Brent role is
unpleasant. And Evelyn is certain-
ly one star who'd better slick to
hats. She looks Immense in clo.4e
bonnets, even tho.^e monotonous all-

own mothers. The mothers of their
men; That rivalry Is deep and It's
going to keep the girls from losing
their mascara over "Mother Ma-
chree." Father and son love, atid

Mayes Oyster house, long promi-

this week, means a female picture, k^^^^.g^^^g ^lakes up his eyes, Uner newspaper artist, was th^ last -
"Our Dancing Daughters Is exactly Ut least it seems so, and he doesn't to make an attempt to swing the
one mlllon dollars to the gals, The|nge(j ^ j cafe,

clothes alone, including stocking?,
shoe buckles and step-ins, r-ould I Talk and Clothes Vie. 1^^^^ t?^

have the women yelling. And the ,,,, 3,,,,, ^,,3 con-l^^l^^.^^'S^'lT^mcs^

psychology of a heroine who seems tinuously this week, beginning >y ith has filed a voluntary petition In
wild but. doesn't miean a;ny harm Is K he Ncwsreel which had a very in- 1 b'a^ In federal court, tie

just .so much marshmallow whip for terestlng conver.sfitlin from the re
the matinee trade. They'd .all like hearsal of "Americana" . which

to be that way, | .should equal radio for ad"Vertl3-

Ing purposes, Ethel Grey Tierry In
Okaying Billie I "Sharp Tool.s" can deliver her lines

Billle Dove is one screen beauty dramatically but her voice Is blur

the girls can stand. She's so beau-
tiful she's beyond being a oompetl-

flrst acting. Her clothes are Inter

Ptcy

listed assets of $2,358 and liabili-
ties of $903,879.

More than 300 creditors were
listed," chief among them being
Adolph Ramlsh, to whom Is owed
$44,3,')5; Max C. Flelschman bf San-
ta Barbara. $60,000, and Clarence
Barry, $35,000. *

red. Her black velvet gown with
its rows of nan-ow bead fringe was
tor. And In "The Night Watch" this I no . help to h or appearance
,.r««i,. 0+ +v,rt- cti-inri ■ptiliip flnot bfr ^^'0 ono on the screen crys quite ,

week at the Strand. B.llle does hf r I ^^^^^^^^.^^^^^^ ^.^^^^ ^^^^ and in aminer (Hear.st) and got away with

about $600

Two masked robbers held up the'
circulation department of the Ex-

^'y. - w _ „„„,i "The Night Watch" she rivals Nl-

e.stlng and her .character is gauge ^^^^^ ^

to hit the girl trade — a loyal wife l _r'.. _ ■ _ ,,»,„^,,

to hit the girl I vl.sion of loveliness, helped by Max I •pTQTnwci WATTfnTTT Wn'W ftTB."L

who has to spend all her time fight- ^ j^^^ ^^^^^ ^^^^^ RESIGNS WALKOIJT SHOW BIBL

mg off men. The girls like that L ^^^^ ^^^^^ . Ba tlniore, . Oct 9

^lnno.cent_-^cojnpr,ojnJafi^.Jlt3l£g...,-^oJ^^j^j^3^^^^^

Those "why I only went Into his ^^^^ collared and cuffed in much again been signed by Zlegfeld. She
room to J5ce If you were there" alibis ^hltc fox. Another duo of white started her career In this town .when
are right Up the glrl.s' street Her foxes set off a stunning little hat the late Rudy Valentino selected her
innocence Is heroically proved to Und black satin frock with touches I as the winner of a beauty contest
the su.splcious husband, And that's of white at the neck and soft frill
just dandy- "The Night Watch" at the wrist and part way up the
may be a little too sophisticated a,nd tight sleeve. The court martial
Pola Negrlsh for the country flaps, .should have .simply dhssolved just
mother and daughter love are o. k. | but the town glils should eat It with looking at her but a French Jury
r.ul winding up a pi<-ture with nia rr-oon. 1 evidently can be wr.ng,

at a suburban park.

Her name i.s Mildred Adams and
she's tho gal who organized a walk-
out of tho "lllo Rita" chorus last
.season In demand of a 100 per cent
ealiiry im-rciiso, and goi It.

40

VARIETY

Wednesday, October 10, 1928

PRESENTATIONS— BILLS

NEXT WEEK (October 15)
THIS WEEK (October 8)

ShowH carrviim- numerals »x\ch (14) or (If.) Indlcatf' oponlnp next
week on Sunday or Monday, ii» date may be. For this wook (7) or (8)
Willi split woc'kH aU«o indi(\atod by dates. ■

An asterisk (*) before name sienlftes net is new to city, doing a new-
turn, reappearing' after absoneo or appearing; for llrst time.

Pictures include in clas.sification picture policy, with vaudeville or
■presv^ntatitin as adjunct, ■ . . ■ ' ■ .

GERMANY

Month pf October

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AcliiMi-iI. .fe Tybpr
. Daplxno
]I KoliilTii ndt

OUlto. . .

'i'herfiuln 3
.i'owors' Klcpliiinta.
'Wint^'rgarteM

Vaa(|U<'Z
-a Swtf.ta

Horaco' Oohiifi
■.Jolihson Sr. .'fiilinaon

3 JJennos

Tlobln

Ii'!(vro SIfs
VoVcy & IHnr
..TAlin iMins Co
12 l')iina ' tiirla
Ei'p<^.st & lYonne
4 C'limnH

HAMIM RO
Ilunsa
Vli'.loria-Tr

Myrlo Deaha, &
Niu'hano J^ros
llorain & Myrtll
Rnyniond C'ervs
Daros .
Colincr Tr
Raffalellp
Nonl & Horace
Noni's Ser

Picture Theatres

PARIS

Week of October 8

■ Ai>o1I(>

Maurice Chevalier
MUubll Ibson . .
Carlos 2 ,
Mlli» L-jnysia . ■
. Okall
Ouvrard
Steffi Bcruiiaoy
I.»ulu & Naiu'Ue
Molret & Fre<iay.
Bernard & Bieh

Concert Muyol
IsabPl iRodrlBWZ
Alma .Si.<i,
Marble Glr).<i
rioreHc! Maild
OeorKC
■ Trev((\ix
TjCnoir

Kett.y rierson

Al-letty

l>olly GroUe

Suzy Pliilllpfl

G Cornelia •

Merlcl. ' ■ :.

Fredems

Mad AlUoux
iOmpire

Ohefalo ■

Auatraliia Tr

Paillnrd
'. Tom Daviea 5

PaviUlor &■ Datnl
. Oerinainf L>lx

Plcrrotys .

Oaby .'^Inia

Girdard's-Founlalns

Jack Very .

Allbprt
I'oIieK Wngrrnm

Kllane de Creua

rizanl

Raymond Lyon.
Mlrello r<;rrcy
Boiicot ■ .
Andre Waufje
.lardlii D'ArcHmo'n
I'-ayarrt
Mile I'aulptlo
("onstant'a . PoKS
Mnie Cholot
Gautliler's Horiics
Schel«> Hava
Fllll.s & Footlt .
Amedlnc
Bel Argay
MafTRio 3
D'JclmaUo

Otjinpln
Feist & M Desty;
Snrlliel

I'llUr Cnlvo . ' ■
Melendcz Del Vallo
Mad Delly & Baat'n
A de .Scrlablne Ch'r
Pierre Dorly
Betty. Spell .
BrIok-Koro'n-.Salom
Rloanora Borodlna
Elizabeth Lisloft
Sforvel
IjOs Odonis
Juliska-GrazlcUl

Palace
EdnVcmde Guy
Viin Puren
Tina Meller
Henry
I'lzzaro

Alina do SUva
Irwin Sl!3
Djernil. Anik
Doumcl

Jean J Lavalliere

NKW YOUK CITY
Cai)lfp| (IS)

"Jewels" I'nit
>Valt Roesner
C\apltolla>is
(IhPStor Hall' (SIvIm
"While City Sleeps"
(6)

"Under tfie Sea" U
Van iS: ,Sohenrk
■Walters it Kills
Mario Ni.l.tl
Cheater Hale Clrla
"Dancing I)"(,'hters '

Paramoant (13)
"Blue Grass" T'nit
Coleman .Goetz
G ij \'.'a*iiilii.t,'ton
Orlttln t!r Uosello
Slalc Jtros
Ireno Wolfe
Foster ' Girls
Ben Black
"Moran of Nfarlncs"
(.0) .

"Beaux Ai-la F" U
Ben BIftcU

0'I>unii & Paya .
Ui'own & Bulloy
Ted I.t'ary

• Tlvoll («)
"Ocean Bluea" .T'nlt
Verne Buck Hd
Mosrt (fe Frye
Al Norman
.\urlolo Craven
Herbert
Foster Glrla .
"Lilac Time"

I'litown («)
"West J't IHiys" V
TTennle KrufiBcr Bd
Joe GrlfTIn
Virginia Johnson
Born Lawrence
Male Chorus
Hale Girl.s
"Ulac Time"
ATLANTA, C.A.
Howard (15)
"Araby" TTnlt
Mldnlpht 3
GlersOorf Sis
Rita Owin

PL.WIMl HKREAMbUTS WnS
(OCT. 8tl») WMOK
, PKREZCAKO S1.STERS, MEXICA>
KEVI'K— Ww's Metropolitan, Itrook-

^XANI.EY AND QVIST5T— I.oew'sl
CroHey Snunr**, Wncoln Square. r
MAN-KIX, •'T'>e rroB"r-Oapltol
Ixiioatre. _ i _

PAULA ftJid AL BIX'M— Loow'8
IlIlllKtile I'abice, . .

JULIET uTAllB— Will Oakland'*
I Chateau Hlianley.

ICARKY MUKBAY— Pavilion Royul,
I Cedar <irovo. . ... .

MONA WARD — Pavilion Royal,
I Codar CJrove..

IRENK LORU — Clifford Lodge,
iRlchflcld, Pa.

lUCADKLIN'K • LAVKBNE — Smoko
|.Sli6p, R4>d Biuik.

BILLY ROLLS) — Jardin Royal.
LOLA AUSTIN— Broadway Club.
Placed by
ALF T. WILTON
11560 Broadway Bryant 2027-8

LONDON

Week of October 8

riNSKl RY PARK
. Empire

Blackbirds Rev

HACKNEY
. EiDplre
Spice ot Life tlev

LONDON
Alhniribra

D-iVOthy Ward '

/loustnti^Sls

OhrislicinQ & Duroy

Joiinny!" .

■f-.airy Wilaom

R Frankau & Alban

Jjeon Sax 3

ColtACUlU

Ann Sutcr
Evans &: Wolf
G H - Elliott. .
■M'Llt.a Dolores
Melville & Oldham
Victoria I'niaee'
Trlxlo Frifiranza
Farrar & Maycrl ■
« S Melvln
4 Adlonaa
Victoria Girls
Lewis Davenport

Morris & .Grossley
Christ & . Columbus
Irene. Ford

NEW CROSS
Empire .
Pieirrotya •
Harry Tate
Flotsam & Jetsam
Hale Sis
Moface Ktinney
.ii-inPBO Ilurd .
I'aull iM- Blchanan
SlIBP'ERDS BUSU

Empire
Masl.ova
3 Elysecs
Joannys

Bancroft & Max'ell
Moore & Martin •
STRATl''OBU
Empire
Fath-^r & ,Son Rev
WOOD <iKEEN
Empire
.3 Eddies
Arthur IMack
DaAvson Bros
■Jack AVynno
Patll Loft us

PROVINCrAL

ENaiAND

ABERDEEN
II M

I'rlncosa Charming

ARDWICK GREEN
Empire

Clarice ' Mayne
■ Jack. .ilcKay '
■Finlay- Dunn

■Howard & KluB.

Sylv Dorla'.s Dogs

Ijarry iComblo

birSiingiiam

Empire

Iiord^ I'iirlu-r Uov

■ Grand
Punch Bowl Uev

BLACKPOOL
• . ■ ' (irniid ■
So This -la Lovo

Oj>cra lloiitio . '
Brit. Natl Opera Co

I*nl:ioe
Sir Harry Lauder
Austin Sis
C;iuintona
T J Andnrson
12 Wonder Kids
BKADirORD
Alliambra .
Hit The neck
BRISTOL
TlipiMMlroiiiOi
DoUn A- ■Noi)ichrvtt
Albert Wli.clan
DanflnR Dolla
Friirik l''ay *. inn.r
Ackerm'n ."5- Wynne
OAUDIFl'
Emiilro
The Girl Friend
ClIATIIA.n
- ^" — Enrpire— -"'^^
P T .Selblt

ClflSWIOK
Kmplro
Hetty King
2 Of \:»
Daisy. Wood
Gillettea

Or AViiod & Violet
Fync <fe Hurley
Paulino ^ Diana
Dawn * Mavia
EDINItUltOIf
Empire
The Show Boat
CiLA.SCiOW
Allinmbra
Vagabond King

Empire

Bet Ourselves Rot

BAN LEY
Grand

Loa-B of Neigh Rev

HI LL

; ^ Pala ce _
The Desert Song

lei:bs

Empire

Clarke & May ■.
Conrad's I'igouns
Van De Peers
.Mid FIrhian Kd
Norrls Glrla & Max
Harvey & Bain
Frederick B.cnkey

Royul
White' Camclla
LEICESTER
I'aiace
Brown Bli-da Rev
I>lVERrOOL
Empire
Mister Cinders
MANCHIOSTER
Hippodrome
Bert Cuotn
ClavksoTt Rose
Wc'lsh Mlnt-r.M
Mlhlll Johnson Sis

I'alaee
Luckv Girl

N/:\V('ASTLB
. Emplro
Oh Kny

NinVPOKT
Empire

Juno

NOTTINGHAM
Emi>j ro

Nfno Puclle
Earl Williams
Gamby-Hale Glrla
Earl. & Bell .
Paul Kirkland
B Ralna & Young
"The Matins Call'

RoKy (C) .
Patricia Bowman
Cary & Eddu
Band's Hawallans
32 Roxycltes
Gladys Rice
Harold Van Duzee
DoUglas Stanbury
"Mother Machrce"
CHICAGO, ILL.
Avalon (0)
Del I^ampe Bd
Jack Sydney
6 Maxcellos^
Townaend- Holds
Capitol (0)
Roy Detrich Bd
Stanley & Birnes
Sara Ann McCabe
Winifred & Milla

Clileflgo (B)
"Harem Scarem" U
H L Spitalny Bd
Tublln Clowns.
Harry Savoy
Hazel Roiiiairio
3 Horsemen
Foster Girls
Lou Koslw
"Moran of Marines'.'

Granada (0)
Charley Kaley Bd
Ray Hitchcocp.
Berlnoff & Eulalie
Jean Graneso Co
Hardinf; (C)
"Great's In Jazz" U
Al Morcy Bd
Bcrnle Bros
Lydia Harris
Eddie Hill
Suzette & Joaa
Huzzar Girls
"Street Angel"
Marbro (0)
Benny Moroff Bd
George Sf'hreck
Homer I.)ic.kcr3on
3 Pepper Shakers
MarceUa Hardlo
Gluaepjilc Pillego
. Norshoro (0)
"Mel a la Mode" U
Al Kvalo Bd
Ben Blue
Donna R.amarell
Emiie & Ronialno
Oilabn & Scoll
"Street Angel"
Oriental (0>
'■'Runny ypain" t'nlt
raul Ash IJd
G & M Bline
Harm & Neo
Hoyd Scnter
Walter &. UusseU
Paul Pmjill
"Women They Talk
Ahoul"
Pariullsfi (fl>
"Bag o' Tricks" V
.Mark Fisher Hd
Henri KcMt^^a
Stanley Twins.

(!(>-(iO

Cliff Nazarro

Rasch Girls
BALTIMORE. MD;

Century (15)
Ted Claire
Ray Bolgor
Kennedy & Kramer
Andy & L'ulse Carr
Pago Sla
•Virginia Ray •
Oil Kay"

B'RM'GTIAM, ALA.

Alabama (1^)
"Hula Bluea" Unit
P & J Hubert
Dream lieach
Moore & Powell
Anna Chang

Samoana
.Sorel Girla
BOSTON, MASS
Metropolitan (7)
Blue Grass" Unit
Gene Rodemlch
The Water Hole"
State (8)
Sally Rand
"While City Sleeps"
BUIT'ALO. N. Y,

DlifTalo (30)
"Parls'n Nights" U
Novcllo Bros
Anita IjaPlcrrc
Henry Mack
"Tempeat"

Ijifuyette (7)
Loe Mason *. Sunny
r> Cracker Jacks
Eddie Dale Co
"Unc Tom's Cabin"
CLEVELAND, O.

Slate (7)
"Wonderful Girl" U
"The Whip"
DALLAS, TEX.
Palace (l.S)
"Cameo" Unit
Ray Paige. Novelty
Band Idea
Tommy Wonder
Coscta & Verdi
Lett Sis & Louise
Poater'H 16 Girl.s
DETROIT, MICH

Capitol (7)
"Toy , Hot .Ta-2z"
Del Pf»l bridge
Bob LaSalle
Roy Rhelton
Bonnie ...
"MOran of Marines'

Michigan (7)
"Teefng Off" Unit
Rome' & Dunn

Green & Dunbar
Wclse 3

IT. WORTH. TEX.

Worth (13)
"Rah Rah Rah" U
Johnny Perkln»
I.,uolla Leo '
Al Gale
.Md CoUeglate'B
HOl.STO.N, TEX.
Metropolitan (lit)
"Rio Romance" U
Joe ]''enner
Amuta Graaso
I,eonore Girls-
IRVINGTON, N. J,

Sanford (8)
li.Stev Nichols Bd
Madelyn Kllleen
Mammy .Tinny.
Ladc'lla & Coogan
Linnlii Sis
.mhley

'Mysterious Lady"

LOS an(;elf»s

Boulevard (B).
Red Clorcoran
JImmie Hodge.i'
Male. Quartette
Georglo.Wall
Esther Campbell
HowlevArd Beaullea
"Freedom of Press"
Carthay Circle
. (Indet)
Carll Elinor Orch
Mother Knows B"
C]iincf)«? (Indcf)
Tropics Prolog
Prince Lei Lanl Tr
Sol Hoopll Tr
While Shadow.si"
Criterion ° (Indof )
C Bakallenlkolt Ore
Wings"
Egyi>tian (5)
Benny Rubin
Up in the Air Oirla
"The Fleet'.! In"
Loew'8 State (6)
Frivols Idea
Al Lyons
Valga Bbys.
Robert .Stlckney
Jack Cavanaugh
Rich 3

12 sunkigt Glrla .
"Me . Gangster"

Metropolitan (6)
"Sunny Klsf Uiilt
Henry BUsse
Willie Robyn
Maurice Colleano
Bobble Gilbert
Georgle. Hayos
P'dro Rublrt Danc'.s
Branch (fe O'Donee

Dry Martini"
United ArtiHln (3)
Nadia

Alia Moakbva
■Armeda

10. Angarsk'y Sing's
"Revenge"
Warners Bros (8)
L Forbsteln Orch
Larry Ceballas Pres
" Brox' Sisters
Barnum & Bailey
"The Singing Fool"
NEWARK, N. J.
Branford (7)
Charlie Melaoii
Eddie Moran
Mary Leo
Walter Donahue
William Royal
Lillian Marr
12 Bebe Barrl Girls
Vocal Ena
Water Hole"
Mosque (0)
C Henry Earle
"The Whip"
N. ORLEANS. LA.

Saenger (13)
"Hey Hey" Unit
Jack Powe.ll • ■
Gibson Sis
Foater^ Glrla
OMAHA, NOT.
Riviera (12)
Flapperettea Rev
Billy . Gcrber

Ruth Denlse
Foster Glrla
rHILADELI'IOiV

Carman (7).
Zolay.'i

Wally Crisham
Norma Maxinfe
Peggy Rngllah
Francois

8 Parlsl'na Stepp'ra
"Grain of Dual"

Fox'H (7)
John GrlfUn
"Sunrise"

PITTSIM RCrH, PA.
Penn (7)

"niossoms" X'nit
Teddy Joyce . r
Sammy Lewla
Miittl Moore
Arthur Ball
G r Washington
Foster Girls'
"Excess Baggage".
PROVID'NCE, B. I.

Eay'H (8)
Mixed Pickles
Marino & Martin
Cartmell & Harris-
Alllaon & Fields
Munroc & Grant
"Midnight Taxi"
S'N ANTIO, TEX.

Toxna (13)
"Kn'k Kn'cks" Unit
Lee 2

Poster Glrla
SAN FRANCISCO
California (n)

OIno Severl Bd
"White Shadow.s"

(irhnada. (0)
Frank Jehks Hd
Glen Gort
Sammy Cohen
John Maxwell
Lea K licks
Castleton & Mack
"Out of the Rulp.s"
St. Fmn<-ln (0) .
M Brambllla Bd
"Two Lovei'B".

WarHeld («)
Rube Wolf Bd
Harry I.Angddn
The Romeros'
"The First Kiss"
ST. LOUIS. MO.
Anibttsaador (7)
'.•B'b's on B'w'y" Ut
Ed TiOwry
Du Calllon
Saliy ■ Stare ■ .
Freddy Bernoid
Helen Honan
Collette Sis
"Mor'n of Marlties"

MlHROUrl (7)
"Chln'se NItes" Ut
Prank Fay;
Mir Wu .
Fr.-ink Melino ;
"Beggars of ■T.lfe"
WA.SH'GT'N, D; C.

Fox (13)
•Toe LaRose Pres
Meyer Davis Sym
Leon BrusilofC '
"Air Circu's" .

• («)
David Bubihoft
T<lora Hoffman
Meyer Davis Sym
Leon Brusiloff^
I^awrence Downey
"M'ther Kn'a V.'i^l"

Palace (13)
"B A Frolic" Unit
■W'esley Eddy
Earl & Bell
Paul, Ivirkland
Nine Puclle.
Bry't Rains & WY
Ben- Black
Gamby Hitlc Girls.
"Sawdust Paradise'
(0)

"House Boat" Unit
Wesley Eddy
Miss Danzl
Dave Apollon Or
Nell Jewell
Felicia Sorel Gh ls
"Cameraman"

O'Connor Sis
Cole Ward & C9
Lewla & Dody
T..es Gellla Uev

2d halt (18-21)
Stubblenelds
Bernard & Henrle
C Emmy's I'cta
Wolah & Hills
Marino & Mona Rev
BROOKLYN
Bedford

lat half (IB-IT)
Gordon & Day
Singer &.Llghtncr
Haney & Stewart
Boh Nelson Co
10 Eyck Boyco Boys

2d half (18-21)
Du Bell's Peta
Elsie Uubcr Co
Bobby & King
Al H Wilson
Paris Gi'eatlona
46th St .

lat half (lC-17)
W is Ritchie Co '
Itcrnard •& Herirle : ■
Bobby. & Kins
Harry Hlriea
Carnival of Venice.

2d half (18-21)
Hack & Mack
Ryan *. Moore
Stateroom IP
Hob Nelson Co
The Raccobncra ■
OatCH Ave
1st half (115-17)
Hubert Dyer Co
Clark & O'Neill
Leo Bill

.Seymour, P & Bey
Parlalana
- 2d half (18-21)
Paula & Al Blum
Packard & Dodge
Cardo & Noll
Raymond Caverljr
uvcnlle Steppers .
Metro]>olltan (15)
Van Horn & Inez
Nan Blackatone
Morton & Green
Eddie Mayo Gang
Jones. &. Rca
Bee. Jonoa Co ■
Oriental
lat half (15-17)
& Jeaale Gibson
June Si Jo

NEW YORK CITY
A'inerlcan

lat half (15-17)
Du Bella Peta
Val Irving
Geo Shelton Co
. J DeSylvIa'a Vana
4 Chocolat<> Dandles
Saxton & Fiirrell
4 Eastona
(One to nii>

2d half (18-21)
.T & Jcaalc Gibson
Weaton & Bogga
Billy Barnea Co
Hazel Crosby Co
Alfred I<atell Co
Rodeo & Maley
Scanlon Denno & 3

BoulcA'ard

lat half (15-17)
Perez & LaFlor
Rlale Huber Co
Peggy McKelchnle
Giindell & Eathor
Racconers

2d..half (18:21)

Ponzlnl's ■Monks
Val Irving
Morgan & Dunn
Moran Warner & M
Rev Panlaay .

Commodore ..

lat half (15-17)
Boyle & Harklns
Cohen • & Hogan
Collegiate Steppers
(Three to fill)

2d half (18-21)
Boyd & Wan in
Nash Sis & Molly

2d half 18-2t)
H & M Scran ton
Seymour & Cunard
Wedding Ring
Pat Hcnning Co
Le."i Gellla liev
Grand

1st half (15-17)
Stubblenelds
Packard & Dodge
Alfred Lat ell * Co
Pat Henning Co
Radio Fancies

2d half (18-21)
Perez & LaFlor
Natalie Alt Co
Vox & Walters
Hawthorne & Cooli
Rive Sc Orr Co

Lincoln Sq
1st half (15-17>
Paula & Al Bluin
Ryan & Ross
Hamilton Sis & F
Artie Mehllngrr
(One to nil)
. .2d half (1«t21)
Hill Sc Hull
Nandy Pecker
Dalton & Crnig
Vlllanl & Villani
Nellie Arnaut: Uitya
Xndonal
1st half (ir.-17)
Norman Telmaii
C & N Fleteher
Fred. Weber Co
Bert Marks Co
Bnilllc & Pallo Rev

2d half (18-21)
Kate & Wiley

Oscar ' Orogan
Edge & Meda
Fejcr-Lane Orch
Donovan & Lee
Madol'o Berlo Qirla

CANTON, O.
Loew's <lli)
Palemo'a Canines
Marcua Borta
Abbott & Btsland
O'Dunn & Day
Royal Welsh Glee
CLKVELANDi O. .
<^annda (15)
Juggling McBaniiB
Sands & Doone
The Co-Eda
Winohlll & ■'Briscoe
Jack Donnelly Rev
Park
lat half (15-17)
Pranklyn & Royce
J & R LaPearl
Raymond Wllbert
Lillian Morton
Polan & B'gcr Rev

2d half (18-21)
Juggling McBanna
Sanda & Doone .
The Co-EdH
Wlnehllt & Briseoo
Jack Donnelly Rev
CORONA, L. 1.

Plaza
lat half (15-17)
Campbell & Brady
3 Owen & Howe
A & L Barlow
Lewis & Rogers
Rooncy Sla Rev

2d half (18-21)
Wllla & Holmea
O'Connor Sla
Fred Weber Co
Bert MarkH Co
J DeSylvIa'a Van's
EVANSVILLE. Ind.

Loew'n (15)
Sclnia . Braatz
Henry Regal Co
Wilson Bros
Johnny Marvin
Lowe & Sarg't Rev
HOUSTON, TEX.

IIouHton (15)
Kuma Co
Meyers & Nolnn
Millard & Marlln
Rome & Gaut
Gutchl & P Orch

2d half (lOrlf)
Ike Rose's MidgetB
Slat St. (14)

Peter Hlgglns
Primrose Soamoa
The DoMarcoB
(Three to nil)
(7)

The Rallalona
Tom Waring
Doc Baker Co
Violet Singer
Jack Pearl. Co
Dlgltanos

Fordliam

lat half (H-18)
, B & J Brown
Ethel Waters
The Dlgltanos
(■Two to nil)

2d half (17-20)
Ken Murray Unit.

Farnell & Florcnc*
Doc Baker Co
(One to nil)

2d half (10-13)
Fro.kaoh
Jack Ryaii ->
Ruby Norton' Co
Ale.xander & Peggy
Intern' I Rhythm
FAB ROCKAWAY
Strand

2d half (17-20)
Tal Ling Sing & Ah
Billy Bateheilor Co
JoH K Howard Co
Mitchell & Durant
Intorn'l Rhythm '
(One to nil)

2d half (10-13)
4 Plashes
Roger Wllllttma
Goo Fredericks Co

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C Emmy's Pets
Raym'd^ Cnverly
Paris Creations

2d half (18-21)
Carr Hros & Betty
Ray Huling & Seal
Lewla & Dody
10 Eyck Boyco Boys
Palace
1st half (15-17)
Bovd & Wall in
G;iry Sr. Baldl
B'uzzlngtons Bd

(Two to nm

2d half (18-21)
Conley 3
Kit ICat B
Bobbins & JeweLt .
(Two to (111)

Premier -

lat half (15-17)
Rathburn 4
Bernlee & Foran
Vox & Walters
Morton * Brower
Romas Tr

2d halt (18-21)
Nornjan Tehnan
Singer & LIghtner
Haney & Stewart
Smith & Allman
H Ellsworth's Rev
ProHpcct

lat half (16-17)
Cooper & Clifton
Ted Marka
In Wrong
Van & Vernon
Revue Fantasy

2d half (18-21)
W' E Bitch lo Co
Fein & Tennyson
Cole Ward Co
A I Hermon
Fridkin Rhoda Rev

ATLANTA, GA.
Grand (15)
Hama & Yama
Kramer & Fields
Robinson Connie Co
Kramer & Boyle
T Christian Orrh

BAY rid(;e
I^oew'a -

• lat -half (16^17)
Ponzinls Monks
Natalie Alt Co
•Stateroom -19 . .
l^obhy Van Horn
Hive & OiT Co

2d half (18-21)
4 Kastons
C St. N Fletcher
■In Wronp.
.Geo Sheltijn. Co.
Gal St BarceUe Rev

BOSTON. MASS.

■ Orphcum (15)
RalTlns'- Monks

Tuesdays
723 7th Ave.
New York

JACK L. LIPSHUTZ

TAILOR, 908 Walnut St:. Ptiila.

JAMAICA. 1,. I.
HillHldc

1st half (15-17)
N.ancy Decker
Dalton & tlraig
Tiow Wilson
Lew Wilson Gang
2d halt (18-21)
June & Jo
Geo P Murphy Co
Carl MoCullOugh
Parlslana ' .
(One to ml)
ME.MPinS, TENN.

lioew'a (15)
Nlobe .
Restlvo •

Clark & Bergiiian
Ed Sherlfl Co
Ijorratno & Minto

MONTREAL-, CAN.
Ix>ew's- (15)

Castles
Corlnne Arbuckle
Nick & G Verga
Frolic 4 •
.Tas C Morton Co
Cyclone Rev

NEWARK, N. J.
State (16)

Evelyn Phillips Co
Rojnainc A Cantlc
Keller Sis & Lynch
Ross Pyae Jr Co
Private Stock .
NORFOLK, VA
State (15)
B Anderson & Pony
Myrtle Bolnnd
John Barton Co
Kemper & Bayard
Gracelle & Theo Co
TORONTO. CAN

Loew'B (16)
Paul! Bros
Mason & Gwynno
Frank Dobson
Sid Lewis
Violet Joy Girls
WOODHAVEN.L.l
Willard
lat half (15-17)
IIlll''& HUH—
Cardo & Noll
Al Herman
Gibson Fri.>)h & St
(One to fill)

2d half (18-21)
3 Arnlma
Artie Mchllnger
Saxton & Farreli
Seymour Put & Bey
Radio FanciOB . .'

YONKERS, N. Y.
' . Yonkern
lat half (15-17)
Carr Broa Sc Betly
. Kardo Bro.>i
Wedding Ring
Bison City 4 .
Frid & Rhoda Rev

2d halt (18-21;
Roman 'J'r
Slan Owen «• Howe
Dillon & Parker
Orlridell S: ICsllier
Uooney Sis Rev

2d half (10-13)
Shetr Boya
Hyde & Burroll
M & M GIbba
Poy Family
H'lbr'k & Pcltch'rd

Franklin

lat half (14-16)
Frakaon
Lander Bros
Ruby Norton . Co
Rich & Cherle
Larry Rich Friends
Morocco Bound
2d half (17-20)
2d half (10-13)
Mahon & Scott Jl'v
Jack Newman Jr
Mabel Wltheo Co
Enrico Caruao Jr
Hal Nelman. -
Hooper & Gatehett

Ham I it on

let half (14-16)
Nell Sis Co
Foley Si Ijatour
(Three to nil)

2d half X17-20)
Fondell 4
Edith Bohlmnn
Kennetii Harlan
(Two to fill)

2d half (10-13)
Brenck & Bella D
Lewis & WInlhrop
Lang" & Haley
D()ramlo-Gllbert Co
(One to nil)

Hipl>udron)e .(\\)
George M cLcnn oh
Art Henry
Alma Nlelaon Co
(Two to nil)
(7)

4 Uoasems
Sargent & Lewla
Tampa

4 CameronS
Cola Santos Bd

tTelTerHon
Ist half (14-lC)
Morocco Bound
2d half (17-.:0)

5 Jansleys
Ruby Norton Co
i"'rakaon

Al Moore's Tars
(One to nil)

2d half (10-lT)
Krazy Kats
P't't Leather Boya
M.ario I*T.zaren
Hap Hazard <'rt
Avon Come.dy 4
H Wal man's Debs

PaLice (It)
Foy Family
Hooper Si Gat-el\elt
Sophie Tucker
Hyde & Burrcll
Hill Robinson
Van ess I
(Three to nil)
(7)

Chow Klng'Tr
Peter Higgins
Albcrtlna Rasch
3 Sailors
Sophie .Tucker -
The Pemarcos
McLcllan & Sarah
Jean Bedlnl Co
(One to nil)
Regent
lat half (14-tG)
Tai I>lng Sing A Ah
Freshm'n St Co-Ed
Hal Neiman

Pr.ankle Hpath Co •
Keno Si Green St VL

BROOKLYN
Albe« (14)

KIkuta Japs
HUton St Almy.
Florence Moore
(Throe to ni)) .'
(71

Jay C Pllppen Unit
. Bnsliwick

1st half (14-10)
Cnrrillo &■ Norman
Hap Hazard & M
Freda & I'alacc
(Two to nil)

2d half (17-20)
Johnny Moore
Bobbed
Jack WlLson
(Two to nil)

2d half (10-1.'f)
Elale Herman
Emily Earle
I^ovey l-iou
Danny . Small Co
Bonlta Tr

Grrenpolht

1st half (14-10) ■
Ruas St Jerry
Trick St Burley
Stranded
Danny Small Co -
Soldiering

2d half (17-20t
Eddie Clai k -
A &.Ti Barlow-
Freda Si I'aiace ■
(Two to nil)

2d half (10-13)
The C^urtys
Thompson & Myr»
Garry Ow<'ns.C(>
Grade &• )''rlcnd9
(One to lill)
■ Keninoro

1st half fli-16)
Fo'i-ayth A K^'lly '
ICcnne.th Harlan
Eddie Laniberf Co
(Two to nil)

2d halt (17-20) .
Night at the Club
B & J Brown
Adeline Bendon Co
(Two to nil)

2d half (10-13)
Eno Family
Wade Booth
Tohey Wllaon Co
Joe E Howard Co
Medley & Duprce
Vanneaal Co
Madlstm

1st half (l-l-lG).
R ' Jansleys •
P't't Leather Boy*'
Farnell & FJo<-pnc«
Billy t;hamp Co
,Taek 'Wilson Co
Chancy ft li'ox

2d half (17-20)
Kafka Sl{inley * M
O'Conn r St Vaughn
Felovis
Americano
Forsythe S: Kelly
H Walman's Deba
2d half ClO-13)
Black St Gold
Ch.auvc-Souria 4
Waltcr Wallcra Co
For No Reason
Art Henry Co
The KIkutaa

EXCLUSIVELY DESIGNED
GARMENTS FOR GENTLEMEN

BENROCKE

1632 B'way, at 50th St., N. Y. City

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Koyjil
The Letter

PORTSMOUTM
Royal
Fourth Wall
SALFOKD
I'niaco
Royal Italian Ciro
SHKFFI I'TI.D
Empire
Tbei Desert ."^onff
SOUTILSKA
Klnff'8
Virginia

SWANSEA
Empire
Billy Blue Rov

Johnny I'ayne
"State St SiHlle"

lU'gal (0)
Peaa Williams Bd
.Tack I.avier .
Mau recti & Sonny
Ethel HufTmnn
Marsh Rogers
Cab Calloway

Rlalto (R)
Foster & Peggy
Doran & Joyce
Stntt ror<I
2d half Ml -IS)
M Hlllblom Bd
Wlanf^r Sis
Byrne & Heat

Karl La Vero
Puffin Si Draper
Alice AWllman
Garnby-Halc Glrla
"J'owor"
DENVER, COU

Denver (11) •
"Seeing Thlng.s" U
Chilton Si Thomas
^TVMffn iJl-a;ym<)ndi^^=
Lea Kliclcs
.^ammy <''>hen
Snrel r,lr!s
PES MOINES, TA.

Capitol (13)
"ICat Kabarel". U
Bort Na.ule St Otnar:
Patterson 2
ICfTc.nos fir Maree
Ray Walmnn
A Raaeh Ctlrla
EV'NSVn.HO, IND.
Victory
2d half (U-lJ)
Jones St Celesllne
■Roy Conlon
R Anrtera(m Coeda

Oraht & GoriVih
Milt Collins
Great Labero
(One to nil)

Delancoy St

1st halt (IK-lD
Kate. St Wiley
Kelly St Gomez
Uay.milng *: iical
"^rorgii n""i5?'^un n^"' ^
Welsh St Hills
Nclllo Arnaut Boys

2d half (18-21)
Campbell & Brady
Ryan St Rosa
Mllln * Smith
Hamilton .sis St P
Harry Illnea
(One to nil)
Fnirmoimt

Ist half (16-17)
Hack & Mack
Ryan & Moore
Archer St Bolford
VIll:tnl St. VlllnnI
F & M Brit ton Co

Kardo Broa
I'cgg'y McKotchnlc
TiOw "Wilson .
Lew Wilson Gang
On>l>euii>
lat halt (13-17).
.1 Arnlms
Hazel Ci:f)»by Co
(!i o P Murph.v <'o
"C;1t1"-M cCiTI ITin>Th'="=
Juvenile Steppers
id halt (1S-21)
Gordon fi- Pay
Clark Si O'Neill
1,00 Bill

Buliby Van Hurii
F & M IVritlcn Co

Slafe (1.-.)

Plotz Bros Si Sis
CJeo Ly(m3
Leon & Dawn
Wm & .Toe M and ell
Memories of Opera
Victoria
lat half (1.'-17i
H Si M Sf-rjinlnn

Keith's

1

NEW YORK CITY
liroiidwuy (it)

"^TT^-ir^ra-*"nvi=-^

Reynolds fi- White
CiiMirge Beatly
(Three tn nil)
(7)

Aussie St '<''ze('k
Perickson Hmwn
Senator Murjihy
Ulcll & (Mierin
Larry Tllch Frlerids
Chester
lat half (14-16)
Shorr Boya
Gihb 2

Alexander & Peggy
ICafka Stanley. \- .M
(i)no to Ml)

2d half (17 21))
Wade Booth /rs
=ronRrrS=To^'lT^-="''H|"

2d half nO-K.i .
C.aiiller St Pony U'y
Potson

ITarry Jackson Co
.\nthi)ny St. H'wl'nd
AdellDO Hcndun Co
ColiHeum
i.st halt (1-1-lfi)
Ken Murray tlnlL

2d half (-17-20)
Eddie L.ombert (^^
Kenneth Harlan Co
Ann Cfreenway
'I'he Plgilan<><i
(()ne to nil)

Inter Rhythm
TOne" tTrni It 7

2d half (17-20) '
Sherr Boy.s
Alexander St P<'ggy
Gibb 2

(Three to fill)
2d half (10-13)

St Onge 2 .

George McLennon

Sam Llebert V.o

Edmunds St F'chon

Pnnse Blls

RIverKidc (14)

Tobey Wilson Co

3- Sailors -

irUi'k & Pritehard

(Three' to nip
(7) .

Kafka Stanley St M
Ford Slli-r K: Ford
CJ Yeoman St Lizzie
Eddie -Lambert Co
Ethel Waters
Johnny Johnson Or
Royul
Isl half (H-10)
Great Vcilf-an'o.
lOdith Brthlmiin
Saul BrllliauL
(Two lo (iUi

2d hair ( l-T 'JD)
T,ewla St Winihr.ip
l''<)K'y. .<;' Tjatoiir
Fov Family ■
(Two to nil)

Russ K- .le'M-y
Blue Grass 3
r>. Jansli'vs
-Wylie Si Vnunir
lliU' S-ide Show
CONKV IS».AND

Til you
1st halt ( ! l-l fi)
O'Conilor »<c \"ugi)n
Americano '
Anthony St H'wl'nd
■\\';ilman's Ii^-hs
(One to nil)

2d lialf .(17-20)
Cliaii vc- SDurls I
.Mauriio Samii'-ls

Orplieum

" 1 at-halt- (H -16 ) -
Bessemer Siler & B
Bobbed
Mao Usher
(Two to till)

2d halt (17-20)
Brongk Si Bella D
Paramount 4
Hap Hazard S- M
Panny Somali Co
(Ono to nil) .

2d' half (10-13) V
Perez St Marguerite
Fields St Cook
At the Metropolitan
Marty May
Rov (>rcativc
. I'rospeet
lat half (1 1-16)
Lewis WInthrop
Harry Jackson Co
Ann Gr(!enway Co
Al Moore's Tars
(One 1.0 nil )

2d half (17-20)
P't't Lealhi-r Boya
J?illy Chain)) Co
Ilal Nelman
(Two to nil)

2d hair (10-1 .1).
The Nagrys
B S- J Hrott u
Billy Arlinirtoiv Co
Tcmev St Norman
MIU:i(lo Ilaiiihl'-is
^ =A1{ ICO NT=Or^^^^
raluee
lat ha'r (J.-.-17)
(Same bill pi.i^*
Yniiiigsldwn 2il
half)
I'Ini-hiini iiU'V.t
C'lUdsniilh-'-
Curly Hurii-- C"
Walter McNally
Johnny Bi'rki'ti

2d halt ( I 1-1 P
t Tilfc Buoy,';
Srolt Sauii.li':«
Kosita

Sumi))''n: K- limit
0 l)alint'iii ■■^M iw»

Wednesday, October 10, 1928

V A R I E T Y

41

ALLKNTO^VN. PA.
Coloalal

ist half (15-17)
Orutnor Ilutton CO
Alongr B-way
iThroe to nil)
* 2d hall 0>i-2lK
Mftrle DlCojulia Co
f;crao'» Mex^Prch
(Throe to nil).
AMvSTKKT)AM, N T
Ululto '

2a hair (18-21)
Harris & Clare
M1B3 MarccUo
Jfavnna Bound
jjftlrd & lU-wltt

\^^tA^^Xi^, CITY

iSt liall (16-17)
3 Dpnnott (5lrl3
liood & Due.thora^
Kllly Swmlo Hall CO
irolierty * nreon

iMnn ."t iraiey . ^
-a halt (18-21)
Job n Stanley J^o_
Schwa,rtz & Cllltord

DaiiC* RliapsodlCB
XUi/thm Uoyfl
R-yi'tr In<hoft
Jaolt llcnny
C Daunton SUaws

'j'i half (18-21)
Sf.cKiify'B Clr
HoiiO' Snnlrpy Co
i'rUrr>o t'l till)

ia half (11-14)
Pii'i It l';i(iulta & C
Mii'joti Sr. ICjPo.ler
Di' jy & Nace
KrsitfilM IlPTiault
l,i)t> ll<i)f,' •

IVAYTON, 0.
Ucllli'H

■ iHt hall' (15-17)
R3-tvo. Uoy.s .
Uv'.ia-(1 a Woat
Joo U'ownliiKr
p.vbla I'nciulta & C
(Oix! to liin.

i:<l. half (iS-nV .
11 vS & JIurriHon
AViU-yn A- Dobson
Jim Bn loti
4 tails

'booking with Loew and Picture
Theatres

CREATORE-LENETSKA
& MARTIN, he

1560 Broadway, N. Y. C.

Bryant 0779

JIAl^TIMORT., M».

Hlpiuxlroin© (15)
Zpck.A Randolph
Hurt & Ijohmun
Trenp Vermillion
Allan^t Jpan CorelU
HiiKer & Cray
(8)

Kleo Lambert Co .
Jamlcson & Styles
Musical Conscrv
■Royie & Oolla
Jntfirnntlonal Hev
Sew CJurUonB (16)
^rmb'rKs. AlasUans
Allen Rpno
(Three to All)

, (8 . ■ '
Mel KleP Unit
WMJll'TON. K. T.
Itlnf^hnmtoii

-1st halt (1.5-17)
Claroric Downey Co
Ervell & t>cll
4 Van Blppers ...
Cliabot ^ Ttortonl .
Land of Clowns.

:d half (18-21)
Brcndel & Burt
BUAsey ft Case
Spence & I^loyd Sis
(Two to fill)
.HOSTCXN. MAS.S.

New 15o«ton (15)
Kit rCat 4 . ,
liotsOn

"Lpwell Drew Co
"Watson & Cohan
Earl Lindsay's Bev
Srollny Sanare (15)
JPollard
Bascbnlt 4 '
■Wilkena * Artdip •
33abe E'KJin's Rcdh's
(Onp to fill)

••ri'TAI^O'
StiPii's (15)
Kvo.rett SandPrson
Jean BoydcU
ShPfton ITpft Sc L
Olsfen & Johnson
(One to till)
f«)

Barr , 2

Johns Mnblpy •
■Savana Bound ■
Butler * rarker
Lcs (inlenos . .
CANTON. O.

I*l»IlM>P

1st h.-ilf (15-17)
Stlcknpy'fi Plr
Irene Ricardo ■
H.enry Santvpy Co
(Two to fill)

2d half (17-20)
■ Rhythm Boys
Jank Benny
6 I>aunton Shaws
(Two to fill)

2d half (11-14)
All Crirls Sl\ow
CirAltT.OTTE, N.C.
Carolina

:;d hnlf (18-21)-
Horl Japs
Gssman gc Schcpps
"Walter Brower
Tspvlns & Oordon
Rlinfic *: Caollna
CINCINNATI
Mbec (15)

Tolo

Barry & "WhJtledeo
3 4 Brlpk Tops
(Thi-ee to fill)
(8)

Dancfnp Tambs
Tex McT.pod
Rhythm Boys
Rae fk Dot Dean
James Barton

ralHCC (IB)
Dan nirh's Mlns
...TalPflt ..&.Merlt - ,
(8)

B & B Jinier
Mattess 4
Cur ley Burns Co
B V & Murphy B's
Wheeler * Sand
Don Tipe * Louise
mr.AKKSnT.AV.Va
Ruhlnnon flrnnd

2d half (1((r21)
F.rufik.' bevoe .
Twists & Twirls
Krank. Shields-
FrlPdol Oold
Clen T.nmar ft lAXa
CrUVKLAND. O
lOStli St.

1st hnlf (15-17)
Harry J KPlly
Bronson it itptjeo
Jflo Meyers Oirls
• (Two to nil)

2d halt (1S-21)
.Tqc NiPmpyer Co
Rvnn RIs
(Three to nil)

2d hnlf <n-14)
Rodpo Boys
Aileen r'onlc
Chas R<d Mar.shnll
Frank ppvDi'
'llcirla. DpVon

Vnlftpp (ir*)
A If Tjoyars l ioxs

TlriTy I.'iix Co
K!'a Slields
It .V- K NVwi'lI
Kosilri

S f'l .1 I..!]..

■I^'hn (Juininn
N.-\ .-l .V
M l;-, •U,,.|..>(
<"i\!>> Irwiji
HI-'- .v:- I': jil.iicn
Ki-N.r Hiix,pll(.ii

( vnrs. o.

Ki'Hh'H

i"' :i'.ii" (15-17)

?d half (11-14)
Kltant lira Japs
Talent & Merit
Bronson .& Renee
Johnny Berkes
Hae Samuels
Danes Rhapsodies
I>1<:-J'K(^IT. MICII

l8t Iiflf (15-17)
Thp B<:rdelanfrs ■
McKay Ardlno
(ThrPC! to fill)

2d half (18-21)
Sumniei s & Hunt '
5 Mounters
(Three to fill)

2a Juilt (11-14)
Frank Cunvllle
(Others, to fill)

OrlciitAl (16)
fi (■:rackPrjacKB
Tex Mcl;e.od .■
Old Fld'l'rs V3 Jazz
Daly & Nace
Elsie & Paulsen 3
(Oiie to nil):
(8)

G &. P Mat'ley
ST u r rn y * ■ Ma d d o x
The (Jiie/zls
Rotfer Imhoff
t'laudp K- Arnrlon
•Shell Xc Vernon
Vntown

Ist half (15-17)
4 Chandler Boys
Joe Klcmeyer Co
Summers i^i- Hunt
McDonald 3
(One to nil)

2d hulf (18-21)
Harry J Kelly
McKay & Ardino
The liardelanKS
(Two to fill)

2d half (n-I4)
Aahloy raise
Dufor. .Boys
y«m(f'.Keo Tr
Harry Burns
Mjrll'l iCnye
EASTON, PA.
State

ls( half (lB-17)
Marie OiComba Co
Lerdo's Mcx Orch
(Three to fill)

2d half (18-21)
Cranior K- Mut'n Co
AlonK B'way
(Three to (ill)
EI..M1KA. N. y.

Kocney's
1st half (15-17)-
Music' Box llcv
Chabof i«r Tortolni

2d hnlf (18-21)
(Three to nil)
ElUK. PA.
Erie

lat half (15-17)
Cadet U

n F & M'rphy Bros
I'aync Billiard
liPS Ghozzia
(One to nil)

2d half (18-21)
Golden Dream
Irene Ricardo
Tlnr-va & Baikoss
(Two to fill)
FT. WAYNE
New Kml>oy«I

I'j'w l-.nlf (15-17)
H'trry (TarroU tlnlt

2d halt (18-21)
L->iv./' f aritcnt Rev
The Crooners
(Three to nil)

2d half (11^1.4) -
The Mcyakos'
Renard & West
Chas Hill Co
WUiljl- -of-. Splendor .
(One to fill) «
GI.ENS F'J^. N.Y.
. 2d half (18-21)
Kiddie &' Cook
Frank Sinclaire Co
(Ono to fill)
CAOV'Vll.l.E, N.Y.
Clove

2d half (18-21)
HamlltDn Sis & F
Barrett .& <;unecn
Dance. Mad
GRAND RAPJDS
Keith's

lat half (15-17)
(Same bill plays

TolecTo 2d half)
Frank ConvlUe
Murray & Maddox
Princess Pat
Morris «r Shaw
Collegia lea

2d half (ll-H)
Ruby 3

Johnny Hermand
Morton * Thomas
Julian 'Eltlnpe
McKny * .Ardlnft
n Mounters
GltKENF'LD. N. T.
VJctorln
;d half •(1X.21)
T/oiils London
(Uiffppy Wiilti>n

=l-t.).nft^t:0^ni Ll-T ■ 1

HAKItlSlSl'KH. Pti.
Mnjoatlc
1st hi'lC (15-17)
Janet Jteadp Co
irurst K- VoRt
WeildhiL' Cinvn

2d half t n-21 i
Nat- ll.iincs f'o
riiva \- Orr Kev
rOne 1(1 nil)
irORNKI.L, N. V.

; SIlUtllK-k'A

;d halt (18-21)
I Ciiir DiiwnInK Co
li Fllz & Miiriihy

Van Rippers
llfNTING'N.W.Vu,
Orplivimi

iHt half (ifp-ir).-
Jerojne * Kvclyt)
rA)n)a Worth , '

Harry Holmes
(Twx) lo nil)

2il- halt .(18-21)
Stanley Oaliinci i.'o
Groh Xr HUiiditfi
Frank Devoe
Edith ClauoH Capers
(One to nil)

ITHACA. N. Y.
Strand

2d half (18-21)
T^and of Clowns
(Two to fill) .

JA M EfStO W .V, N, Y .
<>p<fru lloiiHP

2d half (18-21)
Tiehor's Si-als .
Ueod & Ray
Herbert Rawlinaon
(Two to fill),

.TBKSEY CITY
State .

.Isl half (15-17)
Wado Booth . . • ■
Ruth Mix Co '
Adeline. Eendon
(Two to nil)

2d half (18^21)
Billy Champ Cp
(Others to fill)

2d half (ll-lf)
Billy Bac.heler Co
Johnny Hyman .
Ann (jreenway
Day .& Alieen Co
(Olio to nil)

XIOXINOTON
. .Ifcen Ali

1st half (15-17).
Lrine Byron
(Two to HM)
Bcntoll & Muck

2d half (18-21) .
Rhea & Santora
(One to Fill)

LIMA, O..
Shlnit's Ohio

Is.t half .( 15-1 7)
Jarriiw & Jo.hnson
Frances Kennedy
Jean RanUIn ..Bd
(Two to fill)
. 2d half (18-21)
Pat Haley
(;iaudft & Marlon
Nelson's Elephunls
(Two.jLo nil)
LW'KPORT, N. Y.
Pulace
2d half (18-21)
G & Pearl Magley
Levan & BoUes
(One to fill)
LOI'ISVILLE, KY
Keith's
lat half (15-17)
The Graduates '
Rae & Harrison
.Wilson & 'Dobson
Jim Barton '

4 Balls
2d half (18-21)

Rodeo Boys
Joe Browning.
J'aula Paeiulta & C
(Two to nil) .

2d half (11-14)
Hayes Marsh &. F
Munley & BaMwin
Toto

Barry Sc Whltledt'c
(One lo nil)
MAIUON, O.
I'alacc
Jst half (lC-17)
Pat Tla'cy
Claude & Marlon
Kelson's Elephants

2d half (18-21)
Frances Kennedy
Jean Rankin Bd
(One to nil)
MEADE VI IXE, Pa
I'ark
2d half . (18-21).

3 J fa user Boys
Ray Shannon Co
(One to nil) •
N'SIIV'LLE, T'NN

l-rlncessdS)
fthono it Rich
Francis Renault
Medley X- Duprec

5 T)e Card OS
(One to nil)

(R)

Tho Graduates
Ilac At Harrison
Wilsf)n & JJobson
.loo ■ Brownink

4 Balls .
NEWrn'RCH

A«"n«leiiiy
Ist hulf (15-17)
Tom a Dolly Ward
Snuif Harbor
fantastic Rev
(Two to fill)

2d half (18-21)
EIlKle & Herman
Jack Ryan
BnnKle Love
(Twii to Jill)

2d half (11-14)
Alexander Bros
Morgan VCi Wood
Folev & I>atour
Petri 5
(One to fill)
N. BR'SWICK, N.J
Slat«
1st half (15-17)
Boyip Jfr. Delia
NiKht at the Huh

2d halt (18-21)
(Three to fill)
Ada Brown
Lani; & Hnley
(Three to nil)

2d half (11-14)
Brown Luvello
Hudson Wonders
Schwartz Clifford
Lee. .Marshall Kev
(One Lo riHV
NIAGARA FALLS
IJelleview
2d half 1 1?-."!!)
Glenn &. Richards
Holly

(Three to fill)
N. iXOA.AIS, Mass
■ IOnt|>ire

.• 2d half (rH-21)
Marietta. CralR Co
WiiK'lie.ster X- Ro.ss
(Three to nil)
OIL <"ITy. TA.

Drake .
2d bait (1S-2I)
3 Hauser (toys.
Kay Shannon Co
roni' til nil)
OrTAWA, CANi
Keith's (I.'O
(inn- r;eMi \- Miller
Sh'Ti-y Alia nis
jMi^e ■•^inirers ^
S'l iia VVI-Wi
CoiivfV - X- .lolinny

riiii. VDKi.i'iri A

IVroiidwa.v

Isl half ( I.'-17)
,M.ir- .• I'D.iU.'-
ri.-iiiy ratal. liio
l.'i'.-tMi,' Ki I- ban I Si .11
(T!i||.i 111 Jill)

Jil h-ilf I M-21 )
K.-ist K- I'utikii
M.-ison Dixiin Daifp
Frank Kl'-Iin riNnn
1'lioiv.i)'<'in k K'Mi.p
i(;ni 10 nil)

2d ..lialf (11-14) ,
Burt & Lelnuiin
'Tank Richardson '
Ruih Llndc
y l.aiidfy
tOne to till)

■ Cross Keys

Lst ha't.(lj-l7) \
.\tasfin |)ix(m lianee

ist Ac Muinke
Hu'lily Page
Thijinjison «: Kemp
((Jne 111 (III) ■

2il half (18-21)
M.-irtrinCoali's
Henry Caialano
Hiiilily I'liRH
(Two to (III)

2d half (11-14)
nmldy. I'a.cre
Hurl;e &. I lurk'in ■'
llocdp & Uui'iIkM's
Dolierty IlroPn
(Ono to nil.)'

lOnrlo (13)

Dericksrin <<fr.. Brown
Eu.ireno O'Bi^icn
McUrath & Travers
GordC'n Ilanners
4 . Flash e.H .

:(«). \

Falls Reading & B
Hozo- Snyder I'^o
Sol Gould CJo
Irene VerniilUoo Fr
(One to fill)

Grand

1st half (15-17)
HteCl Pier Minst'ls

2d half (18-21)
Her Birthday Vnit

2d half tll-i4)
LUlo 1

(?alalo * Stev.-'t vSIs
Frank Gabbay
Air Moore & Tars
(One to fill)
PITTSIirBGir, PA.-

Davis (15)
Marie Valentl
Harry ■ Burns
Hayes Marsh & F-
(Three to nil)
(8)

JunRlelantl
W it B Burke
Ni'd Norworth
Wal.sh. & Ellis
Paxton
Enchantment
Harris
1st half (15-17)
Lang Bros .
Clco Lamiir * LIta
Herbert Rawllnson
Tiehor's. -Seals
(One 10 nil)

2d half (18-21)
Cook & Valdare ' '
Martha Jiawrence
Charles PrinU
McManus *■ Hlckey
(One to nil)
Slieridan SiiHaro
1st half (15-13)
Cook & Valdare
Chas Frlnk
Jack fisher Co
McManus & Hlckey
Julian ' EltinR-e

2d half (18-21)
M (;ra Oman it W
3 Bra<-ks
(Three lo fill)
PLATTSIVG. N.Y.

■Jd halt (18-21)
Clifford & ({reshan>
Pr i n cess W at a wa s A-i
(One to nil)
rOKTSMOl-Tll

Le Hoy
' 2d halt (18-21)
.Aims * Tho Girl
T-oma AVorth
Harry' Holmes
Jerotrie & Evelyn
(One to fill) .
POjGIIK'I'SIB

.Vvon
.1st half (15-17)
m.^ie 1^, Herman
Jack Ryan
(Til re to nil)

l.'d half (18-21)
Tom Xz Dfilly Ward-
i^nup Harbor
Stanley A Quinette
Fantastic. Rev
(One to fill)

I'd hajf (11-14)
Milt bill &. Sis
Johnny Mooro
(Jiis Faye Co
.laeK Wilson Co
Nell Sis Xr Eileen .
<H EKEC. CAN.
Keitii's (15)
Marty Dupreo -
(Other.* to nil)
HEADING, PA.

Rajnh
1st half (15-17)
Nat HalnPs Co
Klva & Orr Rev
(Three to nil)

2d halt (18-21)
Janet Reade Co •
Hurst & Vout
W'.'dditiK Gown
(Two to nil)
RICII.MOND. VA.
National
2d half (18-21)
AVilllc Mauss
Smith & Sawyer
For No Good Roasn
4 Arl.«tocrats
(One to All)
SARATOGA
. C«ngre«!», .

"TcTTiarf :rr8^2i>"-

Worthy & Thomp'n
Em ifr Barl Harvey
Almond & Gray Sis
STEritENVILLE,0
CnpltMl
1st half (lS-17)
Prank Shields
M Graum'an .fe W
Fridel «r Gold

-(Two to nil) :

2d half (18-21) .
3 Bracks
L.t'ng Bros
Jiillsn Eltln(je
(Two to fill)
SYRACrSE, N. Y.
Kcttlt'A

• l.Mt half (15-17)-
Golden Dream
Balr.d & Hewitt
Cantor Rosenblatt
G & y Magley
(One ti> fill)
■2d half. (18-21)
C iVr I. 'Gordon
W>uTOinjr 4
Winnie LlKhlner

.Kranit Gaby
Ma ni;i a ii 'I'r

2d half (11-1.4)-
Paul.'u-n Sis
Vila Xr Sirifjo
11 ill -in & A liny
Kl.da lianctrs

TOLEDO. O.
Kelth'H

rSaiiic bill pl-'i.""
Ill ar.it Kaii'il.s -'il
li.-ll)

. ::.-t half riri-iT)

1 1 in- ni; 'Ji'anib.s
I'liurt ni-y ."^i."*

)',l>'OIl

)'iiTj.,' Id"' 'I'r
(()•,. til .'illi

ji|. h-.r.f (ii-lf;
Uv.-in Si«
Kano ,1, ^.^■|■lln

Rhea Sanlora
Irene' RIcuidii
-McDonald a
TORONTO, CAN.
IIIpi>u<lroiiie (15)
The Oulenos
,|iihhs. & Mabley
liuy HoVer I'li
Butl.-r I'aruer
H.irr 2

iS>

.Muvaiid it (lirion .
Husscy t'atJp
IC;:i;ene O'Brien.
.1. .iti Hiiya-Il
■.Miil|,'C-tland

t NION CITY. N,.J
Lincoln

1st half (15-17)
.1 oh'niiy- Moore
I 'oil. ,t Snyder
(Three to ir.D:

-il half (11-14)
I'lii.il Kad.-lU Sis
.-Mian ^Ketio
Kuth Mix Co
Neil (VBrlcn Co
1 )iihce Parade \

I TICA. N. Y. :

. (ia.ifti'..
1st half (15-17)
Music Box Kev

2d ))Hir (18-21)
Wyelh <fe Wynu'
Chezzis
Cnilet 6

WSIIINGT'N. D.C.

Keitli'K (15)
Mol Klee, Cnlt
(8)

Morocco Bound U't

WHITE PLAINS

Keith's
1st half (15-17)
Ohauvc-Souris A
.liii'ia Peterson
•Myers Hanatord
Ij'ur Show
(One 111 nil)

id'half (lH-21)
Mr.iV: Mrs .1 Harry
I'haney i!i Fo-*
1 Three to (ill)

2(1 half (11-14)
Ivilaro Japs
F;it iiel! X- I.'lorcncc
HircU I*:- liuhblcs
(Two to nil I
WIXS'l''ON-S.\a-E.M
Keith's

2d half I ls-21) -
(jforBC .Moiii-c
Kirk I*!: I.av.-renc'e
Norma Xi (.lolden'
Eddie CasKily-
Kays Kutups
VORlv. I'A.
York O; H.

2d half (1>-::1)
MaddocK's Ti-icks
AKRON, O.
■ Keitii's .

1st half (15-17)
(Same ; hill plays

"Voungstown' "id

half)
All Girl Rev

2d hal.r (11-14)
Golden Drcains
Harry J Kelly
.Kublnson .1. I'lerfC
Henry Santry Bd
(One to nil).

Proctor

CALGARY. CAN.
<;raji(i (14)

Kobert Warwick ('^o
.M'een Alar.lorie.
Kuiz ift. Bonlta
AJ K Hall
llurns ^ Allen
Hope Vernon
(7)

IJi'ke.n Dancers
.■^orinan 'I'honia's
J.nrvis K- Harrison
Weaver Bros .
Hlock Si Sully
J'a ul' N'olan
CHICAGO, ILL.
Paiare (14)
Hod.-ird's. Ponies
Ted Xi Al Waldman
Riilh Warren Co
.'^cotl Saunders
Pavli.-y O'sky Ballet
H F Haher-
Ted t.RWl.s B.d
(Two to fill) ■
(7)

Fox & Curtis
Jerry K- B'by G'ds
.(.'h'mb'rlln JUnes
Nin.a Gordini
Dainty Mario
Florence Brady

Bubie Blake, Co
tiilhert & French .
Tom Mi-Aullffb

• (7)
Manuel Vega. ..
Mack -vi-. Khssitor
Piiwers- X- Wallace
Evans & Mayor
X'.i'yl'n J'cks'n <fc D
(One to' fill)
OAKLAND, OA L.

Orplieuin (11)
NU-oln

Rosiilind Ruby
Kuth Budd '
(famhle Boys B
Norwood Xi. Hall
Geo Wong: Co
(7)

Joseph Began
Rainbow Key
Al . Aliott ■ ■
Juliet

Phantom 4

Arthur Byron Co
OMAItA, NEit.-
Urpiiciim (14)

Moran' & Wiser
teller Sis &• Ackl'd
Bert H.'inlon '
(Jlias Wilson' Co
Allen Xi (^anfielij.

"RADIO'S FAVORIf E SON.S"

JEROME and RYAN

BROADO.ISTINO D.ULT

LOEW THEATRES

.Direction

Joe— LEDDY & SMITH— Ed

220 West 47tli St.. Suite 901

1 r * F Seaman
Karyl Norman
Tom McAulIffc Co

Stiitc Lake (14)

Hector & Pals .
JUron -AVlIlls
('has .Bed Marshnll
Pearl. Kegay Co
l.Mdic flonrrid
li'lorpnce Brady
V.ir'siiy S
IMcUey Bros
(One to fill)
(7)

K i^.- J Kooncy
Ciiurlney Sis
Mann <*;- IJernard
i'i-.(.ri Alexander '
I-Mla Shields
H X- N Leary
'I'he Collegiates .
Val -Harris Co
Joe Daly Co-Eds

DENVER, COL.

'Orplieum (14)

Illinois State Bd
Ifayes * (.'ody
.<hip Ahoy
Stewart & Olive
.Monroe * Grant
(7)

.Mu«ic. Art Rev

Frank Keenan Co

Chas Wilson

Freem'n .t S'ymour

Hector & Pals
LOS ANGELES
Hill Street (14)

Mary Haynes

Nicola

Yti t cs-»<i-La wley "
Undercurt'ent
Jai-k Hartley
Ociber's Gaiottcs
(7)

Flo T.ewls'
BiirDooIey
'Rodrigo & Llla Or
Wm Desmond Co.
Murray Girls
.AVoUf & Jerpmo
Ori)1'eum (14)
Lillian. Shn-w ■ .
.N'onelte
Miss J uliet
Fisher &• (Jiliiiore
Donald Brian
Kevcl Bros &, Red
j'a 111 'Yoc-an
(One to .nil)'
(7)

I'ndercurr.ent
Rose X- Thome
Gi'ili'ir'K Galetiis
Vale.'^ X- LaWley
HiUvin (Jeorge.
li.-ive Bernl.e Orch
Ortl) it i'fiili-i' .
(J race Adellihi (To

■MILU Al li EE
(>ri>lieiinm (11)

Muri'-I Kaye f'n
Kac Samuels
Si itJ.on HioS
-iLT.-i.til:. J-C.I.. en a .n.. .Co.,
Whc '.er X- Sand.'i
I 'ii'iiilj'riln X- Him'"
I 7.1

Gi-ali r'-- oddl'ies
Ii\ l-i.n . Ar ^\'illi"
D;ivi-- i^.- I).iriii-ll
i;..a .\J.'.|>i|ell

-rriei.c:. nri."

Pa vley o'sky B.ii:.-l
MINM;.\POLiS
llcniicpin (it)
S-c'l it- .Au.utin
.Mann Bernard Co
'^'vr•lt(• Riige]

NEW YOlllv CITY
oHi Ave

1st h-iif (1 1-1 r.) .

Par).:ent i*;- U-wis
Waller SViiltei'K Co
4 ('aiiieroiis '
Balieoclv * T')idly
(I ine lo nil ^ -

2d half (17-20)
V;il I'Jmaline
Frank Sincl<>ir Co
Kecil l.ui-y
Xc.l Sis \. ):;ileen
■Myei-s. Tl.injiford
Htlth St
I sl ha if .(M-i r.)
4 1 'es.«i Ilia
Winnie l.iUhtner
. Kevnn Creative
(.Two to (111)

•Jd half (17-20)
Glii(ly.>i Joyce t'o '
Sa rgeiit it Lewis .
Freshm'n .<t Co-10d.>
4.i"amerons
Tod !>;-. K Andrews
l';.->th St.
1st .h.-rU (1 1-1G)
B Cram i^- Haliica
Faber it Wales
Johnn V M viuan
(Three to niD

2d hnlf (17-2<»)
Boss * .Mack
Leona Stephens
4 Wa lions
Cahlll it Wells
Sliu fries Taps
NEW KOCIIELLIC
WeHtehe'ster
Jst half ( M-lfi)
Gladys Joyce (^l
.Maurice Samu'Is Co
(Three to nil )

•.:il half (17-2.0)
Cluirles Kay
Mv(.rs flanaford
(Three to IVIl)
- .«T VEUNON
1st half (M-IG)
Jazz Boat Rev

2d half (17- 20)'
Johnny Hyiiian

Julia Peters
Walter Wallers Co
4' res?:eiu.>i
(One- to niD
VONKEKS

1st half (1 1-10)
Call ill Wells
i.'harlc"! Kay '
Paiisiau 4
(Two to (III)
- 2d half (17-20) .
.(azz Boa t. Itev
NEWARK, N. J.

iWior's (14)
(•'"raiiU. Hamilton
Manny King Co
Kit t y Doner
vT wii I o. n ! . ) .
ALIt.VNY, N. Y.
(iriind
. ls( h.-ilf ( Ifi-l?)
.M.irietta t'raig Co
Klililic .V Cook-
l-'rank StncLTirii Co
Winchester KoSa
Harris \- Claire

2d half (VK-2n
Ervell ,<i Hell
Lloyd I'i IJryce.. •
Cniree to tllD ■
TROY, N. Y.
Proftor's
■ I.sv half (15-17)
tjtir Gang Kids '
l.loyd Hryep •
Wiii-lhy M'hoi-iM'-sn
Prlnce.ssWalo Avassa
(Hue to (HI)

;:d half (18-21)
Billy .Moody ...
Hajiiilnt^ss Girls
Criirec to' nil) .
, St'llENECT.VDY
. l'r<K'for'8 -

Isl iiair (15-17)

J Mi nepssWat a wa ssu
Wvelli it Wynn
Billy Moody .
Ilaiipiness '(jirls
(One to (lU)

2d half (I.H-21)
Our ( i;i ng K Ids .
(Others- to fill)

Music Art 'Rev
(7)

I,arimer & Hudson
Ccrvo * Moro .
Cook it Oat man
Lou Tellcgcn Co
Eddie Conrad' Co
Rastelll

S.\N rRANCisco

Golden Gate (14)
Arthur Byron Co
Ryan * I-ce
Rainbow Rev
Kelso X: Demonde.
Phantom 4
A I Abbott

■ (7)-
T Roy Barnes .
Mary Haynes
f/Ubin Larry &: A
Jeau Barrios
J.-ick Tfanlcy
Paul Yocan Co
Oppheunri (14)

Irene Fr.'inltlin
Kaye & Say re
Ke'ann Whitney
Besser & Balfour
Serge Flash
Joseiih Reg.Tn
Marliin Wilklns
(7)

Ky Mountain&ers
Donald Brian
Nicola

IJ'isher *. Gilmorc
Nonette

Ke,voI Bros X: Red
Geo Wong Co
SE-i-rTLE, WASH
— ~ OrphiBiini-" (14 )-'- ~
Hermjin Timberg U
(7)

Teck M unlock
Odlva
J or; Marks
Hobby Folsoin
M'Ir'y McN'ce &
Bcntoll & Gould
ST. LOt iS
St. lionls (14)
Shaw &' Carroll
l/ou Cameron
H & N Leary
Clin" Edwards
Joe Daly Cn-KOn
(7)

Evans X- Greia
Kelieo Riano ("o
Fran'-iH Xi Wally
MexTipIca firdi
(Two . to nil)

VANCOrVER. n.c
Orplicum (14)

.Norman 'Thomas 5
We.'iver Tiros
Ja-rviH X- H.-rrrlson
Hloi-k X- Suily
liakeli T>!inci.-i-s
Paul Nnlan
(T)

Timle-rg I'nit.
A\: IN :NLUtXi,.^JilN,=

Orpfieum Hi)
Hennv Davis
Hiib Hall •
.Matnii I Vet'a
.\l.ic;: * Kii<--s.ler
Powers X- ^'>■alIace
( (jnt: lo li;l)
(7)

Kobert Warwick I'o
Al K Hali ■
Ki)i--! i<c- H.inlta. ■
Hofi'^-VernKn
Burns * Allen
Aileen X! Marjorle

AMARILLO, TEX.
Fair.
1st half (15-17)
(Same ■ bill plays
Wicliita Falls
2d half)
Redcaps
Rny- Vutiglni
Walton Byron
Ethel Davis
yid.^ Kicks
ATLANTA. G.\.
tJoorglu (15)
Al it Anne . Striker
Sherman it. MacVae
Mab'l H'ary: A J Sis
Geo Bronilhurst . .
Scrambled Legs
Ai:STIN. TEX.
Hancock's OH.
l..it half (ir.-17)
(S.'iiiie bill plays
Waco 2d half) .
Frank VIoln .<i Co
In lug it ('haney
i'^cnna X: Dean •
Nick );ucas
(One lo nil)
DALLAS, TEX.
. .'ilajcstic- (15)
fjcster Irving 3
Ci)-IOils .
Roscoo -Mia. Co
(Two lo (ill).
ENID, OK LA.
A/tec. (15)
I'-raiicis it. Wally •
Lomas .Tr •
(Threo to nil)
rr WORTH. TEX.

. Aiajestie (15)
Edille Pardo Kev
(Others to nil) -.
GALVESTON. TEX
Majestic (I5-l(i)
(Same hill plays
Lak-e Chiirles 17-18 ;

Beaumont 19-20)
Australian Wiiites
Armstrong .t B'dell
Mack it Tlirash
Dare & Walil
Duster Xc Midgets
HOrSTON. TE.V.

Itlertini (15)
Bury 's Dog Stars
Ralnps X: Avey
F -X Bushinan Jr

Texas, Comedy ■ 4
crine to fill)'
LIT. ROCK. ARK.
.Majestic
Ist hiilf (.15-1.7) •
The ..\geriios
Bon 'I'lirpin
A tiger |i''alr
(Two to HID

r;d half (18-21)
H..\vitt it Hall .
Rigolello Bnis '
(Three lo '(HI).
M.;W ORLEANS

Orpiipuni (15)
Clyde X' M Nelson
tjegrohs

Harry Holman Co
Jack Clifford '
Dcvlfa Circus
OKL.A CIlTf

Orhlielim (16)
Rasso Co
Kuth Muse
IJ'uMon- & Parker
Ward it Van
James J Jeffries
S.VN ANTONIO
.'Maje.'iflc (L5)
3 W.orcesfers
Koiin .,t Di^plnlo
James Cou'ghliri Co
DcTiiare.it /t Dolan'd
(One to nil)
SIIREVEP'T, LA.

Strand (lO-'^O)
Tho Agcmos
Ben TuriJin.
An.i;cr a- Fair
(Two to nil)
TCI.SA. OKI'A.

Orpliciini .(15) -
Bob .t Ai Dupont
'I'homas J. Ryan Co
Wlilii; W McGinty
.Mike Ames ■
Parisian Art
WICHITA, KAN.
Majestic

1st half (15-17)
, Suite 16
Francis & Wally
Lomus Tr
(Two lo nil)' ■

2il half (18-21)
i''i)ok Xi Oatman
Bignlow's Missce
.(Three to fill)

Association

(.ALESRt'RG, ILL.
Orpllciiin

lat half (15-17)
'/astro & White Rv
F'lder ll'rrict & H
The Brianis

d half (lS-20)
floney Boys .
•<''h'mberlii) .it Earle
(One to in ) -

JO LI I VP, ill;

Riaito

lat -half (15-17)
Fred Htighes
.\. ^• F Stedman
(Two to (III) ' -

2,il half H-.s.-2a)
Lottie Mayer' (Tivls
Di sperate Sam
JOPLIN, MO.

Kleclrie .
I.st half ( 1.-.: 17)
Freeiii'n it. S'y in.mr
Frank Peg Jones
('iSvo to nil)

20 half (KV-2U)
Ai-mstr'iig iV I.Jarle
(Three to till)
KANS, CITV. >!0.

.Mal.nstrcet (14)
Loutsvll.le f-'.'Pns
Koy Kogurs
Kastelil

l''Uirence l.aVero
(One to fill) .
LINCOLN, NKIl. .
Lincoln (14)
Lauren it l.uDare
Alack it Stanton
(One to nil)
.MADISON. WLS.
Or|ilicuu\
l.st halt ll."i-17)
Itenie Kiaiio Co
Kv.-in's it y.i\.\ er
Tillls it I,". Kuc Co
(Two to nil) .

;il halt (ls-20) .
Davis ,t n.irucll
.Master Jay Ward
Gruber's OdiKCcs
(I'rcla's M'llma Bd
(One to nil)

2d half (1 1-1 I)
Wlllon. it ■ Weber '.
I'lili'ni .Whitney Rv
6 K'ocUet.s
Leslli: & VniPrg'tt.
(One lo nil)
PKORIA, ILL.

Palace '
1st hulf (15.-17)
Chapp'l'e (rrlton
Ksmond & Crant-
Despcrale .Sam .
Riiz Bnis
Norrcc Co

d )»alf (18-20)
F'lder H'rrlct & H
Briahls'
RItz Uros
Zastro * White Rv
(One to nil).

UMN<:y, ILL.

' . Waslitngton

ISl half (15-17)
Honey Boys
Ch'iiib'rla :n & Earl
(One to fill)
ROCKFOUD. ILL.
Palace
IsL ha'f (lS-17)
Wray AS: (;aray
Davis St Darnell
Master Jay W.ard
Gruber's- Oddities
G'eiir's M'rlmb:i tJd

2d half (18-20).
Rc<il(^ Klano Co
Evans Xt Mayer
Til Us & LaRuo .
(Two to nil)

2d halt (11-14)
Ernest Jliatt
Ann Garrison S
Alexander Sis.
La Salle it Mne.k
(One to HID
SlOrX. CITY. lA.
Ori>lioiiiti
1st half (15-17)
T^arimer & Hudiioa
Cprvo Xl Moro
hou 'I'ellPgfln Co
Kane & lilHs
W'tch '.Phis Kh'lhni

2d half .(18-20).
olyn I.,an<lick
Wilton it Weber
.T it B Grands
Marshall *: La Rue
(One lo nil)

2d half (11-14)
Mondy it Duncan
Slim Timlilin Co
FranM>n D'.\Tiiore
Hadji Ali
Gilbert it French

SO. BIOND. IND.
I'tiliK-e"^

1.>:t halt I'l.-.-K)
V'^ilei 11 ( 'iMik
Biitte.ry to Mionx
\'al Harris Co
Hilly Doss Co
(< me to lill 1

2d half' ( r''-2ii)
Harry Carroll I'nit

2il half (1 1-11)
SIg l.'^r.isvoe Kil
l.'r.ankel iV Diiiilcvy
Pai k.;- .-"i.-* it 1 1 'i ^ ey
(Two ti> illO.

SPHINflF'LD. ILL,
()rpheum

1s( half 115- J7) :.
U.il.y t i.Muan -
Hifwiirs ("oilcuiana
l''raiilie' \-- 1 1'uiilevy -
Lottie M.-iyer dlrls
it.)ne (o mil

2d half- HS-.20). .
Park Sis it TIarvey
Herli-.'.rt ('lifton '
IMI Daley t'l)
Val Harris Co
Crh'iii Whitney. Rv

Jd halt (i: 14)
Harry Carroll I'nit

.ST. JOSEPH. .MO.
Elei ( rie
isl hiilf ( I ,"1-1 7) '
( '-.iroi it J.-v.nies
Newhoff .t I'hclpa
l.:i P.eljc Pola
iT\''i> to ni!)

L-d half (I..M-20)
Frc;.m'n it S'yuioiir
P. Kemo.s" Miilvets
(Th)'ce to (III V
.ST, LOflS. .MO.

(•mild ( 15)
l.'osfr li'ag'n ,t Cor.
Mamniy it Picks ,
Axel Cliristenson
(iiirdon #t Gi-off
(Three .to Hlli
ST; PAUL. MINN.
Palitee-Oritiicum
1st half (15-17)
Olvn l.iindick
Wilton X- W'eher
.r it. H- (Irands
iT.vo to (iin-

2d half (18-20)
L.'irlnier X! Htld..»pn
Ccrvo .Mon) ' .
I.ou 'J'ellegen Co
Kane it H.ri.s'
W'tch This Rh'thm

2d half (11-14)
Seed. Ss Austin
Ted it Al 'Waldnian-
Gareia M'rl|-nbo Bd
P<.tlt Lo Anne Co ■•
(Otin' to fill)
T'RE lI'l'TE. IND,
ln<llun:i -
Ist hnlf (15^17)
■Slaiiiese 2 .
Spence Sc True
(Two to nil)

2d half (18-20)
1'hc Meyakos
Elleon Cook
Girl Wanted
Frankel Xt Dutilevjp
Fiimily Album
TOPEKA, KANS.
Novelty
Ist half (15-17)
Cook Sr. Oatman'
1*- Kitnios Midgets
(One lo fill)

2d. half (.18-20)
Frank .foncs .„
Ncwhoff Sr. PlielpB
r.a Belle Pola
WAl! REGAN. ILU
GenesNv
,2d half (tK-:0)
Don ('tiinmiligs'
Battery to Bronx
(One. to fill)
WITCHITA. KAN.
Orplieum
l.st half (15-17)
Tom Thomas- Co
WranelH & Wally
((')ne to (111)

2d halt (18-20)
Cook X' Ontman ■
(Two to nil) .

ni/yiNGT'N, ILL.
.MnJoKliti

1st half (13-17)
Sawyer * Eddy
Bob Albright Co
(One to nil)
• 2d half (18-20)

Hungapi.'U Co --

Roxy La Jtocca ■ .
Masters X- Gruyce
( IIAMPAKJN. ILL.
Orpiipuih

1st half (15-17)
Parke Sis Xz Harv'y
Uiih'm Whitney Rv
(One to nil)

2d half (15-20) ..
Claude Deearr <;o .
H o W e 11 ' s .(' o 1 )C g i a n s
(()ne to fill)

. 2d halt (11-14)
T B Ham)) Co. .
Sl)cn<-e * True
Jerome Evelyn

OHlC^\(iO. ILL. .
Itelittont

2d half (1«'20)
5 Ilraeh.'irds
Esmond iM- .Hrarit
King of I'ulagonla
Stanley M' '";il>p Bd
(One to nil)
Engiewood

Ist half (1-3-17)
King of Pal.'igohia
Chas Hill Co
Sian .M(-f'a)i|-s Bd
Chirep to nil)

20 hiilf ilK 20)
Rert SaunOcr... f!i)
Siicrice 4t True
Red Norvo d)
-.M i n<; r _ fr— A n. -

(Onr- to ni.)

Itiviera (II)
At PS it DahTng
(;.-tie liri-'-te-
1 B H-ioip C(,
DAVENPORT, lA.
Caplloi
r-l lialf (15-'17i
4 I ( ai-'lia nds

:;ii ha-:r < ix-2111
Fiarii;.vn 1 miiio!'!.
.Moody A,- liiitican
Mori lin it Sli'iut -
(■'has Til' hiin Co

HadJI All Co

2d half (1.1-14)
Shaw & Carroll Rv
Tpllcr Sis Xc Ackl'd
.Moran Xc WI,sor
(Two to nil)
DECIATI R, ILL.
LinooliT'Kiiuare
1st half (lf)-17)
Hungarla Co
Roxy La Kocca
Masters Grayce

2d half (18-20)
Sawyer- & Eddy
Bob Albright Co
(Cine, to (III)

DES MOINES^ ,IA
<>r|))H>nin'
1st half (15-17)
Fra'nklyn ))nmpr.o
Moody X: Duncan
Morton * Stout
Chas TImblln Co
HadJl All (.'p
Bob Muriihy

2d half (18.-20)
4 Hu.-<liands

2d half ( 1 1-14)
Bob .Muridiy ■
Tillle Xt I.a Rue
Kuth Wiipren Co
(Two to fill)

DETROIT. MICH
(irand-l(l vl'ont

1st half (15-17)
Crooners
(Two 10 nil)

EV'NSV'LLE, IND.
(rnind

iHl half (15-17)
Cla.iid f„_I >eC : irr_-<V).
Hirl Wa'nii-d
lllerberl Clifton
l-'amilv Album
(' ini. Il) (ill )

20 lialf (lx-2fi)
n-irns '.'
Ki-nest IC-ilt.
Slaii)e.i;i.
V i<-l(iiis
(fjMe 'n *i;Ii

.• I -1 i) : I 1

I ."!,■. r--

I "le't'i l-'a g'.ii it <"■
I Thri e t-i d: )

NIiJWARK, N. .1.
Newark ( ir>)

Berks *. Partner ■
.Moro Xc Pedro
Caffhey Sc Wal'ttm
Jimmy' Kboney 3-
Chase X: LiiTour
lU l FALO, .V, y..

Ct-ntury (15)
Ed I.a Vine
Danny .Bri>wn 13
R'dlo J'ks St fiu'ns
■Ward & Raymond
Keiemeya

NIAGARA KALT.S
StruncI (15)

Glided Cage
Sh'non Xc ('erlo Bro
Arth'r * Br'nc Rev
Rosa Xc Co'stello
TORONTO, C.%N.
I'antn^rPM (15)

Royal I'cklri

TSfarTy" IS' TTah'cy

I Kharum
M'<:'H .Sis & C'lt'n B
Kruglo & Robles
DeI(?rlo & M'r'.o Co
CALGARY, CAN.

Pantngen (15)
FUntng<>M IM<']inell
(15)

Nancy Fair
Mlearotio Co
Miller Sc Peterson .
(One to fill)
SE.VTTLE, WASn.

I'nntngcfl (15)
T>aveva

St (Tr Sis & O'D'a
I'revarlcallons
Edilic Ross
Bert Collins
SPOKANE, WASH.

Paniages (15)
Mme Slralla

."Sniis &^ S tttlns

"FerrTs & "ETTTiir

OFFICIAL DENTIST TO THE N. V. A.

DR. JULIAN SIEGEL

1560 Brondway.
Tliln Wcfik ;

Bet. 46tti-47th 8U.. New Yorll

Georfre Teonuui. John
O'Donnell .

Dan (Tolcman Co
Trout Sc Heft
Hazelle Sr Kl't'ff Co
IIA.MILTON. CAN.

Pontages ('L'>)
•Tewell's. .Manikins
Ted Marcel
NIte.Owls
Wal-/,pr X- Kuban
Silver Toes

TOLEDO, O.

J'antitgcH (15)-
Perettea
Mack-Kpgers
Nugold Rev
PresMler X- Klass
Molodv .M.'inskin
INDIANAPOLIS
Lyric (I."))
France Xr. La Pell
Helen X- l.orialtiv
La'Follelto
Jtay X- Slone
.rack K'r»,"<eir

=^mi'nni'^\toi;ls=--

Pantagcs 'l.">)
-.Maxine it P.i.bby.
I.M !-!e:v/yn
S:idi.. Ii'irii.->
.Mc.CaM ,V Kelli-r
Six .Max"!l'l^'
Kl;<;iN A. CAN.

( ii'pKtd
I t I,. I If 1 1 -.-17)
■ I'l.i vs I-Miiionl'iti

■ 2.1 'i.-ilfi
.Marie Kir':.o X' Co

(C'ontln'K'fl

Flapper Freshles
(One lb fill)
VANtCOUVER. ». C.

Pantages (16)
Broken Toys
Art Glllham
('>rren:Drew Cp
Tfila(5k Sc. Dean.
Flashes of Art
TACOMA, WASH.

Pantnges (16)
.MitkU'a" 2
Four Caddies
Niblo Xc Si)f'ne?.r
Hllller Sc. Forte
Sh-alns Xr Strings
POKTL.\ND, OKEi

Patitage.M (15)
Hightower 3
I iiirothp.-t .Sumitiers
Kevue' Cnii.uual
I/ixon it MorelU..
Knorr *- K'.IIa
,'4;\N I'R.VNCISCO

^^Piint:ifiri»N^(i5j^-

\rarci-i Xt T.:i Source
M.;rris * W-ird
H.'irry HayOeii Cp
.-^coi I H's it Vernon
I'.-inpi.uy Kev .
LOS ANtiELES
Pandiges ( 15)
Miizie I^unetle
Ki:a.ii.ii r. iffr. )'a\)line
Harry Cooiicr Co
.\Iton * Wii.i'on
a Tangii.'iy .
on pntje 63)

4«

VARIETY

TIMES SQUARE

Wednesday, October 10, 1928

«k:

ON THE SQUARE

Matching For Wine

One o't tho class bars which opened last week is already doins ii big
buBiness catering to a ritzy crowd and tlgtirinpr on running until pad-
lock proceedings on last summer's pinch get underway.

The take until that time comes, at the present rate, will be more
than sufficient to cover the cost of the prohibition, litigation. Matching
patrons for bottles of champagne is one of the gags that the two
•proprietors work to the limit, they being extremely, fortunate in that

. Anyway, they could afford to lose six Quarts to sell one.

Two Sets of Lyrics

At one- of the ritz bar hideawaiys between the main stem and the
avenue, the colored entertainer who works the tables has a^ flock ^^of
sontfs of >iis own composition. . Each has two versions, one lowdown, the
other cleaned up. The blue lyrics are reserved for the late hangers-on.

Orgy Lunch

One of the eating joints right off the main stem makes a specialty
of a buck and a half luncheon that's a gastronomical knockout, lood
IB served from a buffet table, and menus dispensed with. It consists of
10 hot dishes, half a dozen cold entrees and a like, number of .salads,
^nd usual deserts and drinks. Just a Roman orgy luncheon.

Specs as Chin Fakers

Ticket specs who figured a clean -tap on the Yankee-St. Louis world's
series tickets, took it in the chin. Only the first of the New York games
was capacity, the second game, having fewer fans by more, than 12 000.
Blocks of tickets calling for three games were available for $22, or 7j
cents premium over the actual box office price. ■

The ticket market appears to haVe been actually broken by Tyson^ft
Co.. which agency offered -single tickets at 25 cents premium on the
morning of the Initial battle. This move chased the street specs^. to
coyer, with something of a panic among that mob on 42nd street west of
Broadway.

Meet the Girls

A recently organized club, sponsored by a small time act producer
and consisting mainly of chorus girls, theatre managers and . vaude
agents, has been holding its meetings In the hotel rooms of various of
-the male members of the organization. Organizer of the club Is now
planning to take in all comers at $25 a head with an additional weekly
tax of $2, the opportunity of meeting the girls being held out as the

cjoiivincGr« ■ '

The girls have been gathered into the organization free of all assess-
ments, the organizer selling them on the idea of the advantalges to be
gained by meeting important Broadway producers whom he cla,ims are
liv'ba!ck of his club.

Tickets For Chiselers

. The taxi chiselers suffered brutally along the Main Stem with a
flock of summonses Issued for stationary parking for any length of
time during and after theatre hours. The crusade is on against block-
ing traffic on Broadway and a plain clothes* st^ft attracted periodic
attention issuing tickets, along with the uniformed patrolmen, to any
and all public coliveyances. . '

The cabmen precipitated this through parking in waiting line as early
as 11:15, while theatre motor traffic was still at its height. The cops
didn't mind the line-up in front of the chop suey joints and picture
houses at 11:40. but the cluttering of the Square's traffic right after
the theatres let out -was too much and the drive to teach the boys
a lesson followed.

3 Women and 1 Man
Nabbed in Opium Joint

Four people were arrested in a
raid on the fourth floor of a sump-
tuously furnished apartment at 132
West 72nd street by a squad of
detectives led by Sergeant Fred K
Wilson of CaptAin Henry Scherb's
squad from headquarters.

The women were scantllly attired
when the raid took, place, said Wil-
son. ■ The prisoners were taken to
the West G8th street station and
later spent a few hours In the West
30tli street station until in West
Side Court before Magistrate Henry
Goodman on the charge of being in
possession of an opium layout.

All pleaded not guilty through
their attorney, Frank McCoy, 306
West 54th street. McCoy waived
examination and the three women
were held in $500 ball fo rtrlal In
Special Sessions.

No Bail for Schwartz
The male prlgjpjter, Moe Schwartz,
28, salesman, of 370 Bedford ave-
nue, Brooklyn, was held' without
bail because of having a criminal
record. His lemon sheet showed
that he had done four to 10 years
in Sing Sing for a robbery com
mjtted in Brooklyn.

The women gave tlxeiir names as
Jean Carney. 22, actress. Hotel
(Continued, oh page 47)

HAZEL FARWELL ROBBED Myijierious Anrcsl and

High Bail for 'Fox' Foley

Dancer Beaten by Thggs on Brook-
lyn Street

Hazel Far^ycll, dancer. In "A
Night on Broadway" flash act. Is
confined to the Cumberland Street
Hospital, Brooklyn, N. Y., as result
of injuries suffered when beaten up
and robbed Friday jnprning by two
unknown men at Flatbush avenue
and Nevins street, Brooklyn,

Miss Farwell, 22, and living at
the Piccadilly Hotel. Now York, had
been visiting friends in Brooklyn,
according to police reports. She
was about -to hail a tjixi when the
two unidentiifled thugs dragged her
Into a hallway, stripping, her of
jewelry and $58 In cash. After the
robbery, according to the actress,
the thugs attempted criminal as-
sault, but were frightened by her
outcries. .

BABBER SHOP BOOK

Detectives of Deputy Chief .In-
spector Bolan's staff arrested
Charles Jacobs, 48. waiter, of 612
Bedford avenue, Brooklyn, in a
barber shop at 206 West 48th
on the charge of accepting bets on
horses.

According to the sleutUs they ha,d
Jacobs under observation for some
time.. They said they saw Jacobs
accept alleged bets from several
pei'sons and relay them to Jersey
City. Magistra.te Henry M. R. Good-
man, in West Side Court, ffeed
Jacobs because of lack of evidence.

"Your Honor, the arrest of my
client is just a convenient one. The
police state that he Is wanted iu
Philadelphia as a fugitive. The
charge is absurd. The Philadelphia
police want my client to appear as
a witness in the graft expose there
■ind take this means of having him
taken there." said Joseph Wolfriian.
attorney of 321 West ()4th street,
when "Fox" Poley, address refused,
was . arraigned before Magistrate
Weil on the charge of being a fugi-
tive.

Wolfman was "bitteWn his denun-
ciation of the New York detectives.
He stated that the arrest of "Fox"
was just a subterfuge. Magistrate
Weil, on the motion of Assistant
District Attorney Max Bbllt, fixed
bail at $35,000.

It was then that Wolfman ex-
plained to the court the purpose of
Foley's arrest. W.olfman told the
court that his client would be un-
able to raise any such bail as fixed
and urged the magistrate to set no
bail. Wolfman Is gong before a Su-
preme Court judge for bail reduc-
tion. Poley will have a further hear-,
ing this week.

Poley was arrested at 47th street
and Broadway by Lieut. Joe Daly
of Headquarters. The sleuth was
asked by reporters to shed further
light on Foley's arrest and replied:
"Nothing to say," replied the de-
tective. •

Maloney's Usher Experience
Andrew J. Maloney, who at the age of 43, has been elected president
of the powerful Philadelphia and Reading. Coal and Iron Corp., got part
of his experience as usher and handy boV around a theatre. At 16,
he quit work as a breaker boy in the mines and secured a position in a

(Continued on page 47)

[Movietone's Booth in Sq
On Presidential Nominees

Fox's Movietone Is in for a Times
Square plug on the presidential
campaigns. Work is nearing com-
pletion on a. steel „, booth elevated
over 10 feet above the paveinent in
the middle of Broadway,' off 46th
street.

Talking pictures of the campalgn-
iers will be projected upon another
steel structure about 40 feet away
holding the screen. The Hays' edict
on newsreels assures all showings
until Election Day of a non-partisan
aspect. Projection will start as soon
as wiring Is completed.

MUT GROSS' eetubn

Los Angeles. Oct. 9.
Milt Gross, havlne had his fill of
the picture business, packed up his
bags and left for New York, yrhere
he will resume his more familiar
vocation of writing dialog for pub-
lishers.

NEW YORK THEATRES

FMPIRP Thca., B'way, 40th St. Eva.

8:30. Matinees Wed. & Sat.

HEAVY TRAFFIC

with

MARY BOLAND

BEGINALD rK/VNR

MASON CONROY

Moves to Henry Mlller'8 Thea.*
Monday, .Oct. 15

ANOTHER "JACK'S

Where the Real Crowd Goes

PERCY'S

at 59th on 6th Avenue

n

Last

week

'Pfl^ David B^iusco present*

nACHELOR
O FATHER

By Edward Chlldt Carpenter
with .TUNE WALKER. C. AUBREY
SSntH. OEOFFRKT ItERR
DTTT A CPft Thea., W. 44th St. Eve. 8:30.
OJUUaOUU Mats. Thurs, .& Sati. 2:30.

Open all night commencing tomorrow (Thursday) and

thereafter

No Music— No Dancing— Just a Hangout for the Mob

The Last Stop!

jSTovelties in the food line, besides bargains

cooking a cook can cook guaranteed

«,•

PERCY ELKELES, Prop.

EARL nARROI I Th. go st&7th av

CHRU «^HnnUL.L. Mts. Thu-Sat. 2.3(
• V* l.tliLil/kJ Greatest Rovue

EARL CARROLL VANITIES

with RAY 'DOOI.ET— JOE FRISCO
DOROTHT KNArr nnd 156 BEAUTIES
VINCENT LOPEZ (Himself) & Uis BAND

CHARLE.S UILLINGH.AM Presents

The

High Road

JOE COOK

"RAIN OR SHINE"

GEO. POM AM Thea., D'way & 43d. Evs. 8:30.
m. UUnHlV Matinees WIJD. & SAT., 2:30,

I'lRST TWrE AT POP. PRICES
U'lLT/IAM FOX Presents

DAYV Mother Macliree

ImV/m A with Victor- McL.agIcn,
Tf*, » Belle Bennett,

Kn?K tjX Nell Hamilton

botn fat. Fox-Movietone Ao-

Plr. Roxy oompiutiment
"Tlie Emerald Islo" — A Revue
"ITawalUul Episodes" ^vlth Ramlolpb'B
Royal Ilawnllans

CAPITOL

IVWAT and
61et STREET
Mldnlffht Show NlBUtiy at 11:30

OUR DANCING "'t"
DAUGHTERS

Chester Hale Girls— CAPITOL GRAND
ORCHESTRA, David Mendoza Conductlnf

A New Comedy by Frederick Lonfidnle

■PTTTTftW '16th St. (Mta. Wed. -.Sat. 2 :20
i<UijlUJM w. ofB'yl Nights 8:20

MARTIN BECK Til . 45 .st.-8 Ave. evu.

IVinn i ll>i DCV/IN. g.^j Mta. Wc(l.,.Sat. 2;10
"THIS. LADIES AND GENTIjISMKN,
IS A PLAYI" — St. John Ervino, World.

SMARK rX UROADWAT Rt 47th ST.
tranO ****

Docgs^Opon 1Q.30 A. M,s^cals 35C u'.M:
SEE TVBIMilE In "The Nigh*
HEAR LioVE Wotch"

A First National I'icturo
Warner Bros. Vita- | Fox Movie-
Phono Prcaentatlona I tone News

iSy Philip Dunning.
Staged by Wlnchell Smith.-

'A CLEAN HIT'— Winchcll, Graphic

th

EVA ™^

^^^•^ CLAIBOENE rOSTEE

"GOOD FUN."— N, T. Times.

I ITT-I r THEA. "W. 44 St. Eves.. 8.30
L.1 I 1 LiCi Matinees, Wed. & Sat., 2.30

5

WARNER'S 2 B I G H I TS

AI.

The Singing Fool
Winter Garden s^thM^l

THE

TERROR

Warner Bros. S'i/l^Msz stj

LAST 2 WEEKS

SHOWS
DAILY
2.45-8.45

SHOWS
SAT.,
SUN. &
. HOL. .

3-6-8.4S

A Theatre Giilid Prodnctlon
Evenings 5:30

Strange Interlude

EEPUBLIC

Mats. Wod. & Sat.,
2:30. Eves,, 8:30

DVENTURE

A WW ulny by
•Tolin Willnrd
with Kohortii Arnold

BWAYSr28*ST.
lADieSAFTSr
OUCH. ZS*

58g

12

Titnrs. to Sat., Oct. ll-l*

WILL OAKLAND

(Kinff of the Air)

ESTHER RAt.STON 111 ,
"SAWDUST VAIIADISE"

MARIA VAMONTE

Character Impersonator

MAYO * I>YNN; Othor»,
rhoto-ESTHER RALgfON^
In 'SAWDLST l»ARADI.sB
A $3,000,000 THEATRE
Rapidly noaring completion
Decoration! iindor .way. Will
open soon. FOUR MODERN
LODGE ROOMS NOW RENTING.

EWZAnniir nitiC'E

and IJOVS

■ and
fJS^jH GEORGE XXOYD; OlhN*
IPARI^MEX.! VMoio l^iiiTHEU K.\If TOS
L-1-— i— --J In 'SAWDt'.ST TAKADlf''''

srTRiiMK VAr'nK\'iT,r.F.-ricTr-UKS 1 suii.irty
Al.I. 'riiOiUrcs. Nuou to U- l.(.w ril. vf tvi.'-ci '

Wednesday, October 10, 1928

TIMES SQUARE

VARIETY

43

Chatter in New York

Frieda Laehmann, Vic Watson's
right-hand. Is hack on the American
after a summer In Gei'many.

Jane Winton threw a party for
the local sobbies yesterday: Jane
has just made a picture. "Nothing to
Wear."

In a recent issue of a local tab
the following credit line ran under
a picture for two editions: "(Under-^
world photo.)"

Reference Wizard O'Neill of the
Times has been taken off the local
desk and crowned city ed.

Ludwiff Berger is feeding the
press on board the "Albert Ballin"
on Saturday.

Steve Clow has a hot story on
niorticlans In the next issue of
Plain Talk.

IDrwln Van Swol, of City N'ews,
16 working oil his 11th noyel. .He
■writes a book a week and then tears
them iip. .

Svilliam Haines made a hit with
the press last week by talking about
bis $20 past when interview tradi-
tion demands ancestral wealth for
the men and convents for the fe-
iriales.

Pi-omoters of the Lincoln Memo-
ri^r Pageant at thie Mineola Fair-
grounds have ducked out without
paying the professionals called In to
help the society yolunteers,

Ed.. Johnson, Motion Picture
News, laid up for two •jveeks, is
improving.

Florence Club reopened Thursday
with Kid Sneeze, Billie Cortez, and
Fred Bryan, all colored. ,

Roger Wolfe Kahn took his new
Bellanca on its maiden long hop to
Boston for the opening of "Ameri-
cana," which he composed.

Dolores Cassinelli, former picture
luminary, is now a radio star. She
has been, in: concert since deserting
the films and is now of the "Vpgue"
hour oh the NBC network.

Newspaper Club is getting ready
to stage a two golf tournament
next week out on one of the Lbng
Isl.ind courses.

Harlem is excited by King Vidor's
arrival in town. He's ' after leads
for his all-colorfed film

Tom Van Dyke has retired as
press agent for the Sam Harris
oflflce. Joseph K Shea has aired
New York for talking pictures. His
last flop was "Elmer Gantry;" Hen-
ry Barron, seriously ill for some
time, is on the way to recovery.

Phir Benedict, theatrical printer,
sent ?3 worth of niats up to the
Savoy, Hamilton, Can. He took the
count when word came back the
duty was $32.

Heywood Broun's 10-year-old
Bon, Woodie, Is trying put a board
ing school, Uptoiyri circulating
book libraries ar.e dubbed the book
leggersw

After framing an act and having
some dates booked. Jack Britton
and Ted Lewis, prize fighters, called
it off.

„ Hy Daab is taking a .seven-day
rest in' the Canadlian . woods. He
'believes this is the best time for a
vacation.

Arthur Caesar has gone nuts over
Hollywood. Wallace Sullivan of the
Telegraph is doing his foi'mer col-
umns on The Tatlcr and Social Di-
gest in New York.

Leon, who handled everyone so
- -— nicely 4n - the- Durante places, now
has his own restaurant at 12 West
B2d, and everything okay. Leon was
at the Dover, also the Parody.

Ed Sullivan of the Graphic beat
appendicitis at the Park West Hos-/
pital and is back or will be shortly
. on the job.. He's one pf the two
best men oh the Graphic staff. Be-
tween those two the .Graphic has
been able to keep open.

Joe Pincus hopped back from
Hollywood. He's the talker talent
picker for Winnie. Going back
soon. Step over on that end of the
.line, please.

Will Mishkln, son of the illus-
trious photographer, Dave Mishkin,
Is learning the newspaper racket
from the ground up as a leg man
with the Eve Journal.

At the Mae West show raid, Jim
Timony told a policeman he was
just a: tourist and did not pet a
summons

"White Birds," Lew l.s huncvhinc
along.

ing her new pet mnrmo.sct to do
blackbottoni" steps.

When Ralph. Farnum's . stenog-
raphor takes her Rlas.<!cs off nobody,
seems to know hor. A gent calling
the other day inquired, "Where is
the girl who used to work hevO?"

Sally BurrlM, returned from Eu-
rope, .now u.sos only cii^s treatpd
>ivith her own special French per-
fume.

Sally Rand • has been forging
ahead on the stage" for six years
without a.Aiglit o£ her father, Lieu-
tenant William F. Beck, U. S. A.,
until the othipr day.

Steve Glow and H. R. Bachrach
have opened a. theatrical publicity
ofllce in Brokaw bxiilding.

One" of the new rising st.ars. of
Hollywood was asked if- she had
any other ambition in life aside
from a picture career. She: replied
that she only had one, and that was
to attain a position where she could
call Louella Parsons "Lolly."

J-ieaoh Cross, dentist and ex-pug.
830 East .163d street, is in financial
hockage,. ..according to a i)erson.T,l
bankruptcy petition, showing debts
of $23,366.

Gladys Glad slept all the way to
Sai^atoga on her aeroplane trip.-

Myrna- Darby of "Three Musket-
eers" is considered by iZiegf eld as
ideal in height, breadth . and . color
of hair. .

Charles Winhinger recently won a
croquet match for $i;00 a- side in
Central Park.

Mary Dolores Daly likes Pat
Robney, 3rd; Pat reciprpcates.

Not finding a chauffeur Viyienne
Sogal thinks she Is going to drive
her new Mercedes herself.

Marilyn Miller has a new. Rolls-
Royce, while Helen Morgan is dash-
ing about in an Isotta Fraschini.
All high-powered stuff.

Sophie Tucker took Lady Mount-
batten to the cotton Club last week.

Lester Allen . made friends with
many of the big cannon and bomb
boys when playing in Chicago. Npw
when the rods frotn Chi visit New
York Lester first laughingly frisks
them arid then takes therrt around
the town.

George Romanoff, for two years
with Earl Carroll's "Vanities," but
loafing of late, has turned again to
prpfesslonfil iwrestlirig, v' '

Semlrofficlal reports have it that
John Coolidge wlH marry . Florence
Trumbull late in December at the
White House. Young Coolidge at
present Is employed as a clerk, at
the general offices of the. New Ha-
ven Railroad but after his marriage
he will take an executive position
with a western road headquartered
in. Chicago.

Picturing Celebs -at Percy's

PcTiy's the new and elaborately
embolli.shed restaurant on 6th av-
enue, near 59l,h street, ^ill be full of
celebs tomorrow (Thursday) night.
Paramount news reel is going to got
them for a clip In its service.

It's all for the new Paramount
theatre in Brooklyn, opening in No-
vember. Ben Scrkovitoh, asslst(*d
by Joe Lee, is handling the ad-
vance publicity. Big thing, say. Ben
and Joe who how claim Brooklyn
is a re.gular city. They had never
been over there before.

Greenwich Village

By lEV? JVJJii

Lillian Lqrraine S.ues
An of the New York dailies print-
ing Lillian Lorraine was broke when
she entered the Park West Hospital,
New York, recently for an operation,
have been sued for damages by Lil.
Papers were filed shortly aftV^r Miss
Lorraine left .the hospital, cured.

Some of. the stories were a bit
rough.

. Bristol Phonies
Waterbury, Conn., has suddenly
pone movie conscious over their
Bristolphone product. Visitors
coming ' back to town report hotel
rates on . the upgrade and the
barbers full of movie talk, rriost of
it gleanied from.the fan mags. Thie
manicurists- also are reported most
amiable with clients connected with
the talkers, . ,

. The choW joints also' force extra
service, on the visiting show nahies,
competing to be spotted as the
Waterbury Montmartre.

The Gang Hears

The gang in town was entertained
by reports that one of . the visiting
screen stars was living at .an ob-
scure hotel because she was broke.
The star has made three under
cover visits to town this year but
this was the first to Icak.^ That's a
lot of transcontinental traveling for
a short roll.

The Visits are coi.ncidentally
timed for the presence Of the boy-
friend. But the romance hasn't yet
been sniffed by the bloodhounds of
the tabs.

Letter Writing Boy

A few years ago a bashful sopho-
rtiore from Astabula, after a lone-
some month in a hall bedroom in a
Village rooming house, wrote me a
long letter. It was the kind of
epistlo I would have answorod at
once in person, but his experience
was too realistic to be true. I sus-
pected a hoax of spme kind..

The boy complained that he had
not met a single real person in four
weeks, one who could discuss Keats
.ind Millay and first editions, one
who didn't merely wine aiid . wor-
.ship women, :

He had di.s.covoreu a delightful
rod ink and spaphotti place where
many of the kind he wanted to
meet could be found. When I saw
him come into this rendezvous
alone and looking his part, I sensed
at once that he Wa:S''the boF who
had written me. I Called him. by
name and ho came to my table.

He had hoped to establish him-
self as a lien pushor with pay in
a few months. 1 introduced him to
.several kindred .-spirits. But he was
not a social being. He simply
could not . carry oti a conversation
if more than one person was . pres-
ent. His savings gave out and' he
sold precious first editions to pay
his rent.

lie moved to a cheaper yet more
comfortable basemeht room on
Sheridan square. Eventually he
went to work In a bank which paid
him less than a living. Mostly he
lacked age and experience to make
a ..go of things.

The second time his fond mother
visited him he hesitated about re-
turning with her to his home and to
school. But. a deceiving telegram
announcing her serious Illness a
few weeks later and a one-way
ticket took him back to the folks!

Druggist, After 'Mildred/
Called Wrong Number

Harry Me.rrlnp, 40, druggist, of
664 Lexirtgtoh avohue, wa."^ found
gililly on the charge of disorderly
conduct by iVIa«istr.T.te Weil in
West Side Court. ■ JIo rocoivod a
.suspended sohtence. Morriiip was
arrested by Dotecttvcs John Muller
and Francis Cassidy of the West
6Sth street station.

The; complainant, GJeorge Ed-
wards, college instructor and wlioso
father is In tlie show busine.ss,. de-
clared that his phone has rung at
parly hours In the morning , and
that he has been abu.sed by Mer-
rlng,

Edwards resides at 106 Central
Park West.. Several times the phone
has rung and the voice at the
other end asked for "Mildred." The
Edwards declared that JVIerring was
the caller,

Meri'Ing denied the ch.arpe. He
said that he called a different . num-
ber and abused no one. The court
felt d iff oronitly. . •

. Add voluntary bankruptcies:
Peggy Worth, actress, 100 W. BBth
street; liabilities $4,434; assets,
.$1,309.

Work Never Charges

John Flint Dllle, president of the
National Newspaper Service of Chi
cago, syndicate manager for Mil-
ton C. Work, the bridge expert, en-
tirely refutes the story here of two
weeks ago that a woman , pa:id $200
to Mr. Work foi advice on bridge.

Not a word of truth' In it, said
Mr, . Dille, and Such a story could
be injurious to Mr. Work If be-
lieved by thb.se who might wish
to' propound bridge- questions to
him.

Mr. Dille makes the positive state-
ment that Mr. Work has never
^charged any one any money for
advice on bridge.

Sourkraut Gyp

Since sourkraut juice has been
adopted as the tenderloin pick-me-
up, the price has .skyrocketed. A
few months ago the pungent dope
was given away at 11 cents per
quart can- Now . the, . eat bazaars
get 35 cents for a small glass and
the delicatess takes forty-nine for
a fancy bottle with a national label
loaded • with scientific dietary
hokum, •

The stuff comes from upstate and
Is a by-product costing about three
cents pier gallon.

Soph and the Lady

"The last of the red hot mammas"
as the Palace billing says, squeezed
out of the publicity jam through
Lady Montbatten. Soph steered Her
Ladyship over the environs of the
Square last week. She told the
EnplLsh title everything was jakc
and to follow her.

Leo Morrison spent eight weeks, in
Hollywood, listening to and about
talkens, then came back. Leo is an
agent and such a fast worker he
hasn't time to grow. Fair amateur
press agent, too.

Dinty Moore and his orchestra,
at Arthur MacLean's Hunter Island
Inn, arc repopularizing the rbad
house on the Pelham road. Mac-
Lean has the place alone again

Alice Ridenor's Escape

Alice Ridenpr blew the Club Mad
rid after a steady run of over a
year. Alice burned when Abel called
her an Institution in a notice. When
Abel repeated, Alice quit. The
blonde singing hoOfer is probably
headed for a musical.

The new Village square formed
near the Minettas by the extension
of 6th avenue would be appropri-
ately named aftier Edfjar Allan Poe.
Poc nursed his isick wife neari)y oh
Carmine street many years ago.

$50 "Art" Penalty

Isadore Cohen, 54, manager of
the Fifth Avenue Playhouse, was
convicted of exhibiting Indecent
paintings In the theatre and sen
fenced to a fine of $00 or 10 days
in the Workhouse by the Justices
In Special Sessions. He paid the
fine.

According to John S. Sumner of
the Vice Society who caused
Cohen's arrest on July 3, the latter
allowed tw^o undes by a Greenwich
Village embryo artist to be hung
up in the theatre.

tV'hen arrested Cohen said he had
done the artist a favor by exhibit
Ing the paitings. in the theatre, the
artist pleading that this was the
best way for him tp become known

Chatter in the Loop

INACCURATE BipGRAPHIES
Frederick Donaghey

Fredrriric ("Our Fred") Dona-
phey, drama critic of the Chicago
Tribune, is the best loved ndse-
thumber In the world. Early In hla
career he won the undying esteem
of theatre mana.ger8 by attending
opening nights in full dreSs with
a pansy in his buttonhole, thus
shaming other critics who thought
id blue shirt good enough for aiiy
punk opening. ■

As a child Donaghey wanted to
be an iactor, or ac-tor, as he calls
it, and spent hours behind the barn
imitating Tod Lewis. This brought
such a lump to his throat that little
Fred became a company manager.

Next hear of him as ".Our Fred."
the drama critic, on the Tribune,
for hi.s room and board. Meanwhile
Donaghey had earned enough money
writing tombstone epitaphs to buy
a full dress suit. Donaghey has
never forgotten his o'wn early strug-
gles, and is known as the prisss
agents' rich uncle.* He is constant-
ly pestering the hoys for press mat-
ter and usually runs It verbatim
with a . by-line. One p, a, had to ring
in pictures, of his own family In
order to fill a Sunday rotogravure
page.' Donaghey had given him.

Fred Is the most widely quoted
critic in Chicago, and possibly in
the Loop, Any one peru.sing the
theatrical advertising cplumns of a
local piaper will find that Donaghey
thinks a show Is bully. If he Isn't
quoted. It's because he. didn't think
the show was bully.

Donaghey may be seen any open*
Ing night walking arm in iirm with
Ashton Stevens and handing out
cigars tP p. a.'s.

Limit for Hotel Beat

•Slan^ for sap.

.Bland Explains
The Hugh' Ken ts (Bland Johan-
neson, the Mirror movie crickltt)
explain their converted Christian
Science domicile In Staten Island as
an about face on. the picture indus-
try, stating that if the movies have
their cathedral.s,. why shouldn't the
flicker critics, ditto?

.Trypn in Doubt

After announcing that "he had a
nice big room in an expensive" hfftel,
Glenn Tryon,: the first day in the
U home omce from the coast, looked
around nervously. "I'm going to see
Manny Goldstein right away. Then
I. will know if I'm really staying
tlvcrg:"'^ ' ' ^ '

Oh the Skids

One of the high-powered press
agents pn Times Square has .sud-
denly gone on the ritz, for reason.s
the former cronies haven't been
able to dope. He pulled a fainting
.spell when repPrters recently
cornered him in reference to a
star's marriage and dismissed them
with, a thick Oxford accent.

Even the local advertising staffs
are getting a hunk of the whims-
icality. He lias been side-stepping
contracts, squawking for line-ups,
demanding pro reviews and acting
coquettish generally.

The boys downtown assume, the
lad is on the skids and . is using old-
fashioned tactics to pad the
master's press book. Several
papers have ganged to .igijoFe the
baby until he ■eoffic.'i' down to earth.

Chevalier Touted

. Maurice Chevalier, the French
comedian, Coming oyer for .P.'irii-
mount, is apt to stand the mob' over
here on their oars from advance
reports. They claim Chovallor i.'^
the acc of all juves and don't cxvcy,*.

Lew' T-iO.slie think.s

An unusually harsh sentence was
given Joseph Klein, 22, a salesman
of WInthrop, Mass., by the Justices
In Special Sessions after he had
pleaded guUly to defrauding the
Hotel Roosevelt out of a board bill
for $48.

Klein was sentenced to the peni-
tentiary for a term not to exceed
three years. He had stopped at the
Roosevelt from Sept. 14 to Sept.
17-and -left -without Rcttling^the bill.
He was later arrested and it was
learned that complaints against him
had been made by other hotels.

Billy Weinberg, manager of the
United Booking Agency, and Monty
Brooks, assistant, both act as m. c.'s
in the stagehand shows they book.

Publicity breaks for dance mara-
thons are getting, fewer and fewer.

EEPUBLICAN STAGE TALKERS

, Chicago, Oct, 9,
■ Lo'cal Rcp.ubllca,ns.. have hlred..t,hc
National theatre, 62nd and. Halstcad
strieets, and will have P^'^ praters
dish out Republican propaganda be-
tween the acts of the Horace SIstare
Stock players.

A hoofer who hasn't worked for
montlKs, and hangs around Randolph
street in his stage- Glotrhcs, always,
alibis that he has just had his pic-
ture taken.

chimpanzee
street.

directly , across the

Jack Buchanan

... uu« uuc puice aione u«u.m. • - he's got a chance to grab Chevalier
Bee Jack.son Is said to bo teach"- after the film work for a nc;\ shov%.

"==™=TIt^W rndovtf=Bal ly=-H oo-

Vilma Banky's portrait and an
offer of $100 fur the best n.ume for
a transr'aront velvet draws mobs of
fcmnifs to the Mallison .silk window
on Icjwfr Gth avenue. The .velvet's
nanuj lias to have Vilina's in it.
You liavo to push througli the ninb
to A'(|.'id the offvr.

lhh» is a tough .spot to hold
winrtow interest f'.r the, skirts, 'for
Ihcde is a pet shop w.ith a baljy

That New Place

The new Automat on 8th avenue
h.as a- mezzanine with tables below.
Word is going around that the bus
girls wear starched dresses and no
bloomers..

Plain clothes men from the de-
tective bureau are now visiting Chi-
cago taxi dance, academies, danc-
ing, with the girls, and arresting
those wlio Indulge, in objectiohaible
dancing.

Chi drama • critics apparently
rate each other as sO much horse-
radish. There aren't a pair of pals
in the pack.

So unique is the affection they
hold for each other that the critic
on one of the two' papers owned
by the same, company attempted
to pan the critic on the other paper
in print. The latter caught the pan
before it wont to pi'fss and took It-,
up with superiors, it was jerked.

-A

Scalping Due Bills

Due bills arc the undercover
.slderackct of one of the uptown
new.«-p<'ipermcn. Most of the pub-
lications accept due bills in ex-
change for hr;t(;l advertising. Thi.s
liul buys up the .due bills at tlif
usual. half rate and r(•^^^•llf^ tli'.rn fni"
a ix'rr'ontago, pock'-ting all ov'-r tli"
half . that he can gf-t.

Tlio liU.«inoss pay.s.

jThe^jnar ath-o nJ danco _i)lio J )la,.,ha 3
finally hit the Loop. Back room of
the large orange drink Cdncesslon
oppo.siti.' the Oriental sovrntl iJalrs
of sl( f-l> walkcr.s jiiay bo looked at
for four bits. Tlic .jdace is also
iH'lng used for public dajifing.

That "llullcluj.'th I'm a Bum" ditty
is bl'K'lxing Irrifli'' out.-^ld.- a rceord
! sliop on lland'iltih Mn.'ct. V.igs
J .stand and . listen to it by the hour.

44

VARIETY

EDITORIAL

Wednesday, October 10, 1928

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Before me, a Notary Public In and, for
the State and County aforesaid, personally
appeared ,Harold Erlcbs, vs'ho, baving been
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yiublishcr, editor, managing editor, and

buBlnesa manager, are:

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Is Show Dirt Box^Office Pay Dirt?

The Mae West pini-li of "The Pleiisuro Man" wag not une.xi)crli^d.
Tile Times sqiitire • wi.so mob, Hvinpr In their own centralized fiphoro,
and hvor.so a» thoy .are to traveUnj^.heyond its wolcomlner confine.'^, for
ouoe f)r;\.ved the siibways and the brld{?e.s to the Broax and Quoen.s
boroiifih-s for a load of the latest thins in Wild West operas.

. After a sample; of the surjiical exposition, as disclo'sed in "Tlie Plea.sure
M.an," v^'ith its attendant "drag" scenes by the useless sex who dominate;
the Cii.st numerically, the reports for once were substantiated in a m'iin-
ner that belied any dubious opinion that such things are; as a rule,
grossly exaggerated. If anything, the play was exaggerated In its premise.

The West pinch is indicati.ve of ' a curious trend in the theatre these
eiarly riew'-seasbn days. At least three other stage pro'ductiohs are hold-
ing forth which discourage patronage by the average unsophisticated
public. At least two, and possibly the third, present themselves to the
most hardened as sliows not fit not alone for children but for the earis
of one's mother, wife or sweetheart.

That the theatre in its efforts to strike pay-dirt at the box office
through the medium of lewdness, filth and. smut/ Whether, delicately or
indelicately treated, or whether humorously, dramatically or preachingly
presented, is treading on dangerous ground- in inciting the wrath of the
official legislato'rs, is quite obvious. Why it should not be content with
reflecting saner contemporary situations Is open to question. If the
stage is supposed to mirror life as it is, why it should reflect the baser,
viler, perversive things in it. Is, of coui-se, explained by the box office.

That theatrical dirt strikes pay dirt is true — for a time; a very limited
tinae. A play must haV* sturdier basic merit than filth behind it.
Especially today. In these ultra-niodern times of dlsiilusio'nment, frank-
ness, hyper-sophlstieatio'n and the ready knowledge of The Facts of Life,
there's no need for tnlrrorlng the muck and mire and the frailties of
humankind on any platform before a niixed audience.

The . newspaper drama which is one of the three similarly dubious
plays on the bo'ards at the moment, will survive more on its merits a;s
a theatrical property, possessing something of the elements of aC" good
play— very few — but more than. the. loose -jointed, exhibltionis'tic perver-
sions of "The Pleasure Man." The remaining two are quite skeptical
for box office loYigevity. One is a musicar with a theme not dissimilar
to "The Pleasure Man," iand the other by ,an egocentric roustabout freak
litterateur who conceived the happily commercial idea of capitalizing
himself at the expense of a powerful industry^ — the cinema. In his play,
whether it's the fault of his original source or the adapters, he has re-
course to' one of the lewdest, foulest expressions yet aired on a public
rostrum.

Legit biz has been bum. That's the general cry. The smashes alone
have been doing something. There isn't the liullabaloo and excitement
of the theatre as usually attends ixri early season start. More legit
houses are dark today, untenanted, than has been the case in Broiidwaj*
entrepreneurship in many a season. '

On the other hand the picture houses are over-flowing. Legit $3.50
houses are converted into $2 picture theatres and still there are more
legit houses dark.

Inside Stuff— Legit

Road shows booked into outlying West Coast houses, fllling in with
pictures between legit bookings, are finding their contracts now call for
them to pay for stage hands and all advertising in, place of the old
sharing an-angement based on percentage.

Houses furnish department heads back stage, and front of house crew,
tiie show, pa j's for all features directly co'nnected with its presentation.
On this basis a show playing 75-25 Is actually getting between CO and
70, it i(3 claimed.

Meantime the legits find themselves over-seated on every night of the
week. Attractions come in and out with great rapidity. A good. clean
show happens along and it clicks in spite of all the "dope" and deduc-
tio'n.

15 YEARS AGO

{Frorn Variety and Clipper)

Vaudeville road shows opened
favorably. One with Gertrude Hoff-
man, Mile, Polaire and Lady Rich-
ardson did around $15,000 in a week
of one-nighters. Vaudeville chiefs
were worried. '

First talk was heard of the Metro-
politan opera house moving uptown.
The 40th street site at Broadway
was thought too valuable to long
exist as a theatre.

This sums up into the conclusion that the public has been e.therized
with dirt, nauseated with smut, sickened and shamed into 'patronizing
safer and saner entertainment.

Box office dirt isn't striking pay dirt.

And it may bring down upon itself ehtangiements, complications, re-
strictions and qualifications of a character which even the legit pro-
ducers will have to admit were indiiced by them and tcit their own
benefit.

Inside Stuff— Pictures

Marceline the clown (who com-
mitted suicide not long ago) had
just returned from a disastrous
foad tour. Now he was going into
pictures.

Wllliani , Biyiks, _ play censor of
Toronto, tried to getli"rullhg"^f^^
the Canadian government barring
objectionable plays from the States,
Immigration officials refused to au-
thorize, an exclusion ruling on plays
or players, leaving if to local au-
thorities to act if performances
were, against public morals.

50 YEARS AGO

{From Clipper )

A benefit at the Fifth Avenue
theatre for the yellow fever suf-
ferers brought together so many
eminent stars the managers thoiight
they wei'e justified in charging $2
a seat. Stars included Edwin
Booth, Joseph Jefferson, Mary An-
derson and John McCuliough,
among others.

=^Tschaikowski-s- symphony ^^iVFran--
feesca dl Rimini" was played for the
first time In Moscow to great public
acclaim.

Announcement was made of the
first autumn athletic tournament of
the ManhattaS Athletic club on its
field at Eighth avenue between 56th
and 57th streets. (This field re-
mained a playground .until the new
Hearst building was completed a
few months affo.)

(Continued from page 25)
was one of . the prime movers and added the director In question was
to be president of the organization.

Apparently, this catch didn't Worry any of the Los Angeles news-
papers, as, without exception they all published the yarn, Even the
director began to believe it and called up his p. a. to find out when
the first meeting was to be held.

Jack Dempsey, as ex-champ and star, has been the only o'ne on the
-outside-"able to crash the gate Into H. -M. -Warner's ofllce; Despite
the heavy stock buying and Fir.st National-Stanley pow wows during
the past week the Warner president has admitted Dempsey into his
sanctum three times.

Whether Jack Is going into Vitaphone as an Individual or with his
entire show, "The Big Fight", is ..more than you. can get out of H. M.,
who won't even discuss mergers.

The marital troubles of a well known screen couple quickly . dis-
solved when the husband passed away. The wife who had not lived
with him for six months prior to his death went into hysterics at the
bier and the outsiders believe their marriage was one of bliss and., per-
fect co'ntcntment, When the will, was probated an insurance policy
of $40,000 which the Writer took out after separating from his wife was
paid over to her. Then It was discovered that divorce proceedings had
been filed.

One of the major benefits to be derived from the present regeneration
of the picture business is the many opportunities the new ischeme of
things is affording new talent.

Prior to tho advent of sound pictures it was necessary for any artists,
technician or craftsman to become firmly established In the picture
business and show the producer a sample of his work before he would
talk to' them. But now on the coast It is not "What have you done" but
"What can you, do." _ ^

"Gentlemen of the. Press," which moved from Henry Miller's to tho^
4Sth Street Monday, has been taken over by Jones and Green and will bo
pushed via cut rat^s. The. piece was originally presented by Jackson
and. Kraft, who retain an interest.

: The attraction niay be taken to Chicago during the fall, backed by
Otis "Taylor who has a bit in the show, Otis Is said to be related to th«
Otis elevator family.

John Breeden appearing in Duffy's stock productio'n of ""The Shannons
of Broadway" at the El Capitah, Hollywood, as the juvenile lead, is 6n«
of- the wealthiest of San Francisco's young society men. Breeden went
to Work fo'r Duffy in the Alcazar Company two years ago. He flnally
won his spurs as the lead and was especially brought to Hollywood.

Th^ yo\ing man Is reputed to be worth $3,000,000 in his own right
through .the death of his father a number of years ago. His nmother
married a second time, John McNeir, reputed one of the wealthiest men
in Northern California, having a fortune estimated at $25,000,000.

Underlying causes of the .current split between Oliver Morosco and
Mrs. Selma Paley-Morosco on the Los Angeles court records have*
come to surface In New .York. , .

According to reports Morosco, destitute, after two flops in an atr
tempted comeback as a producer on the cOast, appealed to his son
Walter Morosco, by previous marriage for a financial lift. Walter, hus-
band a.nd manager of Corrine Griffith and more or less estranged from
his father after his mother, Mrs. Anna Morosco, divorced him, naming
Morosco's present; wife as corespondent, agreed to set his dad up in a
dramatic school with proviso that his present wife Would not be al-
lowed to interfere in, the enterprise or else , Walter would withdraw
suppo'rt.

Despite promises Walter learned that Selma Paley-Morosco liad been
m'eddling around the enterprise and demanded that his father live up
to promise or else. Morosco, it is said, without choice, ordered his
wife Out of the school. That precipitn ted the ro'w which reached tho
divoi'ce courts and Oliver interposing no defense to the divorce action.
It is based on cruelty charges.

Frank C. Payne is now editing the T. P. R. O. A. magazine, The Quill,'
put out by the press agents* organization for several years. Dixie
Hines, its regular editor, is seriously ill and unable to carry on the work.

, Loew's New Rochelle, N. T., now playing legit shows, is operated by
the Loew circuit with Shubert bo'okings.

For the first time the First National has been working on a picture
for six woi'ks with only two people in the cast, Milton Sills and Doro'thy
Mackaill, in "Changelingsi," (Jeorgc Fitzmaurice directing. It will add
other members to the cast when ready for the courtroom scenes.

;The, stories they tell in Hollywood about Xbe and Julius Stern, short
subject producers for U, are all the bunk, according to Abe. "We
should worry," he adds.

Abo, just in from the west coast, denies even the lion story.

"We don't use lions when ^ we should use wolves. We get them,"
said Abe in discounting the best known of the fables about the Stern

An unusual turn-around of a paper's oi-iglnal opinion was the iBostoh
Transcript's rave about "Just a Minute" (which opened at the Am-
bassador, New York, on Monday) after some one else in the
"Transcript" dramatic department panned the musical harshly. On
Sept. 10, almost a month prior to' the Bo.ston evening paper running
a second review of the show, "Take the Air" and.. "Golden Dawn"
opened simultaneously with, the third, musical show, "Just a Minute,"
the latter suffering' on the notices.

Anticipating possible legal detention,. Dorothy Sands is spoken of aa
Mae West's successor in ^'Diamond Lil" should the flamboyant authoress-
star run afoul of the law again in connection with the suppressed
"Pleasure Man."

Miss Sands' imitation of Miss West in the "Grand St. Follies" thia
summer was a highlight of that revue. Jack Linder is said to; have
offered Miss Sands $1,000 a week as "Diamond Lil's" successor.

brothers idea of production eco'nomy, making the script accommodate
only the animals they feed. in Universal City.

When the Ascher Bros, in Chicago appeared before Federal Judge
Wilkerson with a plea to have the Ascher Bros, circuit lifted out of
bankruptcy and returned to their management,' they intended to show
proof of a $500,000 loan which was to haye been furnished them for
payment of pressing debts and operation of the houses from the M. K.
Goodman Co. ;

At the time of the hearing they had not received commitment on the
loan, and were unable to convince Judge Wilkerso'n of their ability to
resume control of the circuit. Creditors previously had indicated they
would accept a mortgage on the houses for the amount of their bills if
the Aschers were put in charge.

The Aschers will again present their plea as soon as they receive
co.mmltment; on the loan.

D.. W. Griffith will take a speaking role in the next dialog picture he
is to direct on the coast. His early training was legit.

George Fitzmaurice, film director; sent George Landy, p.a. chief at
First National, the shortest radiogram on record. Landy. cabled to
Fitzmaurice, who has been trying to photograph exteriors for "Change-
ling", in . Hawaii, during a month of rain, asking if , the director were
bringing anybody or anythng native from the Island that would make a
publicity gag on the return of the troupe to Burbank.

Back came the reply: "Nothing. Fitz.."

Bill Gerringer of the Saenger Circuit, south, lately left New York for
his New Orleans home. Bill . had gotten a nice notice, in Variety
through having hung around Broadway long enough so it was time,
lie blew.

Before leaving Bill climbed four flights of stairs to yelp over having
misspelled his name. Mr. Gerrlnger .says the proper way is Gueringer,
according to the French and his antecestors, but to Variety Bill is still
Gerringer and that goes- for his peach wife also.

These crackers when up north sometimes are terribltv And Mrs.
Gerringer should hear what some of the .iilm .salesmen call Hill iC slie
still thinks he's perfect.

A short while ago Variety reported th;it in Texas .'^evi-riil .cliamlior.s
"o'r^cy min eTW" li?lU-"jffOni!" tO""^

in the latter's attempt to keep their houses open in face of depressing
l>u.><iness. Like occurrences but not en bloc as in TL-.^asr ii.ul previously
been reported in Variety in isolated in.stances.

The Texan story is said to Inve stirred up many an indepondenl ex-
hibitor throughout the land. Exhibs are just about commencing to
realise that d(?spite the co'ndition of their own business af tlie box of-
fice, their theatre has drawn profitable trade to the town's stores, down-
town or neighborhoods, away from or adjoinin,g the theatre.

It is on this basis that tho exhibs are calling upon the chnnibor <>f
commerce or lo'cal merchants for substantial support in continuing ti"*
keep the theatre operating, or else.

Wednesday, October 10, 1928

LEG IT I M A T E

VARIETY

49

AGENTS FIGHT EQUITY

SHUBERTS WIN DECISION
OVER COMEDIAN

Supreme Court Justice's Views
on Rogers' Contract With
Billy House

Not only because ,of his disbelief
that Billy House, of Shuberts'
"Luckee Girl" at the Casino, New
Tork, Is unique alid extraordinary,
but also because of certa;lh techni-
cal points in the contracts involved,
did Justice Valente in the N. Y.
Supreme Court decide for the Shu-
berts. House (or William H. Com^
stock, as he is known in private
life) remains in the show. Harry
Rogers sought to yank him out
of it.

Rogers brought the injunction ac-
tion against tho Shubert Theatre
Corp,, J. J. Shubert and House, al-
leging a prior contract with the
comedian. House worked for Rogers
in vaudeville a:cts from 1923 to 1928,
the contract expiring Sept. 1 of this
year. Rogers alleged that prior to
Its expiration a new contract super-
seding, the bid, guaranteeing flouse
J350 a wee^t, was closed, but the
comedian scored In the courts on
the ground he had allegedly insisUd
the renewal arrangement be with
Rogers individually, as before, and
not with the Harry Rogers Theat-
rical Enterprises, Inc.

The court also frowns upon
Rogers' , attempt to sell House's
services to Shuberts at $1,000 a
week. Rogers alleged he refused to
accept $1,000 and held out for $1,100
a week with the proviso also that
he okay any show House goes into
on the ground he (Rogers) could
make more for and with the com
-edian in vaudeville, having Keith
route all laid out.

Furthermore, Justice Valonte
questions the Justice of an Inter
locutory injunction being Issued
whenever a^ reasonable doubt ex-
ists such as has been raised here
with showmen, on behalf of Shu
berts, interposing affidavits dis
puting House's ability a,s iart unique
and. extraordinary performer.

Walloping Vocafilm

The most juggled of the many
untried talker devices, Vocafllm, Is
now practically fatherless. Option
held on it by three legit producers
has expired.

Too many hands in tlie pot have
hit this talker a worse wallop than
Its brothers and sisters in their
respective incubators. Just what
Is going to happen to It is a mys-
tery, even to t'-iose vi'ially concerned
in its promotion.

"Ladder" Going?

. Looks like the chronic an-
emia which set In right after
'"The Ladder" opened almost
two years ago would result In
the dismise of the world's most
expensive flop very soon.

The show has until Nov. 10
to stay at the Cort under pres-
ent rental arrangements.

Edgiar B. Davis, who has
burned up more than a million
in the show, has until Oct. 13
to decide whether he will ex-
tend the rental for. another
six months maybe.

Davis sends best wishes by-
cable from far off lands In
the Indian ocean, perhaps hop-
ing the grosses have grown.
Latelj they have just topped
? iOO on the week. He threat-
ened to Close th6 troupe early
In November if the public did
not change its mind.- The fear
is that he may change'- his
mind. ■

NO. 2 "BLACKBIRDS

First 2d Colored Co, Going to Coast
^N. Y. Troupe for Europe in
Spring

mmm
m nuiius

Counsel Engaged by Most
Important Agencies for
U. S. Court Actions-; — In-
junction Application May
Allege Restraint of Trade
and Deprivation of Live-
lihood—Decision on Price
Fixing Included

WHAT AGENTS DO

Bronx 0. H. Out

— The" ^Bron-x "- Opera- house will
pass out as an attr.action home
after Nov. 3.. It hixs been a ispoke
In the subway circuit for years but
Was one of tho weakest.

Last /eek the gross was $2,100
and washed up. It i."? operated by
Sam H. Harris, A. H. Woods and
The Shuberts.

Teller's Shubert cbangod to Tell-
er's Brooklyn is reported roopen-
Ing under new management. The
Teller interests went out when the
receiver stepped. In.

What Is claimed to be the first
number two colored show on record
is that of "Blackbirds," how re-
hearsing under Lew Leslie for the
road. Its caist is stronger in names
than the original, the road line-up
being Gertrude Saunders,. Aida
Brown, Joyner and Foster, Wllhe
Green, Jessie Zachary, Worthy and
Thompson, Emmett Anthony, Har-
riet Calloway, Aarons and; Palmer,.
Sid Stain and Bob Barrington.

New York "Blackbirds" moves to
the Eltinge next week and is ex-
pected to stick well through the
new season. It has been selling out
since copier weather arrived. The
.show iiad.been routed out and "Mr.
Moneypenny" in, record business
not haVirig been anticipated at this
stage of the run. Leslie is reported
having offered $5,000 to Chahning
Pollock to permit a switch of
"Moneypenny" bookings to another
house, but Pollock declined.

The number two "Blackbirds"
will play the major cities and tour
to the Coast, the first company be-:
ing due to sail for Europe next
spring.

Wayburn's Own Revue

Ned Wayburn makes his debut
r ! a Broadway revue producer on
his own with Wayburn's "Gambols."
It will mark his first iBroadway
production since the 1923, edition of
the Ziegfeld "l-'ollies."

Since then the dancing master
has been concentrating on hif5
school and producing upwards of
500 vaude acts. Junior Leaguer and
kindred amateur and semi-pro
.shows.

The "Gambols" will not include
ta.lcnt -from his school, exqepting
a novelty dancing chorus.

Ervine's Opinions

The morning World'.s critic,
St. John Krvine, brought over
from London to review "Broad-
way," witnessed four . now
productions .last weok. He
thought:

"Billie"— Good.

"The Command Performance"

—Bad. ■

"Pofscssiou" — :Biid.

"L'lnvltation Aii Voyage"—
Bad.

AGENTS' UNION PRESSES
CLOSED SHOP STAND

BOB MILTON'S TALKER

Stage Producer Directs His First
Picture, "The .Dummy," for Par

Stock's Takachance Wk.

Minneapolis, Oct. 9.

A. G. Balnbrldgc, manager of the
dramatic stock at the Shubert here,
is copping the "tako-a-chancc"
week idea from the picture houses.

At the Shubert next week his com-
pany will offer "the unnamed mys-
tery/' with the_ public jn^ coniiii^'tc
"J{jn<5i-]fficG"as"^
authorship of the play.

QUIET

All proaucer.s, particularly 11>C-
shoestring boys, attompting to put
on risque dramas arc lying 1'jW un-
til after the storm blows over.

Four producers with plays all set
liave found th(>ni.sclvcs without
backing and are forced to wait.

100% Stage Cast

In Coast Talker

Los Angeles, Oct. 0.

Paramount, now producing "Half
an Hour," has engaged a 100 per
cent stage cast with the eixcoption
of Joyce Coad, 8-year-old, without
si age "experience but has had long
time before the camera.

Cast includes Ruth Chatterton.
IT. B. Warner, Robert Edcson, Ethel
Wales, Wilfred Noy.

William DeMillc also from the
stage is directing.

It will be a 100 per cent talker.

'GESTURE*S" LOST SHOW

Albany, Oct. 9. .

"SlianKhai Gj^st u ro/;^ _ umU» ^Ti"-" •
r.oslie .Cart<>r, book^'ii at tlm fTa"r"f«l
for thrtMj flays, missod a pcrfonn-
aiico last night dun to tlie illness
of Glaflys Ilcanfy, .second fcpimo
load. Miss lloaney was oporated
upon for appendicitis at tlie. Albany
Hospital about an hour before the
curtain was scheduled to go up.

Xo uiulerstudy was carried for
tho n.lo, but a substitute was sent
on from Nf.-w York.

Intimation that Equity is badly
jammed lip over what' is charged
as .an arbitrary set of rules re-
cently adopted and designed to
harness casting agents and personal
representatives for legitimate play-
ers, is gathered from several lead-
ing agents. The latter assert that
the new Equity rules are unfair,
inequitable aind deliberately framed
to wipe out all casting agenciiis.

Litigation in the United States
court<e isi imminent.

None of tho Important agents
conceded by Equity to rate as per-
sonal representatives, charging 10
per cent, of salaries as their fees,
has signed the agents' permits or
licenses waiting in Equity's oflTice.
Most of the smaller agents have
signed oii the dotted line. Edulty
stated the tlnie limit would expire
yesterday (Oct. 9), after which
time their members would not be
permitted to do business with those
agents not signatory to the rules

The personal . representatives,
formed into a sort of association
with Nathan Burkan &a counsel.,
have detied Equity. An injunction
will be sought restraining Equity
from attempting to enforce a price
fixing rule which was decided to be
unconstitutional by the Supreme
Court, in passing judgment on a
state law. This decision Is effective
in all states. It will also be .alleg jd
Equity is attempting restraint of
trade and interference with hveli-
hood. Several prominent agents
conferred wi..i Eiuity bfflclals after
reading over the conditions in tho
permit. They set forth no less than
14 objections and aver that tht-
Equity people conceded the logic of
all the named contentions, but stat-
ed the new rules were necessary in
ordtT to force the smaller and vex-
atious agents out of the business.
Agents Opposed
Those opposed to Equity unil
banded together to fight the re-
strictions are Ralph Farnum, Wil-
liam Morris, Max Hart, Jacobs-
Edolsten, Leo Fitzgerald, Lou Shurr
and M. S. Bentham. Hart is not In
the agents' as.soclation, but is fight-
ing on his own.

According to "tlVe'^ fu
who signs for the permit lets liim-
selE open to have the permit re-
voked without notice by Equity, ac-
cording. to the objectors. They con-
tend that they c: ..lot exist undor
the regulations set forth. They
do-hy the. right A f Equity to dicta ..
how a playfir may be placed under
contract and defy Equity to breach
any co7itract to which Equity is
not a direct party.

The stand-oiit agents claim that
the new rule.s, were adopted on the
vote of 826 actors, principally lay-
offs, as against a total E-iui'y
membership of 7,500, and that al-
most all of the satisfied playing
rlayers are against the new rul".-^.
Agents with Producers
The fighting group of agents do-
clare that if Equity grips their
tliroats via now rules, thf-y will r-*
, .taUaliJ^ by....b!'^LPMM^
riana;,'erial offices. In whk h posit iuii
thfy can boat down size of salari'-;'
i.itii'T tlian raise th<'in, \\l.i<h ii
one of ilic function:) of a ijcisorial
leprf.seiitafive. All agree to Ri'.>;
20 Wf'cks per season guar:iiit'".:\
].\:t. T.iDt under Equity's dictJiti(^ii.

'.riie i:<'rsonal reprcsmlativcs A.iy
the throat of Equity to oalablish iL.-i
oun casting doparlmont and do

Los Angeles, Oct. 9.
For the first time a feature length
talker will be directed by a stage
producer who never has held a
megaphone on a silent ^production.
Robert Milton will make; . Para-
mount's third all talker, "The
Dummy."

Subject is a oomedy-drama in
which Ernest Truex wa.s starred in
New York eiplit years ago. Herman
Manki.ewicz is writing the dialog.
Milton came to the Paramount
studio from New York four months
ago.

Taliaferro Divorce
Against Hitch in; Conn.

Stamford, Conn., pet. 9.
Mabel Taliaferro, who has a home
here, does not. yet know if .she will
get her divorce from Pat O'Brien,
now . in Hollyyirood. Complainant
has divided her time somewhat be
tween the coast and. the East. Judge
Earnest C, Simpson of the county
court . at Bridgeport, before whom
tlie undefended case was tried
Friday, Is trying to figure how Mi.ss
Taliaferro has lived in Connecticut
for three continuous years. :

The actress said her Pat, whom
she admitted was a "handsome ath-
lete," refused to work unless he
could be president of ieacb organ-
ization she tried to get him into.
She also alleges that Pat was cruel.

O'Brien, doing some screen work,
and Miss Taliaferro were marriec"
at Darion, Conn., Jan. 11, 1020.

Campaign Seen to Draw in
Company Managers, Though
Union Denies Move

GIEASON'S TALKEE DIALOG

Los Angeles, Oct. 9.

James fjlcjuson, former Broadway
playwright, goes- with M-O-M for
one year to write dialog. His finst
will be "Broadway Melody."

This work will not interfere with
his contract with Universal to play
a role in ".'^^liannons of Broadway."

aw.ay. with all a.gonts is bosh,

Actors have been asked: "Can
you .got Equity to boo.st your .sal-
ary, keep you working, handle your
billing, tako ch:<.. ge of your bank
acroimt and personally represent
..you?-'=- The answers. were...ncgativo.
Growing resentmont against the
rules Is claimed to become , such a
force that Equity may tornpor with
the personal roprosentatives.

The most important legal argu-
ment on the . part of the objecting
a,gents I.s the charge that the now
rules arc in restraint of trade, also
that thoir livelihood is Ihrcalenpfl
With extinction. .

Equity Proceeding

Equity,- although cognizant of the
objections, is going ahead with its
plans and tbroatons- punl.shmont to
all mombors who do business with
tliose agents who have not scoured
permits. Five .agents have s.ignod
for personal roprosontative por
mits. Jane P,r<)dor, O'Nell and Saw
yer, W. Horbert llooy, Murray Phil
lips and Chambf^rlain lirown.. The
latlor have pormits on the per
cont. for 10 wofks basis, whlrh ap-
rili(%s^. to... a11 /jnu.lig«'m^^^^
tors ar(; nut under (;(;ntruot, to flic
agents and not guataiilfi^d at
If'.'ist 20 wo«-Us por sffison. Tho
ba.lanof! in Hk- latl.oi- cla.ss who have
signed .are \S';ilr-s Winter, Leslie
Morosco, Coorge R. Whito, Hoy
Cooper, I^lulino 11. Boyle, Ml' T.
Wilton, I'aul ^cott, Tiurlon and
Hastings, Mike llanunor, Leslie
If.iUctt and Wal!< r V. \.ni Brunt.

The Organized Legitimate Mana-
gers, through their b6a,rd of di-
rectors, Is considering the plea of
the newly formed press agents' and

company managers' \mion for a.
closed shop in their field; • A con-
siderable proportion, of all the road
agents and managers, representing .
the Theatrical Press Represen;ta-
tlves of America, . seeks to prevent
tlie closed .shop and has put Itself ,
on record as being opposed to the
union group, orgahlzed and guided
by Theodore Mitchell, Lodewick

Vroom and M. T. Mlddleton, lt3
present officer.s. . .

When the union elchient had its
first conference \with Joseph P. \
BIckerton, Jr., secretary of the O.
L, M., he was told that the union
did not Intend to organize, outside
the field of agents and managers.
During the past week, however,
their application blanks have been
seen around Broadway and provide .
for tiie enrollment not only of
agents and managers, but of house
managers, treasurers;" a.s.sistant -a.
treasurers, etc. The gener.il feel-
ing among the managers, who are
well aroused a.galnst the pi-ospect
of unionizing their pwn representa-
tives, i. e., company managers and
agents, ia that if a threat is made
of sympathetic strikes on the part :
of stagehands, etc., also allied with
the American Federation of Labor,
they will have to employ a third
man to hapdle their money and dis-
burse it on tour, ■ '

Deny"Prep8ure"

During the past week the union
has disclaimed responsibility for
annoyances to "Musty" Miller,' .nan-
ager. of the road company. of "The
Shanghai fjcsture," who was told
by imion stagehands at Mamaro-
neck that they would not hang hia
show unless he joined the iinion.
They did, however. Howard Herrick,,
who Is agent ahead of "Take The
Air" iii Bo.ston, ran. into similar
trouble with the transformcn's
union there.

Eddie Ilo.senbaum, Jr., nvanager
of the Wieting Oper,a House in
Syracuse, is another who hab been
threatened becau.sc of a non-union
affiliation. The molestation of Bo-
BCnbaum ha:s been regarded as an
unwise „move, a.s It tit)s tho mitt
of the union that they sock to
unionize h'^u.se managers, . too.

Because Francis E. Reid, general
press agent for A. L. Erlanger, is
opposed to unionLsm, he has been
called unfair to organized labor and
an effort has been made to have
Erlanger dismiss him. Erlanger re-
fusnd: Willard llolcoTTJb; writing in":
"The Ne^ York Press," referred to
rteid lis a "czar" and said that
there was a "rod In the pickle"
where the union was concerned.
Thi.s has been interpreted as a
gesture toward the non-unionists,
who have made clear to tho pro-
ducing man.igers their position that,
the niove represents only a clique
of their profession.

A decision of the. matter is ex-
pected some time thi.s wo(!k. "The
union announces that it will exempt
general press agents In is'ow York.
The ig. p, a.'s have so far expressed
a repugnan<'0 to joining, Tho union
membership, . which Is doclarod to
be around 4G0, includes in addition
to legltimatf; shovy agonts, tliose
handling oiiv.uses, burlesque shows,
etc.

''Re);,tii(ii'-." \vl;i'-h star''-.l^l"wly,
I has taken a turn for the b> iter at
the Masqrie just when it was ex-
r»f-otod to oji've. .In.stoad. JMward
Clark, lis nulli'ir and star, pro-
po.'ies to ('<';<titiuo It Indoli i)i t I'ty.

7\e(;()irliM;.'l.v, ;ill.ldo;i of making a
ooridi.'iised vision for vaude\ill»' is

<JUt. , .

46

VARIETY

LEGITIMATE

i

Wednesday, October 10, 1928

N. Y. Play Brokers' Hold-Up Prices
For Scripts Anger Coast Studios

Lios Angeles; Oct. 9.

A number of film executives and
Btory buyera who crossed the cpn-
tlneht to scour New York for suit-
able sight and sound material, have
returned to Hollywood with empty
brief cases and headaches from the
prices asked by the New York
brokers. . .

Before the advent of talking pic-
tures, rights to plays could have
been purchased, in many cases, for
one-tenth the price they are , now
: b«Ing held for.

Rather than give in to the hold-
up, . coast producers declare they
■will engage capable playwrights to
write directly for the screen, be-
lieving that In the future, a, new
play will have a better chance of
getting a break on the screen than
It will on the stage and with less
speculation.

Must Pay Stock Actors
For Extra Shows— Unless

A ruling handed down by Equity
affects stock players. Where any
company puts on an extra perform-
ance not otherwise scheduled by the
regular weekly routine Equity ruled
the actors are entitled to additional
corhpensation.

Equity's ruling doesn't carry
weight where the players waive ex-
tra pay. . .

This ruling was handed down as
a result of an extra performance
by. the William Mack stock at Sa-
lem, Mass. Mack cut out one of the
week's regular 10 shows to permit
the extra under that limitation, but
the extra show was given as a
midnight performance, the company
not being paid for it when the
players got their weekly salary
slips.

Equity got the case. Owing to
the unusual hour of the extra show
and that the players had appeared
In thriee shows within 24 hours,
Equity decided the actors were en-
titled to extra pay. .

Actor's Talker Technique

Cleveland, Oct. 9.
Carlton Brickert, actor, who
stayed here this fall to open a dra-
matic school for Robert McLaugh-
lin, local impresario. Is teaching
talker technique and may add
"radio technique" to his curricu-
lum if a deal he has pending with
Earle Ferris, WTAM radio station
manager, goes through.

Future Plays

"One Thing Is Certain," new, by
JCenyon NichblsOn, will be produced
by John Golden with Liuclle Niko-
las (Mrs. Nicholson), in lead.
: "Singing Jailbirds," by Upton
Sinclair, will be the first attrac-
tion o£ tho current season of. the
New Playwright's, Theatre. The
piece has been done in Berlin, but
is new herip.. Just where the
Playwrights will domicile this sea-
son is a problem, with the Prin-
cess,, uptown, mentioned.

"Black Belt" will be produced
solely by Crosby Galge.

Alice Brady will be starred by
Brady and Wiman in their foi'th-
coming production of. "A Most
Immoral Woman," by ToWnsend
Martin. The piece goes into rel^car-
sal this week.

"Guns," folding after a brief run
at Wallack's, New York, will be re-
cast for "the road. . 'Jack Kinsbury
remains as producer.

"The Final Balance,*' by David
Pinski, opening at the Province^
town playhouse. New York, as the
first of the new season, has Laura
Straub, Mary Micha-el, William
Franklin and Lionel J. Stander In
the cast.

"The Lady Lies," sponsored by
the new firm of Joseph Sahtley,
Theodore Barter and Jack McGpw-
an,. opens in Washington, Oct. 28.

Sound Pinch Hitting

Los Angeles, Oct. 9.
Maude Pulton copped what is re-
puted to be the most elastic con-
tract ever given a writer upon sign-
ing for the Fox Movietone depart-
ment.

According to the agreement She
Is to wi-lte original sound stories,
make adaptations for sound, write
continuity, dialog, direct or act. and
be a general pinch hitter. Miss Ful-
ton goes to Fox after six months at
the Vine Street theatre where she
had been directing Edward Everett
Hoi*ton in stage offerings.

"Poor Review Denied

Washing ton, Oct. 9.
U. S. Supferne CourO'enled A. P
Waxman's petition for a review of
the adverse decision of the lower
courts In his fight to collect, from
Channing Pollock and Edgar and
Arch Selwyn on his claim that Pol-
lock's "The Pool" was his (W:ax-
man's) "Soldiers of the COrhmon
Good."

Waxman based his claim on the
statement that he furnished Henry
B. Harris, with whom Pollock was
then associated, his manuscript to
read.

O'Hara Show CraTms

Flske O'Hara's show, "Molly and
Me,", off last week, cancelling To-
ronto for an unexplained reason
The company rehearsed Instead and
moved on to London, Ont., openin/^
Monday* ^ .' ^

It is understood the players' have
flied claim for a week's salary un-
der the Equity rules.

The attraction Is under the dl-
irec'lion of David Sublosky.

Peculiar Award

An arbitration . judgment against
Charles L. Wagner was handed
down last week in the matter of
his "Road to Rome," one of the ro-
tating stocks operated by Wagner
la.st summer.

The show laid off a week after
playing Rochester, when it was
found that Toronto, the next stand,
has . been booked with a local en-
tertainment. Wagner paid the
players $5 per day durijig the lay-
off, tut the cast, with the excep-
tion of t\yo players, filed claims for
a full week.

According to the decision the two
actors who walked out were award r
ed two weeks' salary. In lieu of no-
tice. The others were granted 50
per cent, of their week's claim, less
the $5 per day accepted. Just how
the peculiar percentage was ar-
rived at was hot disclosed.

"Peggy Ann's" Troubles

"Peggy Ann," out about six weeks,
touring in the Middle West, is re-
ported in financial difficulties.

No salaries were paid for two
weeks up to last Saturday, accord-
ing to the Equity deputy, A salary
bond for $5,000 Is filed with Equity.

The show is under the direction
of Ella Schober and J. S. Daneck,

COLONY DEAI COLD

The Zlegfeld deal for Universal's
Colony is cold. The stage was
found too small for Ziggy's plans
to convert It Into the Billie Burke
theatre to house dramatic shows.

Zlegfeld'^' further idea of acquir-
ing adjacent property to enlarge the
house was forestalled by realty en-
tanglements.

U reopened the house as a pres-
entation and talker picture theatre.

"Whispering Friends" Closes

Wllllamsport, Pa., Oct. 9.

"Whispering Friends" closed here
Saturday night after two perform-
ances to terrible business at the
Majestic. Entire production, belong-
ing to Jack Wcl.=ih, Now York, was
stored in the . local theatre until
after election, Nov. 6.

Entire cast returned to Now York.

WERBA'S LATEST SUBWAY

Louis Werb.a Is angling for the
lease of the Flatbu.gh, Brooklyn,
former Keith vaude stand, but ob-
solete since the opening of the Ken-
more, now Keith house a block
_a.wa y. .1 j, _

Werba is after the .stand "foi* a
subway, circuit house to pliiy. legits
at pop prices.

COOK LEAVES GOLDEN

Eddie Cook, John C}oklen'.s gen-
eral manager for several years, re-
signed, effective last Raturda.y. Ac-
tion due to Mr. Coolt's health. Cook
tried to- resign a long time ago, but
was ui'ged by Ciolden to .';t!iy until
the new soa.«jon started.

AUTHOr^ RECOGNITION

FRANCES SHELLEY

Miss Shelloy was the ingenue lead
in "Rain or Shine" until last June,
when she waa injured In an auto-
mobile accident. She has fully re-
covered and Is now appearing at
the Club Madrid. Walter Winchell
said, "Miss Shelley leaves you limp
by her . delightful, singing. Her
voice is as delicate as an orchid
and as lnterpreta.tive as a prayer."

Direction:

RALPH G. FARNUM

1560 Broadway

Shuberts May Take 2d
Syracuse House: Protection

Syracuse. N. Y., Oct. 9.
A five year lease on the "Temple
theatre as a home for thpir attrac-
tions and bookings, and as protec-
tion during the period that a new
legit playhouse is under construc-
tion, Is the present Shubert plan
for Syracuse. This follows two in-
spections of the Temple, now dark,
by Edward Rosenbaum, and Joseph
Gates, representatives for the Shu-
berts.

Shubert lease of the Wieting has
one more season to go. In the event
that tlie Temple Is acquired, tour-
ing attractions will be split between
the two theatres. Musical plays will
be housed at the Wletlng, dramatic
shows at the Temple.

WIetihg has been thoroughly
renovated for the new season, being
given Itis first paint In <3i years and
supplied with a new curtain. Loca.1
greybeards cannot recall when the
present floor covering was laid.

Edyth Totten Theatre Sold
At Auction for $213,249

Edyth Totten theatre and prop-
erty, 247 W. 48th street, New York,
wa.9 sold for $213,249 at a public
auction conducted yesterday (Tues-
day) by Joseph P. Day. Jerome
Real Estate Co., New York, was the
purchaser.

House seats 299 and has been
playing legits of the Intimate sort.
It has been operated by the Edyth
Totten Theatre Corp., Miss Totten
having the controlling. Interest and
the remaining stock distributed
among about 400 others, all women.

Sale is subject to a flirst mort-
gage of $137,200 at six per cent.,
due Jan, 1, 1932; , - ^

Jackson-Kraft Split

Thomas. U. Jackson and H. S.
Kraft are splitting as an Independ-
ent producing team, each to continue
Indiyidually. Both moved their
"Gentlemen of the Press" from the
Henry Miller to the 48th St.^ this
week, with a heavy publicity cam-
paign outlined.

The same team made Its debut
with "10 per cent," back-stage com-
edy by "Eugene Davis" at the Co-
Iian last year, which quickly folded
up. The author's name was a pseu-
donym for Kraft who last week sold
the picture rights as a talker to
M-G-M for ?5,p00. This vvas the
sum originally offered by Universal
for a silent version when "10 Per
Cent" was first produced until Va-
riety's prediction on its picture pos-
^slJil I ItlPS'^caused^the -profCer--to -=be
cut in half and rejected by Jackson
& Kraft. The latter Is writing in
additional dialog sequences for the
nim.

The producing split Is the result
of differences of managerial ideas.

Schayer Appeals to Guild Oyer
"War Sorto"

8 Warner Talkers

Pauline Frederick is reporlod en-
i^ayod by Warner Brothers to .stiir
in eight of their dialog pictures.

Los Angeles, Oct. 9.
Richard Schayer, scenarist and
playwright, has started action
through the Autho^' League and the
Dramatists' Guild, for. recognition
as author of ''The War Song," the
George Jessel play produced by
Sam Harris and Al Lewis in New
York. ;

Schayer claims that "The War
Song" was rewritten from a full-
length play he developed from a
one-act playlet produced nearly
three, years ago .at the Writers'
Club In Hollywood under the title,
"Private Jones." * Schayer said the
play was accepted by Harris and
Lewis two years ago, but that pro-
duction was held up until the cur-
rent season^ . Meanwhile, he states
he had sold out his financial rights,
but the agreement stipulated that
whatever was done with the ma-
terial in the pla:^, he was to be
given authorship credit. "The War
Song" was produced at the Na-
tional, New York, with the author-
ship credits going to the Spowncks
and Jessel.

Tkee Shows Out

The cops shoved, one show off
Broadway last week and at least
two others will go this Saturday.

"Pleasure Man" presented by Carl
Reedf was raided at the Biltmore
after the first performance. Legal
tactics permitted resumption the
following night but at Wednesday's
matinee the curtain was rung down
definitely when the police arrived.
Up to. then the box office was pros-
pering as it never did before but
the notices were distinctly adverse.

PLEASURE MAN

• Opened Oct. 1. Pannings took
the form of denunciations.
Littell (Post) headed his re-
view: , "They don't come any
dirtier" and said "three tire-
some and unspeakably slimy
acts, smeared from beginning
to end with such filth as can-
not possibly be described in
print." Gabriiel (Sun) found it
a "brutal, unsalted bore."

"The Bachelor Father" leaves the
Belaseo for the road after an 'ex-
cellent run of 33 weeks. It ar-
rived rather late last season but
was a smash for months and held
over through the summer. "Father"
could stick' through the fall but
David . Belaseo requires the house
for his next production. Lately
strong at $15,000.

THE BACHELOR FATHER
Opened Feb. 28. Hammond
(Herald Tribune) considered it
a "jaunty ' caper." Mantle
(News) put it "in the comedy
riot class." Notices uniformly
good.

Variety (Lait) predicted;
"Due to run the season."

"The Big Fight" offered by Sam
H. Harris and others will tour from
the Majestic after a four weeks'
run, the announced length of the
New York engagement. It attracted
plenty of attention the first night

THE BIG FIGHT
Opened Sept. 19. Coleman
(Mirror) said "A sure thing."
"Meager and hackneyed," de-
clared Atkinson (Times). St.
John Ervine (World) expand-
ed on Jack Dempsey's physical
prowess mentioning the play
as an afterthought. -

but business thereafter was so so.
About $20,000 claimed second week
and perhaps the same last week.
Capacity not much less than double
that figure.

"GRAND ST. FOLLIES" TOUE

"Grand Street Follies," revamped
and recast, will begin its road tour
at the Walnut, Philadelphia, Oct,
22. Revue goes in for two weeks
or- =bettcr.-with.J\Kasllin£tojri^,^7?
more, Clevoland and Chicago to fol-
low.

A subway circuit tour around
New York will wind up the Jaunt.

Uptown Stock's Lease

A lease has been taken on the
Tremont, Bronx, for stock. Shelton-
Amos Players • In there now.

Ilassell Shelton and Ruth Amos
i head this new Now York stock

3 Showmen in Line to Run
Clereland's PnbGc HaD

Cleveland, Oct. 9.

Three Cleveland theatrical ihen
are being touted for the $15,000
plum job as manager of the city's
Puhllc Hall, being vacated by Lin-
coln Dickey. They are Robert Mc-
Lauglilin, playwright, author, op-
erator of the Ohio theatre summer
stock mummers and director of the
Ohio and Colonial theatres; John
F. Royal, Keith's rep., until recently
local manager of Palace, and
Thoma.s Carroll, glbbei trotting
amller, who found himself out as
manager of Loew's State when re-
ti^;ning from Algiers this fall.

The political big shots are trylngf
to hand this plum to Fred Thomas,
who has been everything from
mayor's secretary to city council
clerk, but a squawk will go lip from
the local chamber of commerce If It
is passed out to him. The cry will
be pure politics.

Ed Strong, former part-owner of
the Oliio Loew theatre chain, la
behind McLaughlin, and. Nate Cook,
political power, is playing a lone
hand for Royal. , Royal is said to
be flattered but not interested, yet
He has been playing around Cleve-
land getting one of his famous style
shows ready for the customers to
glim gams; in furs and sables at
the Palace. Both he and McLaugh-
lin are regarded as dictatorial men
and hardly the type .to bull an Elk's
convention into holding a conven-
tion in any city.

As a glad bander, a smiler and
one who knows theatricals from
hoofer to house front; Carroll is said
to have the Inside" track. Carroll
recently made a connection with
Meyer Fine and Sam Stecher, who
control a. flock, of second-run film
front-s, but he is open to an offer.
No Cinch

McLaughlin niight welcome a
change to a city Job because the
old master took a couple of nose
dives this summer. His stock pro-
ductions of . "The Barker"; and
"Tommy" were flops and he took a
kick with his "Pearl of Great Price"
in Detroit, the show brodying at
the end of three weeks, after mak-
ing big dough in Cleveland. Rather
than- send it to Chicago, the heart-
sore Robert took it off.

Dickey, who resigns as Publle
Hall manager to take, over man-
agement of Atlantic City's new
mammoth civic auditorium at $25,-
000 per annum, Is not from show
business. He was business manager
for the Cleveland orchestra, always
a box office flop locally, for several
years before taking the Public HalL

lie has ruled with an Iron flst
both on conventions and with flght
promoters, making the latter babies
like It. He has been highly suc-
cessful In Cleveland. But since he
started out several other towns
have built halls as big as Cleve-
land's, so that Dickey's successor
Isn't going to step Into any bed of
roses. It will be a tough Job and
may break three men before the
right one steps in to swing It.

Talkers Seek Class

Leo Morrison, back from Holly-
wood,- where he acted as Inter-
mediary for players booked for
talker product, says the producers
are after class players and class
material for the sight-sound, me-
dium.

"Exhibitors may want stuff for .
the masses,'-' he added, "but the
makers are eager to do fine things."

Flat in S. A.

After ai trying time in Cuba,
Porto Rico, Jamaica and Santa Do-
mingo Republic, Leon Diggs, J. W.
Fox and Tiny Mott aire back In the
States. '

They were with the Ben Bow
show, which hit the rocks In South
America and which left its mem-
bers in salary arrears.

PROVINCETOWN STAET OCT. 29

"^Provlncxrtown^piay ers -will = inaug"-
urate their 14th Season at the Provr
incetown Playho'use, Greenwich Vil-
lage, Oct. 29, with "The Final Bal-
ance" as the opening bill.

New season's Itinerary has been
set at foui* bills with possible addi-
tions. Remainder of the lineup In-
cludes "The Earth Between," by
Virgil Geddos; , "Troad the (iroen
Grass," by Paul Green, and "Him"
(revival), by E. E. Cummings.

9

Wednesday, October 10, 1928

L EG I T I M A T E

VARIETY

47

^Tleasure Man" Looks to Be on Ice;
Only Worry Left Is About Trial

«iKf« iB'wayLegits Seemingly Cant Hit

Mae West's much touted homo
ppera, "i:]ie Plqasyre Man," Js
probahly out, after a second raid
at; the Biltmore, New York, during
the last Wednesday matinee.

Arraigned Fi-iday morning before
General Sessions Judge Koenig, he
held Miss wWst, Carl Reed, pro-
ducer, and William Davenport,
stage manager, in $1,000 bail each,
but continued members of the
company at the former $500 bail
police court figure,: although a new
bond had to be written.

Red tape Incurred: through ar-
ranging the bond made it neces-
sary for the cast to remain in dur-
ance vile for several hours In the
Tombs Prison, It made anything
but a hit. with . the "Lenipora -
mentals" of the east. .

Davenport spent the night before
in the jug before, bailed de.spite pro-
tests that he had severed connec-
tion with the show before tho Bronx
openirig.

Much whoopee^, .obtained after
Miss West visited the *'girls" and
assured them of bail. Tears and
hysterics were. Immediately check-
mated and they were themselves
again, chain tinf? felicitations to their
colleagues and making merry in
general much to the edification of
the other shut-ins who. got ai great
kick out of It until keepers warned
unless there was a pipe-down addi-
tional charges of disorderly con-
duct would be ma:de against the
; whoopers.

At the arraignment for pleading
to the indictments Friday Miss West
^had lost much of her previous
.'bravado. Attorney Nathan Burkah
entered a blanket plea, of not
guilty for the mob with , the usual
reservation of. 10 days in whieh to
amend the plea. No date was set
for trial, but according to Assistant
District Attorney Albert Unger,
*vho engineered the indictments, his
office would move for speedy trial
unless guilty pleas are forthcoming
ne.x't Monday* Caise may go on late
this month.

Raids as Shows
. Both raids on the show were the
most .spectacular- New York has
ever had on a production arrest.
The first after the preniiere per-
. . formance . Oct. 1 although handled
orderly by arresting coppers wa3 a
panic for the onlookers. All were
caught off guard through the piece
having pas-sed un molestation in the
Bronx and. Jackson Heights, L, I.,
during the two previous weeks. .

When word that the gendarmes
were pressing in as official stage
door Johnnies was noised around the
queer ones of the cast were beside
themselves with panic^ Most had
"friends" ..waiting to convey them
to several celebration spots. Ds-
Bpite they, were bundled, bouquets
and all, into the reljinue of paddy
wagons which took .hem for a ride
to the West 47th Street Station.
Some of the more cautious warned
the watchful waiters to take air.

"Beat It Annie" and "Tell Maude
to get me out" were frequent quips
that passed in the niglit as the tom-
peramentals were loaded into, the
wagons. At the station house, a guy
could have cleaned up! on the smell-
ing salts privilege. The cops also
had a sweet time of it in . curtail-
ing the armies of "protectors" who
showed up but were cased.
. A Slight Error.
..The' final ,raid which -clascd. Il,i.<'
show during the Wednesday mat-
inee was even more spccla<^ular.
The police again had planned to
be orderly but lost c.umpo.sure after
members of the. cast, unaware of
the Supreme Court injunction
against the coppers having boon
vacated, strirted to herklo tlio ar-
resters.

Lieut. James Coy, nuulo ilie yiab
half way down the linal act, where
the drag scene, which soeiningly

TOUGH ON FUTTING STOCKS

Conditions on. the road are
getting pretty, tough in every
way ifor traveling stocks. It
accounts for the desire of the.
promoters to land pei-manent-
ly, for the. winter.

A min1b(ii^ of union condi-
tions have helped the travelers
make an. effort to obtain, ia spot
where the stock thing can be
played profitably without
hopping.

In

has caused all the trouble, .was i mission
spotted. Coy ru.shed down the ai.slc
to orchestra pit, demanded atten-
tion and announced to the audi-
■-f njc.e jthat-he_wasla-.T>o1iee--<il.lu;er ail'l
the cast'wa,s under arrest.. Six'cia-
lors filed out in orderly fashiuh. liul
the actors on the stage booed, with
one coming down front to start a
tirade against police oppres^iion.
He was shunted, off st.'ige and the
whole mob taken without llif fc ninio
impersonators being allowed to
change ccistumes.

Tt had been tho oops' idea to
arraign them in night conri Jn full

regalia, but this flopped through
bail being arranged immediately.

Like Ride

Tiie impersonators attracted more
attention on the patrol wagon ride
than they could ever hope to get in
the show, :They reveled in it. At
the station- house a mask of glopm
supplanted the gayety, especially
when there was . no bondsman on
deck: and they were padked' into
ceils to await liberation several
hours later.

Prior to the police grab Wednes-
day." Equity issued communications
to its members, meaning all of the
east, warning therh against further
pai-ticipa.tion in the performance of
the play unless the Supreme Court
injunction became permanent.
Equity's stand in the matter fol-.
lowed the general council meeting
on Tuesday.

It w'a!5 suggested that if the in-
junction was lifted members would
be within their rights to refuse par-
ticipatlpn rather than jeopardize
themselves further in an allegedly
indecent and. Illegal performance.

The prosecution Is being brought
against "Pleasure Man" on grounds
the performance violates section
1140-A of the Penal Code. The lat-
ter Is an amendment to the former
statute on indecent, immoral Pro-
ductions, ' with a'mendmenfe: giving
leeway for prosecution of theatrical
performances should any portion of
a play prove indecent rather than
the substance as a whole as for-
merly.

Perversion Theme

Complalna:nts and those testifying
before the Grand Jury which re-
turned the indictments claim "Pleas-
ure Man" par.aded and glorified, sex
perversion. The amendment was
made last year after Mae Wfest's ill-
fa ted attempt to bring "The Drag"
into New York and after the au-
thoress-star had served a 10 day.s'
sentence in the workhouse upon
eonviction in connection with an-
other of her plays, "Sex." ■

The Chanlns and Shuberts, opera-
tors of the Biltmore, where "Pleas-
ure Man" was spotted will escape
prosecution under the Wales Pad-
lock Law, according to Assistant
District Attorney Unger. The latter
claims that the theatre was power-
less to dl.'iipo.'^sess the sliow after
opening performance through Su-
preme Court Justice Valente's re-
straining order.

Conviction of Miss West and her
co-defendants would carry a sen-
tence of not morejt^an. threes-ears^
$500 fine or Ijotii at the^drscr^Ion
of the sentencing court.

Rumors that legal attempts would
be made to reopen the .show again
this week were scouted, when Mr.
Burkan .^stated that the show would
ren^ain in limbo until its status was
adjucated in forLhcfmil.ng court pro-
oeedure. . ■

With the pinch on the West shosv
a tip. went out that scveriil otlioi
current prodVietions were being
scrutinized by the D. A.'s offico. _
The chargt'S involved arc for mis-
doineanors and the penalty if con-
victed is a pcnitentiiiry sentence up
to three years or a fine of fHOO or
both. Tlie l(>n;vth of time to be
served If ttie i)cnif.«ntiary sentence
is given is up to the .Tarole Com-
ire two cb.'irges
ilo'.ible iK-n:ilty

Remington; Dorothy Thomas, 21.
actress. Hotel Remington, and
Peggy Wise; manicurist. 22. 2102
West 10th street, Brooklyn. •

Wilson told reporters that the
"flat" was luxuriously, furnished.
He said that heavy brocaded cur-
tains were suspended from the cell-
ing, to prevent the opium fumes
percolating Into the hallway. Power-
ful oriental perfumes pervaded the
apartment in the hopes that the
drug fumes might be dispelled, said
Wilson. :

Only when Wilson threa,tened to
crash the door 'of •; the apartment
was it opened for him and his men.
The raid aroused the entire hou.se.
Wilson testified , he found a pearl
inlaid opium pipe, a jar of alleged
opium and a quantity of alleged yen
shee. The bowl of the pipe was
still hot, Wilson as.serted. All
denied knowledge, of the contra-
band. ■

Normal for This Time of Season

Shows in Rehearsal

'•Music in May" u^huberls),
"The Squealer" (.Jack Lin-
der).

"Tin Pan Alley i Henry
Forbes). . ,

"The Final Balance" tl'roy-
inoetown I'layers):,

"The Undressed Kid"
(Schnebbe & Ilaeon)..

"Whoopee" U-'loren/. '/>'\<\e-
feld).

"Jingles'' (C. B. Dilling-
haml.

"Rainbow" i Dunip Oood-
man).

On the Square

(Continued from page -12)

North
night.

Philadelphia theatre, w'heie he. worked from inoniitij; uutiVniid-
During off hours between 5 and 8 p. in., he did jobs around th(»
theatres' pflFlce and In this way picked up some knowledge of tyi)ewriting
and stenography. . • , .

Maloney branched out as stenographer for a consulting enj^incer ;ind
started to study laAV nights at Temple Uni\'erKity, dropping the latter
pursuit to become traffic jnanager of a cement company. He later re-
turned to the coal business, becoming vice-president of . a big Cliicago
company. E. T. Stotesbury, of Drexcl and Co.; President Daniel Wrllard
of the B. and O. Railroad, and President Dice, of the Reading, .selected
him for the new job;

Show diri? Modeling '

Show girls In most of the, Broadway mu.sicals are much in demand
for modeling. Most of . the larger department stores are putting pri fall
fa.shion' shows. .-

The girls average around $23 for about two Ijours' woik, usu.ally spread
over two. successive days.

"Four DevilsV Sign

Sign a.cross the Gaiety theatre for "Four Devils" has a quartet of
acrobats doing a casting act In a huge abiphitheatre similar to' Madison
Square Garden. The cutrout figures attract attention simply because
in this mechanical age passer.sby expect to see the a.cr6bats .swing
through part of : their routine. l"'he figures, however; are stationary.
It's a reproduction of a scene in the Fox picture.

Actors Falling for Tout

Any nurhber of actors appear to need guardians for their money, from
the sappy way they have, been keeling over for an open face race track
tout who builds them up and cleans them. lie's been working his sure
fire racket in several cities, seeming to find his best and easiest marks
In legit ishows. ,

The tout starts off ;with the spiel be is the brother of one of the best
known jocks I that he knows so and so^wbotold him to' Introduce him-
self, and then the suggestion of a light bet. If the horse wins he pays
off; If the horse loses he phones to say that at the last minute a phone
came in and he didn't lay the money. It lmmedja,tely sends him in
pretty either way;

The next day he's around for mote coin on tmother frame his brother
told him of and again he may make the come on of paying off or another
phone. Then the big blow off. A race the next day with all of the
jocks in, his brother says. If the horse drops dead it's got to" win. The
jocks have made .iip a pool and the chump can get in for a piece, but
big' money, and then the disappearance.

The chumps, men and women, u.sually go, for the pay off or jihone
work Js too stro'ng for anyone who will stand for touting in the first,
pliice. This bird takes anybody. If tbey are wised ui) while he's oper-
ating, he grabs the last, bets and blows. .He woj-ks It through hotel ;ind
back stage calls.

Flop Chump Picker

Speakea.sy riteerers are again active around the .square after. 1 A. M.,
their bait for lonesome looking strollers being "want to go .<^omewhereK
and have a go'od time, lots of girls?" . One taxi driver who approached
a Broadway regular took It on the lam after taking one on the chin.

The guy with the sock explained, to other taxi men gathered around
that he had let it go merely becau.se the miile solicitor, was a flop as .a
'Chump -picker, - — — --^ — -u. -.^ — ■- —

A Kid and Superstitions
A married vaudeville team is said to' have pi(.'ked up a snuill boy to
u-e in their act while touring. The kid backstage broke ev^^ry known
dressing room superstition. The couple continually corrected him,
mentioiiing this or that as a superstition.

. One evening after the perforniance when they had an invitation to a
<mail city function the boy went with theni. His table nianners were
pretty bad but' the couple managed to cover bin* well enough, until
die coffee The kid stirred the coffee and left his spoon in the cup.
When ."Starting to di-.ink the spoon '^was still tber*». It couldn't be
covered and everyone at the table bnd their eyes, on the lad. The
husband nudged the boy, .softly wlii.spering: "Take your spoon out
of that cup."' whereupon the kid. in anger, arose In bis .sent, loudly an-
nouncing:

."I'm ihrou.uh
l<)ngiT.".

. N'isitors to Xew York in tiee the
Yankees .iiid St. I'jouis b.-utle helped
liroadway. two- or three nights last
week, the nui.'^ical sboUs particu-
larly benefiting, ivrpst of that divi-
sion sold out Thursday and Friday
nights. The new season, i however,
has not r)>a('hed the pac*' it- nor-
m.ally should hav<? .at ihi.s lime.

"BiUie'' i.*? the standout among. Uie
ne\\est arrivals on ilroad way, away
out in front aiiiong the six entrains,
ft bettered $27,000. at KrUininer'si big .
money at $3.S5 top, and pr«.>dlciion
is. that it. is .set for the .si-nson.

"I'p.sscssion"' got off fairly well at
the Booth, gY-ossing arouii.d ^S.OpO in
seven performances; '"riie. C-^m-
mand I'ortornianco" was gieetpd by
the critics, .claiming around $8,000
in live pei-foi'manoos, indicating . a
jiaoe of $1-1,000. at. the Klaw, 'f first '
indications are correct; '.VVheii.
Cnnnnih-.-! Played, " at tlie (l.irrick,
may get class trade, but that Is all;
'•ytrai.i,'ht Through the l)iior.',' at the
-l.iith Srreet, is' accorded little chanco
ft>r a I un. :

Dramas •

"Front Pago;". $2.-),OrtO; "High '.
Hoad," flX.ooi); "Stran.nc- luterliide,"
$lfi.li(i0; . "JMamond Lii'.'' $10,000;
"Macliinal." $14,500 are non-musical
leaders. ".lariiegan" is doing busi-
ne.ss, about $12,000 the sec-ond week;
"rhe Is' ight Hostess"- i.s making
money, over $10,000; "ITeavy Traf-
fic," about same; "The Royal Fam- .;
ily," somewhat more; "By Re-
quest," $9,000; "Elnier, tlie (Treat,"
$8,000; "(Jiihg War." $10,000 claimed;
'War Song," $S.000 estiinaled; vxhia
Thing Called Love," aliout .s.ame;
"CentU.men of Press," $.')..")Oo. and
most of balance under that figure.

. Musicals
• ".Show P.oat," $50,000; "Scandals,"
$40,000; "Tho. New iMoon," over
$40,000; ""Vanities," apDrtixlmately
that figure; "Three Musketeers,"
$;10,000; "Rain or Shine," $36,000,
and "Blackbirds," $23,000. are the
musie.'il leaders, in addition to "Bll-
lle"; "(Tood Boy," $30,000, is under
eapacity; al.so"Ro.salIe" at the ^ame
figure (due to tour soon); "Che«
Choc" is doing well, getting $24,0.00
the second week and may land as
winner; "Good News'' hopped up-
ward last week and got as mucli;
"Cross My Heart" picked up, too,,
over $20.000;..."White I.ilacs," about
the same;. "Buckee Girl," $17,000;
"(■■onneotlcilt 'Yankee," $10,000.

"The Big Fight" leaves the Ma-
jestic this .week-end, touring; "The
Haehelor Father" tour.s from the
Belasco; "The Common Sin" comes
to the Foi rest, which thi.s week has
"Fast TJfe," Which moved (»ver from
the Amba.s.sador for picture rea-
.son.s; "Three Cheers" brings the
C:iob(; back to the lepit; "Olympla"
e<unes to Empire, "Heavy . Traflic"
moving over to Henry Miller's; "Mr,
Moneypenny" open.< at the l^iberty,
'•'Blackbirds" moving next door to
the l-^Uinge; "The drey Fox" re-
lights the Playhouse; "The fherry
Ore.hnrd' will join the Civic Reper-
tory bill.

As there
Ibe indictment

((\intinued on page

right here. 1 can't stand this .^upersiit ion thing any

Con

Mob of Sunday Dancers

ri'slioi) in (jiie of the popular dtuice balls ii.long Broadway Sunday

Play on Chaplin's Life

"The .loy I'ediller," reputed as a
dramatization of the life of Charlie
Cliaplin, is scbr-duled as the next
production by the Mayfair I'layers,:
Inc.. at the Village Playhouse.
fJreenwich Village. New York.

Irwin R. 1-Vanklyn authored the
piece and will .<porisf)r the down-
town production.

iilglit reminded one of a Times Siiuare subway j;im feet to.inuKic, This
particular creep joint gro.s.sed $2,300 at the front gate alone for the day.
•\t an average tap of $1.0« per jierson that would make the total attend-
■incle 2.200. but a.s_U)e flil)!5 oulnimdiered t^he flaps 2 to 1 and are taxed
tlTO o^Tff^g i r 1 s '^5

day w.'is probablv sevej-jil hundred less.

At il o'clock tliere wen .'Uill about l.fiOO on liand and as (uili half
fould gain the d.'incf; floor f'>r the three minute danr'es. Avith the ban
on en- ores .-trieiiy enforced, Diose coming off the .dnr.c e l\<,r,r h,"d to
Hand . onsiderabb- pusbit.tr and slioving by Diose tr\ing to get on for
the iiex< sfrug;;le. , ■ ,„

Tha' nobody was tranipled iiiion was pri-litiblj due to liie fart th.:t J"
per f i-nt! of the dancers are regular .weej; day vubway i idei .v; and i.ave
1< arned .. tlie art of self-defen.se from r-oniaet in those liee-ftir
inob scenes.

I)

MARRIAGES

Kllen Allyn (King Sisters), Los
Angeles, to Bud Taylor, prizefighter,
at jklinneapolis, Sept. 20.

Ben All Haggin, ai'tist and for-
mer husband of Bonnie Gln.fie,

dancer, and Miss. Mary Corday,

Aug. 30, in Connecticut.

Natacha Nattova, exotic Ru.ssian
danc<'r, was married to Nicholas
Dak.s, Oct, 5, at City Hall, New
York City.

Grace Wells of "Step Along" f Mu-
tual burleHf|ue) to Frederick ^^los-
ley, new.spapermhn, : Sept. 29 at
North Salem, N. Y.

Pri.sejUa Dean to Li< ul. liCslje P.
Arnold, army aviator, Oct. fi, at
Agua Callehte, Mexico. .Miss Dean
formerly was married to Wheeler
bakman.

John flrifiltii Wray, dirnlor, to
Ml.s.s King, scenarist, Oct. 7. at'
Riverside,. Gal. Both Ufbr con-
tract to M'-G-M.

LAMBS' ELECTION

On or about Oct. 1« tlie Bajnbs
.will r-lect ofilcers. Tlu' f-anibs Mill
h;ive two tickets in the re-Id.
^.jIr>ading=Qiii!iJLicJt«ilJLSL^^
I Tb'' o;her is led by Fritz \Vi!:i.!i:,s.

SHOWS ON .COAST

l.o.-: .\!ig<-les, cut. 9.
"Tin; Front I'auf" is seh. duk-d
j for le.L'.it '^howin;,' at the 15» la.'-v.-o
! iil.ouL ,V"W Ye.'ir's.

If will >)(• folliiwerl in l-'>bniiji'y
i by "The Bachelor Father."

48

VARIETY

LEGITIMATE

Plays on Broadway

FAUST

Tlvefttre OullJ's proJtiutiun pf the Ciootho
nin.slori)i<'>-'e. DcsiTlbeU as a litorivr Ii-hiik-
laHon inio English of the odKlnul by
Urahiun anil TiiiUam Rawson, iirodui'dl
llrst In GcMinajiy by Frtdftrlcli Jloll, wlio
B-lao directed :tlie Uulld pro.spntallon;. Soi-
tlnes and oostumea by Lre SImonhon. IMay
arranged In 17 Sfones. Cast numbers luoi-e.
than' a score.' Sjieclnl Incidental score by
Woltgans zeiler, young tierman conipuser:
At the. Uulld theatre, New YOrk, Oct. 8.

Raphael Martin Wol f son

Gabriel. . .liuwt'lixsa Montgomery

.Michael Bdwanl Hogan

■ The Voice. . . . . .-. , . .' .Maurice Uass

MephlstolJhele.s . . . .... . ..... . Dudley Digger

Fauat. . . . . . . . . .. . ... .. . . .. . ..> .George Gaul

Wagner! .Walter Vohnegut

Voice of the Earth Spirit. .Martin WoUson
\ VToung lVa.-4.iTit .Edward Hogan

Ah Old ■ Pea.sant
\ Student. . . '. . ...
.-'lebel

..'rosch. . ..... . . .

Urander ,

.Vltmeyer.
.>he*Ape* ••.«»...
He-Ape. . .......

The Witch. . .. ..

Margaret . .
.Martha. . . .

KUzflbefh. .
■Valentine

Voice of the Ignis l^'atuus
Ullth..

.....William T. Hays
.William Challee
Stanley O. Wood

, :Edward Hogan

; .Martin Wolfson

.Herbert J. Biberman
.....Christine Putnam

. . . . . .... .Eric Linden

, . . . .Gale Sondergaard

. . . . . .Helen Chandler

Helen Westley
........ Anna ' Kostant

UouglDiM Montgomery
.; . .Rita Vale
...Rita. Vale

The Theatre Guilil, which, is one
o£ the few elements in the theatre
that ignores the cardinal principle
of giving 'em what they want> here
enters into a rather thrilling ven-
ture. The idea of picking out of
the whole \yoi'Icl of stage materiai
a classic epic that has been cheap-
ened by hoke interpretations, shoddy
stock and rep presentations' and
trick magic, displays for half a cen-
tury, and tui'ning it into a stately
dramatic epic, is ratlicr staggering
on first sight. • ■ . : ,

.But because this . samie Guild
seems to revel in proiilems of this,
idnd, and because It does things
that pleases Its own sense of fitness;
and does them with fine taste and
obedience to high ideals, the enter-
prise bids fair to prosper.; /

Dismissing for the iriortient . the
artistic merit of this production iand
its claim to literary reWard, it
iseems probable that metropolitan
theatre goers wMl take It up for
the pure novelty of its stage form!
The entire play is unfolded in $.
series of brief episodes, none of
them more than ten minutes long,
divided by short intervals of not
more than a minute and a half.
Six episodes make the first act and
a swift procession of short passages,
eaph with its .own scenic setting
completes the story.

Stage settings are handled by
means of a. large -arch leaving only
a small cupola arrangement In the
opening, and in this limited space
the designer has contrived to put
such economical bits pf backgrouncl
as to convey an adequate sugges
tion of the required picture.

Mechanics of script and mechanics
of staging are complicated, but they
serve to make the formidable, work
a remarkably swift and graphic
story, so human and so alive with
dramatic interest that it grips in
spite of its cumbersome metered
language, for the whole play is In
verse.

Big commercial success of the
pliay is doubtful, a popular success
is of course even more doubtful
The big. mass oi: the theatre going
public probably will shy instinc
tively from anything so formidable
as ^ German classic, particularly
"Faust" with Its heavy, grand open
tradition. On the other hand
they can be persuaded to peek, word
of mouth will stimulate attendance
for it is a truly spirited perform
• ancie in ..its .kaleidoscopic style of
jievealment and a rich' dramatic tap-
estry in viewing.

The . performance, with George
Gaul as Faust,' Dudley Digges as
Mephjstopheles andHelen Chandler
as Margaret is superlative. This
creation is the high point of Gaul's
career so far for he gives a re-
markable range of mood, from self-
tortured bid seer, ^ to passionate
lover and prey of agonized con-
science. Power and grac© are
his throughout a memorable even-
ing. But to. Dudley Digges prob-
iably will go the honors of the pro-
duction. His Mephisto Is a gem
ipf keen comedy. With, a range al-
most as wide as Faust's. He is the
debonair but sinister man of the
world,, the evil Influence cloaked in
polished sophistication. His fencing
Intrigue with the widow Martha Is
a gem of shrewd comedy, the es-
sence of wise and knowing worldll-
ness. .

Helen Chandler completes the
central trio, giving a performance
=el,oquent=of:^girliah=.iliiiliC£Bi.Cfi..^em

L'lhvitation au Voyage

I ivic Uoiicrtoire th.caro pro.s(^iit.-< ;i pluy
by Jean .lat'tiiics ilprii.-inl, ad.aptoil ' by
iOrnoat Hoyil; the Civic Repertoire theatre,
Oct. 1; .m..">0 lop.

Oliviiu- .M.illly.. ... ..... . .'.. .Dun.ild Cameron

Marii'-liOUlae.'. Kv.'v IjO -Ciallienne

tJerard , ..\'prnon ' Jono.*!

M. Landniu, ; Waller Heck

Jftcqiiollne. , . . ; .Hla Mooney

GiUals. . .Robort. ROsa

One of the spec i;il functions of
the excellent Le; Galiienhe's reper-
tory theatre on 14th street is the
olXering of. plays .which Would not
b*-^ staged in the .money-grubbing,
thcatt-es. In this respect thei dlrec-
Lress-star certainly Qualifies : with
this affair. It would not be let Into
the uncalled-for ixiall of a Broad-
way ipiroducer.

A short- cast thing (na economy,
for a large groiip of players is car-
ried to take care of the other plays),
with a deluge of . words and a
drouth of action, it put half of a
slncei'ely enthusia:.<>tic audience • to
sleep. It has to do with the inner
workings of a woman's complexes;
and, since no process has yet been
perfected that operates in X-ray.
the motivations were conveyed °l>y
dialog, monolog; pantomime and eye
inflections. Miss Le Gallienhe; play-
ing the •subject, obliged.

it seems that shci the wife of a
nail manufacturer, is in love With
her husband's partner, whom she
lpath.es until he leaves for South
America, when she discovers she
loVeis him. This and .similar para-
doxes tran. spire in her • hpydenish
breast. When it comes to a show-
down her physical • reactions are
quite contrary to her spiritual or
metaphysical urges, arid she finishe.-?
in the arms of her deadly dull, hus-
band, who bores her.

It takes a long time and a lot of
language to convey all this; And
then little has been transmitted.

The acting Is urUformly fine,
Mi.fs Le Gallicnne is a far bettier
nerfiormer than she i.«i a picker. . Ria
Mponey, as the daughter, is beauti-
ful, enchanting and haunting-:^ a
truly superfine young player. Don-
ald Cameron, as the husband, is
legitimate and as effective as a re-
pressed and subjective role allows.
"The big lover Is never seen; so no
one cah say how well he does his
stuff. • ••'

This script will not enhance Misr-
Le Galllenne's repute, nor will it
gorg^ her purse. May stay In the
rep a while, but will be dropped
when its dry riist begins to coi-rf>rle.

' Lait.

UPS-A-DAISY

Lewis E.' Genslcr. presents -a musical
comedy, •book and lyrics by -Clifford Grey,
and Robei-t Simon, mtiaic by LewU E.
Gensler, book directed •>/ Edgar Mac-
Grcgor. dances by Earl Lindsay, settings
'b..' John Wenger. costumes, by Kivette-. at
the Shiibrrt Oct. 6; $4.40 t-tp,

Polly Mallory Marie Saxon

Kthel Billings Lueila Gear

Roy Llndbrooke ...Roy Royston

Jimmy RM.cfeway Russ Brown

Madge Mallory ..Joan Carter Waddell

Lurline ; Nell Kelly

"Pinky" ParkB ; . . . TJuster West

Montmorency Bllllmge. .William Kent

Pietc-her • Juhn West

Oskar. .Joseph Calls

Sepp : ...Louia Calts

Ambro.ie Wattle; George Paunccforte

.Screevts, Butler ....P.ob Hope

Scrams, a Footman, .Alan 'Fox

Marigold. ; Georgia Moore

liene. Mildred Tollc

Mary....... .i Joflelyh Lvle

Gtrtrude ...Rita Crane

Freddie. Fred Maye

Walter ; iHlily Neely

A Page ..Alan Crane

At the Pianos

Muriel Pollock, Constance Merlng

Ing pale beside the brilliant playing
of Gaul by Digges, but giving light
and shade to the whole picture by
that vety rea.son.

Production is a fine bit of drama,
done in sensitive and spirited stylo.
Guild subscribers will give it its
needed support at first and then
word of mouth prai.se should give it
new impetus for anything so Im-
pressively worthy must nec'^.'^R-^rilv
draw' a measure of public ' '

and support Rush.

chorus; a slow, poor song, unfit for
thi.s splendid comedienne entirely,
badly spotted.

Young West twice gets tree swing
and scores powerfully. Miss Gear
gets few lines, and this famous
laugh-getter pulls just two — one a
"local" about "The pleasure Man."
Russ Brown has plenty of gravy,
the only performer to get a book-
break besides Kent.

Kent's poirformance. On the whole,
is meritorious. He is the same
Kent he has always been. With
many spots sweetened for him and
the book and cast all working for
him, he ivrlngs- mixny a haw-haw.
Still he has been funnier In the past.

Roy Royston, personable juvenile
with an English dialect and man-
ner, is a delight. A courteous, up-
standing young chap with a fair
voice and fine acting! me.thpds.

Marie Saxon looked radiant, hav-
ing gained a bit since last season.
Her singing voice Is mellowed and
amazingly Improved. Her dancing
Is exquisite. This reviewer,- kidded
in last week's Variety for claiming
to discover stars— Swaffer-I-zed by
some othier trade, paper, scribbler
(probably jealous) gave Miss Saxon
her first Variety notice, a rave, some
year back, when she appeared at
McVicker's, in Chicago, on "family
time." He was rlprht.

Nell Kelly, a. Zella-Oneilllsh hot
babe from the hot Pacific coast,
knocked 'em edgewise with hard
labor plus a personal set-up not to
be taken lightly. She is a coniic or
looks and the goods, no doubt. They
whistled and stamped for her— and
she does well and will do well. For
her type, a knockout.
. The stor.y has to do with a weak-
ling who wants to make whoopee
in Paris, so fakes a mouhtain-
climbing trip, cribs a real moun-
taineer's book to make good, is
caught in the jam, and finally gets
away with ail his bones aind the
credit. That gets In an Alpine; act
(no yodeling, thank the stars) with
a m£»-rvelous perspective panorama
eye. They hard-shoe dance up
there just the sam,e as down here.

The first act is the best, the fast-
est and funniest. . .

The chorus is populous. The in-
vestment is heavy (looks no less
than close to 76 grand) and the cast
is costlv. This outfit will heed a
pace of $25,0(yo weekly gross to keep
above water. At that rate, several
months— about up to Lent, or so—is
a fair guess. And. the cast niostly
responsible. fia«t. .

Command Performance

Comedy in three acts, by C. Stafford
Dlckeiis. Presented at the Kl aw Oct, ^3. by
Herman Shumlln, Staged by Clifford
Brooke. Ian Keith featured;

Nicolas. King of WaUachla H. Pruce

Jessie'- Royce Landls

Robert Clear

. , . .Walter Soderllng
"VVllllain H. Barwald
...... .Ivfin Simpson

.7.vee Scooler
........ .Rose Keane

. .Maria Zlccardl

...........Ian Keith

, , ■. . Lee Baker

George Spelvln

George Halght

......Beatrice Terry

Mr. Keith

Peter and Alexis, performlngr in a
manner that won Mm. no little
praise. Much of th^ play's fun
oomos from the sparrio;; between
Hubert Druco and ChariiKJe (Iran-
vllle, the rulers oi WaMao.hla.
Though married 25 vo.ira, thp iiueen
thinks the king a flop as a hii.sbi>nd
and he has the same id<>a about h< ?.

Jesse Royce Landls Is partk-ti-
larly effective as the suppo.sodly
capricious princess. She la attrat*-
tlve and wears cltohes well, livn-
trlce Terry looked the queen mother
of Alexis, cold and reserved. lA'e
Baker, as her chancellor, was also
well cast. Ivan Simpson w;i3 nl •• 'y
placed as the director of the repcr-
torie company.

"Command l*erformance" is the
frrst try of Herman Stiumlln on his
owrl; plus Clifford Broke's good dl-
i-eptiori.. It figures to stick ab'uit .1.0
weeks to moderate trade, Ibee,

PARIS

Gilbert Miller in association with B. Ray
<Joe'tz presents Irene Bordoiil in a ihusl-
comedy in three , acts (one set) by .Miirtln
Brown. Songs by Cole Porter and B. Ray
Goetz. Staged by W. H, Ollmore. Arthur
Margetsoh and Louise Cloaser Halo fea-
tured, also Irving Aaronaon'a "Command-
ers." Presented at Music Box Oct. 8,
H W top with (.'i.SO Saturday nights.

Andrew Sabot

Harriet,

Valet

Uren<la Kaley . . . ; .
Cora Sabot.

Guy Peanql.

Ylvlenne Rolland.
Marcel Prince. . . . .

.....Eric. Kalkhur,st
..... Florence JSilni'y

Reed Hamilton

....Elizabeth Cheater
..Louise Closser Hale

Arthur Margetson

W.Irene Bordonl

, . . ..Theodore St. John

Katerlna

Blondel

Hugo ', .

Hlldred Sabidoff . . . . ,

Pail I Ma.<<och i . .

Anache MHopovIc. . . .

Lydia Petrnvlc. ... . . .

Yana LodofTskI
Peter Kradltch. . . , . .
Count Vellenburg, . . .
Sergeant of Police.

Servant

Elinor, i I

Alexis

This musical was brought in too
soon. It took the big chance while
it still needed doctoring.

The book is ragged. Practically
a monolog for Billy Kent. And on
the opening night he forgot to re
member chunks of it. Should have
been revised to let in a few other
per.sonalities and characters. Witli
a cast including such ah array of
appeal as Marie ; Saxon, Luella
Gear, Russ Brown, Buster West and
Nell Kelly (new) it doesn't seem
good business to. bank all . the story
on Kent, tried and stare comic that
he is.

If "Ups-a.-Daisy'' stands the hard
test of an unusually strong musical
comedy competition, it will be be-
cause of. the specialties arid the
song-dance class of its principals.
Earl Lindsay has put on too much
tap dancing, done throughout the
three scenes, until the audience is
deaf and dizzy with bucks.

The chorus and the eight dancing
girls are cleverly picked, and they
work hard and effectively. But the
everlasting canister of hard soles
on hard wood becoriies a "Boots,
Boots," after a while. In the first
act there Is .some sembl.ance to pos-
ture and chorus maneuver.
=^To^'make-^thi3=.morO:e=pronouncedT^
principal dancers are also brought
into the scheme. Caits Brothers
do a wooden shoe that runs like
Tennyson's brouk — tPo long. Busier
West hard-soles. Kvorybody knocks
wood. Maybe it's lucky.

Many re.gulatJon rules of the trade
are turned on end, The hit tune is the
lirst number, sting by a minor lead,
and never repri.sed except as dance
music. It's "I'p.s-a-Daisy," and a
pip. Tn a tough .>^pot Miss G;^nr gets
a blues' number with nial(-> .-ind ft»tn

Elizabeth Charlotte Granville

Here Is one of those impossible
yarns aboUt spunky little European
kingdoms with intriguing love af-
fairs treated satirically and with
limitations. It is amusingly played.

Since comedy Is the idea, the roy-
alty thing does not have to be
picked on. "The Command Per-
formance" Is perhaps a similar type
of play to "The Queen's Husband."
It is spicy, with the view of tickling
the theatre-goer rather than to
shock. Here and there it is violently
actory, with the same intent.

It opens at a rehearsal on the
stage of a theatre in Moldavia. The
juvenile and engenue leads are late.
They enter with the excuse that
•several youths had tried to kidnap
the girl but she is saved by Peter
Kraditch^ the straight-shouldered
stage ' hero. 7Th6 gftifrtlarmes" arrive
and Peter is hauled away.

In that the kingdom is In a jam
with another gold-lace country and
it Is desirable to obtain a! treaty
from still a third, Wall.achia, it is
imperative that Alexis, Prince oif
Moldavia, marry Katerina, Princess
of Walliachla. The rub Is Alexia, a
spoiled youth. Besides, several can-
didates for Katerina's hand, have
displeased her and in each instance
have been bumped off. Reason is
that the princess believes she
should intimately know_the.mari she
is to marry and they, don't want any
fellow going around spilling stories
about her,

• Anyl'ow, Peter, the actor, resem-
bles Alexis. Given the alternative
to Impersonate the prince at the
Court of Wallachia or take 20 years
in the salt mines he decides to take
the chance. Peter Is Katerina's Idea
of what a lover should be and there
Is a love match. The betrothal Is
announced and the treaty arranged,
.iin .the j?iS.W .Ml^rJ'^-b^ Is to return
to iVIoldavla He goes to IKie^'prfriTc^ss'^^
chamber. Back In Moldavia Peter
is placed under guard. Katerlna and
her parents arrive .and Alexis Is on
hand, bitter and resentful. His
mother, the queen, compliments
Katerlna on her conduct, knowing
■all the while that Peter was not tl.e
prince. Alexis flees at the last mo-
ment and with the queen forced to
acknowledge Peter as the heir to the
tiironf*, the matTlage proceeds.

fan Keith enocta the dual role of

A vaudeville show with a prolog
and an epilog. Elegant hokurri,
show-stopping specialties by Irene
Liordoni luid Irving Aaronson'a
Commanders, actors who are urbane,
ptjlished, courtly and faultlessly
tatlofcd, a production oozing with
svyarik, plentiful laughter and a
typical Bordoni melange of ram-
pant cuteness.

"Paris" is sheer silk, trim, lu.s-
trous, but not for rough Inspection.
It Is patterned to Miss Bordonl arid
succeeds in the task of .shpwing her
off as actress, songstress . Jihd
charmer.

The absence of plot has never
previously handicapped Bordonl en-
tertainments. There is, accordingly,
no reason to suppose the nonde-
script charaxiter of "Paris" Is a
.'?ei-ious box ofilce hurdle, Mi.«js Bor-
donl is an agency call.

Louise Closser Hale swims in
gravy as a she- purl tan from New-
ton Center, Mass., who goes Demo-
cratic in Paris on brandy. Miss
Hale somehow manages to stop
safely on the profit side of farce.
Her clowriirig is at all times de-
liciou.s, nicely balanced and skill-
fully pointed, '

Arthur .Margetson, co -featured
with Mi.ss Hale below Miss Bordoni,
is an attractive leading man and
light comedian. Eric Kalkhurst was
consistent in character as a son of
the Sabots of Massachusetts, noble
men and pure. Kalkhurst was done
ill by his tailor in the matter of the
blue serge suit in the second act.
It looked a bit riaall order.

Aaronson'.s classy band unllmber
their full artillery of tricks, vocal,
pedal and comic. Those who take
their drama serloiisly will perhaps
resent the injection of a jazz band
in the crucial second act. Such
persons have no business at a Bor-
doni show.

"Paris" is asking $4.40. With the
t?/pe of patronage to which the show
naturally a.ppeals that is no obstacle.
Miss Bordoni, new numbers, new
gowns and new English words to

mispronounce,

'•'Pari.s" should stick for the holi-
days. Land.

runa truo to fom «•
his battlnff avarMo •« a
of .clean entertainment
there soem to be & few wmmt

and. damns in this one thnn In t
of Hodge's pa»t iM»i-form;in»*e«.
what^. are a few tniij.i woi its tiowa^
day.H cuinpitrod to the ciirroiit trt'nd
In biological dram;i'/

Some of the .support i.sn't i> trti< :i-
i:^rly haf'py but with IIiKIrc at the
h«-:'n, and an idyllic happy iitaj;(j
famirV about lilm, the hiisio iiigredi>
etit.s .should sulllrc to inspire femU
nine ftUivhing and Baceharinc com-r
mondation Although blsi was oft
tho second vti* third night, l.hc lack
of numberfi w;>h more than counter-
balanced by tii^^ enthuslaallc fip*
plaust^t and the i'^mlnlne approba-
tion of it's .ill ao ".sweet."

The single sot .iixl the Inoxpen-
slvQ ca.Mt siioiild react, lis It. already
has, favorably for the aithor-pro-
ducer-star. It's a subnrbiin home
Interior of a hoiiae under t'i^ocesn
of erection and the necetuKarjr
painters, cnrpentern and plumbt'^ra
serve as wiine.ssen In the circum-
stantial evidence agaliiHt IIodKe,
and a£[ the contributing factorn in
motivating the plot involvInK the
wife's allegecjly careless relation^i
with the dapper architect.

Je.anette Fox-Leo convinced qh.
the vamp interior decorator and
Ruth CJates as the wife w.\-« equally
impressive. The rest dldri't ti^:i;«or,
other, than Hpdge. .■»•'«''. .

POSSESSION

. Play ' in three acta (two wets), writt^'n.
.stivged a'nd presented by Ktlgur H<'lWyn.
O|)on0i1 at Booth lTiealire Oct. 2. with Mar-
garet Lawrence starred. Edna Hlbbnrd and
Walter Connolly featured. $3 top.

Hardy. .William Poatahc*.

George Morrow .George Graham

Edward Whltcman . . . .Robert MontBomery

Molly Rus.seli Edna HIbbaril

J. P. Has-sard Pierre Watkln

Mrs. Anne Whiteman, . .MnrgBrct I..awrence

Larry Reaglc ..v Robert W. Craig

Rachael , ; Maude Malcolm

Stanley Whiteman ....... .Walter Connolly.

Edythe Grange,.,.... Roberta lleatty

Hor nutler

Dr. Graham.,

Oftlcer. ...... ., . . . .

.;..Chnrlo.i Sa.nton

Joseph Balrd

...... Ilobert Long

Edgar Selwyn, stage director arid
producer, has done an elegant job
for Edgar Selwyn, the author. Un-
happily the missing' factor, is story
stamina.

Always mildly engaging, some-
times amusing, occasionally dra-
matic, "Possession"' never develops
a punch, never really stirs Its audi-
ence, and leaves the irinpression thitt
it will not be able to stand , up in
competition. .

There Is a first-class idea behind
it, that of a mentally zero woman
who drives her husband frantic with
her eternal ass^umption that he is a
great big boy who needs and wants
mothering. This' is the character
stuff of which '"Dulcy" and "Craig's
Wife" were made.

Margaret Lawrence Is effectively
exasperating as the loving tyrant,
with Walter Connolly very human
and w6ary as the struggling but
hopelessly licked husband. Edna
Hibbard is agreeable and cute in a
part with no openings for slipping
across nifties In the recognized Hlb-
bardian manner; '

A uniformly beautiful perform-
ance was turned in. Robert Mont-
gomery seemed to win the feminine
vote with his boyish technique and
crafty punctuation of his lines,
Roberta Beatty furnished the note
of contrast to Miss Lawrence. Both
ladles could make the best dressed
woman of the week box. The
swanky gowning of both is in
harmony with the quality of the
production.

"""Ought to get a little carriage play,
but guess is against "Possession"
sticking 12 weeks. Land,

Straight Thru the Door

William HtHlge's play, authorized and
produced by and .starring himself at the
4!Hh St., New York, opening Oct. 4..
Staged by Maurice Barrett. In three

acta Cone set),
Meyers, painter ..
Arnold, carpenter
Bu.shiier, pliipiber

Jack ■C. ConiioHy
. .. Abbott Adams
Jack Cheatham

Anna; AShl!nin7"'decofator

■ Jeannette Fox-Lee

Artanio, ma.<?()n William de Ro.ia

Roy Saunders, , friend .John Edwards

Amy Thomas, elder daughter

Marjorie Lytell
Eugene Thomas, Jr., son . T/Oland Chandler
Wowi^er. contractor . . , Arthur IH>na:dson
Mrs. Harriett Thomas, "wife .. Ruth Gates
Abhy Thomas, daiiKhter ...... Ann Roth

Eugene Thomas, father ... William Hpdgf;
John Wlther^ipoon, archlte&t

Franklyn Fox

Martin Rollina, detective .. WlUlav Cullen
.tohn Flnley, aasistant . . George Harc.ourt
Frederick Ottman', press agent'

Maurice Barrett

.Sarah Fernhardt, actress

Margaret Mullen

To prophesy the commercial
chances of "Straight Thru the
Door" would be gilding the lily
since the Hodge - play has already
clicked off a healthy road season.
Reversing the usual procedure, the
star brings his latest vehicle to
Broadway after practically every-
thing else had been played.

As a my.stery comedy it is more
of the latter, the mysteriousness of
the^ melodra,matics providing little
"to FSfffe^iiny'" irifelligeneer^fti^^
there any attempt made to do so.
In the thesis, William Hodge
frankly disavows guilt and it is
simply a matter in the remaining
two acts of the audience being con-
tent to sit back supinely and watch
its hero do his stuff,

Ag.alnst this background Is ah
exposition having to do with a wife's
faithfulness and the husband's
trust Iri a flirtatious spouse.

Goes without saying that Hodge

DEEP HARLEM

(HARLEM)

Earl Dancer's musical, presented
in tab form, last week with an all-
colored cast at the Lafayette (Har-
lem), deserves a Broadway try pro-
viding the producer develops the
po.ssilriiitie^ 'Of^thB^'^bobk -and
it the mounting and staging mer-
ited. This :one is a departure from
the usual race musical, in that It
has a connected story, tracing the
history of the negro from darkest
Africia to Lenox avenue and 135th
street. , •

Opening has an Ethiopian, king
of ancient Africa giving his daugh-
ter in marriage to a prince of a
neighboring tribe. In the midst of
the royal ceremony, slave traders
descend upon the. Village and cap-
ture all the able-bodied men and
women for bondage in America, sep-
arating the lovers. A de.sert scene
next provides the locale for some
comedy by Ed Pugh and Doo Doo
Green. It could be heightened con-
siderably to lengthen the running
time.

A slave ship scene with a storm
at sea and the negroes singing spir-
ituals, packs a wallop similar to
that which makes the first act cur-
tain in "Black Blrd.s" the high spot
of that musical. Thereafter follows
=^th6"U3ual-pre»©lvll--War-Dlxie-stuffr
with Jubilee and prison bits for
comedy relief.

Finally the riegro Invasion of
Harlem and their gradual ri.se to
independence in that section. A 7th
avenue bit brings on all the. du.sky
Harlem types encountered nlong the
jig main stem. Brown .skin pros-
ties, nances, lesbians, • touts, snow-
birds, number runners and .soap-boK
orators are .some of the Ilarlemitei
(Continued on page 4 'J >

Wednesday. October 10, 1928

LEGITIMATE

VAklETV

Plays Out of Town

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( 1 4Miifni m4 <fh>rinir

THREE CHEERS

Got.
this

NoAv IlMVon,
^•karKM IMllliiKhiini pri-Hwita Uils

lii twn «' tH mH twelve PCi^ncs. HofA

fcj Anne ruMwiil; mu«lc Uy 1 .»y-
Wb«II: l>*SyIva. Brown and Ilon-
il: «tani«» *na enacmblos
Ik'nm'tt. MsnlBlcd by IViirl
ttX by It. It. liuriiflidc.

Anilrcw Tomb«<
.Alan »Jwartl8
.t^lwArd. Allan
tlliim Vttlrntlne
.Oitrar It«Kland
I^niticrt
Iteni Torp^y
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Ktturne
K<>iir

JIttrry \'»m
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The Mayor

PAphne fit Id^tmt- . • . > • t..
Qu(^n Tiiol**!. •
Volibl« Bird..-
Audrey NuRcnt

Ftorla Karlrign

JCmiyntrude •••

lA>tty...

Hetty

KaslM. ...♦••.•«••••<••.
Mike

WoHtland.

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I»hyllt«

...Knibryn Hi'rrtwj..

fathor, who, ui>i'n
I niptTor jrot s into
the on)»t;iin \v.h<»,

«'i'.st;isj «<• . •
lew in »1; t
Ills lady l» v»

•W'clllnifton
Cnniermmn.
Inn Kceiwr

raptuln Mcurlcc. . . i • • •

■ PrlnccHs Syl vin

KInK l»omiiunola. •■>

Italptt Thom:wii
.JoMph tt<-hlro-!i»
..William Krnii'hfll
.Tunics Murray

.....Win Iloftfiu

prlncosw, and oilier Jhtm-sliiif; i ii.a-
actor Hludio.s.

rjocc is a ircnuiiK.' triiunpli f(»i
IxLura . Ilopo Onnv.^j. Sli»> s!ii;ply
walks awdy Avilh U. Hot oven at
that, tlio conira.vt In chanu'tor cn»-
ation, pliis skill tul playlnff. kept thf,
otiKT five nioinbovM of tiio t'Jist from
bplnpf Kiiowod undor.

Tho two (Jilhert intportat(«)ns, Fay
Compton and Ian Hunter, a ro wholly
acrepta1)lf»i Ml.^s Compton play« an
inponup <'liaraotor, sfloritly lovo sink
and tht'n joyously Klad to pay th<-
prirp. Hunter Is a dHlphtrul H^rht
and Krarpful (ypp of Ir-adinc: man.
Arnold Korff as .Hi« f.atlu'r— iwor!-
C'or.a Withcrspoon in n. ko'- -
rotp. <»xr<dlrnt. It l.«4 sompthlTi.;:
k Itack .1 rji.st and li.avt* the Ir
iriniTH st.'md out and in the
»th f5?i«'k to tho a-sKM'tion
ri'V.54 wallird. away wit!'

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Vdti an inaurdtati' traiisfi.r. ;

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younK ( har(^»>s. anKctvd by a i«uptH>!-
of br«>ad s5oak< <! in broth, arp .••tsirt df.
to rovolt. As ii^r boya and icirls* ,

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Three years apo on Broadway
If a wiso Kuy oraokod that tht'ro
-woulcl ever bo a Fred Stone without
vreci Stono he would have been
lauiihcd out and no questions awk* <l.
l<.if laHt «lKht Dorothy Stone helped
piit re»-o.s.^ the nxweHt Stouo sli.m'K
in tt irianJ-'i- that Would turn any
nredece.'^Hor, b;H her father. T,Pt . n
Will KoBevM f» "pSneh-luttstut
a»d ho iB the bU ?mn»

DllllnRhJim eallH t>»e tmnW "Three
Chccrij" for no rea'*AUs an«i no plot.
But who tares? Hoi-vm. daiie<s.j
lines and Will KotT< ih. «ms so^

far OS to hold a ftraw srote fori
iScsldJnt^the middle of^JJ.^tl.S^K^ A

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Dorothy struts her fathrr'!* step anO i j r. r. r», -i u- '-^^ , .
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Imitates Will, ^. ^n- '*"rr f-' mr "" v v . t

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need be— f?ister Orav'a h.irs ihvl^^y'it^
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God to strive to cradleate : • . 'i:-:r;« «"
evils wUioli underlie their own . «n- F n *
fortunate state, . 5 V'-il'.~ t

It. is this gripping and splendid-" *
ly dr.ani.T.tlc scene which supiilies
not only the title for the Sierr.i
pl.iy but the key to the. play wriphl's
tlienie. Moreover, St is pertiap.A tlw
•est bit of theatre in the piito :ind
undeniably the best of the three eur-
taiii.s.

The lir.st art, l;Ud in the asylum
f«»f ito«»r old inen, is chlelly eon-

ii «>i ncd with revealirtp: those motivts
'whith le.id Si.sler (Iraoia to Join
I tho oi tier. t*ciriously, her mother, a
vo:U < 55ur< l:;joer< l« (ho .source
MJ.^n. Jler fither. a iioii-
undeiiit.inds and " ai ••
i!;id»»wiKr f vervt^iii!:'
:» A» t-i M::-'^ I5ar-

in ;t ti:i^J;:« ; . ,•>»

"! ; lundiit^rr Xet .

= ..; tt.jt: f« rni itum.dj«f;j|)„' ■ .

I o-evin: ijjK at all tirm"*i ho.

5.'i=;o5*- are liurry I'litiimer a'a Ttu-

y.K'i ttu» fn»> thBnlier, in the lir ti;
i5r .^Is-sT.'^a H;ii'vry, in *

rit" •

I

t'-.lt.
>.i\. ■■

w..sn't m:.i I

a l'»m:|ruKv with si« , a and i s

Whi!«» Mips 1Vi«»ii has a
d< us diawini; |hiw«t tu.t S' i
at knowIrdKrU aiid i»U>k<?i:< dc!l:t
Ui piudiit iiii; ni.ls^<a:^^ for Yidd..-li
tlUiUieM^*'!'*** If aiuuK thu^ liioad'-
way muHualK too (.'early t^iiie is
an 'alwencv of appeal tti natacitt.ility
that would le unh»at!hy f««r t8ie
box tdlicf*. the produreiv y:c» in

to fwl that to keej» their trade tl.« y
miiKt be up-to-dat* an;l to l»o up-
to-date thry niupt have ii«ine t»f tsio
pep :iiid (ipei'd of the Mr(»iidwa>
musical.

TliiH Is «n .appropviate eombina>
tton of tho many in«ied:» :st.«J nei es*-

-.<• Ir. if;;.ir.a<f«=t3irnt
! ircnf" 'Mtis.ler'- lij
.sprd l>y K J r.lwnii in

..W.;l{rr llofton
. i >;:ui |i «Mrnalun. Jr

Wi::iam J. Krilv

J ltiirn< '.n.jn
■ K:.'r»'M-e i;(»t«'nlriu>.'

t'l;.ir><- PnuKt,).:
. t H!»J< n

.. .i:<<:.t;i*i J'HVrJtT

•t>llic'l»iiiflu M>*r>ln

a d« tertive mystery
a ti enjoy. It . is un-
• V, clriliy

tnelo-

"M.'tdtr" !«<
play a-.jvoif ♦
i.ke thoi'> .» •ti
dramatic t( \; t< iu:..

The Kociie i.jju'jjH in it. hou! room
wln'H' a ?M'au5 ''tsl wtitiian ir foMt>^
murd« r<'d and tu« bcic.> stuffed In a
ste.'inn'r trunk. i h«' act is built
around a. di)pe rinp Zitid its .letivt-
ties. There arc nusw dr.'iMj.atiP
nioriientH as the nnirth'r% r Is finally
tracked, hut not tintil ar\ innocent
bank I Jerk r- a,i-i ii.>^e«l,

".Murder" ha*j .-m espenslv«- f»ro-
du« ti=«n. TIm tirst scene is in ''so
hot* 1 b« droom. tlie .scciuid .sho\\>>
ji Vjf- dinu: tr.'»ffK'l:i«r's home, and tin
i tli'ii! t!'»' b biiv and ladies' room fit
' V- > 1. .'~*« tfirt'S :iie ekibor.ite

I'j'j • • •(f.ji i»«avv. l*iceo i^

CO-*

c-t ; T ■■iir*«'iii:o«fjk
.'as * •• .!2« i-t £n

It fi«<!!t.tV

ivn.tM 10.1: kw> tit sary for the Kueeesplul Viildish tnu-

sieal. Hut Mtill. It Ib notieralde tlu^t

while the tl;u»hy costume and s«.Vn:c
effects may ke»=p tl»e.s-e shows iii
lino With the latest dwelopnients
of tho thrutre, it is the Yiddi^ h old-
fashioned lituiKSf kaps and chanti'-
teiizntionif th.it draw the heartitsl
applause.

Miss rie(»n .♦ictires sinuutOJ^t with
a mammy ballad of the t:.pie.-il
Yiddi.sh variety. The lyrit-^ have
been written with restraint, but
♦>iere is still enough boko In the
dilt\i«-v ahdi the mui-ie to luake it
one of the. "iitst.^ndinK nitisieal hits
of the. shiiw

Joseph Itunfishlsky. «>rcdiNd With
tlx* . mu^ieal ci»mpo8lt»« has
ereateil a M'f of »!tiretire niuiii *»-.
They have ii neu qualify of n
bjjilier ealibre than inlj the usual
Yiddish eoinposltion.«. but Ktill re-
tain thoir appeal with the cuj»^
toiners in this seetion of the city.

Mivy ricon, as a eomcdienne or
wi;«n sihicinK. Is eonvim inp. At-
tem^<ttn»; drainatie I'mphasl.s she
d«M's »}•:» m:3N(er. Tills applies alVio
to Irvln.c;; <;roHKmnh, vo< allst . with
4H<nM* fi/tN>;vcnyr oh tho l'«ist Side,
inti.'w ri>wt« ful* niPlodlouM delivery

(♦ lii?l'ine I

short

(Ko
ruler,
cess
country
American
palace
on

where

movie . . .
palace. And that's that.

RoBerS Is hardly at nil in char-
acter, ad llbinp; an<i talking politics
most of the time. In one scene
and Miss Stone fio throURh a va-
riety of stops in which Will proves
himself a fair Oancer. Again no
tries to vocal-'/ft. with moderate
success. But as a elnBlo, wow.

:M1ss Stono shows as a star in her
own right and /Andrew Tombes and
Patsy Kelly ca/ne close to being the
show stoppers of the evening. Show
started on tltrte aiid with a
Jntermlaaion, bfoke at 11:30.

Alan Edwards makes a good ju-
venile, while Oscar Ragland and
John I-rfimbert are, of course, , nx-
tures with Stone. Janet Velio ably
takes care of most of . the high
notes. , ,

Music Is tuneful, minus a stand-
out. A dance number. "I'oinpanola.
is practically "fJjimbalimi, bat
"Orange Blosstom Home," "MrryUe-
This Is Love" and "Someone KIse
Is Blue" ought to attain something
on lobby sales, although hardly nfi'
tional. Tiller Girls do most of the
stepping with a great amount of
novelty. Chorus also has pop, and
the .gets are ple.isant. A polka dot
effect by Dan Casey stands up.

Rogers' gaggirg holds the final
curtain, but it would be impos-sible
to cut his time and have the cus-
tomers £or<?et the $4 top. "Three
Cheers" Is in but hot for the kids.
They won't pet Rogor.s. Roberts.

M.irr.irita
Cn mlMi.t.

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Tlio Tlumli ^Sirl. , .....

SWor <Tlirl8ttn;»

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Knrlquo... ■

Tiiinn

f;|*fpr nmol.i.. . .■. i . .

Sinter Mlonlsla. . .'

TriKrnrln. .-. .
The Innoernt
Pnqiittn. .....

T/ironsia. ....

Meronlto. . . . .

Felliie.'. . . . .

•Tiim <1e plos . .'

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nofiion

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Joto

t ',..-«{*ir.e e:L4 r«p; li!»y 15 fdeatl.v fnountcd Hf.
.?f; »v<n ,11 rrricliii.?' New York in atu^tUt r thi*
I'l'^'l'-rr' t*'^ fo!K weeks, nhire it Will < pf .
«;trur.''.' M4»t»n«*ittii^ i;ew KilKl Hurry more l£i<;i£r .
iAr.<irr ■ ^''-i'* ! Tho i>: sy rhouid run at 5<a' 12
i'.»'...i ^ » v.« « k'), (lianSin to tho Jtanynu^ «^
*^*'rth.» Tcirrvc o* ' lntcili,:pnt.«iia'« lnt*K hi

Jfannrtio" i^hrrwi-r, >»« l ti«o ."pJ!pp'»rt of the t'atl.i tii

■.".V " Jano To'.vrc'.is „ fiJ« ^H'egofn;; publir. It Khould I »ve
«;ei.rB> T»row w» r:<:ifr j « i!i« uUy in wchnlrii; the aj»

Sv.irn'o M'<"»'''i:» ''-i$ I'o.'b a 4Mo\.o::ind < i ; j;« -

Ei!si..'\ t'o 'if .»r s nieiit. nhow will |duy I>» tro i
, , r.inrt itaw . «M ' \v uiRhington :^n6 Kiltimore iK-foro ;

.(•harW'fl I*(C*er} |
. , . Meriiar.; V.i* !
.S-nmu"! Orlenr';

.Kdwanl
, . . Uonel

Dante

AMERICAN OPERA CO.

OLYMPIA

" ^VaiiTTTiVglon, OctrO:

Gilbert Miller presents a comedy .t)y
Fcrcnc Molnar. EnRllsh text - by SW^ny
How.-ird. Staged by Mr. MlUer. Flr.st
American performance, Belnsco, Oct. 9.
Countess Wna. ......... . .Cora WItheispoon

Count Albert Grant Stewart

Princess Eugenie Plata-Ettlngen

Laura Hope Crews

Olympla. . . ; .Fay Compton

Captain Kovacs. ^ .Inn. Hunter

Cplonel Krphl. , Jtlchle l.ing

Prince Plata-Bttlngen. .Arnold Korft

Molnar here gets a great deal of
fun out of teaching Austrian royalty
of before tlie war a le.sson in de
mocracy. He docs it cleverly, do
lightfully, and with some promise
for commercial values.

The Ktory i.<3 simple enough but it
never wobbles. Tho linos are bright.
In this Sidney Howard, who did the
Knglish text, should siiarc credit.
Gilbert Miller has cast it .superbly.
In has one set, six characters, three
of these bits, and It looks like a
box ofHce .setup.

These who liavo been getting th'"ii'
drama rather in llu! raw of lati^

^^ny-y fiTv n "jriiTXi of igirr"?^w=rT--

act ui)on them as ralh(>r of a beauti-
ful cameo, much pri'/od and of con-
sidcrablo value but too light, loo
altogether of the "delightful" classi-
fication.

However, there are ni.any left who
like ju.st that and who ' will look
upon it as a decided relief from
the raw.

They will revel in the mother,
who, to save a scandal, let her
daughter pay the price ; in the

for
that cli-

Novelty, the cornerstone uponj
which the Spanish playwright and
the American .adaptors have reared
Itic dramatic structure, is at once
the Htrenrth and the weakness of
Kthel Jiarrymorir's tiew jilay. • U was
given its llrst nt^'ht .an s r.o.
audience at the Wlcling.

Appi-aised in coldly eommerciui
terms, its boxofTlce success d«'p<'nd.':
upon the existence' in suin<'icnt
numhfrs of the so-called iuti-lli-
pentsla to whom the name of Hiliel
T-5arrvmore forms an irresistible
magnet. "Tiie Kingdom of Cud,"
while blessed with a generous nicab'-
ure of wh.at the tbeatro knows as
art, is not designed fpr these masses.
And .1.3 between the play of Spain's
G. Martinez Sierra, adapted by
Helen and H.arley GranviUe Barker,
.an d-the histr i o n i.o arti.stry there. ca.n_
be but a single choice. It is Mi.ss
Barrymore realistically portraying
girlhood, womanhood and finally old
age. She was albne responsible
the. extended, curtain calls
maxed the first night.

In the accepted sense this is not
a pla.v. lOiilsodic. in construction,
an(V all but plotless,' .there will be
many who will rcfu.se ' to see a
plot. The piece resolves itself into
a splendid character study of Sister
Gracia, no nun, but a member of
the Order of St. Vincent de Paul,
dedicated to the cure of the sick
and the teaching of children. It is
a character study whose setting i
still more eharacler .studies.

First act is laid in rm asylum for
poor old men. the second- in a
maternity home and the third in an
or ph.annge; Action .siiarts a period of
51 years .and necessnrily introduces
three di.stinc.t east.'*. In each eiiir-nde
the enuilia.cis is upon ty))e in lieu
of conventional plot.

The Cdiistruction iiiled up not. a
f e-w-^c Gi 1 vp J ifcatijjins.J.or 41 re_.;Ltl.i ]j-Lui>i,
pcrliaps the mo.st serious being tin-
task of molding character alnio.^t
wholly by dialog. Conventicm.al ac-
tion is as foreign as plot

obIr;«x^ 0« t. 1.

I'rr.ventlni; an Enell'b *erskti «( ti<«ilM> 0
"K»uHt, ' aOaM'd l>y Ucbvn S'lMH.n,
muRic by Uounitd, |:brctro by '.<rr anil
farrp. ni.-iKtil l»y W. liontfg. A* Kr-
l;ini;<'r, ChiiUKO. iKt. I.

Kaunt ... . JPalrirh Kll.lift.ny

H'linoni N>v-(l;»ii
V.tlontin. .. ..a ..<•«••»••..... . ASLin l;ui(

Kii lie:. . ....llatD.j IfanMAj

W.igniT Jrihn I't-vrriudi

M.'trKuerll<^ N:il32ii' lla'.l

.M;ii (li.i Ilrten Kit rUri:

l''rank Jit. I/Ogor, ccr.iluttur

Di al- .Io( ;

When you blew to is*.*." York,
.:Igal.<io, >ou lo«<t your I'ut chan."
to s'-rapi! the herringbones out ol
your teeth. We're. caHblng op< ra
iK're now and that ain't slang f«»r
burleycue. Tho next thing you
know w(;'ll be eating .swiss on rye
with the gold coast dobutantys.
This .society racket ain't bad at .all
after you learn to keep your gum
under"your tongue; • - - -

The American Opera Co. is sup-
posed to be bankrolled by lOdltli

here.

Wisely, love in(or<!St is resLrictcd to
a' sTngT(''""bricf scene in the .sr-i-ond
act. The srstcrs-of the order of
Vincent de Paul take no perpetual
vows, renewing their ohliBaticms
year by year. After 10 years
.service, Sister Oracla
first word of human

of

he.ars the
love from' Dr.

Rockefeller McCormick, who goes to
local nickelodeons in an Imported
bus with two footmen to see that
the wheels stay on, They're dishinK
oat opera in Knglish so you <:an
get in on the word.s, which means
nothing to you. Anyway, ju.st be-
tween us saps, a prlm.a donna is the
.s.amo at heart whether she's, doing
'•J'^au.st" or five-a-day in Muscatine
Opera in English gives the cu.s-
.tomers about 30 per cent of the plot
The house was packed with cus-
iriMK-rs who can hit the dailies
v.illiout using a sashweiyht. Sonu
(pf the matrons were so loaded with
r.amily fortune they had to be lifted
out of their limos. What you call
a clriss crowd, with no layoffs in (jn
Oakleys.

Ton have to give these Ijlgtimc
•.•(i(i(.]crs- credit on llK-ir pir>es. Tlley
'■•;in b.'it off hiuh notes that would
; i( f-r ,'iny sonhret clear of a l>;illa(!.
l-;v''r.vthin.',' clc;i^r as a whisfj'j^, jvvlth-
whole Cornjiany. And the liKhlln:'
ffffcts worked out by this W.
K-^-'-int; have all the edat of a Rox.v
Ijccsentation,' Ho turned the cast
into a series of stage pictures, all
n.y. Tircttv as .a barroom painting.
Rdsiiig .kept the scrim down
throufs'hout, which the dame behind
us .'■•,'iid helped to give a Rembrandt

If i'-i tf»o <!i<.'^p ;jnd fomnmn a tlllo-
f>*r BUf'h a rn r^SHr;!? pl;iy and is
takoly to d«tr. ♦ t from tho hox 6fn<e

PUYS ON BROADWAY

<C'ontinurd frtitu pa^o 48)

that pfoph thiH weno for romcdy
offietM, whllo the bi tter ciasiKn ln-
habitlnif: tlu •Jt etion are also worked,

| '"a ho! '. t<»tf V Ifarlein hU:ht club
|I.H tho fiiiat Mini?. whei<j ih« boy.
;;n 4nt»ita!i|irr, '.iii/i ^^M'dl.v deneend.
(<t from the |»rir,f<». mMfo tb« ltl^^
who clnlm* aho i» the liic .iisfiftoft
of the Afrt« an piineo •« whoH« W«i
dliiK w.li diHsnptrd hy tho invasion
«>f the flav«» tr.idrrii nt th<- Btart of
tho storv. Jano iViwI u* d a nitnllar
Idea In "Fimyn' Thru '

Jianror olatmri h'- <<fnroivrd lh<'
ytorv with the <<ri(';in;il Intention of
rj^viniT hsH uifo lltht l Wa!er«, play
tUt h.id. lU'.'o t;9h(l IH BinKinK bot
tur.< ■ at b^avy dough for K<>lth*H
and h .<3 i" t llisrl Hat. Tcirl Me
fornjM i; dm n iir,5« nuf bad in eapa
ble fa:ihi^*n J/ociiH Cole, juvenile,
bandit r; liri; £; and numbeiM neatly.
r«'gist<r;rig v/ith "Deep Harlem,'
"»,i.~,'«^n Gai' ;ind "Don't A.sk M.
Wh.v," all ii.r«';ible hit tunes. Salem
Whitney and lloint— Tutt wrote the
book and lyrsc,« jjud Joe J.;rdon the
niusie.

The show go< s to W.ishington thiM
week and then into IMilUy for two
weeks. In Harlem It did turnaway
_b u .sip I'ss . ,a t ..I Qe . top, . doHpl to , onl y^lO

d. iys of rehejirsal.
Properly cast, costumed and han-
dled, "Deep Harlem" might reach
Broadway a month hence. Dancer
says he has the backing of a mon-

e. vcd philanthropist whose interest
In artistic theatrical effortp have
been often chronicled.

rr jr!«Ary detAlt woilld out dc<wn
tiiDo and flfM'ed up the

Fan; *^"^(||t<n, oM, Well known

aetiir. P' ^X^** o' th<? (Pitrartloni)

*'ir, * ^"yj** ter -tt'ork m ftd-
mlmhl* for jn^rtiyi^ ^ Qp<. and

he doeii a few t diUl-uIt evcil

for younrer men, ^"li^ J

Plfrtry \H Hrht, i»ut « • »'-**ifci|nit and

Intt rofitlniir. The iihov; "J'S-te is

ntinlmlxedl «?5er the ojwni'^a ' ^

wher<> lli<» #cirl 1» Introduced w.*

iMirker vlth a nmall group of

trnve'l.rtjr performem.

r» -iwced n« a younff girl to. get «

hrtW f)rlred llekot to Boston, she is

foui.<l crying at the station by a

younv' wan ivho takes her home

tinder the impretifllon that she Is

lo*f. fjr>ve interest with eompUca-

tlona tollow.

The nrlnia dnnna, Betty Simonoff,

la n doelded ftHsetf*, seorlhg eon-

tlniinurdy with a smooth cultivated

voice. Mori.

THE CIRCUS GIRL

(YIDDiSH)

Operfttta In two }icta preHenlcd by JoKetxh
Ttuiii.shi.sUy and .Jafol) Kalich. IJlrected by
.Taofib Knllrh. . Wrlltf;n by .Shomer Blulers.
Mnlly on wlarreiJ. MuhI'- by Jo.sei'h
Jlur(,Khit;ky. IvyricH nc)t rrcdllol: iJance.-i
arran>."'d by lfyiri;in .TMf-oti.Mnn. At 2d Ave-
nue, Now- Yorit, Oct. *i, $;i top.

• '.Sam Ka.sKiu

effect.

Music

is what you call classic.

Mr. S.tir l"IfoKi!l. . .

ICoKone, Hon

Hclla. flnanrn"

Sanih, rnolhur. . . . ,
Rlfilian), arllftl. . .

tJ.'ilzy, m.'iWI

Kiirnrny, i-lianfli-ur.
SPnoi- J!urn-Unze. .

I<.'in;i rik<-l

A'li lina.

Sdt.iM . . .

A T'-.iinl'

A ''nndiji'tor. . . , . .

, . . . Irving (JrosHmaij
. ... .rioae Ore<;n(lcla
, . , .Clara. }If)nlgnian
.... Max UoHftnlilati
. . , (■Jortnidc Hulman

. .. Max WUher

M. Slmonnfr

T'/Ptly Slinonoif

.I'^raricos Wpinlniub
. , .• ... .M(il!v ri' iiri

T.r-on rimras

l.con NaildlKky

'One of t.h(, moKt entertaining mn
sicals ever shown on . 2d Av< nii<
"Tlip Circus fjirl" i.--! easily the best
on the street this .season, with tin
utiendance proving it.

Though they still have much to
learn, the producers have vastly
improved their Icchniriue. This is
a pretentious speclacle, with fre-
quent and expensive costum'
changes all marked by good taste in

ENGAGEMENTS

Berton Chundiill, Prank lyyon,
.Te.an Wxon, Dorothy Hall. Ilka
Cha.se, ICdwin NIcander, "Final
Fling."

Solly W.ard, Greek Evan.s, Cbt ster
Halo Girls, George Smith's Ktrlng
ensemble, "Music in May."

Morris Anknin, Julesj PVrrar,
Maynard Burgess, Sylvia Sidney,
"God.-s of JJghtning."

Kalph Miirp' y. "The K Guy."

Virginia llenry, "CouLig*-."

RtdreKiindHon^, ''MtmlPT.''

Catherine Alien, "White I41ae«."

Jack Sheehan, "lively Lady."

Marjorle Hubert, Prank Manning,
Charlotte Hunt, James W. Wallace,
'Tin Pan Alley."

■Tom Douglas, "Toung Love."

Helen Menken, "Congal."

Gertrude Saunders, "Blackbirds"
(Boston).

Eric Dre3Hler,"Exceeding Small."

Helen Brown, "Whoopee."

I>amela Bryant, "Rosalie."
Marc.ia Kyron, "The Crook's Con-
vention."

. Hugh Bnclvler, "Rewlt."
Wynne Gibson, "I)a.siiuerie."
Robert Glockler, "Gcntlemrn of
the Press."

PJvelyn Cromwell, '.'Vanities."
•. .yiij-io^t-.y Sist<!rs, Maryoh Dale,. Sil-
ver Slipper Club.

Zelda SaifLl<-y. Bert Gordi.n, Bob
Harrison, Jtoy Jlyi-on, Guy Harring-
ton, I'Yaricis Vr-rdi. J-'red MoiUl.
^1 )or-o 1 1 ) y'^ j iro wn r.=Lo iii^ J^:i>^iUJl---ii^
Ftundlf-y, l>oc Soniers, Gayland
Kinursto"^ny, -lack P,en((m, (Jeorge
N<'ville, Johnny Shepp-ird. Jce
Fields, George C. Mack, K. N. .Tohn-
stone, J>'Wi,<-; Shores, llaruld De
P.nay, Ida Fit/.hugli, Claud Main,
"The Squealer."
Allan I'rior, "Rainbow."
T.vroji" l*o\v(f. lieatri^- "Thomson,
Lester Vail, "TTnknown Warrior."
Breone Sisters, "Americana."

50

VARIETY

LEGITIMATE

Wednesday, October 10, 1928

Shows in N. Y. and Comment

Figures estimated artd comment point to some attractions being
successful, while the same gross accredited to others might suggest
mediocrity or loss. The variance is explained in the difference in
house capacities with the varying overhead. Also the size of cast,
with consequent difference in necessary gross of profit. Variance
in business necessary for musical attraction as against dramatic,
play is also considered.

Clasi^ification of attraction, house capacity and top prices of the
admission scale given below. Key to classification: C (comedy);
D (drama): r: Crevtie); M (musical comedy) ; F (farce) : O (operetta).

Ailmission tax applies on ticletn orpr ?3.

*A Connecticut Yankee," Vahdor-
bilt i^Oth wcok) (M-382-$r),il0.y.
AVodd's scrii'H crowd of some bonr
ertt last wi'ck, ospeci;illy to musi-
t\>l sliows; "Yankoe" has another
\v«»t'k or two to f<o; aroimcl $15,000.

"Adventure," Ropublic (3a weekV
«..'-lt01-j»). Created Utile com-
ment and wont into Cut raitvs soon
afttT opoiiiiij,'; probably won't
stick. ...

•BiHie," KrlanK«^r (2(J week) (M-1,-
52a;-|".sr)jii Off to excellent Htart:
flrst week's takings bettered, $27.-
000; T;i)t niuoh under capacity;
season's run predicted,

"Blackbirds," I.il)prty (23d week)
( lt-1.202-$3), Paoklntj tliem iii;
remarkable business for colored
revue, wlileh is breaking .records .
ov»'i' $23,000 claimed last week;
moves to Kltinjre next week, fol-
lowed liere by "Mr. Moneypcnny."

"By Request," Hudson (3d week)
(C-1.01)-l-$3). Not exceptional but
climbed; first full week . better
than .$9,000; will, probably, last
well into winter.:

"Chee Chee," Mansfield (Sd week)
(M - 1,050 - $5.50). Management,
hopeful of recording an unusual
hit: . despite decidedly .wavering
ivotloes, la.st week's takings ap-
proximated, $24,000.

"Courage," Uifz (Ist week) (D-a45-
$31i. Presented by Lew Cantor;
written by Tom Barry; regarded
favorably out of town; opened
Monday.

"Cross My Heart," Knickevbock'?r
t4th week) (M-l,412-$4.40). Took
quite a junu); second week's gross
clainu'd ovrr $20,000; got its share
of baseball bugs.

"Diamond Lil," Iloynle (27th week)
»(.M)-1.117-$3). Publicity altfud-
ant on arr.'. t of "Pleasure Man"
cast to«»k in Mae \V«'.'«i's "Lll":
business lip ♦!> $!5,0ViO.

"Elmer the Great," i.><»Mrt si «.»d

week) t(--;».">7-$3). BaSOb;i:l MllLV

in world's i-«'rles town did sonu*-
whal l.elt.'r ut $S.000 l;ist we»'k.
but ]>liMity of room ^for improve-
mont.

•Eva the Fifth," I-ittle t7tli week)
(C-.'):50-$3). doing along to mod-
est nmney: not v^lKHleU to l:».st
throuvrli autumn; c^tim.ited
around S.'i.oOO. .,
"Fast Life," l«"orre.st i5d wei-ki (1>-
1.01.'. $31. Moved here ."rom .Vm-
1 assiidor. though first .inni.uneed
to closi-; slops Sat.; "Tli.- Com-
mon Sin'.' next \\eek.
"Faust," C.uild (1st week) iO-014-
$:■.), Presented by Theatre (lulld
•»nd nr**t oli'erlng of new. s'-:if'»n;
ad:tt>tati(in of <ioethe's classii- In
(traiiritii- form; open'-d Monday;
iiild litis :innoun<ed set-und ai-
Wiiigs Over Kurope.

Thnv!' S<iu;ire <9tli
■-$:5 sr !♦ Nothimj in
,.,'uusj«v.l lMib»r;

MIS".; WsUi

"Front

W«'<'-'i, 1 ' < ■ !

sight 111 tii)i u>
snia.'^h 'nUMj:>
vvi't'Uly tjroKs o\^ i $!l tM

•G^ng War," S:un 11. 11

week) (Cl)-1.051-$). M.i. vjl;-! '
M'.nday from Moi-osco; jui
berui temporary; hou-'^e due for
n«;w attt letmn next month; $!>.00i>
to $10,000.

"Gentlemen of his Prflss," 4Sth St.
7th w<'ek) (C-5*09-$3). Moved here
from Henry :Mlller's Monday, 'vn;
be largelv out rated: In-st weoii
betweon $.'i.OftO and $6,000.

"Coin' Home," Masauo (8th week)
(ri)-7in)-$3 ). I'rolvahTy wMfT last
nnu'h longi-r and may be with-
drawn Saturday; rated $3,000. to
$4, out),

"Good Boy," IlahiiiVi-rstfiu's (Gth
Wi-i'k) iM-l.t(tO-$t;.tiO). (Sot sh.>ri.v
o;' 'iiascball buslne.«:.'< Thursdaj
and esthnatt'd near $30.-

000; an iuspri v* meni.

•Good News," ^(MunlnV 5^:h St.
ir.sth w.M'kl iM-l.ll3 $' ".')). V:--
Itors pla'yed. this oni- \'>v a favor-
ite; over $21,000. ])est in some
tlnn.-.

•Heavy Traffic," Kmi)ire nJth w-eki
(t."I)-l.i!9!)-$3,s,)). Will move tt>
Henry Miller's, "(^lynii)ia" eoinin^'
in hero next week; '•Tradii:"
slipped a bit; $10,no0.

"Hold Everything," l^roadliui-st (1st
week) (M-l,118-$.=;.50). PresmLMl
by Aaron.s and Frecdley; new nm-
sicnl opened raggedly out of town,
but has been whipped into form
and touted a winner; opens to-
night (Oct. 10).

"Jarnegan," Longacre (2d week')
J Cj)-l,019-$3.86). Lower door and
~^bal C(:w"^gooar'""t'lrtual- = seli-o u t
downstalr.s; second week minus
the premiere compares aa well
with first; $12,000 or better.

"Just a Minute/' Ambassador (1st
week) (M-l,200-$4.40). Presented
by new managerial team, Morris
and Green; one of four musicals
entering this week; opened Mon-
day.

"Little Accident," Morosco (l3t
week) (C-898-$3). Presented by
Cro..<bv (lalge; written by Flo.vd
Dell lind Thomas Mitchell; very

well liked- in try-out- tovvn-^.;
opened Tuesday.

"Luckee Girl," Casino (4th week)
fM-l,477r$4.40).; Does not figure
to cost nnicli to operate; produc-
tion expense certainly light; busi-
Ines.s moderate to date; $16,000
estimated last week.

"Machinal," Plymouth (6ih week)
(D-1.012-$3). Agencies doing well
with this unusual drama, and bal-
cony business through box office
very good; too; $14.rvi)0 last week
and' may go lilgher.

^'Night Hostess," Martin Eock (5lh
week) (CD-1.13!>-$3). Trade fair^
1 J' good; has been nia,king money
.^inee opening; lust week quoted

- between $10,000 and $11,000.

"Paris," Music IJox (1st week) (C-
1.000-$3.S5). Eight attractions ar-
riving on Broadway this week;
this one stands out because of big
business it drew in Pliila. last
spring; presented by C'rilbcrt Mil-
ler and 10. Hay Ciootz; opened
Monday. .

"Pleasure. Man," Biltmore (ClJ-1.-
lHli-j:{i. l-'oreed- off at lU'st Wed-,
nesday inatinee last w^eek when
police arrested playerl?. 'author
and director; a box lOtflce riot
while it lasted.

"Possession," Itooth (2d week) (CD-
70K-$3). Won. . fairly favorable
notiee.s; regardecl . as feminine
draw with indications of cHekl.ng;
in seven performances $8,000 or
bet^t'r,

"Rain or Shine," fh-orge M. Cohan
(.3()thweek» « AT-l..'!7i -$.3.50). With
cleanup trade during series gani<^s
gros.s went . lip a noteh; bettered
$3i;,000. •

"Relations," Wallaek's (8th week)
tC-77it-$3). Wee.k to week with
slim trade, prlneipally from cut
ral«'s.

•■Rosalie," X.-w AmsK.-rdam (40tli
•a"»'::) (M-l,7t)2-$.>.<>i)). Listed to
niii'U o'lt of tow n in :i f(*w weeks;
T'.if. bf'n lietl»v iisj; .?3i).000 of late;
n-At .".ttiae»n>n ' \Vli )opee," prob-
.ibly l.ite viY N'uyen\hi'r.

•'Scandals," Apollo kJAtli week» (U-:
l.l(;S-i;:;.iji)), Indhation^, 'ire lor
><t'a:«»ii < i-in; ciji-irlty since t^i■"

I start, weekly pace bettering $49,-
001).

'Straight Thru the OoOr," 4;>th Si,

• 2d week) < C-7<)S-$.! i. Opened
late '.i.rf w . r«'vii»wi'rs h irdly
liki'd ihis I'll,. ;t](;,i)UKh Willian.
Hodge's driw may Uepp it In for
a timi-;

"Show Boat." Zi.'ui'Hd i43d wet-ki

• .M-l.:."»0-$»i.t;(i>. Ita.ted the u:reat-
est of all musical comedies; ha'--
e>i'r:. il.'ing rea.son for Its eon-
♦iiiiie.l liMdi'ivhip; over $50,000.

"Skidding," ISayes t21st week) (C-
Si;o-$3». Manngi-mi-nt elaims a
urotU liow«»ver small; in roof
b.iMi.-." It i-; ;?.Mting by at esti-
mi'"il p.iee of $4,(»0() to $5,000.
"Strange Interlude." .Tohn (l<dden
t37tii w.'.'k) <I>-9()0-$4.40». Pre-
; <li<'«;i»n ii f.)r s un to last into next
, >{e';:'yr. 'IK rii*rformanee weekly
• ij 't\ *!"»• ■^••li'* oct with regu-

The- Bac „ „ ,
i.'{;ld w.<.;:i 1 1». Father." P,.>lasei>

week: a hit 'fr^r ^'^

"Whoopee" Murdered

Ziegfeld's next attraction
labelled for the New. Amster-
dam as "Whoopee" which is to
be "Rosalie's" successor, may
arrive under a new title.

It is reported the producer
regards "Whoopee" as becom-
ing passe on Broadway and
even the burlesque shows are
using It.

Eddie Cantor is the star of
the new .show, due next month.

into winter: last w»'«>iv
hoime will be d.irk ifven

moving to another tlioatre where
show has chance at, transients;
moderate to date; last week
around $9,000.

'•This Thing Called Love," Muxine
Elliott (4th week) tC-912-$3.35).
Started well enough, business
principally on lower floor; rhaj-
improve; $8,000 Estimated.

"Ups-a-Daisy," Shubert (1st week);
(M-1,395-$5.B0). . Lewis E. Geii-
sler's first production; opened in
Philadelphia where numbers were
regarded giving new musical a
'good- chance; opened Monday;
$20,000 in Newark last week;

"Vanities/' Earl Carroll (lOth week)
R-968-$7.70). Slipped a bit but
as a rule sells out and iivera.ge
weekly grosses have been around
$40,000.

"White Lilacs," Jolson's, . (5th week)
(O-l,776-$5,50). Moved here from

. Shubert Monday; operetta ex-
pected to be cut- rated in' this
large capacity house; last week
$20,000 estiihated:

Special Attractions

"When Crummies Played," ClarricU
(2d week). Expected to be pait
of season's repertory; current
show has all English cast; w-ir
probably get class draw;

"The Light of Asia," Walter Hamiv-
den's. Opened Tuesday.

Civic Repertory, i4th Street: 'L'ln-
vitation du Voyage/' "The Woiild-
Be Gentleman/' "Hedda Gubbler."
"The Cradle Song." . "La Ivocan-
dlera."

ADVANCE FOR
WRItANA'OK

Lookj

Like First j36ston
Prospect

<'or st.ige prep.iralion for* Mima
Beia.Hfo's next.
"The Big Fight," M.vjostic nth
' w eelv ) ( rTt-T,T7>; "S'tv I'Mnnl wppk :
.Ia<'k Di'mp.xey - l-J.^iielh* Tayh)r
Nhow was oh?.i. Huted. four Wt'».'lrs';
business fur in big house; goe;-
on tour, lioston the Ih-st st.md
. out.

•'The Command Performance/' fCIaw
I 2d week) U>-S30.$3) W-.-a good
notiet'S a,'5 .1 whole, a eoiip^e of
crifli's di-;Hi-iuing; Im.si.nvsv start-
off promisingly, ooi) In live
'>i»if';r!Vv.snci>.s indleates a $14,000
li.ie-v .

"The Common Sin." i'.:«rest. psi
rtn'tl iiMxf v,f'k. I'lit Life"
mo\<-i| bi-re M<in>l;ix, but m!f<"-
elixi'. ur -suiii b ;i:{raln

"The High Road/' K-ilion i5tb we.'ki
(C-itl3-?3.s.">). ()nt« of the new
hits, plass show :;i>tting smart
dr.-ivv through agi'neies; has been
nljproKlnitUing $1S,000 weekly.

"The Ladder," I'ort flO.'Jd week)
Cl)-l,iiy l-$3). Only a few weeks
more.

"The New Moon," Imperial Mth
yreck) 1 >I-1.4i)i)-?.';.50). A hit; up

_ a£;un_to_o^ev $40,0()0. _

"the Royal Family,^ S\^wyri""T -l-iT
week) (C-1.0()7-$3.8.'>). . Lcavinn
after another we(>k; last season">'
eomedy smnsb has been- goin?:
fairly of late; around $11,000.

"The Three Musketeers," Lyric (31sl
week) (M-l,305-$6.60). Class of
this musical hit sliown by holding
over through summer and coming
back with grosses rated over
$36,000,

-The War Song," Xaiinnal (3(1
week) (CU-l,l()4-$3). Talk , of

BobU*! Oct, 9,

Things iVere no .bctt-».»r last W ' . '..
The aggregate grosiies Were $10.()ij(i
under the week before. Last wi-k
seven houses did $*J3,000.

A show that is admittedly far
from ready, "Hold 'E'/cry thing, " did
best. It is at the Shubert. and
helped by the reputation of '•Go(»d
News," by the same people, a hit
at the hoqse last sea.son.

On top of the low gross f.ietor
came the sivutting down of the Tre-
mont for three " weeks. It was
hoped house might be kept Open
by a last minute booking, hut noth-
ing developed. . "BlackbirdM" is
tentatively booked three \ve>-ks
hence. :.

"Hold Everything" waa a two-
woek surprise. Starting off the first
night to a sell out it grossed $20,-
000 for the first week and the see-

on«i w?ek did $21,000. It start< d

w'.'' *^''0 off last WPi-k by a. 14.000 house at

Marx Bros J37,000 PhOly

Smash; 'Tourself Also Big

first night, touched almoBt the same
figure for the -second night (Tucs-.
day) and then slipping off . a bit
came back strong for the end of the
week to hang up. $13,000.

Thurston at the Colonial did about
the same,^13;000.

In the final week at the Tremont
".Just a Minute'' another one of the
new musicals which has hit this
town so far this seaison . did about
$2,000 less than it did the previous
week. It wasn't a strong musical
as it showed here but has a couple
of saving bits. Needs bolstering up
before it can run in fast company.

"Paris Bound" at the Plymouth
was off. to $10,000 as against $21,-
000.. No mention yet of departing;

"The Beilamy Trial" al the Cop-
ley theatre iead.s non -musicals.
This show is now on the eighth
week here on stock basis a-nd has
made real money every week. The
Repertory theatre ^ — ^ subsidized to
some extent by the City' ot Boston
■^opened Monday night but is not
expected to affect the Copley. -

Two openings occurred here this
week with "Americana," the .T. P
McEvoy fast one at the Colonial
and a thriller. "The Silent House,"
at the Majestic.

"Amerit;ana" ought to get the big
money tliis week as last season,
when McKvoy's show was a- hit at
the Wilbui*:

For next week the town gets the
Denipsey show, '.'The Big I"'ight" at
the Bostort Opera House for a week
at a $3 top; .

Last Week's Estimates

"Take the Air" (Wilbur— last two
weeks). Did $14,000, same as week
befbrc. Expected to keep up thid
pace for the balance oC the run
liere.

"The Queen's Taste" . (Shubert —
second week). Not so good in the
(ii'St .week w'itli the gross around
$12,000. Opened .here after a short
tryout out of town and is not ready,
(.""hariges may include the name.

"The Silent House'' (Maicstic—
.first week). L« expected to get some
of the thriller business which "Dra-
cula" got last week. In final weoii
or "Hold Everything," this musical
did $21,000, was $1,000 better th.-in
flrst week and which was by far
the besl biisiiK'ss in town. .

"Paris Bound" ( Plymouth — 3d
week); . Did $10,000 last week, oft
about $2,000; But even at thi.s fig-
ure It is a good bet for the liouse

"Dracula" (ll->li::'- second we-'k).
ftad. a .strong opening, doing $1,500
the opening ni>;ht. repeating it on
Tu'-.Mhiy and winding, up ibe week
sirotif,. Hits aiiolher week, after
this. .

"Americana" <C o I a n i a 1 nr.st
week). The .agency buy an;! the
Wise money should, go to liii;?, the
first real worth while fittractlon so
far. It : eom!(>s With plenty of fav-
orable comment. In final week at
the house Thurston did $13,000.

AHEAD AND BACK

Arch MqCSovern,
Klynn, back; road
"niarkbird.<."

ahead; . Leo
<'ompany of

GERMAN LITTLE GROUP

•I not

■ is

.erit,
f.'ir

man

.t $3 top and to'fV^rti the end of the
gi'ti..''. Wi"*!* tilted to W.50o It was
boy.s hero '**"» run from tli»» /'ullegc

Thl» l»>:rv*^=j t^'-^ jmi>?d out;
"The Queen's T.rito, -"iOiU?* in
m strong at the Shubert a. "
tl*e Air/' the Will Mahohey .
In at the Wilbur. This litl-
showing fltr.i'n ot long engagen
"The Queen's Taste" was
from a hit opening wc^k. Despite
good notices, an estimated j;ro.<>! of j
$12,000 Is generous/ It follow. -I .
"Golden Dawn." in at the house and !
eoulda't have suffered from that.)
It is in at the Shubert's best ht)use |
for a musical ond has been wei' ;
h,ahdled. It is .still .being work<Mlt

*-'er and i.i stlil consid(»red good
ni:\te":>tl by the Shub'^rts. wh.» are
producing It. , ,,.../«!

Ono of the 3u»pr{^.t>«« w.is (he ! "•^'''^'

What is described as a g»-oup of
professional German players has
imdertaken . a sea.son of .standard
fJerman authors in the tiny play-
house at 137 West 3.Sth street, bc-
irinnhif? Oct. 18... Org.anizatlon will
I op.llod the (;erm'<.n ' Dran\atlc
nc, with (iretc
pr'>Mi,t£>)\t John I'dlstel as
''•r.:,!df nl : The:wJii..v»> t'hri.st

J i-i'.itea lue i»<
•^jPlayera' Club. Ir
* • il'^ver a* t)r'>Mi,t£>»\t

Initial \.
"Das Weil>
holds mo.

■•>»!< <; id(>. as tjv;«htirei\.,
luf 11 ftjDno I'r.tnK'j.

PhiladiClphia, Oct. 8.

The presence in toWn of the bank-
ers' (bonVention la.it week tended to
Improve business In the legit. houses!'
Most of the influx .went to couple
of show.s.

"Animal, Crackers," the Alarx
Brothers' show, which would have
done a' big ^yeek's busine.s.s anyway,
was most in demand. , With its $3.85
top- show claimed around $37,000 at
the -Shubert. It now looks almost
certain that 'SAnimal Crackers" will
slay ' longer than its originally-
pianncd three weeks. It will move
either to the Erlanger . or to Keith's
next Monday.

"Submarine," a feature- film, is be-
ing used as a stop-gap at . the lOr-
langcr right now,, due to . the flo])'
ping of "Pi-esent Arms." Keith's
was to have had Philip Goodman's
"Rainbow" next week, but this
booking has been canceled, the show
understood as far from ready.

With .: a $3 top, "Hello Youiseir
also cr.ashed into some great busl-
nciss last week at the Forrest thea-
tre. (Jeorge Choos . has decided to
keep it in for five weeks instead of
moving at once to New York.

"Golden Dawn" showed real
strength in the start of its return
engagement, gettlnp about $25,000.
Looks lik<i six weeks.
, "Interference/' ' up at the Lyric,
got great notices, but started llght-
l.v. How:ever. showed pick-up dur-
ing the week, and $12,500 reported.

.','l<3xccss Balggago" went put Sat-
urd.ay night, getting around $7,000
in its last week at the Walnut/
"Shannons of Broadway" also de-
parted Saturday with around $5,500
in. its final week at the Adlephi.
"Air. Moneypenny" nose dived to
$10,000. In its second week at the
Garriek, where it is using a $2.50
scale.

"Headin" South," with Mclntyre
and Ilea th, opened Wednesday night
at Keith's and received mixed no-
tices. It looked very shaky in. Its
first four diiys' business.

"Girl Trouble," dramatic tryout
at the Broad, was generally well
liked and may have a chance, but
hardly in Philly, The gross under
$7,000. -

This week h.is only one new show,
"The Sciuealer," which opens Thurs-
day at the Adelphi for. ten days only.

Estimates of the Week
."Girl Trouble" (Broad, i2d week)
—Tryout comedy generally liked, but
not much business. About $7,000.

"Animal Crackers" (Shubert. 3d
w«'k)— The .smash hit of the town,
with $37,000 reported last Week. Is
<>xpected to move to another theatre,
"Submarine" (Krlanger, 1st week)
fl''llm)--l;ookod in suddenly as s(oi>-
g:ir> whe.n "Present .Arms" (lopped.
"Present AftuM" down to $1.1.000 hist
week.

"Interference" (Lyric, M •.••■eiek) —
Splendid notlees, but not a Ki*C!»t
deal ca.«!h. However, pick-up during
the week was prornlslng. $12,600.

VThe Squealer" (Adelphi. 1st week)
—Opens Thursday for 10 days only.
"Shannons of Broadway" got around
$5,500 last week.

"Hello Yourself" (l-'orre.st, three
weeks) — This collegiate musical has
caught on solidly and will run out
Its five weeks here, and m.aybe more.
$2!>.000.

'•Headin' South" {Keith's. 2d
week)— Jlelntyre and Heath musical
comed.v opened AVednesday with
only fair business.

"Golden Dawn" (Ohestnut. '2d
week)— Operetta look«'d strong In
stni'ting return engagement here,
$25,000. ^ -

"Mr. Moneypenny" (G.-iri'lck, three
Weeks) — ('banning Pollock play got
.around $10,000 In second week.

The Walinit 4s dark this week,
with "Grand Street Follies" cotrilng
In n"Xt Mond.'iy. "VZwohh Baggage"
<h 'w le.- s/ifi.in $7,0'in In la .^:t week.

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POST'S CAST

I.os A ."ele.-:;

,i.-it suppi'cMng Guy )»
•The Play's the Thing,'
tlie niliniore. Oct. '2(»,

Whitmore, liionel

hu.slness of "Drieula." thi- :Vi.in','V ! ^hirvin Muir, A. .1. Herbert. (Maude ; ring Ihlen
at the Hollls, Opene.l to $1.*«)<) tito' -^'Hster, lialph Nairn. I hearsal

. -^AST CHANCES

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LEGITIMATE

VARIETY

51

Guld Does
Operas

,000 in Chicago;
$18,000 Big; Others Off

"PLEASURE MAN" COLD

(Cotitinuod from iKifO ••")

ChivaffO* Oct. 9.-,
Indian sumnfjer weatlior, Wori'i
and city baseball scries, and foot-
ball Interest were tlie four reasons
tor a slip In grosaog from tlie
Btrong figures of the previous
week. The hlffh-steppers weren't
affected pretitly bec-ause of solid ad-
vance sales, but others were hard
bit.

Of the three new, attractions, t.lM!
American Opera at the Erlancer .la
In excess of last yi'ar at the Studc-
baker. Organization has gained a
following in Chicago,

"The Big Pond" gives the ■Wo<»'!.8
an early season reputation of houM-
ing two flops In a row, "Pond" fell
far below $6,000 the initial week
here. Four , weeks are listed, but "it
would have gone out Saturday if
the house had another show.

"The Red Kobe" started at capac-
ity, but minus an advanoo sale,
trade slipped balance of the weeHc.
The Majestic hasn't proved the
"drop-in" window sale house the
location suggested.

Guild (.ists Grow

The Theatre Guild Is exporleno-
liig • marked success, turnihg tlic
town upside down for dnimatlc erj-
thusiasm. Capacity Is ruling at
the Blackstonc, extra matinees bo-
Ing noces.qaryi Subscrlliers' goal «)f
8,000 names, reported to have
rea,":iert 7.000 .'ilr<'iidy.

"Manhattan Mary" and "My
Maryland" continue at . enormous
grosses. "Mary" Is gottlnir Ih-Kt ci 11
at the stands. "Mary Dugan" coin«?,
first for the non-nni.sloals,

"The Silent IIou.sc*' failed to .<»how
Impetus. Hccause of scarcity of
ihow-s, "House" will be held In two
or throe weeks more, but the pros
en t pace doe.sn't warrant It. "liur
Jcsque" is showing pos.««nMlitles at
the Harris after the suitt-liing of
the ad campaign. Artliiu' Ilopkl'is
came to town and tos.sed extra n.ls
into thft nowspjiper.'!, Bhowing
good [showmanship. Another two
weeks will decide.
: The football crowds don't «e>;'k
the theatres as they were wont to
do. The AdelpUi is going tq run
extra Friday matlneo this week f
the Notre Dame-Navy contest. T^Je
visitors declare themselves for t lo
night clubs and dailoing Instead of
theatres.

. "Good Neu->i" is campaigning
with the only football scene In any
show in town, Tlic Sehvyn hit will
announce Thanksgiving tickets this
week. Of the attractions now In
town, only b\x are counted Uptm
to reach the turkey aeason. '
Last Week's Estimatts
"Marco Million*" (Blackstonc, 3d
•week for Theatre Guild)— Fortnight
change of bill, "Arms and the Man"
smashing for big receipts. Sub-
scription lists soaring. Capacity
ruling, extra matinees, three in ftll,
with gross rpproaehing $2S,000. In
nine performance!?.

American Opera (Krianger. 2d
week)— Stronger tlis n l.».'-t ye ir,
with editorial conim* "^t stirrlni, 'W
activities, "trarnum" ehlt f pres<'U- j
taiivtn this week. Api s»»n"hfd lli,-
000.

♦ "Queen's Husb«.iH'» (<N.:3. Vi]
week) — Hunnlng along n«;^'t"'! J^ ly, \
elite patronage for lower lli>or k'-v,-? • »
Ing gross around Jll.OOO. S-.ronfTs,
enough to run lnd«'tlnlt«'ly.

"Th© Silent House" ((l.arii •. O'h]
week) — Mystery piays <".ui't ! n?
footing. I'os.slbllity of di>i»-ir>iT .'
another fortnight. Matinee uk-
ness adds to the slip to ;iri»'jr../ t: 0,-
000 or under.
"The Big Pond" (Wood ^vofki

tlolpatod, yet word-o.^-inouth plug-
ging gave pii'ce encouraging impe-
tus, rising to a healthy $1€,000.

"The Red Robe" (Majestic, 2d
week) — Got away to hlKh coin open-
ing, but holds no advance sale;
spotty grosses and uncertain, close
to ^20,000.

"Comnnand to Love" (Studebaker,
6th week)— Balcony call doesn't in-
crease, holding gross near $18,000,
which will keep piece here for long
rim. Brokers flnd steady call.
"Good News" (Sehvyn. 34th week)
Ads changed for first time. Using
the football seu.soh for the added
efforts. Wqn't very much ; f roni
$23,000.

"Manhattan Mary" (Grand, 4th
week) — I^cading everything, smash-
ing hard and prospects, of holding
at the* high . figure (around $34,000
gross) until a rtor thw football sea-
son.

"My Maryland" ;(Great Northern
6th week) — Keeping above the $30,-
000 mark. Getting breaks with pub-
licity. {Should last until ^mas, prob-
ably longer.

"Broadway" (Central, 4th week)—
Going along its own merry wsiy, to-
taling an average $5^000 weekvy
gros.s, all okay, nice profit.

••an be given should the dfftMidants
. he eoiivictcd on both ehargt-s.
i If Miss "West Is convii'ted by
(he jury she will no doubt rereive
I a long term as the District Attor-
ney is determined to ask for the
limit in punishment for her, she
having been convicted prevlou'sly
of the same offense for produc-
ing "Sex."

For this latter offense the. actress
had to spend 10 days in the Work-
house. Apparently this did not
Avorry Miss West, for wluh she
came ..out of jjall she proceeded to
put' on "The Drag" out-of-town.
The show, however, was Itarred
from New York. "Pleasure Man,"
it is said was based partly on "The
Drag," and, although the critics
described it as a "dirty show" when
it was tried out in the Bronx and
QueenSr the. actress and her backers
insisted on putting it on at the BUtr
more theatre.

"Night Before" Trial
(jast members and producer of
The Night Before," raided several

Rambeau Play Ends
On $5,500 Frisco Week

San Franci.scb, Oct, 9.
Legits had a satisfactory \ycek.
Tiie opera season has ended, and
weather condilinMs are more stable.
."C'lood News" continues to lead, with
every indication of ruii for eight
weeks, as prcdivted.

(;uy Bates Post had another .sue
cessful week at tl»e Capitol. "The
Iloyal Family" lield firm in its third
week at the CJeary. Fourth week of
"Daddies" UP somewhat. Marjorle
Hanlbeau, In "Antonla," a dlsap
polntment, and attraction closes
Saturday, with ili.ss liamboau to be
starred in "My Son."

Estimates for Week
Curran — "Good News." Third
,. week showed strong demand; musi-
, " j cal Jumped to around $24,000; $3 top
^■^Z ' Capitol— "Tho Play's the Thing,'
Guy Bates I'ost. Second .week at
$14,000.

Gesry— "The Royal Family." Third
week close to $11,000.

President— "Daddies," with Robt
McWade; virtually sellout mats and
nights strong; $5,800 on fourth week
Looks like about eight more.

Alcazar — "Antonla.' The locals In-
different, despite admiration for
.Marjorle KambfaU. Second week at
around $5,500.

Green Street— "Kasy for Zee Zee.
The Frehchy farce, with its sala-
cious lines and sltunthms, draws
Around 12.100.

Providence Likes 2 for 1;
$7,000 for *Uttle Accident'

Pj evidence, Oct. 9.
"I.mie At'i idi'ut.'' a new play by
FJoyd y>ell and Thomas Mltcliell.
which ram. the Opera House at
barg;iin T»'*l*'" ■ ■ ' * week, proved the
' dvir ;«l :5;'v r.j • ' . for « one
tUK! li . r V r; . 1 niv\

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'OwSncT to ^-'^^ r« j' «rE t*r.«t 1'; .ii
> deiVf <■ tlH'iiSs " ^" 5 ' d*> T.ut aitx'«u3
' »;- 'iiilKr, Mr. <;rs»., > l-t JlS. r offer:
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M"J:d.«y i.:;.*ht .of $! " Thiinj
H t;<-t ■ 'em In tS.:r t«-.iv:j, v-a.'i*- t^M

wei i.'s ;«i;i> at Wfilm's, Brooklyn,
will I « lir.i.nrht to trial in the Court
iif !•.{.!< i.d Si'ssinns, Kin,":'< County,
Oct. ..I, I'U eliar^i'S of p.irticiiKitlng
in ;in iiii'.* .. mt imiMoral pro-

due i^-n

Tr(:il date w.us M-t^ last weelt by
Asy sSant DiPtrirt Atlorin'y Jiisopli
Gal 'iii;ljer after the fciiiprome Court
v.T*' il4 d a proviou.'s stay on writ of
habcis c<>rr>us proceediuKS .sued out
by Artlhir ll«'nry, juithor- producer.
Cas1 Involved includes Ilonry E.
Dl.\:;y. Mary Komano, I'elty Sher-
wo( I.?, Lucille Smith. Marjorie AVll-
Hani« Antoinette .('rawfurd, Kdwln
t^;is|iar, Franehot Tone and Ewliip
Chii-ry. It also involves Henry and
Frel I>» Luppe, manager of , the
sho -v.- •

".'sifiht Before" was sloughed four
we<-lis ago by tJallagher in the oa-
paciry of acting di.'^trit't attorney in
tho absence of District Attorney
Dod I. Latter Kitified his assi.»<taht's
actl(i;

. A'n><!tM on the piece were nfiadc
beCvUH" of the central femnie char-
acter l.<eing forced Into prostitution
by 'Kcesjilty, but eventually res-
cuct . (lallagher ciaimed the theme
and treatment was In violation of

$15,000 Best in L A.

Los An«eie.s, Get. 9.

Just fair lotiit money last. week.
Fir.st tlu'oe wore estiiiiattHl to be.
"Tho Squall," second week, Bolasco,
$15,000; "Desert Song," ITth week
at Mnjostic close to $10,000. and
'•Tarnish," second week at the .Music
Box, $S,300. • ■

Vino Street, with . "Annp a.»ul the
Man," saw a $6,550 fourth week,
not bad. "On Approvar' follow.s in
thi.s Aveolc. "Shannons of liroad^
way," second week at Rl Capitan,
.slightly under $C,00p; "AVooden. Ki-
mono's" sixth week at the Presi-
dent, $5,200, and Mayan, in third
week of "ilappy. Days." $f).SOO,

.''Lonibardi, I^td.," got $4,900 in its
lOtli and final at the Hollywood
Pl.ayhouse, and "Best I'eople"
opened Saturday to a fair ntai-t, .

Hou.'^os dark ar the Ma.son, Orange
Grove and Figueroa.

section 1140-A of the Penal Code,
which covers indecent stage exhibi-
tions, . .

Conviction on the above e.h.irge
rates a penitentiary sentence of not
less than three months to three
years. $500 fine, or both. .

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—The second flop for I t i' afnM., j<s ar.> i JMliut; a .' «.>

row. May phay out the f- -ii iJiJ' j V"

Btrlng, but signs nil that it " nT. ! Tair niz ^>

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Vndcr the New York fi ;;'»• . .'»•
below $5,000,

"Trial of Mary Dugan" .
7th week)~In four .
matlc gross this we»»U, \\ «?■
matlne^ for football 4-iuv.c1 «V
Keeps shooting ;it the $.'!/• ••

"Burlesque" (Han is, 4th v -
Management spfut con id' n
ntmlghtehing otit. title isv
standing. Nowhere near s Sj -..

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nto.spherie, smart, sophisticated
;ind <ntfrtalning. They revel In
»!io::e Walt(r O'Keefo lyrics for
in.'Uanee. This clever banjo song-

• t« r li'ave.H 'em avid for more,

lie turns ne.at lyric twist!*
|i»f,r*'".'^i- <liscour:«'S, exposl*
iv-i'.v.^ on |»ati>> !<i'il Hchool ankhs,
burh'squvr; of yotti. If an«l your
ncir.hbor and you !'>vp ii.

"O'Keefo is compeUi (.;:,• <in ...
floor. Ills voW-e Is penetr.'itum,
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VARIETY

RADIO-SPORTS

Wednesday, October 10/1928

Radio Rambles

By ABEL

There's a nlze baby WOR an-
nouncer olUciatlner at the Para-
mount ffrlU broadcast who should
cease ihlerpretingr song: titles and
^nter into discourses ' on their
themes, motivations, lyric transla-
tions and inspirations. This boy's
a hound for needless embellishment
and at least one number is thtis
eliminated from the dance program
throuerh the extraneous talk. He
must he a wow with the band boys
throug-h giving; 'em a chance' to rest,
biit it's a cinch if the contempo-
' rancoiin organization don't nead
this cthor-wait, they don't either.
It's Arnold Johnson's unit.

iSplitany's Click
With tlvo season hitting its stride,
the radio fare Is perUing up con-
siderably. The dance music, which
always suffer over the summer, Is
particularly improved. ' Some , crack
band.s .'ire back again and. on the
most popular stations. The new
Fhil Spitalny orchestra at the Hotel
Pennsylvania will probably boost'
the gross at the Statler' hostelry.
His key city appeal is great and as
a' matter of fact that's the reason
the ' Statler hotel management
b'rouslit hiiii into New York,.a rarik
. outsider, in favor over the local
"names" bfcuiiso Spitalny has
clicked in .Cleveland, Boston,- Titts-
burgh and Philadelphia and such
cities and his radio stuff should
react and attract out-of-town vis-
itors to'-Avhiclt element the Pennsy
eaters primarily anyway.

Radio .Announcer With Dempsey

Norman Pearce, the Graham Mc-
Namee.of WMCA, pay rolled In the
Jack Dempsey'3 show, "The Big
Fight," as the radio announcer In
the main bojit acene, . actually
broadcast the CNew York premiere
ring scenes, describing: the action
and naming the celebs in the au-
dience for the opening night at the
Majestic. Pearce is doing a wel-
come-homo at his own station, hav-
ing been on tour with the Demp-
sey-15steiie Taylor show on a leave
of absence. . .

The big. fight effect came through
realistically, with what must have
beeri a young mob of extras on the
stage producing so realistic a racket
through the mike It prompted one
to stand by constantly at the . re-
ceiver and tune down the hubbub,
to . put oh power again • when
Po.areo's voice alone was etherized.
Joe Kumphries' realistic announce-
ment of the weights, Including, the
characteristic "and a haaaaff"
poundage, further lent color to the
proceedings.

Other Clicks
P>en' Pollack and his smart
rhymiepators from the Park • Cen-
tral, new berth for them, also
clicked, as did Patil SpeclVt back
again at the Jardin Uoyal. . Why
Speclit i.^n't a really big jazz noise
heroahouts . -is unexplainable. Ho
seems to put more into his pro-
gram and get more out of them
than many onother band hereabouts,
and yet — unless it's because of~the
WOR station or the. Chinese-Amer-
ican restaurant — there isn't the
hullabaloo some other radio fans
have precipitated. ^ .

5; True enough,, also, that the days
of the wow sensations among bands
are Over; what with so many good
dance combos around, but Specht
Is particularly painstaking. He
changes pace. He orchestrates bril-
liantly. He trims his . "hot" combo
down to a specially sel6cted group,
known as The Georgians, for the
torrid numbers and then builds up
tor the fuller symphonic syncopa-
tion.

dresses, of a type usually not sanc-
tioned by the NBC. Nor is It
particularly good showmanship for
the commercial advertisers.

Arnold johnsOn Is on the air via
WOR from the Parvamount hotel
now, instead of the Park Central,
where Bon Pollack succeeds him
soon. Johnson has his Varsity 8
subbing for him until 11:30, whon
tho original band comes over from
"Scandals," At that hour Johnson
takes the b.aton, leading '"fC with
a corking arrangement of "Chinese
XiUllaby" and dishing up ; likely
dansapatlon as ever before.

Benefits. Slipshodingly Sent Over

Willard Robison, unique "blues"
warbler, was guest artist with Na-
thaniel Shilkret during the Ever-
eady hour last week. Period cur-
tailed one -half hour to pick up the
talent fi-om the Radio Industries'
banquet at the Hotel Astor.

WJZ and WEAF of the NBC sta-
tions, and WOR, Columbia Broad-
casting System key station, ether-
ized one and a half hour's of s6-so
entertainment from the Astor.

Those things are better bally-
hooed about than actually per-
formed. Wealth of talent is handi-
capped through slip-shod presenta-
tion, a rather oommon occurrence
with benefit entertainments.

'.. Guessing
^.;Em'ii Velazcao on WOR with his
"organ stuff has a cute idea in tno
memory song-title guessing contest
programs. He plays some . old and
new favorites and not until their
completion are they identified.

It's a little wrinkle which Velaz-
cao has successfully adapted rom
the Aleyer Davis Waldorf-Astoria
concert ensemble,

Shoe. Plug

Tho martial Stetson parade at
Sunday dinner time is a great plug
for. the .shoe people, although there's
a surpri.slngly great amount of ex-
ploitation talk, including store ad-

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250 West 57th SL
NEW YORK CITY

Theatre-Radio Tie-Up

. Cleveland, Oct. ?.
Stations WTAM-WEAR, Inc., Is
bidding for actors. The station
books a half-hour theatrical night
with talent from all Loew theaters,
sometimes filling In with Gus Suii
talent stopping over.

Earle Ferris, former dramatic edi-
tor of the now defunct Cleveland
Times and later Little Theatre p.a.,
"is new general manager of WTAM-
WBATX.

Ferris plans to take each current
leading star at the Ohio theatre and
feature him. on a radio Interview
once a week.

Sears-Roebuck Sells, WLS

Chicago, Oct. 9.

Station WLS has been sold by
Scars Roebuck Company to the
Prairie Farmer, agricultural weekly,

The original staff Aas been re-
tained, and Sears Roebuck Is buy-
ing "tIMe on the" station. ; • - ^-

The Outstanding Song Hits
from th*

New Idas Earl Carroll'*
"Vanitiea"

^oeShadows^

WAVE LENGTH OEDEB GOES

Chicago, Oct 9.

Radio stations WCRW and
WEDC are engaged In a test case
In. tho Federal Court to ascertain
tho powers Of tho Federal Radio
Commission. The commission or-
dered the two Htatlons to . reduce
wave |on,Tths or got off th© aJr.

Court ruled that stations m&y
tnk4 action against local inspectors
the v^ommls.sion, hut held that qo
action oo'ild Ixi taken a^aloat a
national commi:>s!on.

"Once in a Lifetime"
"Raqnd"

SIna them — Play Than*—
Buy Tham

Homage to Mao
Des Molnca, la., Oct.
Graliom McNamcd, who an-
hounccd a sprci.-xl radio program
from .-station WHO here during the
I Iowa Itadlo Show l.iflt week, had a
rnotovoycio oscort through the tilty
strcfts.

When President Coolldge waa In
Dos Monies a few y«ars ago he had
to llnd tho city's hotel without the
aid -of - tbe uniformed rough riders.

Boxar Joins Stock Troupe

Toledo, Oot t.
Artla Kaufman, formerly light-
weight champ of Michigan, Is Join-
InflT the Wright Players (sto(>k) at
PaJace tueatre here.

''Bum" Parodies

Parodies on '^Hallelujah, I'm
a Bum." 20 for a nickel, are
being sold all over New York
by street venders. During and
shortly after the World War
any one who sang or ev,en
whistled the tune took a
chance on a Jail sentence as
It was the ofUcial marOhlnp
song ofithe' I. W. W. Last week
at the Paramoiint when "Beg-
grars of Life," story of tramp
life was- shown, "Bum" was
practically the theme song.

GUCK BEATS GROGAN
WITH McLARNIN NEXT

Socking Lightweights Draw
Weil and Fans Aroused

By JACK PULASKI

Even around Madison Square
Garden those who. knew our Jack
Conway, God rest his soul, Just
could not believe he had taken the
Infinite long count at Bermuda. The
news of his passing had them walk-
ing On their heels as Jack Would
have said.

Jack would have loved the smack-
ing match last Friday, between Joe
Glick of this town and Tommy Gro-
gan of Omaha, Both boys can hit
and both did. After siting by the
side of BO' fine a fellow as Jack,
week after week, peeking at pugs
punching each other In the kisser,
as he would pipe, these dozen years
past, to attend a Garden boxing
card without him and not thinking
of him Insteaid of the fighters
wouldn't have been natural. I did
and plenty.

The pal has often watched one
go to sleep when the fights were
llmburger. We argued over who
was in the lead. We fooled the
smoke cops by covertly drawing on
cigarettes. He was uncannily ac-
curate in predicting the results days
before, a match. He loved to talk
oyer things with the regulars among
fight promoters.

Jack could generally jgee a hard
wallop land and would quickly note
whether the receiver was tagged or
not. Last Friday there were nohe
of those mugs whom Jack rated as
palookas or pushovers. IBoys of
moderate poundage but -all known
for their ability to sock made up
the card. There was quite a gath-
erlnjg and the real secret of that
was the admission scale, topped at
$5.49. The Garden people appear-
to" have been wised up to the high
price thing. Those five, buck shows
In Brooklyn had it all over the Gar-
den bouts early this season, when
higher prtces were attempted.
On the Canvas

It was announced that the winner
of the Gllck-Grogan match would
meet Jimmy McLamin. Glick gets
the honor. He won oh points by a
wide margin and also assimilated
not a few hard wallops on the map.
Joe was a 2% to 1 favorite. After the
first round he looked it. In the fifth
he toppled Tommy just as the bell
clanged. Again in the sixth Glick
sent Grogan to the canvas. The
count was on when the bell rang.
_ _ Therpafte^r k ^^w^ Just a case of
whether Tommy could stick It out
the 10 rounds. He sho'wed courage
and a punch. Joe took a couple of
rights on the chin but hardly wav-
ered. It Was that sock that Grogan
used to 9.tow away Billy Petrolic,
which victory earned him a rep.
As for Glick he seemed to have de-
veloped Intd a left hooker. Port-
side hooks dropped Grogan both
times, so it looks as If Joe could hit
harder that way than with his right
mit. That he can do anywhere near
aa well with McLarnln Is doubtful.

In the semi-final Andy Dlvodl got
htn from Panama Jo^ Gans. An-
other brice of hard hitters, the
match was worth while though
hardly exciting, until In the ninth
round when thf» colorfd boy found
Andy's button. Dlvud! up Just
as the 10 count was called. llr> had
fallen flat on his back and was tdo
dizzy to continue anyway. An-
other-4)out^. In =-tha^ilra.w. .r^Tcaa = Al
Singer and Johnny Lawscn. The
latter ended It In the second round
by fouling the likely Sin.car kM.

Coppad Gold Watoli
Ben Bcrnla coppod the Vtrlars'

golf tourney at Fliishlns and gold

watoh presontod by JAj QoakL 11h>

score was 7(.
Runners-up wer«o CharUa Hos-

epnl and BUIy La 7iUC

Football

More grief for the Middies, the
sting extracted from the Fighting
Irish for their '28 record, Michigan's
bent knee before Ohio Wesieyari,
Princeton's 60 points against Ver-
hiorit and the Army about having
all the football it wanted, for one
day provided about as many, grid-
iron fireworks as the first Saturday
in October has relOased in years.
Those who knew their Texas
prayed for a warm day and preir
dieted It was going to bo close if
Old Sol were doing Ills stuff. The
Cadets' one point margin in a 14-13
score fulfills the southern prophets
and makes Providence a more than
welcome visitor up the river the
week before the future llenteriants
cross the Charles to meet Harvard.

The real kick Is out of the Navy-r
Notre Dame battle in Chicago this
weekend with tho Mid.^ihipmeih hav-
ing failed to score In twO games
plus .Rockne's early season defeat.
Wisconsin, certainly served a sur-
prise with 20 .points- In the last half
against the South Bend outfit and
what imprint this has left on
KnutO's squad is problematical, Re-
ported In mid-week, to havo had
live backfield rnen crippled and
useless against the Badgers, the

spite the 7 to 6 loss on Stagg Field.

Following Ohio State's dlsas-
trqus internal strife it's possible the
Buckeyes have turned over a new
leaf. An opening 41 to 0 romp over
Wittenberg probably doesn't mean
as much to anyone else as Wilco
who thereby got a chance to find
out something aboiit his full squad
iindor fire, regardless of how weak
this may have been. Northwestern
is a stiff assignment biit Ohio In-
dicates itself as a. winner on paper
if the family squabbles are over.
In the East

In the east much Interest will
center around Yale and Georgia
because of the boys from Bobby
Jones' state slapped New Hav^en's
eyes open last year by gatherlrig 14
points while the Bulldog was busy
chewing off a. touchdown, and a field
goal. More squeezing of thumbia
for a warm day but Gieorgia will
have to be at the peak to keep
ahead In the Bowl this week. Yale
has its usual amount of raw. physi-
cal, talent scampering arOund at tho
practise sessions and It will again
be both a breach of etiquette and
u^iexpected if the southerners cut
themselves a piece of cake.

The other game, thait stands out
ori this end is the feud between
Pittsburgh and West Virginia, With
the latter teani alreaiay - a. victim

Probable Football Winners and Proper Odds

October 13

By Sid Silvemaif

GAMES
Purdue- Minnesota
Michigan- Indiana
Notre Dame-Navy ......

Ohio State- Northwestern
Chicago- Iowa

WINNERiS ODDS

. .Purdue Even

..Michigan ^....,,,...4/5

..Notre Dame ................ .5/4

Ohio State ..Even

Ch

.................9/5

Pittsburgh -West Virginia, i ...... .Pittsburgh ......

(Predictions based on. fair weather)

Catholics should be In better shape
for the Navy If Wisconsin didn't
too forcibly impress its superiority.
The Sailors haven't been able to
register a point against either
Davis -Clklns or Boston College, a
mystery In the face of the material
supposed to be drifting around this
Maryland campus. Would the Army
like to play the Navy this Satur-
day? A pleasure.

Most of the heavy warfare will
be In the middle west this week-
end. Stagg has had sufficient time
to recover from his scoreless dou-
ble header to give Chicago enough
of an edge to take Iowa, while In-
diana has Its best chance in some
time to invade Ann Arbor and de-
part with some happy memories.
Pat Page's crew chiseled out a 10-7
victory over Oklahoma last week
but will face a fighting Michigan
eleven smarting under a first game
defeat. Yost's mob Is In for another
tough afternoon but should finish
on the long end.

Saturday's Best Football

Probably the best football of tlic
day, east or west, will take place In
Minneapolis where Minnesota and
Purdue bump headguairds Both
teams, have potential power and
that -aged -In the wood gag about
"Stagg fears Purdue" goes for
Spears Just now and without a
grain of salt Phelan's crew has
the hard running Welch ^ehlnd the
line who should be In for a great
year. This boy has basically got
football "If^ and although, he has
not yet quite proved all they sa^d
about him last year, he Is about due
to cash In on the experience gained
11 to 12 months ago. This one looks
like anybody's game with Purdue
favored because of the way the
team played against ciilcago a year
ago when It was going downhill
after the Harvard victory and de-

of Davis -Elkins it doesn't look as If
Pitt_will have any serious trouble
bu{^ It's one of those matinees that
mean much to both schools and
wherein the warriors on the short
end are more than apt to play over
their heads.

None of the big eastern teams
were seriously disturbed In their
getaway or second games other
than the two service schools.
Princeton all but broke down and,
sobbed over Its prospects but 60
points is unusual in this part . 6t
Jersey. It's a tip off on the run-
ning ability of the backs Roper has
give them a chance when the lat*
October opp .ion comes along.
. Harvard looks better with a
varied attack and Is unlikely to be
the. pushover of the past , few sea-
sons for teams other than Yale.
Dartmouth Is getting in a lot of
open field running for sideline pho-*
tographers to snap or crank and
Yale definitely hints at being able
to stir up Its usual amount of trou^
ble. Syracuse thinks It has a fair
aggregation with a bad schedule, all
big games away from home except
the annual with Colgate, . whila
Penn Is shaping Into a tough cus-
tomer.

Gang Tackle

■ It's going- to be a great season for
gang tackling. To ganj tackle ie
that art of three or four men hit-
ting the runner at the same timfll
Instead of each waiting their turn
to take a shot at the ball^-arrler.
There's a tear Just In the F.iought
of the number of gam.ea lost by
the defense taking turns at grab-
bing the runner, and the total 1*
hieh.

With almost every school havins
Its share of brilliant open field run-
ners and passing backs who loop
•em or rifle a flat ball, to gang
tackle Is not only desirable but now
has become a dire necessity.

JOHN GART

(Feature Organist of LoeuJ^a Met, Theatre)

ORGAN

SCHOOL FOR THE

MODERN THEATRE ORGANIST

PRACTICE ARRANGED FREE

StttdioM:

291 Unooln Placa For Details Call

Brooklyn, N. Y. NEVins 0018

Wednesday, October 10, 1928

MUSIC

VARIETY

53

Paul Whiteman s Concert

Perhaps a bit too self- conscious
and Jazz-mlhde<l, the inception of
Paul "Whiteman's third transconti-
nental concert tour at Carnegie
Hall Sunday night was Tione the
less a momentous occasion, a note-
worthy perforriiance.and a thrilling
eyent. The hall was a sell-out.
The 7,000-seat stubs .had been
cleaned frprh the racks almost a
week prior to the concert.

Whiteman's return to concert, at
with the "George Gershwin Con-
certo in F for piano and orchestra
(which Walter Damrosch and the
New York Symphony presented
last winter with the coniRoser at
the piano), in addition to Ferdie
Grpfe's new jazz fantasie, "Metrop-
olis," as the particular features,
made little difference seemingly
that Whiteman had been playing
around for PubHx in the picture
houses at 75 cents. Proving what
an institution Whiteman is.

And as an institution the Wliite-
man orchestra i.svissured of a suc-
cessful season even though some
of the features on . this particular
program did hot quite hit 'the mark.

There were several things the
matter with it. The Gershwin Con-
certo in F, for all of Roy Bargy's
digit dexterity at the pianoforte,
wa:s brilliant only In- spots. As for
Grofe's own "Metropolis," its
maiden performance was distin-
guished only by the composer-ar-
ranger's brilliant orchestration
work. . Ferdie Grofe has been the
orchestral mainstay of the White
man organization, and his colorlul
arrangements have long since com-
manded enviable attention. It was
Grofe's contribution to the Gersh
win . concerto which most . consist-
ently impx-essed the .auditor, al-
though the dominating theme
strain, what there is of it, ap
preaches the verve and the isparkle
of the now- famous Gershwin
"Rhapsodie in Blue."

When Damrosch first presented
the GeTshwin Concerto, in .F its
scoring for a symphony orchestra
did not show it off as cameo -like
as does Grofe's orchestration for
Whiteman's concert ensemble of ?.5
(augmented to 35 for the Xew York
concert). Similarly, Grofe revealed
himself, as a composer with his
superb arrangcrhent of "Metropo-
. lis." Grofe did a passively .satis
factory job of the composition, al
though not parring- his preceding
"Mis.sissippi Suite," which had the
natural advantage of an historic
and folklore background.

in "Metropolis" Grofe sought to
Interpret the musical cacaphony of
a buzzing city and at times did it
quite well. At other times it missed
its purpose completely. At al'
times the orchestration dominate*
the composition.

Probably intended for subtle sar
casm, the introduction is captioned
"Yes, Jazz Is Savag*?," presenting
a medley of the melody fox trots
in chiaracteristic Wlvitemanesauc
symphonic jazziatie, wliich made
him and he made famous, They
are "Whispering," "Japanese Sand-
man," "Avalon," "Do You Ever
Think of Me?" "Who?" (with vocal
trio) and "Linger Awhile," which
contrasted effectively with the bar
baric tom-toms preceding tl
rendition.

The second group, of .songs
"Sugar," "Gypsy" and "Tiger Ra
had expo.sitions of rhythmic, fox
trot ballad and torrid jazz. The
Gershwin Concerto in three move
mcnts ran 25 minutes with Roy
Barpry as soloist. A fourth group
of pop arrangements introduced
Ch arles G ay lord • and - 1 r i o fMr • th !
vocal interlude of Walter Donald
son's "Melody Out of the Sky
Chester llazlett, saxophone soloist

presi'nted his own "Valse Ijispira-
tion," and "Melancholy Baby'
closed the first- half.

"Metropolis," nmning lo rninutes.
eopened the second portion. Grofe
developed this "Blue Fantasie in
E flat" from two tliemes by Harry
parris Cbf Paul Whiteman's
Rhythm Boys) and Matt Melncck,
ioUnist-arranger of Whiteman's
orchestra.

Leon Bix Belderbecke's. "In A
Mist" for three pianos wa? an in-
strumental interlude with the com-
poser, Bargy and Leonard Hayton
at the ivories. It was just .so-so.
"The general enthusiasm which ran
produced a volume response not al-
together consistently proportionate
with the general merits.

Wilbur Hall, the Whiteman clown,
made pumpee with a bicycle pump
a Grofe • oddity entitled "Free
Air" — variations based on noises
from a garage. Hall was a welcome
nterlude and encored with his fid-
dle nonsen.se. '

Two popular request numbers,
'Chiquita,'' beautifully scored, and
Ray Henderson's ."American Tune"
from . "Scandals," wound it up to
the degree that the enthusiastic
audience forced an encore by audi-
ble demand of Gershwin's "Rhapso-
die In Blue." The ovation exceeded
five minutes in length. A,fter White-
man's jocular proffer to tear up
the .seats and stage a dance, he re-
sponded to renewed requests for
the . Gershwin rhapsodie, causing
the exiting attendance to scramble
baic.k to their seats.

Whiteman's concert tour Is being
liandled by F. C. Coppicus as be-
fore. William Morris is Whiteman's
thealtrical. tOur manager and James
F; Gillespie, the personal rep-
resentative. F. C, Haas, represent-
ng Coppicus, travels with the
troupe.

The Whiteman persdnnel at the
Carnegie concert, include a battery
of 12 violins, brass team of eight,
six reeds, two pianos, two bass
(string an<3 tuba), two banjos, and
the usual percussions and tympani.

Regardless of critical captious -
ness or the technical components,
Whiteman is. always box-offlce, al-
ways was and will continue so to
be, as Whltieman is no longer ex
pcrimental; he is standard. He is
a staple at the paying gate ah
Whiteman, for all of the concert
hooey and hi-hat aura of the saint
ed preciiicts of Carnegie, is too
much the showman to concern him-
self about such things, so long a. s
he is creating di-scussion. Fact re
mains, he is pioneering and always
has been with a super-Jazz organi-
zation, keeping in a class by him
.self and a universal figure whose
name synonymously suggests the
ultra-modern In American music.

After ail, Whiteman is primarily
a rhythmic exponent. His orchestra
is attuned to the jazz tempo. If this
tempo is symphonized and glorified
to approach symphony, it still is
basically jazz, and It Is manifestly
in error to judge Whiteman by anj'
other standards.

Some of the harsh professional
opinion from the critical gentry is
patently founded on strict standards
of musical values. When Whiteman
was still' an "experiment," when he
was regarded as somewhat of
freak among concert attractions
the reactionary attitude was kind
lier, more tolerant, less captious
Perhaps the ■ present attitude is
Whiteman's penalty of fame. He is
as .standard in his field as are Sou.sa
a.nd Goldmann in theirs.

But with It all, as an attraction
regardless of the Individual quality
of the more ambitious works
Whiteman is box-ofl?ice. The Sun-
day .sell-out after playing so lo.ng
at the Paramount, on Broadway, a
75c top proves that, Indisputably.

Abel.

Music Sales Spurt

Applejack Killed Boy;

Bootlegger Suec

A Trenton, N. J., blind pig Opera
tor Is being crimlhally proceieded
again.st as the result of the death o
Chris MIcMahon, 24-year-old .singer
and drummer with Ben Bernie's or
chestra; for selling the lad 20 apple
jacks in succession which induced
his death. :

Troubled with a weak heart as h
was, the applojack home brew fin
ished him. Tho Bernle band wa
playinur in the presentation houso at
Trenton that week.

Mi'Mnhon had ju.'^t joined P.f-rni
as one of the Tliree Speed Bnys.

Music biz' is up again. Songs
are selling well generally. Two-
picture theme numbers, "Jean-
ine, I Dream , of Lilac Time,"
and "Angel Mia" ' are the big
leaders. Others , holding up. are
"Girl of My Dreams," "King
for a Day." "Memories of
France," "There's, a Rainbow
Round My Shoulder," "Sonny
Boy." "That's My Weakness
Now," "Get Out and Get Un-
der the Moon," "I Can't Give
You Anything But Love," "Ten
Little Miles From. Town," "Old
Man Sunshine," "Ramc>na,"
"Roses of Yesterday," "Nea-
politan Nights," "Sidewalks of.
New York," "Forgetting You,"
"Out of The Da-wn." "New
Moon" music and "Ah! .Sweet
Mystery of Life." ,

fictor's Operatic Discs
Falling Off in Sales

■\Mctor's red sea;l bu.slness, f. e.
standard and operatic artists, has
been considerably off. The concert
nd opera people haven't been se'l.i-
ing well at all oh the discs.

Victor is concentrating, on reviv-
ing that branch of its record bu.si-
ness. Only one artist, Enrico Ca-
ruso, has been holding up. This
s the more remarkable considering
the past proved conclusion that
with the death of an opei'atic star,
his or her records almost imme-
diately lose their commercial value,
unless for a brief period following
the news of the dfemlse.

The standard record business
with all the companies has been

oft;

The .recorders have some con.sola-
tion In that the loss of revenue
from one source has been more
than balanced through the in-
creased sale.s by popular vocalists
and light salon instrumental re
cordings.

Dance disks are on an even plane
but radio has brought about a
startling boom In vocal records
something never before encoun-
tered. This was what led to the
now universal rule that all popu-
lar dance numbers bo canned with
vocal choru.ses. The sole exciep-
tions are the out-and-out instru
mental numbers of lighter .sym
phonic works or freak jazz com
position.s.

Only Guarantees

Victor is sxperimonting
their concert artists by assigning
them better class popular numbers.
Richard Crooks is being brought
back with "Ah! Sweet Mystery of
Life" and "Song of Songs." Tito
Schipa, opera, is doing "Angela
Mia," picture theme song. Reinald
Wairrehrath IS handling "The
World Is Waiting for the Sunrise"
and a similarly light concert num-
ber, and even John McCormack has
done contemporary Tin Pan Alley
ballads, on occasion for similar
sales' reasons.

Victor has been haying additional
difficulty with the usual artistic
temperament by the artists who,
for their artistry, are not averse to
the material return.s. When the
royalty checks have been found
dwindling of late there has been
considerable ado from that source
and attendant carelessness by the
operatic and concert recorders as
to whethe'r or not their stuff sells
since - little. -more than their con-
tractually guaranteed income has
been forthcoming. The average
guarantees have been a round $20,-
000 annually to the name songsters,
and their annual gross sales on a
royalty computation has just about
made the guaranteed sum.

Inside Stuff-Music

Jclson On Screen and Disc

Al. Jolson on ilu' srroen and disi* st'ems ontiroly difforont- .«iMii-(-'#'. On
the screen Joltion is a box ofilce riot; on the phonograph disi- \\" \\:is a
money flop for . the Tuakor, Brunswick, until recently.

It's probably tho difference between tho story, heard and si on, with
song, and the purely mechanical disc record.

Yet whereas the Warner Brothers will run up millions in profit with
the Joison talking pictures, so far Brunswick, with. Jolson's disi-s. has
been $200;000 in the red, but augers well with the new "Singihg. Fool"
recorded selections.

Jolson's "Jazz Singer" can not fail to record a gro.s.s of ;f2,000,000 for
the Warners even with the limited number of wired theatres at present,
while $3,000,000 is predicted for Jolson's "Singing Fool." Thotse grosses
may be more than doubled in time, as the number of wired houses in-
crease, for each of the Jolson talkers is not limited by jVop. appeal of
the songs, while they have the J ol.-^on. personality and ."inging.

Weil's Theme for U. Film

Tlieme sojig tov Univor-sal's "Melody of Love" talker is.
heart." Miiton Weil Music Co. of Chicago will relea.se it.

•-,Mv Swv-ei-

Yiddish Composers .

Molly Picon's new musical, "The Circus Gii'l," at the 2d Av.'nui' thie-
atre, opened la.st week within the usual prescribed period : of two we(>ks'
rehearsal. That's .all it takes to mount a Yiddi.sh musical, opening cold
at their u.soal stands. One week is devoted to book rehearsing and
another to songs and dances.

Joseph Rum.^hinsky, the Sigmund Romberg of thi? Yiddish Iheatre,
is again the oompo.ser, and has his 19-year-old son, Murray, in the or-
chestra pit playing the piano. . I'he youth fashioned one of Ihe. sliow
tunes and is i-egarded as a comer for Broadway composition. His father
was and still is slinilarly regarded. One pr two of his tunes being .pub-
lished by the Times Square music men, but the oO-year-old compo.ser
Is too wrapped up in the VIddi.sh stage, -\\;here he Is king of his little
sphere,, to be cohceined with the trials arid tribulations of busting in
on Broadway.

Bad for Symphonys

Deluxe picture houses have nearly killed the symphony "'"iheslras
In the ea.st. Tlie deficits hit the. backers such a wallop la.^'t season that
three or four more amalgamations are being arranged for this winter.

Another Herbert Wiedoeft

Variety's correspondent in ■ Davenport, la., sent in a stoi-y hist week
mentioning a .saxophone player named Herbert Wiedoeft had been
reported by a local recruiting .station as-joining the United States Airtiy
and a.ssigned to the 14th Cavahy Band at Fort Des Moines. Story men-
tiohed this Wiedoeft as having appciai-ed with -Zev Confrey, Coon-
Sanders and Ringling Circus.

Herbert Wiedoeft, the well known bandsman who headed, his own
orchestra on the P.-ifific Coast, died last April. He left a lO-ye.'n-^ohl son.

with

Theme Song in ".Hostess" .

"Night Hostess,'' TMiil Dunning's night club-gambling casino' pUiy. has
one of tho.se theme .songs. It Is called "Everybody's Buddy" after one
of the leading rhar.uvtcrs .and is pl.-iyed and sung se-v'eral times during the
action of the oonipdy drama.

Collegiate Nite Club Course

About the quickest way to hit the nite clubs is to go to. college, accord-
ing to the large number of collegiate orchestras throughout the country.
Latest is the Bob Finley orchestra, at the CastiUian Gai'dens on the
Pclham road. New York. Besides FInley arc U youngstor.s, with the
gi-oup called the Duke College orchestra. Duke college is .at Durli.am,
N. C. A pamphlet says, the Finlry boys are rah rahs from: several
colleges.- ■ .

The. usual coll<>ge iiite '-lub. course appears to bO to go to coliof;(' until
learning how to play an. instrument, then into an -orchestra and the resL

Hagen's Cowboy Songs

Milt Hagen, songwriter and playwright, l.s a guest at a western
cattle ranch on his host's invitation after a suggestioH that a wealth
of western and cowboy .songs abounds which, the ranch owner be-
lieved, should dick with the public as strongly as the hill-l.rilly vogue
did. Hagen has picked up some ditties althouRh faced with the proldem
of denaturing the robustly bawdy lyric contents of the great majority.

The typical cowboy song which relieves the monotony of a cow-
puncher's exi.stence i.s usually aired while herding the cattle or sooMilng.
a restless herd and in characteristic he-man from the wilden open
spaces fashion, thfj- words are not exactly parlor language, allhou;;li llie
doggerel airs have a homely .rhythmic appeal.

Mrs. Spinelli's Decree

New- Haven, Oct. 9.

A divorce, change of name and
alimony Was granted to Dorothy
.'-^pinelli, crippled wife of Sal Spin-
elli, local orchestra leader.

Mrs. .Spinelll charged cruelty.

Judge Booth threw out Spinelli's
counter action.

HERE AND THERE

Title (,( the Kgyptiau SereiiiKh-rs |

M. C. A.'S10

r,y the end of October, tlie Music
i-i,y]t. of America will have 10 win
tcr engagements in
Ze'/^ Confrey opens

fjther MCA bands ^ in Chi are

ChicaKo wlK-n
at the Opera

Mail Order Firms Big
Buyers of Pop Music

Chicago, Oct. 9.
Siiice opening general retail stores
.Sears Roebuck Company and Mont-
gomery Ward, the two largest mail
order houses in the world, have be-
come major buyers of popular sheet
music.

P.reviou.sly, their. .niail.o^^^^
ness called for little pop stuff, .stick-
ing almost exclusively to folk songs
and classics bec.nuse of the rural
trade.

A CHOP HOUSE
OF EXCEPTIONAL MERIT

IB6-8 WEST 48TH STREET

■ Eaet •i Broadway ■

,as been eh:.n«ed tn l-^ldie Kovn aud ] j,.^,;^,,.^.^. Blackhawk' eafe;

lis KgypLian ^^■renad^■rs Kern 'Sjf,,^^, i.ombardo, Granada cafe: Ted

,i;mist in tins staff (... ^ ' Kdgcwater Beaeh; I'aul

'Utfit. Iac-1i f ivifntal! Fred Tfan-im. Soutli-

i • Ihis" \\'i(=iner and hand new at
.^uiiset Garden Ballroom, 1 )e-ri.i u.-e.
O. Outfit broadcasts over WOWO.

A.sh, Oriental; Fred iramm, South
! more hotel; Ray Miller, College
• run; E.'iry Hoffman, Chez T'ierre;
i Thelma Terry,- Golden I'umpkin,
;ind liuddy Fisher, Green Mill cafe

Owl Trips Buddy Fisher

Chica;go, Oct. 9.

Swerving to avoid a live owl on
the ' road, Buddy Fisher, orchestra
leader, his wife and two children
and two members of the orchestra
were severely shaken and receivc(l
minor injuries when their ear over-
turned and somersaulted twice on
the road between Sioux City and
Davenport, Iowa, September 29.

Although the car was wrecked, all
members of the party wei-e }ible to
continue to Chieago.

2 SUPPER SHOWS

Louisville, (;e.t. !».

('roodi-ii-h Silvertowr. Cord (Jr-
-rl [rostra- "f':Ir^<'r''ir'd"^ls=-WM■r■i^-en>.^ag«'"=
ment at llie Kialto theatre here
when the Hrown Hotel, whleh had
employed them .'"or two weeks, re-
fu.sed to allow lh<'m to leave iIm-
hotel diu-ing the dinner hour.

'J'he lu.-iiiager (jf the ((••■•iic---l r;i
said he had liiouulit tlie Iti-iHo li-'"'
two-a-(Iii\ insieiid of iinee-.i (l;iy
vaude.

JOE ROBERTS

PANTAGES CIRCUIT

STOPS THE SHOW

Witll Hi.s W Or.dOi-* li Pl.1>ir-g

on His

NEW SPECIAL'

''SILVER BELL"

BANJO

THE BACON BANJO CO.

GROTON, COISN,

Jesse Stafford

AND HIS ORCHESTRA

.=.Po r-m e r.ly^-=H e rb:^WJ ed.o e.f.tls^^

Now at Cinderella Roof
Los Angeles, Calif.
EXCLUSIVE

B r a n 3 V/ i ck an d Vi . ii pi i on e
Recordinof

54

VARIETY

NIGHT CLUBS

Wednesday; October 10, 1928

n-"FOLLIES" GIRL DIES
FROM NIGHT CLUB BLOW

Bessie Poole Struck by Em-
ploye and Succumbs to Shock
—Objected to Ammonia

First of tl>e seasonal blackballs
against the nite clubs was chalked
up this week o-gainst Tommy Gui-
'nan's Chez Florence, West 48th
street, when the death, of Bessie
Poole, 33, of Brockton, Mass., wasf
laid at the .door of the couvert
charge place. A blow on the nose,
alleged to have been delivered in
the; Chez Florence Saturday night
by a club attache, precipitated Miss
Poole's death from .shock Induced
by the fracture.

Miss Poole is identified . as a
Brockton society glrl» but was a

Leading Organists
in New York

B

"OIUSANISTK

JLLY
ARNES

liOew'B Stat« Thentre, Tlinca Sq., N, .T.

PAUL BRASS

Solo Organiat

Keith- Albee Theatres
NEW YORK CiXY

w~j7gilroy

FEATURING -

Organ Novelties
PROCTOR'S 86th ST.

NEW YORK

Eddie Schwartz

Featured Organist

Eeith-Albee Theatres,
New York

Proctor's Fifth Ave. Theatre

JACK SKELLY

At the Wurlitzer

Keith- Albee:
WHITE PLAINS THEATRE

Howard Warren

Feature Organist at the

Albee Theatre, Brooklyn

WALTER WILD

Feature Organist

AT

Keith's Hippodrome

NEW YORK

1918 "Follies" girl In Ned Way-
burn's danco troupe. Miss Poole
was a familiar face to ..the regulars
down at Long Beach and was es-
corted Saturday night at the club
by Joseph L, Whitehead, wealthy,
of the Hotel Drake on Park avenue,
along with Whitehead's brother-in-
law. Both attempted to defend
their feminine companion allegedly
and were likewise struck.

Protest Draws Slap
The altercation resulted from the
girl's protest against the ammonia
administration to a pass-out
patron at the nite club. The liquid
was being smeared on a, man to-
tally unknown to Miss Poole, when
the latter protested the ammonia
would burn his face.

Miss Poole's protest fetched a
slap from one of the Florence club's
attendants. With blood still stream-
ing from nose and mouth, the ex-
"Follies" girl was accompanied
back to Lillian Lorraine's apart-
ment in the Hotel Dorset with
whom she was stopping. Dr. Harry
Gilbert, 150 W< 55th street, who at-
tended Miss Lorraine, in her recent
appendicitis crisis, immediately
ordered Miss Poole removed to the
Park East hospital on 83d street
where a dangerous high tempera-
ture which soon set in resulted in
her death Monday afternoon after
she lapsed into a coma..

Miss Poole Is alleged to haye
named and Identified her assailant
and police are understood to be
after him.

Tommy Guinan reopened the
Florence last week . with : Sn6eze,
formerly of, Sneeze and Palnier, at
the h61m. The colored artist, Flor-
ence, for whom the club is named,
went back to Paris after a wrnter
season in New York.

FOURSOME AFTER STRAND

Granlund. Richman,* Schwartz and
Levene Want New Club

Ffances White on Floor

Gene Geiger Is going for a $3,000
weekly show nut for his Casa Lopez
when it reopens Oct. 18. "Vincent
Lopez will not appear personally,
contracted as general .musical di-
rector at the Hotel St. Regis where
he will play in person, . doubling
from the "Vanities."

Frances White, will be the main-
stay of the floor show on a $750
weekly guarantee- arid couvert per-
centage arrangement, booked in for
four weeks with options by Crea-
tore, Lerietska & Martin, At least
four other acts will surround the
comedienne. ' '

An attempt to revive a pre-war
type of glorified nite life will be
made by Nils T. Granlund (NTG),
in association with Lou Schwartz,
managing director of the Club Rich-
man; Han-y Richman and Harry
Levene, owner of the Brass Rail.
A deal is pending for their taking
over the Strand Roof, negotiating
with Moe Mark, the o>yner, direct- -

Plans call for w, k. former Zleg-
fold girls like Pearl Eaton, Llllia.n
Lorraine, et al., to be Installed as
hostesses. Richman will not appear
but win oifflclate merely as a part-
ner, being scheduled to return to
the Club Richman. shortly.

Strand roof's annual rental is
$30,000 which was too much for the
Chinese syndicates interested in the
premises. The Roy, Restaurant Co.,
the present lessees, went into bank-
ruptcy right on top of the former
Ellas Meyerowltz management do-
ing likewise, as a result of poor
business; •

No License "Tickets"

Plalriclothosmen Francis Dolan
and Dick Tobin of Captain Edward
Lennon's staff of We3t*47th street
station gave out plenty of tickets
to night clubs for falling to have a
cabaret license.

They are; . ^

Harry Werner, Epicure Club, -13
West 56th (suspended sentence);
Harry Baker, Furnace Club, 131
West 52nd (aiispended sentence);
John Martini, Franclne Club, 127
West 49th (suspended sentence);
Harry Baker, Furnace Club, again
(suspended sentence) ; 'Tom, Dunn,
Clubmen's Club, 121 West 51st (dis-
charged).

Magistrate Weil presided.

Lew White Rotating

Lew White, at the Fox, Brooklyn,
N. y., this week, will be rotated as
a guest organist in the Fox houses.
White was at the Roxy, New York,
froTh Its opening.

Dr. Melchiorre MaUro-Cottone is
now the chief organist at the the-
atre while White has been concen-
trating on his organ school.

W. J. Gallagher Bankmpt

William J., Gallagher, veteran
Times Square cabaret manager and
proprietor, has been petitioned Into
bankruptcy with his place, the
Broadway Gardens, In the basement
of 711 7th avenue. Gallagher, after
15 years at the Monte Carlo, fur-
ther up Broadway at 5l9t street, lost
that spot two years ago and con-
centrated in the meantime on Mont©
Carlo-by-the-Sea, Rockaway sea
food place, and at his 7th avenue
basement cafe.

The new trends in the nite life
spelled financial disaster for Galla-
gher. . When at the Monte Carlo ho
was constantly In difflcultles with
the prohibition autl\orltIe3, the at-
tendant notoriety and the head-
aches attendant to the enforcement
proceedings counting against the
room.

BILLY, OYSTEEMAN, PADLOCK

Billy, the Oysterman, Is 6n the
padlock list according to suit filed
in the Federal Court. The famous
seafood restaurant at 7-9 East '20th
street. New York, is charged with
liquor violation. Harvey, Harry and
William T. Ockendon are the alleged
proprietors.

BIG SHOT JAZZ

Cleveland's Cabaret Biz
Off to Flying Start

Cleveland, Oct, 9.

Ownefs of 'cabarets hero regard
their f. all .sea.son so far as another
•19 gold ru.sh.

With Sammy Watklns and his
band as a draw, Claremont Tent
opened to the best . businesa in six.
years. Watkins moved out last
Tuesday to take over Ray Miller's
orchestra' at the Gibson Hotel, In
Cincinnati, and Billy Burton, New
York leader, stepped in.

Burton's the first band leader the
class radio station of the town,
WTAM, ever turned the mike over
to. Ruth Durrell, warbler, is being
featured with the band. .

Austin Wylle, minus Jack Rose
and Jack Marshall, his big aces, is
at the Par East, a Yellow Peril
parking place, and drawing unusual
business Without radio hook-up,

Both night clubs, the Sixty, with
Al Waldon's orchestra, and Bessie
Brown, chocolate fecording waller,
and the Club Madrid with "Person
ality" Selznick at the mike, are on
the radio, doing better than in the
past three years

Doc Whipple, organist and jazz
band pianist, is leading his own or-
chestra at the Golden Pheasant, an-
other saffron sub-gum sticker,
where he caters to frails at noon
hour when .they can dance together.

So encouraged is the WInton
Hotel, it opened the Rainbow Room
Saturday with George Williams and
his band, Vlrgitila "Temple and floor

Landry at Parody

Art Landry and band, are engaged
for the Parody, New York, reopen-
ing Oct. 22.

LEADING ORCHESTRAS DIREaORY

IRVING AARONSON

and HIS COMMANDERS

Now featured with
Irene Bordoni's "Paris"

MUSIC BOX THEATRE

New, York City

PHIL FABELLO I

and His

ORCHESTRA

LOEWS 7th AVENUE THEATRE
New York City

MAL HALLETT

AND HIS ORCHESTRA

NEW ENGLAND DANCE TOUR
Personal Management
CHARLES SHRIBMAN
Salem, Mass.

THE ORIGINAL

DINTY MOORE

Philadelphia, Oct. 9.
Meyer Davis conducted an S5

piece dance orchestra, for the Amer ^^.^ ^

lean Bankers' Association Ball at show, after it had been closed for

the Bcllcvue Stratford last week

This is believed to be the largest
dance combination ever heard any-
where in this country.

Principals Record

Evelyn Herbert, William O'Neill
and Richard Halllday have re-
corded the "New Moon" music for
Bi-unswick.

The trio are in the cast of the
Sigmund Romberg operetta. Re-
lease date of the records depends
on RbfhhFrg's " appi'b Val,

four years.

Ginger ale and ice and food are
only things peddled by all the
joy joints in Cleveland; every spot
is run b. y. o. 1.

now at
ARTHUR MacLEAN'S

HUNTER ISLAND INN
Pelham Shore Road, N. Y.

GEORGE OLSEN

AND HIS MUiSIC
SOON

ZIEGFELD'S "WHOOPEE"
Starring Eddie Cantor
Office: ZO West 43d j>treet
New York City

FROM DETROIT

JEAN GOLDKETTEl

Orchestras

VICTOR RECORiOS .
Office: 812 Book Tower

DETROIT

SAMUEL HEGGENj.

Leading: a Great Little Band

Prqptor's 86th Street
NEW YORK CITY

VINCENT LOPEZ

and His ORCHESTRA

Exclusive Brunswick Artist
WbODMANSTEN INN
Pelham Parkway, N. Y.

CHARLIE MELSON

The Maestro of Ceremony
and His Bands

Stanley, Jersey City
Branford, Newark

PAUL WHITEMANI

And His Greater Orchestra
CONCERT TOUR

Offlbe:

1560 BROADWAY. N. Y. C.
Direction F. C. COPPICUS

Singing Drummers

Chicago, Oct. 9.

Ted Brown, western independent
music publisher, has 30 singing
salesmen on the road for him.

Good pipes are a requisite of
tKgge fl«ld saiiesmen.^^^^" ' " "

PARISIAN RED HEADS

America's Greatest Girl Band

Permanent itddreNS
' truest Noirtii St., to^

IF YOU DON'T
ADVERTISE IN
V A R I E T Y
DON'T ADVERTISE

HALE

("PEE WET)

BYERS

Conducting His Different Dance Orchestra

FOR THE FIFTH CONSECUTIVE SEASON

in Greenwich Village (85 West 3d St.), New York

WAYNE EUCHNER

PIANO

NYE MAYHEW

SAX

WALTER LONG

SAX

PERRY BOTKIN

BANJO

EMERY KENYON

DRUMS

Wednesday, October 10, 1928

VARIETY

55

in the

Grill Room

of

Hotel Pennsylvania, N. Y,

Dinner and Supper Dancing

Enjoyed your band immensely, and you
should be proud of it. It is one of the best
I ever heard."

* - — Irving Berlin.

"I knew we*d made no mistake as soon
as I'd heard the first few minutes of your
Monday rehearsal."

— L. A. Molon^, Manager,

Hold Perms^lvania.

"Whenever I want ,to hear good dance
music, I'm sure to go where Phil is. His
new band is the best ever."

— L. K. Sidney.

**I thought you' were giving us the best in
the* country, but you sound better to me at
the hotel than you did on our stages."

— Moe Silver.

" This tough first-night audience voted
Spitalny's dansapation satisfactory . . .
the brass scintillating particuliarly."

•^Abel Green, in *' Variety.*'

"One thing about Phil's music is that
you can't mistake it for anybody else's. And
if there's any better than he's playing right
now, I don't know where it is."

■ -Moc Mark.

"Out of the 'near-west' comes a real band
. . it has the subtleties and delicacies
that appeal to the dance lover."

— David Casern,

"Evening Telegram.*'

i

Grateful Acknowledgments to Many Friends

56

VARIETY

OUTDOORS

Wednesday, October 10, 1928

Robl. Moores, Vagrant,
Once Circus Treasurer

Qulncy, TMasa., Oct. 0.
A slianiUUnK. unkomi't flRUVo of
a inan, unsliavon. and with clothos
badly torn, stood before JiulKf
Avery in District- Court bore last
Week and heard the judjre seiitonci^
him to tiix months in the N^)rf^JlU
. county , in 11 at Dedhnm after plead -
jnK Kuilty to a charge of va^ran-jy.

He is Kobert I-I. I^loores, formerly
treasurer be the St-lls-Floto Circu.-',
■ ■vvho saw a fortune ..oC $40,000 dis-
appear under traffic circum.stancoq.

Twenty years aKo Moores stood,
vcarih;^ cap and sown, on the
graduation exorcises platform u<
KinK's College, Winslow, Out., an^l
. rocoived hU degree, granted cum
laude, flis mother was a noted
Canadian painter. She furnished
the youni? graduate with ampK>
funds as he fared forth. Kobert
accepted the theatrical business as
his life work. lie was a success.
Within, a few years he was trca.s-
. urei- of the Sells-Floto Circus and
making a name for himself in the
show world.

Ten yeai's ago Moores had ?10.-
000 In the bank. He owned a hand-
some home in Med ford, Mass. lie
had taken as his bride, a beautiful
young bareback rider from the
circus, who gave up the lure of the
tanbark to pre.side over th^ Med-
. ford liotiie.

Then came a son, but the child
died in infancy. The wife was
taken ill. Doctors feared her mal-
ady was Incurable.

It was suggested' that the young
circus blTlcial move his wife into
the . country. Accordingly ihey
went to Newton, N. II., and pur-
chased a farm.

The $40,000 that had been in the
bank dwindled. The Modford home
was sold for $15,000. Finally there
' was no money left.

Moores, reduced to penury, came
. to Boston jlind began to try to find
work. He tramped the streets for
days without finding employment.
His wife, still UU remained on the
New Hampshire farm.
JFinally Moores, penniless, hungry

and discouraged, approached a po-
liceman in Milton, suburb of Bos-
Ion. He a.sked tlui most direct
route to Newton, N, H. Hi.s ap.-
pi»ar:uioe stamped him- as a tranip-
When taken before .Tud^e Avery
Lhe man, his' mind evidently
numbed by his hardshii)S, pleaded
guilty to tlie vagrancy charge with-
out "telling the judge his tragic
story. After being, sentenced h'^
told newspapermen.

Count on 100,000 for
Cleveland Air Events

Cleveland, Oct. 9..
Cleveland expects 100,000 people
froni the entire country for the
National Air Kaccs, the aviation
convention and the National Aero-
nautics Kx-pnsitlon, to be held here
in September, 1929.

Floyd J.. I-ogan, Ohio mepiber of
the National Aeronautical Associa-
tion, led the successful fight to
bring the race.s to Cleveland. Head-
lined events are to , be three dis-
tance air races, to termina:to at
Cleveland airport. One will be from
some centr.al Northwest city; an^
other from probably L-os Angeles,
and the third fi'om the Southeast,
The aeronautics e.Kposition and
convention will be staged in the
civic auditorium, and the. races and
other events at the airport,

A f\ind of $250,000 is being raised
to finance the events.

MML OYN'S KICK

(Continued from page 1)
across the street from "Tt." whicli
Mhe had written for Clara Bow. A
friend of Madame Olyn'a attend-
ing "Blindness" heard two people
in front of her say "Why l-1Unor
(;lyn has made a lady out of Tau-
line Stark. I don't like this sort
of thing. JjeVs go across the street
and see "It." ' -

Believes In Art.

Madame Glyn still clings to her
belief In the art of the movieg.
She hopes that some day there
will be a little theatre movement
in the movies so. that artistic real
pictures for a sophisticated New
York audience may b» produced
without consideration of the audi-
ence In OshkQSh.
• Madame Glyn thinks that "The
Singing Fool" and "Street Angel"
are excellent pictures, and that her
picture, "His Hour" was without
"inaccuracies.'^ She Is now writ-
ing a story for Greta Garbo called
"Tiger Charm," really another ver-
sion of "It."

The tiger Is the most fascinat-
ing and interesting of animals,; she.
says, and it seems has plenty of
"It."

FAIB MEN MEET DEC. 4

Chicago, Oct. 9.

International AssofciUtion of Fairs
.uid lixposltlons will hold Its an-
nual convention at the local Audi-
torium hotel," Dec. 4-5.

Ralph T. Hemphill of Oklaln)nia
City is secretary.

CARNIVALS

Traver's Cooch Shows

Danbury, Conn., Oct. 9. ,
Travcr's Chautauqua Shows -(Car-
nival), which have operated several
years without girl shows and loud-
ly advertised the fact, had two wide-
open cooch tents facing each other
across the midw;ay on their date
here last week.

Variety was mistaken In Us re-'
port that George Mence contem-
plated retirement from agency busi-
ness in favor of a haberdashery
line in Chicago. He handled the
brief vaudeville appearance of Tele-
vox for Keith and then, faUing ill.
quit that agency. He is recuperat-
ing In Chicago and will be back at
the agency business when doctors
say he can return to work.

FILM ACTORS CUT DOP

(Continued from page 1)
for proceedinar with production.
Most produclnff Organizations "are
not equipped to turn out talkers.

To most picture men • the talkers
represent an enigma. No one, as
fa;r as one of the executives In-
terviewed could find out, has any
Idea as to how it should or will
work out, but everyorte Is willing
and anxious to talk, about it.

Meanwhile, only Fox and Warner
Bros, studios show Increased activ-
ity with Pathe just comijig into the
field.

First National Is flmdlng it diffi-
cult to get suitable actors with
voices to take part In the court-
room scenes for "Changelings."

Over 50 prospects have been given
voice testa last week with only one
found to meet the requirements.
This was August Tollaire, French
character actor.

(For currant week (Oct. 8) when
not otherwise indicated.)

Alamo E.\'po., San Antonio.
H; & B. Am. Co., (Fair) Lincoln-
.u.M, N, C.'

•Braun c*t Kelso, Clem well, Tex.

JJernardi Idxpo., (Fair) Alva, Okla.

liernardi, (Fair) Danville, Va.

Boiiton Am. Co., Ilazen, Ark.

Brodbeck Am. Co., Stafford, Kan.

Brown t*i; Dyer, (Fair) Elizabeth
City, N. C.

Bruce Greater, Weldon, N< C.

Uunta Am. Co., (Fair) Columbia,
SC.

'"Ce"ntra;i States, (Fair) Dublin, Ga.

Cetlln & Wilson No. 1, 8-20, Hen-
derson, N. C.

Coe Bros., (Fair) AlbertyiUe, Ala.

Coleman Bros,, (Fair) Stafford
Springs, Conn.

Cotton States, (Fair) Bernice, La.

Crafts Greater, San Bernardino.
Cal.

Dixieland, (Fair) Natchitoches,
La.

Dodson's Expo., (Fair). Brook-
haven, Miss.

Dodsbn's, (Fair) Columbus, Ga.

Edwards, J. R., Belmont, O.

F. & F. Am., South Hill, Va.

Fairly, Noble, (Fair) Paris, Ark.;
15, Atkins, Ark.

Fleming, Mad Cody, (Fair) Car-
rollton, Ky.

Francis, John, Breckenridge, Tex

Cloth's Greater, Amelia, Va.

Gold Medal, (Fair) -Tallulah,

Gray, Roy, No. 1, Lagrange, Tex.

Gray, Roy, No. 2, Center, Tex.

(jreenburg Am. Co., Santa Rosa,
N. M. '

Gruberg, Max, (Fair) Darlington,
SC.

'names. Bill H., No. 2, (Fair) Au-
brey Tex.

Hansen, Al C, Mcndenhall, Miss.

Harris, Walter, Fair) Rector,
Ark.: 15, Lepanto, Ark.

Harris Expo., . (Fair) Pickens,
S. C.

Hlirs Greater, (Fair) Wendell.

N. C. . .

Hill, Hugh W., No. 1, Lawrence-
ville, Ga.

Isler Greater, Guymon, Okla.

j. & H. Am. Co., (Fair) Lewls-
burg, Tenn.

lOc Gate; No Joints;
New Carnival Scheme

Chicago, Oct. 9.
Carnival.s are finishing up their
seu.son and with few exceptions
have had a good year. It was found
that by putting in a 10c gate the
outdoor shows averaged from
around $1,200 to $1,800 a week gate,
which made it possible for them to
do away with many concessions.

Rubin & Cherry have announced
for the coming year absolutely no
concessions for their shows outside
of the corn game. This will allow
the Rubin & Cherry shows to play
anywhere and everywhere.

^S^ : ^

Jonos, Johnny J., (Fair) Meridian,
Miss.

Kellic-Grady, Kussellville, Ala.
Krausc's, Moultrie, Ga.
Laughlin, J. VV,, (Fair) Clarendon,
Ark.

Leggettc, C. R..- (Fair) Lecsvillo,

La, ■ '

McGregor, Donald; No. 1, (Fair)

Franklin, Tex.

Martin Bros., Courtland, Ala.
Martin & Noe, Luxemburg, Mo.
Metropolitan, (Fair) Apex, N. C-;
15, Gaffney, N. C.
Morris & Castle, (Fair) Dallas.
Miller, Ralph R., Canton, Miss.;
15, Frankllnton, La.

Miller's, F. W., Midway, (Fair)
Olla, La.; 16, Donaldsonville, La.

Mississippi Valley, (Fair) Tyler-
town, Miss.

Murphy, D. D., (Fair) Granada,

Nalll, C. W., Oakdale, La.; 16,
Ruston, La.
Page, J. J., (Fair) Winston -Salem,

N. C.

Poilie Shows, Harrisburg, Ark.
Reiss, Nat., (Fair) Greensboro,
•iS'. C. • ■

Rice Bros., Lawrenccburg, Tenh.;
15, Cuthbert, Ga. ;

Rock City, (Fair) Douglas, Ga.

Rubin & Cherry, (Fair) .Concord,
N. C.

Rubin & Cherry Model, (Fair)
Cornith, Miss.

Snodgrass, T. L., Broken Arrow,
Okla,

Sunset, (Fair) Coal Creek, Tenn.
Sutton, Great, Marked Tree, Ark.
Texas Show, Needville, Tex.
Wade, W. G., Balnbridge, Ga.
Western Am. Co., East Bend, N. C.
Wortham's World's Best, Little
Hoclc A.T*lc«
wise, David A., (Fair) Sparta. Ga.
Zeiger, C. F. United, Boise, Idaho.

ANNOUNCEMENT!

GORDON BOSTOCK'S

CIRCUS

*

THE WORLD'S GREATEST TRAINED WILD ANIMAL CIRCUS

Opeiis Dec. Ist^F^

EARL'S COURT EXHIBITION, LONDON

ACTS

TOUR UNDER CANVAS TO FOLLOW

WANTED: A FEW MORE

FREAKS

AGENTS:

CLOW NS

U. S. AMERICA

CLAUDE W. BOSTOCK
225 West 46th Street
New York City

ENGLAND

REEVES & LAMPORT
42 Cranbourn Street
LONDON

Wednesday, October 10, 1928

OBITUARY

VARIETY

57

LARRY 8EMON

Larry Semon, 39, director -film
star, died Oct, 8 at Garcelon
RancK, near Viotcrville, Calif.
Pijeumonia was given as the im-
mediate cause of his deatli although
he had suffered a nervous break-
down several months ago.

At his bedside was his wife, Dor-
othy Pwan, screen star in her own
right, and gemon's first loading wo-
man. The Semons were married in
1925. . i .

Mr. Semon Was born in West
Point, Miss, When a boy he was
considered an adept magician. Later
he appeared in vtvudeyllle as a
tumbler but later turned his atten-
tion to cartoon work on a New
York newspaper;

Semon was fairly well known
when he got the Hollywood fever.
He worked in small comedy bits
and eventually received a chance

Ethel MacBride of New York, died
last December.

Funeral was held Tyesday in Los
Angeles with cremation of body
following. Ashes will probably bo
kept in ^an Fi'anclsGO,' his birth-
place. ■

MYLES M'CARTHY

. Mylos McCarthy, 54. died Sept. 27
at his home, 1830 CahiiPiiKa avenue,
Hollywood. Death, was caused by
heart attack while he slept,

Mr, McCarthy was born in To-
ronto,- He entered the theatrical

In Memory of Our Best Pal
I Mr. and Mrs, Frank Matthews

IN MEMORY OF

JACK

(CON)

CONWAY

Joe Lee

INCORPORATIONS

New York

. Kaltord Tlieatre>s, Inc., Oneida, tho-
atres, bathincr beaches, roof pardons,
$6,000; Prank C. Walker, Myron J. Kiil-.
lef, F. C. Whitney. Piled' by Prontlco-
Hnll, Xnc, 70 Plflh Ave., New .York.

M<>viett« ricturo Corpomtioii, Man-
h.ittan, moving ploiure apparatus of all
klndH, BOO Bhares no par value; Harry
Tj, .TeBsop, Nan Fanner, Hazel Kniipp.
Piled by Bcnj. P, FanRer, 347 Madison
Ave., New York.

Iniponttcd Photoplara, Inc., Uew York,
motion plftures, apjiaratus, $00,000; Joe
Brandt, Olaudo IfacGow.xn, Abe Schnei-
der.. Filed by Straut K. Brando^, IDOl
B'way, New York.

. GuiRnol StndloK, Iii'c., Manhattan, the-
atres, for playp,-. motion pictures, $20,-
000; Anton Grubinan, Max Kaplan, Mor-
ris R.appapprt. Filed by Isldor Glasdor,
1 Madison Ave., New York.

Wynffi«ifio Operating CorporaMoii. Man-
hattan, theatrical proprietors, vaudeville, I

Theatres Proposed

lo, N.

Ar.bt-

noontmi, X. .T.— ?r>ft.n(in., Ownor, E.ssox Devolopinoiit Co., UilLxli
tt'i'l, U. UoM'li.sohn, .Ni'wark, N. J. (I'olioy nm nivoii )

ltaltlinor«>. — «.)wiu'r, i'uitcr.son At. 1". Theatre i.'i>., Kalllmore. Archiieois, Kuhits
& Koenlir, Italtlnioro. (rulioy,. picluie.i.)

Clilonsro. — Owner wlthln^ld, Arohucot, Sanunons, SMfl W. 60lh placi', ("hl-

.r.TKO. (ToUoy not ^Ivcn.)

Clilcaifo. — .'?JOO,(ii)0 uilso .>>tore.«i and apart mi'nl."'. t'>wnor, Blulrio IltiiMlii); Corp,
S72'2 ."^oullipiirt avenvio. Ohlcau'o'. Arrhiti-i'ts, ]j. I. Sinum and K. Stelnhnrn, I'liii-ap".

<1iudr«n. Neb.— $80,(100 (al.so loilpe rooms and .«torrs). Owner, H. V. O. E.,
Chailron. Architect C. J. Uowa'II, llrand I.sliind, Neb. (Policy, plcture.s.)

Delviilb, III.- (Al.so ., ft iire.s aiid iiiiartaient.-,). i)wner, ■ l)elvalb Tlicutr«; I'o., De-
Kalb. Arohltfct, K. P.' Hchrcn.s, Chicago. (I'olli'y, piPtures.)

I'rcoport, III. — J^.SO.OOO (also .>.-loros and upartmonts). Owner. United PtudioB,
ChlcaRO. Owner own architect. (Policy riot Kivon.)

IndittiuipollH. — $100,000. Owner, ,1. P. ' Prlcdninn, . Indianapolis. . Architect, AVm,
O. Morck, same. (Policy, pictures.)

Kenton, Ohio.— $12,'), uno (al.so -stores and offlccH). Owner, Kenton Amu.soiiieni Co..'
Kenton. Arcliiti'ct, lUiL-o^Kn & .'^ironj;. Lima, (.ihio. (Policy. not Kivcn.)

.MIddlefown, Ohio.— S3SO;ti0i). (also .stores). Owner, T. (•:'hifos. Mlddletown. Ar-

$10,000; ■ Boris Kaplan, John M.'ZwIckl, I chliect, 'Win. F. Urnnott, Diiyton, Ohio. (Policy nor Kiven.)

to handle .first lead comedy roles. It
was all . rough comedy work,, then
known as the custard pie era, Mr.
Semon jumped into .fame by hie.
slapstick ability, affecting at all
times on the screen an. exaggerated
make-up with his nose in particular
given elaboration.

The deceased' was sO eminently
successful he became interested in
a $3,000,000 lilm project in which
he was a heavy investor. Scmon's
salary had. i-cached $1,256 weekly
before he decided to bocomfe a; di-
rector, yet the Semon project failed
to materialize and the anticipated
millions vani.shed. into finan(:ial dif-
ficulties.. This screen disaster caused
Mr. Semon no end of ^yorry arid re;-
peatod efforts f o recoup only added

Like thousands of others, we
I mourn the passing of our be-
I loved pal

IjACK CONWAY

Louis and Dell Cohen

to his discomfiture. T..a.st March, he
filed a voluntary petition in bank-
ruptcy, listing debts at . nearly
$500,000. Ceaseless worry under-,
mined his health making him an
easy victim of pneumonia.

GEOBGE BEBAN

George Beban, 55, died Oct.

at

profession as actor . when 21 in
'The Pearl of Pokin," with "The
Hole in the Ground," two years, and'
his own show, ''Dear House of Ire-
land," two years, after .which he
went into vaudeville with a sketch,
"The Race Tout's Dream," in which
he appea,red for five years. Had
b(?en in vaudeville continuously ever
since..

In 1905 he married A(Ja Wolcott,

Like Thousands of Others
We Miss

Jack Conway's

'*Happy Smile"

And never failing,
"Anything new, Boys?"—
Our heartfelt sympathy to his
Wife, Mother and Family.

Abe I. Feinberg
Aaron Kessler

John Bre.nnan'. Filed by Ernst, For &
Cane, 26. West 43rd St., -New Tork.-

]tout<»h. I'roductionH, Inc., New York,
motion pictures, pageants, lectures, 100
shares no .'par value; Abraham Shabelo-
Wltz, Ida Schwartz, ■ Godfrey J. J.-iffe.
Filed by Godfrey J. Jaffe, 14<0 B'way,
New York. •
The Duval .Stnillos, Inc., Manhattan,

Marlon, Iiid. — $ril.),nOO (altc.ratlon.s); Owner,- lO. I,. Wee.sneri Marlon, Tnd. .Archi-
tects-,' i>. X.- Murphy- and hro'f'hei.s,' T-,oulavilie, . .CPolicy not Kl^'en.)

New York.— Metropolis . (altv^ral ions). Owner, W. Jleude, New York. Architect,
T.W. Lamb, Now York. (Policy not given.)

RtdRewood. N. J.— Owner, S. Fahian .Co.. New.ark, N. ,T. Architect not selected.
(Policy not Riven.)

AppleJon, . \Vl.s.— Also storcfl. Owner, Fischer rai umount Theatre Corp., Chicago.
ArchltectsS, ilooiier and J;inu.sch, Chicago, l''o11cy not given. .

Jtcloit, >ViH. — Owner. Fischer I'uru mount Theatre Corp., Chicago. Arohitecte,

maHCjues, .pugen,nta, community drahiaa, ] Hooper and Janusch, Chicago. Policy not given.

!iOO .ahare.s. no par value; C. N. O'Neill,
Harry Latimer, Edith Latimer. Filed

Clovelnnd — (Al.so stores and olllces). Owner
tects, Yeagcr and f'rothers. I'ollcy.not given.

L. E, Mqade, Cleveland, Archl-

hy Geo, F. O'Neill. 168-36 Jamaica Ave., I Ft.' itoiij. Ilurrlxon. Iml. — Jsn.OuO. Owner. U.; Army, care Lt. Col. ITydisr, Ft.

Jamaica, New York,

Vox 'MetropolHnn riayhonneH, Inc.,

New. York, theatres, muslo hall.s, con-
cert halls,. 100 shares no par value; 'W,
B. F. Rogers, Felix A. Jenkins, I,ouls
Af. Weber. Filed by S. E. Rogers, 55th
St. at 10th Ave., Now York;

Sclinebbe-Karon, Inc., New York,
plays, mu.slcal comedies, vaudeville, .250
shares no par value; Howard Schnolibc,
Gerald Bacon, Jerome L. Adler. Filed
by Jerome L. Adler, 321 B'way, New
York. . •

. Theatre Chi«>>lcH, Inc., • Manhattan,
opci-as, drama.s, moylng pictures, 3,000
shares; of which 1,000 are preferred $100
each, 2,000 common ' no par; Eugene L.
Freel, Frank L. Ippolito, Elizabeth A.
Rcllly. Filed by O'Brien, Malevlnsky &.
DrlscoU, 162 West 42:nd St., New York.

Ma<-FHdden-Uiii7 . Prodnctlons- Inc.,
New York, produce plays, dramatic or
mu.slcal, 1,600 shares no par vnluo;

Borij. It.-irri.son. Architect, C. K. llowoll Co., Atlanta. Policy, pictures.

Mndimii, WIh.- - ( Also si ores).. Owner, Bast Side . Hu.slnoss Men's A ss'n, Madison.
Architi'^ct not .selected. I'olicy not given.

Monroe, >VI».- $160,000. Owner, Fischer I'ar.-Lmonnt Theatre Corp., Chicago.
Architects, Hooiicr find .T.-mu.sch. Tolloy not given.

Stoyeiis Tolnt, Wl.i.-^Owner, Fischer Parn mount Theatre Corp., Chlcagt). Archi-
tects. ,Hooi)er and Jariu.fch. . I'ollcy not given.

Wiitertrtwii, WIh.— (Also stores and apartmunts). Owner, Fischer Paramount
Thc.-Ures Corp., niiciigo. Architects, iTooper and Janusch, Chicago. Policy not
given,

i Went nd, Wt.s.^(A1so stores and onu-e.-i). Owner, August Bcrkholtz, . West
Bend. Architect, Hugo I^ogemann, MllwuuUco.. I'ollcy not given.

actress, who appeared in all hiij acts
with him. Mr. McCarthy made his
home in Hollywood 11 years apo.
He had returned from a vaude en-
pag-ement in the east with Ethel
Clayton and Ian Keith a week or
two before his death.
. Survived by his widow and one
sister, Mrs. Harry English of Los
Angeles. Funeral services held Oct.

California Lutheran Hospital, Los
Angeles, from injuries sustained
when thrown from a horse at J<ne
Lodge Dude Ranch, near Big Pine,
Calif,, Sept. 29. He was brought
to L. A. hospital Oct. 4.

Mr. Beban was born in San Fran
Cisco. At 8, In S. F., he sang and
danced with Reed and Emerson
Minstrels. Then he played child parts
in various light operas. Afterwards

IN MEMORY OF

Broadway'a Beloved

JACK CONWAY

my friend

Harry Rose

with Weber and Fields in "Nancy
B rown," and later playe d lead ing
comic in "Fanta'na,'?' folTowcd
"The American Idea." Shortly
thereafter he read a poem, "The
Sign of the Rose" and had it written
into a 20-minuto^ vaude sketch,
which he played for many years.

Ten years ago Mr. Beban went
into pictures. He appeared in a
screen version, of "The Sign of the
Rose." His ktiit picture, was "Tho
Loves of liicardo," made several

In loving memory of our pal

JACK (Con) CONWAY

Gone, but not forgotten.

■ f

EMMETT R. CALLAHAN
RUBE BERNSTEIN

BURLESQUE ROUTES BRITISH FILM FIELD

(Continued from page 41)
Orphcum, Reading; 18-;0. r:tlace,|
■freriton.

French ModcLs— Carrick, bt.

Hamilton MaeFadden. Kellogg Gary, r „uis- 15 Gavetv, Kansa.S City.
Mary McKlttrlck'. Filed by Parker .Oar- ^V; ' cjrrantmi- 15

rlsslon, 16 William St.. New York. Frivolities— Gayety , bcianton, lo,

edition of the "Follies," She was , a
nie.ce of Signiund Lubin, Phila pic-
ture pioneer.

Charieis Colwell, 59, stage man-
ager of the Poll theatre, Scranton,
Pa., since its opening 23 years ago,
died Oct, 8 of heart trouble. He
had once toured with Thurston and
the Kerr and Slebecker shows,
Hi.s widow survives.

Clement K. Phillips, film stunt
flier, of Los Angeles, killed at Hay-
ward, Calif., when war plane . he
was flying to Oakland to take part
in filming of "Hell's Angels," crash-
ed Into a hay field.

The body of Lido Manetti (Ar-
nold Kent in pictures), who was

Urondway mourns tho passing of the |

KING OF SLANG

and the angels rejoice at tho
opportunity ol welcomine

JACK CONWAY

to Jleaven

Maude Ryan

1 in Jjoa Angeles, after which the
remains w^re cremated and taken
to New York. ■

HUGH LOGAN REID

Hugh Logan Reid, 75, actor and
scenic artist, died in the Brunswick
Home, Amityville, L. I., where he
had been a patient under the care
of -the Actors', Fund since his trans-
fer there from the Fund home in
June.

Mr. Reid had appeared with a
number of the early day stage stavs.
As a scenic artist, which profession

I IN MEMOiRY OF

I NENA BLAKE

years ago, since when ho had re-
tired.

.^.-Doceasf-d -wa3^-a=mwiil)er=^ o£=-th(!.
Friars, also tlie Greenroom Club in
New York. On the coast h^ was a
member of the Uplifter.s' Club, the
Los Angeles Athlotic CMub, tho
Ma.squors and the "Writers. He is
survived by an 11-year-old son,
(ieorgo; one brother, Lewis, and a
sister, Mr.'*. Malt Smith of Now
York.

Mr. Bebrtn's wife, who w.-i.s Edith

who departed to a hlpher life
October 12, 1924
Her loving friend

Paula Marr Collier

he followed after his stage career,
he was also with stars. • '

A niece, Mrs. Dora Kimber, New
York, survives.

The funeral will be hold at 11 a,
m, today (Wednesday) from Ciiinp-
bell's Funt^ral Church with inter-
ment in Swan Point cemetery,
^Pr ovide nce . - R. .1.- ,. ; . . -.^

- EDNA LUBY (THOR)

Edn.i ].uby-Thor dlod at hor
home in Nuw York Oft. 3, Hor
husband conducted, a drug store in
the. \Vlhter Garden l)lock.

Miss Luby retired from the stage
.several years ago. She was for-
merly Well known as a vaudevillo
impor.«onntor and appeared in one

HARRY ENNIS

("BeW of Variety)

Died October 12th, 1924.
In Loving Remembrance

Sadie Ennis
Bert Ennis
Emma L Ennis
Leslie Ennis

(Continued from page. 6)

mand" are another new feature for
this country.

Floor space is 210 feet by 105,
with a clear height of 45 feet, tank
40 feet square and more suns, spots,
meres and Kleigs — from (Sermany —
th.an could be counted. One end of
the istudio opens out to the lot, and
carpcnter.s' shops, prop, stores, plas-
ter shops and lamp stores run down
one side, with eliding/ fireproof doors
onto the floor.

Heating is by electric pipe radi-
ators, cooling by air washing. Tho
plant i.<i 18 miles from town and haa
a railroad siding of its own,
. All round It is the best piece .of
.studio building done here yet.

What's to Come?

There are a lot of Brlti.sh films,
niad»5 this year, that have not been
seen by anyone so far but their pro-
ducers. J'^'W of the companies which
got money from the public around a
year ago have put anything on the
scroon. In one or two rases" there.
Is going to be some dust flying when
they do.

"Whitehail Films, the first tO: get
public money, has made a couple of
pictures; British Fllmcraft has
three; Brlti.sh & Dominions, two;

Clayety, Wllkes-Barre..

Ginger (.Jirl.s— Gayety, Brooklyn;
15, Gayety, Scranton.

Girls From liappyland— Troca-
dcro,, Philadelphia; 15, Gayety, Bal-
timore.

(^irls From the Fi)llio.s— Orpheiim,
Paterson; 15. Hudson, Union City.

Girls In Blue— (Gayety, Milwaukee;
15, Empress,' Cliioago.

Girls <r the U. S. A.— II. h.
Apollo, In. Y. C.; 15, Kmpire, Brook-

Hello Paroo— 'Mutual, Indianap-
olis; 15, Gan ick, St. Louis.

High Flyers^Gaycty, lialtimorc;
15, Strand. AVushington.

Hindy Belles — impress, Cincln-
n;iti; 3 5. Oayoty, Louisville.
' ,7az/,timo Revuo — 8, Lyrif, AUoh-
town; 9-10, Orpheum, Reading; Il-
ia, Palace, Trenton; 15, Emph-o,
Newark.

Xuddling Kutios— Lyric, Bridge-
port; 15, H. & S. Apollo, N. Y. C.

Lalfln' Tliru— Columbia, N. Y. C;
15. Gayety. Brooklyn.

Merry Whirl — Cadillac, Detroit;
15, Empire, 'rolodo.

Mischief Makers — Plaza, Worcos-.

''^^^S^- a^^Piro, To- 1 Welsh-l>carson-Eldo^^ U.ree,^and_the
le.do; 15, Columbia, Cleveland
Moulin Rouge.

killed in an auto accident in Los
Angeles, Sept. 29, will be sent back
to Italy for burial. Funeral services
were held In Hollywood Oct. 5 at
the <;:hurch of the Blessed Sacra-
ment.

The father of Jim K«nnedy (Ken-
nedy and Kramer), died Sept. 30
in Meriden, Conn.

. Mrs, Mary E. W'«ale, mother <)f
Emma D. Weale (vaudeville), died
at her home In Boston Oct. 2.

Tom Ward, veteran Syracuse
musician, died in his home city lasit
week.

Blattner Co. one. None of these
fiiris.;-Aca(lemy. I PoniP'in'/^R seems in any hurry to

Mounn ^^'V"*-'^-, 'V/r'T'^iMm^^^^^^ what they have done. Possl-

Pittsburgh; l», Lyceum, Colymbu^- 1 ^ly they .are waiting for the shorter

Naughty Nifties— Gayety. Minne
iipolis; 15, Gayety, Milwaukee.

Nite CUib Glrl.s— State, Sprlng-
liold; Grand. Hartford.

Nile Life In Paris— f^iyety, Buf
falo; 35-lfi, Geneva; 17-18, Oswego;
19-21, Srhenect.ady.

Parlsia.n Flappers— Irving PL, N.
Y. C; 15, Empire, Provhh-nco

Puss Pu.s.s — Gayety, Montreal; 15,
Howard, Boston.

Radium Queens— Lyceum, C;in
ton; 15, (?rnnd, Akron,

Record I5re;ikers — Gayety, Bos
ton; 1 5, Plaza, Worcester.

Red Hots — Grand, Akron; 15,
Gayety,. Buffalo.

Round the Town—Strand, Wash
ington; 15. Academy, Pittsburgh.

Social Mai fls— Empire, Brooklyn;
in. Trooadero, Philadelphia.

release period to commence in. Jan-
uary.

Coming and Goino

Whitehall Film Company mak-
ing comedy shorts. Directed by
Jack Edwards, sales manager. Ver-
satile boys, these salesmen, ain't
they'r

Colonel A. C. Bromhead, now
qualifying as an exhibitor, has been
elected to the South Midlands
Branch of the PJxhibltors' Associa-
tion. Bromhead, who has been
president of the Distributors' So-
ciety and tho Manufacturers' Asso-
ciation, will possibly be a future
candidate for the like post in the
C. B. A.

Herbert Wilcox, with W. llen-
derstm-Oeland, chairman of Brit-

Specd Girl.s— Howard, Boston; 15, igh ^r)6. Dominions Company, left

DEATHS ABROAD

Paris, Sept. 27.

Aline Bourgeois, Belgian opera
singer, died at Brussels.

Henri Villefranck, 79, manager
of the Casino at Vichy, died at
Vichy. He was the doyen of Froneb
theatrical directors.

Marie Stritt, 73, former German
actress, died at Dresden. She had
devoted her.'^elf to politics since the

war. _^ _

Paul BalsImelTn T4, Tfallari cori^"
ductor, died suddenly at the Lli ico
Theatre, MIlMn ataly).

Alexander Rey Colaco, Portu-
gese planl-st, died at Li.sbon. De-
ce.iised was father of Amelia Rey
Coloco, well known actress In Por-
tugal.

William R. Hereford, former

Gofii'ml^l .aT'X;' T.-r.

S))f)rty \Vi(1ow.<^— L. O.; 15, Gay-
etv. Minneapolis.

.'step Along. Hudsoii, Union City;
15. Irving Pi., N. Y. C,

Step Liv'oly Glrls-- Empre.sH, Chi-
eairo; 15, Carlillac, Detroit.-

Step On Tt — fJayety, K.ansas City:
15; L. O.

Stolen S'.veel.s- Star, Brooklyn;
15, Orpheum. Pater.«on.

Sugar Babies — l^vrle, Dayton;. .15,
F0mnres.<5, Cincinnati.

Wine. Woman and' Smuk— Empire.
N'ewnrl<; 15. Star, Brofiklyn.

NEW ACTS

TKroe TJnn Sisters, production
fl;i.sh.

Walter Don.'ihue, single.

I'anl Barron and Jaek I'.iirt, for
mer vaude te.ann, have rejoined.

Anrly ('ob'en and Shanty Ilogan,
of the N. Y.. fliants, are bookr-d for
Loew's vaufif ville, opening Oct. 15
at.Loew's Cominodori'.
"-"rrss"""MWrdr.lRnn;^^
Fi.'Ms, 2-af:t.

T'.itii ■frJin'oM and .Myrtle Leon-
ard, songs.

n.iri-y Ames an.l Go. (Hi. willi
■Billy B.md, P.ydiT S.ister.s finil Ar-
tliur Df)ren.

Arllnir J'nwell. Cci-.-y luid

Lloyd f'.r.'ifloii h.iV" il-.e

American Journalist, died in Paris. .Puiet of K;;m- e a- t

caTl y^th fs week for T'Jew- YDrKr writh
prints of "The Bondman" and "The
Tritimph of the .Scarlet Pimpernel."
Both are likely to go through tho
new J. D. Williams' company for
American . release.

G. Bernard Shaw Is to do an-
other talker for Fox . Movietone,
Jack Connolly responsible.

A. E. Abnahanis is financing the
film production of "Young Wood-
ley," which Thomas Bentley is di-
recting. ■ Robert Irvine, lead.

Anthony Asqulth is to diroet a
film made co-operatively by Brit-
ish Instructional and Swedish Blo-
graph,.thls fall, with Gustave Mo-
lander supervising. No subject yet
scheduled.

Maurit'/ Stiller, who came
through here a; short time back on
his way to Sweden on vaeation
from Hollywood, is in h hoapilal in
Stockholm with a critleal internal
complaint. Tlo mad<! some of the
recent Pola Negri features and was
one of Lars Hanson's first direc-
tors.

=--^Tvi hr'l^Hel 1 i \\- H 1 , k'a d or--^ o f .= tl i «--
T'liiza Tiller Girls, has been put
iiT)(l'-r rrintrnet liy T.-irauiount fur
the. sej-ecn and l''ft for Tfolly-
worid l:>st W'^ek. iSlie -was spotted
l.v .Te.H.Ke T/isky when last here,

'ji))m Maxwell has gone to Ber-
lin this week. Po.H.'^ibly to keep
i an eve on A. C. Bromhead. Or to
I if.'irn ihe f;<Tm;(n for pi onto .10
' J;e talk to Dupont.

58

VARIETY

FOREIGN

Wednesday, October 10, 1928

London as It Looks

(Continued from pag<? 2)

can cull on a film man without loslnff ciisto, i£ one has one^ whlch^ one
hasn't, thank God. And, when an intelligent man like Herman Starr
talks about the future of the industry, surely it is a f?ood story.

On the day before the opening of "The Jazz Singer," there was
actually a luncheon party of film critics to protest against my writing
about talkers. Do not these people understand that most write a Jot
of dreary technical stuff that 1« of no interest to the public what-
ovcir ?

They always miss the human story. Scarcely one knows the heads
of the Industry personally. When they meet them,, if they do meet them,
they sit cap in hand and caiinot talk to them on equal terms, fvankly
and truthfully.

Save Me From Film Work!

Then there is so much trade politics In all; the business. The public.

don't care about it. When I think of the way certain critics tried to

sneer at "The Circus," which is the greatest entertainment I have

seen since "The Gold Rush," ! am appalled.

Mind you, I would rather be a curate than a film critic. _
After all. If I sleep at the first night of a play, people do say. My

God, ;he's gone to sleep," : In a picture pnlac6, they wouldnt notice.

It wouldn't be worth while.

Noel Coward PrieiFerred

Hayana Chatter

I Father of Robot Claims
Flexible Sound Dievice

By RENE CANIZARES \ „ London, Oct 9.

Havana, Oct 5. Albert Roberts, an Inventor here
City all dressed up for the Span- connected with the Illusion business,
lah -American War Veterans at 3Pth claims to have perfected a device
annual camp next week. From 10,- to mako the voice travel about the
000 to 15 000 veterans and their screen In talking^ pictures. Roberts
famllies>lll visit the island. The Ms the Inventor of ..the ^^echanlcal

. „^ «^«,«fir.o. mJi-n now showing at Maskclyne's

Ctiban Goyernmejit is co-operating I ^^^^^^^^

on the entertainment and special

parades, excursions, shows, etc., will I Last Sunday's roto sections in
be put on for the veterans. The New York carried photos of Mr.
Rough Riders will visit San Juan | Roberts' mechanical man, which lie
Hill in Santiago de Cuba, ' ' • ■ • -

Egypt

By EDWARD ASSWAD.

Hotels and bars are doing capa-
city business. California . Veterans
arrived a week ago.

Gene Austin here last mpnth with
his wife and^ a party of friends on
his private yacht. After a few. days
here they sailed for. New Orleans.

Boris Saphlro; Lithuanian actor, I
18, who claims he talks seven- Ian- (
guages, sings and dances and im-
personates,' was given the razz at I
the Campoamor theatre on his I

dubs . Roberts' Universal Robot, or
"R. U, R." The pla,y which first
dealt with the posslbnity of me-
chanical men was "R. U. R." by the
Capeks of Bphemlja.

Paris Chatter

Cairo, Sept. 20.
Last program performed by Lydia
Johnson's company cpnsi.sted of
Marluccla, Nelson and Markoff, So-
iange and Nlkltin, the Ferri's, Eight
Jackson Girls, Duo Mennis, Belle-
kens, and Vandolv.

A new Greek company under di-
rection of Marlca Cotopoull played
the Kursaal theatre. Company In^
eludes. M. C. Papageorglou; Mme.
Vassllladou, Pop! Hadzipanayotou,
Vassili Logothoditis, Mrs. C. .Myrat,.
Ej. Leandrou and F.. Yahnbpdulos.
Plays performed were "Le Noceur
Immaciile," ''Mile. Flute," "L'-
lAmoureux de la Bergere," and "Cheri
de sa .Concierge."

(Continued from page 2)

Gloria Swanson, denlct-^ a local re-
port he is abroad to ..appear in a
picture, says he is in France as

Management of the Kit Kat (cab-
aret) held a fashionable soireet with
a ;show iricliiding Miss Bepa and
Juliette, de Ritter. Charleston Imita-
tors received an oyation.

Other artistes playing here are the
Kisrht .Tackson Girls, Mlrka Alma,
Di'o Slacsipv, . Russian dancers:
and Carmlna de

„ _ opening performance. Hla contract

mi,^ «fi,or tMne I have to say about the talkers is that if you. was concelled immediately to avoid the foreign personal representative hj(<ii;i p,ij.o Sisters, a

Americahs'^ keTorseW ov^ Spanish dr

ker's Hill will be wiped out. White Plfn«/lll be forgotten. The ^^^^^^ Bigel^billed as the
nasalism must stop. This raucousness must end. | Banjo King, spent two weeks in

I prefer No'el Coward t

Bee Lillie Takes the Knock

Ivor Ndvello condescended to appear at the Palladium sacrificing his
great art for money only to find that the public knew it was the bunk

The next week, as Beatrice Lillie. received ?1.G00 for ^^^j^eek's rest I
thought, of course, that Noel Coward was writing, something specially

'^No^'she did a lot of old Masle Gay stuff and got the bird. They cut
but one of her numbers, and did not take up the option of a second
week All sorts of explanations have , been made. The truth Is that
^ revue artists must not condescend when they go Into vaudeville.

Havana and played a week in Cam-
poamor .theatre. Hie also broadcast
from PWX.

, - , , ^, dancer, has re-

Ed.mond Greville is quitting | turned.
British International to produce
Minuit" ^(Sild-night) . for an Anglo I pii,n d'Art Egyptien company Is.
German company, to he. made in preparing an all-Egyptian comedy
France with Vanda K. Valiger in picture.

the lead. I Ramcses. Films Is doing "Zelnab,"

A season of t\y'o months of Rus- by .Hussein Bey Helical, ^^e
Dan Vila, manager of Montmartre l siam opera Is listed to begin at the Assiassa, important Arabic paper.,
cabaret, arrived yesterday with Theatre des Champs Elysees in Condor Films, directed by Ibrahim
eight girls from New Tork for thel January, ends the rumo'r of vaude- Laina, has produced a film named.

' •" — — ' Catastrophe in the Pyramids."

Egyptian actress, Fatma Rushdy.. is
in the lead role.

Sbsan Film Co., under direction of
Ijady Ih.san Sabry. hag prepared a
film entitled "The Victim:" ,

show of his cabaret. Among the ville again this winter there_

girls 13 ah acrobatic dancer from I
Chicago, billed as Lornei.

Chatter in Nice

By Frank Scully

Harold E. Tillotson, youthful im-
presario, formerly directing Noble
Sissle syncopators at the Ambas-
sadeurs here, has quit the orches-
tra and Is returning to New York
this' week. The Sissle band has
dispersed and the colored conduc-
tor Is back in London;

Herb Williams Teaches Sultan ^^

Herb Williams passed the test, though. The Sultan of Muscat and
Oman went along, the other night, to see his show. . Aa he^ does not

speak English the foreign oftlce had to sort out the plays that he could . Nice, Sept. 27.

understand. ,■, i. Maurice Chevalier, due in Holly- ,, . .

Williams did not know he was in the house and no one could have L^^Q^^ ^^^^^^ month, and Sacha Gui- °' this city but did not^ tempt the
told. The Sultan looked Just like one of_those black law s^^^^^^^ ^. J try,.down for a trans-Atlantl. fllghtl J^tnn?^^^^^^^^

Amin Atalla Fllni Co. turned out
a comedy called "The Sea Laughing."

The fa,ll opening of Longchamp,
Paris' most beloved race track,
drew out the leading personalities

Naguib Eff Rihani •\v.ill rejoin his
wife's, Mme. Badia Massabny, com-
pany. Play in project is entitled
"Yasmina."

An agreement has been entered

Still, I watched his face while Herb_ Williams tried to live up to liis I ^ ^^^^^ November, have been '"Always "in . the "past/ Longchamp I i" to between Yus.sef Bey Wahby, di-
title, "The Funniest Man in the World. , ^ , taking a long breath here before the was not considered Longchamp. r<?ctor of Ramases theatre, and

The Sultan first laughed out loud when Wllllama .sat doj(rn on the . particularly at a seasonal . opening George Ablad, through the interven

which may account for it;

screw of the piano stool. He grinned, though, ''^^'V;' ^^"^ I ilj! I Chevalier's home is in Cannes, l un^ess the gorgeous models were
hanged the conductor, and he showed satisfaction when Herb hit t^e ^^^^ Cannes really, but La Bocca, Sli"^^"?^" '^"^ aboiit the crowd.

conductor over the heaed with a cricket bat. I ,^ ^ ^tA^ ^^ *l.,.r^ a i^„.> I The sky was slightly . overcast

'In fact, he and his Grand Vizier, who. was present, are thinking of
learning cricket specially, so they can do It to the local band.

I wrote down the Sultan's name, for Herb afterwards. I told him
where Muscat was, and I said I would write you about it
Then, after supper, I met Herbert Williams playing bridge with" Archie

de Baer, his manager; ' . \. .^i.

"Ah," I said, "the funniest man In the world playing bridge, with the

lunhlest manager in the world."

The Grand Old Men

Henry Arthur Jones was 77 a week ago. Gordon Selfrldge went up to
tea. So did the Jones' grandchildren. And . so did I.

There was a charming lietter from Barrle pinned on the mantelpiece
and all sorts of telegrams. A hlrthday cake wfis cut, and after we had
gone the family shut themselves in while two of the grand-daughters
acted a scene from one of Jones' ""Tv.n,ii«<i t« fhA At^ar nifl man. "No
critics allowed," was the order. . .

Henry. Arthur was full of memories. He sent you all greetings. He
ia an old friend of America's, and, in spite of^his illness, aa happy
as a boy.

Then, at supper, I learned that Plnero, who is 73, Is writing a new
play with a sort of Jekyll and Hyde plot.. He is 73!

I don't know who will follow these old men. There is ho one like
them today. Jones, Plnero, Shaw. Even Barrle is 68. Galsworthy, the
youngest of the great ones. Is only 61.

Then come a lot of mutts.

the wrong side of town. After loaf
ing for a month to clear his ii'ead

I of 300 consecutive performances in I Another sign of the times indl-
the same act at the Caslfio de Paris, I eating that Montmartre's popularl-
he warmed up his pipes at a galalty la slowly but surely waning is
at Cannes the other night; . . Drew the closing of the Rat Mort, mean-
50,000 francs for the night, about ing the dead rat. 'This establish-
$2,000. Boxes went aa high aa $40. ment, tvhich formerly occupiied the
This, with Paramount's two-year Coveted spot— rue Plgalle, and the
contract in his pocket,, niade him Place— -very heart of the hill sec-
feel mighty cocky. Harry D'Arrast tion, . has closed for the first time
will direct his first picture, which, in its existence, which dates back
according to Lasky, who. sighed this long before the War.
prlncel of Parisian sOiig and gag- A small sign says that the place
sters, will be with sound to give I will reopen in September after be-
Chevalier a chance to sing some [ ing newly decorated. But the
of his song hits. If he sings what pessimists point out that the month
he sings over here you couldn't mail I la mostly , gone and. aa the pro-
the trahslatlona from Hollywood to
New York on asbestos paper.

tion of His Excellency Mohamed
Mahmud' Pasha, the Prime Minis-
ter, who offered a subsidy of 4,000
Egyptian pounds.

Season of dramiitic plays will
reach its apex due to the association
of these two artists.

London Chatter

(Continued from page 2).
turned Into a tiatlonal memorial by
her daughter,. Edith Craig, to whom
it was willed.

prietors haven't started work on
the place it would hot be a sur-
prise if it remained shut.

L.illian Sees it Through
It was announced that Co'nstance ' Collier had left the cast
of "Taken By Storm," the new Ivor Novello play in which Ivor will
star, because Jed Harris wanted her for New York. Managements make
pronouncements like that Then, it turned out that, really, she was
going Into "The Mollusc" with joe Coyne, who played the part in New
York exactly. 20 years ago with Alexandra Carlisle.
Then they said that Ellis Jeffreys was taking Constance Collier's place I pjg declarative sentence,

with Ivor. Then it seemed that Ellis Jeffreys . had . left.
Braithwaite. Is to have a go.

It Is strange how these leading ladies walk in and out.
is like a bargain basement.

Movie matters in Nice, with pro-
duction Ideaa, however, still back I
in the Middle Ages, are brightening
up. Ingram's "Three Passions" is|
in the cutting and titling stage, Per-
ret's "Possession" la nearing the end |
of its shooting schedule and Con-
stance Talmadge ia due to start on I
"Venys" In a few days. All this I
at Franco Film studios.

Other places are not doing much, |
though Machin Is trying an . origi-
nal picture titled "Beasts Like Men." '
This title Isn't to be read as a sim-

The story I

Now, Lillian I haa -for Ita cast . dogs,. monkeys„|
chimps and hens, and Machlh is

South Africa

By H. HANSON

Cape Town, Sept 7,
Opera House is dark, Cape Town
is not. to have a gala season this
coming summer according to the
decision arrived at by the Publicity
Association.

Two big weeks at the Tivoll with
an excellent bill headed by Will
li^ffe.

.Fyffe sailed today for. England.
Jane Dillon, American male im-

The net profit, for the year for
the Theatre Royal Theatre, Drury
Lane, amounted to $220,000, Dlrec^
tors recommended a dividend of 60
per cent, and a bonus of 2 per cent,
leas income tax. The current atr
traction, "The Show Boat," broke
the house record the week ending
Sept 22, $32,000. .

Finding time, hang heavily be-
[ twcen the two shows at the Palla-
dium Sept. 27, two members of the
I Fong Ling Chinese team of acro-
bats started to beat each other up«
with the result one was taken off in
Ian ambulance and the other to the
police station.

The drama a rave at making them imitate any personator, opens in Johannesburg.

$1,500 a week movie actor ever born.

Delicious Comedy Acting I Karl Kitchen, Broadway chatterer.

We had three fli'st nights last week, three new London managements, has been sipping cocktails at Cap I

In. fact Leslie Faber and Ronald Squire; with the Wyndham family as.
partners, appeared with . YVonne Arnaud .in "By Candle Light." an
adaptation from the German, which Gilbert Miller has bought for New
York and for which he wants Leslie Howard in the Ronald Squire part,
of a valet who takes his master's place.

It is not a good play, but It is very amusing. Herr Graham's lines are
better than the plot. All three stars acted in a perfect comedy vein.

A Star Comes Back

Then,, the next night, Matheson Lang openied his management with
"Such Men Are Dangerous," which, when called "The Patriot," cost
Gilbert Miller $175,000 in five nights in New York.

Frankly, I am nervous about Lang now. He had a fine presence and
a fine voice, but how slow! I wonder If you get provincial when you go
on tour for three long years.

Besides, Charles Laughton played the same part in "Paul I," another
version of the same story, la.st year. These actors must not have them-
selves compared with Laughton. No, not one of them. Besides, the
-play^was-clumslly-producedT

Zena Dare Co., due /next week.

All suburban cinemas report
business Batisfactory.

Johannesi9urg
English actress Sybil Thorndikc
and her company at His Majesty's
with "Saint Joan."
Revue "Hit the Deck," Empire.
Orpheum, bio-vaudp.
Bijou, pictures.

Local and suburban cinemas do-
ing well.

Morris Davis, more familiarly
known as "Brother Fio" to hundreds
of artists who have . visited this
country, died Aug. 7. His associa-
tion with the profession dates back
Promoting Plane Travel : I f? 1^90. Hia well-known figure at
. Exploitation gag new to those 'he railway station, meeting artists
eyes is being pulled by an airplane aPPeur^nff ^^t the F.mpire wa.s a wcl-

D'Antlbes, which seems to be the]
paradise of every playwright, critic,
hoofer and show girl;. Shaw lefti
after six weeks there. Said he|
hated the place as there was noth-
ing to do but sWinu And there]
Isn't. For a non-drinking vegeta-
rian, especially If you bring your I
own wife. It waa Shaw's first visit
and maybe he hated It so much
he'll oome back.

There were cheers, of course. We were all delighted that Lang was
back. But it was more a case of "Auld Lang Syne" than anything. I
hope it will be a success.

"Frank Celller'? in the Lights

Then, the night after that, Norman Lorlng who is Marie Tempest's Ljj^^ ^ station .ry bathtub. Since
m, tried to make Frank Cellier a star. When he saw him in The Kj^^ passengers can afllord to tra
[an with a Load of Mischief" In New York two years ago he promised ,-)](ine if educated to its sp

son,

Man . , „

him the chance. So, Cellier had his name out in lights at the Apollo
and they staged "The Lord of the Manor," by John Hastings Turner.

No; I do not think so. 1 hopo so. I liko those people to try. It Is
easily a fine play.

outfit down here. Each tinie> a crack
train pulls out a plant picks It up,
races past it so low that all the
passengers can read every letter on
^tha^\ving3.=,J?hen^the^pilol^ja.wing&
skyward, circles around behind the
train and shoots past again at a
low level. Ho does this four or
five times and then waves fare
well .

It ' makes the de luxe train look

all
travel

by pi

and .saroty, the racket

come to Johannesburg,

African Theatres have In haincl
plans for a theatre to occupy n.
whole block, also a super clneiria,
and bio-vaurto theatre to seat 3,000.
^-"A^native=^TmTr^Plnimlr=l!T^n"i;Tolmn-
ne.sbnrg. He in 42 inches high,
weighs pounds, and in CO years
old..

Natal

Criterion, bio-vaude
Theatre Royal, dark,
Now municipal regulation.^ make
it a punishable offense to annoy
speed neighbors by playing gramophones
drives the| pianos, and other musical inatiMi-:

William J. Wilson ij back in Lon-.
don, after several years' absence
and is producing J. L. Sachs' re-
vival of "The Lilac Domino." Ho
staged, the origlna]^ production for
Sachs some. 10 years ago. The re-
vival opens In Cardiff and comes
to London Oct. 22.

Charles Cochran says there has
not been a single, unoccupied seat
for any evening performance of
"This Y'ear of Grace" since the
opening. The receipts do not vary
$25 a performance.

Ice and Heat
Now that the Palladium is giving
its patrons free Ice Water, the Al-
hambra is prepared to rent out um-
brellas during inclement weather.
Who knows, perhaps this fall they
may even turn on the heat in the
theatres (th.at Is those theatres
with heat) before a given date set
by the directorate in event of a
premature cold spell!

The Duncan Sisters, presented by
.Tack Buchanan, will stage their
"Top.sy and I3va" show at the
Gaiety in October. The sup
lTortTftT»"^""cif sl'^i nclird
Davi.*?, Sylvia Cecil, Daphne Glenno,
Kate Oppel'man, Cteorge Vollfiire.
Harold l>uncan, .Tohn Kelly, Percy
Cahill, Burns and Johns.

point home so well that many of ments, or wireless loud speakers
them ditch the tinaln for faster Evert fireworks being sot off
travel on their next trip. | prohibited.

After running over a year at the
Kingsway, "Marigold'* closes Sept.
22. A new play will be staged there
Oct 3, "Thunder on the Loft," with
leading roles n.sslgned to Angela
Baddeley, Bramwell Fletcher, Lnw-
arel rence Anderson. Harcourt William.''
will act as producer.

Wednesday, October 10, 1028

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Palace

Considered Individually, the acts
on the current. Palace bill should
uroduce entertainment worth the .?2
scale. But. as a. lineup they're un-
balanced and Induclve to montony.
Too much singing.
• Dainty Marie, . ballyhpoing physi-
cal culture in five people act, u.sing
fat and slim patients for comedy,
opened and I'an over 15 minutes.
Irt family houses this is for feature
spotting and deserves the running
time, but it's an overlong opener,
for straight vaude. Second was Flo-
rence Brady, singling in a pop vo-
cal routine. Miss Brady formerly
was partnered with Gil Wells. Her
light, personable method of puttmg
Character into a published ditty en-
ables her to handle solo work capa-
bly. Jerry and her Baby Grands,
four girls iit pianos, has a dignified
flash to assist the talent. George
Cohan song hits, flashed on a circu-
lar screen while the girls sing and
play, provided a peppy and appro-
priate finish. Fourth were Harry
and Frank Seaman, comedy acro-
bats who halve been in revues and
the picture houses, A welcome low
comedy spot.

Top billing outside was given to
Karyl Nprman, closing the first half.
Norman is one of three acts on the
bill who have played local picture
houses at pop prices. Another vo-
calist, Nina Gordahi, ■ went aft<jr
folk songs exclusively. Appreciation
> of her. good pipes and rplling eyes
was deadened by previous yodeling.

Topping everything in returns
were Pegpry Chambcrlin and Ross
Himes, comedy Apache team. Turn
is okay for vaude, revues and pic-
ture houses and. has played 'em all.

Besides working next-to-closinp,
Harry Fox distributed himself
through the bill as m. c. His be-
tween act gags used Gil Wells; Bea-
trice Curtis and several plants; with
almost all .the stuff registering. In
his regular spot Fox was another
singer for the bill. That cut his re-
turns.

Tommy McAuliffe, ..armless trick
golfer, closed. Business pretty low.

Bing.

nard, .Tr. in a condensation of "Give
and T.ake." Boys manage to get
some laughs while finding it tough
to deliver on dialect. Val Harris
and Ann Howe, next to shut, with
the super^attractive' Miss Howe
catching both eye and ear of the
mob. Ha;rris is standard in his rube
character. Closers were Joe Daly-
Helen Lewis and, Co-Eds, nifty girl
band. Daly is . an acceptable m- c>
for the outfit though, hot strong on
material. Girls are experienced mu-
sicians and do some voccilizlng.
Cecil Alexander and Flla Shields
not caught on thi.s schedule.

Film feature, "The Cameraman"
(M-G). Loop.

Belmont

Business seems picking ' up here.
About three-quarter house Thurs-
day night at the early show.

Usual . five, acta and . nothing of
importance. . Quito' a number of
agents and bookers around to get a
slant on the talent. Act.s labored
under difficulties and, with the ex-
ception of the Riiy and Harrison
turn, barely eked out a laugh. Some
didn't even get a snicker.

opened. Miss Thomas spends sev-
eral minutes in one with a pony
educated to answer questions^ with
a hoof, ahd/then goe.s to; full stage
with four doga and three ponies in
unpretentious routining. The early
portion sells the act.
Full main , floor Thursday night.

Bing.

Evans & Goldberg's Admiral the-
atre will open in two. weeks.:

A new 1,000 seat theatre is under
construction at 79th and Kacine,

Dove Flamm, formerly With Great
Slates, now is publicity director for
the Lubliner & Trinz houses.

Edna Welt, wife of Marvin Welt,
reported loss .of a; $3,000 diamond
ring following, an . encounter with
local stickup boys.

Pickwick, Park . Ridge; open.'?
Thanksgiving. J. Stauffer, mgr.

Local William Morris office is

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State- Lake

Very mild layout without any-
thing on the bill counting fo.' a
draw. Lack of potent feature acts
Is becoming acute at this house.
Usual inconveniences of waits at
the first show Sunday morning. This
tlm© due to the fact that the first
tlMfce. turns all worked In full, spe-
cial sets, or both.

Longest wait occurred for the
Helen and Nolan Leary sketch. No.
2, after the fast opening of Ed and
Jennie Rooney, standaird trapeze
workers. Rooneys are probably the
classiest turn of their kind in either
vaiide or the picture houses* The
Learys, following, were handicapped,
by their (Straight talk Inasmuch as
the audience was about on edge
when the skit finally went on. Not
a strong bit of material anyway.
Usual thing about, the h^ppy though
married couple and the tip-off at
the end that it's purely the bunk.

Lester Lane Revue, girl flash
with Lane outdoing his femmes at
their own stuff, passed on and off
quietly. Act carries good looking
set, effectively mounted and has a
cute soubret who sings mildly and
dances better. Six girls work in line
with a few doing specialties. Court-
ney Sisters, with another girl sub-
bing tor Flo, went over nicely but
could have done better by discard-
ing a few old numbers. Fay Court-
ney is doing all the solo stuff. Other
girl Is . introduced - as., the younger,
slater, Greta, '

Next, Sam Mann and Sam Ber-

Onc thing the bookers of this
house apparently forget from time
to time is the importance of hoke
comedy turns to family patronage.
They Invariably go . for the low-
brow, and probably feel disappoint-
ed wljen they don't get a chance to
let out hearty guffaws. With noth-
ing else on this bill getting a laugh,
Naomi Harrison's heavy clowning
with the dirhinutive Ray found a
pent-up audience ready. Act Is
standard, with little changes notice-
able in routines. Miss Harrison
warbles some deep blues besides her
comedy antics, while Ray foils for,
her and fills in with some stepping.

Opening, Jim Penman and His
Page, latter just a fern assistant to
T>enman's juggling. Ordinary chat-
ter goes with the tricks, with Pen-
man a clean-cut chap with an Eng-
lish accent. Sherry and Ray, next,
were two boys and a piano, and ex-
changing indifferent gags. The puns
could go out and with advantage to
the 4boys. Also Sherry should be
told what to do with his hands while
singing. Act Can be. whipped into
better shape.

Billy Doss and Co, in a plantation
scene were'mlld. Seven people in-
clude two gals and boy who hoof,
three males who sing, and Doss, the
comic. . Opening is effective In
scrim; otherwise just s6ng and
dance, and not so forte.

Carter Bros and Co. (New Acts),
closed to very small returns. Noth-
ing here to talk about. It's not even
a girl fla.sh, despite the five fems
who cavort around. . Cai'ter boy.s
.are strictly the vodedo type and do
not impress.

Picture, "Oh Kay" (F, N.).

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Lew King, known locally as cab-
aret entertainer, has opened .a spot
of his own on the near north side.

It is the Club Cy-Mack.

Cohan's "Baby Cyclone" will fol-
low "Broadway" at the Central,
when the latter completes its run.

Sadie Morris has opened a the-
atrical agency.

Portable organs are ma.nufactured
in the old Englewood Opera Hoiise,
ace showhouse of the South Side
in the '80s. Converted into a fac-
tory some time ago.

A. J. Kennedy is handling pub-
licity for the Finkelsteln and Ruben
houses, at St. Paul. .

Englewood

With the virtues of one act dim-
ming the failings of another, vaUde
seldom prod.ucts a bill that is out-
right piink. "The Englewood last
half is a standard small-timfe con-
coction hitting on three o.ut of five
cylinders. Peddled with "A Million
for Love" (Sterling), at 40c, it sat-
isfied the south side customers, who
nevertheless have become mute
from punishment.

Dainty Marie in a five-people turn
combining physical education with
comedy closed the bill in a manner
justifying family booking. Also, ca-
pable for the time are Brown and
Birrhingham, mixed team in next to
closing with dialog ribout a dame on
the make and a guy not interested.
Their lobby photo.s are antiquated
and should be ch.'ingod.
--^fr" ml nd 1 e^T?lT0tt1nB-=\v ere— Ral ph=
Peterson and hi.s South Side
Swoelios (Now Acts),, mnlo dVinfing
lend with a five-piooo girl orf'heKtra
doubling in chorus routines. Fluppod

here. . ■ , ,

Janft Childs, deiiclng. h;id bald
moments with hor comedy chi.rac-
tor numbers, but wnlkcd off to a
prottv good hand. She shows cxpo-
ffipncp, and .should have bol.stcrod
the wink snutP by now.

Grarifi Thoma.« CiiTii.':. nice ani-
mal stuff for the nt-ighborhood-s,

Plans have been completed for
corralling the dance marathon busi-
ness of this part of the country.
A. A. Bercher, E. T. Cleary and A.
J. Low have Incorporated as the
National Dance Race Association,
for $50,000.

Great States will stage flower
shows this fall In all of its theatres
having foyers of suificient size.

E. R. Saether, Chicago manager
for Fitzpatrick and McElroy, has
moved the film oifice of that circuit
from the Century to the Butler
building. Now. booking throe
houses, Mu.ncie, Richmond and
Michigan City, Ind.

F. M. Brockell, general manager
of Midwest Theatres, B: &■ K. film
buying organ iziation, leased the new
Tivoli at Downens Grove, 111., and
opens the house in two months.

Will Harris will produce the
Publix Red Grange "while" unit, to
be titled "Conie On, Red!" Show
will originate at the Oriental, and
will include Carol and Gorman.
WalUe Jackson and company, and
the Ten Co - Ed Steppers,

In southern part of state, and biz
was terrible.

Colum.l)ia theatre, Allianoc's: only
legit house, has gone stock with a
Robertson-Smith j'layt rs unit. Biz
okay.

Local Pantheon goes sound Oct.
20 .with "Lil.ic Time (F N).

DETROIT

Shubert- Lafayette— "..Nlorchdnt of
Venice:'' ■ •

Cass— "Five o'Clock Girl," 2a
week. . u

Shubert Detroit — ^" Young Love,"
.'d week. . - .

Detroit CiviQ— "Satiirday's C,hil-
drcn" (Stock), 2,d week.

Fox— T:"Four Sons," sound, "Tann-
hauser" on stage.

Capitol— "Moran of the Marines,''
hot. ja/.z. unit, ,' ■ X

Michigan— "Power" .and "Teeing
Off," unit.

United Artists— "The Ba,ttle ,bf
the Sexes" (sound).

Little— "Secrets of the Soul." • ^
State — I'Uncle Tom's Cabin"
(sound), ^3d week. . ^.

Adam's— 'Our Dancing Daugh-
ters." 4th week. ■

Madison Women They Talk
About" (talker), 2d week.

Oriental — "Court Mnfti.'il," vaude.
Cadillac— " Merry Whirl"- (Mu-
tual),

Stock . burlesque at ' Colonial,
Broadway, Strand, Avenue, National
and Palace,

Motion Picture Theatre Owners of
Michigan conclude tlicir- annual
convention at the Hotel. Burdick in
Jvalam;izoo tomorrow night (Oct.
10). Talking pictures and their ef-
fect upon the small theatre owner
formed the major topic for discus-
.Kion during' the businf;-.s meetings.
Contracts, and carnival legislation
were other topics.

Practically all of the important
exhibitors of the state have been in
iitendance.- These included George
W. Trendle, T. D. Moule, Callre
Gardener, Oscar A. Doob and Louis
Kane of the . Kunsky EnterprisoK
Co., W.. S. Butterfield, Bert Will-
iams of the Munz Circuit.

Out of state visitors included T.
,T, Wood and William James of Ohio,
Frank Remusch of Indiana, Jack
Miller of Chicago, W. A. Steffes Of
Minnesota and E. P. Smith of Iowa.

A new problenri fii theatre adver-
tising in Detroit is dcycloping
through the attempt of. a couple
of neighborhood theatres trying to
make the public believe they gave
Vltaphone Installatlohs when as a
matter of fact all they are using
is a phonograph and a few of the
oldtlme effects.

This problem reached a climax
this week when "Warming Up" was
advertised "See and Hear" and. also
'Old Ironsides" by two small sub-
urban theatres which have no sound
Installations. The more important
exhibitors feel that this practice Is
going to jeopardize their Investment
n wire;

The film exchanges may also take
steps to prevent mlsadvertising of
their product.

"The Midnight Kiss" will be the
first talking picture at the Capitol
starting Saturday,

of WTAM's .station. Lew Morris,
former local Lqow . p.. a., is taking
over Ferris's accounts.

M. C. Barth has .sold the Cozy,
noighborhood, to J. F. Farkas, new-
comer locally.

Lee Jones resigned .as short sub-
ject booker at locar M^G-M ex-
change to manage OrplKMini, one of
(Vusilanovic's theatres. Frank Beck;
former poster clerk, promoted to
take Jones' place..

Glen : Crockett ba.s retired froiii
picture busines.s and also as man-
ger of the Capitol. Jimmy Surrell
succeeds him;

Roberson-Sinith.. stock at Gordon
Square got dirty raps from critics
last week for allowing ice cream
and candy vendors to hawk during
Intel-missions. One said it might
be all right in a honky-tonk

Albert Sindlingcr, 'ex p. a; at the
Majestic, Athen.s, O., is manager
of new Palace, Marion, O.

Year's war between city, ofllcials
ind theatre, opei-ators of Alartins
Ferry, O., over Sunday, apparently
came to an end last week when ex-
hibitors showed pictures Sunday
Without interference. All theatres
had matiniees arid after church
shows ' in the evening. „

Theatre owners cbUvined Injuhc-
fion restraining the police. Recently
the. I'A'lmont county grand, jury Ig-
hoi"ed 72 cases growing out of ar-
csts of blue law violators.

TOLEDO

By RALPH HEINEN

"Jazztime Revue," tab opened at
Dover, is now in Salem; pktys two
en n ."^y 1 v an i a jrla tes anjl winds up
with 2^ weeks througli' rTanrida.
Cast; Eddie Rell, Buddie McOalby.
Wilson . DeShotler, Olive West,
Chiek Conners, Jimmie Marshall,
and Donna Sisters.

Eario Newton IMayors, rep com-
pany, go to Florida after o,n Ohio
tour.

The Capitol theatre In Kalamazoo
will be the fourth Butterfield house
to have Vitaphone Installation
Equipment will be ready for .opera-
tion on November 1. This Is the
.<;rventh house in the .state (outside
of Detroit) to have .sound effects.

CLEVELAND

By GLENN C. PULLEN

Hanna^''Kingdom of God."

Ohio-:— "Rio Itita" (2d week).

Little- Stock.

Play House — Rep..

Gordon Sq. — Stock;

Alhambra— "Spider" (2d week;
stock). ■

Stillman (wired)— "Wing.s."

Cameo (wired)— "Terror."

Palace — "Docks of N, Y." — vaude.

Allen (wired)— "Wedding March,"

State (wired)— "The Whip"; Pub-
lix unit, "Wonderful Girl."

Keith's 105th— "Hit of Show"—
vaude. '

Columbia — Mutual burlesque.

Oriental — Stock musical.

HilLs My.'^tery Players are now-
touring northern Ohio with a de-
cided b. o. -increase, Spent sunnner

"King of Kings'," scheduled to rc

with sound policy, has been pulled
out and "Mother Knows .I5e.st." with
sound, sub.stituted. Synchronized
records for "King of Kings" werf
found unsatisfactory, so dfite of
.«howlriu w;i.s set b.aek a rnonll).
John ll;i.]e. who formerly maiiaf-n-d
Hanna find Colonial, will be Hip'.'-'
new manager.

E.nrl Ferri.M ha.s abiinilnire-i Cree-
lanco p. a'ing to become manager

J. Cianciole is new owner of
enice.

Lynn Eswobd, brought on to. do
ingenue parts at Little Theatre,
.seems to have grabbed the le.ads.
She's pl.ayed three in a row, mug-
ging through "Anna Christie" ..last
week. Mabel Bunyea, signed for
leadia, still draws the salary, but
plays second business most of tho
time. She has a big following here.

Fr.ance, on K. A. time, is goaling
th.e city on radio as the "30 minutes
of sunshine" plugger for a tooth
paste made on. the coast.

SEATTLE

Toby Players . reopening Third
.Avenue after six weeks in Tacoma,
with Broadway resuming in Ta-
coma, time to move.

Olympic has. for rent sign, offerr
Ing to rent this Ill-fated and ilN
advised house by day, week or
month. Even upstairs ofllces va-
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Wednesday, October 10, 1928

SAN FRANCISCO

. Imperial

A UiLlc too much dancing on last
■wt-HMi's. bill. Captioity business again
Willi the brand of IJcrt Levy vaude
continuing strong. Opener a straight
dani-ljig act by llight and Daugh-
erty, coupk* of University o£ Cull-
fornia hoofers just starting out.
Boys are eloan cut and know their

iit01)S.

Miuliel, juvenile, xylophonlst, rap-
idly getting into the young man
class, linished turn. Plays with eon-
sidorublo feeling from classical to
jazz.

i^rnosto, . Chiquita and Paquita,
"flash" . Sixuiish dancing revuCi oh
thiid. Couple (man and wonitin)
do a Lango. Then a solo Spanish
hat dance by one o£ the gals. Cas-
tani^t stepping followed and theii a
fan nurhber, with the trio on for
the finlRh. Act is nicely dressed
and offering well received.

Fox (Bozo) and Fern, comedy
team, with Bezo doing a dumb
comic and gal doing straight. After
comedy opening Fox answers gal's
questions by writing "'them on slips
of paper. It drew laughs. Does
funny pratt fall.'? and hoofed all
over stage, showing versatility. A
finished comedy act, and deserved
spot.

Manuel Marcias; wire walker,
closed and held 'em in, with fre-
quent interruptions by applause. He
works in a tux. "Soxisq" bit on the
wire particularly good. Marclas is
a paist master at wire walking and
balancing.

"The Fortune Hunter" screen fea-
ture. Edwards.

Cast for "The Dybbuk" at the
Terriple Oct. 29 Includes Irving
.Pichel, Carolyn Anspacher, Sam
Hayes, AVendell Phillips, Charles
Levlson, Alice Renebone, Rali>h
Calm, M.aijuel Snyder, Leon Wachs-
man and Paul Bi.ssinger. Nahum
Zeniacli directing.

Cast of Duffy's stock production
of "My Son," starring Marjorie
Rambcau, opening Oct. 14 .at the
Alcazar includes Ben Taggert, Louis
D'Arclay.- Marguerite Allen, Dorothy
petru, Walter Law, Stuart Wilson.

Frank Castle is in. charge of the
orche.stra at Duffy's new Dufwin,
Oakland.

"B, P>. B.," for several years .m. c.
at Coffee Dan's, Los Atigeles, came
hel-e to switch jobs for two weeks
with Frank ShaW, for years in sim-
ilar berth with the "Pacific Coast
institution" in this burg.

Capitol, under lease to jack
Brehany, is second local legit house
to eliminate Sunday performances
to overcome six-day week recently
granted local musicians.

Samuel Levin, former . circuit
operator, after eight months of idle-
ness, felt the urge to again be an
exhibitor and closed a deal with
Ackerman, Harris & Oppen to re-
take for personal operation his three
neighborhood picture houses, Alex-
andria, Coliseum and Balboa.

Florence Oakley,, wife of Lewis
Stonp. is replacing Charlotte Walker
in "The Royal Family," at the

Geary. Miss Walker's mother ia 111
in Texas.

Two screen comics aro appear
ing currently at Market Street
houses. HArry Langdon is at the
Warlleld; and Sammy Cohen at the
Granada.

"Kongo" is set to go Into, the
Capitol Oct. 21.

SAN DIEGO

By LON JEROME SMITH
Pantages— Vaude-fllm.
Savoy — Stock.

California — "Night Wutcli"— show
Balboa — Vaiide-film.
Superba— "Terror," wired,
Mission— "Tenderloin."
Cabrillo— "Docks of N, Y."
Plaza—'Tempest."
Broadway — "Actress."
California— "Blonde Saint."

Good bills and business all around.

California and Pantages preparing
to wire. Will give . foUr wired
houses. Sxiperba and Plaza alreadj'
set. . ;

Liberty got a bump when the city
council was told by two critics oh
the local poilce force that the show
was too rougli- "not cohducive to
good morals." The Liberty's been
handing the sailor boys some red
hot stock burlesqu^ and the coun-
cil ordered the theatre's license re-
voked.

New theatre for 7th and B streets,
seating 4,200, Will be leased by
Fox for West Coast.

OAKLAND

By WOOD SOANES

Henry Duffy, setting Oct. 8 for the
opening of his new Dufwin here,
assigned Alan Ryan as manager.
Ryan ifi a brother of J. Richard
Ryan, for many years manager of
the Fulton.

,. Oct. 27, new West Coast called
the Oakland will open,, with Frank
Newman as manager. Bob Harvey,
the T, & D. manager, replaces Frank
Whitbeck as general p. a. for the
W, C. circuit in the north.

Fulton reopens Oct. 14, 10th. anni-
versary under Geo. Ebey's manage-
ment.

"Appearances," the drama by
Garland Anderson, negro bellhop,
produced in New York with the aid
of Jolson tlhd Belasco is to 'have
a, week's run at the 12th Street
starting Oct. 15.

ALBANY, N. Y.

Stanley Company has begun a
$100,000 neighborhood house at 1030
Madisoji avehue, known as the F'ine
Hills section. Capacity, of 1,500, as
large as the chain's downtown the-
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By HARDIE MEAKIN

Belasco (Shuljert)— "Olympia."
National (Rrlangcr - Rapley)
"Wings" -(4th week).
Pol i's— Dark..
Gayety— Stock burlesque.
Strand— Mutual burlesque.

Pictures

Columbia— "Dancing Daughters."
Earle— "Wedding March."
Fox— "Mother Knows Best.^
Keith's— "Tenth Avenue.!'
Met— "Singing FoolV (2d weok).
Palace — "Cameraman."

Uhlversal's Rialto reopens Friday
aftfir several weeks of darkness
with U's "Lonesome" arid sound.

Columbia Is now, also. In the
sound class, beating Blalto by just
a week, "Dancing Daughters," witli
Hearst campaign behind it, is . the
feature.

Keith's, switching to grind Sun-
day, cancelled the straight K-A
acts booked, and has a unit.

LaVirence Beatus, for 13 years
manager of Loew's Palace, during
which he. married a local daughter
of a Washington furrier, has how
disposed of the home here and has
his family with him on the new job
in the Loew Manhattan oifflces.

Columbia is playing two Movie-
tone shorts for its first week of
sound, Leo Beers and Marlon Har-
ris. House Is also playing the
Movietone News, making three now
offering the film that "speaks for
itself." .

Al Jolsoh In "The Singing Fool,"
Warner Vitaphone, Is in for five
weeks at the Met, unless the bot-
tom drops out — and it doesn't look
as if it will here in the old home
town of Jolson.

National is holding the road-
showed "Wings" for a fourth week
as Cohan's new "Whispering
Friends' was cancelled at the last
minutes. Another gap In the Ifegit
is also ahead for the next week.
National has booked in another film
"Simba," previously here, to fill that
one in. Poll's with Mclntyre and
Heath -likewise cancelled, went
dark.

Majestic, playing Mutual bur-
lesque, will close, after Dec. 1^
Oliver H. Stacy, manager, an-
nounced. Reason is high rent asked
for renewal of leasei. It is under-
stood the rental on the property has
been raised 100 per cent. Leas© ex-
pires Dec. 1. The Majestic is one
of Albany's oldest theatres and in-
dependent houses.

KANSAS CITY

By WtLL R. HUGHES

Mainstreet — ''The Whip"-3tage
show.

Loew's Midland— "While City
Sleeps."

Newman — "Caught in Fog."

Pantages — "Midnight Life"-
vaude^ '

Globe— "King of Kings" (2d

Uptown— "Phyllis of the Follies"
and stage show.

Plaza— "Street AngeL-
Gayety — Mutual Bur.

A . warrant charging child aban-
donment against Sayre Deerlng,
former dancing partner of. Mae

Murray, was recalled and the com-
plaint dismissed by the county at-
torney's olllce oh request of Mrs.
E. F. Borgolte, Doering's fonnor
wife, who had caused the complaint
to be issued. It was reported that
an understanding hetvvoon the two
had boon reached and Deering
promLsod to continue to support his
twin dauglitei-s. He stated that the
case had been misrepresented to
llie pro.socutor.

Louis Ijtizar, hero for several
weeks supervising the reopening of
the Newman, has gone to Boston,
where he will have the management
of the Metropolitan for Publix,

Louis Finsko, former manager of
the Alabama, Birmlngharh; has
been transferred- to the local Royal
for Publix. House will open soon
with "Singing Fool."

"Ace," dramatic and picture , re-
viewer for the Joiirnal-Post, and
conductor of the feature column
"Lobbying" for the paper, also has
a column, "The Movie Man, ques-
tions and answers feature. In addi-
tion to these duties he answ:ers
movie questions by radio over
KMCB each Wednesday night.

Plaza, town's newest and one of
its largest suburbans, opens Oct. 9
with "Street Angel." : Managed by
Jack F. Truitt. Two free automobile
parks. .

BUFFALO

By SIDNEY BURTON

Shubert-Tech — "Good News;"

Erlanger— "Kindling."

Buffalo— "Tempest."

Hipp— "Our Dancing Daughters."

Great Lakes— "Sinfflng Fool."

Lafayette— "Uncle Tom's Cabin.'

Court Street (stock) — "Abies
Irish Rose."

Gayety (Mutual) — "Chicken
Trust.''

The Appellate Division of the Su-
preme Court this week practically
refused a ruling defining tlie powers
of the Mayor of Buffalo to grant
children permission to appear on
the stage.. When the Children's Aid
Society here last fall lodged a com-
plaint with the mayor regarding
the appearance of a minor with the
Court Street Players Mayor Schwab
after investigation allowed the child
to continue the week. On an ap-
peal taken to the Appellate Divi-
sion for an order defining the rights
of the mayor in the matter, the
higher court ruled that inasmuch as
the child had finished out the week
long ago the question was now
merely an academic one aind conse-
quently refused' to go Into the is-
sues.

NEWARK, N. j.

By C. R. AUSTIN

Shubert — ' Excess Baggage."
Broad— "Final Fling."
Proctor's — Vaude-"Juat Married***/
Loew's-^Vaude- "River I'lrate.*-
wired.

Newark— Vaude- "Kelly"
Mosque— "Whip," wired.
Branfcrd— "Water Hole," stage.
Fox— "Street Angel" (Cth week),,
wired.

Rialto— "Lilac Time" (silent) (2(1
week).
Capitol— "Night Boat.*'
Good win-^V Women Talk."
Empire — "Wine, Women, Song."
Orpheum— Films.

Loew's State opens this week with
:^6uhd, using "The River Pirate.":
First time in several ycafs Fox pic-
ture played State. Shorts next
week-

Operators have finally signed'
three-year agreement on sound
question, A $95 scale, $15 over pres-
ent scale for silent films; four mea
at all times at Mosque and Ter-
minal, and for any fully synchron-
ized show anywhere; three men at
Branf ord, three for a partly syn-
chronized show. After Dec. 1 four
men in all houses equipped for
sound whether the apparatus is used
or not.

This means that regardless of the
price of the film a sound plcturs
will a:dd about $250 to the weekly
nut.

William Phillips back as manager
of Loew's State a,nd former man-
ager, Grotte. at Fairihont, Bronx..
Phillips went, to his home In Port-
land, Ore., and it was understood
he was through with managerial .
duties but Loew induced him to
come back.

Newark has returned to seven
acts. Last week the house had on*
and the week before five.

. Capitol has been running a pic-
ture '"Tlie Penalty" (2,000 feet)
made by the Star-Eagle to teach
the need for safe driving. Manager
Louis Gilbert neatly ballyhooed it.

That Buffalo will have a perma-
nent Polish theatre became known
when the Filimbre, formerly pic-
tures, Was leased by a group of
Poles. For over ten years a group
of Polish actors has been appear-
ing in the Polish section with scant
financial success. A wealthy Polish
Widow is reported hack of the
movement.

Charles McLeary, former assist-
ant manager of Loew's State here,
will occpy the same berth in the
new Providence, R, I., Loew house
which opened there Saturday!

Edward Sothern Hipp, critic of
the Sunday Call has been ban-ed
from the Shubert and Broad by
M. S. Schlpsinger. It is understood
that Hipp's rfeviow of "Billie" was
cause. Hipp took occasion to bring
in the names of the Shuberts in
his criti(|;ism although it as a Cohan
show, and that is believed to have
offended Schlesinger. A couple of
seasons back Hipp was the white-
haired, boy in Schlesinger's houses
and he broadcast reviews or rather
puffs of the attractions for Schles-
inger each week. Of course this had
no connection with his Call reviews
which were independent. ' Last
spring it is said the love feast began
to. cloy a hit. Some years back
Hipp was persona non grata to tho
Fabians but the paper backed him
up.

Sanford. Trvington is relnstaJling
Its m.c, policy, dropped through the
summer. Les Stevens, formerly
bahd leader at Branford, new m.c.
Ray Nichols and band have reurned
on stage.

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Pantages

A balanced lineup of rapid-flrc
Taude at Pantages last week.

Nlles and Mansfield In zippy do-
mestic skit wowed nfext to shut and
aet a hard pace for Alexandria and
©Isen to follow, but they got over.

Emil Knoff and Brother opened,
with Knoff pulling his pia.no solo
as prelude to some nifty slow-
motion acrobatics and strong-arm
attiff.. Good as an opener.

Burns and West, blackface com-
ics, accelerated the tempo in the
deuce spot, grabbing a few laughs
with old gags.

Rogers' .Revue just missed by
flopping to a dead, finish after a
whirlwind workup. .Two men and
three femmes. Including a nifty
team of tap hoofers.

Niles and Mansfield copped with,
chatter, maintaining a fast tempo.

Alexander and Olseh, three men
and a femmci beside ringing in
about half the personnel of the en-
tire show, arc a new act here, and
did well. Slapstick hokum with old
burlesque gags, but held for 40.
minutes. Good show, good house.

William Powell will replace Ar-
nold Kent, killed in an- auto accl-
.dent last Week, In the Cooper-
8choedsack production, ."Four
Feathers." '.

Nick Grinde, elevated to first di-
rectional aide to C. B. De Mlllc for
"Dynamite" for M. G. M., will oc-
cupy the same positldn on the De
MiUe staff as the late Pra;nk. Urson.

Orpheum

Irene Franklin was all that saved
the otherwise lightweight bill of
fare. First appearance here of Vio-
let Bache, exfotic beauty brought
from Paris by the Gamble Boys, also
helped some, but balance Of stuff
%vas just ordinary.

Mack and LaRue opened with a
fckating act; acceptable and be-
longed where spotted. Rosalind
Ruby, ahop girl prima donna, had
the <5uce spot and a pleasing
fenough voice.

William Desmond in a. sketch,
*'The Right Man," gave him chance
to characterize old man and recite
(Bouple of actory speeches but other-
wise • unimportant. Took a curtain
feall and introduced blonde girl, who,
as secretary in casting office, al-
most stole the act,, as Mrs, Des-.
inond. James Kelso and Belle D6
Monde in song and patter with some
hoofing, fairly diverting. Smacked
BO mtich. of old time yaude almost
in novelty.

Gamble Boys, with Miss Bache
iuid Del . Faust, acrobatic dancer,
next The girl is tall, olive skinned
and graceful, with a pair of big,
tome-hither eyes. Her stepping anH
contortionistic stuff acceptable but
she gets over largely on her beauty
and personality. The Gambles did
Ihelr ufiual four man Jazz band
turn, going over as well as alway.s
and Del Faust proved an expert
ii^plit specialist.

. After the news reel, Ryan and
lice came on .*vs a couple of Bowery
^aictionary hounds, packing plenty
bf laughs in their chatter.

Miss Franklin, with new songs,
iitopped the show. The mob kept
her coming back until she ran out
'of new material and began rcm-
Jnlsclng with some of the old favor-
.Ites. She was nev(*r better and
looked like a million. Jerry Jarnlgan
iat the ivories .a help.

George Jones and Stanley Hull
■hut, doing- a little of everything.
Acrobatic collisions .su rouKh it's a
wonder they stood up under them.

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Pete Smith, director of publicity
for M-G-M, and Joe Cohn, general
production manager at the studio,
returned from a two- week stay in
New York.

Cai-1 Luenimle, Jr.'s trip to New
York is postponert until after the
final editing - of "Eric The Great"
and "The Last Warning" is com-
pleted. These will be lini.sTied about
Oct .15,

May MoAvoy will play opposite
Monte Blue in "No Defen.se," by
J; Raleigh Davis, which Warners
will put in production near the end
of the month, Lloyd Bacon direct-
ing. Robert Lord wrote the scenario.
Leo Moran is . cast.

Raoul Walsh, Pox film director,
is in a Salt Lake City hospital,
suffering from an injury to his left
eye and cuts about the face. Walsh
was Injured . when a jackra,bbit,
blinded by • lights of the car in
which the . director wa,s riding,
leaped through the windshield. The
accident occurred on the highway-
near Cedar City, Utah.

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West Ooa^t Theatres will open
three new houses in California dur-
ing October. Oriental in Oakland,
seating, 3,000, starts Oct, 27. This
house will play first runs and Fan-
chon and Marco Ideas. T. & D; Oak-
land, formerly playing these shows,
will be a long run house and wired.
Policy of the Grand Lake, Oakland,
will remain the same as at present
with first runs and specialty stage
shows. . :

Other two houses will be El Cen-
tre in- El Centre; Oct. 19. Seats
1,800 and.be straight pictures. Other
house at Riverside will also seat
1,800 and play straight picture poli-
cy, opening Oct 26.

Brox Sisters have signed for a
stage presentation at Warners Hol-
lywood , during the run of "The
Singing Fool," opening Oct. 8.

Georgle Raft, dancer, signed with
Fanchon and Marco for 14 weeks,
through Bill Perlberg of local Wil-
liam Morris. Raft,, formerly with
Texas Gulnan in New Yprk, will
appear in Texas' act at Loew's
State, L. A., week of Oct. 12.

Clarence Brown, film director. 111
at his home in Hollywood with in-
fluenza.

John Philip Sousa will open a
series of band concerts here Nov.
9. He is bringing with him as solo-
ists Marjorie Moody, soprano, and
Winifred Bamrick, harpiist

Ham Beall was elected Chief Hi-
Hatter for the coming year at the
annual meeting of the Ili-Hatters
Association of local theatrical press
agents. J. M. Loughborough Is as-
sistant Chief Hi-Hatter; Frank
Bruncr, treasurer, and P.. A. Swope,
secretary, were re-elected,

Melville Brown, Pathe director,
completed shooting of "Geraldine"
one day under schedule. Dialog
was keyed to the action before the
cameras by Brown's writing the
cities as he shot, facilitating syn-
chronization.

Walter Hiers will leave Holly-
wood again for tour of Publlx
houses, opening in October in Den-
ver.

"The I'alriot'" follows "Wings" at
theiCnterionOct.il.

Princess Pat, tame lioness u.^tod.in
pictures, booked for Orphoiim toin-
on tlie west coast.

Mary.Radlova heads c-ast of "Tho
Jd'Az of I'atriotism," anti-war piny
by Fanny Bixby Spencer at the
lOgan, Oct. 15.

Hollywood Theatre Mart's second
production will he "The (inivvn
Imago." by David Toarle . early in
November.

Tlie city .planning commis.sion of
Inglewood, suburb of Los AngMo.«4
is out for .supprcs.sion of billbo.'irds
It li.ns taken Ktei)s tow;>rd a local
ordiniiTK.-(> {o clirriinato tlicni.

The Lo.-< An.ticlfs R(«i)fi'tory Tho-
;it)-(> As.-^nciiilifiu will luiiiir lli" N(-\v
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"John Ferguson," "Ned McCobb's
Daughter," "Second Man" and "The
Doctor'^ Dilemma," beginning April
20, at the Figueroa Playhouse.
Guild guaranteed eight weeks.
First western appearance at El
Paso, Texas, April 13, remaining a
week; After four weeks here, It 1.*'
planned to take them to San Fran-
cisco for the remaining three weeks.

Tlio Los Aniprelcs Repertory Play-
ers will make their debut November
19 in "The Silver Cord." Th© Rep-
ertory idea has met with consider-
able subscription support particu-
l^irly among Hollywood film colony.

Eilanger's Mason theatre, dark
ince the close of "Running Wild"
Sept 15, will continue dark indefi-
nitely, -"The Marriage Bed," which
follows "The Squall" at the Belasco,
will use the Mason stage for re-
hearsals.

Umberto Gala, Italian screen
actor, and dancer of the Gala Co.,
Rome, is in Hollywood to try pic-
tures.

Sam . Wood has retyrned to tlie
M-G .studios following an operation
and. resumed directing "The Little
Angoh"

Abe Stern is in New York where
he went, to meet his brother, Julius,
who returned Oct. 15 from Europe.

Adelaide Hellbron -will do the
adaptation and continuity of Mer-.
vyn I^eRoy's next, for • First Na-
tional, from Robert S. Carr's matga-
zine story "The Bluffers."

After refusing a double for wh.nt
was considered a hazardous knife
throwing scene In "The Apache,"
Warner Richmond, screen actor,
w'as painfully Injured in both hands
by a falling arc lamp at the CPlnm-
bia studios in Los Angles, Oct.
3, putting him out for several days.

On the same day In the same
studio, Betty Ross, extra girl,
backed off a parallel and cracked
a rib. Just outside of the studio
Billy Naylor, 12-year old Holly-
wood lad, was struck by a studio
truck while skating. His left leg
was broken.

Archie Stout, Par Akeley camera-
man, was operated upon for ap-
pendicitis Oct 1 at Hollywood Hos-
pital, Los Angeles.

Earl© Hughes, now playing In
"Ritzy Rosie" for F. N., is often
mistaken for his brother Lloyd, who
had spent three years on the lot
as a contract player. The resem-
bl.Tnce is so great that some of the
old timers think Lloyd has returned
to the lot

Maurice Leloir, technical director
for D uglas Fairbanks, received a
dislocated shoulder when he was
thrown from the step of a doub''>
deck bus In Hollywood Oct 3, while
on his way to the United Artlats
studio. He was taken to the Good
Samaritan hospital.

Harry Lustig, western diviaion
manager, Warner Brothers ex-
changes, who strained a tendon in
his right foot Is around.

Mrs. F. O. Collins, inspector, Co-
oi»era t i ve Film Exchange, Los An-
geles, .struck by a truck and received
a fractured right hip arid foot.

Phil Ger.sdorf of the Path© pub-
licijy Ktaff_-wias elected as chairman
of the Wampas crede'ntiaTs com-
mittee, r(;placlng Barrett. Kicslirig
who recently became, president.

Chesterfield Productions, Lon
Young supervising. Is making
"South of Panama," directed by
Charles J. Hunt . Principal players
ai-'e Carmolita Oeraiprhty, Philo Mc
Cullougii, Edouard Raquello, Lewis
Sargent ..The comp.any has taken
ofTlcos in Metropolitan studio.

Trom Carr has delayed for three
weeks due to appendicitis opera-
tion on .liicqueline Logan production
on "Sliips of the Night" for Rayart
rolcaso. .She is to be starred. Smart-
ing about Oct 25 at Scnnett studio.

schedule for a 12-part serial calls
for four to eight weeks with one
man directing.

; Edward Everett Iforton will open
in "On Approval," at the Vine Street
Oct 9.

Wijliam Yergian, 25, Hollywood
violinist and orchestra conductor,
probably . fatally injured Sept. 30
when His auto plunged over a clliT
on Mulholland highway, neai: liol-
lywood. He was taken to Ortho-
pedic Hospital.

Ill health has sent Mitchell Flt-
zer, operating houses here, in Buf-
falQ and in Kenmore, to a Battle
Creek sanitarium to recuperate.

Paul Scoficld at Universal is
adapting story of ."Little Mis
Satan" for Lall^.^ I.ia Plante. Dl
!-c(-t(il by "Wesley Kuggles.

Claims against Miller irtd Slayter,
producers, as a result of the col-
lapse of "Running Wild," colored
revue here, have been Increased by
$775 through claim filed by Sonny
Clay, musician; with the state labor
comrnisslon here. This brings the
to!lal of salary demands against Mil-
ler and Slayter well over $2,500.

Other claims filed with the com-
mission include Jacques Rey, per-
former, against E. D. Horkhcimer,
Hollywood real estate: man and for-
mer picture producer, for $119.50
for services at the. Pacific-South-
west Exposition held recently at
Long Beach; Irene Jones and eight
girls against the Coffee Shop of On-
tario, Cal., for a balance of $25 al-
leged due for. show staged at the
cafe; Carlos Nuese, ' draftsman,
against Fox studios for $162.50 for
drawing bird's-eye view, layout of
Fox movietone buildings at Pox
Hills; Grace M.. Heillg against the
Paramount theatre, Hollywood, for
clerical work.

William DeMllle's first dialog sub-
ject for Paramount will be Barrie's
•'Half Hour," all-talker feature now
in work. Principals are Ruth Chat-
ter ton, Henry B. Warner and Rob-
ert Edeson.

Edmund Burns, just returned
from Australia, has been signed for
"She Goes to . War," Insplratlon-
Halperln.

Marie Wells, po-ssessing drattiatlc
soprano voice, now playing in
t'Lombardl, Ltd.," will -have leading
role in Warners' "Desert Song."

"In Old Arizona" is the final title
of picture Raoul Walsh Is making
for Fox, lyhich had Its germ In the
O. Henry vhort story, "A Caballero's
way." Walsh Is playing the heavy.

Norman Taurog has been assigned
to direct a football comedy for Fox
Movietone, with Bobby Clark and
Paul McCullough. Hugh Herbert
wrote the dialog and Tx)u lircslow
adapted, the scenario from an orig-
inal.

Chic Sale has bought a home in
Hollywood and will bring his family
to the west coast to reside perma-
nently.

Frank Borzage has signed a new
term contract with Fox, beginning
Jan. 1. His next picture will he
"True Heaven," by Trl.stram Tup-
per, and featuring IJelcn Twelve-
trees, with Nlfik Stuart opposite.

Bert Levey office In Los Angeles
booking the Empress, Denver, gives
the .Levey office h^re three week.s
booking for acts on way east. Levey
also booking Albuquerque, Gallup
and Santa Fo, N. -M.; Trinidad.
Col. ; Freihont and McCobk; N cb;

Virginia Fabregas Company, per-
manent Spani.sh stock at the Ciapltol,
Los Angeles, has special Friday
night performances for Spanish stu-
dents at the varlou.s schools and
univer.sitles In and around IjOS An-
geles.

Dorothy Arzner has been nsslgned
to direct Charles Rogers' next, "Two
Shall Meet."

Victor Schertzinger Is to make
Esther Ral.ston's "High Society,"
following her next picture, 'The
Case of Lena -Smith,"

are breaking into writing with mys-
tery yarns for either talker.s or
silents, or, perchance, the stage.
Shirk already has "Tlie Ape", to his
credit Fifteen titles are li.sted an
ready or in the works.

"Sensation," comedy-drama just
produced by Theatre ;Mart, was
written by Jiita.Kissin und staged
by Henry Kolker. In the o.ist were
Mary Carr, Geneva Stone, Ben
Hard, Alma Tell, Elsa Lorimer, M.-xr-
garet Kolker, David Te.p.rld, Ray-
mond Lawrence.

Production by the Theatre Mart
marked the debut of a unique the-
atre organization .in Hollywood-
Theatre Mart's declaration of in-
tention is :to present new plays,
professionally directed and profes-;
sionally cast for' the purpose of
giving legit producers the chance
to look at them. . It is not a little
theatre movement in the cnstoniary
sense, as the idea Is not: to develop
players oir- . present highbrow stuff.

"Sensation" has much to com-
mend it though it needs plenty of
working over. The dialog is gen-
uinely clever, easy to listen to, with
a number of laughs, a lot of
chuckles and a few speeches worth
thinking about. But the characters
are not drawn sharply enough,, in
spots the motivation is bad, sbine
of the preliminary planting Is tbo
obvious and the entire construction.
Is along film formula lines. Miss
Kissin Is a scena.rlst and shows It.
However, the Idea. In the piny is
good and It is definitely Interesting.
It has the makings.

Thelma Todd, screen actreas, bp-
cr.ated on for tonsils.

Ei'nest S, Woods, who has Just
finished In the Fox picture "Hus-
bands are Liars," Is rehearsing aa
comedy relief in "The Marriage
Bed," due at the Mayan theatre.

ROCHESTER, N, Y.

By E. GOODING

Rochestoi^"Tempest"— vaudc;
Lyceum — ^^"Desert Song."
Eastman— "Patriot"
Fay's^ — "Glorious Betsy" — wired.
Regent— "Warming Up."
Pictad i I ly-^"Sawdust Parad i sc.**
Victoria — ^Stock burl.
Gayety — Stock burl,

Theatre managers of Rochester
had a private session last week in
the olfice of Commissioner of Public
Safety Gebrgb J. Nler, and agreed
what they would . do., in regard to
Sunday acts. Manager William
Caliban of the Eastman will allow
only singing in his theatre, while
MAnager Thomas D. Soi-iero of the
Rochester, of whom it had been
complained he was using acts not
permitted on Sundays, agreed for
only singing and talking act.s on
Sundays.

Joe Woods, formerly pE New York,
is the new manager of the Victoria
theatre under Dewey Michaels. Vic-
toria was the only downtown hou.se
to have the pictures of Al Smith
and Joe Robinson prominently dis-
played with "welcome" signs for
tlie Democratic state convention
last week.

Work will start this week on con-
struction of Mike Mlndlin's Kittle
sure, seat film theatre al 240 Mast
avenue. It will s<'at 300.

Fillmore, small village In Alle-
gh.any county, by vote of 114 to 85,
has declared in favor of Sunday
pictures.

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DiMke and Walker l\fxve closotl
for thp Apollo, vacatPd by Mlnsky
Bros., \Vith the now opoi-ators to
play coloric'd musloal tabs and jjIc-
turop.

Crr.vld Kent. Is Teavini? the stock
at tli.e America, to join "The RoyaJ
Faniily'' on tbuv.

KoiLh-Albce has given up the the-
s^tre . site It held on Jfordham road;
two blocks from its Fordham thc^
ati-e, and a business building is
tt? be erected. A sign anriounclhs
a 3.500 -.seat playhou.se to be built
by Keith had stoon on the lot. for;
nearly four years.

Yorkville. Casino reopens Oct, 20
as . (.Jermian theatre, operated by
Andi'oas Fug:mann.

Ne\vly-o)X'ned . Tuxedo cutting
Into the business of Mosholu, witn
the latter retallatinff in the way of
added , attractions, and a war for
patronage la oft. Mosholu former'
ly had that locality all to itself.

there to attend the funcrul of his
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DENVER

Aladdin— "The Sinj:Vuig Fool."

America~"Street Angel."

BroadwayT-Dark.

Colorado— "Th<^ Gwxin of Dust." :

Denham — "All Alone. . Susie"
(stock).

Denver— "The Fleet's Tn." .

Orpheum— 'Stocks and Blondcs".-
.vaiide.

Rialto •-•■Docks of New Yoi'k.

Arthur M. Oberfelder and Ben
Ketchain of the Denharii theatre,
now -beginning its first season im-
der the visiting-star system, have
leased the Grpheum. . Kansas City,
and will operate that house ialong
the sa;me line.s. They plan to add
several otHt-r western theatres, with
Lincoln and Omaha, Neb., rumored
as possibiUtles.

Ogd en, Federal and Webber, all
second-run indies, have entered the
ranks of the sound-picture exhibit-
ors in Denver. Until: recently all
soiind films were controlled by
Harry Huffman, of the Aladdin and
America. The Aladdin was one of
the first wired houses in the coun
try.

Colorado theatre, miliion-dollar
movie house which Went broke last
week, is running now under man-
agenv.^n'i- of Al H.-igen, formerly in
show business but recently retired.
Stage show Is out, price.'j cut to 15
and 25 cents, and advertisied as "not
In the tru.st," which doesn't . mean
much, to people who wished they
wore.> Business still bad.

■Willliun Van Hess, orchestra lead-
er, ended his life in a fit of despond-
ency at a local hotel last week.

A new $70, ( 00 movie house was
opened in Delta this week under the
management of the Consolidated
Thoalros, Inc., oC Denver.

BROOKLYN

By JO ABRAMSON

Werba's Brooklyn— "Hit the
Deck '

Bbuieyard— "The Song Writer.*'
Werba's Jamaica— "Smilln' Thru."
Majestic— "The Trial of Mary
Dugan." ■ - ■

Strand— -The Night Watch."
Met— "The Tejiipesf'-viiude.
E. F. Albee— "Docks, of New
York"-vaudc. • , ,,

Orpheum— "Charge of CJauchos

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Momart— "llunaway Oirl.i.
Fox— "Plastered In : rarls"-stagc

show. , ■ ., ^

Mayfair- "Queen High" stocK) .
Fulton — "Abie's Iflsh Rose"

fstock).
St. George- -Double feature.
Rivera-^Stock legitimate.
iStar— "Stolen Sweets" (t)ur).
Gayety—"Cinger Girls" (bur)
Casino- "Big Banner" (stock bur)
Empire— "Social Maids" (.bur)

Next week see.s three tryouts.; At
Werba'-s Brooklyn, Allan Dinehart
in Barrv Ccilnnor-s new ■ play, "CSiil
Trouble," • presented by Richard
Herridon ; Harry WiigstafC Gribblc's
plar, "Revolt." ,at the Boulevard,
and the Sliuberts new. musical play
from the German, entitled "Music
in May," 'at the ' Majestic for the
week of Oct. 22.

Gni;i-Ctirci appears here. Oct. 15
as fir.st .<star on Oberfelder concert
series at city auditorium. Advance
sale reported heavy.

Martin Reynolds, 44, motion pic
ture operator at the Alpine, died in
Kansas City last week, after going

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Casino giving stock burlesaue
downtown and making a heavy
dent in the Star's .business,, playing
Mutual, is gqing in for ladies' matlr
nees offering coupons for admission,

Elton theatre, movie house In Ben
sonhurst vicinity splurging ih all
dalios and offering, besides picture
program, vaude show. From 10 to
25 cents admission.

Local -police detective and fire
marshal's office, investigating cause
of mysterious fire which broke in'
Garfield, theatre early morning last
week. Damage not much.

New York Greyhound Racing A9
sociation- has been - getting into po
lice difficulties in I^ong Island City.
At the. opening eight men were
pinched on gambling charges. The
promoters of the dog races previous
to the opening pleaded giillty to a
building law violation arid received
suspended sentences. The local tiax-
payer.s' association regard the com-
ing of the races as very undesirable.

The second big Chinese-American
resturant to invade Brooklyn with-
in two weeks is Kee's downtown,
across the way from the Fox thea-
tre, with Al Lynn's orchestra fur-
nishing the nuisic.

GINGINNATI

By JOE KOLLING

Shubert-^"I'mperfect Lady."
Grand— '.'Wings."
I Taft— AValker stock.
' Cox — National stock.

Albee— "ExcesiS Baggage" -yaude.
Palace— "Dancer Street"-vaude,
Empress— "Hindu Belles."
Capitol — "Beggars of Life" (2d
week) (wired).

Lyric — ^"Two Lovers."
Keith's— "While City Sleeps."
Strand— "The Crash."

MINNEAPOLIS

Metrbpolitnn— "Peggy Ann."
. Shubert — "Seventeen" (Edith
Taliaferro and Bainbrldge stock).

Hennepin - Orpheum — "Cralg'a
Wife" and vaude (Clayton, Jackson
and Durante). "

Pantages- "Man. Woman and
Wife" and vaude.

Palace — "The Student Kmg"
(musical stock). . ,

Gayety— "Naughty Nifties" (Mu-

ttial). . . , ,.

Minnesota— "The Night Watch'

and public unit.

State— "The Singing Fool."
Strand— -Wlnga.". ■■ ■ .
Lyric — "Heart to Heart.-.
Grand— "Street Angel.'^ .

^The State is opening doors at 9
a. m. during the run of "The Sing-,
ing Fool," instead of 11:30.

Evidencw of bad road conditions
in closing of Chicago company^ of
"Whispering Friends" Saturday
night in St. Palul. The George M.
Cohan piece came to Minneapolis
directly from Chicaigo. Although the
attraction was an economical one
to operate It could not pay.

'Peggy Ann," musical coniody at
1 the Metrbpolitari this week, also has |
b*>en having tough . sledding, and
was to have closed prior to its Min-
neapolis engagement. Members of
the company took it over, and are
operating It. here, co-operatlyc.

'The Wedding March" ^follows
"Wings" at. the Strand, p|:>cning
Thursday. . ■ .•

Georgia Caine of "Whimpering
Friends" v>^s injured by a fall down
stairs during St. Paul engagement
last week. She insisted on going
on. The week before Virginia Fox
Of "Rose-Marie" was thrown from
a horse- in St. Paul,

man, William Tapp and Al Oreen-
burg. W. H. Fayne, one of the old
operators, resigned to go with op-
tical department of a local depart-
ment store.

Lehr and Mas^on Playera, stock,
headed by Fannie Mason and Ina
Lehr, has leased the Walnut in-
definitely for tabloid stock, begin-
ning Oct. 13,

JERSEY GITY

Stanley (wired)— "River Pirate."
State—" Forbidden Hours " . and
vaude.

National (wired)— "Tempest."
. Fulton (wired)- "Patriot."
Central— "Forbidden Hours" and
vaude.

Ri4lto (Hobokcn) Stock-^"The
Poor Nut."

Capitol, Union Clly, opens Its
sound policy tomorrow with "Any-
body Here Seen Kelly." Also Chic
Sale's talker.

ama" Oct, 8 with Louise Lorraine
starring and Ray Taylor directing.

.' Chesterfield started production
tills week on "South of Panama"
with Carmelita Geraghty in the load.

Harmon Weight Is directing
"Fx-ozen River," featuring Rln-Tln-
Tin for W. B. Story by John J.
Fowler, scenario by Anthony Colde-
wey. In cast, Davey Lee, Raymond
McKee, Duano Thompson, Fraiik
Campeau, Joseph Swlckard and Lou
Harvey.

Montagu Ijovo added to "Syn-
thetic Sin," F. n; '. , _

Plaza, Englcwood, playing "Flvst
Year"' this -week, calls It quits Sat-
urday night.

Managers here worried that Tj-en-
ton graft probe is going to kill Sun-
day shows. This would practically
ruin show biz.

Majc-'^tic opened stock Monday
night with "Abie's Irish Rbse."

WEST COAST NOTES

Nora Lane, Paul Hurst and J. P.
McGowan added FN'S "Lawless Le-
gion." Ken Alaynard starring, Harry
J, Brown directing.

i'red and Fanny Hatton titling
•[Applause" (T-S)..

Roland Drew to play opposite Do-
lores Del Rio In "Evangeline*
(U.A.).. ■. ■

Russell Simpson added to "Noisy
Neighbors" (Pathe). ;

'May Mc.Woy opposite Monte Blue
In "No Defense" (WB), replacing
Lila Lee.

SCENERY

and DRAPERIES

SCIIELL SCENIC STUUIO. ColambQS, O.

McKay Morris ended engagement
as leading man with Stuart Walker
company last week.

Recently published story in Va-
riety that Shubert interests, bought
the Olympic theatre, former Coliam-
bia burlesque unit, now dark, was
doul)ted by some here until front of
houjic was covered with paper ad-
vertising shows at near-by Shubert
theatre.

Newspaper and billboard ads for
"The Greenwich. VlHase Follies" at
the Metropolitan next week, an-
nounce that the revue "outstrips
them all."

A. G. Bainbrldge Is bringing more
road attractions here than the city
has had In several seasons. There
have been four successive weeks, of
bookings for the Metropolitan.
■ ■ < . •■
"The Student Prince," with a cast
of 63, at 50c top nights and 30c
matinees, is offering an entertain-
ment bargain at the Palace this
week. A male chorus of University
of Minnesota, students is included
in the McCall-Brldge Players' aug'-
men ted cast. . .

INDIANAPOLIS

BY EDWIN y. O'NEEL

. Apollo— "Singing Fool."
Circle— ''Uncle Tom."
Indiana— "The Whip."
Loew's P a I a c e — r "While. City
Sleeps."
■Lyric- Vande.
M utual— Burlesque.

English's to open Oct. 15 with
"Imperfect Lady" (Pauline Fred -
lerick).

Local officials deny knowledge of
[reported negotiations of Warner
Brothers . to buy the Skouras-Pub-
1 llx three downtown houses.

Wages of local stage hands ex-
pected to Jump 10 per cent, with
the signing of contracts between
^tage Employees' Local No. 30 and
ligitlmate theatres. This -will niake
the city wage f6.25 a show.

NEW ORLEANS

BY O. M. SAMUEL

Tulane— "Wings."
Saenger-^"SIngiris F6ol;" -
Loew's State— "Wedding March";
vaude.

Orpheum '■ — "Morning, Judge";
vaude, . '
Tudor— "Tenderioin;"

(Cohtlrtued from page 25)

Dawn O'Day, Gywnn Williams, Dick
Alexander, Tom Magulre, Mark
Hariillton, Ed Brady, Harry CripPi
Harry Leonard.

Nlta Fremault signed by Tiftariy
for "Spirit of Youth." Walter Lang
directing.

Charlie 'Dlltz started . production
of fourth Barney Google series
(Darmour-FBO).

Chief Big Tree added "Redskin"
(Par).

Allan Garcia added "Three \Vcok
Ends" (Par). ,

Earle Fox added Fox's "Captain
Lash."

Robert Perry, William Gilbert.
Mike Donlin and .Tane. Kecklejr
1 added Pathe's "Noisy Neighbors."

Nancy Carrol tO play fomTTie lead
in ••Wolf of Wall Street,", Par.

"The Biff Scoop" Is the title for-
Bebe Daniels' next for Par.

Cast for Pathe's "Noisy Neigh-
bors" Includes, besides Eddie Qull-
lan, featured, Alberta Vaughn,
Theodore Roberta, Russell Simpson.

Complete cast for "Pirate of
Panama," Unlver.sal's new chapter
play, Includes Natalie Kingston,
.lay Wllsev, Al Ferguson. George
Ovcy, May Cutton. , Ray Taylor
directing.

Ilerbeit. Pryor added "AH at
Sea," M-G-M.

Edward T.- Lowe added to U
scenario staff for one year.

Lynn Shores Is -directing FBO's
"The Jazz Age," with Henry ,B.
Walthall, Marcellne. Day, Gertie
Messenger, Douglas Fairbanks Jr.,.
Myrtle Steadman.

William Powell : added "Torig
W^ar,",Par.

Schuyler Grey will head commit
tee of 24 veterans of Pathe named
I to entertain members of First Dlvlr-
slon, A. E. F., In cbrhing Los Angeles
convention.

Title . Of "Sti-cet Fair," Fox,
changed to "Christine."

Second Ruth Taylor and James
Hall co-stnrrlng pltiture (Par) has
been deferred until after Hall .fin-
ishes in "Case of Lena Smith."

. 'The Desert Song," after three
weeks of chorus rehearsal, is in
production, W. B.

U has begun production of the
final picture in the third "Col-
legians" series called "Bucking tne
Line," Nat Ross directing. This la
the last of the silent "Collegians."

Lewis Milestone, loaned to Par to |
make "Ellis Island," Emil Jan-
1 nings' next, will go to U. A. lot to
make "The Shot" and "Taras Bulba,"
both Russian stories, for United
Artists, before returning to Caddo,
which has him under contract.

Rose Dione, Arthur Morrison,
added"Ritzy Rosie" (F. N.).

Cast for "Synthetic Sin" (FN).
Colleen Moore, James Ford, Edythe
Chapman, Gertrude Astor, Kathryn
McGuire.

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Managers here signed 3-year
agreement with unions. Now terms
call foi* a salary Increase bf 5 per
cent., after the first and second
year.

Cast supporting Reginald Denny
In U's "Clear the Deck" are Olive
Hasbrouck, Lucien Llttlefield, Oti.s |
Harlan, Robert Anderson and Col-
lette Merton. Water shots will be
made at sea between, Li, A. -. and
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INERS

MAKE UP

Saenger la raising Its prices
lightly for "Singing Fool." . , .

.Tacqucllne I^ogan signed for lead. Est. Henry C. Miner, Inc.

in "Ships of the NlghtV for Rayart.

I Joseph Jackson writing dialog for
Little Club, easily the south's "Hardboiled Rose" (WB).
smartest nlghtery, again step.q Oct. '
24. George McQueen, m. c. Tony
Denapolls owns and manages.

"Stnbar"- after "Wings" at Tu
lane.

Mary Alden added "Someone to
Love" (Par).

LOUISVILLE

Brown — Stock.

Gayet;i^BurL_

~'"Riaito~"Rcd 'MarTc"-vW(ro, "
Anderson— "Hit of Show" (wirtnn.
Majestic— "Forbidden Hours."
Strand — "Four Sons," 2d week,
Loew's — "Walrmlng Up" (wired)'.
Alamo— "Mis.sing Girls" (wired).

Joseph Steurele is temp^'i'-irily
managing the Rex.

J. II. Boawell, manager of the
Mary Andei'son, found It necoHhtury
to employ three new operators after
in.Mtalling sound equipment laKt
wof'k. Jle employed TjOUis T.^aili'^r-

Howard Ilawk.s a.sslgned to direct
"Are You^ Decent," Fox,.

Dorl.s' IIIU has signed a hew Par
contract. ' "^T:

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Davey Ijee signed by WB on Jong

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(.Continued from page 41)

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NEW YORK, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1928

80 PAGES

USELESS FILM

Show Business to Date from 1911
In Revised Encyclopedia in 1929

A survey, resume and summary
of cvciythinff of major importance
that haa happened In and to show
business since 19H Is one of the
editorial problems of the new Ency-
clopedia Rrit.T-nnloa to be issued in
1929.

Tiie new edilion is tlie first com-
plete revision of tlic reference work
In 18 years, a period that has wlt-
netjsed a series of revolutions so
far as show businossi is concerned.

The rise of motion pictures, the
decline of the dramatic "road," the
hey-dey of bitr time and its subse-
quent jiiissiiiK. the sprinijing up of
mammoth picture palaces, prowth
of censorship, the radio mushroom,
little theatres, palatian public ball-
rooms, the revolution in popular
music find finally talkinf? pictures,
are some of tlie subjects now belnp
studied and classified.

It Is understood th.at wherever
possible the Kncyclopeilia attempts
to pet the best av.iilnble ojiinion
within the particular trade or pro-
feB>^on. Many of (he articles have
ftlr dy been written.

I' pers already reported as com-
plel';d und subject matter, include:
Theatre Architecture

rJeneral, Norman Hel Geddc.^.

History, Sh<-l(lon Clioney.

Modernistn. .I<i.s(>pli I.Trl);in, IIow-
ari'. C-;iiir'.

Modern Drama

Tendeiu ;>. s, Kenneth McCowan.

rroduclion, ftlieciry ;ind fDroe.'isl),
Robert J'Jiltnond Jopes.

Diam.-i in U. S. A., Oeorge Jean
■Nfathan.

Cost\nno Desipn, Ernest De
Wcertli.

Cosmetics, Otis .'-^kiiiui'r.

Little Tlir.n.tres, Kdith 1 ;.aaes.

I.,ittle Tlioatres (In ICnpland),
Geoffrey Whilworth.

Colour Music, Claude Hrasii.m.

Stapo Dosipninp, IjCo Simonson.

Ktapc Liplitinp, S. I>. Hothafel
(Hoxy).

Direction and iictinp. Max Rein-
(Contlnued "on r.Tge 2)

Merchants Force 'Sunday'
Opening to Pop Vote

Portland, Ore., Oct. IC.

Dispute over whether Kupene
film theatres shall have a seven- or
six-day week Is to be decided at
the polls in November. ftusiness
men of that city favored a movc-
■netit t«j> have the f\im theatres open
on Sunday, under the belief that It
•would be a stimulant to business in
the college town.

Eugene is a small town about 100
miles south of P.irllnnd. It is the
Beat of the University of Oregon.
Supports five film tlieatres.

Protest against the seven-day
movement was started by church
officials and religious organizations.
Tlv-ntre men tb'Mnselves have so far
taken little part in the controversy.

MEX DIVORCE MILL'S
NEW YORK BRANCH

New York's own divorce mill,
strictly legal and Irrefuttible, Is be-
ing promoted by Arturo Del Toro,
67-year-old American citizen, who
controls some 200,000 acres of prop-
erty in Soiior.a, Mexico, and re-
sponsible for the passage of an "ab-
sent treatment" divorce law in that

city. Del Toro might be termed a
"liberty broker," arr,"inging divorces
for non-residents of Ronora. Mexi-
co, and charging from $1,000 up-
wards for his services. For this
amount, on which he makes some-
thing like '%'40 net on a minimum
charge divorce, Del Toro pays all
legal and other expenses incidental
to .a divorce suit, which takes from
six to ei.uht weeks to become legal.

Del Toro figured in the Ben All
Haggln <llvorce from Bonnie Glass,
the millionaire artist marrying his
mod^ May Corda^. who was also a
dancer, shortly thereafter. Neither
Ilapi^ln nor Miss Glass visited
Mexico, the divorce being expedited
under a teclinical form.ality* which
Del Toro engineered in Sonora,

The C7 -year-old property owner,
being wh.at mipht be termed land-
lK)or, is established in a sumptions
Park avenue residence and office at
No. 3G.

The prc)C('(l ure is for Mr. and Mrs.
.^rnith each to sipn a pf)wcr of at-
torney, sui)i>osedly unbeknown to
anotlier. Each also signs a stipu-
lation of "acceptance of jurisdic-
tion" of the Mexican divorce, so
that there can be no come-back in
(Continued on page 36)

Birds and Animals

Per $ in Studios

"Walter lOberlianlL's bow <n'er tho
radio was on "What I'rice Nature."
This First Nationalite got in a lot
of g<i' d publicity as per schedule,
and also the following figures;

That the use of a flock of gee.se
per day in lUirbank (V. N. .studio)
cost a half buck .iiiiece. Pigs and
dr.'iy horses draw down $2.00. One
trained chicken gets $15. Able mice
pick two bucks. One deer gets a $.

Walter told the air that wages for
lions and so forth could not be
standardized, but ended by ad-
vising animal lovers not to take
their pets westward unless they
had a New York contiaot for every
dog collar.

Burlesque Not Sound

Syrar use. N. Y., Oct. 16.
BurUsque has been damned for a
L'reat many things hereabouts in
the past, but the worm has turned
at last.

Tom Phllllpg, impresario of the
Savoy stock, is advertising his
shows as "Not a Round Movie."

The gals in person!

T
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Theatre Censorsliip by Hiiin. Police;
Raw Shows in Mutoal Wheel House

Replies to Managerial Ques-
tions Suggest Little
Knowledge, but Much In-
difference by Picture Re-
viewers on New York
Dailies — "Getting Away
With It" Is Main Idea

EVASIVE ANSWERS

At a talk-fest where film review
era on the New York dally news
papers were interrogated by a group
of theatre men on the methods ap
plied in reviewing pictures, adrnis
sions were obtained showing that
few of the reviewers were aware of
the principles of picture criticism,
that reviews, either good or bad,
exerted a comparatively slight in-
fluence on attendance and that pic-
tures which had been unfavorably
received by the critics had often
broken box office records.

In other words, they didn't ap-
pear to know what it is all about.

Another group of theatre men,
also with the idea of showing thea-
tre managers how little picture re-
viewers on daily newsp.apers know
alKjut films, or the manner in which
pictures should be fairly Judged,
recently proposed a similar meet-
ing, based on the results obtained
the first time. They temporarily
side-tracked the plan on account of
possible retaliation from the critics
if offended.

Showmen dl.s.agrcc with the ave-
rage reviewer's contention that the
personal viewpoint should charac-
terize a picture notice. There is also
an impression In the show business
that reviewers oaslcally opposed to
motion ))ictures as a form of en
tertalnmcht, as in the case of a re
viewer who .s.ald th.it ' ills express
viewpoint will always be dominated
(Continued on page 7)

LEGIT IS DEAD
IN SOUTHLAND

New Orleans, Oct. 16,
No one can mako the south be-
lieve there longer exists such a
4h44> g as l<»f <it ii nule bI i ow s; — J - >own -

TEX GUDiAN GETS COID
WHEN BIZ GETS CHOI

hero they just say the legit is dead
and don't give It anoth'T think.

Tulanf^, playing road shows, lias
two such booked in between now
and Now Year's with no certainty
either will show up. Klght now the
Tulane has an animal picture at
the $2 scale. When that leaves at
the end of the week the hou.se will
be dark until something it thinks
can be sold for $2 or more per
staggers In.

Los Angeles, Oct. 16.
Texas Guinan's first picture house
appearance out here has been un^
successful and eventful to date.
After four shows in "Night Club"
at Loew's State, the Gulnan con-
tracted laryngitis and failed to ap-
pear at the theatre Saturday or

Sunday. Sunday night she showed
up for whoopee making at Roscoe
Arbucklo's Plantation cafe and
Monday was named defendant in a
Superior Court action brought by
West Coast Theatres Circuit.

Opening day at Lioew's (Oct. 13)
Tex drew $3,790. Following morn-
ing, it is claimed, Dr. A. J. Sam-
buck advised her to stop work. An-
nouncement of her absence was out
In the lobbjj that day but with very
little request for refunds. Sunday's
intake of $6,400, with Gulnan out,
might bring week to around $24,-
000.

Miss Gulnan was in on a $1,600
salary and a 16 per cent split over
$28,000. With her opening day's
gross it was estimated she would
hardly have surpassed the percent-
age minimum and indications were
that she might not have reached It.
Prior to opening the little girl's
friend announced she expected to
tip over about $40,000 on the week
(Continued on page 36)

Mlnneapolla,. Oct. .16. . .

Minneapolis city council has- set.
in ipotlon wheela: for the establish- :
ment of a theatre cenaordhlp here
by the police department's.. license'
inspectors. ■.■>■ ■•>v • • ;

It did this by directing that the
inspectors view all theatrical per-L-
formances each "w^k and,- report-
anything off color to the committee-:,
so that summary action may be^
taken against the offending, show.-
houses. -i- . / ;. -

This action came after th^ couhr
cll, by a vote of .12 -to lOf.refuse^l
to concur In its license committee's
report to revoke the licen3e .of.ith9 ~.
Gayety theatre (Mutual wheel, bur- -.^
lesque) on the grounds of Immoral :
performances.

Instead, the council referred the .
matter back t6 the committee, for: a
public hearing to determine If bur-'
losque shows of any sort: shall be
permitted In Minneapolis. . .:'

The censorship move .'fotlowe<^: .
charges that the Gayety -theatre Is .v
being discriminated against: : afid .
persecuted. . , > ' • ■■'

This Is the secohd time' that th^ ~
Gayety has been In hot water and
faced license revocation .during the
past two years. Upttn the. other .
occasion the house was playing:
stock burlesque. Jimmic JamcS:,:ls
now manager of the Gayety .. ." :

Dine Only in Brownstone
Houses, New Nite Racket

A new trend in the metropolitan
nlto life is towards the converted
brownstone hou.se restaurants,
Their two or three floors, with the
UKjal bar trimmings to supplement
the kitchen facilities, are attracting
more and more people to the homey
•environments and reacting against
the convert charge jilaces.

The headwalters of the various
nIte clubs around town were the
first to fnre.see the decline of that
racket. This season any number
have their own hideaway places,
railing on their nite club patronage
of the past for the present fol-
lowing. ^

These headwalters seem to be ex'^
ereislng discrimination in soliciting
only the nice people since the ddnic
thing Is out. There is rio' entcrtaliti.-

iriHnl, ni)t KVtin a dahfce bJind, .

The prime attraction is the food,
the hideaway atmosphere and tlio
booze, good booze notably. Th^ hut
is down at a minimum and th.ij tolls
are accordingly propoi'tio'n.atft. "I^lie
ballyhoo Is for the food dnd boo/CP.J
with the Intention to doVelop a
steady dinner trade. V ; - , :

Many of the spot.s cloKe earijv ahfl'.
win not cater to after- th:<^:i;tte.-p^^^^^

ronage, this -belrig the, wif'^Jr
to. avoid -cpinipjifcationsi.'. '[:'.: ■^^-l''''-:

CooGdges at Keith's :
And See "Grind" Show

Waahlngton,. Oct.: 16. ■
President Coolldge ' With : Mrs. ■
Coolldge attended the performance
Satu rday iTrgTir~sr7Cefi;h's. It . was
the nr.st time they have been to-A-
local theatre together in a -year.

Keith's la«t week returned to its
former grind policy of continuous ■
vaudGvillc and pictures! The vaude-
ville consl.stcd of a . .unit. ; or ^tdb.v
with acts includodi

Keith's discontinued its attempt-
to revive ..two-a-day.rvaude, before
the CooUdges -had a 'chance ..to.
see it.

Marathonert on ' Route

Chicago, Oct 16,
A regular company; of -marathon
hoofer.^, managed by Albert Numcrp.
of Minneapolis, i.«i' touring the cpun- .
try and taking bookings lii advance
thc'^an)e as a .show.tiroupe. :
: In Hotistori at present, their. route
includes San Antonio, Atlanta and
Cuba.- :- . ■

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PARIS PLAY

FAITHLESS WIFE, HIT

''M. Tropaze" Is Bitter Satire
—Other Premieres in
French Capital

Paris, Oct. 16.
"Mon.sieur Trbpaze," new comedy
by Marcel Pagnol,; a\vaitc(i with in-
terest,, proyed a hit at, the Theatre
de.s Varieties. Piece is a bitter
social satire in the guise of a . Com-
edy of manners, having to do with
the adventures of Tropaze, modest
professor who loses, hia school posi-
tion because he will not compro-
miffe with, shady practices. -

On a new tack the pedagogue
becomes an assistant to a crooked
fin.ancier and,; learning the trlcka
of that scheming tra<le, goes into
crooked rnethods on his own ac-
count, disposing of his. employer
and making a fortune for Himstlf
by unscrupulous devices. It is then
he finds hiimself respected and
courted and flhiilly wins the official
scholastic reward.s that, were denied
him as an honest and well -meaning
scholar.

Andre LefaUr. docs extremely
Well a-s tlie pi'ofes.ior. . Others aire
Pauley, Mardel Vallce. and ..Mme.
Jane Prevost.

Other Premieres

"A Quo! pense tu?" ("What's on
Your Mind?"), postponed from last
season was at length given ' by
Charles Dullin at the Atelier (The-
atre Montmartre), and turned out
to be scarcely worth all the trouble.
It Is in three acts and foUr tableaux
and deals with a bizarre domestic
situation, where a; husband becomes
the friend, of his faithless ' wife's
lover and propose.i to him that they
both go far away in search of tran-
quility. Wife interferes with the
scheme of the two men, and hus-
band goes back to .monotonous ex-
istonce with her.

Cast Is hcftded by G«rmaine Delbo
nnd Dullin, Francois. Vilbert playing
the husband.

Romantic .Opera

"Une Nuit au Louvre" ("A Night
In the Louvre") lo a romantic opera,
book by Henri Duv6rnols, lyrics by
t)orin and score by Mme. Louis
tingel and was" fairly well done at
the BoufCes Parisians. ' Story in
brief relates how a poor artist be-
comes involved '.in a love intrigue
with a demimondaine and neglects
hia affectionate model. He becomes
a tourist's guide and falling asleep
passes the night in the famous art
gallery where the pictures come to
life and show him the error of his
ways, so that he wed.9 the model
while a flirtatious American- takes
tiie wild woman, off his hands.

Piece wn.s well received as played
by Emoe l'\-ivart as the model,
Henry DeFrcyn as the painter,
Koval amusing in the . role of the
American and Mile Jaksim, pseu-
donym of an opera dancer, com-
.mandod notice.

Berlin, Oct. 5.
One of tlio.'^© tilings happened lp
Bee Amman. Her film exeprience
was limited to roles opposite Bob
Steele and Tom Tyler. She was
f?p6tted by Erich Pohimcr in a cafe
here and approached with a view to
.film work.

After a film test, the lucky lady,
was signed to play the lead in "As-
phalt," Pominer's third for UFA.

Louise Brooks has been solepted
as the lead, in ."Lulu," G. W. Pixbsfs
nim version of Wedokind's "ijrd-
geist;-' the play which flopped in New
York two seasons ago as "The
"Loves 'of. Lulu."

SHOW BIZ TO DATE

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hardt, Constant in Stanislawsky. ■

Marionettes, Helen Haiman Jos-
eph. ■ ■ ^

Mask.-?. W. T.- Bcnda.

Ballet and Pantomime, Harold
Kroutzborg,

Motion Pictures

Introduction, R. F. Woodhull.

Set's, Sedg\vick Gibbons,

Production, Jesse Lasky, Terry
Ramsayc.

Direction, Cecil B, - DeMIlle.

Acting, Milton Sills.

Make-up, Lon Chancy..

ITniversal Language of Motion
ricture.«!, . Lillian Glsh.

Talking Pictures

Technique, . A. N. Gold-smith
(RCA).

In talking picture.'i it is under-
stood the ISncyclopedla . will delay
writing the full story until Just
before going to prcs.'^. This Is be-
cause of the embryoic condition at
present and over night changes.

Approximately $2,000,000 is the
co.'Tt of bringing- out the new edition
_ltJs,re] jor_t od...JJ,vi3_i.s.,tlv e.:^1 4.th-Cdi :

Elizabeth B.e.rgner is to play juliet
In "Romeo and Juliet," under the
direction of Max I^inhardt . this
season at the Berliner theatre.
Hans Thimig. is to play . Romeo. No
one quite understands just how the
maestro is going, to direct and
launch all the productions he has
announced and still be in Holly-
.wood by; Christmas to do his super
special; with Lillian Gisti.

GEORGIE WOOD

Australia

By Eric H. Gorrick

Asta Nielsen is still going strong.
She starts a tour of German cities
in. October, appearing in- Strind-
berg's 'JComrades" and Turgeniev's
"Nathalie," Nielsen at present has
a; "life story," entitled "ilow I
Started in Films," running as a
serial in the B.' Z, am Mittag here.

Throwing Things

Dolores Del Rio, with Edwin
(3arewe and her mama,- stepped into
Berlin long, enough last week to
make, an appearance at the opening
of "Ramona". here. Miss Del Rio
welcomed the chatter group in her
apartment at the Adlon and they
ate up everything she. had to spiel
about museums, the study of peas-
ant- life, and her general, cultural
pursuits.

Miss Del Rio did "Ramona" a
world of good, by her personal ap-
pearance at the premiere. A sound
applause turned to hysteria when
the. star threw roses into the crowd
— ^^the German audience Is yours
from the second you start throwing
things at it.

Sore at Buster West

The Wintergarten hero . didn't
feel at all cheerful about Buster
West breaking ; his. contract " to go
over to "Ups-a-Daisy," in New
York. Had depended on him evi-
dently to bolster up weak valude
bill which is one of the worst In
months.

Had him billed big right up to
opening' per foi-mance, then iflashed
a slide reading: '^Buster West —
Contract Breaker!!"

Raquel Not So Hot

Raquel Meller, here at . the Scala,
is not doing as well, as expected."
Opinion is that Sctila house is too
big for la Meller, with the stage
construction auch that the artiste
is too far from her audience.' Still,
Scala is the only house in town that
could pay her. what she wanted.

tion of Encyclopedia Britannica.
.since founded In 1768 at Edinbiirg,
Scotland. The last throe editions
have been printed in America.

Wallace's. Farewell Luncheon

Ix)ndon, Oct. IC.
I'ress Club Is tendering a lunch-
eon to Edgar Wallace a week from
tomorrow (Oct. 24) priDr to the hit-
ter's departure for Now York.

"Daughter of Joy" Set

Los Angeles,. Oct. 16.
E. H. Griffith's original play, "The
Daughter of Joy," Is being made
the ..basii.s of a romantic opera of
15th Century Spain.
. It Will open in London 'in the late
fall , with Robert Lorraine playing
the male lead; .

"The British boy" who hats tri-
umphed in the United States,
Canada, South Africa and the
British Isles, was successful, but ho
riot, in . New Zealand and made the
biggest personal record-breaking
hit ever knovirh in Australia.
Flopped in Cleveland, Ohio; but still
liked the city. Flopped in Daven-
poi-t, Iowa — well only mo're'n half-
flopped there, it was\a split week
last half.

Address BM/JIM, London W. C. 1,
England.

Paris Raw and Wet

Paris, Oct, 16.
Raw wet weather, with tlie tem-
perature hovering in the 40's an<l
50's, climaxed what stair ted out to
be a pretty goqd week. ', /

'Tis the beginning of sultry win-
ter weather'.

Sydney, Sept, 15
Tremendous crowds are flooding
the city this month. For the first
time in the history of Australia the
Eucharistic Congress is being held
here this woelc. Many manage
ments, especially the snijiller fry
are catering to those oif Catholic
faith- and presenting Irish pictures
and an Irsih play.

Business has not been brilliant at
the matinees,, but nights' have, been
very good. Many changes due next
week, with several new shows ar
riving.

An excellent opera season finishes
and W-T will stage "The Student
Prince" at Her Majesty's, with
James Liddy and Beppie de Vrles
W-T bought the show from Rufe
Naylor after the latter did but fair-
ly with It at the Empire.

Mai'garet Bahnerman will quit the
Criterion shortly to make way for
Irene Homer In "The Patsy." This
show opened badly in Melbourne,
but quickly caught on. W-T han
dllng thi.<3'.

"Rib Rita" is now in its 21st week
at the St. : James for the Fullers
Has dropped 'way off, but, caa stay
a few weeks more. "Good Ne-vvs,"
witl.i a new cast replacing those who
did .show in Melbourne, will follow
Maurice Moscovitch vacates Royal
in a week to make way for Xicon
Gordon's "interference." Another
W-T -.attraction.

W-T's repertory company is play-
ing "Dear Brutus'! at the Palace.
This will be followed by "Bird in
Hand," by the same cast. Business
fair.

"the. Rosary" ia . being played at
the Opera House by a stock com-
pany under William. Russell's maur
agoment. - ,

Batten Forced Home

Los Angeles, Oct; 16.
John Batten, youthful English ac-
tor, has completed [the two years'
extension granted him' under the
immigration regulations.

Having been denied further ex-
tension, he is pn his way back to
England to enter the lilm field there.

"Beetle" Unimpressive

London, Oct. 16.
A bad crook melodrama titled
•The Beetle" came Into the gtrand
last week.

Dramatized -from Richard Marsh's
30-year-old novel, the play doesn't
seem to be much hope.

^OLPHE OSSO TT.T.

. . ParlSk Oct. 16.

Adolphe Os9o, French administra-
tor for Parainount, was unable to
sail last week with Maurice Cheva-
lier, being taken down suddenly
with a threat of pneumonia result
of a cold caught during the banquet
to the French comedian.

He is progressing favorably, how-
ever, and expects to sail In a week
or Bo.

HOBEY AFTER DALY'S

London, Oct. 16.
Due to his success last season at
Prince's, a theatre on the fringe «.•.:
the West End, George Robey will
return In December to undertake a
venture further westward.
. ; The comedian is. negotiating lor
32 weeks at Daly's starting around
Christmas. He is currently touring
Canada.

.Kclsos Postpone

. London, Oct. 16.
Kelso Bi-others failed to show at
the Palladium (vaude). this week
due to the lions in tlieir act still
being on the water.

They will open next Monday (Oct.
22) meanwhile doing part of their
act at Birmingham .this week.

Adagio Trio Split

Paris, Oct. 16.
Myroo, Dosh.a and Barte, adagio
dam'or.<^, have broken up.
Biu-te Iva.s returned to America.
Arrangomont.s. for a now member
to take his place are being mtulc.

Jim Barton in London

London, 0<it. 16.
Jim T^arton has boon booked for
four wook.s at the Ivit Cat and I'al-
ladium (vaudovillo), opening Christ-
mas week. ,

Wilbur-Newcombe on Water
London, Oct. 16.
Crane Wilbur is on tho water to
produce "A Woman Di.sputcd," with
-Mary Newcombo, for Al Woods.

MOTOR SHOW IMPETUS

London, Oct. 16.
Hotels and. the entire "West End
have, been packed foir the motor
show.

Theatres, aa a conisequence, have
been reaping.

HACKETT'S UNNAMED OCT. 23

London, Oct. 16.

Walter Hackett's new but un-
named farce arrives at the Saint
Martins Oct. 23.

ShoAv has also been staged by th^
author. .

Meller Failure

Londoh, Oct. 16.
"The Brass Paperweight," open-
ing at the Apollo last night (Mon-
<lay=);-- has- been--adapted=frijnr=""TK5'
Brothers Karamazov" and Is a
failure.

It's a gloomy Rus-sian melodrama
unrelieved by comedy and Indif-
ferently acted.

Whirlwinds Doubting

London, Oct liS.
Opening Nov. 6 at the Trpcadero
(restaurant) for eight weeks, the
Three Whirlwinds will double Into
General Theatres' houses.

Americans at Tivoli . .

Night business is good at the
Tivoli (vaudeville). Pcpito, Span-
ish clown, opened this week and did
very well.

Jimmy Conlin and Myrtle Glas.s
had them guessing^ on their opening,
the audience hardly knowing just
how to take the comedy. Towards
the finish the crowd gave in and the
couple closed strongly. Joe Termini
is now in his third week and is re-
garded as a hit. Diero, with piaino
accordion, did well on a reiDeat per-
formance. Alphonse Berg, dress de-
signer, pleased the feminine portion
of the audience with his work.
Present bill not especially strong
and acts could be spotted' better.

Fuller's Off

Business ppor at Fuller's this
week with Gayle Wver revue unit
playing "The Honeymoon Trail.v

Attempt Is made to Introduce
vaude, but this portion Is in dire
need of nourishment.

PICTURES

Capitol — Business tremendous
currently . with "The Tigei- Lady'
and "Happiness Ahead." Double
row of standees nightly. Nothing
like this business has ever been wit-
nessed in this city before. House
now in 24th week.

Ted Henkel .scored big with clever
.stage presentation titled "Hawaiian
Nights." Head, Hugo, and Romona
are the dancers. Fred Scholl scored
at organ. .

.Empire — "Mother Machree" .fol-
lowed by . "Annie, Laurie." Rufe
Naylor staged another revue under
the title of "Eris." Show just ail
right.

Prince Edward— "Student Prince"
now in last v.-eeks. Picture has not
been a ■ great puller, ^^fanagement
cut prices a bit to boost trade
House , is popular, but a big picture
is -needed for run, now that other big
presentation, houses have opened,

Regent — "Four Sons" doing nicely
and .picture looks like staying at
least three weeks. "Telling the
World' and Joe Aronson's band
complete bill.

..r„^'^"'''"y ~' Second showing of
The Dove" doing well. Two or
three weeks' stay certain,

Arcadia— "An Irish Mother" here
to catch Catholic folk now in town
Picture weak and poorly acted.

Crystal Palacav- "Ramona" opens
today for run. Stage presentation
includes troupe of American Indians
Imported by Union Theatre to atj-
pear with picture in each capital
city.

Lyceum— Busine!=<s big with "Le.«5
Ml.serables," "Three Ring Marriage"
and Maxwell and Priora stage act
Weekly change house.

Haymarket— Week's hill Includes
"I^s Miscrables" and "The Masked
Angel." Piquo, clown, on stage.

Hoyt s — Good bu.siiicsa -nMth"The
Patsy" and "Hello' Choyonno.," Lauri

and Raine appear twice daily on
.stage.

^"^-L.yric'=-Socond^^hDWing^=jrf^"WnTito"
Sistor" should he okay. *;Sailor Iz/.y
Murphy" and Two Enbs fill out.

Empress — On grinding of throe
pictures this week, including "On
Your Toes," "Three Sinners" and
"Three Ring Marriage."

Following aets pliaying ITnion
(vaude) circuit: Maxwell. Priora.
Kay, Enos. Piquo, Head, Hugo and
Ramona, Victory Girls, Long Tack
Sam, Roy Ryan, Torino, Nick Mor-
ton Co., Fallow Twins and Lewlola
Bros.

MELBOU

Business rathor go-^d In this
southern city. l'"ollowins' attractions
are npw playing:

His Majesty's — "lit the Deck."
Closes this week after fair business.
"Desert Song," with Virginia Perry,
Herbert Mundin, M.-.ude Zimbla,
Reggie Pomeroy,^ Lan-'e Fairfax and
Stephen Deste. "Wg^ management.

Comedy — iDion "^oucicault . and
Irene Vanbrugh J4aying In "All the
King's Horse.s," W-T.

King's — Mi.iiel Starr presenting
"The Donavon Affair," by arrange-
ment with \/-T.

Royal — ^' fhe Patsy" moves to
Sydney next week after a great run.
Irene Homer featured under W-T.
management. Will be followed by
"The Silent House." .

Palace— "Wattle Flat" (Australian
comedy) playing here for Fuller
management.

Athenaeum — Carrolls are present-
ing "White Collars" with American
ca.st. Will finish in a week or so.

Tivoli — Corking bill this week
with "The Ingenues" dra-wing bl.g
business. Bill includes Barker and
Wynne. Conn Konna and Pilot, Syd
Burchall, Marie Hughes and Brother
and^ Schistl's Marionettes.

Bijou— |"Small-tlme house playing
revue for Fullers. George Wallace
Co. the a:ttract)o.n this week.

All Around

•'The . Ingenues" go to London
from here, after which the girls
will vi.sit Germany.

Look.s as though W-T will pre-
sent "The Pat.sy" in London with
Irene Homer. This firm secured
the English rights a little wliile ago.

KeLso Bros, .sailed for England
last week, where they have teen
booked for two Aveeks with an op-
tion on further time.

Rufe Naylor will stage a panto at
the Empire around Christmas.

Melba opera troupe will play a
short season In Adelaide {^nd west-
ern Australia before disbatidlng.

Music sold well here during the
past month with "Ramona,"
"Breeze," "Side by Side" and
'Laugh, Clown, Laugh" among the
leaders.

E. J. Talt, director of W-T, Is a
great golfer,, at least he thinks ho
Is. Recently he had his' auditor
check up on his expenditure for
balls lost in bets. The shock -^ad
puiliim off. his game.

Swor and Swor have been en-
gaged for a tour of Union Theatre^
circuit.

Long Tack Sam has arrived here
with a ne-^v outfit. He will tour
the Tivoli time following a Bris-
bane showing.

Francis Lister, former leading
man with Margaret Bannerman,
las lo^t here for London. W-T claim
Lister ha.s broken his contract, and
they have instituted proceedings
against him.

Barbette has been engaged for
a tour on the Tivoli circuit, and
will appear in Sydney shortly.

Pictures

•Wings" Is playing to huge suc-
cess throughout the country. Four
road shows are now out.

First sound picture has reached
here,, and has passed the censor
without a single cut. Name of film
is being withheld. Chief cen.sor has
stated all sound pictures must be
accompanied by a -written copy of
the dialog. It is the cen.sor's in-
tention that sound will be cut the
same -a.s the silent pictures.

A bill may be forrtied In Parlia-
ment to meet, the situation. It la
probable that exchanges may un-
dertake a test case. Musicians' ^
union is also becoming lntere.sted»

'Exploits of the Emden," Austra-
an made, will come irito the Prince
Edward, Rydnify, for a run.

SAILINGS

Oct. 24 (London to New York)
Noel Coward (Olympic).

Oct. 22 (London to New York)
Arthur Rpizzi fColumbufi>.

Oct. 18 (London to New York)
j^pgljjL^n'jj ^rp\iuo. _oompany _XPreHl-
dent 'Hardingl.

Oct.- 17 (New Vork to Berlin) Lola
Menzoli (Goo. Washington) ^

Oct. 16 (London ',n New. York)
C. p„ Cochran, George Pear.son,
Burns and Cluu-ohill (Loviathan).

Oct. 13 (London to New York)
Somerset Maugham (Aquitanla).

Oct. 13 fNcw York to Paris) Mrs.
Mark Luosohor and daughter. Mary
(Albert P.allln).

Oct. 12 (New York to London)
Claire Luce (Pari.s).

WednUday, October 17, 1928

FOREIGN

VARIE

'Show Boat' $32,500, London's Biggest

Musical; Several

Grosses

E^tiipates and Comment on 33 Legits in West End—
"Song of Sea" Hook Up— "Good Girl" $22,000

on

the

London, Oct. 5. . $5,000 a week, as at the end of . 20

_. ■ _„„# K« r^rwanoo weeks recclpts are almost certain to

This summary of box office erosses ^^^^ ^j^j^ any show here excepting

In Liondon comprises a coinhination in the case of an overwheimlng sue-
of estimated receipts and accmra^e cess.^^^

flguresi supplied by some of the Left" opened this week.

^.._-_^„4.Q Uittla Theatre— "Diversion," new

management. ^ „ play produced privately for a couple

Adelphi —" Clowns In Clover Uf performances at the Arts Theatre
opened Dec. 1. Consistently good Club, where it scored strongly. An-
. . . T3„„„„n„ cof^rvnn *>flition Other piece by John Van Druten,
business. RecenUy second edUion, ^^^^^^^v^^ "Young Woodley." Sub^

with Elsie Janis in the liShts witn jg^t g^ngrally regarded as a bit too
Jack Hulbert and Cicely Court- dgae to the knuckle to warrant pro-
peidge. Apparently Elsie's first per- hrajsted success, and would prob-
formance was not up to standard ^bly not be permitted in New York,
because the press was far from en- Pavilion — Cochran's revue, "This
thusiastic. Since then' she has im- year of . Grace," running along to
proved. Doing $19,000. $20,000 weekly, varying but little,

Aldwych — "Plunder," farce by Ben Last week, when pretty . nearly
Travers featuring Balph Xcynn. everything was slightly off, gross
Travers has written the last three $19,500. Looks like the show will run
or four farces fot this theatre, which Into next year. At present <i local
has been a- money maker , for the cast, is being recruited to present
past half dozen years. Current the revue in New York.
Bhow bit hit, practically capacity; Lyceum — Edgar "VVallace' melo-
$15 WW drama, "The Flying Squad," featur-

Ambassadors— "Many Waters" by ing Peggy O'Neil, playing to popu-
Monckton Hoffe. Daily Chronicle lar prices. Inexpensive^ and a big
called it year's finest play. Small success. Now in lts^^20th^week and
^use doinff capacity. Seats 500 still playing , to $10,000 weekly.
5?th ?he eight performances weekly; House can hold^ $17,600 Present
4» of)0 grcss yields weekly profit of $3,000.

Apollo-''The Lord of the Manor." ^ Lyric— Tallulah^Bankhead in '^Her
Varying rumors, with one show will Cardboard Lover." Miss Bankhead

116,000. J^te ^Y^in^^^^ most substantial hits of season,

and probably ."^"""jps around $17.- - Theatre— "A Damsel in DIs-
600 at present. Dayton & Waller L^ ^T

are paying ^V^^*' .« l^Hr/ oitt' k- Wodehouse. Certain success.
Not a big salary in entire cast. K^j j^^ ^^^ weekly in house that
Probably a weekly PrpAt or $5,000. K $12,000. Yielding estimated

Comedy— "The Devil's Host" clos- flj.^'j I'g
Ing this week. "Deadlock,' new. piayhousJ)— Gladys Cooper In
opened following, and closes Oct. ^o. "Excelsior," adapted from the
Next, revival of / The Mollusc. French; doing very well. No pit or

Criterion— " P a s s i n g Brompton j,^^^ high-priced seats, num-
Road." new farcical comedy .by Kjerlng 670.

Jevon Brandon-Thomas, son of the Prince* of Wales — "By Candl6
author of "Charley's Aiint," and who Light," comedy adapted from Ger
is also Interested in the manage- ^^^n, with magnificent cast, includ
ment. Stars Marie Tempest. Do^ j^g Leslie Faber, Yvonne Arnaud,
Ing $6,000 with capacity of •$7,500, Ronald Squire and Cecily Byrne;
Weekly profit. capacity business In house seating

Daly's— "Blue Eyes" moved from approximately 1,050. .
new Piccadilly, theatre and put In Queens — "The Trial of Mary Du-

" as a stop gap until Daly's has new gah" running along steadily to prac
attraction. Doing about $13;000 -with tical capacity, exception, of mati
Bhow very expensive. Shortly sue- nees, slightly oft during the nice
ceeded by "Mr. Abdullah," mjjslcal weather. House seats over 1,100.
yerslon of a former farce. Royalty— John, Drink water come-

Drury Lane — "The Show Boat," dy. "Bird In tiand," approaching
season's biggest hit; generally 20^0th performance in house with a
looked upon as a flop opening night, capacity of 650. Doing fairly.
Even Solly Joel, financially inter- St. James— Sir Gerald du Maurler
ested with Sir Alfred Butt, spoke in "The Return Journey," by Arnold
gloomily of it after the first per- Bennett. Not very good play, but
formance. Drastic overhauling ini- started with nine weeks' bUy from
mediately and expenses were cut the libraries, due to the personal
down, supplemented by an intensive drawing power of the star, and cer-

. advertising campaign and receipts tain to make money for a limited
Trr.w^LAikt^v tonk on record break- time. Equally certain when it ceases
IS^ proporUoJf ThlcT"^^^^^ ProAt du Maurler will take

of the board • of^'dlrTtors \ St?' Martins-Hugh Wakefield In
meeting of the board ^^.fj'^f^J^" "Knight Errant." closing Sept. 20.
of Drury Lane last week-Sir Alfred g^^^^^^g^ 23d by Walter Hackett's
Butt, managing director, stated^ It r^^^ play, "77 Park Lane."

maker tne e_w««^«<VrtiiT,o. wnnHiow

London as li Looks

By Hannen Swaffer

WILL MAHONEY

The IBoSton "Globe" said: "\Vhat-
ever Mr. Mihoney did made every-
biody laugh, and the longer he did
the louder their shrieks of
mirth. In addition to being a great
comedian, Mahoney is a dancer
whose, eccentricities are both novel
and excruciating. He has so many
original stunts one can scarcely re-
member them in detail."

Direction

RALPH G. FARNUM

1560 BROADWAY

Lon(,lon, Oct 4.

I really do feel that Equity uses strange phrases sometimes. Still, its
misunderstanding of the Aldon Gay case and its childish belief that
Ernest Truex really felt justified in going to the Ministry oE Labor to
swear that no Englishman could be found to play the part of a BelKi.an
count before he could get a permit to act in "Gall *Mc,. George.s," have
given me shocks before.

Is Robeson Dishonorable?

Godfrey Toarle showed me, the other day. the September number of
"Equity." asking me if I had seen the statement about Paul Robeson .
to whom Prank Gillmore, the executive secretary, Tiad cabled. In regard
to the Caroline; Reagan case, "Do you wish to ruin her and stamp your-
self as dishonorable?" adding a threat of suspension from Equity "with
its train of publicity and opprobrium."

Then I read that, In the opinion of Equity. It "would be a great pity
if this outstanding member of his race, should take a narrow view of
the obligations he incurred when he signed this contract." It seems
to me a pity to drag Mr. Robeson's color into this question.

I saw Paul RoTjcson for a long time this morning. L asked him to
call, knowing that 1 could take his word in regard to his version of the
case. After all, this is an important matter.

■was the largest money

Savoy— "Young Woodley" going

house had ever had in its ^career, g^^g^^jjjy ibout $10,000 In house

exceeding "Rose-Mane and. The g^^^^j^^ j^gg ^.j^^^j, 1 000. Money ca

Desert Song." paclty of $12,500.

Duke of York's-^Matheson Lang Shaftesbury — "The Squeaker.'

In "Such Men Are Dangerous." done another Edgar Wallace melodrama;
In New York under the title 'The k^Qyg^ from the Apollo some weeks
Patriot," upon which Gilbert Miller Ugo, now In 20th week, doing $8,000

dropped a packet. House capacity but-still yields weekly profit of $1,-

2,000 and first week, $5,500. Since 500. Money capacity of house. $14,-

then It has been averaging $7,500. 000.

Fortune — "Napoleon's Josephine" Vaudeville — "Chariot's Revue" Just

-doing poorly, despite allegations of holding out despite: fixing up of

a representative of the management show. Cannot overcome bad no

It Is a success. • Justification for tices.

Variety's estimate of poor business Winter Garden — "So This Is

is the fact it is coming off the end Love," musical doing about $15,000

of this month and will be replaced Yields profit of about $2,500 a week

by Barry O'Brien's revival of "The and will continue Indefinitely despite

Mollusc." starring Joseph Coyne and efforts of management to persuade

Constance Collier. : ■ ■ shpw to vacate for the Astalres In
Gaiety— Duncan Sisters in "Topsy I "Punhy Face." Show has not fallen

and Eva" opened last night.

Garrick— Revival of "The Con
stant Nymph" limited to four weeks
Doing very well

below its stop. Astaire manage
ment looking elsewhere for another
theatre.

Wyndham's— Revival of Galswpr

Globe-"The Truth Game." new I thy's "Loyalties" doing nicely, but
«omedy. with the authorship cred- I run limited

ited to H. E. S. Davidson, but In
reality written by Ivor Novello. who
co-stars with Lily Elsie. Show
opens tonight.

Haymarket — "Alibi" moved from

COCHEAN SAILS

London; Oct, 16.
C, B. Cochran sails today (Tues

the Prince oYwal7s"som"e weeks' ago I day) the "Leviathan" for New
where it was doing capacity, now York to aupervise the opening or
running along to about $8,000. |. his show being, produced in con

Hippodrome — Jack Buchanan In junction with Arch Selwyn
"That's a Good Girl," doing $2,500 a While there Cochran will scan
performance for nine shows weekly, ^ine nroductions In which he is in
About $22,000. and weekly profit of ^l^^JJ^

17,500..^^: -^ -- ^.^..^i...^^ I terested,

His Majesty's^"Sonff of the Sea,"
new musical play doing $19,000
gross, not enough for so big and ex
pensive a production. Including loss
on tour for a few weeks' break-in,
heavy rehearsial tolls for orchestra,

. The "Indispensable" Negro

Sir Alfred Butt swore an affidavit, when Mrs. Reagan applied for aii
injunction af^iiinst Paul Robeson in the Law Courts, two days ago, saying
that If Mr. Robeson had to' return to New York. "Show Boat" plight have
to.be withdrawn. So. that you see Drury Lane seems to be in the posi-
tion:

(1) That, unless it has an Amcrlran show. It is doomed; and

(2) That .even an American show Is doomed if it loses one colored rnan.
,Thls is I'educihg the condition of the British Empire to a depth of

despair that is almost funny.

London Openings

Ijondon, Oct. 16.
Entering to a tremendous recep
tion, Alice De.iysia made her London
vaude debut at the Palladium yes-
terday (Monday), with excerpts
from musicals in which she has ap-
appeared during 10 years. Her suc-
cess was emphatic.

Another Monday vaude opening
was Robert ReiUy at the Holborn
Empire, Returning here after seven
years in America, and with a com
pariy of six, Reilly swept through to
a hit

This house was experimenting
with Monday and Wednesday mat
inees. Attendance yesterday after
noon was weak, partly due to in-
sufficient publicity.

At the Alhanibra yesterday, Mai-y
Marlowe opened with Charles Jor-
dan as her partner. Miss Marlowe
was here f6r""a few weeks, last
season as a single, her fotmer act
being better than the present turn.

Charity Benefit Barred

London, Oct. 16.

Paul Murray and Jack Hulbert
announced a charity performance
Sunday night of "Clowns In Clover."
It never materialized.

Despite it was. to be for the
Charing Cross Hospital, the Lord
Chamberlain refused permission, as
establishing a precedent for Sab
bath shows.

PARIS SEES "WATERS"

Paris, OcL- 16.
A group of Eng'llsh players pre
aented "Many Waters" which has
enjoyed a measure of success In
London, at the Theatre Albert
Friday of last week.

Frisked lij Bank

London, Oct. 16.

While counting up receipts in the
Westminister Bank Saturday, the
treasurer of the Collseuin (vaude
vine) was frisked for $2,000.

The snatch boys escaped.

DAISY WOOD RETIRES

London, Oct,. 16.
•Daisy Wood, sister of Marie
Lloyd, l3 retiring from the .stage,
etc.. the "nut'' before opening could I Oct. 20 after 38 years In the halls.

^^^-X^ been much loss than $100,- one of the five Lloyd Slstens who
%le SJl^ p7o'flr;^o't sumtf^^^^^ footllght . favorites. R^^sie

to repay the product°on? wh^^^^

should be charged off at the rate of ling the family tradition.

INDEX

2-S

a-23

16
39
28-36
38
37
40-41
42-44
41
46

Foreign ............

Pictures .•• . . ... , . i

Picture Reviews ....

Pilni House Reviews

Vaudeville

Vaude Reviews
New Acts ..... ...k .

Sills ^a* • • • ■

Times Square
Editorial
Women's Page

Legitimate ........ 48-72

Music 73-74

outdoors 76

Obituary 76

Correspondence ........ 76-79

Letter List ..». 71

Inside— Pictures ......... 47

-T alking Shorta_... , 16 .

Literati 23

News of Dailies 75

Legit Reviews ......... 60, 74

Foreign Film- News , 6 ■

Burlesque ••• 36

.Sports •••• '*5

In.side — Legit •• 47

Inside— Vaude 34

In.sert 63-78

Robeson Offered to Arbitrate

Now, Paul Robeson assures me that, but for the refusal of Mrs. Reagan
to- come into the Equity oHlce where Mrs. Robeson was waiting to put
the matter to arbitration, he would have paid whatever damages Equity
had decided were duo to her for any loss she had Incurred.

"Dp not misunderstand me," said Robesoni ."I could earn more money
In New York, working for Mrs. Roagan under the contract which I
signed, than I am earning now in Europe. I feel, however, that the
matter was entered into' without cither of uS understanding what we
were doing. My wife was 111 then, and I was worried, and I signed a
contract under which I should have had to do work which, frankly, I
do not feel capable of doing." ^

He Is Not Upstage

When I read "Equity," I felt that In saying that her husband did not
really consider himself an actor,; any way, but a singer, Mrs. Robeson
was using words that might mean that Robeso"h was getting upstage.

: The truth la that Robeson is trying now to be fair to everybody, even
himself. > .

"Even now," says Robeson, "I will submit the whole matter to Equity
I cannot do more. I will pay whatever damages, if any, are awarded.^
against me." Money does not Interest me. I am turning do'wn valuable
contracts all the time."

A Case for Consideration

I put Robeson's case because I do think it fair that an artist, who has
estabished himself on both sides of . the Atlantic, and whose work in the
theatre has done so much for the race to' which he belongs, Is entitled
to consideration. It Is so easy to sneer and so hard to understand.

I first met Robeson when he came over to act in "The Emperor Jones,"
and, since then, I have never heard one word against him, but, on the
other hand, haye been told on all sides of the culture and kindliness of
his character, and heard nothing but praise of him as an artist and a
man. . :

He refuses work in cabarets at enormous figures. He Is turning 'down
"picture" contracts all the time.

Now, if he owes Mrs. Reagan money, he wants to pay it.

The Wonderful Duncan*

The other outstanding event of the week on this side was "Topsy and
Eva," which the Duncan Sisters put on with their own money against
the advice of all the experts In London.

Their first night was a mlnoV triumph. Great Heavens, how banal Its
plot was and how. bunkl-sh was the background! But that Rosetta glrl as
Topsy gave a fine performance, while Vivian proved very sweet and
very charming, looking like a baby doll trying to act Mary PIckEord.

The show lasted for three and a half hours and, all the time the
Duncans were on the stage, they held the house.. I think It remarkable
that two girls like the Duncans can go Into the West End of London with
a show like this and put themselves right over.

Two Glrla Who Really Knew

They have been very modest about It, In spite of their pigheadness.
It ts t.he obstinacy ot knowledge. It Is not vanity, but Just knowing what
they can do and then Insisting on doing it.

When I saw Vivian, after the show, she was delighted to hear that
I wis pleased.

"If you only knew hoyv afraid of you we were," she said.

Daily Mail Wrong t
The Daily Mall critic found fault with Rosetta's prayer at the end.
I thought it a masterpiece of acting, for a girl to go on .the stage and
almost make fun of a prayer to God and yet keep inside her humor all
the time a reverence that made you catch your breath. It was a proof
that this girl, Rosetta Duncan, po.sses.ses real genius.

The Dally Mall wants the prayer taken out. The Dally Mall Is wrong.

The Singing Trolley Men

Then Van and Schenck. I went to see their show at the Palladium
Monday, not because they were described as "the world's greatest enter-
tainers " but because they used to be the driver and conductor of s
trolley car In Brooklyn. I always like drivers and conductors, .

Well now I like the "world's greatest entertainers," The way that
fellow Schenck .sang without .singing at the piano showed great artistry,
while I found Gu.s Van had a greater mastery of dialect than any mart
of the kind I have seen for years.

They are a great pair. j "

The Palladium Is booming. In fact, until the program was diangcd,
and they went bark from pU'lures to variety, they were losing $7,jOO a
week. Now, they're making $10,000 a week:

This Is certainly a feather In George Black's cap.

London, Oct. IC.

At the InstiKiition of Sam Kat/„
Frank T.ours will v.acate hl.s. musical
directorship at thi; l');i/-ii., a jxj.'^t
he has hfld t»r two yr.'jrs, and re-
turn to N^!W York.

Tour.s Is t/) l;('rom<^ rriiit-:i' il .'I'l-
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PICTURES

Wednesday, October 17x1928

No Stage Director or Writer
Required for Talkers, But
Screen Actors in Them Flop

. Lqs AnRcles, Oct. IG. ■

In an adclrpss before the directors'
division of tlie Academy of Motion
Picture Arts and Sciences, Jack'
\Varner (Warner Bros.) declared
that' In; his dpinibn . stage directors
and "writers are unnecessary In the
making of talking pictures. It has
not been found essential, according
to Warner, to use either In sound
production, and that the Best re-
sults so far haVe been obtained
through experienced film directors
and screen' writers.

Warnbr. expressed an opposite
point, of view concerning the actors,
stating those among the strictly pic-
ture players, .without stage, expori-
oncG. have . iallowcd. opportunities to
slip from under them. :.XJp to the
present time, Warner said, nil per-,
formers with screen Cixperiencc only
have .been flops in talkers and have
permitted stage players or others
imported for. talker purposes to mo-
nopolize.- the field. ' Warner further
Intirnated that screen .actbrs with--
put stage experience will shortly be
relegated to the discard.

No Silent Drama

William C. DeMille ana D. W.
Griffith also spo^te, both having
plenty to sily.

Deliille predicted that in three
years or less there will be no such
thing as silent drama in this coun-
try, arid probably not. in Europe.
. To Illustrate, DeMille informed
how he is making Barrie's "Halt an
Hour" into, .a SQund film , by . using
the stage version Intact without
adding situations, .sequences or
elaborations . t6 further the story.
He said he feels the manner In
which he Is treating the play will
give a better Interpretation of the
original Barrie than either a stage
presentment with Its limitations or
a silent screen, version In which lib-
erties would be taken with the orig-
inal script.

Griffith spoke ot art. He said:
"There' Is no art in silent pictures,
and the. only science that of mak-
ing money." He admitted he knows
practtcnlly„ nothing about- sound pic -
tures, having had no experience with
or in them, but f I'om observatlphs
believes that If the picturie industry
becomes an art it will be through
the talkers.

Repre'sentatlves of the Electrical
Research Products Corp. were pres-
ent and offered to equip the Acade-
my clubroohis with sound mechan-
ism for talking picture projection
gratis. Offer was unanimously ac
cepted.

Knew Bad Beer

Jross Increases From
Talkers Running High

A comprehensive idea of the vast
increase in attendance for picttire
houses through talking pictures is
furnished through the reports that
attendance records in many to.wns
showing talking pictures, not merely
synchronized but with dialog, have
brought increases ranging froih BO
to 100 per cent. . Many of these
towns are' not key spots. According
to indications, the talkers are gain-
ing more strength with the smaller
cities than in the metropolitan cen-
ters.

5,000 MILES TO SEE SHOW

Marion Davies' Direetop Journeys
Far to Witness "5 b'Clock Girl."

M-G-M's Tie Up on Zep

' Locw's fell into something with
the Graf Zeppelin for Its Motro-
Goldyn-Mayer newsreel, through
the tie -up also made with the nlr
Bhip by Hearst's International .News
ficrvicQ.

Besides the newsreel nim.s, M-G
M may acquire. It also received by
the big plane the UFA print of
"Spies." . .

Several of . the New York dallies
sarcastically referred to the Inter
natlbnal's tie-up for news pur
pb,«;es, clnlmirig It Interfored with
information during the ship's flight
over.

Remaking 2-Reel Talker

Los Angeles, Oct. 16.
M-G-M . had., considerable trouble
In making a two-reel tuMtcr under
the title of "Casino Garden," The
picture was looked; at In a preview
and It was decided to scrap It.
. Benny Rubin h.as been called In to
fix up the 5tory and aid Marcellc
De Angelo In the direction. Rubin
will also be in the cast. It Includes
Creighton Halo, Guy Oliver, llay-
imond Keane, Monte Collins and
Gonrgie Grandee.

Lionel Directing

Los Angeles, Oct. 16
==--ki(in6l-=-I3ar-i!y morc=^w-Ill A dircGt=,a
two reel talking picture for M-Q-M
His own appearance in it has not
been determined.

la

Betty BIythe East for Stage

Los Angi'lcs, Oct. 16
Betty I^lylho, f;ci'<Hm actress,
on ln'r w;iy to N'ow York, with the
oxpectatiiin of landing a legit en
gugoment there

An independent film producer
just in New York from the
coast where things ha.'ve not
been going so well for him and
his star, visited the local of-
fice he had kept open In more
prosperous days to find it a
speakie.

Although tendered every
courtesy, even to the point of
seeing a chalk model of his
b.r. perched on the cash box,
the gontlenrian remarked to
friends in tlxe Picture Club: ..

"The beer is. lousy."

M-G-M's Talking Shorts
All Shifted to ^:ast

Lo3 Angeles, Oct. 16.

After completing the one /sub-
ject now In the. making, M-G-M
will discontinue the production of
talking aborts at the Culver City
studio and transfer aJl activity in
that line to the Cosmopolitan: studio
In New York.

Decision to move follows a claim
that M-G could hot procure taleiit
necessary ; for the; bettor class of
talking shorts on the coasrt.

The short how almost completed
is under direction of. Carlos De
Angeles. ,. Two ; others have been
finished, .

OFF BACK STAGE AND
RUSH NEW SUBJECTS

Loo Angeles, Oct. 16.
Al Green returned front Detroit
Oct. 10, where he went to see one
performance of "The Five o'clock
Girl" which he Is to direct for
M-G-M with^Marion Davies. John
Bartels of original company has
his same part on screen.

Los Angeles, Oct. 16.
The cycle for pictures with a
backstage background has occupied
the attention of coast picture pro-
ducers all year. c So tnany are ready

for release how that the market Is
become highly speculative and the.
producers have suddenly switched
to other . cycles. The newspaper,
prizefight and river stories. predomi-
nate, . ' -
Prpducers have recently complet-
ed or are now making six newspa-
per stories, namely,. "Power of the
Press," by Excellent ; "Telling the
World,'' by^ M-G-M; "Calamity," by
Fox; "Freedom of the Press," by
Columbia;. "The Big. Scoqp" and
"Interference," . by . Baraniounti
Stories about prizefights so far are
Celebrity," by "Pathe; "Spirit of
Youth," by T, S.; "Come and Get It."
by P. B, O.; "Patent Leather Kid/'
by P. N.: "Body Punch," "Night
Bird" and "Shakedown," by Univer-
sal; "Beau Broadway" and. "The
Duke Steps Out," by Mi-G-M.

River stories now In production
include '^The River Woman,"
Weary River," "River Pirate" and
Frozen River."

Another newspaper story ; Is
Pathe's "The Official Scandal,"
which Paul Stein will direct

Veteran Film Men See New Yorkers
Come to Coast to Push Them Out

Russian News Reel

All About Babies

Showing at the 65th Street
Playhouse, New York, this,
week (Oct. 13) Is a short sub--
ject titled. "Sovklno News" and
billed as a 'IRussian nbws
reel."

It opens quite like a news
reel with a view of a village
fair, but drifts onto tlie subject
of babies and maintains that
topic the rest of the. way. Or-
ganized rearing of , Russian
children is pictured, from.
nux'Sinff to schoolirig."

Nothing in it can be classed
as newsy and nothing scien-
tifically present to rate It as a
travelog. It is obviously gov-
ernment produced for propa-
ganda purposes.

First foreign film even called
a news reel that lias been over
here.

Menjou Off Talkers

Los Angeles, Oct. 16;

Adolphe Menjou has joined Do
lores Del Rio in opposition to talk-
ing pictures. Menjou declares he
will make no talkies. Says his con
tract with Paramount doesn't men-
tion them, and therefore, they are
out.

Menjou Is to make Leo Dietrich -
stein's "The Concert" following
"Marquis Preferred," down on the
Par schedule as next.

ANNA a ON SET

Los Angeles, Oct. 16,

Anna Q. Nilsson has returned to
the screen after being incapacitated
for .six months with a broken hip
caused by a fall while riding a
horse.

. .Rjjiss ; Njlg son is not completely,
recovered, but Is able to get around
sufficiently to po through her scenes
for "Blockade," FBO.

XESLIE PEARCE DIEECTING

Los Angeles, Oct. 16,

Leslie Pearce will direct, starting
Oct. 22, dialog version of Christies
'■The Carnation Kid,*' starring
Douglas McLean.

Pearce was one-time Australian
director, later .putting on several
legit shows locally.

ASHER OUT OF R N.

Los Ang'elcs, Oct, 16

E. M. Asher is understood through
with First National as a supervisor
and producer, v

He leaves this week for New
York where It is said he Is going
to, nf'got1.n,tp.to..taivp.oA^er prpdyic^^^^
of Bristolphone on the west coast

De-Ritzing Monicker

Clifford Holland has been signed
on long term contract by Ins)iira
tlon pictures and changed nam
from Clirford to John. lie will pla
load in "Pho (Joos.to War" opi>o.sito
Eleanor Board num.

Making Piir's letter'

Paramount's first 100 . per cent
talker, planned as a . special, is In
production at Long Island City un-
der Walter Wainger's supervision.
It l3 "The Letter," starring Jeanne
E:agels in th© Kathering Cornell
role, with 0. P. Heggie, Reginald
Owen,. Herbert Marshall and other
legit names in support. Monta Bell
Is directing.

"Gentlemen of the Press" is also
a Paramount property for 100 per
cent talker purposes.

!i30,000 Average Cost
For SoTkino Pictures

Moscow, Oct. 2.
The Moscow Studio of Sovkinb
received an appropriation of 1,380,-.
000 rubles (about $700;000) for .the
fiscal; year of 1928-1929, starting
Oct. 1. Thirty thousand dollars will
be the cost of an average feature
film produced in the studio. It is
planned to make 23 art films during
the year.

Sovklno Is now producing two
newsreels a week, each, not more

than 200 metres long. Some* of the
film will be shot exclusviely for ex-
port.

Maxim Gorky . gave Sovklno his
permission to fiin^ his story, "A File
WiUi Clasps." Khokhloff will direct

is Colored Players

For Vidor's Picture

Between 25 and 30 colored play-
ers are. being signed by th© King
"Vidor M- G-M -company and . will
leave for the south this weekl

There they will meet the director
and start work on exterior shots in
the Mctro-Goldwyn-Mayer picture,
'•Hallelujah." Vidor left for Ten-
nessee last week with a technical
staff for atmospheric shots.

The_fulL-Company will .remain in
the south for a month, when it
will journey to Hollywood for in-
terior work in the studios.

James Stacy, business manager
and assistant . director, picking the
cast, has already engasred Honey
Brown of Club Highland, Dan
Haynes of "Show Boat," Fanny
Belle DeKnight and Victoria Spivey.
He has also brought Everett Me
Garity on frbm Chicago".

Singing of spirituals will be con-
ducted by Eva Jessye, director of
the Dixie Jubilee Singers. The
songsters will also have roles in the
film.

DEI RIO BACK SOON

Los Angeles, Oct. 16.
Lou Jerome, biisineas manager for
Edwin Carowe, Is due in New York
to await Edwin Carcwe and Dolores
Del Rio from Europe.
^-.ITe-=-wiil -=^ plGk— location.'?-=^in=i-thc
East for "Evangeline," Carewe's
next Del Rio for United Artists.

Norma Shearer Articulate

L03 Angeles, Oct. Ifi
Norma Shearer is working on
M-G-M's sound stage doing -tlialog
.sequoreos for "Angol Face," llobcr
Leonard directing.

Dona) Blossom's Elopement

St. Louis, Oct. 16.
Blossoni Brenenian, in .pictures as
Donal Blossom, and William S.
(Billy) Medart, amateur golfeir of
note and flr^st-nlghter at the the-
atres, eloiped to Clayton, the county
seat of Sti Louis County and were
married in St. Louis shortly after-
ward last Wednesday.

The ceremony was perf orjned by
the Rev. Dr. John W. Maclvor, pas-
tor of 'the Second Presbyterian
Church. The preacher refused to
tie the . knot until Medart's father
and mother came to the parish
house to witness thei ceremony. The
young couple, eaqh of . whom gave
their age as 23, had appeared at the
minister's home and asked him to
perform the "ceremony.

Tefwching Wijc^

Frederick W. Wilcox, brotlier-in-
law of Nick Schenck, will get a
chance to learn the production end
With M-G-M. He has been han-
dling fan magazine stuff In the
publicity department for two years.

King yidor takes Wilcox under
his wing on ."Hallelujo,h," the all-
negro production.

The importation of an apparently
endless chain of New York Stage-
directors, managers, writers and.
others from the legit field into H61-
lyvvooi to help make talking pic-
tures, is bringing plenty of mbana
from the veterans of the film col-
ony. Tiiey see one juicy .joij after
another, created by the talker situ-
atjon, going to the -newcomers, -whllfe
they are either ousted from jobs
they held or are left standing on the
sidelines with no engagement in
sight.

They say that while the nevr ar-
rivals may know all that's necessar^.
about the stage and dialog, talking
pictures are distinctly- different from
stage productions and the only real
link between them Is the fact that
both use spoken linefe.

In every case the film people say
the stage folks brought to Holly-
wood have to be put through a long
course of instruction in the teich-;
liique of motion pictures and eyen
after this their work •must- neces-
sarily be experimental.

TaUtin.g pictures, they eniphasize,
are only nine months old, while the
film- business, as a' whole, is - 30
years old. For the past 15 yeiars it
has been out of the; primary stage '
and rnoVing .along progressive linea
of development to a high pojnt of
efficiency..

They insist that the logical thing
for the film producers to dp would.-
be to take the men who have spent
years . iji de-veloping efficiency in mo-
tion picture work and teach them
the added technique necessary for
the making of talking pictures. The
veteran film worker would simply
have to adapt the ne^v phase of hi3
own industry to meciianics he al-
ready knows, while the outsider has
to stfirt at the bottom to Icjirn the
mechanics of something he knows
nothing about.

As the clincher to their arguments
the film folks point to the va,rylng
success that has attended the talk-
ing pictures already, made, which .
show that the inost successful have
been those made by old time pic-
ture directors who were given the
change to learn talking film tech-
nical necessities. They particularly
stress "The Terror," made by Roy
Del Ruth; "The Singing Fool," di-
rected by Lloyd Baconj and "Mother
Knbws'^Best,'' directed by J. G. Bly-
stone. All three were made by vet-;
ern film directors.

Kennedy's Coast Rep.

Los Angeles, Oct. 16.
Harry Eddlngton has been ap
pointed personal West Coast repre
scntatlve of Joseph P. Kennedy. He
is functioning as contact man on all
of Kennedy's studio affairs as well
as keeping an eye out for ayailable
material to join the ranks of F. B
O. and Pathe.

AI LEWIS GOES WEST

Af Lewis left for the Coast Sat-
urday to stay about a fortnight on
Fox's West Coast lot. Lewis ■ is
l^)x's $150,000 - a - year* Movietone
production exec.

The producer will probably close
while in Hollywood for the Movie
tone rights to "The War Snng,'
with George Jcs.sf^l, it.-; .•^tar, in io
the play as a 100 per cent talker.

Jap Theme SoPfi

Theme song mania has reached

the Orient, and now the Japanese

equlva,lent of the song plugger gets

^usy on big pictures.

A literal translation of the lyrics

of the Japanese theme song for

'Steamboat Bill," Buster Keaton's

picture, is appended hereto as an

example of American ideas gone

goofy in foreign lands:

Keaton-San, the YoUng Captain .

Oh, how gnappy style he Is,. •
"With'. modem dress but-small chap,
He forgets of his father.
Hut never steering of love,

you, . . • . . — .

Kuuton-San, the young captain.

Rven when I get die,
Her sweet kisses of tender hOnrted,
-Wishing to .get. Jusrt one glnnce of . hers, ,.
I'm yearning for the lovely
Moon-lit h'lght.
How could 1 forget.
Oh,- Kcaton-San, the yoiing captain.

Oh, the hearts gone to crazy.
Ships of two de.partcd fi-om p.arents.
Who ia going to fasten the rope of lovflw-
Oh, you ....
.Keaton-San, the young captain.

Returns on Pia.cards

Chicago,' Oct. 16.
Radio broadcasting . of general
election returns this year is made
difficult in Wired houses because o(
the synchronized accompaniment
to pictures. .

Great States a,re returning to the
old -method of announcing results
on. painted placards.

"ABIE"-U TRIAL NOV. 3

The $3,000,000 damage suit by
Anne Nichols against Universal
Goines-to-liat-Nov-.=3;--T-he-tr-ial=wIll-
be conducted before Judge Goddard
in the Federal District Court.

The authoress - producier o£
"Abie's Iri.sh Rose" complains that
U.'s "Cohens and the Keliys" in^-
frlnged on "Abie" to Its stage and
screen damage.

Paramount subseciuently scrcjen-
proilu;'"d the Nichols record-break-
ing play.

Wednesday, October 17, 1928

PICTURES

VARIETY

WARNERS CLEAR POSITION

Not Negotiating at Pre9ent
with Any Chain or Pro-
ducer— Satisfied w i t h
St an 1 e y and F. N.—
Brands Some Reportis as
Ridiculous r— -Warners Se-
cure for Future

<*RIGHT MEN RIGHT"

Categorical dervial . that Warner
Prothers are in stage* of negotia-
tion or contemplating the acquisi-
tion of any producing companies or
chains other than managerial con-
trol of the Stanley Company pir-
cuit and First National, which they
announced as effected in a state
ment issued last, vyeek, was made
Monday by H> M. Warner.

Warniers now hold 60 per cent of
First National and do not want
anotlier share, said the Warners'
president in terming as "asinine"
repprts tliat he is making efforts

to acquire two-thirds absohite con-
trol and was thwarted by Pox, as
the largest minority stockholder,
jumping his interest up to 35 per
cent. ■

"As long as we have control we
will be glad to sell Fox any excess
shares. Why even today (Monday)
I turned down offers from several
sources to increase my First Na-
tional holdings. We would not buy
any more Stanley either, except
that in the case of this company,
which is an entirely different ar-.
rangement, we would be forced to
buy 100 per cent, shouM the stock-
froldera decide to turn it all in."

That the Warners did not want
First National originally, but were
forced to take it because of the one-
third interest in the producing com-
pany which Stanley holds. Was re-
pealed, by the Warner president,

"I had plenty of opportunity to
get the two-thirds control," Harry
Warner declared. "Only an Insane
man would merge these companies
with one like our own. Our lawyers
know what the other. lawyers know.
People must be dumb who would
believe such reports as these.

"Why would we merge First Na-
tional. If we want to make 40 more
pictures a year we can do it without
taking on another company."

Future Operation

Each of the companies, First Na-
'tlonal and Stanley, will be run as
they have before, Warner said. Irv-
ing Rossheim will function as presi-
dent of 'Stanley and temporarily as
head of First National. The status
of tlie presidency of the latter com-
pany will be determined among
other details in the general work-
ings in the near futyre; Warner
said.

In regard to ropor.ls rampant in
the' Wiu-nct" buiUVihg this, week tliat
departments of the two companies
will be. retained but will be moved
from their prpsont oJTines on Madi-
son avenue here and Philadelphia
and will bo under the supervision
of Warner heads in like depart-
ment.s, Harry \A'arncr stated;

That I'Mrst National has a lease
on the Madi.son avenue property
which has five years more to go at
an annuiil rental of $45,000 and
that it. will continue to function at
that olTico.

That Slanloy will continue to
function In TMiil.'ulelpliia.

As to "SA'afner deiiartniental heads
•-having^- autivoi-it->-- over-— like-^ehief-»
tains in the two companies, H. M.
Warner ropcatod that there would
be no cliaii.i,'o.s, but that he ha,s as
yet ,giv(>n those details no "consid-
eration."

"No Politics"
Fear of tho axe taking a large
toll in First National and Stanley
ranks, where duplication of efforts
may be jnanif'st. was felt both In
Flr.st National and Warners. This

Film Dialectician

Lo3 Angeles, Oct. IS.
"Dialectician*' Is the latest
verbal outcropping of the sound .
innovation. Allen Garcia,
former screen leading man,
thinks' he Is the first to fall
under the title. He Is attached
to "In Old Arizona," Fox unit
taken over by Irving Cum-
mlhgfl by reason ot Raoul
Walsh's injury. Garcia's duty
will b© to supervise the dialog
of those, who, knowing; only
primitive Spanish, would try to
express themselves In English.

Garcia Is a teacher of Span-
ish and for several years has
talked In front of a microphone.
His first picture work . was
with Sellg In 1909. He was
. with Chaplin for seven years.

Is what the Warner president had
to say about the reaper :

: "First National and Stanley will
continue just as they have func-
tioned. There Is this exception.
They will continue with success.
And let me lay stress on this point:
Any , man In the service of either
company need not worry If he Is
the right man. The right men now
have bigger opportunities than ever
before."

But, Warner admitted that the
axe will fall arid descend hard on
"politicians."

"We want no politics. That is one
thing that we will not stand. That,
and unbusinesslike methods. War-
ner (iualified the last by adding,
"— if there are any. in First Na-
tional or Stanley."

• Warner declared that the slate
is clean of his company getting
other Interests. The Warner broth-
ers. He said, will concentrate on
their own company and the other
two. After they get Stanley and
First National on a profitable basis
then they "may look around for
other holdings."

*'It would be ridiculous for me
to say that we are not g'oing to
do any more buying. When the
right time comes and something
worthwhile presents Itself we may
then buy It," H. M. added.

It will probably be six months or
a year before the "right time"
shows up the next time, he con
ceded. . .

The Future

When impressions In the trade
were presented to him that War
ners how appreciate they arie on the
crest of the wave because of their
leading position In talker produc
tion, but that in another year other
companies with la,rge theatre hold
ings will have caught up and will
concentrate on their oWn prodiict
to the disadvantage of .Warner
sales, the president remarked:

"Before , the talkers we booked
silent films Into these theatres. As
long as we have good prodiict we
have nothing to fear about theatres.
No, I think we :h.aye plenty^^^<^^^
offices and. will continue to have
plenty without other deals becom-
ing necessary,"

In denying any deals were ever
even contemplated with Kunsky, F.
and R., Keith's, a host of others and
the latest one, Balaban and Katz,
Wa).ner said especially aboiit the
B. and K.:

"That is . the most absurd thing I
ever: heard of. Of the 210,000 shares
in Balaban and Katz Paramount
owns 100,000. We couldn't get any
of that if we wanted to." .
. As to future buying, Warner
stated no effort will be made to
gain control of companies that "arc
a. credit to the industry. Rather we
will co-operate with thom."

"Coquette" Talk Tests
R eject ed for Picture

IjOS Angeles, Oct, 16.

Screen and voice tests made of
the entire Broadway ca.st of "CJo-
(juette" with the exception of Helen
Ilaye.'i, . the star, were rejected by
Mary PIckford when viewed here.

Mi.ss PIckford is to appear In a
talking version of "Coquette" for
the screen and is fxperir-nf-iriK- dif*
ficulty in casting.

**Love Song" Dialog

Ordered by Schenck

Los Angeles, Oct 16.

Joseph M. Schenck has, decided
"The Love Song," United. jAr_^lsts-D.
W. Griffith subject the silent ver-
sion of which was completed Sept.
15, shall be all dialog, after all-
At the Paramount studio, surround-
ed by settings transported from the
original staging, Lupe Velez had
sung several numbers and a group
of musicians had performed for the
synchronizers. That wats three
weeks ago,

U. A. has endeavored to isecurc
accommodations at M-G-M, but
that studio Is jammed wlUi its
own stuff, as Is Paramount. As
a result U. A. will wait a few days
for the completion of Its own sound
proof studio. "The Lioye Song"
will be the first to be recorded
on the lot.

The decision In favor of dialog
means bringing back Lupe .Velez,
Jetta Goudal, William Boyd, Albert
ContI, George Faw^ett and Henry
Armetta,

KEITH-RCA DEAL
HANGING, BUT
NEARLY IN

Understood Terms Not
Yet Arrived At — ^Keith
Factions Together

Radio Corporation of America and
Keith's had not closed on their an-
ticipated deal, under which RCA is
expected to make a purchase of the
vaude chain, up to yesterday noon.
This edition of Variety went to
press yesterday (Tuesday) at 1 p. m.

Reports Said some Indefinltenesg
on agreement deferred the closing.
That was believed to be the price
set for the purchase of the Keith
stock and the mode of payment for
it, •

One story said that Keith's might
go in at 38 or possibly 40, with an
exchange of Its stock on that basis
with RCA. Meanwhile Keith's mar-
ket quotation on common had been
slightly declining, opening at 32%
yesterday morning compared to Its
best above 34.

Following the return of J. J. Mur-
dock and Pat Casey from abroad
last Friday, conferences Imme-
diately followed between them and
Joseph P. Kennedy. It was later
said that the factions In Keith's,
known as the Albee. and Kenned y-
Murdock crowds, were sitting In to-
gether on the deal with the RCA
representatives.

One story stated neither side held
majority stock control of Kelth^s,
with 510,000 common shares re-
quired for that. Kennedy-Murdock
are .said to hold the whip hand de-
spite that through their operating
control agreerhent of Kelth'.'i.

Meetings were scheduled between
all- parties for yesterday and again
for todriy ^Wednesday), with the
deal apt to Jump either way; closing
, or delayed. .

The opinion . appeared to be that
if Keith's change hand.% IICA would
be the buyer, although the rumor
that Warner Brothers had placed
a standing bid the Warners . said
would be unchanged still sto.od in
front of the Keith group.

Keith People »"-uzzied

In the Keith otrice. tlje staff rnen
appeared as much in the dark as
ever over the proceedings and the
probable direction of Keith's In the
event R. C. A. took it over. It's
.riretty, w ell. unAO-L'-'^-trjod. t ha t

Fox, with 160 New York Indie
Houses, Going yp-N. Y. State,
Jersey and Conn, for Others

"UGLY RUMORS ONLY
95% TRUE'-MINDLIN

Sure-Seat Magnifier Dines
and Talks .on. Caviar
and Rye

With around 160 independent pic-
ture hou.ses Within (Greater New
York'addecl to the Fox cliain, by
contract or pledge, William Fox Is
reported extending his eastern ex-
pansion for indie exhibitors to up-
state New York, Northern New
.lersey and Connecticut.

'l"'he metropolitan indies Fox
soenYs assured of and .as reported,
with several 'of the e.xhibs confirm-
ing, are:

Is a sale Murdock will retire from
his active operation of Keith'fi, In
as.ioclatlon with Kennedy through
the Kfnnedy Keith office represent-
ative, John ]'"ord.

With Mijrdock's departure, the
only showman in sight with suf-
ficient knowledge of Keith's to op-
erate the merged Keith and Orph-
eurn circuits Is Pat Casey. J'rovided
.n"gotiatlonfi for the sale fall
through with Murdock-Kennedy

"Those ugly rumors you hear
about me," said Mike Mindlin, sure-
seat magnate, seated comfortiably
at his desk, munching a chunk ,6f
egg and caviar sandwich oil rye
bread, in .answer to a series of que-
ries volunteered by Variety's nosey
reporter, . "are only about 95 per
Cent true."

Following reports that the Mind-
lin guiding hand had been with-
drawn ifom. the wheel at the 5.")th
Street Cinema . and . the St. George
Playhouse, Jlrooklyn, a couple of
w. k. sure-seaters, logic foresaw the
doom. of the mighty sure-seat cir-
cuit, which had seemed likely to
grow up;

But Mindlin pooh-poohed any
such ideas. Chains of sure-aoatcrs
are here, or, ratlier, will be here
when they come to stay. Variety's
nosiest was a-ssured, with Mindlin
sure-seaters being completed In
Rochester and Buffalo shortly..

The loss of the 55th Street Cine-'
ma, as believed generally, is true,
according to Mr. Mindlin, while In
another way of figuring it is not so
true. Mindlin's contract was to go
for another few months^ but with
Mindlin's announced intentions of
opening a sure-seater on 57th street
in tlio premises occupied by Roger
Wolfe Kahn's former "Le Perro-
quet," the proprietors of the 55th
Street claimed he coiild not operate
their theatre also.

Meantime Joe Flelsler, formerly
with M-Indlin, h.as been appointed
director of the 55th Street Cinema.
Mindlin hails this move as a pro-
gressive or side step, adding that
if he personally had been obliged
to choose his opposition he couldn't
have done better than pick Joe
Flelsler — or maybe Gould of the
Guild.

Between nibbles at the rapidly
diminishing sandwich Mr. Mindlin
volunteered the Invaluable info that
"there's only about seven bucks in
the whole Hure-seat racket, and
everybody In the world Is out to
get" it. Me, too," he added; "and the
kind of people these competitors of
mine are — terrible cutthroats! Me,
too."

Mindlin's latest art theatre ,on
57th 'S^Lreet wilt be ' kh6w 'Ss^th^
Little Carnegie Playhouse, following
permission obtained for the use of
the name "Carnegie."

Circuit

Houses

Gas Station Lead Off

r>os Angcle.S;. Octl IG,
Orville Waldridge, gas station em-
ployee, i.s not going to play the lead
In C. B. DeMille's production of
"Dyn;imite" for .M-G-.M.
No lead as yet has been choslsn.

remaining in charge, C:asfy will
probably beconie the general op-
'^'rator of the chain.

llciKjrts (■ontimie in the Keith
agency that the Albee crowd will
return to jjowcr if K. f'. A. buys-
'J.'li'-y .app'^ar to be vague surmise.'!,
in view of ii. C. A. u.sually dcti-r-
rnining its own oper.'ition of all

sjjlisi i] iar jf/s. ^- ^- ^^- -^^^^

kennedy Sticking

Though Kennedy will leavf
K>"ith's if the .'Kile is fffccfi-d, .-ind
with it his own pi':ture pr^icliicc r,
KHO also in the d-al, it'.T duiibt-
ful if K"nnf<iy will retlr" frr^in Lh-.'
show Held.. His inff-iesls will re-
main in Path", and j)o.-::iibl.v FiJ't,
while It Is understood K'-nncdy ;)iid
Murdock have plan.'j in i/nrid i/i '
Oonri"';tion with olli<'r .•.how at)'l
theatre operalion.s. . I

Small & Strassburg 30

Meyer &, Schneider 16

Consolidated .. 16

Jolson 12

Br,andt Bros. 11

Harris ..>..' 9

Henry Siegel ................ 8

Rachmeil & Rin.tzler ••. 8

Springer 7

Yaffa & Frieberg 4

Brecker 3

Rapf Enter 3

Rudolph Sanders 3

Fred Hubner 3

Sam'l Lesselbaum. .......... 2

Henry Traub 2

Sam Berman - 2

Scattering 20

All of the, indie exhlbs and their
houses Fox gathers in through his
present drive will be Included In a
new corporation called the Fox
Metropolitan Theatres, Inc. William
Fox is Its president.

From report there are not many
more indie houses In Greater N. T.
for Fox to conquer. Nor are there
considered enough desirable houses
the Fox chain can add up-state
(N. Y.) to exceed 200. It Is claimed
that the Fox theatre division has
set a quota of l.OOO Indle houses In
the cast to add to the Fox house
holdings.

' Bill Braii'dt Steering

Rumors seeping out credit Wil-
liam Brandt of the Brandt Brothers
in Brooklyn as the creator of the
system under which iFox has so far
successfully acquired what were
looked upon as "the Impossible
New York indle exhlbs." It la also
reported that Brandt, with possibly
his brother, Harry, may organize
for Fox, In order that Fox may
reach the eastern qiiota of India
houses he has set, after that It is
contemplated as a coiintry-wlde
campaign, -

It seems settled from the outlook
so far that It takes an exhib to cap-
ture an exhlb. Fox Is acting on that .
theory, it la said, and corralled the
New York men through the Indies
doing bu.siness through one another
with Fox nioro easily ^pad jwltl} ths_
Fox cash in sight at the finish.
- An estimate of realty values the-
atre values for the 160 New York
houses Is 115,000,000. The larre
majority of the houses are on lease-
liold property, It will require about
OO days to unsn.arl the details.

The Fox-indie deal Is ' unique In
that It has gathered and compre-
hends a ma.ss of independent unat-
tafhed exhibitors and theatres.
Getting them on the fiy as Fox has.
done Is without parallel in plcture-
dom.

5-10 in Neighborhoods

Chicago. Oct. 16.>
The oil! nickelodeon days In pic-
tiij-e lious'-s are coming back In th6
nelghhorlKiods of this town. The
ni. kle and dime places are spring-
-i ng=-u 1 l.;=ovxr -town ; v.aome_-J5$.€90- .
inuly overnight.'

It is estimated that there ar«
about. 50 of these grinds In existence
at tills time, all operating at 6-10.

Dorothy Dawn Opposite

Los Angeles, Oct, 16.
D'/rothy Dawn will play opposite
T.-iti .Mix In "The Drifter," sched-
ule f| imtiif-Iiately at F. B. O, studio.
B(>li l;i' liiir.t'.v direr.tJDit

VARIETY

FILM

Wednesday, October 17, 1928

British FUm Field

By Frank Tilley

London, Oct. .5

Practically . nothihsj doihj? here
right now. Caused {jy tho.. coming
into force of Section 19 (1) of the
Quota law. It saya an exhibitor
Bhall show 5 per cent ' Bi'iti.sh pic-
'ture.s -Sf, from. Oct. 1. Al.sb liy Sec-
tion 2n[2), which .says he riiust not
book ahead from Oct. 1 more than
nine months. '

' Most all the play dates that count
were already booked ahead a year,
as the act allowed them to be before
Oct. 1. Result is, the di.stributors
can't find any dates to book, be-
caufie the 12 rhonths ahoad_ they
have already filled takes them to
the end of the nine months nov/
legal, as the maximum release
period.

Now they're closing down oh trade
shows (pre-views>. No u^e showing
stuff with ho dates available. Pre-
.vjQws have fallen this month already
from a u.sual dycragc of- around
18 a week to 8. An^l by thin or
blank scheduies. coming In they will
ifall to around four a week right
through till the end of.NeVembcr.

This is the only solution to the
dlsti:ibutprs' problem of catching up
oh release dates. It is why so many
British films made this year have
been kept on ice. In December they
w:lll be able to book tho few remain-
ing dates of . September next year.
But after then: the flood will come,
for most eyery house has a blank
date-book from then on (except for
•'Gentlemen's .Agre&ments''), arid
there will be a stampede to grab
all the possible dates for the full
nine months ahead allowed by the
Act. ,

And In two years' time the same
position ! will arise again, when the
release period is cut down to Six
months. That comes into force Oct.
1, 1930, when everyone will be
booked the limit tb: the end of the
next June. JBut np bookings will
then be legal for dates beyond
March 1931, so there'll be another
three months, wait to catch up
again.

If the distributors, British and
American, could work together so
April May and June 1931, would be
booked very lightly and leave some
fair number of open dates to play
with when the period shortens. . But
despite the existence of a Distribu-
tors' Society, we shall not reach
such a Millehlal sta.tc till • we have
some equivalent of the Hays De-
partment here.

terchangeability claims by West'
orn Electric, but the. .statement by
Charles Bunn fot- W, E. in Variety
of Sept. 26 has already thrown a
bad scare into a lot of folk. As It
is, the Exhibitors' Association Is
running a committer to examine the
situation, especially oh the quiBstion
of using one firm's records . and pic-
tures on someone else's equipment.
They have hot reached any: con-
clusion yet, but the general Inir.
pression is no one can stop it being
done any more than they can with
a gramophone, or than they can
prevent a theatre running anybody's
film through any pattern projector
he choses to install.

Meantime the Photophone studios
at Elstrce' arc all set to start work
next week, ■ Count Anthony de Bos-
darl has left this week for America
for the purpose of effecting further
picture and record tie-ups (Photo-
tone Is a disk system). Dudley
Bott, general manager of Britisii
Photbphbne, is already on your side,
and Bosdari is ^.corhing over to
clinch the deal opened by Bott.

Attempts are bei..g made in city
to promote several othor sound de-
vices; without success. One which
has already been pretty well demon-
strated in Germany, the Tri-Ergpn,
is coming along and may poissibly
get floated. The two already out
on. the public stand at a premiuip,
British Phototone $1 stock around
$2, and the L W. W. Schlesinger
British Talking Pictures' $1 stock
aijout $l-.50. ...

The Talker Position

Despite the momentary excite
mcnt caused by the opening of
"The Jazz Singer" here, and the
sound BhOrta shown with It, this
market Is a long way from being
Bold ph the talker, Soui\d-films, yes.
Especially shorts, and particularly
if the price of Installation can be
gotten way down. Yet even these
have not proven the attraction' ex
pected. New Gallery has been wired
for sonie time and has been showing
regularly Movietone shorts. At first
they pulled them in. Then It fell off
a bit. Now the folk stand outside
and discuss what's on before they
decide to spend their money.

The liiRtailation was put In the
New Gallery as a try-out and didn't
cost Provincial Cinematograph The-
atres any money. But both this
house and the Plaza (which is also
now wired) do not figure to put on
any talkers for some months. TJhey
have lopked theni over and do not
find anything to take a chance on
just yet.

Warner Brothers, did a clever
thing , in putting "Jazz Singer" t#i
fir.st, whether they figured it or not
Lots of paper Is going out, especially
to exhibitors. Even so, they are
not rushins to spend $20,000 on
Wiring, though a feW of the big boys
Have gone as far as having their
houses rneasured by Western Elec
trie for estimates.

Folks Here

Irving Asher is actfng: ap pro-
duction manager for Warner
Brothers 'on "The Flying Squad,"
Arthur Maude directing. Edgar
Wallace story.

• l^rodcrich Zelnick is working on
English locations, shooting^ Lya

interchangeat>ility

Every new device tliat breaks Into
the press here — and thoy average
one a week — claims It will be inter
changeable with Movietone or Vita
phone. Even the new German
system, which runs off a wire and
reproduces through electro-magnetic
-soun<Uwaryj:s,jmalieaJJUs.i:dalm
Stllle system has boon kicking
around in Germany for some time
and nb one took any account of It.
Now It has been bought by the
Blattnor Corporation, X^FA has
made an offer for the Central
European rights and arc crying out
loud thoy would have taken It for
the world if they had known It was
as good ag they now think it is.
' No reply has boon made here to
.any of these heavily-canvuHsod In-

Ma.ra in "My Heart Is a' Jazz Band
for a German film.

Albert Parker still around. Keep-
ing quite quiet.

Garuett Weston, .acenario writer
from the Coast, arrived this week
to work for British International;
Hex Taylor, here some while for
the same outfit and also from Cal.,
has completed the script for the
adaptation of Thomas Hardy's
"Under the Greenwood Tree." Un-
deratand .they hive at least left the
bark on.

Walter Marks from Australia,
who was chairman of the Film
Gomrnisslon there a While back,
here conferring vvlth authorities on
Australian Quota arrangements

President H. Victor Davis and
secretary W. H. Fuller of the Ex
hibitora' Association are now In
Brussels conferring with president
Guttman of the German Association
and president Brazillon; ; of the
French Association, as to the pos-
alble formation of an International
Exhibitors' Association. And other
things: Production and such.

Whitehall Films have closed down
their London offices and trans
ferrod all activities to the Elstree
atudios. This company has now
been in existence a full year with
out showing a single picture.

I. W. Schlesinger went this week
end to the Continent. Working on
arrangements for further German
tie-ups with Germany, on Phono
films talker features.

W. J. Morgan of First National
is back from the Continent.

Franz Oaten, who made "Shiraz'
for British . Instructional, is Uo
make another Indian film for
German conipa.ny. The foreign
negative of "Shiraz" was destroyed
in the recent five at the Ufa Siudips
at Babelsberg, Germany, but was
insured for ?50,00p. British & For
oign Films, Engliah company with
German allUiations, also lost half a
dozen negatives in the fire, all in
surcd. Sonie of these fellows have
all the itick

Shooting began this week at the
new Welwyn Studios, Anthony As-
quith returning from Germany to
do interlora for "Princess Pris-
cilla's Fortnight. .

The George Pearson who is con-
cerned with a new Studio scheme
at Blackpool must not be confused
with Gebrge Pearson, the director
who originally handled Betty Bal
four. The forilior is running Brit
ish Screen I'roduclions Company
making amall Quota features and
operating a ncwsreol released here
by Paramount. Latter directs for
the Welsh-Pearson-EUler company
which also . releases, so far, through
i'aramount In this country
An Interesting commentary on

;^tivi>i=""vrtror'^:nixyb\9^s

Goldwyn is using bits from th
British film note.s in Variety in it
trade paper advertising here.

George lilaok, general manager of
General Theatres Corporation, say
va,udfilm is now dead. At the aamo
time, one of his group's West End
houses, tho Astoria, Is playing
around capacity, with vaudfilm.

Lots of folk are poking fun a
Swa.ffpr for referring to Alec Fran
cl.s a.s an "almoat unknown Eng
lish actor." Bvvaffor says if he'

never heard of him, Prancis muat
be unknoAvn. But maybe Alec has
never heard of Hannen. Which
wouldn't be the tetter's ifaull any,-
way.

. Coming New Companies

The wet seaaon having arrived,
more flotations a'fre aboard.

One Is Associated British Cine-
mas, promotion of John Maxwell's,
but not a subsidiary of British In-
ternational, which company will
take a large piece of stock. Capi-
tal is to be $5,000,00a, and the com-
mon stock (carrying the voting
pbwer) will be cbritrolled by Brit'
Ish. International. The new com-
pany takes over Savoy Cinemas
Ltd., .which owns the Savoy. Brad-
ford, the Blue Halls and the Broad-
way Picture theatre. Hammersmith,
Gaiety, Manchester (sold to Max-
well by Ludwlg Blattner some six
months ago), the Empire, New-
castle, Grand, Bournemouth, Olym-
pia, Liverpool, and the Pavilion,
Cardiff. As already stated here,, a
3.000-seat house is to be built at
Brighton, and another of the same
size at Dublin., The new cbmpany
also takea over Maxweiria Scottish
Cinema and Variety Theatre.^ com-
pany, which owns some 20 houses
in Scotland.

Stockholders In British Interna-
tional are being invited to subsci'ibe
for 1,000,000 $1 shares at a price
of $2, British International figuring
Its profits from First National-
Pathe and its holding In Associated
British Cinenias, Ltd., will bring In
1550,000 a year.

Then there is in formation a com-
pany with a capital of $300,000 to
buy some downtown theatres and
take over a distributing business.
This is being promoted, it Is be-
lieved, by interests associated with
Tom Davis, formerly associated
with Hyam Wlnik, who now runs
the. Western Impprt Distrib^itlng
company, handling "small, cheap, in-
dependent American products.

Another to make a $1,000,000
mpve Is the now-forming Lan-
cashire Screen Productions, Ltd., a
company not yet existing, but pror
moted by George Pearson of Brit-
ish Screen Productions and George
Dewhurst, who has occasionally di-
rected some British moviesr Thi.s
gi-oup has bought a forrner hydro-
plane shed at Lytham, near Black-
pool, and Is to put in a . northern
edition of its present British Screen
News. Nine features and 26 shorts
a year are planned, and on thls .lav-
oUt they are goiAg to the public
for the above sum.

That kind of nerve should be re-
corded!

Czecho-Slovakia Declaring Its

Own Film Quota System

IGimn. Film's Seasonal
Period-U StiU In

Universal is not retiring from the
16 mm. field. Julius Singer, for-
merly in charge of ,the ''Show, at
Horhe" department, has been trans-
ferred to the new . synchronization
work of the company, but the 16
mm. subsidiary continues under
Hilda Wolf's direction.

Universal went into 16 mm. in
August, 1927. At present it has
about 12 feature . length and 52
shorts for 16 mm. release,; '

It has been found necessary to
discontinue, the original practice of
leasing prints fbr one year periods.
Instead- Universal now sells prints
outright to dealers at a flat rate of
$15.50 per reel. AH business .is conT
ducted directly with the dealers
who sell home movie, equipment
and service theni with fllna. . Be-
tween 700 and 1,000 such .. dealers
now exist.

Time has demonstrated that th,e
home projection and 16 mm;, market
is seasonal. Warm weather para-
lyzes the trade in prints. From
October- to April is the busy season
with Thanksgiving tb New Year
the peak. .

Several 16 mm. projection mar
chines to retail at about $30 ai"e
expected to hit the riiarket for the
Christmas holidays and an antici-
pated boom is looked for. These
machines will be hand-drivein with
motors costing another $15, accord-
ing to present dope.

More Distribution ^

Rather interesting situation de-
veloped here with the new A. E.
Abrahams - Sam Berney - Charles
Gulliver group making pictures as
start a distributing Unit. So, with
two British productions, and as the
distributors' quota Is 7% per cent,
they can handle 26 foreign films on
account of their own two.

So Gotham Pictures get a break
all in one place In this market, thi.i
Company's distributing end, which
Is Film Distributors, Ltd., taking
26 Gotham for the coming year.

This holds a thought as to how
some of the indes. who were figur-
ing the quota here was going to put
them oil the blink, can get their
stuff In.

Abrahams' Regal theatre, by the
way, is still In the building stage,
and is hot likely to be opened much
before Christmas. This and his
other projected 100 picture houses
are belrtg leased as built to Super
Cinemas, Ltd., iand not operated by
Abrahams, who has always had a
preference for buying or buildin.;;:
and then leasing, which ho find*
pays better than running the
houses.. He does this with the Gar-
rlck and the Scala, legit theatres

Oversubscription

London, Oct. 16.
A new Issue of $1,000,000 in com
mon stock at a $1 premium was
made last week by British Interna-
tional,

It .was Immediately oyersub-
scribed by the iexisting stpckholders
. Company now has a capital of
$5,000;000 including $3,075,000 m
common now quoted on the ex-
change at $2.75 with a par value of
$1.26.

"Dancer" Without Sound

London, Oct. 16.

Although Fox previewed "Tho
Red Dancer", here with its Movie
tone score, the picture will open
minus synchronization at the New
Gallery, the theatre having decided
.n pt^ t_p. .us.e^f ull l.ength „so.iind^ fllmK
In their present state.

Premiere is due early next montn

Stockhbim Presentation

London, Oct. 16.
- Francis Mangan left for yiock-
holm yesterday to stage ■ the fir.s
presentation at the China theatre
Parampunt's new site there.

House Is 'due to' open this Friday
(Oct. 19).

Ufa's New Houses

Berlin, Oct. 4.
The UFA chain of mbvie theatres
in-Berlin Is growing. Openings this
past ^week bring the number of
UFA-managed first . run houses
above the half dozen mark.

The idea oyer here seems not so
much giant m.oyie palaces as it is
a matter of covering the entire
city. The new Unlversum, on up-
per Kurf uerstendamm in the heart
of the best residential section, and
the new Kammersplel theatre on
Potsdamer Platz, Berlin's Times
Square, demonstriate this policy of
UFA. .

Both theatres hold about 1,500
each; architecturally they put New
York's best to shame. The archi-
tects, peculiarly enough, are hired
here to build moving picture halls
arid not mausoleuins.

And the chatter boys and girls
get champagne and sandwiches iat
all.openlngs, so that's all right.

Gaumont Stock Shoots Up

London, Oct. 16.

A big rise in Gaumont stock this
week due to the rumors of a merger
with Moss Empires, and the ex-
pectation of an Interim dividend
from the General Theatres Corp.

Since Oct. 11 the price has gone
.up.„f rom^_$6.50- to^_ $8.25...-. _ ....

The inside belief Is that negotia-
tions are on for a Moas merger,
Gaumont already holding a seat on
the Moss board, but that there
is no chance of a General 'Thea-
tres dividend.

Jaydee*s Wasted Wire

Los Angeles, Oct. 16.
In, order to simplify the working
out of the reciprocal phases of the
English-American filni situation,
efforts are being made to sign
American film players to make pic-
tures In England for release, on this
side.

The prize effort was made by J.
b. Williams of the Wide World
Pictures Corporation (N. Y.), who
wired to representatives here to se-
cure Wallace Beery and George
Bancroft for- p]nglish-made pictures.
He didn't get them.

J^arls, Oct. 16.

Czecho- Slovakia, that diminutive
republic formed since the war, is
about to follow "the rest of the Eu-.
ropean countries and place a film
quota system into effect. Plan calls
for the purchase of one Czech made
picture for every 25 foreign fllrtis
screened. '.

This epoch bears out the predic-
tion made some time ago that if
France were, allowed to get away
with its restriction law the rest of
the European nations would follow.
Those countries which have not yet
enforced, a similar law have such a
on6 under ; considei^atlon and it will
only be a short time before, these
will be passed.

Word has but recently been re-
ceived here that Portugal, which
does not produce pictures, ig laying
a foundation for a film restriction
as is' Spain, Poland and Rumania.
All these quotas are leveled against
American films and those in the
know state that German, producers
are engineering the various govern- .
ments into passing these laws.

The Germans invariably rnake a.
beneficial agreement whereby their
pictures will not be greatly af-
fected >by .restrictien. The best in-
formed men over here assert that
America's only salvation Is to call
a halt to this high-handed business
method and refuse to sell pictures
under these cpnditions. They point
out that the American picture Is so
fai" superior to the ones made on
this sHe that their popular demand
would enforce purchase. .

Oh the other hand European pro-
ducsrs are praying that the Amer-
icans will giye them a little time,
feeling certain that if the U. S. pic-,
ture people keep. on stalling over the
matter they will surely win out of
this side.

French-Spankli Combo;
^'European Bloc" Arrives?

Washington, Oct. 16.

French-Spanish combination for
exchange of filni Is seemingly near
completion, reports George Canty,
Paris, to the Dopartmert ot Com-
merce.

Verdaguer, Empress-Ideal, and
Vllasec y Ledesma (Pathe agents)
and a new cbmpany, styled Cinema-
tographica Nacional Espanola, havo
been created with a", capital bf 75, •
000,000 pesetas.

New Spanish cpncorn operates
close to 40 theatres, riiostly in Cata«
Ionia, with the French selling them
practically all of their releases.
Commenting, Canty states:
"An agreement for the Interchange
of productions betweien the Soci^te
des Cineromans, P.aris, and the So-
ciete Pitlaluga, of Milan, being con-
sidered, and Messrs. Jean Sapene
and Stefano Pittaluga are said to be
discussing terms. While awaiting
confirmation it will bi? remembered
that Cineromans has an agreement
with Terra-Film, Berlin, so that,
little by little, aided by the Anglo-
French and Anglo-Gorman agree-
ments^-, the —long - talked -of "Eu-
ropean" bloc seems to be coming
into hofnT."

Hubert Trying Again

In CSermany but a .few weeks after
failing in plans for national : dis-
tribution of Ufa pictures hei-e, Kurt
Hubert, head of the. .German com-
pany's foreign division, will be ini
New York Oct. 19 for another try.

At the same time Jaydee Wil-
liams* European represientative, M.
Aaronson, is coming over.

In view, of World Wide, new dis-
tributor for foreign pictures here,
having turned Ufa's local represen-
tatives down several times because
of the five-year eastern franchise
held by David Brill, it Is reported
Hubert intends to make every ef-
fort to get Brill to relinquish hiS
Interest.

PAEIS FILM SHOWS

Paris, Oct. 16.

United Artists presented Buster
Koaton's "Steamboat Bill" to good
returns at the Cinoiha Max Limler
Oct. 12. "

"Ben Hur" was the offering at the
Gaumont Palace.

"The Last Command" has been
retained another week at the Para-
mount.

W. J. Locke on Coast

'.o5 Angeles, Oct. 16.

William J. Locke, English novel-
ist, arrived on the coast with his
family and will soon start writing a
story for Norma Talmadjif's next
U. A. picture.

Joseph M. Schenck signt.'d the
novelist on his recent trip iibroad
and holds an option for additional
stories.

Wednesday, October 17, 1928

PICTURES

flNiy 5 WILL ST.

Downtowners Reported De-
ciding More of Their Niim-
bers Be Familiar with
Picture Industry -— Now
Obliged to Consult One of
Informed Five

BIGGER AND BIGGER

Wall StreW has reached the con-
elusion more of its set need to know
more about the show business.

At present frorti the account but
five banking men downtown, can give
accurate information to their iasso-
ciates on the picture industry or the
remainder of the show trade.

This situation has been, acutely
brought put within the past few
weeks, the reports say, through the
many multiplying deals with bank-
ers, with their scope and money in--
vested growing bigger and bigger.

The meagre number conversant
tvith the theatre's internal side and
competent to' talk with authority
is said to have been drawn to the
attention of sorne of the largest
downtown banking houses.

Bankers have been doing business
with the theatre for several years,
with the same little coterie of bank-
ing representatives acting as the in-
structive medium in this or that
deal.

The story as related is to give
more detail to the banking houses
which have found the sho\V biz so
profitable they are extending their
holdings. To this end several of
the Wall Street bankers will dele-
gate an executive to study up on
the picture trade, to avoid the
present necessity of consulting one
of the quintet when a theatre
matter arises. . .

It Is claimed that one of the big
business men, not a banker himself
but contemplating a show juncture
of an extensive range, brought to
the attention of his banking con-
nectlo"n3 the lack of show knowl-
edge by them „ and their staffs.

Three of the reported informed
bankers are quite well known by
name in show circles; the pther
two have not been so much lyjard
of uptown. '

The story has another angle; that
the bankers how concernLng them-
selves ao intensely in the show
trade foresee a very decided move-
ment of banking and big business
Into all of the theatre. Details of
that, however, are very vague.

"See-Hear^' Sound Film Advertising
Gets Business Bureau's Attention

Warnings not to misrepresent in. the advertising of sound, pictures
ai^pear to have had little affect upon some exhibitors.

In Detroit within the past 10 days the Better Business Bureau has
called upon misrepresenting exhibitors in that city as to the truth .
of their see and hear paid announcements.

The "See and Hear" phrase is being extensively Employed in ads
where but the sound exists, while, there is advertising of ."sound"
being published where the sound «iffects are of the crude back
stage sort.

In one Instance an exhibitor playing .a silent air picture used a
shot gun effect for the exploding of the plane.

Ordinary phonograph disc records have been frequently utilized
of late by either the Ignorant o'r malicious exhibitor.

It's the first report of a Better Business Bureau ever giving, at-
tention to picture theatre advertising.

Wrongful billing by the self-centred exhib,'' usually an Indie and
6'ften in Important neighborhood houses, can only result not only
with a loss of Interest in sound pictures advertising through lack of
faith In it, but with the utter loss of confidence by the local public
generally in all of the picture business.

With Better Business Bureaus taking p^art, misrepresented ad-
vertising, for the good of the industry, might well be taken up by
the Hays organization, distributors and their exchanges, to cover
local fields, and state exhibitor associations.

Tremendous Number M Records

insfilms

Sends Columbia-W. L Together

INDIFFERENT CRITICS

Sound Proofing Death

" Ff^ank" PiantadSsi, "the" broth^^
Al, George and Arthur PlantadosI,
iall music men, was the sole fatal
casualty resulting from the explo-
Dion of a talking movie Stage at
the Hirllgraph Studio, Fort ; Lee,
N. J., last week. Frank PlantadosI,
along with, nine others, was. taken
to the Englewood hospital,' where
he succumbed a day later.

The , explosion which occurred
during the sound-proofing of the
Hirllgraph studio is said to have
been the fourth or fifth recently.
The inflammable product being
used to sjound-proof the room Is
believed to have been Ignited by a
careless cigarette smoker.

Mae Murray on Trial

Los Angeles, Octi 16.
Mae Murray goes to trial Oct.
23 on a charge of forcibly entering
the home of Jaclc Donovan, screen
cowboy, against whom She recently
=obtrtlnpd""a- 3'2v0 0 & 'v^nlict-Tihder ="=2^^
damage action.

Crosiand on Talker

Los An.goles, Oct. 16.
Alan Crosiand will direct "Tin
Pan AlJr.y" for TTnitod Artlst.s. He
leaves for Xow York next weok to
join John W. Considine, Jr., who
has .bf^on cli'ininir the way for the
talking production.

(Continued from piage l)
by: a restless discontent with nearly
all pictures," are not the type of
people who should be permitted to
convey their conceptions to the
reading public. ,

On the first occasion the plan for
a meeting between critics and man-
agers was proposed mainly in ah
endeavor to inform theatre men
thi-oughout the country not to ac-
cept a critic's verdict, either way,
seriously.

The critics were inveigled by be-
ing told that the showmen were
particularly anxious" to hear what
they hai to say on the subject of
showman.'jhlp, each reviewer being
given the same ilne. Though the
critics', lecturers were not aware of
it they were subjected to- a ques-
tionnaire which had..been- dgawn up
in advance and the questions were
submitted according to the nunierl-
cal order oh the papers held by the
managers.

Questions submitted included '■ the
following:

1. — To what extent do you believe
attendance is affected by your re-
views ?

Ans. — ^Very Jlttle.

2. — Does it ever" happen that a
picture unfav^fabVy reviewed proves
to be an outstanding success at the
l>ox office?

Ans. — Quite often.

3. — To what can this be attrib-
uted. Indifference, bad judgment or
ignorance of the principles of show
business?

Answers on this point were not
quite tiefinUo but tne general Idea
the critics s(.emed to hold was th«»t
"To err Is h aman, to get away with
it divine."

A numLer of the questions asked
were prompted by the ideas of some
picture" fgvieweFa ' relative^ t^^
basis on which films . should be
judged.

The contention among showmen
is that a picture c^-nnot be subject-
ed to the same forms of criticism
a^ a stage play; that all the writer
Js^'called upon to do, is review and
report rather than criticize.

The crittcs who appeared before
the managers were asked If they
knew . what the newspaper's pri-
mary purpose was In carrying film
reviews. No two answers were alike
and not one was correct.

Another query . submitted was:
"^Vhat principles of judgment do
you apply?"

Most of the reviewers answered
they judged by the histrionic ability
of the actors as one basis.

In the opinion of sliowmen each
film star is a personality not nec-
essarily equipped with the ability
to play _num erous _ part^. It Js^ be -
licved,'' aftoT thaF aT star rfiaS^a^for-
lowing that wants to .see him, or
lior, In a certain role. Stars are ex-
pected to be tliemselvo.s, or rath'.T,
what they pretend to be In thi-ir
.screen personalities. Stars who a.s-
Kume various poses are not as a.s-
sured of their drawing power as
those who play typo.s,
"Influence"

Question No. 4 wa.s: "Are tht;

FOX'S TALKER IN SQ;
ON BUSINESS BASIS

Outdoor Movietone broadcast for
political purposes now . going on In
Times Square is strictly * commer-
ciial prpposltlon as far as Fox Is
concerned.

After three days of operation the
broadcaist is regarded as the great-
est piece of pplitical ballyhoo ever.
It is also the first important open
air utilization of the talking plcttire
and the first ^tlrne Movietone has
been used purely for political rea-
sons.

The show Is located In the heart
of Times Squaire on the Island, be-
tween 46th and 47th streets. ^ Two
steel towers at either end, one sup-
porting a projection booth and the
other the screen.

Fox was commissioned to record
the numbers desired and instail the
apparatus, the latter on the same
basis as when contracting wilth the-
atres for Installation,

In all about Iff numbers alternate
on the screen nightly. Excepting
two or three professional offerings,
among them a band number by Ben
Bernle, the recordings are of po-
litical speeches by 'leading Demo-
crats, ■ .

It l3 estimated that more than
500,000 catch the show nightly, with
the sound audible two blocks away
at points where the screen Is not
visible. Both seeing and hearing are
possible as far down the Square
as 42d streiet.

Besides a corker .for politics, the
broadcast is equally excellent ex-
ploitation for Movietone itself.

Back Jones Must Obey
Orders, Says Garson

Buck Jonc3, western star -. with
Fox a year ago, has gone wild since
on his own as an Independent pro-
ducer, according to his b''^<^^«i">
Murray Garson, president . . of the
corporation. Back, from Europe
Garson' says that mismahagement
on Jones' firot picture, ''The Big
Hop," shot the ante far over the
budget. •— ,

About unpaid bills in Hollywood
which dispatchea said now surround
the western star, Garson isays he
has not yet had time to familiarize
himself with that. But the . presi-
dent of the Buck Jones Corporation,
with 5th Avenue Offices and gilded
stationery, says: <

"Buck Jones is. going to make tbe
other three pictures he contracted
with 12 independent distributors to
make regardless. He has a personal
contract with me, as well, to make
them. He has got to make them
whether or.not I go through with
him."

Garswn said that he wpuld stick
with Buck only if the latter from
now on takes his dictation on
spending the pennies from the
Manhattan office.

The Jones' company, regardless
of how.thlngs turn out, Garson con-
tinues. Is going to try and. collect
what he claims are $250,000 worth
of damages from the cortellaphone
'talker device. Introduced verbally
in New York by L. J, Selznlck, Gar-
son said they could, have closed a
money deal on "The Big Hop" had
they not waited for the sound
which he said neved came. .

Hollywood Bound

Los Angeles, Oct, 16,
Percy Marmont is on his way back
to the Staites froni London and due
in Hollywood Nov, 1,

contents of your reviews deter-
mined by any newspaper influence,
except your opinion?"

Some of the reviewers admitted
that their reviews were not entirely
dependent upon their personal opin-
ions though not necessarily Impiyr
Ing that advertising had any con-
nection,.

. Question No, .1 was: "What cot
opera:tIon Is given reviewers by pro-
ducers, distributors or theatre man-
agers in advance of a showing?"

This implied "co-operation" In
the sense of personal gifts, dinners
and other convenience."* - and was
purposely, ml.sunderstood, with all
the answers somewhat cloudy. One
of tlie revieivcrs said something
about getting press sheet?, Con-
.sldered a draw.

Following the. interviews the man-
agers summed up among, them-
sflvpg and^pa.ssed Jijdgmcnt to the

o^c t t iTf'rt" lF?w^^f ~^t he re v i e w r • r s
were judKlng pictures in relation
to enlf'rt.'unnient value; that very
few of the re v I r-wf ts knew what
fnlcrtiLlnnjf-tit v.aluo was or if It
w.as iicceH.s.'iry for a pi<:ture to be
.■•u'y'csf.fiil .md tliat too much atten-
tion in given to minor, dofect.s In
production, ospfclrilly slnr-e thoy,r-
f'annot bo corrected after a pictun-
Js relfas^d.

N. Y. to L. A.

Al Lewis.
■William Eraser.
Paul Gerard Smith.
Edward Small.
Jack White;
Pauline Stark,
Al Lewln.
Cori Conrad,
Sidney Mitchell.
Archie Gottler.
Louis B. Mayer.

L. A. toN. Y.

Al Santell.

Hope Lorlng.

Robert Mclntyr.i.

George Barnes,

John Batten.

San» Behrendt,

Sol Lesser.

Herschel'^tuart,

Frank W, Vincent,

Major De La Esperanza.

Lew Jerome.

Betty Blythe.

Arthur. Zellncr.

Alan Crosiand.

Vitacblor's Studio

Los Angeles," Qct; 16.

The Max Ji. Dul'ont Vltacolor
Corporation has taken over the one-
time Realart studio here and Is ren-
ovating It preparatory to a caiji-
palgn for bu.siness In colored film.

The company takes Its name from
Max B. DuPont, photographer and
member of the A. S. C. who for five
year.s has given his attention to ex-
pffrimentation In coloi".

At present the company is con-
centrating on IG mm. fil'n, Intendiri:;
gradually to work mto the .starulanl
size_ cqmmcr n lal a nd, prof'-Hslohal

ncid."

Columbia Gramaphone and Phono-
graph Companies are about to close
with ■Western Electric for contracts
to manufacture records for use in
talking picture production and for
non-synchronous equipment used In
theatres without Vltaphona or
Movietone sound projectors.

At present this field is almost ex-
clusively catered to by the. ■Victor
Talking Machine Company. With
90. per cent, of the picture houses
not wired, and about 40 per cent, of
the total which may never be wired
for tallcers, the manufacture, of rec-
ords for non-synchronous equip-
ment represents a market larger
than that for the talking picture
records.

In addition there are the needs of
ail of the majdr producers, and
some of the Independents, maklh^r
synchronized pictures. Every pic-
ture calls for 2,000 to 3,000 records
at the present time witth a dis-
tribution of 400 or 500 theatres.
This calls for total of approxi-
mately 1,600,000* records for the
coming year, figuring COO features.

Within two years, according to
the schedule which then calls for
3,000 wired houses, over 9^000,000
records will be needed annually for
talking picture production only, not
figuring the production of records
for thousands of other theatres with
non-synchronous equipment.

Negotiations between Western
Electric and Columbia may be held
up a week or two pending a set-
tlement on terms. The agreement,
it Is reported, will not bo settled
this week as J, E. .Otterson, presi-
dent of Electrical Research Prod-
ucts, is In Chicago, '

Wampas FroEc in S. E

Los Angelea, Oct, 16.

It looks - as though Los Angel«a
will not get the Wampas frolic of
1929. Folks in this town did not
think so kindly toward the 'Wampaa
the past two years or go out In
droves for their frolics.

Five years ago the Wampas held
their frolic in San Francisco and
very siiccessfully. At that time they
had to go to the northern city as
the police had a 12 o'clock curfew
on Los Angelea,

Charlie Kurtzman, manager of the
Granada, San Francisco, who was
d Wampas member, Is In charge of
making arrangements for the next
frolic. The Wampas figure on tak-*
l.ng two carloads of people to the
northern city, ' '

pay?** _ P|^4*^ Take
Turns in N. Y. Visits

Los Angeles, Oct 16.

Paramount studios are attempt-
ing to weld a clo.sor relationship
between the New York theatrical
and literary market with their as-
.soclatc executives on the coast . by
sending the latter on trips to the
eastern market In pairs.

G. G. Bach man and B. P, Fine--
man are now there. After com-
pleting their search of the play and
story market for respective pro-
duction units, they will return and
another pair of associate pi'oduc-
ors will be despatched to New York
in the interest of material for their
units.

This will continue until each pro-
ducer exhausts the market to fill
I'aramount'fl prevent season's pro-
gram.

F. N/s Radio Talk

PATHE TEUCK IN, CHI,

Cliii'.'JfCu. Oct. 10.
Word h.'i.s b(-cri yi f!'W(-\ .'il '
Pathe Kxrliang'? hfi-c tli it tl < ■ -111- I
pany will send 011 n ■ ••.mi] v, i:"in I
to tliis town, wU!;iii fh" tt'-:.' t- '.
weck.s to h'.g-in tnktu^ u:.<\i'..:>
jiewsreel .sliot.'i. j

. Los Angeles, Oct. 16.
Fir.st National will broadca.st a
'lii/ly liuDclIn of studio activities
(r:<T >~tii!ioti KKWn owned by War-
juT l;iii'licr.s. Tills prfjgrnm will
Tio f ()nn<-' i ji.n willi, any other
I- ■■•}]'> ; ''ilh.ri or )iook-up,

."-'■•'. '•I .1 1 ( 'iMip.'inivs in the east,
••• I.' i.v I'j, V • r.'..-il and United Ar-
.li il. ' ri lin);id''astlni; pro-
i.i'.i' I,')!/ i(j'> ! i;v for .somo lime.. • ;

VARIETY

PICTURE GROSSES

Wednesday, October 17, 1928

Jolson Film in 2,200-Seat McVickers
Led Intire Loop Last Wk. at $51,000

Chicago, Oct. 16.
V/eather: Warm, rainy.
■Duriny a,, week of unfavorable
theatre climate and general declim
in grosses, "Singing Kool" smashed
through Its. opening spvcn days at
McVickers with a record-breaking
$51,000 .that butcla.ssed the old house
;iriai-k-by $5,0D0.- Gauged by capacity
of the theatre, it's the biggest
thing in celluloid to ever hit Chi
cago.

Chicago had "Moran of the Ma.
rinos," iiicbard Dix-Ruth r:idcr film,
and the • resultant $4:3,000 shows
weather effects plainly for thi.s, time
of year..; Oriental took a $7,000 drop
Avitlr second week of Puul Ash, and
. "Women They Talk About" on the.
scrcdn. This was the first , actual
talker to play the house.

Besides "Singing Fool," two other
run films started last week, with
neither encouraging the box office to
•rhore than moderate activity. "The
Man ■ Who I..aughs" took , a quiet
$20,000 at the Roosevelt, and
"Battle of the Soxes" was another
.soft '--shoe . entrant at $20,500 in
United Artists, "Sexes" opened its
second weelt at U.A, with sound
. accompa-niment,. house wiring just
having been completed. Exploitation
Is bringing some Increase In inter-
est. - ' , ,

'Second and last week of "Lights
of New. York" wa? oke at $7,200; it
had played both Loop and neighbor-
hoods ■ previou.'^ly. ' "Cameraman"
drew $21,000 at the State-Lake. '

Estimates for Last Week

.Chicago (Publlx) — '.'Moran of
Marines" (Par.), wired, and "Harerh
Scarum," Publix unit (4,400; 50-75).
Dropped $2,000; rate below average;
■ $42,000. .

McVickers (Publlx)— "The Sing-
ing Fool" (W-B.), wired (2,200; SO-
TS). Loop leader and record breaker;
$51,000; ist week.

Monroe (Fox) — "River Pirate"
(970; 50). 2d Loop showing, $4,700;
decline from previous blH'c take, but
better than normal.

Oriental (Publlx) — "Women They
Talk About" (W.B.). wired; "Sunny
Spain," PubUx unit (3,200; 50-75).
Ope of three Warner talkers down-
town last \veck, with Paul Ash on
stage in second week of his return,
house dropped to $40,000 from
$■47,000.

Orpheum . (Warner) — "Lights of
New York" (W.B.), wired (7G0; 50).
Second and last week of- 2d Loop
showing, all right at $7,200.

Playhouse (Mindlin) — "Czar Ivan"
and "Shackleton'3 Trip to South
Pole" (Imp), • (GOO; 50-75). Art
house ariiong those. In slump, going
to $--',700; 2d week of "Ivan."

Roosevelt (Publix) — "Man Wlio
.Laughs" (II.), ■\*irod (1,700; 50-75)
Kxcellont notices and comment.
Cbmp.aratlvely mild at $20,000..

State- Lake (Keith) — "Camera-
man" (M.-G.). Vaude. (2,200; 50-75)
Di-opped with Keaton comx^dy, bill
still above average held before
. booking in better pictures; $21,000.

United Artists (IJ.A,)— "Battle of
Sexes" (U.A.), (1.702; 35-75). Grif-
fith production . witnessed quiet
start; $20,500: sound add<?d this
week.

Denver's Indie House
Gets 'Fool' and $10,000

Denver, Oct. 16.
(D.-awing Pop., 400,000) .
Wpather: Fair
Despite heavy .local interest in
World's Scries, movie houses didn't
have, much to complain about last

Denver (Publix) with "The
Fleet's In" and Aladdin (Indc) with
•The Singing Fool" had about as
much trade as the seats could take,
the Jolson picture breaking record
of •;\:iiyA Singer." It looks like a
cinch to run three weeks unless
Harry Huffman, manager of Alad-
din, has to put down new carpets,
to replace those soaked by constant
lachrymose drippings. This tear-
compeller has 'em all talking.

"King of Kings," hopefully set for
run at State, started falling oft at
beginning of second week, but trade
picked up and, picture held over.
. Estimates for Last Week
Aladdin (inde) (1,500; 35-50-75,
"Singing Fool" (WB). No equal
here. Half- block standouts at
night. Over $10,000. Cops balled
tw-ice during week to prevent trafhc
tie-ups,.

America (indo) (1,600; 20-35-50),
Street Angel" (Fox). Did nicely at
$4,000 or slightly under. This re-
cently had two -week run at Alad-
din. . ' • . ,

Colorado (inde) (2,450; •15-25).
"Grain of Dust" (T-S). Didn't
mean much, to those shopping on
Curtis street. . Two years ago this
was the class house of Denver. Now
just another grind, with too many
seats; $2,000. , •

Denham (inde dramatic stock)
(1,732; 25-$1.50). "All Alone Susie"
brought Alice Brady back for ian-
other week, subbing ' for Fritzl
Scheff, who only stayed one week.
Gross not extra at $6,100. Frances
Starr now. at Denhani in. first of
three, "The Shelf."

Denver (Publix) (2,450;. 30-50).
"Fleet's In" (Par) br6ught out
Clara's admirers in force, while
pcrsonahle Jimmy Ellard, m. c, got
plenty out of Publix revue, "Kat
Kabaret." Plenty of standees over
week-end discounted mats, which
were off. Around $20,000. .

Empress (Levey vaude) (1,860;
15-25). Better than expected on
opening week, with stage fare noth-
ing to lay 'em in aisles. Pictun;
"Court Martial" (Col), best bet
Heavy week-end biz may have
brought' seven-day figurie to $4,000,
Orpheum (Keith's) (1,600;- 15-35-
40-60). Vaude. "Stocks and
Blonds" (Col) on screen. Trade
about usual; $8,000-$9,000.

Rialto (Pulylix) (1,050; 2()-30-40).
"Docks of New York" (Par) good
at $4,300, surprising folks who
thought picture of this typo
wouldn't click in small house with-
out heavy plugging. Pictures
coming into Kialto without sound
.Tje being synchronized by Roy
Slcntz, house manager.'

State (Pathe) (1,200; 50). "King
of Kings" (Pathe) began sliding on
.second week, ending up much bet
ter. Hold over.

Victory (Publix) (1,140; 12-25).
"Capt;un Careless" (FBO) last half
may have pulled in $850. Aviation
tingle- only feature. ■

New loew's, Pr evidence,
Open as Smash, $25,1

rrovidenc(5» Oct. 16.
(Drawing Pop. 315,000)
Weather — Fair

No doubt about Providencc'ii be
Ing film mad. The oponing of the
magnificent now Loew theatre here
wlth.lt.g 3,800 seats pr.actically filled
at fcvery perfornriance, didn't seerh
to hurt business much, if any, at
the .other hou.ses. Legit attractions
may take it on the nose but there
is ro.om foi' all of the theatrea show
Ing screen fare. ..

Locw'a had' a capacity week
"Kxcpss. Baggage," (M-G-AT) and
Van and Schcnck on Metro Movie-
tone.

The Majestic had another gala
w'eek with "The Tompost," and the
Strand played to ncar-capaciiy all
wpok with split-feature bill, none
too hot at that.

Estimates for Last Week

Loew's State (3,.S00; 20-50). "Ex
ce.'f.s Baggage" (M-G-M) Wjlli;un
IT;iinos. Oi)oiilng woek smash with
;^-c ur iTRTSTiaclri nB'^ln""$2 5, 0 0 05—--—==

- Majestic (Fay) (2,200; IS-oO)
J()''ii n;in-ymore in "The Tompost,
(I' \.) g<)(>a nt $12,800.

j;..-and (Irid) (J, 000; 15-50) Rich-
ard Barlhclinos.s in "Out of the
Kulns," (F. N.) about $li,noo.

Victory (Ki-ill\) '(l.TiiKi; l,")-5(n
Ohira How in "Tlio Floot's In"
(Par.) ]':.\-cf']lcnt ;il ♦.s.rino.
- Rialto -a''iiy> i:, lUn 'IMin-f

change progrr.m. Avcmgo wcok al
41,000.

"Wedding March" Not Hot
In N. 0.; Jolson, $26,400

. - -• jsjgj^-ori-jjfinR; Oct. 16. -

Drawing Pop. 500,000
Weather— Hot

They never .'ttopped coming to
.see A 1 Jolson in "Tho Singing Fool."
At G5c. top. Saongcr topped $26,000,
biggest gross since opening week.
Hold, over for second week, estab-
li.sliing pre.codoht for the.Saenger.

Difforont .at Loew's State where
von Rtr'ohoim's "Wedding March"
failed to arou.'fc enthusla.sm. In 14
rods : and runs two hours, which
would ha^e hurt the turnover even
had it drawn. General Impression
It is authentic and pictbrially bea\i-
tiful, but much too long nnC-
yory dr.nggy in .spots. Lots of
wa.<!ted footage. .

State dropped to $14,000, lowest
in months.

"Tondorloin," second week at the
Potito IMidor, wont above $0,000.
Hold over for third week.

The OrphcuTn sho-wed a nice turn
of biz Willi "CJood l\Torning, Judge,"
stotiiiing .above $10,000.

"Wings" drniipod to a trifle above
^$_M^^^ - - Us .jTCgond ,week_.._at .

•tho T'liTanTv

Estimates for Last Week

Saenger (ILnfiS; fi.".). — "Sin.n-imr
Fool," p.ost since oponing, $20,400.

Loew's State (^,218; 50).— "Wed-
ding March" foil ;iway. l^ut $14,«n0

Orpheum (2.400; 50). — "Good
MMi-ning, .liiibvo.'' $10,500. P.on
Tiirpin horidl'iiing in T)or.«!On, holpod.

Tulane (1,-100; 1..-)0) "Wing.x." 2d
(ii> ' ' V -1-. Sfi,2iiii. '

Tudor r.^on; 50) "Tondorloin." 2d
wook, $6,100.

Talker Sweeps Montreal;
Palace, 2 Weeks, $50,000

Drawing New Trade— Helps
' Film Houses; Hurts Vaude

Montreal, Oct. 16.
(Drawing Pop, 600,000)
.Weather; Fine
Crowds still continued for second
week of. the see and hear picture
Mother Knows Best" at the Pal-
ace.. Ai-ound $18,000 grossed, total
for the two weeks of about $50,000,
easily a record for this city.

For. the first time since pictures
have been shown here a current of
biz is flowing in from surrounding
country pt)ints to take in the much
discussed latest screen develop-
ment. All theatres here are bene-
fitting from the overflow. Princi-
pally these transients patronize the
bargain matinees at 25c from 11 to
12.30 in the mornings.
: "Two Lovers," costume play, went
over well at (Dapitol and with re-
peat at Palace, the former did an
exceptional week at $17,000.

Current season looks ' like being
far and away the best from every
point of view for many years past.
Even the neighborhoods are stead-
ily picking up.

Too much vaude seems to be one
trouble. Loew's shov/ed a slight
falling off in gross from previous
week at $15,500 and it' is likely
"First Kiss" saved this house from
a bad 'drop. Keith house. Imperial,
has a hard row against the talker
shows and feelin^r appeal's to be
that dropping of pictures was a
mistake. Aimed to get in the chil-
dren who were not allowed^ to see
pictures, this ohpect has been de-
feated by action of Theatre men in
bringing Injunction against Quebec
Children's Act and the youngsters
are now going freely to all movie
shows without anyone objecting.
Meanwhile Imperial sank again last
week and gross of $8,500 is fair
estimate.

"Abie's Irish Rose" at Princess is
a good standby and "secured fine
houses. Runnihig for the umpteenth
timfe in this city, it still gets a fair
play, perhaps as protest against
recent outbreak of high brow stuff
here. When this house can gross
$14,000 as easily Jis this, thor'o
is no need to search Europe, Asia
arid Africa for sensations.

Strand although only featuring
two pictures against the usual four,
had good week and matinees, are
going better at this house, probably
due to recent inflow of out-of-town
biz.

Neighborhood houses continue
rising grosses all over city and
report eVen better returns than last
month when the .first indications of
a, banner season were evident.

Estimates for Last Week

Palace (FP).(2,700; 45-75). Wired
"Mother Knows Best" (Fox) 2iid
week. Sensation of first talker
feature in Canada not exhausted by
repeat showing. This house has
jumped' into position of leading the
atre. in city since wired, $18,000
tops everything in pictures here
and makes with last week total
gross of nearly $50,000, record for
Montreal picture . shows In fort
night.

Capitol (FP) (2,700; 40-60) "Two
Lovers" (U. A.) One of best weeks
this year with costume picture
featuring stars popular locally
House hit capa,city first three
nights, falling off some later in
wciek, but held up well to finish
Nothing else in house except feat-
ure, balance of bill, being filler Tna.
tergal, except foj" Mearte's or.ches
Ira, ■ ' Very ^gooa al '$17,0015; ' ^

Loew's (FP) (3,200; 35-75) "First
Ki.ss" (Vat) Vaudefilm, Picture
v>;.as stand out of program; vatide
hardly up to standard. . Unless high
class vaude is put on here, grosses
suffer • ialthough this house has a
regular clientele which comes in
whether show good or pibor. Fair
grcss of $15,500. Drop of thousagiid
from previous week.

Strand (UA) (800; 3040) Pictures
only. "None But the Brave" (Fox) ;
and "Women They Talk About"
(Warner). Despite cutting down
pictures from four to two for week,
gross showed no drop from previous
week and good at $4,000.

Empress ^CA) (1,500; 25-35) Pic-
tures only. "Woman's Waro-s'
(Tiffany);. "Hook and Ladder No
9" (F. B. O.); "Love of Ricardo"
(F. B. O.; and "Modern Daughters'
(I^.^y Art). Altogether $2,500.

His Majesty's (legit) French
Plays (1,900; 60c-$2), French not
going in groat numbers; Engli.sh
.not^.intcrcstcd.^Libcral=i^estiniate,
$6,500.-

Princess (logit) (2,300; 50c-$1.50)
"Able'M Iri.<!h Rose" Celebrated 110th
porfonn.nnoc in Montreal alone, last
week, Still packing them in. Good
at $14,000.

Imperial (Keith) (1,900; 35c
$1,50) Vaude. House not doing any
too well. Another drop, to $8,500

Neighborhoods continue >betterlng
huslne.<5s with gros.ses holding well
or increasing with majority.

THE COPLEY-PLAZA
BOSTON'S MECCA OF THE
SOCIAL ELITE

An orchestra is successful becai^se
it typifies the colloquialisms of the
people it serves— the reason why
METER DAVIS ORCHESTRAS en-
joy such popularitjr in the many
cities where they play.

Meyer Davis' LB PARADIS
BAND, Jo Smith leading, is again
proving an enthusiastic success at
the COPLEY-PLAZA.

"Daughlers," $17,000;
"March,," Wash., $12,000

Washington, Oct. 16.

(White Pop., 450,000)
Weather: Warrti
Met, with "Singing Fooli" 2d
week, and Columbia, with first
sound picture, "Dancing . Daugh-
ters" and a Hearst campaign, did
remarkable business last week.

President Coolidge, Mrs, CooH'dge
and a party went to Keith's Satur-
day night. This is the fir^t break
of any^ kind the house has had in
many a long, dreary month. Even
that couldn't happen with the t>yo,-
a-day, the President walking In
when the house had gone grind.

This is the first time the Chief
Executive and Mrs. Coolidge have
iattended a theatre together in over
a year. It is believed to be hi.s
first visit to Keith's.

That was the only consolation
Keith's had, as business disclosed
no improvement with the reduced
scale and musical tab. More people,
but $2,000 less than the final week
of the two-a-day policy, and that
w'as bad enough.

' The Jolson business is the sensa
tioh. Just two grahci less on the
second than it did the first week.
"Dancing Daughters" was funning
right along. Latter came within a
few dollars of copping the Columbia
record.

Surprise was the small count on
Von Strohheim's "Wedding March",
at the. Earle; Scribes said that in
cutting the picture it was wrecked;

Palace with its flapper trade
found Buster Keaton's "Camera-
man" minus some of the usual ap-
peal that gets them in; result,
lowest week in several months.

Fox got a terrfbly slow start, but
built nightly and finally realized a
fairly good week, in fact top money
of town, but riot what the capacity
would warrant, with "Mother
Knows Best."

Rialto got back into the tightly
drawn competing field on Friday
night with "Lonesomes" in sound
and witli a local orchestra headed
by Johnny Slaughter on the stage.
No pit combination.

"'Wings" found the going pretty
rough on a forced fourth week at
National. . '

Estimates for Last Week
Columbia (Loew), "Dancing
Daughters"^ wired (Co!?mo-M-G)
(1,232; 35-50). Played to every-
thing that . could be gotten in;
missed record by less than $50
Almost $17,000.

Earle (Stanley-Crandall), "Wed-
ding March" wired (Par) (2,244;
35-50). Much Interest prior to
opening, but. immediately subsided
Final count, including Friday':
midnight show, around $1^,000.

Fox (Fox), "Mother Knows Best"
wir"ea (Fox) (3,432; 35-50-75).
Started slowly, but built well to
estimated $20,100.

Keith's (K-A), "Tenth Avenue"
(Pathe) stage tab (1,938; 35-50),
First Week of grind after two-a-
day; $6,500. Less than two-a-day
did.

Met ( Stanley- Crandall), "Singing
IFool" (WB) wired (1,518; 35-50),
Second week and still breaking rec-
ords; over $18,000, making $38,000
on fwo weeks, new high at lower
scale. Held over.

National (Erlanger - Rh.ploy ) ,
"Wings" (1,745; 50-$]. 50) (Pir).
Forced fourth ..week d ue - to - legi t.
Two shows a day; $7,000, if not
le.-'s.

Palace (Loew), "Cameraman"
(M-G) (2.372; 35-50), Dropped,
giving house lowest in several
weeks; flappers responsible with
Wesley Eddy, m. c, helping to save:
it from going lower; maybe $18,500
against previous ZO's and 2rs.

Rialto (U), "Lonesome" (U)
wired (1,978; 35-50). Got back Fri-
day night - and seemingly good
start

TOOL' AND SINGS' HIGH
IN BAD WK. AT MINN.

Hennepin Drops 'to $1^000^
Minnesota Got $22,000
With "Night Watch"

Minneapolis, Oct. 16.

(Drawing Pop, 600,000)
Weather: Favorable

Sensation of ah otherwise, drab
week— rsecondr-^was '"The Singing
Fool" . .at the. State. With business
off elsewhere this JdlsOn pictiiiro
ipacked 'em.

It ran neck and neck during its
first week with "The Jazz Singer"*
Jolson's other, which holds* the
State box-office record. "The Jazz
Singer" did not have the tough Min--
nesota theater opposition to contend
with, that house riot being open at
the tinie of the latter's local initial
engagement.;

Two other fairly bright spots.
Minnesota showed a gain oyer the
previous poor week. Nevertheless,
takings were below normal for this
house, but still accounted good in
view of the bad slump that has hit
the town.

"Wings," at the Strand, making a
clean-up. Its fourth week was sup-
posed to be its last, but it beat the
preceding week and is held over for
a fifth. This is a long-run record
for a gririd in this town."

Managers of other houses continue
to blame the political campaign.
Both, of the big political parties
seem to be concentrating on Minne-
sota. They are pouring" info the
'Twin Cities the best speakers avail-
able. -Huge, red hot meetings every
night, attracting from 2,000 to 25,000
people. Thousands are staying at
home nights, listening to politicsil
talks over the 'radio.

Estimates for Last Week
Minnesota (Fi & R,-Publix) (4,-
200; 75) "Night Watch" (F. N,) and
"Step This Way," Publix unit. Crit-
ics panned Billie Dove but she ap-
parently .Is a card here. Picture
well liked by public. Stage show-
over splendidly. Business showed
gain over preceding week which
was worst In theater's history.
Around $22,000, Far below norma,!,
but good considering adverse con-
ditions. .

State (F. & R.-Publix) (2,500; 60)
"Singing Fool" (Warner- Vita). Even
bigger than "Jazz Singer." Every-
body raving. Fine exploitation cam-
paign by F. & R, considerable fac-
tor. House opened at 9 a, m. daily,
instead of customary 11. Even
morning business phenomenal. Eight
shows daily arid hold-outs afternoon
and evening. Aj-bund $28,000— Holds
over..

Strand (F. & R,-Publix) . (1,500;
60)' "Wings" (Par,). 4th week.
Smashing box-office hit here and
public will not let it go. "Wadding
March" advertised for this week, but.
fourth week ran ahead of third and
the last minute rush caused man-
agement to retain picture for a fifth
week, breaking all long-run records
for any grind house attraction here.
Over $7,500. More than $40,000 for
four weeks.

Hennepin (Keith's) (2,890; 40-60).
"Craig's" Wife" (Pathe) and vaude.
After fortnight of big. business with
M-G-M pictures, this screen attrac-
tion iflivved as draw and house
slipped' several thousand dollars.
Clayton, Jackson and 'Durante with
Parody band,' vaude headliners, also
failed to click here. General de-
pression . also hurt, even more than
show- and picture. $11,000, Not so
good.

Pantages (l..C.Oa; 25-50). "Man and
Wife" (U) and vaude. First rate
picture and all around show, but
held no box-office power, $5,200.
Bad,

Lyric (F, & R,iPublix) (1,200 ; 35).
"Heart to Heart," 1st half; "The
Crash," 2d half. Latter picture went
over better, but neither displayed
drawing strength. About $1,3()0.
Bad,

Weather for Milwaukee
And *ToolV' Records

Milwaukee, Oct, 16.
(Drawing Pop. 600,000)
Weather— Warm

Ideal weather most of the week,
and they jammed the houses. Every
existing record was broken at the
Garden with "Singing Fool", The
hou.«je opened at 10 a, m. daily and
ran two nights with midnight
shows. Raised to 75c, from 6 p, m.
on, hut that did not stop them.
Hit better than $22,500 in a 1,140-
seat house. Picture looks like eight
to 10 weeks.

"Four Sons" is at Strand in third
week. Getting lots of business.
DavG-Schooler-s-return=^to=4he-=Wia-.
consin as M, C, helped, that house
to rise a bit.

After running "Beau Broadway"
a day and a half to bad business
the Mnjc'tic pulled the picture and
throw in "Our Dancing D.aughters"
coldi The latter Is a natural. The
two Hearst sheets helped plenty
and the week ended so big it is
Tjoing held over.

"Scarlet Lady" at the Merrill
failed to click and the two C(^mb03
did a fair business.

Wednesday, October 17, 1928

PICTURE GROSSES

VARIETY

9

Capitors New Top $98,250, Daughters';
Dove $40,300, Strand; M $72,400, Par

Meighan Not Overly Strong in Holiday Week—
"Devils/* $17,000— "Ma Maehree/$107,^^

M-G-M'3 Capitol swept to a new
record last week and was rooting
tor a $100,000 gross, the house never
having reached six figures. With
the Golumbus Day holiday to help
and "Dancing Daughters" oh the
screen for the first sound program
the Capitol staked itself to 'a top
of $98i250 and the. holdover businesa
Is currently almost as big,

lioliday helped all along the line,
"Singing Fool" ■ reaching $45,800 al'
the Winter Garxlen and the Strand
doing $40,300 in housing. "Night
Watch," Billie Dove having estab-
lished herself as a Broadway draw.
The Paramount was a weak spot
as the festivities didn't mean much
for "The Mating Call'' which could
only get $72,400. "Mother Machree"
at, the Roxy was all right but failed
to demonstrate suflrtcient. strength to
hold over at $107,600.

On Friday, the holiday, both the
Rlvoii and Rialto caught new en-
tries in "Wedding March" and "Bat-
tle of the Sexes.^' The von Stro-
helm picture started out ahead for
the twins, . getting around ' $9,000
opening day and $19,300 on the
•week end. "Battle" pushed off to
|6,000 and was considerably behind
on Saturday and Sunday.

-"-Mother Knows Best" finished an
indifferent four weeks at the Globe
but "Four Devils," the other Fox $2
attraction,, hit a fast pace at the
Gaiety for $17,000. Wamers' "Ter-
ror" Is in its final . week and hfts
"The Home Towners" folloVving Oct.
23; "White Shadows" keeps right
. on going at $17,700, while the Cameo
finally dismissed, "Q Ships" folLo\y-
ing a fourth week to $5,200.

"Wings" drew a snappy $12,200
And the Colony claimed "Lonesome"
was around $16,000. "Lilac Time,"
at the C<»ntral, was. $1,000 short of
that. "Submarine" snapped $7,300
tigain nt the Embasisy.

Ec'.imates for Last Week

A s t o r— "White Shadows" and
sound (M-G-Cosmo) (1,129; $l-$2)
(12th week). Isn't having much
trouble sticking with $2 leaders;
having holiday to help, $17,700.

Cameo— "Q Ships" (New liJra)
(549; 50-753. Tossed this off after
four weeks; final week's $5,200 a
$1,000 drop. .

Capitol— "Dancing Daughters" and
floiind (M-G-Cosmo) . (4,620; 35-5Q-
75-$l-$1.50) (2d week. Terrific
week almost reached six figures; got
$98,250 for new record; former top
registered v/hen big stage policy
•went into effect; exceptionally big
for a sound program which ran al-
most two hours and a half; holding
over.

Central — "Lilac Time" and ^ound
(FN) (922; $l-$2) (11th week). Not
causing much fuss but turning in
satisfactory grosses; claimed around
$15,000.

Colony — "Lonesome"^ and . sound
(U) (1,980; . 35-50-60-75-99) (3d
•week). Is scheduled for another
week; reported in $16,000 neighbor-
hood.

Criterion — "Wings" (Par) (836;
$l-$2) (62d week). Still able to
draw; vet ran up $12,200.

Embassy — "Submarine" (Col)
C596; $l'-$2) (8th week). Has been
pretty consistent at $7,000 to $8,000;
all right here; last week $7,300
again.

Gaiety — "Four Devils" and Movie-
tone (Fox) (808; $l-$2) (3d week).
First full week, drew Jan excellent
$17,000.

Globe— "Mother Knows Best"
Movietone (Fox) (1,416; $l-$2). Left
after ^mediocre month's stay; house
oflF picture ^ist, now housing musl*

Paramourit^"The Mating Call"
(Par-Caddb) 3,066; 40-65-75-85-
$1).. Failed to'sho.w much in .noli -
day week; $72,400 not particularly
hot In view of strong totals else-
where.

Rialto — "Battle of the Sexes"
sound (UA) (1,960; 35-50-75-85-
$1) (1st week), "The Patriot" (Par)
finished eighth . ■week to $23,500,
which Includes new picture's $6,000
opening day; "Battle" not especially
. strong over first week end.

Rivoli— 'Wedding March" sound
(Par) (2.200; 33-50-75-85-$l) (1st
week). "Two Lovers" (UA) termi-
nated third week at $28,300, includ-
ing following film's $9,000 first day;
"March" did $19,300 on week end,
not at all bad.

Roxy— "Mother Machree" Movie-
tone (6,205: 50-'75-$l-$1.50). Short
of^boins__able to hold over,3_ut jdld^
a, solid Rross 6f"$107,6W; "Mo (iang-
ster" (Fox) next, and then "Mother
Knows Best" (Fox).

Strand— "Xight Watch" sound
(FN) (2,900; 35-50-65-75). Billie
Dove 'nuw a draw here and $ t'i,000
strictly okay; no second week, how-
over.

Warners — "The Terror" Vita
(WB) (1,360; $l-$2) (10th week).
Getting ready to quit, "Home Town-

'Water Hole' Lets Down
Met, Boston, to ^5,600

Boston, Oct. 16.
(Draw Pop. 860,000)
Weather— Warm

Eusljiess last w'cek rather spotty.
State had another big week, and
the I&etropolitan had a poor week.
. Weather Unseasonably warm with
one record hot day, but the holiday,

Columbus Day, took the edge off
this and ended up the oveek with
strong business.

"The Water Hole" (Par), at. the
Metropolitan did $35,600; one of the
lowest grosses this house has*seen
for many weeks. It is the old story
of a Western failing to draw, o It
has happened before, .

At the State with Lon Chaney In
"While the City Sleeps" (Metro)
Movietone, they were in the ropes
at the start of the week and the
house had good business during the
entire run; It did $27,600, very
good for this house at the scale.
Movietone seems to have brought
new business to this house and the
past two weeks the business, has
been either capacity or near Capac-
ity all the time. Matinee business
has been extraordinary since Movie-
tone started at the state.

Keith-Albee , with "Stocks and
Blondes" had excellent supporting
bill in the vaudeville.

Estimated for last week:

Metropolitan (.4,000; 60-75).— Not
very hot week for. this house
"Water Hole" (Par> met fate usu-
ally attends Westerns here. $35,600.

State (4,000; 40-65).— Another
good week with Lon Chaney in
"While the City Sleeps" (Metro
Movietone). $27,600. Less by over
$10,000 than the "Dancing Daugh-
ters" business previous week but
still good.

Keith-Albee (vaudfilm) Frances
White helped out no . little bit
last week, bolstering up "Stocks
and Blondes" (F. B. O.).

Olympla and Fenway, "Wings"
(Par). — Second week at pop prices.
Holding up well.

ScoUay "Win That Girl" (Fox).t-
Got one of biggest plays In town
from holiday. •

Modern and Beacon. — After sev-
eral weeks of very good business
with "Uncle Tom's Cabin" house
has switched to "The Man Who
Laughs" (U) with sound.

Orpheum (3,500; 25-50).— About
$18,000 last week with '"The
Cameraman" (M-G-M). House not
quite ready yet for sound.

Big Grosses in All

Buffalo's Best Houses

Buffalo, Oct. 16.

Buffalo picture business last week
continued to, big grosses.

Estimates for Last Week

Buffalo (Publix) — (3.600; 30-40-75)
"The Tempest" (W. B.) "l\u-i.sian
Nights." ilxcollont show with.:l>ic-
ture and : sUige dividing? draw.
$24,500. :

Hipp (Publix)— CS.400; 50) "Dancr
ing Daughters" j(M. G, M.) and
vaude. Continued to soar, Housi^
has been hitting average of bettor
than $20,000 for past month. Last
week $21,400. ' ■

Great Lakes (Vaxl — (i30-40-75)
"Singing Fool" (Wi B.) .(2nd week;.
Although second Sunday ofi.',
picked up during second week mak-
ing best two weeks house has ever
had. Held for third week. Last
week $30,000. '

Lafayette (Indep)-^(3,400; 35-50)
'Uncle Tom's Cabin" (IJ) and vaiido.
First long sound picture here. Got
away to big special niidniglit* open-
ing and did satisfactory business all
week. ' Special : kids . performance
Saturday morning. Around $17,000.

P'trd's Growing Habit
Is Holding Over Films

Portland, Ore.. Oct. 16.
Growing custom of held-over pic-
tures prevailed again here, last
week, with three houses having sec-
ond and third Week runs. Business
picked up again throughout town
now that patrons have become ac-
customed to the first fall of winter
rains.

Major event of the week was the
opening of Henry Duffy's latest dra-
matic . stock hou.se here, Dufwin,
which presented first performance
Sunday of Xeo CarrlUo as guest
Stair in "This Bad "MaH."^-"'

Estimates foi; Last Week

Portland (Publ^x-W. C) . (3,500;
35-60)— "Dry Martini" (Fox). Fair
program picture of no particular
appeal, Fanchon and 'Marco's stage
show "Temptation," cleverly ex-
ecuted fantasy. $13,500.
. Broadway (W. C.) (2,000; 35-00)
—"While City Sleeps" (M-G-M).
Lon Chaney. Fair. Movietone score
and news. $13,000. '

Pantages (Pan) (2,000; 35-50) —
"Michigan Kid," fast moving film of
north woods. Five acts. Fair. $12,-
500.

Oriental. (Tebbetts) (2,700; 35-50)
—Third, "week Of "King of Kings/'
Great. $10,000. Now closed await-
ing new U film policy.

United Artists (Parker-W. C.)
(1,200.; 35-50). "Woman Disputed,"
.screen. Booked after four other
Russian war pictures here recently.

Music Box (Hamrick) (2,000; 35-
50). 2d week of "Glorious Betsy"
(W. B.). Still doing well.

Columbia (U.) (1,200; 35-50). 2d
=^wcf'k^nf--"ThV-TempoHt''-^-(-lf;-^AT)v
Held up well.

ers" coming^ In Oct. 23; listed at
$20,600.

Winter Garden— "Sinking VooV
Vita (WH) (1,493; $l.$2-$3) fSth
week). Daily .smash with holiday's
extra shoW' pushing receipts to $45,-
800.

TAKE ME HOME,' FLOP
AT SEATTLE, $13,700

Seattle, Oct. 16.
(Drawing Population, 500,000)
Weather: Cool

Modern journalism is speedy, The
first andj second editions of the Post
Intelligencer, local Hearst daily, rah
portrait of Herschfel Stuart, along
with half dozen others at top of
editorial page on the subject of
"new blood" that had arrived in
Seattle recently and helped the town
build. It was a dJindy - break for
the shownjan.

But in the third edition the cut
was yanked and the story used tell-
ing of Stuart's leaving for the New
England sector, wherche will look
after the Fox-Poli circuit, head-
quartering in New Haven. Charles
Than, assi.^tant manager of northern
district, San Francisco, where Arch
Bowles is In charge, will succeed
Stuart. Herschel made a lot of
friends here and a great record. .

* Hamrick's Music. Box continued
heavy with "The Singing Fool" but
the big week of the opener, $17,000,
bids fair to stand for a long time.

The President vied, for the spotr
light with "Rain." It pleased and
■w'as well presented by the stock
company. Entire cast okay,

Biz dropped a little at moat of
the other houses, although Fifth
Avenue had a good week. . Seattle
theatre close to real fiop with
"Take Me Home" and $13,7.00. Ham^
rick has another good attraction In
"Two . Lovers" at Blue Mouse.
Universal houses, Columbia and
Winter Garden, just fair.

Estimates for Last Week

Seattle (WC-Pub-L) (3,100; 26-
60) "Take Me Home" (Par). Just
what some of the patrons thought
of the picture, ' Fanchon & Marco
idea, "Dream Song," good to look at.
Morgan's gags okay. Pretty bad at
$13,700.

Fifth Ave. (WC) (2,700; 25-60)
"While City Sleeps" (M-G-M).
Packed good draw. Story worn-out
Chaney type but liked. Horniic
King hand idpa pood with Lconctto
in songs added; $17,500.

Coliseum (WC) (1,800; 25) "Hon-
eymoon Hate" (Par). Star Identi-
fication contest at West Coast'
houses through, so this stimulant in
draw lacking. Biz off a little;
$3,000.

Columbia (U) (1.000; "25-50) "FooIk
for Luck" (Par) ; $4,000.

Blue .Mouse (Hamrick) (950; 50-
75) "Two Lovens" (IT A). Wired.
Opening week smooth journey;
$10,000.

Music Box (Hamrick) (1,000; 50-
75) "Singing Fool'' and Vita (WB).
Wiped. Lines fOrJii early anjTTiarTl
to break in. Looks good for more
record sma.shing. Second week;
$16,500. Tremendous again. .

Winter Garden <V, Chain) (600;
25) "Foreign Legion" (U). HI-/, up
with corking good show for kale;
$2,900.

Pantages (1,500; • 25-60) "Court
Martial" (Fox). Vaude fair; $7,500.

Orpheum (2.700; -'S-JD 'iPowcr"
(Pathe), Vaude helps; $11,000.

• President (Duffy) ' n ,800; 2o-$1.25)
•llain" (stock). Charlotte Trf:ad-
way, Leo Lindhard, F. Munlcr and
Myra Mar.sh gobd in lead.s. Biz
steps up; $.3,800.

"Gangster" Drops Stale, L A.,
Met, $19,000, "Fool," Warners,

Keith's, Syracuse, Vaude
Beats Sound, to $14,

Griffith's $125,000 Price

Jj(.)a Angeles, Oct. 16,
Samuel Ooldwyn is reported ne-
gotiating for D. W. Griffith to direct
the next Ronald Colman picture,
"Commanded."

Griffith has three months open be-
fore starting on his n^xt.' regular
as.slgnment for T'nlt'^d A'*t!.'<t.''. TTJ.m
aSkurg'TTr K•7>"ToI^ T
be $125,000, ' ' '

5yrrti^nse, N. Y.,. f^rt^ 10.
(Drawing Pop., 220,000)
Weather: Hot

Summer woatlier, in. the SO's and
(inoificiaily still, higher, sent f;ho\y
business into a nose dive last work,
particularly tlie last half.

Keith's, with $14,000; topped; th?
list, ' Two do lu.\e houses— the
Eckel, 2d week of ?'Tho Singing
Fool," ami Enjpire, fir.st week, of
"Foiir. Sons" — tying for second, both
reporting above $11,000.

The .Tolson business, upproxiniato-
ly $4,000 Tinder its first week,..nt'V-
ertholoss sulllcifntly largo to war-
rant a third week.

The most un.sati.sfuctory business
w.as that of "The K (iuy," at the
Wietlng. The gross for the entire
week was in the neighborhood of
that for a single night performance
of Ethel Barrymore's "The Kingdom
Of God." ,

The return of .more seasonal
weather Saturd.ay and Sunday
helped business . immeasurably for
the new week-end, particularly In
the dowhtown isector, where sound
is. the thing. The neigh boirhobd the-
atres, playing sileot bills, are taking,
it on the chin In pitifiil fa.shlon,
And the same may be said of the
non-wired houses downtown.:

Estimates for Last Week

Wieting (Shubert) (1,218)— "The
K Guy," legit, all week to pathdtic
bu.siness. Lucky if $2,000.

Keith's . (vaudfllms) (2,595 ; 20-50)
— Excellent trade despite heat.
Matinees somewhat off, nights big,
$14,000.

Strand (films) (wired) (1,700; 40)
—"The Whip" (F. N.); soiind, about
$8,000, Not bad, but not extra good.
New istage band, all femme, ^yith
Ernie Mills leading, beginning to
create talk. Looks like there's room
for orchestra despite sound craze.

Empire (films, wired) (1,600; 40)
— "Four Sons" (FoS). Started with
bang and held up very well, its $11,-
000- leading to holdover, which may
be cut short' In midweek to permit.
"Mother Knows Best" to.'SlIp .In
^ahead Of three opposition openlng-s
Saturday. First two days of "Four
Sons" $900 ahead of "Street Angel. '

Loew's State (films, wired) (3,300;
20-60)— "The Wind" ..(M-G-M).
World premiere here and heavily
boosted, but town would h.ave noth-
ing of It. Bad headnehft for house,
with business about $6,000 and rot-
ten.

Eckel (films, wired) (1,500; 35)—
"Singing Fool" (W"''nei's), 2d week
and aim standing them up nightly.
Bcter than $11,000, warranting third
week.

High, Low Records
Last Week in Topeka

(Drawing Pop., 80,000)
Weather: Clear

Topeka, Oct. 16.

Two new records in Topeka Last
week, high. and low. High was. at
the G^and where "Wlng.s" beat even
the high mark set by "The .Tazz
Singer'' by nearly two grand. Jx)W
was at the Cozy willi "A Ship
Comes In" the first three days of
the week. J)Id less thanL.$20jO,

Vau Jelirfn policy at NovcTty seems
on decline, to a figure management
de<rlare3 Is le^s than coat of the bill,
with no explanation offered.

Stage presentation acts with .stage
band .seem.s to be getting the coin
at the Jayhawk, where "Skookum"
the Indian entertainer is m...c.
■ ■ Estimates for Last Week

Grand (1,400 ; . 7.'j) (National).
Sound pictures took big "Ijoost here
with "Wing.s." Almost . continual
stand-out. About $7,200.

Jayhawk .(1,500; 40) (.Jayhawk).
"The Dove" 1st 3 days li.-Jpr-avwlth
Btiihge band and free dish nighty
but didn't hold up, "Dancing
Daughters" got business last liJilf,
though more than half the trade
attrihuted to stage show.

Novelty (1,100; 40) (Crawford).
V.audedlm policy seems not for
Topekan.s. "Kay It With KabU-s" 1st
half with threo ,aets only did fair;
mediocre vaude last half fall"d to
hc'lp "Chinatown Ch.'i.rlle" T7iuch,
making new low record — $1,700.

Orpheum (1.200; 2.'.) (.National).

Talker Comedy Lead

Lo.s Ant'i-UiH, ()<:t. ^<^.
.M.argii"rito f 'liurfiiHl, si,",.'.-', act-
ress brought to the ooa.st fxr movie-
tone, will play oppof-lt" Clark and
McCuIlough In .,"Tbo Dlr)l.omn^" a
two-rceler.

r.iir. "Beyond the Slen-as" hint hall.

i''>i).- ■ ■ ,

Cozy C100;. .25) (T,a wi-frif'-) ".\

.'-'hip Comr-a In" ii<:L ui-w r\" "lA
!li"u.se, doing If'SH than two cfnt ut .
I "I'Mirht ing lv'u';l('" 2d run did rriu'-h
I !>':! UT. f ;r-.,ss of $rj()0.

Best rn.'O.; 20) n.:i wri'ii'-f.)

policy of stock v.iijilf^ V. ilh

ii'rriit." in u<^<]'.']l■n (•> ]>',''... .
\>.t- riv(l to hit. vSlijrhlly above Jl.OO'J

Los A!\tr(>;i\<. 0>. t. Hi."
(Drawing Pop, 1,450,000)
Weather; Fair

Al Joliion whoni they call "The
.'Ringing Fool" and. everything but
the .tirade winds' were bl.i.ined for:
the ofl' Inisines.s- orouiul town last
woek.' . ..'riie Jolson . picture at Wur-
ner'a in ' Hollywood did almost
twice a.'j muoh on it.s Initial week
as its neari<(:it otMupetitor, Loew's
State, which h-d the town before.

The "Fool" .started olT. on opejiiiig
day and hit close tg $40,000, turn-
ing lots of trade away. Locw'a
State did not get much over $20,000
with "Me Uangster." 'They soeni to

be off, underworld- pieture.*} hero.
;Aii(ii;:,T . nciuiiii't • iVy .\iai diil"
was not iniich of an appetizer at
the Metropolitan. ■ Gross about
$17,000.

'Dolores Del Rio wits somewhat
of a. di.s;vppolntment in "Kovenge".
at the i;nlted Artists. Opening was
one of the poorest weeks in this
hou.so .since it opened. In only for
second week with Noima Tal-
madgc in "The Woman Disputed"
next.

"White Shadows" in 10th week at.
Chinese is falling away to a shadow
and looks as though it goea out in
few weeks to make room • ror
"Noah's Ark." Vglmba" the Jungle,
picture got. off to fair start at Bllt-
more though, trade was not wh.at
was figured for the opening stanza.
"Mother Knows. Best'; does hot
seem to be getting anywhere at the
Carthay Circle. Trade, for third
week bit better thp,n second week
due to week end business helpings.

"\yings" bowed out of the Cri-
terion after five weeks in favor of
"The I'atriot" Rouiided. Final week
was only $600 less than the preced-
ing one.

With. "The Fleet's In" on screen
and Benny Rubin on atage Egyp-
tian h.ad one of Its best weeks in
months. Boulevard did fairly well
With "Freedom of tho Press." Rath-
er strange that the two neighbor-
hood first runs did better on the
week thanx the downtown houses. . •
Estimates for Last Week

Biltmore (Erlanger) "Slniba"
(Ind) ((1,550; 50-$].50). Ist week.
Town did not do any pryotechnlc
greetings but got away nicely to
$12,300. . ■

Boulevard (W, C.) "Freedom of
.Pre.Sfi' (U) (2,164; 25-50). Fanchon
& Marcd* stage show.. $6,300, profit
for house.

Carthay Circle. (W. C. - Miller)
Mother Knows Best" (sound)
(Fox) (1,550; 50-$l. 50) Third week.
No panic but Sales and Shaw shorts
great help. Around $11,000.

Criterion (W-C.) "Wlng.s" (sound)
(Par) (1,600; 25-75). Fifth week.
For final t»tanza of run very good
at $12,000.

Egyptian (W. C.-TJ. A.) "Fleet's
In". (Par. (1,800; 25-76). Clara
now draws and Benny Rubin with
F. and M. show on stage, balance.
-Big at $10,500. ' ;

Grauman's Chinese (U.A.) "White
Shad, /..s" (sound) <M.G.M,) (1,958;
50-$l.C0). 10th week. Just flicker-
ing out with only as.iet Grauman
prolog to prolong stay. $14,000.

Loew's State (W. C.-Loew) "Me
Gangster" (Fox) wired (2,242; 25-
75). Trade shot here with drop
$16,000 below week before. Looks
as though underworld product n. g.
$22,000.

Metropolitan CW. C.-Pub) "Dry
Martini" (Fox) (3,595; 25-76). JuSt
would not go for this one' with
Publix unit no help. In red at
$19,000. " — -

l/itited Artists (U.A.) "Revenge"
(U. A.) (2,100; 25-$l). This Del
Rio not so hot. Fairly good stage
.Thow, Only $15,300 1st week.

Warner Bros. (W. B. "The Sing-
ing Fool" (W. B.) wired (2,756; 25-
75). This Jolson just broke all
house records; lat week. Show
stage. Around $40,000.

FOX'S NEWS TRADE MARK

Washington, Oct. 16.

Fox ha,<j .secured another trade
mark in connectirm with his Movie-
tone News. This time he has the
word sijelled "Movl('t()news,'' with
the Patent Olllco placing Ser. No.
271,170 on the mark.)

Another mark granted is to Louis
L<'wyn, Los Ang'If'.s, on thr> word
"Radiognims" to cover motion pic-
tures. ' This Is nurribtr'-d 2'i'J,192,
with , use of the name claimed since
April, . i02».

C O & T Xj i4 E S

F'oi^ hire:

I

j'T'.onrfTiONs ■ I

10

VARIETY

PICTURE GROSSES

-ft

Wednesday, October 17, 1928

Fn'sco's Off Week;
Warfield's $26,000, Bad

San JTrancisco, Oct. 16.
(Drawing Pop., 750>000)
Weather: Seasonal

With e.\c&ption of the California,
where ''White Shadows" got under
way, Market street was away off
last week. World's serie.% coa-st
leacye champion jjhip ganie.s, football
and a comblnatJori of bad weather
were alibis.'

;Warfield continued to lead, but
with" the lowest intake It has had in
four or five months. Here the screen
feature was. a distinct bloomer.
Fortunately . the house had . Hfyry
Langdori, screen coniic, in person,
together with ah; exceptionally good
Fanchon & Marcp show, headed by
Rube Wolf and the band, which kept
the bottom from , dropping out en-
tirely,

Granada also brodled with Rich-
ard Earthelmess. on the screen, and
Sammy. Cohen, screen comic, in per-
son with til c Publix stage show. The
customers just, didn't respond.

■ It was brutal at the St. Franci-s.
where, second and final week of
"Two Lovers" brought smallest in-
take house has known in a year or
more. Embassy, exclusive Vita
house, did as well as could be ex-
pected with "State Street Sadie,"
while Bert Levy's Imperial, with its
15c mats and 25c night gate held
Its own, but breaking no records.
Estimates for Last Week

War-field (Lbew-W. C.) "First
Kiss" (Par.) (2,672; 50-65-90). Good
thing they had Harry Langdon and
RUbe Wolf. Dropped to around $26,-
000; bad. .

California (Publix- W. C.) "White
Shadows" (M-G-M) (2,200; 65-90),
Healthiest business in town. Initial
week bettered $24,000, exceptlortal in
face of depression.

Granada (Publlx-W. C;) "Out of
Ruins" (M-G-M) (2,785; 50-65-$l).
Business nothing to brag about,
- Stag© show and feature pleased,
but didn't draw. Around $21,000.

Embassy (Wagnori) "State StAeet
Sadie" arid Vita (W. B.) (1,367; 50

Mainstreet, with $18,000,
Headed K. G. Last Week

Kansas City. Oct, 16.

PJaza, big, modern, wired picture
palace added 2,000 seats to the al-
ready greatly overseatcd town with
its premiere Tuesday.

It is several miles south of . the
theatre district and will operate as
a second run. Opening film was
"The Street Angel," for several
weeks at the Globe and at the Ma-
drid, southside suburban,, before the

Downtown with the first runners
busincs.s was . spotted, Mainstreet
with "The Whip" arid a nifty stage
bill, had 'em coming pretty well. At
the Midland no ruiSft. "While the.
City Sleeps," with Lon Chaney
starred, the come-on, but did not
draw so well. Newman, offered
"Cau^rht in. the Fog." and. better
money-getter than "The Patriot"
the week before. Work on rehabili-
tating the Royal being rueshed, and
it will swing open shortly as Pu b -
lix's second best.

Pantages now . only downtown
house unwired, but it will have its
talking machinery soon.

•Estimates for Last Week

' Midland— "While City " Sleeps"
(4,000; 25-35-50). This shootrem-
up uhderworld with Lon Chaney
sensational eriough for Lon's most
devoted follower, but di^ not make
much of a money showing; $16,000.

Mainstreet— "The Whip" (3,200;
25-35-50-60). Picture well synchron-
ized and. good entertainment. Four
acts on stage band; $18,000.

Newman— 'Caught In Fog" (1,980 ;
25-35-60). M;ost talk of anything on
street and fared better than its
predecessor, "The Patriot." House
is building back SiOme of its follow-
ing.. "Singing Fool" this week;
$10,500. . ..

Pantages-:-"Midnlght Life" (2,200;
25-35-50). Another underworld,
hardly up to standard of house.
Stage show average and no kicks;
,$9,000. .

Uptown (Universal) only flrst-run
suburban. "Phyllis of the Follies"

Comparative Grosses During September

Below is a table of grosses during September for towns and houses «s listed. The high and low grosa
figures for the theatre are given, with the title of the picture, week played and gross.

A ready line is thereby gotten on its weekly comparativeness with the high, or the low... When theatre
also employs stage shbw^ that is included. A couple of house records broken during Sept. showing in the table.

NEW YORK

Sept. 1

Sept. 8

Sept. 16

Sept. 22

Sept. 29

CAPITOL

High.. $98,200
Low .. 30(000

"Four Walls"
For week, .$62,500

'Cardboard Lover'
For week. .$76,300

'Cardboard Lover'
For week, .$61;300

'The Cameraman'
For week. .$70,400

"Excess Baggage"
.For Week. .$69,650

PARA-
MOUNT

High.. $89,000
Low. . 49,100

"Sawdust
: Paradiise"
For week. .$71,800

"Water Hole"

For. wfsek. .$80,600

."Heart to
Heart"

For week. .$75,400

"Docks of N. Y.''

For week. .$88,100

"Beggars of Life'*

For week. .$80,000

ROXY

Hlgh..$143,900
Low 70,000

'Tour Sons"
For ■w^eek.$114,.206

^'Fazil"
For week. $141,300

"Fazil"

For week. $102,600

'The River Pirate'
For week. $115,500

"Plastered Paris"

For week, .$94,200

STRAND

High .$74,000
Low .. 15.000

"Oh Kay"
For week. .$29,300

"State St. Sadie"
For week. .$40,000

"State St. Sadie"
For week. ,$*4,^00

"The Whip"

For week'.-,$36,400

"Lion and Mouse"

: For week. .$38,400

WASHINGTON

Sept. 1

Sept. 8

Sept. 15

Sept. 22 .

1 Sept. 29

COLUiyiBIA

High .$16,500
tjpw 6,500

"MysiteriouiB
Lady"
For week. . $9,000

"Tarn pest"
For week . .$12,000

"Tiempest"
For weeH. . $8,000

"Patriot"
For. week, .$10,000

"Patriot"

For week. . $7,000

EARLE „

High .$18,000
Low . . 16,000

"Heart to Heart"
For week.. $8,000

"Lights of N. Y."
For week. ,$22,000

"Lilac Time"

Fojr week. .$24,000

'Man Who Laughs'

For sweek, .$15,000

"Fleet's In"

For week. ,$12,000

FOX

High .$36,200
Liow . , 14,500

"Street AVigel"
For^ week. .$3«,000

"Street Angel"

For week... $17,500

"River Pirate"

For week, , $21,500

^'Four Sons"
For W£ek. . $24,000

"Fazil"
For week . .$22,500

MET.

High .$19,500
Low . . 5,000

"First Kiss"
For week. ,$11,600

• : "Forgotten

Faces"
For W€ek . . $8,000

"Out of Ruins*'
For week, ,$10,000

"Lights of N. Y."
For week. . $9,500

"Singing Fool"
For week. .$20,000

PALACE

High .$24,100
tow 11.500

"Warming Up"
|For week, i $22,000

.'Cardboard Lover'
For week, .$22,900

1

"Four Walls"
Fox- week. .$19,000

"Water Hoir

For week. .$20,000

"Excess Baggage"
For week. .$21,500

65-90). Off about five grand for picture, with stage show.
$11,600. One more week to go. ' "King of Kings" second week at
• St. Francis (W. C.) "Two Lovers" Globe , at 75c.
(U.A.) (1.375; 35-65-90). Wouldn't'
buy this Coleman-Banky feature.
Second and final week, $5,500. Dis-
mal. .

Imperial (Levy) "Say It With
Sables" (Col) and Levy vaude.
(1.400; 15-25-40); Continued to get
good play from shopifers. Topped
$4,000. Satisfactory,

SEATTLE

Standing Off Election
Returns' Stay-at-Honies

An effort to offset a $2,000,000
)33 In theatre attendance during
the presidential and state election
finals In November Is being planned
by Publix In conjunction with sev-
eral hundred newspapers through-
out :the. 'country.
Figuring that the radio will ke'tep

Tacoma's Big Week

With Big Films

. "Tacoma, Oct. 16.
(bi'awing Pop,, 125,000)
Weather: Cooler, Rainier

With Toby Players through here,
dowtitown has but two stage shows where Publix houses are located for
again, Pantages and Broadway, | a fast wire service.

executives have decided to tie in
with newspapers in every town

That's plenty.

"Singing Fool" packing 'em at
Blue Mouse,

Pan had great draw with "King
of Kings." St. Leo's Church choir
of. 50 voices appeared twice during
. the evening show.

In order to avoid breaking up
performances by "making direct an-
nouncements or via loud speakers
in theatres . dur-ing a performance,
the present plan Is to erect another
screen in the theatres where the

Last week was remarkable: here returns will, be flashed.

for high grosses

Sam !K. Wineland pleases as m of
c at Broadway. "While City Sleeps"
not as good biz as merited, due to
strong oppbsish. Rlalto had "Lilac
Time," sounded. Colonial had
"Rose Marie/* Town full of real | avoided
shows the past week.

Estimates for Last Week I a»QK Onn Cf T IXfn-Vi in

Broadway (WC) (1,500; 25-60)— I vOO,OUU »l. Ij.-Jllgn Ul

"While City Sleeps'' (MGM). $7,000.

Pantages (1,500; 25-60)— "King, of
Kings"' (Pa the), $10,000. Extra big

Blue Mouse (650; 60-75)— "Sing-
ing Fool" (WB). Wired. Great
$8,300.

Rialto (WG) - (1,250; 25-50)—
"Lilac Time" (F. N,). Dandy show,
but biz off. $3,000.

Colonial (WC) (850; 25)— "Rose
Marie" .( MGM), $1,600,

In this way, it is figured, the at-
tention of the audience will not be
distracted from the show arid . the
inconvenience to some audiences of |
direct announcements will

World Series Week !

Sept. 1

Sept. 8

Sept. 15

Sept. 22

Sept. 29

SEATTLE

High .$22,000
Low . . 12,000

"Oh, Kay"
For week, ,$18,000

Stage Show

"Mating Call"

For week. .$18,000

Stage Show

'Cardboard Lover'

For; week. ,$18,600

Stage Show

"River Pirate"

For week. .$21,000'
(Eddie Peabody
Extra)

"Night V\/atch"
For week. .$19,000

FIFTH AVE.

High .$24,000
Low . . 11.000

"Red Dance''

For week. ,$15,500

"Sunrise"

For week.. i^l5,000

"Fleet's In"
For week, ,$17,300

"Fazil"
For week. .$16,000

"Patriot"

For week. .$16,000

COLUMBIA

High .$14,000
Low... 2,000

"king of Kings"
For week. .$13,000

"King of Kings"

For \yeek , . $7,000

"King of Kings"

For week. . $3,300 '

"Way of Strong"
For week . . $4,200

"Road to Ruin"
For Week. . $4,800

BLUE
MOUSE
High .$14,200
Low . . 5,000

"State St. Sadie"
For week.. $8,250

"Women They
Talk About"
For week. . $8,500

"Women They
Talk About"
For week. . $5,800

: "Tempest"
For week. .$11,300

"Tempest"
Fpr week . . $7,260

MU^IC BOX

High .$15,000
Low ... 8,000

"Glorious Betsy"

For week. . $8,000

"Terror"

For week, .$15,000

"Terror"

For week. .$12,000

"Terror"

For week. .$10,000

"Terror"
For week. , $9,850.

GARDEN

High . $3,800
Low , . 2,500

' "Riding for.
Fame"
For week. , $2,500

"Lady of
Whims"
For week,; $3,100

"Steamboat
Bill, Jr."

F6r week. . $2,900

"Forbrdden
Hours"

For week, . $2,500

"The Slavers"
For week. . $3,000

PANTAGES

High .$22,500
Low ,. 4,800

"Anyone Seen
Kelly"
For week., $8,100

"How to Handle

. Women" .
For week. .$13,000

Mae Murray (Per)

"Night Bird"

For week., $6,500

"Missing
Girls"
For week.. $7,500

Vaude Weekly .

"Michigan
Kid"

For week. . . $6,800
V aude Weekly

ORPHEUM

High .$16,000
Low . . 6.500

"Serenade"
For week, . $9,600

'■

"Half a Bride"
For week. , $9,600

'Magnificent .Flirt'
For week, .$10,100

'Love Over Night'

For week , . $10,100

Vaudp Weeklv

"Craigs Wife"
For week, . $9,800

Vaude Weekly

TORONTO

Childs Agrees

(Drawing Pop., 1,025,000).

Weather: Unusually Warm

. .St. Louis, Oct. 16.

With the biggest crowds packing
the streets adjacent to St. Louis'
big picture palaces In their history
—during World Series— last we^.
promises to go down as a rare
milestone. Loew's State was an
especial magnet because of the
presence there of Roach's "Our

Samuel Gold wyn and Child's res- Ganig:" kids, in person;

taurants-.have gotten together after
t'epresentatlves of the producer
overcame . sales resistance to the
Idea of using Child's on Fifth ave-
nue for the lodale of "Next Thinj?
to Heaven ".

Vllma Banky and other members
of the cast will arrive in New York
about Oct. 26 to start shooting.
Al . Saritell directing.

Arthur Rlchman, the playwright,
has been engaged to providi"
dialog.

"THE DEVIL" IN GERMANY

-.-:^-"Thg- J3evil,"^ by Alfred -N.oumann.
Just . printed in English will be
filmed by Universal, No dates are
set, but the production Is expected
to be made in Germany with Paul
Fejos directing.

Conrad Veldt Is slated to rctur.i
to his nntivo land to play one of
the tw'o loading ni.alo roles, with
Werner Kraiis the probable choice
for the other.

Estimates for Last Week .

Ambassador (Skouras downtown)
(3,000; 25-50-65-75)— "Moran of
Marines" (Par) and Ed Lowry
stage show. Lowry's "Babes on
Broadway" another St. Loiiis pen-
nant winner with World Series
throngs; $35,800.

Loew's State (3,300; 25-35-65) —
"The Camera Man" (U. A.) and
"Our Gang" , kids, in person, on
stage; $27,600. .

Missouri (Skouras uptown) (3,-1
800; 35-60-65-75) — "Beggars of
Life" (Par) and Frank Fay stage
show; $23,000.

Grand - Central (Skouras, wired)
(1,700; 50-75)— "Wings" (Par) on
run; $20,600.
-^Str to u i s'-^r4. 2Sir;^3 5^65T— "Hil^^^
Show" (F130) -vaude. .

Sept. 1

Sept. 8

Sept. 15

Sept. 22

Sept. 29

HIP

High .$15,500
Low , . 8,000

"Home James"
For week. .$11,000

"Don't Marry"

For week. .$13,000

Sawdust Paradise
For week. .$13,000

'Phyllis of Follies'
For Week. .$13,500

Man Made Women
For week. .$12,500

LOEW'S

High . $1,800
Low . . 700

'Mysterious Lady'
For week. .$12,500

"Drag Net"
For week ,. $15,000

'Cardboard Lover'

For week. .$12,700

"Beau Broadway"
For week. .$10,500

'Loves of Actress'
For week. .$10,500

UPTOWN

High .$17,000
Low .. 16,000

"Michigan Kid"
For week. . $8,000

"Patriot"
For week. .$12,000

"Four Walls"
For week, .$10,700

"Water Hole"
For week, .$13,000

"Oh Kfly"
For jWeek. .$10,600

PANTAGES

High .$19,000
Low . . 7,100

"Patent Leather
Kid"

For week.. .$10,500
Pan Vaude

"Big Killing" "
For week. .$12,000.

Pan Vaude

"Night Watch"

'For week. .$11,700

■ Pan Vaude

"Heart of a
' Nation"
For week. .$10,600

Pan Vaude

"Night Bird"
For week. .$11,000

Pan Vaude

TIVOLI

High . $7,000
Low . . 3,200

"Mademoiieselle
Armentiers"
For week.. $4,500

"Out of Ruins"
For week.. $6,000

"First Kiss"
For week. . $6,200

"The Whip"
For week . . $5,000

"Craig's Wi^e"
For week, i $4,400

MINNEAPOLIS

Rogers- Baclanova Feature

Los Angeles, Oct. 16
Buddy Rogers and Baclanova arc
scheduled to do a picture together
for Paramount.

It will be on the "Fata Morgana"
type' toned down with Dorothy
Arzner directing.

j

Sept. 1

(Pair week)

Sept. 8

Sept. 15

Sept. 22

Sept. 29

MINNE-
SOTA

High .$45,000
Low . , 20,000

"Sawdust"
Paradise"

For week. .$38,800

;=^Stagia^.SliQW —

"The Whip"
For week, .$22,000

Stage- Show

"The Fleet's In"

For week. .$29,000

Stage Show

"The Terror"

For week. .$32,000

"Four Sons"

.Eor-week^-T.$12,00.0^

"River Pirate"
For week. .$18,000

"State St. Sadie"

STATE

High ,$28,000
Low . . 4,500

"The Patriot"

For week, ,$12,000

"Lilac Time"
For week. ,$18,000

"Lilac Time"
For week. ,$11,000

* •

"Excess
Baggagie"
For week. .$15,000

"Dancing
Daughters"
For week. .$15,400

HENNE-
PIN

High .$24,000
Low . . 5,000

"The Cop"

For w.i'ok. .$15,000

StaiTP Show.

"Perfect
Criminal"
For week. .$10,000

St, 'ISO Show

"Man Made
•Woman"
For week. .$11,500

StncTP Show

"Red Lips"
For week.. $6,00n

Stage Show

"Night Bird"

For wook. . $5,000

Stairo Show

Wednesday, October 17^ 1928

PICTURE GROSSES

VARIETY

11

ST. LOUIS

Sept. 1

Sept, .8

Sept. 15

Sept; 22

Sept. 29

AMBASSA-
DOR

High ; $46,880
Low .. 24,260

. "Night
Watch"
For week. .$40,500

oLage toiiow

"First
Kiss"
For woe-k. .$32,500

.btcige ouow

"Midrtight
Taxi"

For week. .$39,658

oiage c>now

"Fleet's In"
P'or week. .$1.0,158

■ o tu^u ono w

"Docks of New
York"

For week. .$33,754

LOEW'iS
STATE

High .|47.00(>
Low . . 17,000

"Four
Wads"
For week. ,$23,600

"Two Lovers"
For week . .$18,900

"Pahcing
Daughters"

For week. .$23,600

"Cardboard
. Lover"
For week. .$19,600

"While the City

Sleeps"
For week. .$24,600

MISSOURI

High .$28,875
LfOW . . 15,500

"Mating Call"
For week. .$23,500

Stage Show

. "The Whip"

For week . ,$22,000

Stage Show

"Caught in Fog"

For week. .$19,152

Stage Show

"The Patriot"
For week. .$25,621

No Stn<r'o Sh(nv

"Oh Kayl"
For week. .$23,421

Stage Show

SAN FRANCISCO

BALTIMORE

CENTURY

.High .. .$27,000

Low .. ;.. . . 15,000

STANLEY

High .........$28,000

Low 15,000

Sept. 3

"Cardboard Lover"

For week. , . . .$19,000

' Stage

"Wonderful Girl"

VALENCIA

High $6,000

Low 3.000

PARKWAY

High $6,000

Low . 2,500

"Tempest"
For week. . . . .$19,000

"Water Hole"

For week . $4,000

Sept. 10

"Out of the Ruins"

For week .$22,000

Stage
"Teeing Off"

"Dancing Daughters"

For week. . . . .$27,000

Sept. 17

"The Whip"

For week. $22,000

Stage
. -Tari.sian Nights"

"Patriot"

For weiek .$17,500

"Sept. 24

"Eycess Baggage"

For week $25,000

Stage
"High Hat"

"2 Lovers"

For week $18,000

NEW

High $13,000

Low 7,500

. . GARDEN

High $14,000

Low 9,000

"First Kiss"
For week. .... $4,300

^our Sons"
For week.;. . . .$12,500

"Sawdust Paradise" I "Butter & Egg Man"
For week.;... $3,000 For week $3,600

"Lilac Time" | "Tempest"

For week $5,300 For week $4,500

"Home James"

For week .*. . . .$1.1,500

K- A . Vaude

"Four Sons"
For week. . . . .$10,000

"Four Sons"
For week. ,. . .$10,500

"Chicken a la King" i "Stocks & Blondes'

For week. . . . .$10,500 ; For week. $11,500

K-A Vaude

K-A Vaude

"Cameraman"
For weelc $4,100

"Dancing Daughters"

For week $6,000

"Plastered Paris"

Poiir week $8,000

Amusement Shares Quiet Down

With Ail litiative Lacking

Keith Churned Around^ While Terms of RCA Deal
Hang Fire^ — Paramount Is Busied With Distri-
bution — ^Discount Warner B & K Talk

Sept. . 8

Sept. 15

Sept. 22

Sept. 29

WARF^IELD

High . ...

Low i . . .... . . 16,700

"Four Walls"

For week. ... .$31,500

"Night Watch"
For week. . . . .$30,000

"While City Sleeps"
For .week. ... ; $29,500

"Dancing Daughters"

GRANADA

High $34,100

Low ......... IIJOO

"The Fleet's In"
For week..... $33,000

: "Mating Call".
For week. ... .$20,000

"Docks of N. Y."
For week. ... .$24,000

'■Camei-aman"
For Week. ... .$19,000

CALIFORNIA

High .. .$34,000

Lo>v ... ....... 6,200

"The Patriot"
For week. . .. .$22,000

"The Patriot" ..

For week. ... ; $14,500

"Wings"
For week .$30,000

. "Wings"
For week. ... .$22,000

ST. FRANCIS
High ...... ,..;$22,200

Low ....... . . 5,200

"King of Kings"
For week. . ... .$10,000

"King of Kings"

For week $7,600

"Tempest"
For week. ... .$12,000

"Tempest"

For week, ..$10,000.

^EMBASSY
Higlv ........ ■.$23,800

Low ........ .i 7.000

"Women Talk About"
For week..... $8,500

"Women Talk About"
For week. ... . $7,005

"Terror"

For week. ,.. ,$17,200

"Terror"

For 9 days. . ;$17,250

■ / CHICAGO

Sept. 1

Sept. 8

Sept. 15

Sept. 22

CHICAGO .
High ........$71,000

Low ... ... 33,000

"Excess Baggage"
For week. ... .$46,000

Sta:ge Show Weekly

"Fleet's In"

For week .$46,000

Stage' Show Weekly

"The Whip"
For week. ... .$44,000

Stage Show Weekly

"Night Watch"
For week. ;.. .$42,000

Stage Show Weekly

McVICKERS

High, ....,...$46,000
Low .. . .. 13,000

"Wings"
For week. ... .$46,000

"Wings" .
For w^ek, ... .$45,000

"Wings"
For week . , . . . $40,000

"Wings"

For week .$37,000

MONROE

High • ... ... . . .$12,500 .

Low . . .V. 2,700

(Dark) .

• : .(Dark) .

"Street Angel"
For week. .... $7>800

"Street Angel"
For week. ... . $5,400

ORIENTAL

High ........$58,000

Low ; ... 29,000

"Oh Kayl"
For Week. ... .$37,000

Stage Show Weekly

"Water Hole"

For week. ... .$41,000

Stage Show Weekly

"Dancing Daughters"
For 6 days. . . $51,000

Stage Show Weekly

"Win That Girl"
For week. ..,.,$40,000

Stage Show Weekly

ORPHEUM

High ..$16,900

Low 14,800

"Midnight Taxi"
For week. ... .$13,650

"Taxi"
For week $10,600

"Taxi"
For week. ... . $8,900

"When Man Loves"
For week $7,305

PLAYHOUSE

High $5,800

Low 1,400

"Dawn"
For week;.... $5,800.

"Dawn"
For ' week. ... i $3,400

"St. Petersburg"

"St. Petersburg"

ROOSEVELT

High. $31,000

Low ..... 9.000

"Lilac Time"
For week. ... .$27,500

"Lilac Time"
For week,'.... .$20,000

"Patriot"
For week; ... .$26,000

"Patriot"
For week. ... .$26,000

STATE. LAKE

Low 16,000

"Love Overnight"
For week $18,000

K-A Vaude

"River Pirate"
For we«k. .;. .$19,000

K-A Vaude

"Taxi 13"
For week. $19,500

K-A Vaude

"Craig's Wife"
For week. ... ,$20,000

K-A Vaude

UNITED ARTISTS

Higli ........$40,000

"Tempest"
For week. ... .$27,500

"Tempest"
Fot week. ... ,$19,500

"Tempest"
For week $17,500

"Two Lovers"
For week. ... .$28,000

^ "Michigan Kid^

For week $12,500

K-A Vaude _

TOPEKA

- GRAND

High ....V... $5,300
.Lo\v , $3,800

JAYHAVVK

High. ........ $4,600

Low ......... $1,900

~^ NOVELTY

Higla ........ $3,200

Low i.r>oo

ORPH£UM

High . ... $2,200

Low 900

High $1,200

Low 3.200

BEST

High .; . $1,100

Low . . ... coo

Sept, T

(Dark)

"Beggars of Life"
"The First Kiss''

For week $3,200

"Hawk's Nest"
"Court Martial"

.For week $2,400

"The Racket"

For weok $1,500

"We Americans"
I^or wock..... $1,000

"Jiggs" Downard &

Rose Maids
For wt'ok $800

Sept, fcr

(Dark)

"The Actress"
"Four. Walls"
For week. $3,300

"Head Man"
"Golf Widows"
For week. ... . $2,500

"Fleet's In"

For week $1,800

=^GSoa™nimVC FfaVI^""

'•Fleetwing"
•For week. $800

"Jiggs" Downard '&

Roseland Maids
For wffk $800

^"Sept,^

"Jazz Singer"
For week..... $5,300

"Mysterious Lady"
"Forbidden Hours"

For week $2,700

"Scarlet Lady"
"Way of Strong"

For week $2,100

"Grip of Yukon"
"Jaz? Mad"

For wof'k $700

(Sffi Note)

= = "Cfrrt^RenS"^^"^
"Chicken a la King"
For week $D50

Downard and
Roseland Maids
l>-i,v w<.ck. $000

"Sept. i24

"Gloridus Betsy"
"Lion & Moii^e"

For week $3,800

"Garden of Eden"
"Forgoten Face"

For week $2,300

"Bewarei Blondes"
"Matinee Idol"
For week $1,800

"Little Snob"
'Son of Golden West'

For week $050

-^^"^"Tlre^Tigf ess""^

"Dress Parade"
For week $7.'iO

Downard and
Roseland Maids
For week $900

Lacking any . new dovolopmont to
attract new intorcvst, the amusomont
stock group milled around, wilhin
narrow range and with greatly re-
stricted volume ovot the week.
\yhat looked like a hri.sk revival .of
active speculative trading about
mid-wpek . petprod out soon and
since then th(M-e has l)oon no. ap-
preciable change iii the lineup.

Keith was almost !nullt>nlosa yes-
terday' within a fraction of 32. Deal
with RCTA is understood to be still
on the firo and likely to be closed,
but in the nu'antinio thoro is re-
ported a ilivisliin bolwccn buyer and
•scllor . oh the tornis of .slock . ex-
change and nicir.nwhilo there is ho
Inocntive for. a spiH-iilativo' pliiy.
Distributing Paramount .

While thi.s • lalost nverger of
amusement interest.^ was in abey-
ance the whole grouii so<^med to
suffer from absence of initiative,
consequent uinni sovci'ai factors!
Ti'ading stopped in the old Para-
mount slock and eonipany interests
were concerned with acconipllshing
distribution of the neyvr shares. No
secret tactics in this. From the de-
cision for the split up, the end to
be sought was wide dissemination
of the. stock into public hands for
the good will that would . bring to
the amusement enterprise. The ob-
vious cour.se is being followed— that
of holding the Issue within narrow
range around 60 where it rhnkes
an Inexpensive unit and pays what
probably will be 6 per cent, or $3 a
year, • .

Warner, i.ssues looked distinctly
"tired," which Is not to be wondered
at, considering the fact that it ha.*?
advanced to three times its price
six months ago, the campaign be-
ing accompanied by unrestrained
enthusiasm and ballyhoo. It was to
be expected that Warners' would
overdo the business of discounting
future prosperity and It was In order
that the stock should retreat from
its peak. Now apparently the pro-
cess will be to await the realiza-
tion of business betterments long
since reflected in ticker quotations.

Loew appeared to take Its cue
from Paramount, following a .cus-
tom that has become . traditional.
Both stocks have taken on a oeml-
investment status, while Loew Is
still affected by Its stock dividend
of some month.^j ago. It probably
will not do much until directors
begin consideration of another de-
velopment in dividend policy which
might mean anything a.s to distance
in the future. At Its present rate
Loew pays less than .^ravings Ijank

Summ.Try tur week cndlngr Katur(l.iy, Oi.'lobor J3:

STOCK EXCHANGE

intorost, i\hd that yield of . course Is
entirely out of lino.

That B. & K.. Dear •
N'ew tallt of a deal beiwoi-n War- .
ner l^rn.s. and Hal.iban. & . Katz.
seemed, remote ^ from. .aco(^nnilish-
ment, although on'- the inside it is
believed that such a transaotloti is .
not impps^sible, due to ■ willingness
of Paramount ■ to concede a go.od
de.al to the concern that controls
a leading .talker output. B.ilaban &
Katz. stock iff another that lias dis-
counted developments. Around 100
It rciiresents two shiiros of P.ara-
mount at 50, the hiisi.s upnn .which
the producor-distrlbxitor is willing
to complete It.T owner.ship of the
chain. ..

Shuboi-t did ab.solutoly nothing..
Normally with a disai)pointing odrly
Bi-oadwny season and Invasion of
the talking films, Shul)ert ought to
have sold off, but it is so closely
held arid there iii so little .fioating
-supply that its price movements." are .
ea.sily directed.

While .there was no impetus to
the lippidc, it was a favorahic sign
that there was. no disposition to sell
the group by 'bears, partly because .
the workers ft)r lower prices were
engaged elsewhere and partly be-
c.nus> short piellers a;re now ns cagey
about the aniuscments, with their
new banking afniiations, as the
longs iised to be about taking on
lines Of a stock class thit lacked
approval of conservative banking
people. .Kntrance of big business
Into the theatre field has worked
marvels In Its social standing.
Fox Narrow
Fox recovereil from 95 to better
than par. but there was no strnog
push to its advance, and it relapsed
to 99-100. probably representing the
deliberate Intentions of the issue's
sponsors downtown. There was a
report a:round late la.ot week that
Ciitten was Inteirested in Para-
mount, inspired ''by an effort to ex-
plain its momentary activity. Last
time it was the DuPonta. Next .it
nriay be Durdnt. Ju^st one of those
things.-

Warner was conspicuously quiet.
Up to the final hour yesterday the
turnover of both Issues together waa
around 5,000 shares, with price
around 110 for the common, and 111
for the A, The.^e two have resiimcJ
their relation of a premium on the
"A," representing divld(?nd and
amounting to 1 and 2. Stanley kept
its normal relation to Warner at 56-
."ie, low yesterday .it 55'/^. .

In Curb trading Fox made the
bi'st, but trading wris moderate and
price changes InsigniflCint;

Orphouin fliangtd \y<!ek Mept. 17 to. Pop Policy at 2.jC.

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2-Reeler Turns Feature

IjDH Angolci.s, .Oct. IC.
Al Nathan I'roduf tlons ha.s taken
offices at Tec- Art studios and will

(lepfirDng 'rn.>rn fonipfiny'.s ruff, of
two-rcf'l (■oni'(li''.'<, . The flr.st. .'^uh-
jff;t will Ik; "(!ririi!ifcs of IJfe,"
wiitfen find dircffed by I/itly
I''ior"n. Norton S. Park'T Is making
the ad;ipl;Jlion.

No rflc.'i.'i." h'ls h'-f-n .HiHi:;)-it for
the .sf-rif-H and will not b(; un'.il
flr.si !'; rMMupl'+cd. Six auljj' ClH iiio
planri'.-d.

Connolly-Small Casting

Mik'i CoriiioUy, a.s.«i.slant lo Joe
I'incns, in rhargc of cusLing for
Fox niovlclonc short.s In the cast,
h!is rc.signed from tho organization,
. ,«ff ,.r^(-j.vy»--=HM tu rdHy;'^H<v==w i 1 Ubc=aii«.=--
soci.itcd with the l-MwarO Small
;i;;ct!cy licre.nftcr. re,or-.?ani'/.ing the
)>ir-i.iiri" (M.-ilng d<'partni('nt of that
MiJifi..

■Uic n.ilir>h. wit.h (he l'"ox.produc-
|ir(n di'|i;irlrMi-nt f<jr several years
;ir.d rc -i /illy In eharge of movlo-
I Ml" tfsl.s at the Tenth avenuj
Hindi';, will euocoird Connolly.

VARIETY

Wednesday, October 17, 1928

program ftUers or mat flU^rsf

haye a definite box office following

eOWFESSIOWS OF
A CHORUS OIRL.

Eight frisky, Frenchy sparklers packed
With fun and beau tiful girls. Featuring
luscious Frances Lee. Take a look at
"Skating Home" and "Picture My As-
tonishment", and you'll book the series !

PARAMOUNT
NEWS

Under the leadership of Eman-
iicl Cohen (13 years editor of
Pa the News) this new and
greater news reel. Paramount
News, topped all competition
from the start. Book it and
show your public how good a
news reel can be. An unbroken
line of big scoops. An untarn-
ished record of super-service.

Comiiig^ !Sooii ill

Nationally advertised stars,
quality productions, many
available with SOUND

COMEDIES

Eight snappy numbers from the little
college cut comedian with the big draw-
ing power. "Stop Kidding" and "The
Sock iExchange" are typical of his rapid
fire system of winning yells and applause.

SANDY MacOUFF
COMFBIES

Eight hot shots of Scotch mixed by
jumping Jack Duffy and his Caledonian
oil tics. "Hot Scotch" and "Loose
Change" intoxicate audiences with
laughter. A new scries that has them
panicked already.

eOMFDIES

Eight from the goofy gob, the scrciam-
ecoring sailor. Oh, Mr. Dooley , you're a
riot in "The Dizzy Diver" a.nd "Oriental
Hugs". Supported by Vera Steadman
(what supports!) and Christie beauties.

OREAT STARS
AND AUTHORS
SERIES

Only Paramount could per-
suade the biggest stars of the
Broadway stage and the lead-
ing fiction headliners to Unite
in this series of shorts de luxe.

KRAZYKAT
CARTOONS

The class of its field, with a
million dollar hook-up with
leading newspapers*

INItWElil. I1II»S
CARTOONS

A brand new type of cartoon
subject that the public loves.

Iff short feaimres too^ iPs

Wednesday, October 17, 1928

PIC T U R E S

VARIETY

13

Inside Stuff-Piclures

A mixed board of directors proposed for the WarTiors buy in on First
iTational and the Stanley Gotnpany . will bring together for the first
time a closer communion betiween "Warners and .many franchise! holders
of First National, who also are "partners" with Pciramount-Publix. The
Balabans, with Barney Balaban reported havinp stopfoiV the noRotiations
lor F. N., the Skourases, Kunskys and FinHlstciri &; lUib«>n are Publix
ptirtners in theatre operation, .

It's understood the Warners are willing to' buy out the Publix or
partners' interest in the several circuits ropresenloil. If purchasiniff the
partners^ as the Warners intend to do with the Sku'uras houses, then
the Warners beconrie the partners of Publix in that St. Louis chain,
eupplantinff the Skouras'. ' : ' \

A Qomhioh understanding ha.s been that no Publix parliier can sell his
interest or make . other show connections without consent of Publix.
This was particularly brought out when the Skourases wanted to take
over the Saxe Wisconsin circuit, with Publix successfully objecting.

All of it appears to outline- a possible situation of Paramount through
Publix becoming an associate of the Warner Brothers In theatre opera-
tion of the several chains affected, at least. While additionally a couple
of the Skouras brothers will operate the . Warner thieatres including
Stanley's, with the other Skourases remaining at home to run their OwJi
Warner bought-in chain.

When (Jebrge Fitzmauride returned from Hawaii, where he went to
. film exteriors for "Chanjgeling",' (First National), with Milton Sills and
Dotdthy Mackaill, he brought, back nothing but long sljot's and a tale
of woe. All the exterior closeups will have to be made at Laguna Beach,
resort near Los Angele.s, which will be redressed to duplicate Ilawaiian
locale.

Fitzmaurice was dogged by misfortune from the day he landed in
Hawaii. ' It rained , daily arid the rain continued through most of each
day. Location was 40 miles from the hotel. It necessitated 5:30. a. m.
rising, long trip through riiin over bad roads, setting up of cameras and
equipment and then long waits for the half h.our or so of photographing
•unlight that canrie on days when it didn't rain all of . the time.

In this limited time, long shots only could be taken. In addition,
tnsects of all kinds proved real obstacle to the cpmpany's comfort and
activities. Scotty Beal, business manager, had to. have an pporatibn on
his cheek as result of Insect bite. Miss Mackaill wjis ill with ai severe
cold through most of the trip and has not yet entirely recpvered.

Workiiig in one of the sunlight periods, gills was so badly sunburned
he was unable to continue for days. J. A, Anderson, one of the "grips;*;
was confined to his bod with a cold.

Virtually every membet- of the troupe was afflicted with illiiess, bruises
or insect bites..* As a result of the mishaps and conditions, the company
had to stay in Hawaii two weeks longer than expected and still didn't
pet what was wanted.

Fitzmaurice says the/ long .shot, results are so good that they were
worth the trip.

Met^ger Moves Up in U

A house cleaning in the home of-
fice of I'niversal ha,** started with
the exodu.s of E. II. CJoUlstein. treas-
urer, And Beno Riibei, assistant to
Carl Laemmle.

Sniailor executives are . to be in-
eluded- in. the sweep a.s well as a
niimber of . untitled personages in-
the .varioxis departments, it is said:

The liroom will niit touch I'l'iiver-
sal. City. ■

• Lou Met/.ger, sales chief, profits
by the changes to the point where
hi.s ahhu.Tl •.salfivy will- run into in.
hundred grand. At the same time
he becomes one of the company's
most influential factors, getting
both Rubers and Goldstein's jobs;
In Met7.ger's case, unlike that of
Goldstein , the title of "general m'an.-
ager and all of its power will be
stressed. Metzger has just started
to function in. his neiw capacity.

The treasurer's position will re-
main open until .a selection is made
by the. direc-lorale.

MVlzfJer is. bringing in Morton
Van l*raag, western sales heiul, for
his old job..

Following the special meeting o£
the Universal directoi-ate, it was an-
nounced later- in. the wee.k tluit
Cliarles B. Paine had been elected
to .fill GoULstein's job as treasurer.
I'ainej who has been with the com-
pany, for. the past six years, had
been ■ Goldstein's a.ssistant.

Week's Studio Survey

Los Angolos, (">ct. 13:.
■ Studio activity on the -coivst this
week reaehbs one of its lo\\est lev-
I'ls of the .season, though but two of
the 'J3 plants are totally inactive,
llie bulk are running far boUuv nor-
mal to keep the mai^hinory from
ru.'^ting and getting a .small sliare of
work from, tlie tremendous over-

four short Vita phono subjects' in
work. Features are: "Frozen River.",
by F. II. Weigh; "Desert Song.", by
L. Bacon, ajid -"Kld Ci loves," by IX.
Knright. .

Metropolitan, a leasing .studio,
has four feattiros , in work, M'ith
•.•l.iudu"' for: O. l^roughlau.; "llelKa
..\ngels," by .H. rlughes; ■ "Power of

Arthur Kober, who scored Rex Ingram as eccentric in recently pub-
lished Interviews of the. former American pfcture producer, now head-
quartered in Nice (France), reports that Ingram's chief concern was
Why Variety under-quoted 'the grosses on his pictures and what It had
against him. Outside of that Kober was aired pronto by Ingram and
his retinue with the promise of addenda . info via mall, this being prfess
natter that meant nothing to Kober.

A Hollywoo'd indie producer, pretty well known for turning 'em out
on a scajit margin of backing, is cashing in on a situation that gives
him studio facilities without cost in one of the newest Vest coast produc-
tion centers. ■ ■ • : - • . .

The new studio enterprise has ias an adjunct, a real estate promotion
propo'sitlon based on continuous shooting activity to keep the mob in-
terested. The producer holding the franchise on this •studio property is
inactive and will probably not be in production until around, the first
of the year. In order to hold his franchise he • has arranged for the
Indie to shoot his 'stuff o'n the new lot without studio rental. As a side
light, the independent producer is said to be spending more money on
sets than he has been.known to do since he has been in the game.

One young girl . on the coast is causing her fraternal brothors and
Bisters of the chiseling chatter order considerable curiosity as to' the
papers she is supposed to write for. She attends all press parties aijd
. makes herself as important as the rest, but no one haS been able to
find out the nature of her mission. ' „' ,.

Through her reluctance to confess, she is labelled the "chatterless
'chiselor," meaning one who' chisels but doesn't chatter.

One young leading man about Hollywood who assumes responsibility
- for how the other actors -live, and who atteijipts to act as an arbiter m
their petty grievances with the producers, recently, gave out an Inter-
view In which he eulogized the picture colony in such a -manner that to
take It seriously would give the impression that Hollywood has angels
who flit about. The writer reprinted the interview as given but em-
bellished it with the other side of every, subject discussed.

The article in a fan publication turned out to be a breezy burlesque
of the things the actor believes should be published. When the actors
go'd-father read this, ho burned up and proce.eded to tear up telephone
" llr«artiiSg ^hi3"F0d^cmidren to nay- off - 1 dangerous writer. These
warnings so far have had no effect In boycotting the writers work. Its
even making him more popular.

One of the most notorious nickel-nursing time Squeezers^ of film
production officials among the; indies of Hollywood discovered that It
doesn't always pay to use his authoritaUve offlciousness.- At the studio
where he spreads his vinegar, a yo'ung leading man was working, a boy
scarcely out of his teens. The boy, in recent months, has been spending
virtually all his evenings in the company of a flapper femme star. As a
result, his . mother, devoted to him, sees him rarely, so she spends most
her days at the studio where the boy happens to be working. . ^

Seeing the mother and son talking, together a goo'd deal on the s^t.^the
official began to worry about the time they were consuming whicr
he figured should be spent by the boy in front of the camera. . He con
f erred with the studio chief. As a result, the worried official issued an

(Continued on page 47)

GRACE

MARIE

in "SUNNY SPAIN," a PUBLIX UNIT

staged and Produced by JACK LAUGHLIN

THIS WEEK— PARADISE, CHICAGO
NEXT WEEK— HARDING, CHICAGO

DIrectloD WIUXIM MOBBIS OFFICB '

U*s Wired Room

Universal has wired a projection
room in Now York. Home oilice ex-
ecutives are delighted with the con-
venience.

This saves the trip, to Fox's 10th
avenue* emporium which thoy had
been forced to make every time
one of U.'s sound pictures was
slated for initial audition.

PAR'S STOP ORDER

Los Angeles, Oct, 16. . .
Serving oft^ lunches and dinners
outside the studio restaurant has
been ordered stopped on the Para-
mount lot.

Writers, stenographers and office
boys iniposed on the service. Rather
than walk a block or so to the res-
taurant they would order meals de-
livered. to their ofllces.

GLORIA'S MOTHER'S 3D

Chicago, bet, 16.

Mrs. Adeline Lou Burns, mother
of Gloria Swanson, was Inarrl^d
May 17 to C. C. Woodruff of the
Chicago Opera orchestra in Tia
Juana. . ' *

The couple are living In Chicago.
It is the mother's third marriage.

Lytell on Stage

Los Angeles, Oct. 16.

Bert Lytell left today. (Tuesday)
for Baltimore where he is to open
in, "Lone Wolf's Return" at the
Ford theatre.

Lytell just completed "Lone
Wolf's Daughter" (film) for Co-
lumbia.

WEST COAST NOTES

James Bradbury, Sr., added
"Blockade" (FBO).

Ralph Graves lead-in "Flying Ma-
rin^'' (Columbia).

. Mitchell Lewis, Allan Connor
added "Linda" (Broughton).

Allan. Roscoe added VLov^ in the
Desert" (FBO).

William Desmond added
fense" (WB),

'No De-

Vernon Dent, under contract to
Mack Sennett, will do one more
film for Educational.

Garrett Graham signed to title
"Adoration" (FN).

Robert Elliott, Frances McDonald,
Arthur Stone, Sally Pliipp.s, Frank
Albertson and Bill Brown added
Fred Newmeyer's untitled Fox news-
paper story.

ling," (FN).

Reginald Barker's next for T-S
will be "The March of Humanity,"
orlglTial by Jack Natteford.

.. 'Tom Re6d, title writer, sh nt^i t'
now .six months' contract by U.

Frank Il<>lcher added
and the Momen" (FN).

"The Man

This table sho.ws ia summary ipf weeHy studio activity for the
past 35 weeks; Percentage of production is based on 106
units working at 23 studios on the Coast, determined
by the average normal working conditions
during the year 1987 :.

Studios'

Week

Features

Shorts

Total

Dark

Pet.

Feb. 22 ....

47.

8;

55

6

.52

Feb. 29 ....

v39

9 ■

■ 48 .

12

.45

March 7 .

........... 40

14 .

54

9 .

.51

Mi\rch 14 • ,

. 4!)

16

65

7

.61

March 21 .

-liV

15

64

8

.60

Mav(>h 2S

.. 47'

17

04

.^ 6

• .60

April 4 ...

........... fiS

17

70 :

. 5.--.

.66

April 11 ■'.

50

19

.69

8

.65

April. IR .

52

M

.69..

9

.65

April 25 .

...'.' 50 .

17 '

67

6

.62

May 2 . . .

...... 52

■ 15 •

67.

.. - 7 •

.62

Msiy , 9 . . .

54

17

71

■ 4

.67

May 16 ..

.......... .\ 63

20 . .

83

3

.77

May 23 . .

66

• 21 •

89

2

.64

May 30 . .

•«••>•••••• 6S

24

92 •

0

.87 ■

June 6 ..

.... ... 65'

. 32

97

0

.90

June 13 ..

........... 77

'31

108

0.

1.01

June 20 . .

.... .. ..1.. 76

31

107 .

0

1.01

June 27 '..

............ ' 64

30

54

6

.89

July 4 . . .

[ 56

25

81

0

■■..76

July 11 ..

........... 64

24'

88

0

.83

July 18

• k • 1 •

24

86

1

.81

Jui>v2''> ••

.V,.; ... .. .V 50

21

77

1

.72

July._31 .V

... . .... . 59

2.1

80

2

.75

Aug. '7 . ; .

, m • p •'^ T 2 . .

20'

-92 .

2

. • .87

Aug. 14 . .

20

SI.

2

. .76

Aug. 21 . .

oO'

16

75

3

,70

Aug. 28 . .

12

■ 69

3

.65

Sept. 4 . .

• 6^*

U

..•63

3

:58

Sept. . 11 .

lb.

. 59

5 . •■

.55

Sept. 18 .

*••■•••••■« ,

16

75

2

.70

Sept. 25 .

15

79

.3

.74

Oct. 2 ...

•■•••••««•• 69'

15

■ 74-

4

.69

14

77

1

.70

16

58

2

^6

I/orothy Devor© has reMumed at

Iiead that must be carried through
the dull periods.

Universal bears out the prediction
made some, time ago. that this plant
would cease production for a i>eriod,
by reporting but two serial com-
panies working this week. Prepiira-
tions, however, arc carried on here
for an extensive campaign as soon
as their sound. stages are available.
This is anticipated for aroiand No-
vember 15. „ The same lull in pro-
duction at other plants can be at-
tributed to the same, condition, that
of waiting for sound recording
facilities artd where sound record-
ing is divided between the coast and
eastern studios,

. Other studios working but two
features each are F.B.O., Pathe,
First National and Tiffany-Stahl.

Studios working one feature each
are United Artists,. Columbia, Chad-
wick, Tec-Art and Chaplin, \

Studios working normal and near
normal are Pai-amount, which heads
tho list tor activity with 11 features
in work, these arc: "Canary Murder
Ca.ie," with M. St, Clair directing;
"Three .Week Ends," by C. Badger;
"Four Feather.s," by-Cooper-Schoed-
sack; "Wolf of Wall Street," by.R.
v; Leer "Half an Hour," by Wm. H.
Do Mille; ''Wolf Song," by V. Flem-
ing; a Be.be Daniel picture by E.
Sutherland; "Maraui.s Preferred," by
Tuttle; "Tong War," by W. Well-
man; "Case of . Lena Smith," by J;
von "iStcrnberg, and "Sunset Pass,"
by O. Browor.

Fox comes next with six. features
in work, including: "(5host Walks."
by L. Seller; "Old ArisMina," by I.
Ciimmlngs; "Our "Dnily Bread," by
F. W, Mtirnau; "CapUaln La.<<h," by
J. Blystone; "Christine," by W. K.
Howard, an.d a newspaper ^story by
F. Newmeyer.

Warners "have three features and

the Press," by B. Klng> and Harold
Lloyd's new picture.

M.-G.-M. has three features, with
"Mysterious Island," by L. Hubr»
bard;"Little . Angel," by R. ^.
Leonard, and "All at Sea,^' by B.
GouldJng.

Studios engaged in : making short
comedies are Roach, Christie, Edu-
cational and Stem, with tWo units
each, . Cal- Art has three, while Dai-
ley has one. Studios dark are No-
velle and Sennett.

AL LYONS

AND

NEAL CASTAGNOU

Fenlurcd Iiii

FANCHON and MARCO
IDEAS

XOmV'S STATK XIIEATBB
T>OB ANOBI.KS

INDEFINITELY

Educational work stopped when she
badly out the .fingers of her left
hand.

Francis McDonald, Robert Elliott,
Roscoe Karns, Joe E. Brown, Arthur
(Continued on page 52)

11

NOW nr BBCOND YEAB

Ba Ba Bi

More I'han n Ma«t«r of CeremoniM
At COfFIiE DAN'B, Lob Anselet, CoL

GEORGIA LANE

DANCERS

Complete VtiHtt Appearlnif In Fanchon
uSna Marco "Ideas"

STUDIOS: DENVER, COLO.

HELD

OVIOR .
Foil 'X'lIE

THIRD WEEK

C O L O N Y NEW YORK

DAILY "MIRROR" SAYS:

"DORCrn'T MOItPJ.-ON, a l).,t .■,;M:;j(ig, .''nappy lltUo brunet,
[does an amusing numl/i r a la ll-l- n Kim-, i^hr.'a bettor than

— Blarid Johaneson<

J4

V A R I E T 'J

"Wednesday, October 17, 1928

Wednesday, October 17, 1928

VARIETY

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WITH /IP1 EXTItaORDlN^RY

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L^WREMCE CtfOy

I?ODEWT EDErOM
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TirF^IMV— c^T/I l-I L PR ODijCTIONc/^ IMC

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16

VARIETY

FILM REVIEWS

Wednesday, October 17, 1928

Talking Shorts

MOVIETONE NEWSREEL,
Issue of Oct. 13,
6 Clips; 13 Mins.,
Strand, New York.

Well put together and interest-
ing isgue, having as high pointis a
human session with Governor
Smith and a bunch o£ thrills in re-
peating the fumbles, long runs anrt
passes which featured the Army-
S. M. U. game at West Point, Oct. 6.

Politically both Hboytfl- and
Smith have their inning, the Gov-
ernor getting the heart interest.
He is shown, with his young grand-
son who starts to sing "London
Bridses>" becomes bored with that
melody and slips into "East Side-
West Side" In his extremely Juve-
nile voice. The tot can't be more
than three or five bo it's a sure
laugh, Irresistible and corking pub-
licity. Scene take.^ place on a
lawn aa other of the Smith . grand-
children scamper about and Mrs,
Smith sits on a bench. Mr, Hoover
is seen and heard making an ad-
dress In the south.

Other speeches Include a short
session with Lady Nancy Astor on
pacifism, pointed for the \y^)men,
and Franklin Roosevelt saying. 3
few words in his owYi behalf. A
comedy entry is a fiddler \y ho vvill
fiddle for Ford.

Football game is a standout
opening with the Cadets giving a
"Long Corps" yell before entering
the stands. Following scenes are
a graphic description of the gUrne,
the camera havln caught both tiicv
remarkable and loose handling of
the ball by the southerners. A
Texas back snatching up an Army
fumble and going for a touchdown
Is repeated In full as well, as the
opportunity some Methodist war
rlor missed by cutting to his right
Instead of left with the soldiers on
his heels and a clear field ahead
Great stuff to the roar.of the crowd
and a clip that's t)Ound to draw to
Texas boxoffices and make the
S. M. U. squad fondle, many a re-
gret when they see it. Sid.

SIX BROWN BROS., (14),
VITAPHONE NO. 549,
instrumental; 8 Minis.,
Clinton, Nevw York.

Highly entertaining band record
with a routine composed of straight
orchestrations delivered with speed.
Selections all tuneful and should
prove popular.

Brown Brothers, headed by Tom,
open In their familiar cloWn cos-
tumes playing saxes. Swing into
a larger set for the second num-
ber where the layout is increased
by eight additional players.

Tom acts as m.c, gagging aa
usual on the sax and leading the
band. A shjort vocal is done by
one of the boys.

Number Is recommended for fast
routing and smooth delivery.

Jkf on.

"UNDERSEA REVUE" (31)
VITAPHONE NO. 2601
Songs and. Dances; 9 Mins.
Strand, New York

Another of Larry Ceballos' prc-
.sentations for recording and shap^
ing up as Just an ordinary vaude-
ville flash act. In those picture
houses where they've seen stage
units, or in those towns which ha.v^»
vaude houses playing this type , of
turn, these.screeri revues aren't gor
Ing to mean a thing.

Way out In the wilds, w.herc
groups of six and 20 girls indicate
a big evening, there's a chance. Put
in those towns supporting A or B
houses there Isn't much hope. A
Sunday Strand aiidience was dis-
tinctly disinterested to the point of
no applause.

Scenes fade out and in to pick up
the numbers which have James
Clemens leading the girls and fol-
lowing with a solo dance; Lyda R6-
berty, girl dancer, tossed about by
six boys, and an adagio trio work-
ing along convehtiorial lines but
demonstrating that they're still a
few steps behind- 3,000 miles west.
Finish is a 20-gIrl ensemble in devil
costume doing ; formations while
obtaining effects by waving capes.

Nothing counted, and daricing
seems doomed when specialized
upon before camera and mike for no
other reason. Interior set conforms
to the title,: with all meh in the act
dressed as sailors. None of the girls
looks better than Just all right, while
there's not suflflcient punch amont;
the rnale contingent to Increase the
jpercentage.

This Iteni simply engraves the
thought that talking shorts ought
to concentrate on making 'em laugh
and when switching to a. song or
iristruinental clip hold it down .to
not more than six minutes. Dra-
matic sketches are too tough to tuni
out regularly, although Vita has a.t
least one of these to its credit.

They don't want to see 'em dance
and sing In ensemble. Whatever
color and personality the average
vaudeville act may have is missing.
If the picture houses showed vaude-
ville how flash acts should "be pre-
sented, vaudeville Is still that much
ahead of the sound studios on this
production angle because of the
closer contact between audience and
stage thaii audience and screen.
"They can see the same thing in th-i
flesh for the same price just across
the street or around the corner In
almost - every town, and for sound
shorts it doesn't seem worth the
effort If jUvSt average and unknown
talent Is Involved.
' The Strand makes It clear that
Broadway doesn't want it. (Hd<

EDDIE CONRAD (2)
VITAPHONE NO, 563 _
Comedy and Song; 10 Mins.
Clinton, . New York .

Versatile combination consisting
f Eddie Conrad, who can get laughs
a dozen different ways, arid Marion
Eddy, a girl who photographs like
a film vamp and sings exceptionally

well. .

Despite the effective tableaux
these two represent the record Is not
dvcrly strong. This Is partly be-
cause the record Is indistinct and,
in some case.'?. Conrad's voice has
not been pitched appropriately, .so
that the comedy doesn't, get over as
intended. Riegisters enough.^how-
over, for early spotting. Mort.

''THE INGENUES" (19)
VITAPHONE NO. 2573
9 Mins. ,
Clinton, New York.

Second recording for Vitaphone
by^ this girl band. . Not-so-forte,
lacking distinction in all depart-
ments. Passable because of its
femme membership and looks.

Eight accordions , unloosened sU
multaneously register Just so much
mechanical din;
Not a strong number. Land.

WEDDING MARCH

(SOUND)

Paramount reiease ot Pat Powere' pro_
auction featuring Eric "Vo° Strohelqi and
VHy Wray. JWrected by Von Strohelm
from bl8 Btory In conjunction . with Harry
Carr. Score by J. 3. Zameclnk. At^Rlvoll,
New York, on grind run starling Oct., If
Running time, 115 mlna. $1 top.
Prince von ■WUdellebe-Rauftenburg,

George Fawcett
Prlnceea von Wlldellebe-Rauftenburg.i -•

. • Maude George
Prince Nlckl, their eon. .Eric Von Strohelm

yorlUnat Schwelaser ;. George Nichols

Cecelia Scliwelsser ; ..ZaSu Pitta

Anton Eberle Hughle Mack

"Schanl" Eberle,... .Mathew Beta

Martin Schrammell .. ..Cesava Gravlna

Mrs. iSchiunimoll Dale Fuller

Mllzl Schrammell..,. Fay Wray

Mavaratll Syd Bi-acey

FIELDS and JOHNSTON.
VITAPHONE NO. 2588.
8 Mins.

Clinton, New York.

On© of the worst. Small timers
with hardly a bona fide laugh in the
routine.

Neither member of male t^yoso^^c
shows anything.

Must have gotten to Los Angeles
on the Aching Heart Circuit and
into the Warner Studio on a rain
check. Land.

TWINS

and

Georgia Lane's 'Denver Beauties*
Featured by FANCIION and MAXICO

ETHEL MEGLIN'S

FAMOUS WONDER KIDDIES
JFEATUKED WITH

" I^NeHOTl^^AN d:^M'ARCO =

CHARLES (CHIC) SALE
FOX MOVIETONE
"THE LADIES' MAN"
15 Mins.

Roxy, New York.

Cliic Sale's "rube" character here
used In an out and out gag picture,
designed for low comedy effect.
Story is rather hokcy for Sale, but
serves its clowning purpose. Good
for those haw haw returns, but
lacking in the opulent chuckles that
usually go to Sale's unctxfous fun.

Opens with the comedian in a
hospital bed a mass of plaster and
banda&esi runnin,!? through the
whole gamut of groaning comic
pain.- Enters a school offlcial -to
inform the patient he has \von his
school diploma as. an electrician,
getting the pained response froiri tlie
patient that he doesn't want to be
an electrician bocausc—

Flash back to the story of the
gay coiinlry spot arriving In the
big city. . He Inqiitrcs 6f a city nian
if the city girls are friendly to flir-
tations and Is directed to "Walnut
Street," where ho can pick up any
danrie in sight.

lie makes a pickup and Is invited
to the girl's home. Romance is pro-
gressing when the doorbell ring;^ and
girl screams, "My husband" and
begs him "to Imiper.sonate an elec-
trician as a camouflage. Husband
isn't fooled and the swift end comes
when Chic, dives out of the window.

Whole sketch Is designed for low
comedy laughs and gets thorn.
There is no sentimental twist such
as Sale used in "Marching On," but
■fPT..fl'. Program tjis^^^
orb u s " laugfil ng lntervai,"it's"nr great
short. Rush.

LUCILLE PAGE

FEAfUKKI) IN

FANCHON and MARCO'S "HAT IDEA"

with CHARIjlJi] MURRAY

Left of all the fbbtage on "Wed-
ding March" are the present 10 reels
with the finish where Intermission
would have been had the picture
corhe in for $2 with the rest of It;
Also remaining Is a ponderous slow
moving production and some beau-
tiful photography - telling a very
familiar story, the tip off bh which
is the lead title, "Vienna 1914." It's
fair but hardly brilliant program
material which the boys have sal
vaged from a i-egiment of reels.

Scissors to the right and left,
leaving most of the picture still in
cans, has cut the story to the well
known blue blooded Austrian army
olllcer having his fling with the
eountry msiiden and then wedding
a limping heiress as the seduced
, rural miss promises marriage to
pacify the brow beating butcher
who has threatened the life of the
hit and run lieutenant.

If that .synopsis implies von
Strohelm for once is the white-
washed hero forced into financial
wedlock, such Is not the case. The
director as Prince Nicki continues
to be his sinister and very military
self, still on the make as concerns
I the girls. Marrying for money is
his father's idea, sowed by the heir-
ess' male parent who Is willing to
pay heavy for a title, a proposition
to which JNIckl accedes without
hiuch objection.

A caption has him asking his
father whether he has ever consid-
ered the possibility of twb people
actually falling in love, evidently
iin attei/ipt to whitewash Nicki
to some extent with the fans but a
false note in the general character-
ization. Picture is climaxed in the
.symbolism of the innocent Mitzi
seoin.g a vision of the Iron Man of
the Danube around, whom the peas-
antry has woven a legend of im-
pending tragedy. - The- iinseen sec-
ond half presumably takes . up the
con.wquences of her misstep with
Nicki. .

In- its. present ■ state "Weddin. .
March" can be divided Into three
locales — the supposed interior of St.
Stephen's in Vienna, an orchard and
a brothel. Th6 meeting between
Mitzi and Nicki comes about
through the latter's rearing horse
Injuring the girl as the natives
line the street to watch the Corpus
Christl procession, a Viennese re-
ligious and military celebration to
which Fox's Movietone newsreel
beat von Strohcim as far as public
screening, is concerned. However,
this Is the big. production flash with
von Strohelm Indulging his pen-
chant for natural color for a few
himdrcd feet.

Almost the entire first half of the
footage Is given over to this Corpus
Christl holiday, the secondary
characters of the late Franz Jos-
eph's court being planted as they
jvh i siTcy- ^.tp e«^ch^ other, _I.n._ .chu rcji
•\vhilt>"Nlclir carries on .alnuch pFo-
longod flirtation outside with Mitzi.
Room foi- wholesale slicing here in
these houses dubious of a 10-reel
leader.

Scenes in the brothel are reported
lioavily cut, one tip being that
tlu-ro'.s enough out to make a couple
iif stag dinnor I'Oi'ls. It'.s in the
u.'-ual chanipa.u-iie guzzling von
Stroliohn maniUM* with various na
(ionalitios of woinon all over the
lilai'o, Durin.tT the whole debauch
tlie prince and the niiUionaire mei

chant decide upon the title-money
exchange as they drunkenly sprawl
upon the floor., ^

Soft focused"- cameras dominate
much of the footage. Pretty work
that lends much to the Implied
mood of Mltzl as she succumbs to
Nicki's spell in the orchard court-
ship. The wedding at the finish has
been lavishly staged so that there's
no reason to doubt the reports that
burn-it-up Eric upheld his reputa-
tion. .^1

Personal performances uniformly
good in this limited version. Miss
Wray appeals and convinces as the
shy, pretty faced and innocent vic-
tim, while Von Strohelm's scoundrel
is again Interesting, despite the
half-hearted attempt to soften the
character. George Fawcett and
Gfeorge Nichols make conventional
fathers. Maude George will startle
the peasants with her clgar-smoK-
ing mother of Nlckl. ZaSu Pitts is
the crippled princess, giving the
role legitimate interpretation, not
too easy because of her comedy in-
ference to the tans who audibly
snickered for no apparent cause at
one point while she was on view.
Betz has been Instructed to spit his
way through his uncouth butcher, a
touch which has lost its novelty and
signiflcance since the "Parade,"
"Glory," etc., and which becomes
distasteful through constant repeti-
tion! Otherwise Betz meets all de-
mands.

The trials and, tribulations of get
ting "Wedding March" to a screen
are unique in an unique industry. It
has taken something like two years
and over a million. If these ten
reels are all Paramount, Powers and
Von Strohelm are to realize upon, it
rates a^ the most costly and overly
studio handled program picture ever
made. Considering its title, produc-
tion and sex the film would likely
have met with fair success for twice
daily $2 showings in key centers,
allovvlng. that the unwitnessed nine
reels could have stood up In com
pleting this "Strange Interlude" eel
luloid subject.

In. Its curtailed form the afore-
mentioned three requisites figure to
send it across, as moderate de luxe
house material despite the Viennese
Mary Philbin-Norman Kerry, remi
niscences. With the less tigid
censorship abroad it should reap
heavily on the Continent.
■ Main defect is that deletion has
not added pace. Root of the evil is
the time* given the Corpus Christl
event from which the succeeding
action never recovers, being none
too swift In itself.

Synchronized .score is excellent
and shows judgment in the use of
minor effects. »SI{(/.

and simple wife, is Inclined to be
monotonous in her simplicity early
In the story. Consistent emoting
of a more boring sort is okayed by
Gi'IfTlth thereafter, when she stum-
bles into hubby with his sugar in a
night club. Little Sally O'Neil al-
most peps her, up on the roof dur-
ing the near-suicide sequence, but
a few feet later she is again in her
oatmeal style.

Efforts to pliy the sentimental
angles following the break do not
get far. Mother Is too blah and
father enjoys himself to the extent
of. getting his audience Into that
frame of., mind where having a. bit
of blonde entertainment on the side
Is nbt so naughty, after all.

Hersholt's efforts to get his ro-
tund form into competition with the
sleek build of Don Alvaradb, who
plays the giglio, gets a number of
laughs. The women should enjoy
these bedroom antics almost aa
much as the male patrons and
should get a startler out of Miss
Haver's prowess along these lines.

The musical synchronization okay
with the exception of a song • by
Miss Haver, several bars behind tho
movement of her lips. Club ap-
plauise and horn honking are the
only other contributions as sound
effects.

Moran of the Marines

Paramount production tind relca>«i. Star-
ring Rlchnrd -Dlx. Directed by Frank
Strayer. .<itory by Linton W^ell."?. Adnptofl
by Sam Mlntz nnd Ray Harris. Continu-
ity by Aenes Brand Leahy. Ruth pijler
featured. Titles by GcorBo Marlon. At
Paramount. New York, week of Oct. 13.
Running time. 63 minutes. . ^ ^ r^,

Michael Moran Richard .Dlit

Vivian Marshall Ruth Elder

"Swatty". ; Roacoe Kama

nasll Worth . ...Brooks BcnoOlct

Goneral Marshall.. ;.. .Capt. E. H. Calvert

Th© Sergeant.. I^uke Martin

Sun Yat.... .Tctsu Komal

BATTLE OF SEXES

(SOUND)

Unlicil Arll.sts' production nna rcleaBe.
Evlrectfid by D. W. Grimth from story by
Daniel Carson G lodman, ada.pted by Gerrlt
J. Lloyd. Featuring Jean Hersholt and
Phyllis Haver' Photography ■ by Karl
Struss and Billy Bltzer. Victor non-syn-
fhronous. Synchronized musical - score "by
R, Sclilldkret. At Rlallo, New York, week
Oct. 12. Running time, 00 minutes,

Judson Jean HrrahoH

Marie Skinner Phyllis Haver

Mrs. Judson.......^ .Belle Bennett

■<J3abe" Wlnsor. ............. .Don Alvarado

Ruth Judson Sally O'Noil

mily Judson... J.. ... William Bakewell

Friend of Judsons John Batten

Patrons lured to this one by the
Griffith bulbs are slated for dis-
appointment, almost a shock. The
Grifnth hand Is seen in the shortest
sequence, where the wife contem-
plates suicide and the camera is fo-
cussed downward from tho roof of
a high building. Otherwise any
Harry could have done as well with
this conventional theme, "The Bat-
tle of the Sexes." It. is slow to tho
point where the editing room could
shelve 40 minutes more of the run-
ning time and improve this picture
At its best it will never rate more
than . -fair . program in better class
houses.

The subtle touch for which Grif-
fith has piled up considerable of his
fame Is substituted in this one by
suggestiveness too obvious for the
sophisticated. Flesh flashes far
above the knee by the able Phyllis
Haver will not win mother's, ap-
proval for the small town datigh-
ter, nor will her stomach squirm-
ings on a cushioned floor for the
edification of her fish, the other-
wise perfect father-husbahd, played
by Jean Hersholt, register big ex-
cept with those who like their sex
a la West. .

Belle Bennett, as the trusting

Only a few pictures ago Richard
Dix was cleaning up several Chi-
nese junks filled with river pirates.
In that film he was revealed ulti-
mately as an- attache of the U. S.
Navy, In "Moran of the Marines"
tho background is still China, the
girl is Ruth Elder instead of .Mary
Brian; but outside of that this
latest flicker is a rubber stamp..
The popularity of the star Is pre-
sumably supposed to excuse alrriost
anything.

Miss Elder as an actress here
may make it unlikely she will get
any repeats. Nervous and awk-
ward, photographs Indifferently and
fails to create romantic appeal. She
comes close to comedy when regis-
tering coyness at a couple of points.
As to her "name" value to the pic-
ture, that, remains to be demon-
strated. It will be watched, no
doubt; but Ruth Elder trying to
act will probably ruin that, even i*
It is there.

The titles of George Marion, Jr.,
are the real aid. The darb is
Marion's crack about marines being
sent to China to keep peace in
Nicaragua. Editing and cutting
seem sloppy, the action jumps
badly at times, and general tone of
production a reflection of a too
hasty production schedule and a
too typical program picture fo.r a
popular star.

Dix gets into the marines with a-
taxi.cab driver, following a. lO-day
bit on the rock pile for brawling in
a cafe. He applesauces the gen-
eral's daughter while In mufti, Is
exposed as a simple private and
later Is courtmartialed for kissing
the girl. That scheme also by Bar-
rymore In "Tempest."

In China Dix outwits Yung Sat,
the Chinese bandit, saves the girl
single handed and is simultaneou.sly
taken to heart by the girl, his rich
uncle and the Marine Corps.

There are laughs and action and
Dix, so "Moran of the Marines," al-
though nbt hot, or even warm, will
probably get by. Multiplied by any
large digit, this type of film can
r\uh riny slTirlitTtire btx bmce, ami;
more so if he must carry a "name"
novice on hor film debut like Miss
Elder. Land.

The Young Whirlwind

PBO ■ release of William LcBaro'n produc-.
tlon starring riiizz ' Barton. . Dlreciod liy .
Ixjuls Kind. Cast Includes Edmu:i'V Cobb,
Kddle Chandler, William Patton At tho
Stanley. N. Y., Oct. 15. Ilunnlne time, 02
minutes.

Purpose seems to be to make a
junior Toni Mix out of frcckled-

(Contlnued on page 24)

JACK C AVEN AGH and COMPANY

JUST RETURNED FROM AUSTRALIA
MOW FEATURED IN

Fanchon and Marc<^a "FIUy^

AND NOW THE "SKOUTING CAMPAIGN"

«My|<heatreirrepresehts
investment of $152,000.
I have to protect . that.
The safest Vay is ^ Metro-
Gol4wyn-Mayerr*

\,W. W, Johnsflti, Hollyivood
y I ' jheatre, Cincinnati, Ohio

"'DANCING DAUGHTERS'
MOST TALKED OF PICTURE
IN BOSTON SINCE 'BIG
PARADE* AND STAT^ THEA-
TRE THIS WEEK HANDLED
AS MANY PEOPLE AS FIRST
WEEK "BIG PARADE' WHICH
UNTIL NOW HELD ATT€ND.
ANCE RECORD FOR THE
HOUSE."

State, Boston, Mass.

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Exclusive Hearst Film
Taken on Board the

GRAF
ZEPPELIN!

Play it. Now. <M a Feature!

LISTEN TO THE BOX OFFICE! (Quoted from one issue of Variety) "NEW ORLEANS-
State ran ahead of every house in town with 'WHILE THE CITY SLEEPS'. Lon Chanev
Picture took away the record,"— "ST. LOUIS: 'WHILE THE CITY SLEEPS'. Lon Chanev
in excellent picture. Biz good, too, at $25,300". "LOS ANGELES: State led its nearest com'
petitor by nearly $15,000 doing biggest business in over a year with 'Dancing Daughters'" —

f'/<°'^ ''$2r---MlSneAFaViS!ni:,^,>,>pm^tphtum ht%t with -Dancliig Daughters'.
MC^M Product is proviiis busiiiess builder here."— "WASHlNGTONi PaUce had a sur.
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THE BIG NOISE OF THIS INDUSTRY

Ifs a phasurel

'Mcmbct of Mo«lon Picture Ptoduceri and Dlitributon of America, Inc.

Wednesday, October 17, 1928

PICT U R E S

VARIETY

10

Trisco Union Offers Reward for
Violence Detection in Embassy Strike

' Sani Francisco, Oct, 16.
Theatrical Federation of San
Franciscq has offered a reward of
1500 for the apprehension of any
•ne guilty o£ violence in connection
with the strike of musicians and

4 Operators Pinched
26 Times for "Sunday"

Silent Film Ads

liOS Angeles, Oct 16.
•^flent Pictures Only" will
t>e boldly advertised by some
exhibitors in da-ys to come, ac-
cording to . one indie producer..
He admits although he Is putr
ting dialog into his pictures it
ia not because he has ceased
to be fond of those which are
not vocaL

. The producer further de-
clares talkers interfere with
the relaxation sought by the
t. . b. m. when he slips into a
picture theatr*.

NO IMMEDIATE CHANGE
AT STANLEY OR F. N.

Par. Buys in Poineroy

Cleveland, Oct. 16.
This town had one of the biggest
operators against the Embassy, all I laugrhs of its career last week when
sound house. ... five motion picture operators played

Prior to the wilk-oui of the uhlori U marathonlc game of tag with the
operators Oct. 9, "W. B. Wagnon, entire police force of Martins Ferry,
owner, and union officials agreed Uyho were attempting to close the
that they would fight clean. Since penray theatre for violating the
that time 6tink bomba^ have been gunday blue law,
thrown and two non-union employes Following, complaints of the Mar-
have been kidnapped .and slugged, tins Ferry Ministerial Association,
Kollln Gilbert, 20, non-union pro- the mayor had ordered the lid to
Jectlonist, was beaten up so badly'U,e clamped down on all movie the-
he had to be taken to the Franklin atres. As soon- as the Fenray's oper-
Hospltal. ator started his machine early Sab-

Wagnon at first flatly refused to k;a,th aJcternoon, a cop pinched him.
eonsider the union deniand for an rp^e management had provided
orchestra of eight men, but later Uqj. gy^jj gji emergency. Immediate-
offered to pay but not use. four Uy upon the arrest of an operator,

musicians. He states , that as his L.j^gpg would be another to take his I pictures, the Patent OfRce Gazette
program is all sound and his shows pij^ce. The Fenray's manager also Kj^^^
continuous there is no place or need ^ surety company repre.senta-
for human musicians. He has tive at the jail, prepared to . fur-
operated the Embassy as an all- Llsh bond up to $25,000i
talker for 11 months, turning the since bond was only $200 a shot,

house from a 15-cent grind into a L.^^^ operators were able to give ventors covering motion
prosperous theatre. the seven perspiring John Laws a, I film strips^

The musicians' demand would add Lj^g^gg ^3 g^^^ j^g ^ projectionist

Tliat the Stanley Go 's board list
week voted Irving D. Rosslioim a
contract for two more years as its
president, renewal of his forinc.r
term, presaged no . Immediato
change in the Stanley personnel of
any moment.:

About the samie condition was
looked for in First National, With
Warners having bought into both
of those orgainlzatlons, as per the
announcement sent oiit lasj
Wednesday. . Warnevs are reported
paying $200 a share for First Na-
tional stock, with 76,000 F. N.
shares outstanding. Unable to
secure the two-thirds necessary to
. ^ ^ ■ wfc I complete control, Warners bought

Device Other Patents majority holdings, thereby

it

becoming a partner. The F. N.

"Voting Trust was dissolved, with n.

Washington, Oct 16. 1 new board selected. Mr. Rosshohn

• 1. i. vojf continues as president of First Na-

Paramount has acquh-ed a half 1 j^^^j^ ^^{,^ .

interest in a new invention by R- Many of the important stoclthold-
K. Pomeroy, tios Angeles, wherein j ers of F. N. are also theatre chain
is possible to make composite partners with Publix. The ..an-
nouncement stated F. N stoclihold-
ers in the chain who sold their
F. N. stock to Warners would re-
Eastman KodaK Co* are listed as I celve long term franchises for
having acquired full rights to four Uvarners and F. N. pictures,
different patents by as many In- Goldman, Sachs & Co. were the

picture I bankers, with probably a holdln?

company to be foiTned, while the
Commissioner of Patents* Wash- ] respective organizations retain

High, Dizzy and Sick

Ix)3 Angeles, Oct. 16.

When Stan Laurel stands on *
gh-ilor with nothing much under
him and is told to look frightened
lie simply looks natural. So rnuch
does he "fool his part" that nausea
succeeds dizziness.

Laurel working high up abor«
Los Angeles streets with ' Babo
Hardy was told he was in no dan-
ger because: of a safety platfornti
of 1%-ihch pine below him. Laurel's
sk<>ptlcism was confirmed when his
2S0-pound toamrivate slipped from
a beam and fell to the safely plat-
form, which failed to do all of lis
appointed duty.

Hardy kept on . going south right
to his elbows, which fortunately
held. Hardy was consld6ra,bly
bruised, but Laurel was; really, ill.

Cleveland Made Talkers

about $30,000 annually to the Em- I ~;^g ^gigj^gg^ ' l^pt.f ooted it back I ington, will furnish detailed Infer- i their identities. Waddill Catch

bassy payroll. The house is doing ^^^^ theatre, a few la:ps aJiead of mation on these anci others listed h^gg represents the bankers on the

fair business despite the odorous Lj^^ blue-nose cops, and got in . a upon receipt of 10 cents and the Uyarjiers board.

bombs. Police escort has been Pro- Lj^ypig of good licks at the machine name and number in each Instance. William Fox, holding about S.")
vlded for all employes following the before again hauled off to the hoose- Production of colored photo- pe^. ggnt. of F. N., blocked the War

slugging of (filbert. I gow. graphs. W. F. Fox, New York City, Q^rs for complete control. Fox re

Despite a total of 26 pinches the assignor to Natural Color Pictures L„a,ins In the position o{ a minority

, _ — » I boys turned out a complete shbiy for Co., Inc., New York City. Filed stockholder With F. N. Most of his

•16 Boston IneatreS Are jts patrons, who didn't kick about June 22, 1920, Ser. No. 390,301. holdings is through the West Coast

A«rA«<f-A#1 <\l-rJlri» U^® frequent stops. They also gave Seven claims. 1,68$,281. Theatres circuit, with about 28 per

/^ireciea uy kju mc ^^^^^ better show to- crowds Shutter operating attachment for p

Boston, Oct. 16, outside the theatre who followed cameras. A. DeLand, River Rouge, - j^.g reported

The end of the first week of the the Sunday blue law fr-acas with Mich. Filed Nov. 6, 1927. Ser. No.

strike of musicians of 'l6 Boston relish. 231,369. Eight claims. 1,685,774.
theatres operated by the Netbco The battle's only serious casualty Focusing device for cameras. F.

Theatres Corp., fails to show any was suffered by the chief of police, jj. Owens, New York City. Filed

agreement between the strikers and whoso wrist gave out while handling j^^g^ 2«, .1926. Ser. No. 131,394.

employers which would allow the affidavits and bail bonds. ^ Fifteen claims. 1,686,463.

men to return to work. The strikers All five operators arrested pleaded picture screen. J*. M. Shay,

yesterday invited the affiliated not guilty and waived arraignment ^^^^^13^^^^^ assignor, by direct and

unions of picture operators and I j", court the ne^t^day. ^f^^^^ "^jj.^^"® | mesne asslgnmente, of one-third to
stage hands to join them

Cleveland, Oct. 16.

Trl-St.ate Motion Picture Com-
pany is t lie first Cleveland company
ectuipped to take sound pictures.
RCA equipment (I'hotophone?) it;
is claimed, wlll .be used, and com-
pany expects to be' prepared to
take sound effects and talkies
within 30 days.

Jack Flanlgan, head of Tri-
Stato, will print and develop sound
and talking movies In his own
Cleveland laboratories. Gilbert
Hamilton, from^ the west coast. Is in
charge of the directorial department
of company.

*° the Belmont county grand jj j. Lindlg and one-third to H. P.

Of the 16 houses concerned four Jury, which recently refused to In- yoaer^ Cleveland, and one-third to

are equipped with sound rfeproduc- I dict 72 charged with violating the
lion devices which obviate the ne- b^ue laws, and^ allowed the movies
cessity ' of musicians the greater to operate. This last fight agai|ist
part of the time. One theatre has them was started at the Instigation
an orchestra, and the rest just al of the local ministerial association,
flingle organist. According to the
theatre management only about 20
musicians are affected

The strike action is the result of
a disagreement following the In-
Btallation of wire equipment in the
theatres

Eastman's Orchestra

N. E. Chain Adds One

Worcester, Mass., Oct. 16.
M. Loew, operator of a New
England chain, has acquired the
Olympla here. Policy is films.
House will be wired.

E.

Rochester, Oct. 16.
Installation of Photophone will
have no ^cutting effect oh the 70-
piece orchestra now at the East-
man theatre, according to an' an-
I nouncement.

"The Eastman theatre orchestra

Shay Motion Picture Screen Co.,
Springfield, Ohio. Filed Oct. 6,
1925. Ser. No. 60,469. One claim.
1,686,880.

Film developing machine. H. K.
Falrall,, . Los Angeles, assignor to
Binocular Sterescoplc Film Co., Los
Angeles. ' Filed May 18, 1927. Ser.
No. 192,3ll Three claimis. 1.686,-
907.

Method of making composite pic-
tures. R. K. Pomeroy, Los Angeles,
assignor of one-half to Famous
Players -Lasky Corp.. t-os Angeles.
Filed Feb. 7, 1927. Ser. No. 166,303.
Five claims. 1,686,987.

Nonstatlc photoghaphic film and
film base therefor. P. C, Seel,

was founded to provide this coni ^

munlty with good music. It has been I ^Chester, N."y7 assignor to Bast
fulfilling Its mission for six yeai^s," f j^an Kodak Co.. Rochester. Filed

reads the. statenient with the con-

Aug. 12. 1927.

Ser. No. 212,668.

In Production Soon

WE O'CLOCK GIRL'

Starring

Marion Davies

Directed for

M-G-M Release

by

Alfred
E. Green

elusion, "The maintenance of the ^pj^^.^^ ^^j^j^g 1,687,041.
orchestra at full strength depends Motion picture film strip. A. F.
entirely upon the support of the gyj^gr, Rochester, N. Y., assignor

people of Rochester."

Marks' Profit

Chicago, Oct. 16
Net earnings, of Marks Bros,, in-
dependent theatre owners, from
I Jan. 1 to Aug. 26, 1928, were $145,
503. They operate two neighbor
hood houses.

The company has Issued 55,000
shares of preferred stock at $28.50 I Ser

to pay an annual dividend of $2.

to Eastman Kodak Co., Rochester.
Filed Aug. 23, 1926. Ser. No. 130,-
812. Nine claims. 1,687,044.

Motion picture film strip. B. C.
Van Doom, Rochester^ N. Y^ as-
signor to Eastman Kodak Co.,
Rochester. Filed Oct 22, 1926. Ser.
No. .64,249. Seven claims. 1,687,-
048.

Apparatus for photographic color
process. J. O.- CapstafT, Rochestier,
N. Y., assignor to Eastman Kodak
Co., Rochester. Filed Aug. 22, 1927.
No. 214,467. Seven claUms.

Sameth .Is Super., .

Los Angeles,. Oct. 16.
Joseph.. Sameth has been ap-
I pointed production manager and
supervisor for First Division Pic-
tures, producing at Metropolitan
[studios.

PUBLIX UNIT
NOW

HEADLINING

METROPOLITAN
THEATRE
LOS ANGELES'

Direction
WM. MORRIS OFFICE

1,687,055,

Motion picture fllih itrlp. ; J. H.
Haste; Rochester, N. Y., assignor to,
Eastman Kodak Co., Rochester.
Filed Aug. 23, 1926. Ser. No. 130,786.
Six claims.. 1,687,066.

Motion picture film strip. F. W.
Love joy, Roch6stfer, N. Y., assignor
to Eastman Kodak Co., Rochester.
Filed Aug. 23, 1926. Ser. No. 130,791.
Two claims. 1,687,100.

Camera shutter. F. Deckel and M.
Gelger, Munich, Germany, assignors
to the firm EYIedrich Deckel Pra-
zlsionsmechanlk und Maschinenbau,
Munich, Bavaria, Germany, Filed
Oct. 23, 1926. Ser, No. 143,551. and
in Germany Dec 2, 1926. 26 claims.
JLt6^7,123.^..^=.^^. . ^

that the Stanley
headquarters In Philadelphia will
move to the Warners building In
New York. Stanley Is booking,
vaude from Keith's Into about 20
of its houses. The booking connec-
tion Is not expected to be disturbed.
Six of the 20 Keith-booked Stanley
houses are wired.

[Elsewhere in this Issue Is an In-
terview with Harry Warner. It, of
course, takes precedence over this
news story.]

The announcement called the
'transaction a '"$200,000,000 picture
combination," with Harry Warner
and Rosshelm making the joint an-
nouncement.
The statement concluded :

Merger Terms

The new board of directors of, ,
Warner . Bros, will consist of
H. M. Warner,- Major Albert
Warner and J. L. Warner;
Henry A. Rudkln, Irving D.
Rosshelm, Simon Fabian, Moe
Mark, Morris Wolf and Waddill
Catchlngs.

The merger terms, as outlined
In a letter mailed to stockhold-
ers of the Stanley Co., provide
that each 100 shares of stock of
that company will be exchange-
able for 80 shares of convertible
preferred stock of Warner
Bros., 8 shares of Warner Bros,
common stock and $1,160 in
cash. The Warner Bros, pre-
ferred stock, entitled to a
cupiulative dividend of $2*20 a
share annually to Sept. 1, 1930,
and thereafter to a cumulative
dividend of $3.86 a, share, will
be convertible Into common
stock of the company up to
Sept. 1, 1930, in the ratio of
55/126th share of common for
each share of preferred. The
first dividend to be paid will be
for the six-month period end-
ing Feb. 28. 1929.

The letter to stockholders of .
the Stanley Co. calls for de-
posit of the stock with the New
York Ti-ust Co. prior to Oct
.26, 1928, by stockholders de-
siring to make the exchange-
Action bii the deal will be

Talkers Improve Trade;
Loew's Stillman Deal Off

Cleveland, Oct. 16.
Loew's Stillman, . after all, may
not close. Two months ago, when
businiess all over town was poor.
Loew's wanted to sell it to the
Hotel Statler, and throw lU trade
to other Locw houses up-street, but
the deal fell through.

Since the talker craze has hit the
town, situation has changed.' A
new policy of Publix shows and'
talkers has helped Loew's State to
climb out of the red; the Allen Is
still holding its own and bettor with
sound and talking films, while spe-
cial long-run sound pictures are
now bringing Stillman unexpected-
ly good business*

Upon completion of her part Iq
Fox'.s "Lifc'.s. a Gamble" opposite
Victor McLaglen Claire Windsor
win go td New York, returning to
make the remaining two pictures in
her contract wlthrTiffany-Stahl.

taken by the Warner Bros,
stockholders at their annual
meeting to be held in the early
part of December.

Six Months at Coconut
Grove, Ambassador Hotel,
Los Angeles, Cal.

JOHN

FREDERICK

and

MARIAN

DetUXE DANCING TEAM

Now Touring Publix
Circuit of Theatres

Direction WILLIAM UOBBIS
Chlcaco OiOe«

Takes 3 Bankrupt Houses

Chicago, Oct 16.
Hamliln, Harmony, and Peerless,
all three grind picture hous*s, re-
cently In bankruptcy; have boon
takpn over by Morris Salkln, local
exhibitor.

JESSE CRAWFORD
ORGAN CONCERT

MBS. CRAWFORD AT STAGE CONSOLE

PARAMOUNT THEATRE
NEW YORK

WEEK OF OCT. 13
"MY WINDOW OF DREAMS"

(SPIER & COSLOW)

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VARIETY

PICTURES

Wednesday, October 17„ 1928

Sales of Pictures

4 Months Behind

Reporta from the sales depart-
ments of several distributers are to
. the effect that sales are four months
behind, compared with the volume
lor the average season at this time.

The sales drop is accompanied by
delayed bookings, also resulting in
money diUlculties. Exhibitors with
wired houses are running talkers
ns soon as available and either con-
celling Or holding up play dates on
..flilent films.

Sales pressure of the typcial vari-
ety is found ineffective at the pres-
ent time, the halt in buying ascribed
to tlie unrest among theatre owners
on account of talking pictures.

Publix Adds Week

One more week will be tacked on
Western Publix units originating
at the Oriental, Chicago. It comes
with the opening of the new Fisher
(Kunsky) theatre, Detroit in three
weeks.

Units now play one week in De-
troit, at the Capitol, also Kunsky.
The Fisher (neighborhood) will
l;iow follow.

Works Two Shifts

libs Angeles, Oct. IC. .

While working days In "Casino
Garden" for M-G-M, Raymond
Keane is compelled to work nights
for Tiffany- Stahl In the current
Reginald Barker production.

This is due to the fact that Tlf-
fany-Stahl advanced their shooting
•ciiedule on the picture.

Dept. Labor and Unions

Washington, Oct. 16.
Three labor dlsputea .involving
musicians In theatres have been
brought before the Department of
Labor for settlement during the past
week.

These are the union's demand that
the Embassy, San. Francisco, have a
10-piece orchestra;, union demand-
ing that an orchestra be used by
the Central States Theatre Corp.,
Moline, HI., and a like demand on
the Naborhbod Theatres Co., of
Tacoma, Wash.

JOE LA ROSE AT PHILA.

Washington, Oct. 16.
Joe LaRose, doing the producing
for Fox in Philadelphia and Wash;
inpton, has been made managing
director of the Fox house, in Philar
delphia. He is also scheduled for
that as.slgnment in the Washington
house. .

Latter Is dependent upon the
transfer of Harry Greenman,: now.
in Washington, to the. new house In
St. Louis.

Jack Keegan Advanced

Jack Keegan this week was pror
moted froni branch manager of
Vitaphone to an assistancy to Paul
Swift, the talker's sales chief.

Ralph Wilk also steps from an
assistancy to joe Hummel, Warner
Sales head, into Keegan's old Job
in the talker department.

Strike in L. A. Houses

Los. Angeles, Oct. 16.

Stage hands and operators walked
out of five Rickard. & Nace houses
Oct. 14 after a wage dispute.

The theatres will, continue to
operate with non-union labor in
place of the 14 men who walked.

Phyllift' Perfumes

Los Angeles, Oct, 16.
In an effort to create talk
In the picture colony, Phyllis
Haver has established a new
system for getting Into the
mood of . roles by employing
various perfumes.

In scenes where, she is •
called upon to play the siren,
a special blend of heavy
flower odors Is used. For the
more tender scenes she uses
light sweet, scents.

Since the actress furnishes
this jperfume herself, it saves
the studio money on an or-
chestra.

17 Shows at $3; $46,000

Starting Saturday a midnight
performance was added to the Win-
ter (Garden, where "Singing Fool"
Is the current attraction. The pic-
ture is now showing twice daily,
four times Saturday, three on Sun-
day, with a $3 top on the week-ends,
making possible at capacity a jgross
of over $46,000.

"VIDOE'S BEUNETtES

King Vidor has left; New Xork
for Memphis to make exteriors for
his negro story, ^Hallelujah," tak-
ing with him Daniel Hay nes, col -
bred player of "Show Boat,'' who
will bei a leading man; Honey
Brown, Harlem dancing baby and a
soprano singer; Victoria Spivey,
Florence De Knight and Lulu Belle.

Interiors will be made in Culver
City.

Eastman

e 2

A

for the cinematographer

In developing, it the Eastman , Kodak
Company has pursued its long estab-
lished policy of constantly helping to
improve the motion picture art. In
presenting it to the trade it maintains
its undisputed forty-year supremacy.

EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY

ROCHESTER, N. Y.

Picture Possibilities

"Coupag©" — Favorable

"COURAGE" (Comedy drama, Lew Cantor, Ritz).

A story that might be fashioned Into a program picture to better pu»s
pose than for the stage. Jbee.

«The K Guy"— Favorable

"THE K atJT** (Yates Brothers, Blltmore theatre).

Palatable Holly wo'od mystery story, good love suspense and room for
action; coulS stand talking production to utilize the wisecracks; wortl^
scanning as a fine program candidate for either silent or audible.

"Just a Minute"— Unfavorabt* \

"JUST A MINUTET' Musical (Morris and Greene^ Ambassador),
Thin plot would probably h?ive to be completely rewritten to have any
chance ait all as a picture. In script resembles comedy two reeler.

"Faust"— Unfavorable

"FAUiST" (By Theatre Guild with George Gaul and Dudley Digges).

Dramatic version of German classic. Done to deiath in stock and
rep and fail public wouldn't be attracted to version depending upo'n
artistry and sincerity. " Piece milked dry In hoke interpretations on
stage and screen, anyway. Rusih.

''Ups»a-Daisy" — Favorable .

*njPS-A-DAIST," Musical (Lewis G. Gensler," Shubert Theatre).

.Great comedy opportunity with splendid scenes and laugh situationg.
Though not a word show, could make a sweet program picture, either
silent or musical, as numbers are .strong. Lait.

"Paris" — Unfavorable
"PARIS" (Musical Comedy, Gilbert Miller, Music Box).
Little substance, to plot, stage production depending on song numbers
by star, Irene Bordonl. Title used by Hollywood already. Not suniciehl;
originality to loom strongly. . Land.

"Possession" — Unfavorable

"POSSESSION" (Cofhedy Drama, Edgar Selwyn, Booth Theatre).
Not movie stuff. Plot deals with husband who leaves wife out of
sheer boredom With her loving' tenderness. Melodramatic to'uches but
essential . theme is compllca,ted by psychological subtleties difficult for
transmuting to screen. . «» • Land.

"Little Accident"— Favorable

"LITTLE ACCIDENT" (Farce Comedy, Crosby Gaige, Mbrosco).
Pleasant little play with main situation reversed from usual. Ibee.

"Hold Everything" — Favorable

"HOLD ACCIDENT," Musical (Aarons & Freedley, Broadhurst).
ConvenUo'nal "win the big fight" plot which. If the show lands for
a smash, would give the musical a look-in for the flicliers.. Abel.

"Straight Thru the Door"— Favorable

"STRAIGHT THRU THE DOOR" (Hodge, Comedy, Meller, 49th St.).
Pleasant comedy mystery play, distinguished , on the stage by William
Hodge's playing in the stellar role. Has a chance in pictures with some
tricking up of the mystery elements. Abel.

Bristolplione's All Talkers
For Gotham's Full Season

Gotham's arrangement with Brls-
tolphono for the production of talk-
ing pictures has resulted in a sched-
ule of 18 full length features for
the coming season, according to Sam
Sax, president of Gotham, and 62
talking shorts.

Short siabjects. It Is reported, will
be made in the new coast studio
constructed by Gotham while an
arrangement has been made in the
east for the use of the DeForest
^tudios In New Tork for the pro-
duction of acts available.

Approximately 50 per cent, of the
full length features will be produced
by Ascher, Small & Rogers, the
new interests in Gotham.

Aside from the dupe negatives for
foreign trade and theatres which
are not wired, no silent pictures
will be made.

Fox's 5,500-Seater _

For Cleveland

r Cleveland, Oct. 16.

A .William Fox theatre to Tseat
5,500, ranking it as the largest
house here, is reliably reported.

It will be on Euclid avenue, with-
Ing a 'block of Keith's Palace." -Ei-
act site not known.

Cleveland is already ' accepted as
generohsly over-seated.

2 GO ALL SOUND ON COAST

San Francisco, Oct. 16.

Ackerman and Harris new house,
the El Capitan, assumes a policy
of second run talkers Oct. 26. The
house chorus has been given notice
and George Vest, second organ.
House orchestra will be maintained,
union regulations not permitting its
dismissal.

T and D,; Oakland, becomes
straight sound house Oct. 27 when

the .Fanchon and Marco,. . shows

switch to the New Oakland theatre.

STRAND'S NEW SCREEN

Strand, New York, is putting m
a new Vitaphone screen measuring
19 by 15, the largest in tlie city.

Report is that it's to accommo-
date standees in the back of tho
theatre. Joe and Jimmy Dwyor,
stage carpenters, ai'e doing the job.

SKOUR/VS BROTHERS

fUnSflXTADOR

ST. LOUIS. /VAO

VINCE SILK

MASTER OF CEREMONIES
SAYS
"I hope you're well"
GOLDEN GATE THEATRE, L. A.
Thanks to Fanchon and -^Marco

BILLY SNYDER

THE JUVENILE PRINCE

, BROKK AJJj HOCSK KECORDS

I.OEW'S STATE
P. S.— Tlmnlig to the wonderful enp-
poPt of Charlie Murray and M-O-M
plctnrc. -"Qnr- - Pancing, Pauglitera".

COMING BAST SOON!

BABE MORRIS

Queen of Tap D sneers

Direction FAKOIION nnrt MARCO
TonrInf7 West Coast Tliciitrcs

Featured in "ARTISTES" Idea

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Wednesday, October 17, 1928

VARIETY

"21

GIGANTiC

Colossal MACFADDEN
TIE-UP

N, Y. Evening Graphic
Philadelphia Daily News

SUPREME BOX OFFICE SMASH! SOLD

ON STUPENDOUS SCALE BY NA-

TIONAL ADVERTISING TO 16,500,000

MA OF AD DEN MAGAZINE RE A D E R S IN

ADVANCE!

SOLD, TOO, BY THE COMBINED SHOWMANLY
GENIUS OF TWO OF THE WORLD'S GREATEST
EXPLOITATION MACHINES ....

LOVE. . . THE ONLY SURE-FIRE BOX-OFFICE
THEME . . . IS DRAMATIZED AS NEVER BEFORE
IN THIS EPIC OF YOUTH ON THE PRIMROSE
TRAIL ....

OLIVE

BORDEN

HUNTLEY

GORDON

DAPHNE POLLARjD
SEENA OWEN

directed bif

GEORGE MELFORD

Presented by

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UNI

BOX OFFICE/

in Fundamental elements that are enhanced by SOUND
Production qualities best adapted to SOUND
Supervisors and Directors who KNOW SOUND
Stars and Featured Players who have SOUND training
Synchronized in Sound by the Sensational R. C. A.
Photophone Process

eseB/aOM/\reA//Sef To S^\xx\i\7Jie Box Office Befi

RQCQLE 'ANNAPOUS'

Giplain SWAGGEK'

wil/i SUE CAROL

Its rapid-fire action with thrills galore in spectacular aero-
plane battle scenes, jazzy cafe sequences — colorful, vivid
and realistic !-^Here is Sound in its most Vibrant phases.
A Hector TumbuU Production, adapted by Adelaide
Heilbroh from an original story by Leonard Praskins.

The stirring epic of the U. S. Naval Academy at Annapolis,
featuring JOHN MACK BROWN, HUGH ALLAN,
JEANETTE LOFF and WILLLVM BAKEWELL.
Annapolis at its raciest! The sinking of a boat in collision with a
chaser! The roar of the campus battles! The uprofir of the foot-
ball field! Bands blaring! Crowds cheering! Authentic bugle calls
synchronized in cooperation with Henry J. Peterman, leader of U.' S.
Naval Academy Band.

AMAOK)VA«BtuREN ^^^^ oihcrs WlVti DIALOGUE that will Talk Box Office:

resitUs

AESOPS
FILM

FABLES

Toncs

in SoHnd

"SHOW FOLKS"

With Eddie Quillan, Lina Basquctte and
Robert Armstrong.

Backstage atmosphere and melodramatic punch
'of underwprld.

"THE SPIELER"

With Allan Hale, Kcnce Adoree, ' Fre4
Kohlcr and Clyde Cook.

The blare of the "f»ig top"— the riotous medley of
the menageriel The band— the parade — the col"
Hope! The cry of the Spicier at the side show.

"NED McCOBB'S
DAUGHTER"

With Irene Rich, Robert Armstrong,
George Rarraud and Theodore Roberts.
From Sidney Howard's Theatre Guild Hit.
Adapted by Beulah Marie Dix.

"NOISY NEIGHBORS"

With Eddie Quillan and the world-
renowned Quillan Family.

.A story of vaudeville troupers who become in.'^
voiced in a terrible mountain fued in old Ken^,

'tucfcy. Dyruimic! Thrilling! Different! Box
Office all the way and in SOUND a knockout!

"THE LEATHERNECK"

Starring William Boyd, with Robert Arm-
strong and Alan Hale.

War! International intrigue! Hair-raising ad-
venture! Action and sound at its dizziest with
the hard-boiledy two-fisted Marines down in
Nicaragua.

The World s

Greatest
News Red

Now in SOUND

"SQUARE SHOULDERS" I If |-

with Junior Coghlan.

The greatest boy actor on the screent in the role
of a young cadet who personifies the opportuni-
tiesj longings, desires and dreams »f millions of
boys. A money-getting tlieme and a money-
getting Production.

SPCNtlUffS

in Sound

lOHH L J|AWKI^SOr«

"LISTEN, BABY!"

From the Red Book Magazine Story by Elsie
Janis and Gene Markey. With Eddie Quillan.
The glamor and drama &f life behind the footlights.

Pa the'® Pictures

These Two Super
Productions in Sound

Member of Motion Picture Producer* »nd DlflttlbutOrs of America, Inc.; "Will H, Hays, Presiacnt

Wednesday, October 17, 1928

PICT U R E S

VARIETY

23

Literati

The Horan Case.

Paris, Oct. 8.
The order of expulsion handed
Harold Horan, Universal News cor-
respondent here, has brought

New Telegraph Owner*

An fl.nnounc.ement signed Jos. A.
Moor© in the Morning Telegraph
last week stated that Mr. Moore
and associates had purchased' the
sports daily, it was Indicated a new

deadly silence and fear over all J^°"l<i installed, through the

other news correspondents in Paris. "^^^^ .^f^,^ °" P^P®'" ^^"^os^

'mediately thereafter receiving

notice.

It is said that Moore's principal
associate m the Telegraph buy is
M. li. Annenberg. who is heavily in-
terested In Racing Form, The lat-
ter Is a strong competitor of the
Telegraph's. Moore and Annenberg
are reported to have palid $500;000
for the Telegraph; $250,000 in cash
and the remainder on term notes.

One report is that the intention is
to confine the Telegraph to sports
only; while another claims it will
also carry society and theatrical
departments, A story has been in
circulation that name writers have
been angled for by the new direc-
tion. Hey wood Broun, 0,0. Mc-
Intyre, and others. Broun is with

Koran's offense was that he cabled
the text of the secret French-
British naval pact to the Hearst
papers in the United States. The
Hearst papers published an exclu-
sive on the pact anu it was
rejected by Frank. B. Kellogg, sec-
retary of state for the United
States, when brought before him.

No specific charge was . made
against Horan and . > explanation
was forthcoming from the French
police ofUcials who arrested him
and hefd him incommunicado for
several hours: He was told to sign
an agreement to leave the country
Within 72 hours or stand trial.

The first question all other Amer-
ican correspondents— and there are

plenty of them over here— was If I the New York Evening Telegram,
a French journalist ;n "Washington j^jg contractural relations un-

been found In similar position K^own. Mclntyre Is the famous
Would he have been deported. The columnist, believed to be under con
general oiDlhion Is that he would Uract to the McNaught Syndicate
not have been and that the action Broun Is wanted for general com
of the French authorities Is arbl- Uent, with Mclntyre reported sought
trary in the extreme. assume charge of "The Town In

The. next point raised was con- Reyjew" column on the. Telegraph's
cerning Horan's action and its re- fpo,T^t page. Mclntyre is understood
suit In the placing of a possible without writing restrictions

censorship on all French pacts. In with McNfiught.

other words, American^ newspaper- with the Telegraph tucked siway,
men are In the positioiTthat if they Annenberg Is without ahy regular
cable a story which may not please newsaaper opposition In the racing
the French/ despite the veracity of fi^id with his Racing Form. The
the story," they are liable to Im- Form has been slowly crushing the
mediate expulsion from the coun- Telegraph. While the last circula,
try. . tion statement of the Telegraph

Other cabled stories on the Horan claimed over 40,000 daily, it was not
case have stated that Horan, under credited in newspaper circles at
questioning, admitted that W, R. over 15,000

Hearst gave him the text of the
secret treaty and ordered him to
cable It across.

MASTER OF
CEREMONIES

METROPOLITAN
LOS ANGELES

When the late E. R. Thomas ;tvas
in the active operation of the Tele-
graph, W. R, Hearst offered $1,000.-
000 for It, later raising his offer to
$1,250,000. Mr, Thomas declined
both offers. At the time of sale the
Telegraph was reputed in the red
In view of the circumstances the
half million reported paid by
Messrs.. Moore and Annenberg is
looked upon as a very favorable
figure for the oldest sporting daily
in the country. The Telegraph
goes back nearly 40 years when the
late Blakely Hall founded it.

Jos. Moore formerly was with
Hearst, becoming most important In
that organization. Moore Is said to
have shown Hearst more about
financing than Hearst had dreamed
possible. It has been said that It
was Moore who suggested and pro-
moted the large bond issues on the
Hearst papers, running into many
millions. Annenberg is one of the
best versed circulation men In
America. He, with his brother also
has 'been with iHearst In the past
The one definite statement so far
for the Telegraph Is that Gene
Fowler is its managing editor,
Fowler of late has been gen
eral press agent for Miidison Square
Garden. He's a well known and
thorough newspaper man, having
undertaken many Important posi-
tions on the Hearst x>apers. He has
been one of the many managing edi-
tors on the New York American
sticking a little longei'; tflan the
others.

The new owners of the Telegraph
are now in possession.

Best Sellers

The Womrath <bo6k stores*
best sellers in their chain of
New York and adjacent isitores
are: ; '

Strange Case of Miss Annie

Sprague, Louis Bromfield.
Old Pybus, Warwick Deeping.
All Kneeling, Anne Parrish.
The Children, Edith Wharton.
Swan Song, John GalswoKhy. .

Non- Fiction
Goethe, Emti Ludwig.
The Buck in th« Snow, Edna

St. V. Mil lay.
John Brown's Body, Stephen V.

Benet. .
Story of Oriental Philosophy,

Beck.

Napoleon, Emit Ludwig.

Baker & Taylor Co., national
booksellers, catering to the
wholesale trade, have the fol-
lowing compilation oif best sell-
ers in fiction, yariance in tiOes
is explained by the fact that
books which .are locally popu-
lar around New "York, although
that is usually the keynote for
ultimate national popularity,
may hot have reached the ..hin-
terland as yet:

Wild Horse Mesa, Zane Grey.
Old Pybus, Warwick Deeping.
Blue Ruin, Grace L. HilL
Bad Girii Vina Delmar.
Three Passions, Cosmo Hamil-
ton.

Non-Fiction
John Brown's Body, Stephen V.
Benet.

Buck in the Snow, Edna St. V.
Millay

Strange Interlude, Eugene
O'Neill.

Hunger Fighters, Paul de Kruif.
Goethe, Emil Ludwig..

a year and also give the subaoribor
12 old favorites, all for $18.

■fhat makes it about 75 cents n
book, and is expected to m;ike tho
regulation publishers tear their hair.
They are tho ones who inisist that
book publishing isn't proiUable at
under $2 a volume, which is why.
the book-of-the-month clubs ami
circulating libraries are growing in
numbers.

Herald and the Publix press people
want to know how it happened and
why.

Hollywood Series Catches On

Patricia Reis, secretary to How-
ard Dietz, M-G-M publicity head,
is the author of the, "Patsy to
Eloisie" letters of Hollywood gossip
which are used by about 900 small
town newspapers.

Miss Reis originated the letters
about a year ago with the series
since becoming popular. She does
the work at her home.

Ndw Works Pop Fub
Willard Huntington Wright, who
under the name of S. S. Van Dine
has been writing a series , of suc-
cessful murder mysteries, says that
after he has finished the sixth of
the detective series, "Van Dine'
will cease to exist and he will once
more become Willard Huntington
Wright, author oi; "high-brow" lit
ei-ature.

As Van Dine he has written "The
Benson Murder Case," "The Canary
Murder Case," "The Greene Murder
Case" and "The Bishop Murder
Case." As Van Dine, the writer has
acquired wealth. Paramount bought
three of the stories for filming. He
says he now has sufficient money to
permit him to do the sort of work
he likes.

0(1 i I ion which Britain's Home Seo-
retary Joysou Hicks liannod. "with-
out ,a, conuna changoil," for $6, and
aro tlooding liondon with pamphlets,
al.-^o .innounohig they take no re-
sponsibility for aolivcry! British
Customs iuithoritifs aro stojiping th©
book in tho post and at ports;

Long Distance Guests

Plan& of the Now York World to
fill, tlie column formerly occupied
by Hey wood Broun is to have guest
columnists for. various periods.
Elsie McCormack,. who had the
column after Broun, has been fol-
lowed by Willam Bolitho, who will
stay a year. Bolitho Is the paper's
London correspondent. He will re-
turn to the English capital after his
period of duty on Broun's old post
expires.

Barnum's Own Story

"P. T. Barnum's Own Story,"
published last week, is the auto-
biography which the great show-
man wrote during his lifetime and
which sold about half a million
copies. H. S, Browne, of Wyom-
ing, N. Y., possessed the copyright.
When Werner's; biograpliy, "Bar-
num," and other books on the cir-
cus man met with favor, Browne
decided to re-issue Barnum's own
story. The book, in 406 pages, sells
for $2. ■ ., ■ ■

' Best Sellers Start

Two-(ff America's best known and
best selling novelists, Louis Brom
field and Barry Benefleld, started
their literary careers as publicity
agents for the book publishing
houses which now issue their
works. Bromfield ground out mime-
ograph matter for the Frederick A.
Stokes Co. until the same concern
accepted his novel, "The Green Bay
Tree." It was an Instantaneous suc-
cess and he has continued writing
oven winning a Pulitzer Prize.

Benefleld used to publicize the
products of the Century Co. until he
wrote "The Chicken-Wagon .I^am-
ily." Now he Is devoting himself
to fiction only. His new book, "A
Little Clown Lost," is selling plenty.

Money in Slang
A prim si>insior lilirarian, in a
miil-wost town ordi'rcd, through a
New York importer, a 7-vohimC set
of a famous '•Dictionary of Slang,"*
privately printed in London. The
Importer got the set over the pond
and without unwrapping, Shipped it
west. Imagine the old lady's em-
barrassment when on examining the
volumes she found that the work
included all the vile and unprintable
slang definitions up to date!

With an awful holler, she shipped
it back to the Nejv York importer.
One of the boys in the ofllce got hep
to the set, bought it in personally
for $36 and sold it a few days later
for $1,000 to a private collector.

Lait's Serial

Jack Lait, editor of International
Feature Service, is writing a novel
based on Chicalgo gang life, sched-
uled to appear shortly in. serial form
in the « Hearst paicrs titled, "The
Law of tlie Lawless."

Vanderbilt Reimbursement

That reimbursement of stockhold-
ers In the ill-fated Vanderbilt
Newspapers; Inc., will be made In
the near future was announced by
Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jr., when he
pkssed through Los Angeles. .

, Jim Jeffries, former heavyweight
champ, now an actor, has with the

(Continued on page 47)

Direction of
WILLIAM PERLBERG
WM. MORBiS AOTSCX

EMANUE 6AER

Who ItHS for the last/10 ycar.s scored
plctiiri's an.l conflucteil for

HUGH RIESENFED
and N. Y. PARAMOUNT

Where he oynchrontzed Wallace
Beery's "Begpars ot Life," their
mo.st (fratlfylng rocordlne Job

NOW FREE LANCING

XC^presentatlve, ITARRT J^ENXTTSKA
tVm, .Morrifl Office, 1,500 Uroadwfty
New York

Koenigsberg Syndicate

M, Koenigsberg is organizing
his own news syndicate'. Meagre
information is out concerning it

Keonigsberg organized and was
in charge for niany years of the
several Hearst news services and
syndicates. He resigned about six
months ago, greatly to the surprise
of the newspaper world.

Back and Forth

Archie Baley was on the World -
Herald, Omaha, and Omaha's cor-
respondent for Variety, The Pub-
lix publicity department, attracted
to Baley, took him away from the
World-Herald, to hhccome p. a, for
the Piiblix new Omaha house.

With th© theatre but a short
while, having left the local daily,
the World-Herald induced P.aley to
return, at double his former .salary.
Now Balpjr Js b a^ piOh c_Wo r Id

THE ROMEROS

CARLOS and MALVINA

JOHN AND JUDITH '* OSC.\R ANU AI^A

AIX, ONK FA.WILY Onr Fifth Tear with Fanohon and Mur<-o

Now with

FANCHON AND MARCO'S "ARTIST'S IDEA"

Drama Local Industry
What is believed to be a prece-
dent among small-town newspapers
was set when the Norwalk (Conn,)
Hour, .introduced . a complete dra-
matic department.

With all the actors, playwrights
and artists living in Norwalk,
Westport and vicinity, local news
tie-ups dealing with the doings of
the .celebrities are made ayajiabl©.
B. J. Thomas, publisher, says he be-
lieves, the feature will be as Inter-
esting as the sports and social
pages.

M. L. Miller, former Norwalk ajid
.Syracuse, N. Y., newspaperman. Is
editing.

News or Out .°

Change in policy and make up
recently reported to have taken-
place in Ned McLean's Washington
Post has now gone a step further —
Nelson Bell Is now making a news
section out of his motion picture
spread on Sunday. innovation
proved quite a shock to. the publicity
dispensers when their tisual run of
"specials" failed to appear in print.

Bell, who was the highest priced
publicity man In the town when
with Harry. Crandall's chain of pic-
ture houses, is sticking to his guns
and the boys have got to furnish
him with a news' story or it doesn't
go. ■

The upheaval all round In the
"Post" has resulted in a jump in
circulation. With Congress now on
the job this Is looked upon in Wash-
ington as quite some jump.

Hoover Costly to Hearst

The Hoover Mand has cost the
New York Evening Journal (Hearst)
about 75,000 circulation, and the
American, its morning sister, about
30,000 it could ill spare- The Mir-
ror, recently t.ikeiy over by A. J.
Kobler, formerly a Hearst execu-
tive, and switched to Smith with its
first editorial under the new regime,
started going up Instanter, Of the
070 0 6' "or""sb^ lt"1ii^ ~ga1 ned "at "leais f
two-thirds can be credited to swim-
ming with tJic local Smith tide.

Chai^acterizing Ultra Flap

Tom Geraghty, scenarist at First
National, referring JLp the daughter
of the comparatively conservative
flapper of other year^, describes
her as'a "zipper." -

There Is No Substitute for

Mrs. Bernays' Book

Doris B, Flcischman, associated
with her husband, Edward L.
Bernay's, as a public relation.s'
Coun.sel, Is the editor of a book on
"An Outline of Careers for. Women"
wliich Doubleday-Dorah has just
brought out. It parallola Bernay.s'
recent book, "An Outline of Careers'"
for men, which tho same firm pub-
lished.

Mias Flelschman!s contributions
Include Gertrude Atherton* Mary
Vail Andress, of the Chase National
Bank, Mrs. LYanklln D. Roosevelt,
Judge Jean Norris, Princess Julia
Qantacuzene Sporansky, et al.

STAGE-BAND
ENTERTAINMENT

Known as the

'TAUL ASH POLICY"

$6 for Banned Book

The banned book, "WolJs of Tx»nll-
no.ss,"by Miss Iladclyffe-Hall, is be-
ing extf-nslvcly peddled by a Paris
publishing .,hou»e called I>t'g.'isu.s.
They offer the identical unchanged

ORIENTAL
THEATRE
CHICAGO

Limited Engagement

"EXCLCSrVELT COtiCUDIA
RECORDING ARTIST"

HOW Ktmt

Htrand
Theatre
Vancouver,
B. O.

M JACKIi

warns

and his

Orcliestva

Bargain Book League
Another ono of these "bo6k-of-
thij-monfh" clubs has been organ-
ized, called tho P.ook I>eague of
Amf-rlca, . and wifh bottf»r terms
than any of tho.se now In ex-
i.sU-nce. It will I.ssue 12 now book.s

GALE QUADRUPLETS

JANE - JUNE - JOAN - JEAN

rKATCHKI) IS
FANCHON AND MARCO'S "HAPPY IDEA"

24

VARIETY

FILM REVIEWS

Wednesday, October 17, 1928

The Young Whirlwind

(Continued from page 16) ,

laced Buzz Barton* The lad can
ride.

Story Is one of those highly Im-
probable affairs centering about a
rbbbery of an airplane. Action de-
pends on Barton's riding and the
■way he outwits four tough lookiri'
guys. He slingshots two of thorn
into a fight, kayos another with an-
other shot, and. then whams the
fourth over the head with a piece of
heavy rope and recovers the stolen
mail pouch. There is a love story,
but it doesn't matter. A little bit
here and there for comedy, but it
Is of the usual 'stripe.

Good camera work caught a spill
"by one oiE the bandltis. Seemed too
quick, hard and dangerous to have
been arranged, but decidedly realis-
tic either way. Mark,

The Melody of Love

(DIALOG) \

gan Francisco, Oct. 10.
Universal (Movietone) eoumV production
and relpnse. Story and direction by A. 15.
He^th. At runtaffcs, San FianclKco, week
OcU 0. Uunnlng time. 83 .minutes. ^

J^ck Ciark. •^•^••W■tUc^ PWgcon

Madelon. • • .Mildred ;Harr!s

. Flo Thomp."5on-. Jane WInton

rLLeity .Tommy Dugan

"Music Publisher..... Jack Hlchanlson
The Gawk .................. • • • .Victor yptel

Universal's first all-sound feature
length picture, and incidentally the
first 100 per cent all-talking Movie-
tone production, is excellent In som^
spots and dull in others.

Most of the talking seqtiences are
brutal. But the synchrpnization is
above the average, with some of the
musical interpolations unusually
well done. .

Universal put over a fast one in
making this all-talkcr. A niovie-
tone recording outfit was borrowed
from the Fox lot in Hollywood, os-
tensibly to make tests. As the^e
were no written specifications as to
the use of the outfit, U hurriedly got
together a cast, called on A. B.
Heath, who heretofore has directed

Summer Attraction
Film Road Show

• Percentage

Booking Anywhore — Send Dates
SAMUEL CJUMMINS

Publix Welfare Fibtnres Corp.
723 Seventh Ave., New York

only shorts, whipped a war storj'
Into shape and within six weeks, at
a cost of not over $40,000. turned out
"The Melody of Love." .

Story is very weak. It's woven
around a New York song writer, his
sweetheart, Flo Thompson, a tal-
ented vaude singer;. Lefty, his "tud-
dy,'' and Madcloh, French smgiPt^
waitress, whom the boys meet In
France, - ,

Miss Harris is of the vaude and
speaking stage, but her talking se-.
quences do riot register. She clicKn
only, so far as sound is, concerned,
in her song interpolations. In a
blonde wig she is a demure, sympa-
thetic picture, and, asidiB from pos-
sibly a little over-acting, is accept-
able.'

Walter Pldgeon's voice is more or
loss metallic, excepting when ho
sings. His piano playing registers,
and he plays the loud role with more
or less - conviction. Outstanding
character Is that of Lefty, admir-
ably done by Tommy Dugan. As
the crap-sh6bting Nemesis Of the
American Army in France Dugan
provides plenty of comedy. He has
no trouble -putting his stuff across.
Here, too, however, the talking voice
Is of the metallic sort. ■/

PldgiJon is attempting to write a
war song when Dugan busts in the
publisher's office with the news he
has just enlLsted. Soon they are on
the sido lines and then right in the
middle of hostilities overseas. The
early part of the picture and the
finish are a continual series of dou-
blo exposures, • with the usual
marching soldiers, cannona,ding and
customary war, stuff.

Throtighout the unfolding of the
story frequent . recourse is had to
one-time, pop war melodies. Stir-
ring airs are freely used in the
score. Then back to Broadway.

Where they are educated to all-
sound pictures this one will hardly
prove suitable.. In the 'houses where
dialog is still more or less of a. nov-
elty there are some redeeming fea^
tures which may help . it along.

It's nothing to get unduly excited
over. Edwards,

Women They Talk About

(DIALOG)

•Warner Brothers production and release,
featuring Irene Rich, William Collier, Jr.,
Clftudel Glllln{ir\vater and Audrey Fcvrls.
Directed by I..loyd Bacon. Joseph Jackson
titled, and Pran^k Kelson,- cameraman. At
the Strand, New Yoi-k, -week Oct. 13..
Running time, (W mlna.

Mother.;,.. ...Irene Rich

TJaughtdr. Audrey Ferris

Son Vffllllam Collier, Jr.

Orandfatlher .Claude GUllngwater

Mayor. . ; Anders RandOlf

Frame-Up Man.. .....Jack Santoro

Politician. .John Mlljun

West Coast Motion Picture
Directory of Players/ Direc-
tors and Writers

Titles by

MALCOLM
STUART
BOYLAN

FOX

RED LIPS

Universal production and release. Co-
fr-.Tiurint' Huddy Rogers and Marlon Nixon.
Iiirocu-d by Melville Brown. -No other
i,'rcen credits. Cast Includes Stanley Tay-
lor, ir.UKli Trevor, Hayden ,^t^vcnHon. At
lilppo.lrome, New York, Week Oct. 14.
Running time, 08 Mine,

College as even low brows know
it ain't. ^ ■ , .

The campus toast loves the freshie
because he is different from the hip
flaskers she knows. For his own
good she gives him ozone. Ascribed
reason: He is too inexperienced.

Of course he goes to the dogs,
poisons his fine young body with
hootch and disgraces himself as a
members of dear did Whoopee's
track, team. ■ ■ ,

Smart pupils" will anticipate
liuddy's snapping out of it, renounc-
ing his evil ways, and winning the
all-importani field meet for Whoo-
pee. Even, the duller ones will feel
corifideht that Buddy and Marian
will patch up their mlsunderstaiid-

Buddy Bogers was reported last
spring as the lucky possessor of a
growing fan mail. Paramount which
had him under contract has done
nothing about it, so Universal may
cash in on that fan following if it
exists. Rogers is a personable
youth of a type n6w' fancied. Miss
Nixon co-featured is a contract
player to Universal and well known
where Universals play.

"Red Lips" Is strictly, stencil but
fair entertainment for those who
don't insist on being fastidious. In
college towns is ought to qualify as
a chuckle-inducer for the mob. .

Land.

• ■ r .

Kriemhild's Revenge

(GEFiMAN MADE) .

UFA production with all-German cast.
Fritz Lang, director. Photography by Carl
Hoffman and Giinther Rlttau. At 5Sth St.
I'layhouse^ New York, week Oct. 13. Run-
ning time obout 00 minutes. .

. This sequel to "Siegfried," also
German-made and shown in this
country in 1925, probably will stand
as an artistic success and b.O. zero.
"Siegfried" made no money and
"Kriemhlld" Is hot even as good a
picture.

7?he former was based on the
Nibelungenlied, the ancient German
folk legend of how young Siegfried,
son of Siegmund, the Wise, won the
beautiful Kriemhild, and was then
murdered at the wish of the design
ing Brunhilde. "Kreimhild's Re
venge" is a partial rehash and fol-
low-up. .

In the Ijitter the formerly beauti-
ful Kriemhild Is not so comely
physically as well as mentally oveF

come with the desire for vengeance.
To advance her purpose KrlemhUci
weds the distorted Attila, King of
the iluns. As queen of that do-
main she avenges the death of her
beloved Siegfried, but not without
herself meeting death in the end.

Another reason why Kriemhild is
not go nice to look at as previously
is that she ig played by another and
not so pretty a blond-wigged lady.
The Kriemhild of "Kriemhild's Re-
venge" is appallingly masculine and
not at all the beautiful maiden of
the Siegfried picture.

In this film there Is little or no
action until Kriemhild departs for
the land of the Hims. Opening se-
quences are the closing portions of
•Siegfried," from the death scene in
that fllin on. Out of all that comes
nothing but a remembrance 6f much
mugging, and all the same kind of
mugging.

In the later battle scene there are
Inore men slain than, perhaps, in
any motion picture ever produced.

The typical fantastic settings are
notable and look like a lot of money.
If getting over on this side, It will
b6 a miracle, but if the picture does,
all credit should go to the scenery.

A rather bothersome contribution
by its U. S. Importers is the. dovible
set of titles, Engli.sh and German.
Both occupy the screen at once, one
on top. of the other with a lino
dividing. Where the titles a;re
lengthy : the two translations are
flashed individually, , German first.
Little reason for this at the 55th
St., but where shown to Germans
exclusively the picture may sell it-
self with German titles only.

Running time ot an hour and a
half would rhake necessary cutting
"Kriemhild" in about half for aver-
age program use. With its present
overabundance of slow motion and
overly written sub-titles it would be
a bettor picture than now if cut to
15 or 20 minutes. The battle stuff,
in short subject form, would make
it playable.

Nothing In it for exhibitors in Its
present shaj>e. Bige

The Glorious Trail

Charles Rogers production, released
through' First National.- Ken Maynard,
starred. Directed by Al Rogell from
story- by Marion Jackson. Titles, .Don
Ryan. In ciist; Gladys McCohnell, Frank
Hagney, James Bradbury, Jr: At Loew's
New York, one day, Oct. 0, on double
bill. Running time 05 minutes.

•The job of wiring the continent
is undertaken along covered wagon
continuity by Charles Rogers in
"The Glorious Trail." There is no
continued suspense and a great
story opportunity is muffed by di

rectorial laxity. In Its present state
numerous situations are far over-
shot making the theme drag. Bet-it
ter editing, and certainly clipping,
will be necessary before thia cart
be labelled as something worthy
of the better second runs.

Covered wagon stuff is the opener
with the telegraph and Indians.

Ken Maynard goes through thei
gyrations of ' whipping the barroom .
mob and later bumping off an In-
dian with every shot when a wagon,
train ia attacked. This is prob-
ably the longest exchange of Holly-
■>Vood hail ever recorded, .

DONQUICHOTTE

(DANISH MADE)

' Paris, Sept, 22,
"Don Quichotte" of Miguel Cer-
vantes is too well known' to presum©
to speak of the scenario of the pic-
ture issued by the Palladium Film
Co. of Copenhagen, recently trade
shown in Paris under satisfactory
conditions hy P. J. De Venloo.

This film features the ^^candIna-
vlan comedians, Carl Schenstroni
and Harold Madsen, now farnous in
European picture circles as Double-
patte and Patachon. They hold the
roles of the fhin knight with the
sad face and his devoted stubby
Man Friday, faiftous in literary his-
tory as Sancho Panzo. They Inter-
pret the inseparable characters of
Cervantes with delightful reality.

Naturally all the principal phases
of the iSpanlsh classic have been
Incorporated by Lau Lauritzen, the
producer. His work made a most
favorable Impression on the trade
critics In Piarls, and it goes without
saying the appearance on the screen
of the diverting Schenstrom and
Madsen will be hailed by . the, cine-
ma fans, already acquainted with
the quaint , antics of these come-
dians.

A good - picture on a weU-lcnown
subject, but the attraction lies In
the two lead actprs. Kcndrcto.

THE BABY CYCLONE

M-O-M production and release, co-starring
iMW Cody and Alleen Prlngle. Gween t-09
and Rrtbert Armstrong subfeatured. Di-
rected by Eddie Sutherland. Based on
George M. Cohan'a play; Adapted by F.
Hugh Herbert, ' Cameraman, Andre . Bar-
taller. Titles by Robert Hopkins, Wad©
Boteller, Polly Moran, Clarissa Solwyn and
Nora Cecil In cast. At Loew's American,
New York, Sept. 27-20.. Running lime 8T
minutes, .

One of the best stage farces o£
recent seasons is a very so-so mov-
ing picture. Loew's sent it direct
to the American for three days,
without a first Broadway showing.
Eddie Sutherland, former Para-

WINIFRED
DUNN

SCKN.\R10 OF
'SUBMARINE'

N o w Bronklng
Rocdnis nt Ifjni-
biistiy Thcntre,
at «2 Top TrlceB

ORIGINALS ADAPTATIONS

HOW ARD J. GREEN

Management, Edward Small Co.
TITLES CONTINUITIES

LICHTIG

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ENGLANDER

TEN ■yEAKS IN IIOIXVWOOI)

Kvproscnllng
DIRECTOR.S. AliTlSXS, WRITEK.S

WAllls"mtTJYniror^^nollywooa^0G8

MARK SANDRICH

DIRECTOR
Just ('<)nn»l<'f<»il a IViilure ricliirc
"RUNAWAY GIRLS"
For Columbia Pictures

Very much of a talking . quickie,
nothing saving it but Claude GIl-
lingwater doing his weU-known
grouch and in rare form. . Veteran
of stage and screen, GllUngwatdr
will push this oiie through for pro-
gram purposes. Just 14 minutes of
dialog, four and 10-minute se-
quences, with the audience Only
wanting to hear the crabbing
grandfather — and that's Gilllng-
water.

Weak-kneed plot is . colorlessly
played. The dialog handled by
Miss tlich and Aiiuors Randolf i.s ir.
the flat, slow, uninteresting man-
ner, from which only occasionally
the talkers have been free. 13ut
they yell at Gillingwater silent or
when talking. In the latter instanco
tiie Strand mob chirped loud enough
to smother follow-up lines.

It simply proves that comedy is
still a dialog picture's best bet and
that Gillingwater is surefire and
strong enough to become a draw if
slipped a couple of more similar
roles, and soon.

It's a comedy of two famllie.s.
The girl's side can point to a family
crest "while the boy's father^ ha.s
worked himself up from the grand-
father's office boy to mayor.

Love affair between the young-
sters is opposed by the. old man
and the town head, previously in
love with the girl's mother. He is
a widower and she a Widow. They,,
too, get together at the finish after
the mother ,has threatened to run
for office against her prospective
son-in-law's dad.

Relation of the title to that theme
is a bit obscure, but the suspense
creeps in Avhen one of the mayor's
followers frames thfc daughter into
a compromising flashlight, to stop
the mother's bampaigri, and the son
dashes to the rescue. Neither
young Collier nor Miss Ferris is
heard in the picture, while Miss
Rich and Randolf are undistin-
puishod when speaking. A few of
Miss Rich's "sides" are almost
maudlin.

A synchronized score accom-
p.mios minus superfluous minor
( ffects di.srupling • the attention.
Mu.'^ic has been well selected and is

a sm.gotli,. pioop of work.. .„Pro^d vie-,

tion, ph6tos,'raphy and titios are
avor.'igo. IJut nothing count.s other
than aillin.icwiitor. Not even Audrey
l'>rri.=i, in.cronUo of, the. y;irn, who
has put on more clothes than shi.>
u-stnl to wear In .sox educational.^,
l.iit still Is a little plump.
■ The lO-minute dialog pas.sap'.'
cldscs the picture, I'roviously .'i
fiuir-niinuto so;uice didn't nu-an
anything. Tii li.>1)i in.'^lanoos Hi"
irruinpy graiidpop saves the in.forts
j iroin lif'ing ridii'ulous.

THE MOST VERSATILE

MASTER OF CEREMONIES

ON TWO FEET

PEABODY

4

Who Broke More Box Office Re c^^ oh the Pacific Gbast in the
Past Two ' Years Than Any Other Motion Picture

Stage Attraction

OPENS AT

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PARAMOUNT THEATRE, New York

Oct. 20th

Watch Him — Not a Dull Second on the Stage When

EDDIE

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DOES A LITTLE OF EVERYTHING
A VARIETY SHOW BY HIMSELF

Management
FANCHON AND MARCO

Wednesday, October 17, 1928

VARIETY

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CARL LAEMMLE'S PERFECT COMBINAnON
OF SOUND, MUSIC AND DIALOGUE

^"fl^f^^ COLOR SEQUENCE^

A sell-out at the t r; * i..-. . . v^vi:.i^i^i:,:>l

A sell-out at the

COLONY

Broadway
New York

Biggest hit in town
in

GRAND ISL

• ^rV,. Nebraska ^ wasnmgton

Starnng GLENN TRYON and BARBARA kI NT
A PAUL FE30S PRODUCTION

, 5aperc;,W by Carl Laemmle, Jr.

Story by Mann Page n. ^

Photography by Gilbert Warrenton

Capacity all Per-
formances at

RIALTO

Washington, D. C.

Play SAFE with SOUND
Book these

UNIVERSAL Picture*

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with Sound Effects

THE MAN WHO
LAUGHS
UNCLE TOM'S CABIN
MAN, WOMAN AND
WIFE

THE LAST WARNING
THE CHARLATAN

Talking Pieturea

LONESOME
THE COHENS AND
KELLYS IN ATLANTIC
CITY
GIVE AND TAKE
THE SHAKEDOWN
THE GIRL ON THE
BARGE
COME ACROSS
YOU CAN'T BUY LOVE

Reginal d Denny in

"^ED HOT SPEED
HIS LUCKY DAY
CLEAR THE DECKS

Laura La Plante in

THAT BLONDE
ONE RAINY NIGHT
DANGEROUS DIMPLES

Gle nn T ryo n in
i'tIcAN BE DONE

Carl Laemmle's First
100% Talking Picture
THE MELODY OF
LOVE

THE COLLECrANS
4th Series
and

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Does your showman instinct tell you it's time
lo go out and get an out-of-the-ordinary
attraction — something you can get them really
EXCITED ahout?

All righ^ — then ^^COMPANIONATE
MARRIAGE " is your dish — with plenty of
box-office seasoning.

Self-starting . . . Self-exploiting.

Think how many headlines you've seen on

this startling proposal to alter the age-old
basis of Society. Literally, ACRES of pub-
licity in every corner of the country. Then
think what a chance the film /'COMPAN-
lONATE MARRIAGE" offers you to turij all
this into FREE publicity for YOUR
THEATRE!

Biggest business of season at world premiere
proves its punch— COME AND GET IT!

M'retieHtea by THE c m. COUPORAVION
nirertea hy ERLE ti KENTON
Oy Jiulpe BEN It.llNDSEY At«f WAINWKIGIIT EVANS

HLMl

BIG MAS^El

TO riLI EVEN THE FIRSTSROWS

Nationally famous as originator of this sensational plan. His name on yonr
marquee as co>author and sponsor means extra ticket-sales.'

BETTY BROKSON

More beautiful and alluring than ever, as tlie incarnation of the Modem Girl.

_ AtiEC B. : FBAKCIS

You cash in on the wide fan-following of this famous star of a hundred! hits.

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COMPANIONATE

f rom FIRST NATIOMAL-'wheB'e l^en are Showmen

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Wednesday, October 17, 1928

FILM REVIEWS

VARIETY

27

mount slapstick specialist, appears
lost In attempting ot capture tlie
human characterizations tliat made
George M. Cohan's play delightful.

The adaptation is niechanical and
undistinguished. Responsibility can
probatly be tossed between Suth-
erland, F. Hugh Herbert, arid the su-
pervisor. While considering the
flaws, first and thoroughly it may
.be meintioned that there is a sicklsh
pallor'to most of the sub-titles sup-
plied b^ . Robert Hopkins. ^ ,

The good points are its cast and
the arresting niodernistic settings.
Never such a home as Aileon Prin-
gle's. It is a. carnival of bizarre
effects, cock-eyed angles, cubistic
nightmares and startling effectis. It
alone should attract attention to
the production.

Miss Pringle looks good In an eve-
ning gown and .later in a night
g-own. Gweri X.ce al.so shows well.
The plot has completely omitted the
third act complications from the
play, so that the roles played on
Broadway by. William Morris and
Georgia Hale are mere bits.

T.he whole picture is .a .collection
of bits, iBit.s of acting, bits of In
terior decorating, and bita,of oustard
pie. . Liand.

3 Comrades and

One Invention

(RUSSIAN MADE)

Amkino release of Sovklno proUuction.
Directed by Alexis - PbpofE from. his. own
story; A. D. Grltvberg, cameraman. ■ In
cast: Serge lablokovi Serije lavrentlcv,
Olga Tretiakova, A. Nirov. At the Cameo,

rK. v., week of Get. 13.. Kunnlng time, CO

..minutes.

has a city beau, covers all kinds of
ground in an- inestimable length ol
time. And -this baby n«.'ver laugi.i.H,
oven when the siiu'atioiis arc .■*up-
pos^d to be most funny. She jusi
.«!);o\vs her buck t^'oth whi-u ono i<\
her boy friend.s falls .ovtM-hoard .xnd
then reappears to prove that fiQ Ik
a good swimmer.

The farm and -woodland soene.s, as
.they must. bo in Russia, are tlie ui-si.
The rest of tllp attempts ar? stifi'
and. forced, even the passengers
jumping into tho water and helpinj:'
to push a paddle whcolor. off. a
sandbar. Situation appoalod to Th^•■
f'irector as so.ori?:lnal that h*? in-
■serted a few stnn/as of "The Volga
Boat.'?man!' hymn to m.-ike sure the
peasants would got roason.
. Russia better stick to niellers oi
die lauijhirig at horrit.

Hailed as the first Soviet comedy,
♦•Three Comrades arid One Inven-
tion" shoiild ' get a break in the
arties if .ior no other rea.son. than
for its being the first one. Some of
the higher class second" runs might
like it because of the sarhe reason.
Por grinds and other places, thumbs
down.

While the Cameo bills this as the
premiere of Soviet comedies, the
Russian laugh market must crack a
grin only when meller stuff Is, laid
on thick. A crack on the jaw or
some heavy rough and tumble stuff
Is obviou.sly intended for the laughs
With a plot a yard and a half long
about two brothers inventing a box
, making machine and the troubles
they haye in patenting It, because of
a villainous rival of the old school,
the production has every indication
of having been worked put on the
cuff as the director went along.
A dame >Vho loves yokels and who

CROSSROAD OF LOVE

- Superlative. (Arm) Pictures' production,
released, by Hi-Mark. Adapted by K. 1.
Relnliardt from play. '.'The Woman Who
.Squandered Men." Directed , by t armme
Gallone. Cast Includes yoava Gallohe, Josc
Davert, Hobby Andrews, l^eon Mathot and
Marcva Capri. At Stanley. Kew York, aiH-
isfy, Oct. ,11. Running time, 70 minutes.

This pretentious fling at the pro-
duction of a picture bears the un-
mistakable imprint of a foreign
studio even though presented by
Superlative Pictures and distributed
by an Ariierican concern. There
have been, are and probably. will be
many bad pictures made in Ameri-
ca, ■ but there is nothing quite . ba.d
enough to coinpai-e with a third
ate continental effort such as this.

^'^ Thcre is no ofTicial seal of a Brit
.sh. French, • German or Russian
marker, but the mannish, ma.sculino
.appearance of the women in the.
pictiire,' the ill-fitting clothes, th-i
broad, pleated trousei-s of the men s
dress suits, the dull expressions,
bordering on stupidity, represent a
combination, met with only in for-
eign pictures. ; . . .

Direction is clumsy, minimizing
evex'y possible effect from the open-
ing scene, that of a man poin.ting
a pistol to his head. . Meant to be
startling, it is only in:>ipid .

The story is iritended to deal witn
the ravages of a beautiful but un-
scrupulous woman of the British
tiobillty, wealthy and domineering
in her attitude toward her many
lovers, whorii she discards as soon
as the novelty wears off. All would
be well with a personage of thi
type except that the appearance of
the lady does not measure up with-
in transatlantic phone distance to
the picture painted for her by the
crudely written titles. . Mon.

ot his sister (Jane Reid) and asking
him til conu' lo their asaistanoo.

Tyii?r plays himself in this film.
Havintr ^'0)np!(no^^ his. latest west-
ern in Hullywood, he is about to
set i.iut for a month's vacation when
ho the kid's Iptlor.. Attraoled

l)y the picture and his intorest
aroiisi'il by tho . pleading letter, tho
inovie star sots out for the Roberts
ranoh.

Comedy is injected when Tylor
leaves his car and slides down the
snow-covorcd mountain side to th3
raiu'h after a tlock of pratt fulls
while trying to learn how to. hixndle
him.^olf on ;x pair of .ski.s.

The' wind-up has Tyler bidding
!?ood-l)y.o to Buddy and his sisl.or
in a perfectly natu'ral mannor, nil-
niis tho usual mush, but with the
dca solidly planted that. the movie
star arid one. of his admirers are
that way about each otlior.

HERNIE KING

Musical Master of Ceremonies

Direction Fanchon and. Marco

Fifth Ave. theatre, Seattle

BROOKS TRIO

SINGING BANJOISTS

Now with
FANCHON and MAUCO'S
"UP IN THE AIR" IDEA

Michigan Vaude Mgi-s. Ass'n
Charlie MACK

Booking the . most . extensive circuit
of vaudeville and presentation the-
atres between New York and Chicago

Mich rgan Theatre Bidg. .

DETROIT

THE MYSTIC MIRROR

(GERMAN MADE)

irfa i)rf>duction and release. ^arl Huff-
man creililed direction and pholoKrai'liV-
in cast: Kritr. Uasp, Kelidlaa Malten,
llina de Klk'iu.re. At r>r>tli ' St. I'layhousc
week iiept. 2'J. UunnlnK time. C" minuigs,

HUNTED PEOPLE

(GERMAN MADE)

AlW pi'iHlueiiin. released bS" A, I*. Axol-
rud. .'^(.'ii'.-n pay hy Kurt 'IV. Hrown. Ul-
riV'ied by Nvnu-i-' MiiVJ<»'!Sinnma, Cli.ules
.\\iU'\i f>'ilun>d. In I'.i^t; Vivian (J»b-!o:i,
■Insi' r.;i;ken. Al Stiinley,. New York, one
,l,ij- t.)el. V). Kunnlng time. 111) minules.

The first Ufa mystery melodrama,
as the 55th Street programs it,
establishes a precedent in the
meller field which it will be well
for the Germans not to follow.
"The Mystic Mirror," as the;nU'Hor
Is called,, is storyloss, absurd,, over-
acted and le;aves ian audience yarn-
ing.' • .

Long gai>s in the footage are
filled with zealous titles, pasture-
lands and castle sets. A bad bird
from the city buys the castle and to
show- that he. is w.icked the director,
introduces him- by having him drive
aimlessly . through a fence and
mairiiing an innocent little lamb.

A mirror in the castle is supposed
to look into the future of any in-
dividual who may take a peep
while the moon Is shining. The
villain, while chasing a native
da,me, abandoning his city Woman
to her wine, takes such a peep and
sees himself strangled. Thereafter
an old skull comes in for a lot of
duplication while the bad lad with
the long mouth and bum teeth seeks
the strnngler.

Nothing mysterious about the
mirror and the direction let the cat
out of the bag before the end of
the first reel.

Conlinoatal flicker tailor made to
show tlio prtiwess of Alden, an
Italian actor, lie Is, one of., those
aihlotio young mci) whose Jorto
soi ins to be an ability to . hurdle
furniture.

A hand-to-h;ind strugglo with the
monaoo on an ivorial ferry oloso m
tho finish i.s. tho kick .that this one
holds for th.o grind house ouslomorss.
Othoi-wiso luodor.ite .screen stuff. ■
Aldon is- a dotootive a.ssigned by
an agency to kidnap a child- from. its
mothor. and deliver ;tho g-irl ,.to . tho.
father, who has obtained a divorce
through trickery. He obtains em-
ployment as the good woman's
ohaufl'onr and, falling for her. Is
torn boLwcen love and duty.

As thing.s are beginning to break
right lor the lovers, a riv;>l dotect-
ivo frames the hero and makes off
with the kid.

.After considerable fence jumping,
Jail br.oaking- and tho like, Aldon
sots tliiiiKs right,

A slim story and will just about
got bv on a twin bill in tho slicks.

knowing the oth^tr boy's secret af-
fection. She goes on a boat trip,
with the lucky one as guest un
board. The ship founders at sou
and the pair are lost on ah island
inhabited by blacks. Tho boy'hac^k
homo hoars of- tho disasters and fiiosj
to the rosouo.

Onoo on. tho island, it is mainly
ct'otinuous chasing \ opisodo ' . for
laimhs. • • ^[o^^i.

RUSSIAN NEWSREEL

il.ide hy ,S'vl;iiU) In Uu.s.-4i,i and h:kiulli<4
liy .^nlkln^. . Nii ' .m-r^'^'i . r.-dit.-* .\i the
."i.'ilh .sir\-i>i ri iyh- u.-e. N V; weeU ot Oct.
(). Uunnin;; tune. abi>u; 10 nuiiulea. • "

BLACK BUTTERFLIES

•

A. <.'ai-los pnidiualun, released by Quality
Distrilail I'nt; C"i P- Jamiv-f \V-. llDrne,' . di-
rector. l''i- itn novel by I01l7.:\b«flb .Ionian;
On diruble l.ill at l.ooW.s .New York, one
day (Oct. .')). ■ Hnnnini; tiino, li;i minutes.

l)oiind;i Maxwell. .. .Jobyna llalKlon

Kilty .I'l'i kln.M, . . Mae Uujich

David tloddard. .llobert L'razer

-Xornin l \-i\ I.s Llla I.ee

.ludKo D.ivls t:<i.suit) UoUew

.Ilinmy Hobert Olier

("had . . .Tlay Halloi-

llatcli -Georue TerioliU

■Sovkino's idea \)f a no.wsreel,
judging from this slrip. is something
that siiiHil.d foa.turo tlv hiobs. espe;-
ci.ally when ihey~ are, in. a t^hoory
mood. '

Soihber Jiussians. ap]il.auding and
singing are about all that thisoffer-
ing contains. As ah educational
study of stolid expressions, which
refuse to change oven when the.
.<?oene shifts to ono calling for some
emoting, this Is interesting. It can
hardly be called a newsrecl, al-
tboiigh Sovkino deserves 'credit in
view ()f the country's censoring
dillicultios. . .

ODDS ON

(AUSTRALIAN MADE)

Sydney, Sept. 15.

Main fault of thia picture, trade
screened at the Prince Edward, is
the story. i"''rom this angle it'sr an-
other wieak sister.

Plot deals with the bid tale of
the racetrack. Pliyllis Glbbs, re-
cently in America, is the featured
player. She haa looks and certain-
ly shows possibilities, but she . can-
not shoulder a weak story arid a
weak cast too.

It has been, produced and photo-
graphed by Arthur Higgins who
proves him-TClf a . good photog-
rapher. Film will do here for the
smaller weekly change hou.ses.

For England, maybe, btit for
America, -no. Oorrick.

Standard Acts, Write or Wirt

HELENE HUGHES
ROY SMOOT

Featured with
FANCHON and MABCO

ALFRED

BROWER

World's Fastest Russian Dancer
Rc-enpnfred by FANCHON & MARCO
Ulrrctlon WII.MAM MOItKIij

TERROR MOUNTAIN

VnO produelion and relea.ie. starrinK
Tom Tyler. Dlrcfled by Tvoul.s Klnpr from
stoiy ■ by AVyndh.nm OiltenH. S(>reen l)l.'iy
by Frank Howar.l Clark. In cn.st: Kr.inUie
Uarro. .lane Rold. Al l^'erKuaon. At Stan-
ley. New York, one day, Oct. 12. llunnlng
time, 60. minutes.

Man From Headquarters

Trem Carr production distributed by Ray-
art. Directed by Duke Worne frpm the
novel, "The Black Book," by G. B. How-
ard. Feature.! Cornelius Kcefe and Edith
Roberts. At Ixiew's New York. ?ept. 23,
as half of double feature bill. Running
Ume, over 00 mlna.

First rate western that can't miss
in the dally changefs, and might
even be held over for an extra day
Or two in sotrje hbtises.. ^

Tom tPyler'lia.s been ilive
that holds, and' the final sequence,
without a fade-out clinch, will
plea.se peasants and sophisticates.
In addition to Tyler, yoiing
Frankie ]>arro and ,Tane Reid stand
out, and Director King also deserves
a bouquet or two.

Story centers around Lucille and
Buddy Roberts,, who live in a di-
lapidated ranch house and are har-
assed by no good guys who know
there Is considerable money hidden
about the premises. Buddie
(Frankie Darro) gets the idea <'f
writing his favorite moving, plfture
star (Tom Tylor), enclosing photo

MY SINCERE THANKS
- TO

MR. HARRY W. CRULL '

MR. LOblS R. GOLDING

MR. E. C. BECHTOLD

^=™.^p^r-Their-Hearty-Go-operation^and. Support.

LES STEVENS

'Master of Ceremonies

Sanford Theatre
IRVINGTON, N. J.

After an unusually strong open-
ing of international Intrigue Inyblv-
Ing a^mall European country and
America, this picture , does a nose
dive in the last 35' or 40 minutes.
Still, it's an interesting story of the
mystery type and a good bet for
*.he smaller houses.

Regardless of what the director
made of his .script, this Howard
hovel has furriLshed a fine basis.
After the unusual Introduction the
picture merely evolves Into a serie
of chases which give the picture
t.he grind houiRe stamp.

There are really only two player.<5
In the picture, Cornelius Keefe and
JOdith Roberts. Bal.mce of the cast
Ara mainly extras for group scenes
when not engaged In chasing - tho
brilliant secret service man from
Wa.shington.

Story opens with the naurder of
n Duke Albert on board a train by
throe mysterious rulTlans. Tt's all
:)liout a .s'l^orot drmnment. The trio
get away with half of the papers
:ind the Wiishington sleuth, arriving'
later, gets the other half. The wo-
man la one of the . foreign group
seejdng the missing half of tho
document. She does it to save the
<--ta.rving population of Fxomla, or
Athemia. or something like th.at.
nut_. though It's a ,.xase_of „n\vitvi.al
.admiration at first, .second and thTfiT
sight the sloiith finds. It bis duty
to trap the conspirator.^ and regain
nossesslon of whatever It was ho
'vfihted to gain pos.sossion of. The
''otoctive In a miracle man. Shot
down tv/o or throo times, he stIP
mannnros to riso and lauprh Idlotlc-
i.ilv at hl.s- enemies; The girl - crle.«
'intifitlly every time the handsomo
b'^y Is shot, ni.st to impre.'*"' thn
she moah.^ well .despite all. Mori.

fJadly played, directed and botched
piece of film production that .will
barely hold up Its end of a bargain
program, as was the case at IJoew'^^
New York. <

"Blaek Rutterfiles" plays on one's
cheaper emotions, emotions that
every chump Is suppoaed to reveal
when encountered by an expose on
the silver sheet, but doesn't. Thrice
it- reaches a logical ending, and
thrice it keeps i-ight on going, to an
inevitable clinch finish that, how-
ever formal, is the niost exciting
mpment In the picture.

Previous to that an unreasonable
"for convenience" marriage Is con-
tracted; the hero goes blind In an
auto accident and miraculously re-
covers; a fast living lady passes to
the great beyond, or below, In pay-
merit; a bunch of dodoes at a; stev.-
party suddenly get .sentimental over
a girl's piano playing, and a gang
of flanrilng youths flame a lot,

Robert Frazcr mugs through a
principal male part that falls t('
gain an ounce of .sympathy for him
until going blind. While three
women who have made their own
reps ere now are freakishly rhado
up. Dressing of face and figure b:.;
each of the trio ts atrocious.

Singapore Mutiny

J"'r.O lu-odu.-lloii and n'lr>.ise. Directed by
Kaljib Inre In o;i.sl : ICHel!- Tayl r, Ralph
lii<i>. ti:irilner. .laine.s. M-.vrili.-i Mattox.
.J.une.s M i-ion. At lli-^iHdw.w.' N. Y., Oct,
l.*). RunnlriK lime,. 00 minutes.

■".Rain':' and "iMie llaii-y Ape" land
fiashos from other ))lay.s and stories
.'ire recalled by the'; "Singapore .
.Mutiny," better thaii the . average
J'-1)0. The picture should rate good
program.

Kstello Ta.vlor as Broadway jade
s-eeking refugo on l*aci(lc isle is only,
danie on oil tanker on which entire
action transpires. IJer tasto for men
varies from traveling man to stok-
ert> until she falls for a .stowaway,
weakly portrayed by (Jarilncr James.
Inco, \vh6 directs himself as blus-
tering iireliold bos.s, gives a fairly
good perlormarice, although facial
expressions, in attempt to depict
ferocity, often overdone.

Good wreck and rescue shots In
fog. The three. princli>al3 drifting
In lifeboat not convincing in their
sacrifices. Dramatic attempts to
save stowaway's life overdone al-
most to point of comedy.

Making the Varsity

■ lixoellent (firm) production, released
through Commonwealth, Directed hy Cliff
Wheeler. Tltlc.i by Jjce Anthony. In.cuHl:
Ilex Lease, Arthur Kjinkln, (JJady.i Hu
leltc, Jam«5 I^addo. Tlmca .Square one
il.-iy. .Sept. 2*1. One-half double bill. Run
rilns lime, about tK) minutca.

Xot muoh excu.se for "Making the
Varsity." Kven for an indepondent

.'^tory of the hoke school brought
! out by a sluggish cast which gets
i its ix'P from what seems to be
1 few newsrecl. inserts on a football
■"i^ am6: ' ■ ^^^^=^.==^ ^^^i^^^^— =^^:^^
' Itex I.,easc, featured, Is studied

• and artificial, i)ainfully. Jle bow.s
liis hoad to d"note sufforlng on'thf
Ic'ist oc<''i.'<iun. The.liows are over

i Uie childish mo'vo.s of a younger
brother wfio h;is to bo kifkcd b<;low
; Ihe belt to prevent him from throw

• ing the big game.

lt;irdlv a ler-.^-e rnotiient in the en-
I tire production.

CAPTAIN CARELESS

FRO production and release. Directed by
.Terome .'-'LronB from .story by Poberl f^leele
and I'erry Murilock. Fentui-lni; Hob Slorle
fn-st lnrliid'>3 IVrry Miirdoek. M:iry.!VT:ibery.
.Taek Don'ivnn nnd Wilfrid N'«rlh. At llie
Tlvoll, .vew Yoik. one day. Oct. 3. Hun-
nlnjf time, .nbout CO mInuteK.

DAVE GOOD

PRODUCING M. C.
3 years -with West Coast Theatres

NOW INVITES 9FFERS
Address Variety,
.Los Angeles

West Coast
Theatre

Long Be^eh
Cal.

A .s'ma'fl-timo production for the
small, low-priced neighborhoods. A
picture of the kind made five years
ago and still being, produced for a
certain mai-ket. No bD.x-olIlce v;i|iK'.
Oan't draw .a dime, but on double-
feature programs, for customers
still cheer and applaud when th^"
navy, army and air forces Invade
the South Sea islands to savo the
white girl from the fanniba.ls.

This cannibal stuff, it h.as boor
thought, hfiH long gone, nut of style,
oxGcptinfi for comedy. .purposes. Jn
this grind house it wcjit over in fine
shape a.s straight dram.i reiioved by
faint touohoR of humor suitable fo'.
the pliable tastes of TlvolI' audi-
ences. .

The story, credited to T?crry Mur-
dock and ]5ob Steele, who also hav<
two main character, roles, Is moi ;
like a serioH of . Incidents linked Ir
a ohain. Hardly a.ny plot.

Comedy, tried for frofiiiontly, top;.
iatered often in thl.s house, whil'
the .action Is kept going at a fal'
rate.

Tt's a tnlo of the gal who bocomo"
engaged to the wrong guy, not

NEW HOTEL ANNAPOLIS

WilNliLi.irlon, D, O.
Sinsle, S17.S0
. Double, 920.00

11-12 and H Sts.

in tho Heart . o(
Theatre District

CART. KNA

DIAMOND

(I>ANC1N<1 HAUri.ST HCt'KEME)

Ifculuxojl wlliL- - ^_ ^
T'iiiiFIhhi anil'Miireo'H"
"Denver IJeiuitlcH" Idea
■.'Now Jtroiidwiiy ThiMilrc, Tueoma
Direct Ion:
(Vult«r Meyora, Of \Vm, MoniH Aeencr

DORIS WHFTMORE

World's Youngest Prima Donna
Toe Dancer and Violinist
Now with
FANCHON un<I MAKCO'S .
"UP IN THE AIR" IDEA

ALEXANDER SASHKO'S

VOLGA BOYS

Formerly with

VICTOR and EDISON
B E C O R_D I N G A RTI 8TS

KKATl'lJFD IN

FANCHON and MARCO'S "FRIVOIS IDEA"

TOURING WEST COAST THEATRES
I>Irer(Ion! WU.M.AM rKUMlKIU; lunl WAI.TKK MyBIW

>vii,r.iAM .Moititi'^ A(;kn(:y

28

VARIETY

VAUDEVILLE

Wednesd'ay, October 17, 1928

30 Days for Schulman;
Stage Minors^ Offense

His thiid conviction for pormit-
tlng minors to perform in public
resulted In Harry A. Schulman,
president of the National Stage
Children's Association, being sen-
tenced to the Workhouse for .30
days in Special Sessions. On two
previous occasions Schulman got off
with, fines.

■According .to Vincent Pissara,
(BuperintemVent of the Children's So-
ciety, Schulman, who Is 27 years bid
and gives his. address at 48 West
70th street, produced a revue en-
titled "East Side, West Side" at the
Manhattan opera house May 27
last. The. show was composed en-
tirely of children. The specific
charge' on which he was arrested at
the time was that he porrriitted
Doris Lehman, 8, to sing and dance
In the revue.

Schulman was convicted two
weeks ago.. When appearing for
sentence his counsel, James J. Wil-
son, asked that the conviction be
set aside on the ground, that the
law was unconstitutional in that
It deprived children from the bene-;
fits of professional education.

Schulman's police record , showed
that in January, 1922, he was fined
$100; March,- 1922, $200, and Decem-
ber, 1924, was given 60 days In the
Workhouse, the execution of. the
sentence being suspended pending
his good behavior.

O* 1660 BROADWAY, NEW YORK >g

<

CO

William Motris
CALL BOARD

o

£ Among Film Contracts Booked <«>

' SOPHIE TUCKER I

in

c

(Warner Bros.)

U CmCAOO: nil BCIXEB BUDO. o,

In St. L. Chasing Sugar;
Wright Pays Office Rent

The Metropolitan Booking Of-
fice.'i, adjunct of the WaltcrK-Den-
iish -Frisco Agency, Boston, has ef-
fected an afliliatlon with Andy
Wright Enterprises, having moved
their headquarters Into the latter's
ofTices last week.

Wright, who took a runout on
"Entre-Nou.s,",a legit while In re-
hearsal, Is reported in St. Louis,
chasing new sugar to salvage the
revue . which .Equity stopped when
no bond wis posted. Wright for-
warded a check for the office rent
last week. . It didn't bounce, in-
suring the joint enterprises of a
parking place for another month
at least.

Equity also holds a claim of its
members against Wright for two
weeks' sal.Tiry on another produc-
tion, "Down Deep," which strand-
ed after a week in. Brooklyn sonie
weeks ago. Legal department of
Equity has. already filed suit.

Song Writers on Fox Lot

■ Con Conrad, Sidney Mitchell and
Archie Cottier, song writers, left
for the west coast Sunday to write
theme songs on the Fox. lot.

Arrangements for a six- weeks
trial were made by Bobby
Gra,wford of iDo Sylva, Brown and
Henderson, music publishers, with
a theme song a.greement with Fox.
Robbins music publishing firm has
negotiated a similar agreement.

Kitchen Qualifications

Los Angeles, Oct. 16.

A vaude actor put of work
for a long period, was down to
his last dim© when hearing a
dishwasher was needed In a
highway cafe near Hollywood,
operated by a screen actor.

He hitch-hiked his way out
and applied for the job.

•What have you done?"
queried the film' player-pro-
prietor,

The vaude man explained.

rAll . right," said the owner,
"comie back, tomorrow with a
set of pictures and your press
notices and maybe I can give
you some time In the kitchen."

TEX McLEODAT RODEO

Vaudevillian Going in Garden Affair
ut 12 Years

Kosloff's Bus

. Traveling In a big motor bus, the
Alexis Kosloff Ballet has started a
16 weeks' tour of one-night book-
ings, mainly in the South. Troeye
Is under the direction of Molly
Croiicher.

Majority dates are being played
on percentage.

Kenneth Behr, former manager
Loew's Metropolitan, Brooklyn, is
now manager of Loew's State, New
York. He has a new assistant, Wil-
liam Robinson.

Cincinnati, Oct. 16.
Tex McLeod will take time out
of his vaude route to try for fancy
roping and calf roping honors at
Rickard's World Series Rodeo in
Madison Square Garden, Oct; 23-
Nov. 1. In latter events Tex will
ride "John," calf roping horse
which he has bought from Fred
Stone.

McLeod's days as a cowhand
ended 12 years ago when he was
■with the Barnum & Bailey Circus.
Since then he has been slinging
ropes and gags over the foots in
every English-speaking country.

At Ft. Worth Fat Stock Show in
1917, McLeod roped and threw 12
wild steers with rope tied to his
neck. He will attempt to duplicate
this feat at the Garden.

Fowler-Tamara for Loew's

Addison Fowler and Florenz Ta-
mara will play for Loew's in New
York, doubling from the St. Regis
hotel roof. Lyons and Lyons
booked the act along^ with George
Price and Oscar Lorraine lor
Loew routes.

Price plays seven weeks for Fox
prior to starting for Loew's.

Sully, the Barb, Happy;

Kissed Pat Casey

Sully, the barb, for the first time
In " his shaving life, went nance
when Pat Ca.sey arrived at the dock
on thg "MaUretanla" Friday. Sully
kis-sed Pat,

It was a public exhibition and
everyone started to hiss the barber.
Pat shuahed them down and asked
Sully the trouble. Sully explained
he was so happy to again see his
financier he couldn't restrain, him-
self.

As a matter of fact though Sully
oh the side told how it was the
12th of the month and his rent
hadn't been paid. Mr. O'Sullivan-
gave Pat 24 hours before going to
the touch for the landlord.

Caaey came in with J. J. Mur-
dock. They had been away for six
week.s. Each of the showmen dis-
played on his face tlie beiie'.icial
effects of the European trip.

Pat had been critically ill just
before leaving. The foreign excur-
sion had been planned principally
for the complete recovery of his
health, which It accomplished.

Jos. P. Kennedy, who srtarted
away with Messers. Murdock and
Casey, returned ahead of his com-
panions. That was brought about
through a slight misundersta-nding
by some stockholders in Keith's,
who thought they would grab the
circuit while . the bosses were at
play. .The kids burned their fingers.

Friday night Sully treated himself
on Pat's return to a wop table
d'hote with plenty of red ink. He
signed Pat's name, to the check.

Dan Hennesy Collapses

D. F. Hennesy, former general
manager of Keith's family depart-
ment, collapsed in the offlee. of his
son, William Hennesy, Monday and
was removed to his hotel In a se-
rious condition. The veteran vaude
executive is now in his late 70's.
. Hertnesy has been inactive since
leaving Keith's, four years ago,
then in charge of pop vaude. In
1911 he, with Jo Page Smith, or-
ganized what later became the
family department and remained at
its helm until retiring.

$3 To Cross the Street;
SchnozzeFs Boy Slapped

Minneapolis, Oct. 16.

jack Harvey, musician wltl\
Clayton, Jackson and Durante,
playing the Hennepin-Orpheum
here, defied a copper who ordered
him not to take a diagonal patb.
across a downtown street.

"I'll walk as I please in thisi
hick town," Harvey told the serv-*
ant of the law as he tried to hld^
behind Jimmy's nose.

;But the musician kept right on
traveling to be booked for jay-« •
walking and fined $3.

"A 'wis© guy' from Now York
today paid a, $3 fine for jaywalk-*
ing in a -hick town,'" the Min-
neapolis Star reported.

Raymond-Caverly Short

M-G-M has signed Raymond and.
Caverly for a short sound subject.
Team will do its old time Dutch
comedy act.

RAJAH RABOID

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show town.

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and atiU lilllne the seats at every
performance, provns one' of two
thinfrs— either DH. RAIIOID as a
showman la a genius or New Orleans
Is far from being the world's worst
show town."

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Keith s Agam Stiddng Up
Actors for Advertising (or
Springs N. V. A. Program

On the letter head of the B. F.
Kelth-Albee Vaudeville Exchangej
letters have been sept out to acts In
the Keith and Proctor New Tork
houses within the past week, read-
ing as follows r V . .

"Kindly call any morning to . see
me before 12:30 as I would like to
talk with you. A. 8. Blondclh"

' Enclosed In the same envelope Is
a, sheet of advertising rates for the
!>?■. V. A. Souyenir Program for the
1929 N. V. A. affair, usually held in
April.

About 40 actors . are said to have
qalled upon Blbndell, a. Keith booker,
one day last week. When it be-
came known it wais another. N. V. A.
stick up for ads, most of the acts
walked out without waiting. ' None
of the actors found out who had in-
structed Biondell to issue the call
on Keith stationery.
■ The usual N. V. A- pes-
tering of the vaude actor
playing the. Keith houses has
ceased since the Murdock-Kennedy
reign of that circuit. During the
days when E. F. Albce was at the
head of Keith's, N. V. A. was used
in any number of ways to annoy
and bilk the acts. Several Important
actors who refused under any cir-
cumstances to take instruction In
the N. V. A. matters or contribute
to its revenue under any giiise, were
placed on the Keith "blacklist."

Got the Stick *

"Vaude acts often complain of
having the stick laid upon them
to work free or contribute to the
N. v. A. various affairs contrived
by Albee or his minion!?. One of
th© most Irritating things to act in-
different to the N, v. A. was the
Insistence when playing for Keith's
that they join the N. V. A. or els'?.
The ad tap was made a lead pipe
for most acts in fear of "the office."
While direct emissaries from the
Keith office w'ere employed to trjr

to make obdurate acts listen to rea-
son "For Mr. Albee," Keith agents
were instructed to inform their acts
they "might get in bad If they
didn't come across for the old man,"
meaning Albee..

It had been thought by actors that
the N. V. A. bunk and pest had be-
come a thing of the past as far
as Keith's and the blackjack were
concerned with the passing of the
Keith direction from Albee to a new
directorate that 'had no wish for
publicity through N. V. A, manip-
ulation, nor interest in it other wise.
The talk had been that the hew
Keith's heads would leave the N.
V. A. alone for Albee to play around
■with, if It were found neither the
N. V. A. nor its weekly organ was
co.sting Keith's any money.

It Is said that with the rush of
internal matters in the Keith ofUce
and th© absence of J. J. Murdock
o.nd Pat Casey, who have a good
idea of what the N. V, A. ever
amounted to, the new Keith ex
ecutives have had no opp6rtunity of
determining if the N. V. A. is cost
ing Keith's anything. '

The N. v. A. has sent a few
stricken actors to Sarahac and
made a great fuss over this minute
expense, comparatively, for the
enomious Income It has drawn from
the actors or benefits, especially the
N. v. A. theatre hat collection when
theatre patrons are told vaude
actors must have charity^
Driven to Saranap

The N. v. A: publicity has never
mentioned that most of the stricken
actors sent to Saranac have been
dancers, who^wore stricken most
ly while compelled by N. V, A
or Keith office orders to play
private performances, after their
theatre engagements at •nights
Leaving the theatres in a perspira
tlon from the hard dancing, these
boys or girls of those at Saranac

8,810 Divorces in Year

Chicago, Oct. 16.
There were 8,810 divorces In
. Cook county last year.

Show biz ia saddled with
most of the blame.

$20,000 Breach Judgment
Now Down to $3,000

Cleveland, Oct. 16.
A $20,000 breach of promise judg-
ment won by Gertrude McGushlon,
dancer, in her suit against Duci De
Kerekparto, concert violinist, . while
he was playing here last year, has
been whittled down to $3,000, ac-
cording to E. S. Wertz, the music-
ian's attorney,

De Kerekparto bccAme tired of
dodging writs of attachment and
garnishees in his tours across the
country. In Birmingham, Ala., Miss
McGushion's attorneys attached the
musician's violin. Tie. is billed to
play at the local park next \yeck.

Hoofer Dugans Comedy Kicks Not So
Funny, Says Wife in Divorce Bill

MOHRIS' CINCH ACT

Frances Arms is doing a vaudo
com6-back with her , single. Miss
Arms retired from thie stage last
year when she became Mrs. Abe
Lastfogel, wife of the g.m. of the
William A^ori'is agency.

This act is not booked by Lyp'ns
«& Lyons.

usually caught cold which ■ brought
on"^he dread affliction,

•The N. V. A. entire affair except-
ing for a few of the newer acts or
even a fewer who h^^ve received
some kind of beneflt from the N.
v. A. has cost Keith's the good will
of nearly every vaude actor in the
country,. That good will will con-
tinue /to be absent if the present
adminstration of Keith's stands for
similar tactics. Loss of good will
by a circuit amongst vaude actors
costs any circuit' incalculable
amounts In Increased salaries,
"for spite."

The letter quoted and signed A. S
Biondell is dated Oct. 8. Usually
the Albee delegated office man to
promote the N. V. A. thing has
been Billy Sullivan.

Chicago, Oct. 16,
There wore 8,000 divoroes in Cook
county last year, moro.,than half of
the state's total. Dcstiltc protests
from lociU judges tiiat Chicago
would not- bo another Reno, the
decrees are being handed out so
fast at the start of. this season that
it looks like another record will' be
mado.

Cases' last wcok relating to show
business were mainly filing of suits.
Myrtle Dugan put in the rap for
Harry Dugan through Attorney Phil
H, Davis, asking freedom on
charges of free and careless kick-
ing. The Dugana hoof together "in
vaudo as Dugan and Dugan. Ilubhy
has a punk habit of planting . hi.s
foot on her person as they finish the
act says Myrtle. . Just for laughs,
he says, but it got her so sore she
couMiv't dance after awhile. Mar-
ried -Feb. 13, 1922.

l?ert Kelly of the Publix Theatres
production department here is an-
other Davis client, •■seeking freedom
from ElTle Kelly on desertion
charges. The Kellys wore married
in ,1924 and separated three .years
later.

The wife of Frank "Peg" Jones,
vaude,' has filed suit, charging
cruelty. She claims "Peg" has
choked her, slapped her in the face,
and thrown her under the table.
They have four children. Mrs.
Jones is asking Attorney Irving
Eisenman to secure custoidy of them,
for her. and enough money to sup-
port the family.

Kissed the Judge
Countess Eugenia Zicha, of opera,
was granted . a divorce frorii Dr.
Michael H. Kyriak, Chicago dentist,
oh ground.s of cruelty. Idea is that
the dentist wanted her to give up
the stage and be a housewife. Judge
Sabath told her she was right in
sticking to the boards, as he has
heard her slng» This brought an
affectionate kiss for the surprised
judge's forehead.

Exactly the opposite claim Is said
to have been made by George

Puget, from whom Helen Clayton
of vaude Is seeking legal freedom.
Helen says her husband d^H-ided her
.salary was large enough for both
of them and refused to work. The
I'ugets wtM'O married in Detroit
seven year.<* (igo while Miss Clayton
was in vaude there. She is rep-
re.seriteil by Altoi'iiey Kisonman. .
■. J'hil Davis has. started suit fO.r
Kalph So It, Jeijit ai'tor, against
Leon;L Salt on a desertion charge.
Salt says his' wife blew out In 1920.
No children.'

LuolUe Iliteinan, beaTity contest
winner appearing in vaude, has
started .suit for divorce through
I'javia against Ward Hiteman, alleg-
ing cruelty. Ther'e ia a 14-month3-
old child.

Ploa for separate maintenance
mod by Ilosella Quirk, stock ac-
tress, against James Quirk, police-
man, has Iteen answered in a cross-
bill for- divoree Iiled for the copper
by Atlorney Davis. Quirk claims
his little lady -was cruel, going so
far as to soek him On the dome
with his own club.

More . serious than the usual
charges in a divorce is the claim
made by Clarence Tapham, com-
poser, that May Tapham attempted
to knock him oft permanently by
crashing an iron weight over his
head. Attempt at life Is a recog-
nized ground for divorce here; Tap-
ham is represented by Attorney
Henry Mitgang.

Helen F. Tuget, waving hips at
the Haymarkct burlesque empori-
um, has entered suit against George
Tuget, through Attorney Elsonman.
She charges desertion in January,
1925, several months after the mar-
riage. , . ,

STINDAY AT MAJESTIC

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V A U D E V ILL E

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TALKERS SEEM TO HIT
VAUDEVILLE HARDEST

Montreal, Oct. 16.

Though talking pictures are at
l^t one local house, . Palace, they
6re dofng a terrific business. A
result Is. that the straight vaude-
jrlUe at the Keith- booked Imperial
lias been badly dented.

Other of the film houses down-
town have been helped by the in-
terest in the talker.-?. The Imperial
ishowed a . sharp drop In gross , on
the talker's flrst week, when it
flipped to $10,000. Liast week the
Imperial, with the Palace again in
high, did but $8,G00.

When it was announced in the
late summer Keith's intended play-
ing two-a-day straight vaude. at the
Im.perlal, it was very kindly re-
ceived. Opening week's gross was
around $17,000 and it kept about
$16,000: until slowly commencing to
iflro'op,

An advantage by the Imperial,.
Since it does not play pictures, was
that the bill forbidding children un-
der 16 In ia picture theatre helped
the Imperial bringing in the young-
sters when the Irnperial started and
before school opened.

4th Adjournment

Walter Reade's suit in Chancery
Court, Newark, N. J-, against the
Keith circuit, asking that a receiver
be appointed for the Trenton-New
Brunswick Theatres Company, was
adjourned yesterday for the fourth
time in as many weeks by Vice-
Chancellor Backes on agreement of
Counsel for both sides.

The many adjournments requested
by the attorneys has led to the
belief that a settlement out of court
ia being ;considered. This 13 denied
by Reade.

Publix Wide Open to
Agents, Says Booker

Any agent who has anything to
sell to Publix can do so, and' not
only may do so, but Is welcomed,
states Harry Hollander, the Publix
booker and talent purchaser, who
thus corrects an erroneous impres-
sion.

Hollander states the Publix cir-
cuit favors ho. one agent or agency
if he did a bulk of its business with
one or two firnis it was through
finding these sources ever-reliable
and faithful and best likely to fill
demands.

There was a misimpressipn that
William Morris had a strong "in"
With Publix, but Phil Tyrrell, rep-
resenting Lyons & Lyons, Inc., sim-
ilarly books considerable material
with the -circuit. Walter Batchelor,
Jerry Cargill and Ted Braun, repre-
senting Max Hart, have done like-
Avise of late. B.ltchelor has sold a.
number of Gamby-Hale troupes to
Publix. '■ . ^

Mother Dies Too Often

A. couple . of the. easily
touched around the . Square
were spieaking when one said:

."Whatshisname's mother died'
yesterday. $5."

"She died last week. too.
$10," the other answered.

INDIE ACTS PRESS STUFF

Falling For Bureaus Serving Papers:
Which Want Cash For 'Readers'

JUDGMENTS

Faness Amus. Corp. and Harry
ftuchman; J, M, Seider; $290.

Everglades Holding Corp.; George
F. Fish, Inc.; $382.

Hugh • LeBlang; Travelers Ins.
!£Jo.; $51.

.Judgments Vacated

Walter Donaldson; R. B. Hamil-
ton; $5,971; June 29, 1928.

Keith Units Showing

Keith units are being given pre-
liminary dates in and around New
York prior to routes.

Ken Murray • unit is undergoing
some changes .following its . local de-
but recently and "Moro'cco Bound,"
an old William B. Friedlander-Harr
Ian Thompson miniature musical, is
at the Jefferson for a closeup by
bookers. Ray. Marr and Revue,
sponsored by the Pat Casey off ice^
wili have its initial presentment at
Proctor's 125th street Oct. 25. Each
of these units comprise the entire
show..

Mosconi Brothers' unit Is also
breaking in.

Some yaud© acts playing inde-
pendent falling , for publicity
bureaus which for $5. or more a
week send stories out four weeks in
advance to the vario'us towns.

In most independent towns the-
atre readers must be paid for or no
advance matter is published. In
New England .some of the leading
papers don't carry a single line on
the local vaude houses other than
what is offered in the regulation
house ads. . .

Yet, publicity bureaus ai"e taking
vaudevillians* money without a
blush.

B. F. KEITH'S OPENS OjpT. 29

The . Keith offices in New York
have set Oct. 29 as the opening date
for the new B. F. Keith Memorial
Thea,tre, Boston; Although not fully
deitermlned . the house rnay play
straight vaude.

Another new Keith theatre, in
Memphis, will be called the Or-
pheum and opens about Nov. 1;

Trying Efficiency at
Keith's Grind, Wash.

AVashington, Oct. IG,
Two efllcioncy exports h;ivo ar-
rived "at the local Koilii house in
cut the ovprhoad under the roooiUl.v
Inaugurated grind policy.

Shortly aft^'r the doparlure ' of
Roland Uobbin.«i, for years niaiia.c;oi-
of the house, the e.. e.: workers lot
out the cohiplote usher staff., in-
cluding tlie man' in chari?o, on the
job for 11; years. Gave the . ushors
two hours' notice and all walked
immediately leaving no one on, tho
lloor.

Next move was the passing of
Janiea Koane, made as.'^istant inaur
a.tjer four weeks previously with
the re-opening of the house. This
promoted Robert PitzoUl, 21, to as-
sistant manager.

Entire personnel of house is won-
dering who is next to go — this ox-
tending, back stage' whoro a dmiblo
crew wa.<i forced on tl\o house by
the local union.

Largest Chowmeine;ry Is
On B'klyn's Main Stem

Thoi-o's a hattlo of the Yollow
PiM-il in r.rooklyn. Tho now Ciiinose
fostaiiranis in downtown Brookl.vn
aro .oiu'ioliin.ir tho Kdi.son Co. with
thoir invuH'Uinis lun-^stoa 'dlsp'.ays,
. V'.n>-h is sionliii^ Uvo iMhor's lliun.^lor. .

Tlio advent of Kox's thoalre and
the new forthoomiiVg Paramount in
the. noi.ghborliooil resulted in the

Fultt)n Koyal, probahly the largest
ehop suoy dispens.'iry in the world,
coming into oxistonoc, ri.ght oppo-
site the ]''ox house. Fnllo.wod Ivlee's,
also a protonlious ohosv ' moinery,
which got tho popular Al Lynn band
away from King's To.a Garden, long
a Fiiiton .street' institution..

King's, in turn, is now plugging
IClmor Gros.'so as its name band, at-
traction and also enli.sting WARC
for . radio pliigghig. The Fulton
Royal has hrou-.vht over a lla.roUl
Sterii l)aiv(1 froni .Manhattan, for its
own foaluro.

l''.;ich i.s also cut-ralin.g and other-
wise aniioyiui^ one anv)th(-r. '

INCORPORATIONS

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Kondolf, Itobt. a.

"Sun-Up" Too Heavy

Lucille La Verne's vaude version
of '!Sun-Up" haft been withdrawn
from vaudeville after playing three
weeks for Keilh-Orpheum.

Vaude version was found too
heavy for this type of audlehce and
vvas offered no further booking.

Miss La 'Verne will revive ''Sun-
Up" In full at the Princess, New
York, which house she has taken
over.

3 Keith Houses Wired

Jefferson theatre, 14th street,
opens with a sound picture Oct. 21.
This is the first of the Keith houses
in New York to have sound. House
is booked by Jack Dempsey.

Union City and White Plains are
reported already wired by this cir-
cuit.

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Itefornmtion Fllins. New York. $20,-
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Betty J. Groman.

St-ar's Fumoiis, ;Manhaltan, ilanoo halls
Hyman Slegcl, Samuel Strior, Michael
Landy.

. Supreme Film ExoltAnf^e, Rochester,
picture equipment; Charles Kerrard, Sam
Ferrard, Philip Laporto.

Kln<>i>liono, Now 'V'ork, entortalnmPiU ;
Scyihore B. Quel. Molly Zclenko, PIsle
BIythe.

Itroxboiirne Vlaya, Manhattan, $10,000;
Bernard M. Ij. Brnat, Melville H. Cane,
Davl4 J. Fox.

Stuart Expected

New Haven, Oct. 16.

TIerschel Stuart, newly appointed
head of the Fox New England The-
atres, former Poll chain, is expected
In New Haven within a few days.

No announcement has been made
regarding David M. Idzal, present
head of the circuit.

Herman LIving.ston, handling the
Fox New England . properties since
their purchase, will remain In his
present capacity.

Tough Booking

Park I>ane's vaude bookings have
Ijcen a loaprfrog prOi>Oi;ition be-
tween .Tack Litider, A. B. Dow arid
Fally Marku.'». House Is . managed
hy Tom NVeleh.

Columbus Day the Dow agency
turned the house' back to tho Park'
Lane people because of several con-
tractual controversies on ' acts.
House cancellation of Joan Tyson
.(formerly Fonnoll and Tyson) re-
sulted in Dow bowing out.

DOC ROGKWiELL PENCILED

Dr. Rockwell returns to. vaude-
ville at the close of his tour In
"Oroenwich Villlagc Follies," Revue
due to, wind, up in six weeks or

Rockwell's bookings have been .^ot
by Keilh's, opening being subject
to the closing date of the show.

Fannie's Two Weeks
Fannie Price, ojjenlng Oct. 29 at
the I'alace, New York, Is booked for
two weeks at the house.

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SPANISH FOX TROT
WITH A TANGO RHVTH(V)7

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*Bliie Heaven—
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(SWEETHEART)

^ EDWARQ 6. SIMON
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ABEL BAER.,
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GEORGE WHITING

SWEETH

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84

VARIETY

VAUDEVILLE

Wednesday, October 17» 1928

Theatres Proposed

y.— Ownfr, Stanley M.iric Sirand Cnrp. ; Ki'-n. mKr.,
C. Ari-hUfftH, T. W. I.alnb, 044 StU av.niip, N. V

Moo Mark,
(J. I'd I icy.

J579
plc-

Alliiiny. N
B'way, N. Y
tures:

. Applcton, AVis.— iAIru stores) $'ii)0,0(iO. O.wn-T Mi.l-Weevo Tli'-atrc Co.; .H. -T.
Fltzecrald. RiMi. mirr., 530 Wisconsin ;ivi'iiuo, •Milwaukee. Arcliit"Ct will talse bi'ls
about Nov. 1. I'ollcy. pictures.

neJolt. AVis.— Owner. Fisclipr-Paratiiount Co;'; Sfi S. .Slato .streot, Chlonso, Archl-
. tects, Hooper and Janusch, 873 X.. .Stale s' reetf Chirago. I'ollcy not givcti.

Biiffnlo. X. y.— Owner. C. C. J^^wett with Title and Arorlgaffp Cuarrtntoe Co., .30-
88 Church .street. Huff.Mo. Arc-hi tects, J.ley and Lym.ln, 505 Delnwaro avenue,
Buffiilo. Policy not plvc-n.

Coluinbiii, P«. — ^^(Al.so .«:torps) $100,1)00. Owner. ,T. M. Shverh.a, care of architect,
J. B. llarinan, 50 X. tiueen .Itroet, Coluiiihia. I'ollcy not given.

Crj'Stnl t.ake. III;— (.VI.so stores- and . ajjartnients). . Owner, Cry.ital . I.,ake Bldp.
Corp., Crystal I-alie. Architect, IC. F. Bclircn.s, C05 N. Miclilgan avenue, Chicaffo.
Policy. plol,ure.s.

DnTid Cily, »»». — $20,000. Owner, C. C. Machurek and Judge K. Coufal, David
City. Arehlloct, G. U ri.sher, City Nat'l, Bank Itldg., Omaha, Neb. I'ollcy,
pictures.

Dc Kiill), III. — (ALSO stores and apartments). Owner, Do ICalb' Theatre Co., Dale
Leifelt, mgr., .154 AV. Lincoln Highway, De Kail). Architect, E. K. Behren-s, COS
N. Michigan .avenue Chicago. ' Policy not given,

belcvni), Wis. — (Al.so st,orcs and oinces) $90,000. Owner, S, Olsen, Delevan. Ar-
. chitect. United Studios, Inc., 14 W. Lake street, Chicago. Policy not given.

Dodge Cltj-, Itnn. — ^(Al.so store) $100,000. Owner,. Olto Thel.s, Laura Lake Itotel,
Dodge City, Architect,' Kills Charles, 214 Orpheum Bl'dg., .Wichita, ICjin. Policy
not given.

Knnkuke^, HI. — (Also .stores n»d ofTloes) $300,000. Owner withheld, care of
architect, 15. P. Hubert, 822 W. 70th street, Chicago. Policy not given.

Madi.Mon, AVIh.— (Also stores) $125,000. Owner, ISast Side Theatre Co., 2429 Center
avenue, Madison. . Architect, F. Klein, 612 As.hton Bldg., Uockford, 111., and 321
Main street, Peoria, 111. Policy not given,

Tcorla, III. — (Remodeled) $40,000.- Owner, Peoria Players, W. A. Wlttlck, chair-
man of building commission. Heading avenue, Peoria. Architects, Hewitt, Emerson
& Gregg, Peoria I^lfe Bldg., Peoria. Policy not given.

. South)inipf<»n, N. Y.^ — $176,000. Owner, corporation forming, care of E. C. Alexlon,
128 "W. OS.lh street, N, Y. C. Architects, Schlariger & Ehrenrlch, 45 W. 34th street,
V. y, C. Policy not given...

West Itend, Win. — (Also store and offices) $150,000. Owner, Conxmunlty Theatres,
Inc., 630 W. Wl.scon.sln avenue, Milwaukee. Architects, Graven & . Meygar,. 180 N;
Michigan avenue, Chicogo. Policy not given.

MISS

JUBAL EARLY

EXCLUSIVE MATERIAL BY Wltf. K. WELLS

PLAYING KEITH-ALBEE-ORPHEUM CIRCUIT

Wesley Eddy Threatened
By Jealous Husband

Washington, Oct. 18.
(barged with, threatening Wesley
lOddy, m.c. of Loew'3 Palace, Aub-
l ey Miller, Government employee, Is
lield at Gallinger Hospital for men-
tal observation.

Eddy's move in swearing cot a
warrant for Miller followed, ac-
cording to his statement in court,
a long series of threats; from the
Government 'workor which climaxed
when the latter said he was going
to throw acid In Eddy's face.

Eddy and his wife visited, the
man's home prior to thet court
move and tried to straighten out
the difficulty, Miller then stating
that his wife (Miller's) had taken a
liking to him.

Miller, told the same story to the
court: "It didn't make mo Jealous
of him but It Just sort of nettled
me. I didn't Intend to throw acid
n his face. ;He Just worried me
and I couldn't help resenting It."

Mrs. Eddy testified the man called
her often at night and that he would
not believe she was Eddy's wife.

Judge McMahon acted on the at-
torney's recommendation that Mil-
ler be h^ld until in condition for
another hearing. The court agreed
It would be dangerous for him to
be at. large,.

Miller's wife is several years old-
er than he Is.

The case comes up for flnal dlsr
poisal tomorrow (Wednesday).

DOBA

WINNIE

in Their "CRISP REVUE"

Loew arid Indei>endent
JOE MICHAELS

K.-A.-O. OlrcaK
Personal It«p.: FBANK EVANS

ACME BOOKING OFFICES, INC,

, Booking All Theatres Controlled by

STANLEY COMPANY OF AMERICA

A route of 15 weekn within 200 mllen of New York
Artists Invited to tiook direct

1560 Broadway

New York City

A VAUD.ISVILLE ACKWCT WHICH PRODUCES MORE THAN IT PROMISES '
CONSlSTEaJT, EFFICIENT SERVICE SINCE 1013 v

The f ally Markos Vaudeville Agency

Astor Theatre Bldg., N. W. Cor. 45th St. and Brcadway

Lackawanna 7876 New York^City

STANDARD VAUDEVILLE ACTS

GOING EAST OR WEST— WRITEI PHONE! OR WIRE!

ARRANGING ROUTES NOW!

GUS SUN BOOKING EXCHANGE CO.

REGENT THEATRE BUILDING — SPRINGFIELD, OHIO

Inside Stuff-Vaudeville

The B. V. Keith Boys' (Band, In the past on© of the circuit's best ex-,
ploitatlon mediums, no'w seems to be a dead Issue. While not ofUcially
disorganized, nothing has been done In Its behalf for a couple of years.
The band was organized by J. J. Murdock and the late Paul Keith. It
performed as an am^ateiir outfit until passing out of the picture twa
years or 80 SLgq. .

Nor do^ea. anyone know what happened to the uniforms.

Having successfully conipleted Its "News Paces"- week the Keith office
la preparing to jump right Into a lot of other "weeks." Among them
will be "Founders' Week," "Juvenile Week" and "Merchant Boosters'
Week.". : ■ ■ ' -■ ■■

"Founders'. Week" will serve to publicize the memory of the original
owners of theatres and circuits o'f the various isections which now com>
pose the Keith and Orpheum circuits.

"Juvenile Week" proposes. to stir up Interest in vaude among Boy
Scouts and other kid organizations.

"Merchant Boosters' Week" will be just what the title implies.

All 9,re under the head of the "New Era" campaign.

Arcady Boytlcr, who appeared at the Palace, New York, with Albertlna
Rasch's ballet, Is a German film actor and director who arrived in New
York via South AmeHca. He has directed or appear^ In 104 German
films.

Migration of Chicago/ vaudeville men to New York has been greater
this year than in niany years past. Several have considerably Improved
their status while others have met with disappointment In the east,
finding It a case of "small guy In, a big town" whereas it was vice versa
in the middle west;

Waite Hoyt Booked

Waite Hoyt, the Yank's star fling-
er and winner of two of the four
games In the last iseries, will enter
vaude via. Keith's, opening at the
86th Street, New York, the last half
of next week (24).

Hoyt will team with Tommy Gor-
don (vaiude), with the pair usin%-
the same material used In a similar
act about foujp years ago.

Andy Cohen and Shanty Hogan of
the Giants opened for Loew thi^
week.

EAGLE CIOSING OFFICE

Malcolm "Buzz" E^agle, affiliated
In New York with Jack Bell, Keith
agent, will close his Chicago office
and definitely retire from mid-west
activity. .

Eagle has been a Keith, Orpheum
and WVMA agent for sieveral years

LA. VATJDE'S SITE STOCK

Chicago, Qct. 16.

Broadway Palace, former Or
pheum big time 'house. Installs mu-
sical stock next month. Second run
pictures did not cllck-

G. A, Metzger recently took over
this house from the Orpheum cir-
cuit

KEN MUEEAY'S TJIJIT

Ken Murray, last with the Harry
Carroll unit, is with another and
similar Keith troupe.

New unit started at the Coliseum
last week and reaches the . Palace
Oct 21.

The possibility of a Loew production department has cropped up again,
but with another decision against its formation. The circuit figures that
with the large selection of independently produced acts now available,
the cost Is no greater in buying than in building.

With Keith's production staff all efforts, to date have not been entirely
successful. Several offlce acts have been found inferior to some produced
outside. That has also been taken into consideration by Loew.

BOOKIMCAOENCY

General Sxecutiue Offices

LOEW BUILDING

AN N EX

160 WEST 46^ST*

BRYANT' 9850'-'NEW YORK CITY

J. H. LUBIN

GENERAL MANAOEB

marvinTschenck

BOOKING UANAOEB
CniCAGO OFFICE

600 WOODS THEATRE B'LD'G
JOHNNY JONES

And Now We Come to

CLAUD I A COL EM AN' S

THE COLISEUM

"Olio of Iho c.levcvost pprformahces of its
l<irtd .soon in London ' for 55ome tiihe is that
of • ('l:ui(li;i Colomah ut tlu> Coliseum. A
(,-l\aract(>r coniodionne with a hitrh reputa-
tion- in America, .<ilie lia.s bepun to build
anotlier .'i-s hit^h oh this side, Witliout make-
up, Willi only a liVit and ways oE wearing .it
to lielp luM", she preseni.s to tlio life types
of women wo have all met, even although
slie miil{(\s llieni sjjeak witli an American
aeeent. Her sludy of a l)oliind-tl>o-countor
girl at a. department store eould liardly
be surpassed in its reality, Miss Coleman
liad a rousing reeepti(5n.*'

„ THE "STAR"

Initial Opening at the

LONDON COLISEUM

A NEW U. S. STAR

"Miss Claudia Coleman, from the United
States, who makes her first appearancie in
this country at the ColLseUm this week,
promises to be- another American star to
win popularity and success over here.

"With only a hat and a scarf as 'props,'
.she gives amusing impressions of different
types of American women, She Is very
funny."

THiE "EVENING NEWS"

Opened August 20th for One Week

IMMEDIATELY HELD OVER BY SIR
OSWALD STOLE FOR THREE WEEKS

America: MAX HAYES

THE COLISEUM

"Claudia Coleman, an American come-
dienne, m;ikes lier first appearance in Eng-
land at. the Coliseum this week, and with
her amusing imitations of American charac-
ters makes a great hit." ■

TIIIC "MOR.VIN('r ADVIORTISl'IR"

Europe: REEVES & LAMPORT

JOE

VAUDEVILLE'S POPULAR ENTERTAINERS

THIS WEEK (OCT. 14) HEADUNING B. F. KEITH'S RIVERSIDE, NEW YORK

-WESTON and LYONS

■ COLLETTE

Direction, HARRY J. FITZGERALD

Wednesday, October 17, 1929

VAUDEVILLE

VARIETY

35

Ray's Keith Route
Charles Ray, former film aclor
now playing vaude, opens a Keith
route next week In Yonkers.

Walter Nilsson

"World's Master
Unicyclist"
O-H-OOOl

Teatared Fanchon ft Hnroo
"Up In the Air Idea"

Must Listen to Reason
For K-0 Fur Pageant

Keith's Fur pageant, opening In
New Tork Monday night, will go on
the road following its Manhattan
dates.

That is, it'll go if furriers else-
wher^. are amenable to reason. The
Furriers' Association of Greater
New Tork contributed $250,000
worth of knlck knacks to the Keith
production department, but won't
let them be taken out of the district.

This display goes into the Palace
Nov. 4.

R. S. BOBBINS PUT

Washington, Oct. 16.

Roland S. Robbins, for the past
15 years with K-O, is out as mana-
ger of the local Keith house. Rob-
bins went with the switch from
two-a-day to a grind policy. Tem-
porary successor is C. B; McDonald.

Robbins remains here to handle
several enterprises, one the Wash-
ington Printing Co., which he, de-
veloped while in the managerial as-
signment.

TINSEL
METAL CLOTH

FOR DROPS

36 in. wide at 75c a yd. and np

A full line of sold and allyer bro-
cadei, metal cloths,, gold and allver
trtmmlnga, rb-lneatones, apanglea,
tlgbta, operti bose, etc. eta. for' stage
coBtumea. Samples upon requeeL

J. J. WyGe & Bros., Inc.

(Sneeeatora to Slegman A Well)
18-20 East 27th Street
NEW YORK

HUET IN TRUCK MISHAP

PIttsfleld, Mass., Oct. 16.
Francis S. Curley, vaudeville, and
Robert Hill, of this city Injured
near here when a truck Curley was
driving ran ofE the highway and
overturned.

Curley told police he lost control
of the truck when his foot caught
between the accelerator and . brake
pedals.

PEICE BACK IN VAUDE

Georgie Price, now on the subway
circuit with "The : Song'Writer," le
git, will return t6~-vaudeville.

Price opens for Keith's at Par
Rockaway, Oct.. 22.

New Policy at OrpL, S. F.

San Francisco, ' Oct. 16. "
In a final effort to bring back lost
patronage and prestige, Ori^heuni,
pioneer vaude house of tlie one-
time dominant circuit, is about to
undergo a drastic change of policy.
Feature pictures, added some
months ago are to be eliminated;
smoking is to be restored to the
theatre, intermission Is to bo rein-
stated, and a promise is held: out
for Improved quality of vaude.

Announcement of the new policy
was made hy Harry Singer, western
representative, who came here to
consummate a deal for the sale of
the property and theatre to Charles
Schlessihger, at a figure reported to
be close to $750;000. Before trans-
ferring control of the property, an
agreement was reached that the
tenancy of the Orpheum is not to be
terminated until such time as other
quarters are available.

Schlesslnger bought, the Orpheum
property . with a view to it being
eventually replaced by a business
structure. Just when Orpheum will
vacate will depend entirely on the
acceptance or rejection of the new-
est policy.

Hart-Edelsten Again

Following a pci'lnd of sovoral
years since their la.'^t Intornational
representation a.grcement, Ernie
EdelvSten of Txindon and Max Hart
of Now York are once nioro book-
ing for one another on their re-
spective sides of vho pond.

Mr. Edelsten reached New York
last week to remain about a month.
During Jiis stay the London show-
man will buy play rights for Eng-
land, also engage stage attractions.
Besides his agency, connections on
the other side, Edelsten is a mem-
ber of the legit producing firm of
Juliiin Wylic Productions.

5 2-Reelers Round

Out All-Comedy Bill

Chicago, Oct. 16.

Academy, A.'ss'n stand, ift plrtyinif

five two reel i'onio<Ues this week

instead of a feature.

It's • in ■ conjunction "with five
comedy acts as ah experimental
all comedy hill.

ACTS' DE.GISION APPEALED

Mitchell and Dur.int are continu-
ing for Keith's imder the protection
of a New York Supreme Court Ap-
pellate Division stay granted Fred-
erick E. Goldsmith, their attorney.

William Morris was successful in
securing a lower court Injunction to
enforce a year and eight months'
balance on a twoi-year exclusive
managerial contract.

Loew find Fox Won't

Change to Sunday

Neither Loew Or Fox houses will
follow Keith's Sunday openinga In
New York.

Bothi circuits will adhere to the
regular Monda,y and Thursday first
shows.

Vanessi's Delayed Scenery
Late cancellation has the Ken-
tucky Jubilee Singers filling in for
Vanessi at the Palace this week.

The dancer was permitted to
postpone her booking on the claim
the scenery for her new turn had
not been ^nished.

Join Lester Lee

Ben Bamet and Charles Levinson,
long associates with ithe Amalga-
mated Vaudeville Exchange, have
become a part of Lester Lee, Inc.
Vaudeville productiona planned.

-Lee firm may also produce a
musical cdmedy after the holidays.

IRVING CAESAR'S ACT

Irving Caesar is going In vaude
with a Palace, New York, date al
ready penciled. Caesar is doing a
hideaway until the Broadway do
but. He. will be assisted by a
pianist.

FLOEENCE EEED'S BOOKINGS

Florence Reed, In from the road,
returned to vaude last week appear-
ing at Fp3c*s Audubon booked by
Abe Feinberg.

Miss Reed went to Fox's Phil
adelphla house, pictures, Monday.

Fannie's Independents
Fannie Ward Is returning to
vaudeville via the Amalgamated of-
fices. She plays a split between
Scranton and WIlkes-Barre, Pa.,
•Nbv. B. Following week Miss Ward
goes to Providence, R. .1/

BEN PIAZZA HEBE?

Ben Piazza was expected in New
York yesterday (Tuesday).

Western general manager for
Keith-Orpheum was called in.

. NEW ACTS

C. B. Maddock'o "Snug Harbor"
with Tom Sawyer, George Hall,
Nelson Tucker, Felix Rush and Lil-
lian Spears.

Fiddler and Shelton, reunited.

Frank Corbett and Lillian Price.

MARINO

AND

MONA

FEATURING

SYLVIA DOREE

the Dancing Violinist

"Variety" says: "They
are a first-rate act."

NUFF SAID

Now Playing Loew's
Vkloria, New York

Thanks to JAMES PEALY

NEW YORK "TELEGRAM"

'T'he Havel Brothers came before the curtain aa
•prologue' and ad llbbed the BEST COMEDY OF
THE EVENING.

"The hard-working Havel pair took care of the
entire comedy burden successfully."

NEW YORK "AMERICAN"

"But the play brought In Arthur and Morton Havel,
TWO CAPTIVATINQ COMEDIANS, who had the
audience on edge.

"Here are two EASY GOIN(> CLOWNS, whose
subtlety lay in the freshness and earnestness of their
humor — once they came on the audience was all
theirs. THE AUDIENCE FAIRLY HOWLED AT
THEIR EFFORTLESS ANTICS."

NEW YORK "SUN"

•The fun hangs on the slim shoqldersi of two boys
from variety, Arthur and Morton Havel. Theirs is
high comedy In Its own brittle wayr THEY PRO-
DUCE, ' WITHOUT SEEMING TO TRY, A LAUGH
TO THE MINUTE."

ARTHUR AND MORTON HAVEL

"JUST A MINUTE" AMBASSADOR, NEW YORK

(MANAGEMENT, MORRIS & GREENE)

NEW YORK "JOURNAL"

"Well known and well loved In the two-a-day,
Arthur and Morton Havel hit Broadway last night In
an opus made Just for their measure, a musical con-
fection containing plenty of foolishness, a couple of
good tunes and ample opportunity for the brothers
Havel to display their wares, which suited the cus-
tomers exactly.^

FINE CLOWNS, do you? If you did, be warned that
when Arthur and Morton have the run of the stage,
which is often. It's strictly a laughing matter."

BOSTON "EVENING TRANSCRIPT"

"But the genius flowers In the MesiJrs. Havel
(Christian names, Arthur and Morton). Whoever
found them, whoever first caught them back-stage
singing 'Heigh-ho, Cheerio,' had the instinct of a
Reinhardt, the seizure of a Seldes. It Is not just that
they are funny. Many (too many) actors are that.
THEY ARE FUNNY IN A RARE AND UNSTUDIED
WAY. Their act, or what you choose to call it, is
4hat_uncx}jDDjnon perfection which early put the
Astaires full three ljigfit.s^up and=^madc = Gcrtr>ude
Lawrence greater than the initial Chariot. The.se
indeed arfe the 'Minute' Men, GOOD FOR OVER TWO
HOURS."

NEW YORK "EVENING WORLD" (Wm. O. Trapp)

"Arthur and • Morton Havel, two versatile young
men from the ifaudeville ranks, carried the piece for
most of the evening with a bit of song and cheerful
patter.

"They have one scene In particular, a burlesque
boxing match, with Arthur as the fighter and. Morton
the manager, that is ONE OP" THK BEST THINGS
THIS KEVIEWIOIl HAS SEEN IN RECENT
YEARS."

^^^^^=-^.^. ^^.M^^Q3^ '^C5 R A P H I C"

"Arthur and Morton Itavf'f oarrlH ~m6Srt;^^'«
comtidy — good, hone.st, more or less spontaneous
chatter that kept the ribH syncopating."

36

VARIETY

BURLESQUE

Wednesday^ October 17, 1928

WHEEL SHOW "DOCS"
LOOKING 'EM OVER

The new board of Mutual shotv
flxei'si, namely: Walter F. Van
iJorn, Jamea J. Morrison and Frank
J. Cumming-s, is not vrorking to-
gether hut. making individual /trips
to the. shows, on the* circuit. '

Even . shows reported as okeh are
being looked over and the inspect-
ors making a personal report - to
I. H.. Ifpi'k, Several shows have
qbeyfed instructions to revise, but
nd shows have been dropped.

Blaskett's No-Prbp Gun

Janies Blaskett, who appeared' at
the Alhambra, New York, with An-
drew Bishop^ playing '"Meet the
Gang," an. all -colored show,' is under
$1,000 bail for alleged , violnlion of
the Sulliyari law. He h;t.d a loaded
revolver, in. his posse.«?sion when ar-
rested. '

A prop gun fs. used In the .show, •
but. Blafkett's. gun was ..found to
contain .real cartridges. How they
got there will have to" be explained
when Elask'ett appears for trial
.later.' ■

He was arraigned before Magis-.
trate Bushel, in the .. Night Courts
with the bail supplied by . a New
Tork theatrical man.

Burlesque Changes

Although the Mutual offices ob-
jected to the engagement of Solly
Pields ns dance, producer at the Co-
lumbia, Fields stepped in' there
Monday, replacing James Stanton.

Pat Murphy replaced Sid Berlin
■with "Hindu Belles" (Mutual).

Lec Fellowes has been replaced
by Ollle Nelson with Ed i>aley's
"Bare Facts" (Mutual). The Le\vis
Platers are also out of that show.
Tessie Sherman supplanted ; Ethel
Porter as a principal.

Eva Mni&r, out; Kitty Howard,
In; Walter A. i3rOWn, out; Jules
LaPorte, in; "Chicken Trust" ..(Mu-
tual): :

Burlesque Mail Lists

Letters by the score iare coming
to the Mutual pr€&3 department in
response to the questionnaire dis-
tributed to house patcons in the
different Mutual towns. This list
asked for an individual opinion of
the writer on the show he had seen.

The Idea of the Mutual bureau is
to establish a permanent mailing
list In every Mutual circuit stand.

Watson an Absentee

Billy Watson is not traveling with
his Mutual troupe, "Chicken Trust/'
but is looking after his Orpheum
theatre. Pater son, which la playing
Mutuals.

The Watson show is handled by
Harry Dahcil.

CHORINE'S HliBBY IN JAM

Scranton, Oct. 16.

•TJoming. here from Cumberland,
Md., to meet hia wife, a rhismbcr of
the chorus of ''Frivolities," Mutual
show at tlie Gaiety last week, E. C.
McDowell, 23, landed in Jail.,

McDowell, it is charged, maSe the
trip In a stolen automobile. He was
taken back to Cuniberland to stand
trial. The stolen car was; found In
Wilkcs-Barrc,

ONE DAY IN ST. JOE

- Crystal, St. Josci).h, Mo., will pliiy
Mutual shows Sunday tis . a one-
day stand beginning da. .21.

Sl^ows will jump there from Kan-
sa!3 City, lay off the remainder of
the week and open the following
Sunday In Minneapolis.

2 STOCKS CLOSING

Palace, operated by William Proc-
■"tor in Ballimore, closes Saturday
with burlesque stock.

Waldron's Boston stock closed to
liermit a new policy to go Into the
Casino ln>fh6 Hub,

SPEED GIRLS

(MUTUAL)

Since the Mutual wheel burlesque
shows . are crying for comedy, it
might be an idea to throw out those
misiits who believe they arc comics,
Imng onto the hip casters and shak-
ers; and put in a lecturer to tell the
audienco what, has happened to
burlesque. , :

If the lecturers make It dirty
enough, and It's , dirty enough, the
audienco >yill be much, interested,
much, more so than .a stage bur?
Icsque wife explaining to another
woman's husband what she will, do
if he will take her for a walk in tlVo
park. ......

Tlion the other coliple, ariothpr
mixed husband and wife (of the-
iirst pair's) go through the same
lingo.. In case the audienco can not
understand what they are talkinjj
about, the second couple illustrate
by pantomime. Of cburse, dirty,
pantomime. But as it's a stn^r audi-,
oncor ahey ' xinderstand before the
panto,

Everything in and around a Mu-
tual wheel show now looks dirty.
Even the bodies of the-chorus girls.

No programs at the -Cblumbin
anymore. A- sijbtle compliment to
the people of the wheel. Some of
the people might prefer 'to be callOd
principals or performers, but that
wouldn't be subtle.

Of all the people In burlesque at
the . present, wheel or stock, proba-
bly -ihcrc ard not over ten perform-.,
ers. These are the only ton in tront
of ;the line who. could wofi'k ' any-
where but where they are^in biir-
I.csfiuoi Other than those dame.s
who exist on their shakes, and none
have shapes. -While the cooch
slinging slaves are in burlesque be-
catise therc: is' no other place for
them to go. "Their daughters mary
be in Broadway musicals or vaude'.
flashes; but the mammas are .llnnp-
ing along on the wheel, wearing but.
their hipis and hopes. .

And the runway girl gagj as re-
vealed at the Columbia, is about the
sarhe thing as sending the girls into
the- parlor..

"While the audience Is being
cheated by encores. Up to 9:20
Monday night, the encOres at the
Colunibia had been more than half
of the show that far. With none of
the encores requested. And- no one
who is hot an epileptic could stand
a Mutual wheel show after 9:20 if
he got In after 8:30.

The runway girls' lejaders think
very well of themsclveSv One sang
"Dinah" until the choristers re-
fused to cj)me out for another glide
up and down the way, while the
next loader, blonde, wore a chiffon
shawl.. Held It tightly around her
waist as though concealing somcr
thing. Suddenly, on the second en-
core, to get another, she threw- it
aside to display what she had been
concealing. The girl likely never
will believe it, but she had been
concealing nothing.

And then another comedy scene
between the two fellows who try to
be comic and the straight and a
girl. The girl accused her friend
(to the cop) of stealing a pocket
book. But they used that iii the
B'way blackouts 20 . year.s . after
the Western wheel did. Besides
which, there was a courtroom scene.
The judge asked the lady to explain
how and where the defendant Had
felt her in the dark picture theatre.
• One good dirty storv plainly told
would have been much bettor and
a time saver. Or, If they could sell
booze and have all of the girls In
the back room, so the €tags wouldn't,
have to sneak into the Columbia,
one at a time and by themselves.
What a pity the neighbors can't see
Ihtnn and what a hldeawoy for the
dcvil.s of the suburbs. No husband
is. as sate as when .around a Mu-
tual show. If he's not, he should
be shot for having married..

Quito a laugh a couple of weeks
dj?o wHt^■^"Varrety printed that- some-
one had hung up bnck stage at the
Columbia, about the - time of the
"Passion Man'' pinch, that any per-
son in a Mutual show breaking the
law would have 'to stand the con-
stinuoiu'os if the coppers came in.
That, 'rcftor the. Mntual whocl people
have, been obliged to -throw dirt ?tll
over the ptago under order.s until
tho word l)urlps(iuu now signilies
only dtrt.;' It's awful!

The blonde runway leader may
be advised that in years ago a girl
\vlth her looks if In burlesque be-
came a burlesque stnr, if she had
anything to show liosidos ah orna-
mented grouch bag, a brasslftro and
a view of Annapolis. .

There's not much left to bur-
losque, Tzzy. Bettor do sojnething.
This kind of stuff will be Uir'ky to
go through tho sea.s'on. iSiime.

Burlesque Routes

Weeks of Oct, 15 and 22

s.

Bare Facts, Brtdgeport; . 23; H. *
Apollo, N. Y. C.

Heat Show tn Town— Gayety, Montreal;
22, HoTward, Boston.

BohemlahB— Colonial, TJtIca; 22, Gayety,
Montreal. ■

. Bo^vory Burl esqu era— (Hyperion, New
Hnven; 22, I^yrlc, Bridgeport.

Burlesque .lievlew— L. CK; 22, Orand,
AUron. .

Chicken Trust— Majestic, ..Albany; 22,
Colunlal, T.'tlca,
Dainty Doll.s— Mutual, Indlanapolla; 22,

Crarrlck, St. I^ula. '

DlmpleJ DarlliiKS— Gayety, Boston; 22,
Plaza, Worroatt^r. ; .

Dixon's .Hlff nevlow^liyrlc, Payton; 22,
■ETiipress, Cincinnati.

Flapper Follies— 15, Lyric, Allentowii; 10--
17, On'heiim, Iteadlnpr; 18-20, Palace, Tren-
ton;. 21.', Bmplre, Newark.

Fronch Models— Oayety, Kanaaa City; "22,
L. O.

Frlvolltloe^Gayety, Wllkes-Barre; 22,
Lyric, Allcnto-wn; 23-2-t, Orpheum, Read-
Inir: 2.'-27, Palace, Ttenton.

GInfirer nirla— <}alety, Scranton; 22,
Giiloty, Wllkes-llnrre.

Glrl.-J' From. Happylahd— Gayety, Balti-
more;. 22. Strand, Washington.

Gtrla. From the Follies— Hudson, Union
City; 22, Irving PI., N. T. O. ' .

Girls m Blue— Bnxpress, ChlCag©; 22,
CadiUac, Detroit.

Girls' of the U. S. A.— Empire, Brooklyn;
22, Trocndcro; Philadelphia,

Hello Parec— Garrlck; St. Loula; 22, Gay-
ety, Kiinsas City.

HIprh Flyers— Strand, Washington; .22,
Acaderhy, Plttsbiirg-h,.

Hindu Pellee— Gayety. LoulaVllie;' 22,' Mur
tual, Inilianapolls.

•Tnzzlimo • Revuo— Bnfipire, Newark; 22,
Star, Brooklyn.

Kuildling Kutles-H-. & S., ApolW, N. T;
C; 22,. Kmpirq, Brooklyn. -
Laffln' Thru— Gayety, Scraiiton.
Merry Whirl— Empire, Toledo; 22, Co-
lumbia, Cleveland.

Ml.schief Mfbkers— State,- Springfleld; 22,
,;Gfund, Hartford.

Moonlight Malda-^olumbla, .Cleveland;
-1, L. O.

Moulin BoUge Girls-^Lyceum, Colungbus;.
22,. Lyric, Dayton.'

Naughty Nifties— Gayety, Milwaukee; 22,
JSmpreti.Sr Chicago,

Nlte Club OlrlS^raud, Hartford; 22, Hyr
perion. New Haven.

Nite Life In Paris— 1.')-10, Geneva; 17-18,
0.swego; 10-20, Schenectady; 22,- Majestic,
Albany.

Parisian- Flappers— Empire, Providence;
22, Gayety, Boston. - •
Puas Pusis— Howard, Boston; 22, Columbia,

N. y. c.

Radium Queens— Grand, Akron J • 22, Gay-
ety. Buffalo.

Record Breakers— Plaza, Worcester; 22,
State. Springfield.

Red Hole— iJayety;. Buftalo; 22-23, Geneva;
24-25, Oswego; :iC-27, Schenectady.

Round, tlie Town— Academy, Pittsburgh;
22. I^yceum, Columbus.
. Social Maids— Trocadcro, Phlladelplila; 22,
Gayety. Baltimore.

Speed Girls— Columbia, N. T. C; 22, Gay-
ety, Brooklyn. . .

Sporty Widows— Gayety, Minneapolis; 22,
Gayety, Milwaukee.

Step Along— Irvinff PI., N. T. C.;'22, Em-
pire, Providence.

Step Lively Girls— Cadillac, Detroit; 22,
Empire, Toledo,

Stop On It— L. C; 22, Gayety, Minne-
apolis.

Stolen ' Sweets— Orpheum, Paterson ; 22,
Hudson, Union City.

Sugar Babies— Empress, Cincinnati; ' 22,
Gayety, Louisville.

Wine, Woman and Song— Brooklyn;. 2^
Orpheum, Paterson.

Sfock"'BuF=Move«f=" In"

Canton, O., Oct. 16.

Mutual shows dropped off at tho
Lyceum here last week.

House reopening with Ptoclc bur-
lesque next week.

HarriEonSp Sister Act

"Buddy" Harri-qon, Mutufil wheel
Boub, has quit burlesque to ehter
vaudeville In a two-act with her
'Sister, Edna Harrison.

DIMPLED DARLINGS

(MUTUAL)
=^^XL'iL-liy ^iL'^ -the runway bo.-iuts,
house "vs. errc\ill""gal^rTrrovitles="a
wolcome tang tn routiho burlesque
at th*e Irvln.g Place, New York,
which this season sui>plfints the
Olympic, demolished, as tho down-
town Mutual stand.

The house gals have the edge In
this session over the tourists, going
the limit at all times and outwlg-
.irllng competitors without .a struggle,
Tliey've got to give It to thorn rough
down here or they won't buy.

"Dimpled Dnrllngs," formerly op-
erated on tho Mutual wheel by Eddie

Sullivan, hka been taken over by
Charley Burns, manager of the Irv-
ing .Place, with possibility of Sulli-,
van retaining ah undercover in-
terest.- This season's lineup has
practi<Milly the' same group of prin-
cipals as last season. It's the usual
Mutual opera, playing heavier - on
femme revealment than comedy and
getting over as well as could be ex-
pected of a Mutual outfit

The show follows revue formula,
consisting In both parts of black-
outs and songs, with the latter
poppy and the former the usual
stock burlesque bits that have done
service long past the pension age
era. It's this similarity of scenes
partially responsible for the lost
grip of burlesque.

George Leon, doing . eccentric
boob, is chief comic with little to
work with but does the best he can.
Fay Norman, shapely eye-filler, co-
featured, has much class but Is in
a sirhilar fix save for one or two
numbers. Eddie Lorayc, dialect
(iomlcr Harriet -White, -soub; JCltty
Seymour, Ingenue; Abe Sher
straight, and Alfred Kay, characters
rounds out the list of principals, all
doing their best with results so-so

Their efforts werie llkod here by
a stag audience with no yen for
come<ly as long .is the girls would
take oft. a little, bit more as the
tohsers. ' . . ■

Leon and Lorraine /shared what
ever there was of the comedy biir
den in the succession of bits and
blackouts with the hoke quartet,
which also enlisted Sher and Kay
almost as ancient as burlesque,
managing for the laiigh wallop.

Miss Norman provided plenty of
class In her n"i"her3 oji both stage
and runway. Harriet "White, good
looking soubret who could let 'go
plenty on the shake If turned loose
.satisfied with her low down num-
ber.'*, despite po.ssible censorship on
showing here. Kitty Seymour, per-
sonable Ingenue with seml-strtp
costumes, got over on the form dls-
plny and songs.

=^Wava--Whitev_and.:=MoJgle..^Art^
house runway souba, with house
enaomble, handled several runway
numbers sufficient In them.selves to
nut Any burleycue over for the
st.ags. No checkreln on < leae gals,
who gave them cverythlnR they had
and mopped up from an applau.'ie
angle.

"nimpled t>arHnga'» fa Just nn
average Mutual that will have to
cut loose on wiggling, especially In
the mining dlatrlota, to hold "n with
some of itn competitors. Edba.

^Cooch" Crnsade

Bridgeport, Conn^ Oct. I*."

In & sizzling: editorial entitled
"Skunk WlilfC and Burlesque" ap-
pearing in the Bridgeport Sunday
Herald the cooch dancini; of the
choristers' in 'Kuddl in Kuties,' Mu-
tual burlesque ohow, was ..severely
panned. . . '

■The editorial was written by Al-
fred Stewart O'Brien, managing
editor -of the sheet, who , declared
that the tnaxiagemeht of the Eox
Lyric theatre should in the future
ban all such' daBiclhg. To add fuel
to' p'Brlen's' iklclc, the Mutual ahow
"Bare Facts" came into the Lyric
this week. Upstate papers havei
reported the show to be the nudest
on the circuit.. It is expected the
Herald will continue its warfare in
next week's issue.

Radians Burlesque Show

Last night (Tuesday) and tonight
(17) WBBC will send over the air a
part^ of the stock burlesque per-
formance at the Casino, Brooklyn,
N. T. . -

Gov't Liquor Store Will
Turn Island Into Resort

,CleveIand^ Oct. 16.

Hiard liquor and Canadian beer
and -ale will- soon be available; and
legally, to thirsty Cleyelanders. "This
oasis is to be located on Pelee
Island, In Canadian Lake Erie on
the International line,, just 50 miles'
from Cleveland. A government
liquor store will be opened as soon
as Thomas Pierce receives his per-,
mit from. Ontario, authorities.

Iplans ai-e , being made to build a
summer coljgny with resort and
oimusement features on the island..
A boat service -wiff also be estab-
lished.

HARRY FOSTER GETS IN •

Hari'y Foster, the London agent,
on one of his regular business trips
is in New Tork. The Foster ofllce
is among the foremost agencies of
Europe,

While 'in New Torlc Mr. Foster
malces his headquarters, at the "Wil-
liam Morris office, the Foster's con-
nection over here. ' .

GERTIE HOFFMAN AND GIRLS

Gertrude Hoffman and a trbupe
of 16 Amerlpan " girls she. will train,
are to go to Paris in January-
It's some time since Miss Hoft-»
man has .-made a personal stage
appearance. In Paris the act,
booked by M, S, IBentham in New
York, will ' play at the Moulin
Rouge.

CHARLIE KING TALKING

Charlie King left for the Coast
last week, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
and sound.

King will stay west 16 or 20 weeks.
He took his test In New York. Louis
Schur arranged It.

, Harry Padden Quits Met.

Harry Padden is no longer con-
nected with the .TViet as its New-
York nianager.

^ L. & L.'s Tajk Department

Phil 'Tyrell of Lyons & Lyons will
head that agency's talking picture
talent department. *

He may devote his time to book-
ing sound attractions almost, ex-,
cluslvely.

Gotored Stock in Phila.

Izzy Hurst has alease on the Bijou,
Philadclplila, and will install a col-
ored company.

. The stock is being, recruited by
Ike Weber In New " Ybrk and. will
open there Oct. 22.

.. Vina Delmar's Postponement
Vina Delmar, authoress of "Bad
Girl," will not make her proposed
vaude debut until after the . Now
"York production of her story by
Crosby Galge.

Third Time Out at Royal

Stock burlesque is out again at
the Royal, Bowery, New York, mak 3,
ing tho third unsuccessful try to
esrtabllsh a burlesque policy at the
house.

^=^Keitli-=Add3-BethIehem,=.Pa-=.=^
Globe, Bethlehem, Pa., how book-
ing through the Dow agency, will
be added to Keith's family depart-
ment book.

Downey's Shorts

London, Oct 16.
Morton Downey arrives in New
York next Monday (Oct. 22) to make
two sound shorts for Metro-Gold-
wyn-Mayer.

Whed's Pres. Criticizes
Columbia's Management

In a letter, dated Oct, 9; writtea
by I. H. Herk, of the Mutual bur-
lesque wheel, to Walter Reade, oper-
ator of the Columbia, New Tork^
where Mutual shows are playing,
burns up over what he termed the
terrible niisman&gement of that
house by Reade's brother, Jerome
Rosenberg.

Herk wrote while Rosenberg has
anything to do with the house that
he (Herk) would liever enter It..

Rosenberg had* possesion of the
letter last week and showed ho hesi-
tancy in. displaying it to theatrical
scribes.

A paragraph took a shot at the
ngagihg of Solly Fields to stage the
numhers, stating It was "an Im-
possible move." ;

Herk mentioned the complete ab-
sence* of the word Mutual around
the house. He assailed the continual
policy changes and prices, all of
which he laid at the door of Rosen-;
berg. ,

Bmmett J. Callahan, Herk's as-
Tslstant, p'ulled away from all Col-
unibia c'ohnectiohs a week ago,
claiming he could not get along
with Rosenberg.

Betty McAllister, one of the run-
way leads, left Saturday night. In
her place is Mae Brown.

. The Columbia claims to have done
$18,000 for the week Inculding Sun-
day, Cct. 7. It plays vaudfilm Sun-
days.

Tex Guinan's Biz

(Continued from page 1)

and get no less than $10,000 for h,er-
end.

After' the first show Friday Tex
was somewhat displeased by Harold

B. Erahklin's personal order to elim-
inate several off-color gags.

Down at Arbuckle's Sunday even-
ing Tex ambled to the floor and ex-
plained she couldn't sing them a
song as her voice was shot, but that
if she were in condition to enter-
tain she'd demand "more applause
from you suckers than you give the
othor artists." Tex then introduced
a couple of people and told as many
gags.

The' west Coast . ofllce took . ex-r
ceptibn to the impromptu, night club
engagement, claiming Tex should
have fulfilled her contract with W.

C. instead, and filed the breach of
contract action, as a result.

The unit will continue along the
presentation circuit as originally'
booked, with Harry .Vernon tis m. c
in place of Miss Guinan.

Divorce Mill Branch

(Continued from page 1) .

a^jy state court of the United
States. .' . '.>.

The Mexican ritual provides for
a "personal service," hence the
pD\*^ers of attorney, with the sup-
posed rival attorneys in Mexico
serving the other, and visiting the
local courts as the principals in-
volved.- . • ■ . - . _•

A Mexican judge goes through the
motions of interrogating whether or
not he can effect a reconclllatioa
between' the would-be divorcees.
Each power of attorney says nay
and the court of justice i.«? left no
alternative but to ordain a divorce
decree 5n the Usual allegations of
mental cruelty or "absence of mari-
tal relationship" for the regulation
six months.

Under the circumstances, since
its an agreement to disagree, there
Is no occasion for any scurrilous
allegations.

Mist Benfield's Collapse

Elizabeth Benfiold, 26, one-time
actress and residing at 355 West
51st stree'c, is reported at Bellevuo
Hospital as recovering. . Miss Ben-
field was removed to hospital over
*=J?!?^5lLJ:S9=&9m her^home, suffer-
ing, from a nerv6ii3~cdircCpser""~^"™'

At her home her family stated
the actress had had a nervous
breakdown as a result of an explo-
sion of a sterno lamp while Miss
Benfield was appearing in a vaude-
ville act west about seven years
ago.,

"Her health has not been the
same," said members of her family,
"si.nco tho explosion."

Wednesday, October 17, 1928

NEW ACTS

VARIETY

37

PCENTUCKY Jubilee Singers (8)
(Colored . ^

Songs

Full Stage (Special Set).
Palace (St. V.)

A double quartet of colored men,
jn plantation clothos with a special
plantation sectional set. The turn is
^ade dreary through the full light
}tept away from it overly long.

Sing alDOUt as any colored octet
would be expecjted to do. Missing
ts thfe dancing. But one dance and
dancer. A leader 6£ the spirituals
works hard and the other inen dis-
play their coaching. ' This eight
probably part p£ the Kentucky
gingers who hung around the Roxy
p6 long.

Act nriade more Important . here
than it is, Bboked In on an emierg-
ency through Vanessi dropping out
of this week's Palace show, with
the colored men given the opening
after intermission spot. Again on
this bill there were too. many white
men on ahead of them, two different
acts having four each, and that
■didn't help the ' straight colored
flinging group.

May do well enough when songs
of this character are needed and if
more care is exercised in spotting
than here. As far as a double
quartet is concerned; a single quar-
tet would do just as well, at any
time in. any house in vaudeville,
when there .is .rto comedy, in the
turn.: Straight quartets are pretty
tar back nowadays^ of . any color.

One of the men for the encore
"asked the house if they should sing
"Old Black Joe." Perhaps lie ex-
pected the house, to reply'No, and
then what would he have done? If
there is that much fear for the fin-
ish, let 'em all carry a flag. S«ne.

William HOLBROOK and Anne

PRITCHARD (3)
Dances and Songs
21 Mins.; Full Stage
Riverside (V-P) .

■William Holbroyk and Anno
Pritchard should step ris;ht in a."
dancers. iRliss Pritchard is a dancer
at heart but a looker first of all.

Paced with the dance stuff are
two or three special song bits, the
first in duet for the opening and
later a semi-comic song by Hol-
brook. They fit hiceiy.

Nothing outstanding in the hoof-
ing. All ini about the same tempo
and all equally good. The girl's toe
and twirl probably best.

Both principals, particularly Aiine
Pritchard, s^uitable . f or . production..
In the meanwhile, together, they
can play any kind of vaudeville,
Gent pianist just accbmpanios.

Bigc.

TOBY WILSON, and Co. (5)
Comedy, Singing, Dancing :
21 Mins.; Full (Special)
Riverside (V-P) *

Toby .Wilson of tabloids is doing
about the same thing^ in Vaudeville
and Just about, as good. He has
taken a light tab idea and enhanced
It with three, young people and a
character woman. They have
enough ability to cover the basic
Idea.

Wilson's goateed old gent in sec-
ond childhood has been his forte.
Btill u,sing it without changing an
expression and doing as well here
as there.

The finish hand permitted three
dance specialties by the support
and clo.sed the sale. The dances
aren't really needed but should stay

In. . ■

A departure from the every day
fend big time. Bigc-

Al, EMMA and MARJIE
Tight Wire
8 Mins.; One and Full
6th Ave. (V-P)

An epidemic of doing something
else among dumb acts, this season.
Previousiy they have wanted to but
did not. Now they want to and do-

These two women and a man en-
ter under guise of a singing trio
That should be out. A short ec-
centric dance by the man is suf-
ficient to send them into full stage
for. wire.

One of the women stay.s on the
ground. She's In on the feature
number, wherein the woman and
man do a. uniform dance, the lat
ter on the thread.

Fair opener and should be fairer
minus the present getaway. Bige.

-4ACK_ FEPPER and Coy/g)
Songs and TaTl<
14 Mins^; One
Academy (V-P)

Jack Pepper is formerly of Salt
and Pepper. He Is with two
men musicans who appear in
eccentric attire and help Pepper
get over comedy for. laughs toward
the close of his turn.

Pepper has personality, sings well
and even without the aid of his two
musical assistants, scored at this
downtown house.

The present Pepper turn has many
things in ita favor and had sufficient
comedy hokum to also make It in-
valuable on any bill. Mark

ANDERSON AND GRAVES (3),
"Taking Her Fishing,"
18 Mins.; One and Full (Sp^Qial).
86th St. (V-P)

Howard Anderson and Rean
Graves have always beeri aloric as
a novelty comedy two act. Not al-
ways the best, but without opposi-
tion in their own manner. ; They
have, had better basip ideas than
this one, but the current verbal
material seems more con.sistently
laughable than "any^ they have used
before. ' .

Opening in one provides a chance
for some introductory cross . fire
between Anderson and Miss Grayes.
This finally blacks oUt with a cop
giving chase. Third member takes
part in ...ithe full stage action in
different' character.

Idea is a husband taking his
wife fishing. The way she jams
things up in a prop boat , accounts
for the majority of comedy. In
one former Andersbii-Graves . turn
the .scene was tJie ba.«!ket of a
balloon. The .switch gag holds over.
• lixge.

DING. DONG, DELL
Songs and Piano
11 Mins.; One
86th (V-P)

A singing act. Two men and a
woman. Undcrntood to be I>on
Hcrke, Dal Calkins and Tyoonc

"Mijief

They .sang a song which Winnie
Leightncr also used when following
later. The trio go in for har
nionious results and one number
unusually well recieived, concert<^d
number entitled "Mas.saohusetts."
Favored by quartets, also.

Pleasing combo; not exceptlonnl
but .sati.sfautory. Mark.

IVAN BANKpFF and Co. (4)
Dances and Songs
13 Min.; Full (Special)
5th Ave. (V-P)

If it ever amounts to a thing
■this new act serves to reveal a blond
girl dancer who can step out of the
"CO." class and be herself with her
own company right now.

With . all of Ivan Bankoft's ex-
traordinary stepping the young girl
cops the. turn. In a toe adagio with
Bankoffi in a toe solo and a Russian
number with the boss she ap-
proaches perfection.

Bankoff s act Is colorful and good
vaudeville, but should be more so
with some work. It was full of
rough edges here. For one thing,
the blond should not be permitted
two numbers in succession, as at
present. That should be ian open-
ing for the prima donna now carried
or the piano accompaniest.
Big tinie when properly set.

Bige.

"MOROCCO BOUND"
Musical Comedy

75 Mins.; One and Full( Special)
Jefferson (V-P)

A yauae unit is not now to the
Kvith houses. This "Moroi'j.'o
Bound" cannot be tabbed as be-
longing to the unit family other
than it is one solid show.. It differs
from the unit plan though in that
it carries no standard' vaudc turns
who flit in and out, , do.ing their
familiar stage acts.

"Morocco Bound" Is in reality a
miniature musical comedy*, carries
quite a pretentious array of people
and seenic sets; has its own: little
story, aind still sprinkled . through
with comedy even to the extent of
working In a prop camel.

In the lobby the credit!? are; dis-
bursed as follows: Music and lyrics
by William B. Friedlandcr; book
by Harlan Thompson. It has been
well staged, has many costume
changes and everything looks new,
■There are 12 fern daricers, pre
possessing bevy, who go through
some classy, . nifty team-working,
stepping. The girls are the Servova
Dancers' and they give a corking
account . of . thom.selyes. 'Plieiv
smooth dancing, alone, is a worthy
feature.

. 'The principals Incluile Jack
Miindy, comedian; Clara Thropp,
Joseph McCallion, Milton Ifromo,
June Blanc and Norma Gallo. And
while Mundy rides svipremely along
with comedy burden, the out-
.standcr is the acrobatic dancing of
Miss Gallo. Solos by some of the
principals, duet and dancing; that,
by, tile gra.ce of the Servova girls,
held up every moment they were on
the stage, ' : •'

■Throughout are tuneful numbers,
several typically production like.
The act, could stand more talent and
a inore diversified pace of style of
'specialties,. • • , • .

The early comedy spots were
rather . mildly received, compared
with the abdominal laughs the
scene drew where the comic paS-ses
the custom house inspection,;

Judging from the applause at the
finish, an act of , this caliber is wel-
come in vaiide. It may make the
regulation. vaude bills more appreci-
ated; it gives that kind of a relief
anyway;

WILL OAKLAND, (2),
Songs,

17 Mins.; One,
86th St. (V-P)

Oakland l;i.st appeared In vaude-
ville in 19^7 with a colored band
baeliground- and at big money. That
was after he had established hiiri-
self as a night club owner and pre-
tentious radio; name, Oakland still
has Uic cafe and the name, so about
the mo.^t lie's getting Out of his
present vaude act is some advertis-
ing, for his clnb. That arrives in
his curtain speech, the plug paced
with a laugh.

That Oakland through his efforts
over the air is well .known to the
New York public could hot be m.is-
taken aftor the reception, He's
ipretting, a bit, plump, . but the un-
usual Oakland' tenor remains. He
is .strictly radio now, unconscious-
ly hroadeasting every moment when
on- the stage, chattering Intimately
but meaningless between numbers.
Featured in the repertoire is' tlie
hit song of tJic new Jolson picture,
latter credited. ■■

Piano accompanist solos once. If
Oakland can play the piano and
would, he shouM. liUimacx is the
secret of Oaklaml's stage appear-
aiice. A seat and singularity mik^lvt
bring him a bit closer. His "King
of the Air," billing, has been u.^ed
by any number ot; trapeze arti.-^l.s
and Avire walkers, , . : , Iiiu< ■

EDDIE DALE and Co (7)
"Bits Of Skits" (Revue)
28 Mins.; One and Full Stage
86th St. (V-P) . '

Eddie Dale is a comic who
keeps this new act above; the com-
monplace. Dale works in skits, all
framed for laughs and succeeding.

Between the bits are a number of
dances and several songs. . Nothing
new other than a drill by four girls
In f em cop outfits, directed by Dale
as the police captain.

Dale mincemeats the English lan-
■goacgc -and -has^t-he : old- stuttering
Dutchy style of hitting his laughs.
Dancing and singing while .secon-
dary assist between Dale's work.
Voted a hit at this house, .}I<irk..

AL GORDON'S DOGS
17 Mins.: One: and Three
Academy (V-P)

Al Gordon saunters in .and tlien
his dogs .apj)ear' a..s (la.nc;ers, each
doing a. bit of ballroom fjtuff. Canie
a series of tricks evoh to the ttapeze
swinging stunt. Then "King' doing
a twist .somcr.set.

, GoiKlon's dogs are interesting;
they hold attention eyen frojn the
blase boy.i who go into Vaude house
to see a film. • Mark. :

"HARLEM VANITIES" (22)
Revue

22 Mins,; One and Full ^Spccial)
Academy (VrP)

."Harlem Vanitie.^^" l.a.^ ..'all the
earnvark.-j of bi-iag fitlu i" a i ■ l^'ied
tal) or a ilo(>r show from oiii- i>f the
uptown whoopee plaees. li's^.a f.'ist
sin.s^ir..s; and danei.iiA' revuo wiili an
ample sh.ire of comeily that nuali-
iVes ' for filher vaude or t.ib Huiok-
ing. '. ' ,

" 1-Ia.rris-.. and. Van; featuivd male ■
.team, are' nvw to ■ Varioty's lil.es,
Avhieh gives suspivioh that the boys ■
have .b'eciv hiding. The pair have
Hanked tiiem'solyes by a male danc-
ing team, soubret and choru.s, as. .,
'well as it band Combinat ion oC eight.

Opening in one Ilarri.'s, Van and
chorus plant an introductory, band,
entering; from' rear 6C orohestra ;
in parade uniforms. Harris anil Van
remain on ft>r a comedy dii;i--sluiot- •
ihg bit . with blackout wlu-n Van
eonvinee.s his partner that eight and
four in two roll.«! cops tiie coin. Act
then goes . to; full Avith set .repre-
senting a night culb. Soub plants
a number, gals assisting, in some
hot stopping.. giviri.g.. way to two
boys for a .nifty acrobatic duuble.
Van and .Harri." clown .'^ome miorc
wilii. instruinentaticin and 0 ineing
running riot for the rOuiaimler of
the tinie.

Act is' tlvere from a fast 'dancing
slaiit but co\ild bo impr(ived throiigh
sperding up the chatter. Ovi-r- big
in closer here Monday ni^ilil. Kdba. ' '

GEORGE SH ELTON and Co. (3)

Comedi^

20 Mins.; One

American (V-P) . ,

Hodge-podge of hoke, most of it
pretty flat. George Shelton, former
tramp monologist, has adopted the
style of BobTjy : Clark, (Clark and
McCollough). He apes but never
rivals Clark. Imitation would pa.ss
with a laugh Ea;ve for the lift, in-
volved. . •

Street Bcene, Characters include
Shelton, girl yodler, semi-goof
straight, and Irish tenor in cop's
uniform. Specialties by girl and
cop help. IJongest piece of business
surrounds the efforts by numerous
bltings to detemiine the family of
a red apple.

Act goes fldppo' at finish with a
parody that doesn't parody. A
final breath punch bringing in Al
Smith did not deceive a pro-Smith
audience. Land.

GRANT and HAINES
Songs

12 Mins,; One .
125th St. (V-P)

Mixed duo having Bert Grant,
composer, at the piano with Mis.?
Haines handling most of the vocal.s.
The new combo shapes up weli as a
deuce ,spotter,

Mi.ss Hajnes opens with an In-
troductory, building iip Grant's eh-
tra.nre, following with a solo and
medley of some of Grant's former
compositions. Grant follows with
''Bidding Goodbye To Broadway,"
announced as his latest, with the
girl coming on for a plant t.ag. An-
other number by the, girl for wlnd-

Miss Haines has a likeable^ per-
sonality and average siirging voice.
Grant handles his number in re-
citative fashion. Over nicely in No.
2 here at the Kund.ay matinee.

Edba. '

DE SLYVA'S VANITIES (7)
Revue

17 Mins.; One and Full (Special)
American (V-P)

Production act plufi on fla.sh but
minus on numbers and talent. Nu-
merous ehanges of costume, assort-^
ment of colorful scenery create a
probable booking value not further-
ed by. its monotone sp<'ciallles.
Strictly conventional.

Stacks up as i>a.ssable small time
flash than can thank the dre.'isr
maker and the scene painter for its
clairin to bookings. , J.and.

ROBINS and JEWETT
Talk and Song
13 Minis.; Oh,e
5th Ave. (V-P)

Two famlliaf faces, but remem-
bered singly. Lone redeeming fear
ture of their conaedy and singing
two-act Is the straight's bass voice;

Otherwise a pair .PLyocal ^uct.s^
badly harmonized . througH 't^e com-
ic's inferior voice, or, perhaps ho
was suffering from a cold. The
lightweight comedy talk is broken
by the bass solo and topped and bot-
tomed by the harmony..

They need gOod material badly,
■ . ' mgr.

"revue;creative"

Dances

15 Mins.; Full Stage.
86th St. (V^P) ;

Dorothy . Kamden a,s principal
dancer, doe.s her iieat. ai ti>!tic work,
Her toe .spins are effective.
• Others ai^e Buster Rose and Tiob
Roberts.. The act carries special
drops and el,ectrica!l'offocts and has
considerable aninriation and, color.

Ratheir pretty opening with the
upstage frames or canieos; whlch_^
come to life. Figures represented^
are Queen Elizabeth.- .Sir Walter
Raleigh, Cleopatra, Marc Anthony,
Joan of Arc .and Martha Washing-
ton. Act Isn't badly -staged and
dance numbers go in for novelty.

The two boy da.ncers get plenty
to do. They scored in outfits that
made them appear doing a double
routine on thdir hands.

Diverting and sufficiently enters
t.aining to fill In on a variety bill.
One of the few acts of this .stripe
not carrying an adg^jio team.

Mark.

NINA CAPONI

Vocal j
9 Mins;; One i

■■smlK^pe^'(^f'-p- y =- — — •. .1

Nice appearing young I..'itin lady
who opens in "one" , and stays thfre.
Rich untrained .soprano, but might
improve her selection of numbers.

Vocal ability notwithstanding.
Miss Caponi does not rate beyond
tho ' intermediate douce. A more
appropriate repertoire would doubt-
lessly raise that status. B'f/c.

JOSEPH E. HOWARD and Co. (3)

Songs

16 Mins.; Full Stage
State (V-.P)

While recalling his past song hllft,
Howard m.akcs excellent u.so of two
audience plants. The first, a
Chinaman, sings "Tipperary" from
a box. . The other, soprano, works
from the front , of the orchestra.

lier entrance into the prorer-d-
ingfi is most impressive.' During
the singing of One nuniljcr, How-
ard . gestures to the • audience to
join in, then stops short .w)i';n li^ar-

=LriK=^^-t>rOnoun eeud ferpinine^ voice.

It's the lady plaint. Sfie"lat*-r .?t.^p.s
down the aisle for a solo and duet
with Howard. . Posf>esses a vary
fine voice, and If not for the ex-
cellence of this act, made more ex-
cellent through the impromptu en-
tertainment, she might do as w<.ll
up on the stage.

Talented turn. "^0'-

RALPH PETERSON and South Sea

Girls (6)
Orchestria with Dancing
15 Min.; Full (Special)
Englewood, Chicago (V-P)

Gent dancer with five-piece girl
orchestra in full stage South ,Sea
setting. Although prettily- dressed
and with fair talent, nothing car-
ries a punch .and the whole thing
flops.

Girls, In h\da outfits, .specialize as
a .sax quintet with doubling varia-
tions, and also do choru« routines.
TAey'd be all right with an out-
standing per.sonallty In front, but
Peter.son . has only his eccentric
hoofing to rely upon. His singing
at the start Is just an Introductory.
— ^ -Little "ppomi.sc an- -preaeht .condi-
tion. Bing.

CHARLOE and Co. (6)
Song, Dance and Talk ^
20 Mins,; One and Special

(Fantasy)
Congress, Chicago (V-P)

Nice idea, correctly mounted and
not overset. Miss Charloe is. .a ver-
satile young woman with looks and
•ability to speak her lines. •

Opening has her . dressed as a
newsl)oy peering into display win-
dow of I'''lelds, C9P shoos her away
.and she sits down to sing, finally
falling asleep and seeing the figures
In the window becomitiff animated.

Specialties by Iris and Mack,
ad.aglo team, arc well executed,
though not outstanding. Idreana,
contortionist, impresses.

Mi.ss Ch.arloe does two numbers;
one a baby routine. The other Is
better; a high strut in a neat and
bright costume,.

Wardrobe particularly fre.^h.
With few minor corrections this
turn should find a place in «the
vaude r^nks. • .. :-^..^.-.^JyOop.u^.

NICOLL and MARTIN
Comedy Cyclists

10 Mins,; One and . Full (Special)
Hippodrome (V-P)

Two men oponihg in. front of olio
with talk and; singing to full. st,age
for trick riding, and back to^'one"
for finale. General entertainment
content of .act Is .serviceable for In-
termediate stand.s. Talk not, so
forte. ,

Novelty in comedy d.ancing-acro-
batic business performed by One of
duo on a tall .stopladder. This gives
a'-t a good getaway. Act evidently
British. JAnd.

LEW KELLY and Co. (1)
Comedy Talk, Songs
15 Mins,; One
American (V-P)

Two men. General type of eom-
-e(l y H sH jes t=</ o n vf ■-y-e< l=-b y-=Lc-W=.=^KiilU'^=
inter/nillently addre.«sing an imag-
inary dog. Humor based on revers-
ing good sen.se. to make nonsfn.ue.

i'\'ilrly apiu.sing throughout, wiili
songs for the latter section. N'l
wow, but a pUa.sing offering well
sprinkled with smiles. Tenor .••■olo
ni'jiitorious. Land.

"STOP, LOOK and LISTEN" (8)
Dance Revue
17 Mins.; Full (Special)
Proctor's 86th St. (V-P)

Pretty-, good. ■ Dance f1a.«h with
T-rore t ta Gray, Arehi e 'Rock and SIX
Kurnieker Girls. Mi.ss CJray high-;
lights with military tap dance oh
toes. Wooden soldiers motif pre-
dominates.

. Several' changes of sr'-ne and cos-
tumes and enough general diversion
to carry it.

Conventional but not dull.

T,inid.

ERVAL and DEL
Dances, Instrumental
11 Mins.; One (Special)
Proctor's 86th St. (V-P)
Ordinary . plus. Two. girls with

chanf.'"s of co.stume Tall to Bhow
anvtlilo^' important In talent.

'i'a.|. (laneinp leaves out plenty ot
taps and pf-rformanco on ukes, ac-
ccrdion and saxophone indicates a
liirce elcTiK.ut of gu''ss- w-Tk.

Tbf y will work, if tl.«-y.work, on
tConlinued on pajje '^'J)-

98

VARiETV

VAUDEVILLE REVIEWS

Wednesday, October 17, 1928

PALACE

(St. Vaud)

Too much near big time at the
palace on tiie current bill. Too
pxanjr men in the performuncG,
^Hrhite and black.

The certain big timers are Sophie
"Tucker and the Foy Family. Wliat
jthe show, needed they had. .
;. Sunday afternoon with the sec*
, ond Sunday opening, very good
. downstairs. Better than in the old.
way. ■
; Vartessl fcfll put after- her billing
liad.gone, so to replace a nice fast
girl ;number, someone substituted
the Kentucky Jubilee Singers <N.ew
Acts), eight solemn straight sing-
ing colored men. Hooper . ana
, Gatchett held four soldier uhlfoi-ms'
and a Cipher girl, while In No. 2
were the Pioneer Tap Dancers, four
old tlnie male dan cci's who glibly
: spoke of 40 years ago.

Opening held amixed twosome
on roller skates, and the closer was
another mixed two-act, posing.

■ iMUton Schwartzwald was conduct-
^ Ing with Benny Roberts out. The

new, pit leader had a five-mihute
. overture that may . have served its
purpose for a time Itiller' . lleld llt-
tle else. > "

The only act that didn't - have
Bomething to say to the audience
.In ah address way were -tlie two
acrobats at the finish.. About the
best that may be saLid for' the show
as a whole is that it Wcis clean, ana
also that it may have been a good,
bill in some other house 10 years
■ ago. ■ ■

And yet the old time tappers,
wrecked the works at their lihish
with Eddi6 : Moran's carie dance
principally, but again with their

■ 40-year old tapping to black bottom
music, showing the old steps were
the. same. They were the oric sure
stopper on the bill, arid No. 2.

Soph would have stopped it If
ohe. had not been closing the first
part in her second , week.. She did
30 minutes, mostly with '^Rerhem-
ber" for the finale that Soph tries
to. make a miniature musical cpiit-
edy. She uses ,a big lace, handker-
chief . that Soph probably copped
from: Lady "VVhatSername.

Nice act Soph is spilling, even if
she did one number " in Yiddish
without anyone asking her to. And
.,-^^jhe smiles now like Bill Morris.
When Bill is talking.. and he's not
certain whether the point is going
over, he throwis In his peraonality
. smile for- a clincher. It generally

■ works, and Soph has adopted, the
scheme. Bill has a little the best;
o? It of course, because he wears a
moustache.

Soph's new .sob ballad, with its
cohver^ational inorality finish. Is a
.terror. Sounded as much like Soph
as Lady Whatsethanie.
" The Foy Family' of six, led by
Charley, Is in high with the pres-
ent stuff. It's kidding with a bit
of travesty, song and dance, be-
sides .Charley's locals. The blonde
Eddie, Jr., lodka very good as a
future production comedian. He's
full of it, and the entire family is
contributing. Including the . two
girls, who look extremely well. They
were next to closing,

Hooper and Gatchett have a
boob soldier comedian and that's
about all. The straight sings and
two other boya dance.' A girl is
being paid for walking on and off.
Whatever is in the act the come-
dian does. It's not enough for a five-
people turn. . In some hou.ses they
may yell at the comedy,, probably
neighborhoods and small towns. No
yelling at the Palace. Just a good
comedy turn.

A mixpd two-act . next. No. 4
(no programs at Palace Sunday)
were Ilerihan Hyde and Sally Bur-
rlll. About two weekfi ago another
• similar two-act, Jerome and Grey,:
at the Palace, also did music with
talk, with .Terome stating the idoa
. had pulled him out of the pit as a
muslci.in. Perhaps it did the same
thing with Hyde.

Each turn has a boy and girl with
musical instruments., llyde does a
little more on the: music end, using
{I breakaway violin, with lluto and
piccolo. He talka, gagging with the
girl. Miss BuiTill does very little
other than to suggest from her un-
derdresslng she is going , to tap
dance, which she does not. Turna
of this kind call for the man's per,-,
sonallty to be .75 per cent, of the
whole, and Hyde soems too me-
chanical, too rputinish. Just about
passed along, and another that may
be quite funny to certain audienoea

• The Rallstons closed, , man and
woman, with both acting .as undcr-

• stahder, the different feature of it.
Brown and Lallart were the
skaters who opened. These acro-
batic roller .skating turns, good for

■ once at the Palace every six
monthf», seem to get there every
month or less. All may have a dif-
ferent trick or so, but togethor thoy
all look the same. SiMt.

the afternoon waned Sunday, there
were standees for the downstairs.
The difference between the two
Sundays was tliat the previous
week the first afternoon audi<:hc(;
came early and this one waa later
in getting seated.

•;Thc Man. Who LaugJi.s" (U) did
unusually well, at thi.s house. Patho
News started the .show with Babe
Ruth autographing a world series
basebaU for Gov. Smith,
,• Vaud opened with the "Revue
Creative" (New Acts). Animated
and flashy it served well- here. .Ding
Dong: Dell (.New Acts) did songs.
Then came the fir.st dash of comedy,
in Eddie Dale and Co. .(New Acts).

Winnie Lightnor fc^llowod. : She
got the most on "You've Got a Lot
to Learn," through its lyricy. The-
Uessem's clo.sed, classy duml) actl

Mark.

RIVERSIDE

STATE

; (Vaudfilm)
Bangup show hiere this week. Half
a dozen consistently good acts, and
"Excess IJaggage" (M-G-M) -<as the
feature picture, niaking it olce all
around.

The Mandel boys, Williams and
Joe,, are back again without any-
thing particularly new but what
still is among the best comedy acro-
.ba.tic acts, for pure and simple com;
cdy, in show business. They remain
at the. top as the first of, their kind
arid atiil,,the best.in spite of what
has .*eeri going on in the picture
houses "and here and there in vaude.
. , More comedy gVmnastics in the
opener, Ploptz Bros, and Sister (New
Acts). In this the "sister" performs
most .o,f the acrobatics while the
two men clown ,thcir way through
in dress and riumbers. Feature and
the kick is the trio's dance on their
hands.

Joseph E. Howard, eminent pop
composer, of the past, returns to the
rostrurii with a revised routine in
which he relies mainly on two audi-
ence, plants for results. The way he
manipuliatea the impersonal, mem-
bers and rriakes their presence al-
most believably Simon pure is t\\^.
essence 6f the turn's success.

George Lyons, single , harpist, on
second, mopped and offers no rea-
son why he is not in the i^lcture
houses. Or if he has played the
flicker places, no reason why he
should yet be out of them; Lyons is
a perfiecf presentation act, good
enough for vaude but better for the
picture . palaces. He has added the
"St, Louis Blues" to his Ja^? rep-
ertoire. • It's great.

Third were Leon and PaWn, girl
comics with special material. The
comedienne., comeding In' a very
rough house manner, doing rough
falls all over the place to double
barrel the laughs. Mnst be tough
on that female's anatothy, but It gets
the act across.

The Mandels iand . Howard folr
lowed, in that order. Memories of
the Opera finished.

After the opener and excepting
Howard, all are familiar around New
York through recent showings else
where, and ire here without chang
ing their stuff, but still good.

M-G-M News fiashed the flight of
the Graf Zeppelin over New York
city, scarcely more tiian three hours
after the flight took place. That
plared tho newsreel on a. par with
anything In the show.

Pathe Review and an M-G travel-
ogue in the short subject division.
Near capacity business. Bige.

(Vaudfilm) •

In its first Sunday-opened week
(last wook) the Riverside (."jcpori-
euced considlerubly im^)roved. by.si-
ncss on Kunday, while Monday re-
liiainod at its usual good normal.
Tho Kal^l>ath increa.se meant thoso
who had seen the preceding six-day
show returned tho new oiie,

whereas had the opening still been
oh Monday they would not havC: at-
tended until Monday or later in the
week,. : , ; ,' . .

. For the balance of last Week, after
Sunday and Monday, biz was about
average. . Any improvement . was
credited to the feature, "Docks, of
New York" (Par). With this week's
film ("Man. Who .Laughs") equally
stroiifc making two successive :ex-.
ceplional screen weeks for this
house, and these the only, ones so
far under the Sunday opening, how
the house will fare with average
material cannot yet be prppei-Jy estl.^
mated.

Lengthy running time Of the U
production of Hugo's classic shaves
the current ..iRiverslde. vaudeville sec-
tion to four acts, shoi-t but snappy
and meaty, AH consume over 15
minutes, while three are on the ros-
trum for more, than 20. The midget
bill is well laid out, but could not
possibly be otherwise* Everything
a natural and each turn in" its logi-
cal spot.

Brace of New Acts are the "Toby
Wilson Co. and the classy full-stage
dance offering" of. William Holbrook
and Anne Pritchard. Wilson is an
established. figure In middle western
tabloid circles. This may be his,
first big-time trip east. He belongs
where he is right now, though for
monetary purposes that western tab
field might be just as good or better
Wilson sei?ms to haye , reduced one
ot his old tabloid Ideas to ev3i
shorter form for vaudeville purposes
and graced it With a. highly compe^
tent set of players. It filled the
deuce here with Its special trappings
and came home a winner. As did
Mr. Holbrook and Miss Pritchard in
the finale. Here's the sort of dahce
turn seldPm seen around today, . .

Opening were the Hill BilUcs,
much Improved act after two years
pr so of playing. While no greater
in the way of talent, their present
routine gives them double the for-
mer effectiveness. Three encores in
the one hole rate the HUl Billies (6)
as an excellent number where nov-
elty music Is needed.

Joe Weston and CoUette Lyons
were third and over as usual With
their low comedy, but on a hit too
long. They: should slice from 22
to 15 for tli(B bettef. Bige.

over nicely In next spot with songs
(New Acts).

Petrie Quintet, four men and
girl, offered and clicked with" a
likeable potpourl of instrumontals,
featuring bra.'is both in ensemble
and .S0I0.S. .The line-up of Ihstru-
inehts comprises piano, violin, sax,
cornet and french horns. Varied
program of >?eloction» went over big
with the mob. Good musical turn,

Faboi" and Walesj, mixed teani,
came nearest to goaling for comedy
honors. Their chatter and songs
registered heavy despite absence of
bellies. Lingo is smart; handled
capably and should mop anywhere.

Adama, Ash aind Co, are a male
aufirtct with comedy • opener woycn
into semblance of a skit. Three do
dialect, Adams, Dutch; Ash, Hebe;
another Wop and the. remainder
straight. Opening with a cloak itthd
suit house set, the act goes "to "one"
for the legitimate harmony num-
bers. The hoke tickled them and
the singing went even better. While
good for an earlier £>pot, not heavy
enough for next to shut as on this
bill,

"Dance Paradei," 10 people dance
flash, seven girls and three men, in
a heat son^ and dance turn, with
the men overshadowing the dames
on the hoofing but with general re-
sult corking.. Good closer. Krt&o.

86th ST.

Second of the Sunday.^ to take
In the new bill opening noticeably
successful In attracting a big mati-
nee audience but comparison with
tho initial Sunday opening suf-
fiered as the previous day had hung
up the banner Sunday of the sea-
son.

That huge Proctor theatre In
Tofkville and turning 'cm away
from a 3,400-soater is doing a .wre-'
enough landuUlce biz. Long before

BROADWAY

(Vaudfilm)

• Usual standup Sunday night, but
that took secondary importance.
Show w.a.s the thing. Somebody
finally hit the proper .Broadway
stride. Obviously .nn inexpensive
hill without a draw label in the lot,
but placement and pace covered any
lack.

• Lots of low comedy and sufficient
variety this week to stamp the lay-
out as. just a.bout what th?y w.ant

Three New Acts out of seven,
though nary a new face. A pair of
them at least seem to have advanced
considerably with material of the
moment.

Primi ose Somen has fashioned an
admirable vaude personality. Bur-
dened somewhat with much useless
paraphenalia; she n'everthele.ss land^
<»d"onc of the two l.-irge hits. How
Miss Semon .(New Acts) has evaded
picture houses, or why, is not exi-
plalnable. She's stage band perfect
and at best with a minimum of nec-
essary .talk.

just ahead ,ln effectiveness and
two flights up In the running, was
George Beatty, fifth. To his former
routine, of home made chatter Beatty
has added material suggesting out-
aide authorship. Apparently Just
what he needed and now ola.s3ing
him as a certainty in intermediate
company. " Best example of his ad-
vancement Is the fact that the
"ffigidaire" song which^,once stood
praetionlly as his act is 'now one of
throe and behind much oKse in value.
^-W'alter:^Wjvltei:3 and Co.. ventrll-
loquial, next to closing^ wh'iTe"^H^
Six (Jalenos, imported acrobats, had
previously oi>enod.

Other New Acts, besides Miss
Semon, were ReynoUls .nnd White,
musical two-aet and standard in an-
other form; Adeline liendon and
Co. (5), full stage dance flash.

"Tango Shoes" is a rough noveltj
and so low It Is almost bottomless,
but not without requisites for small
time. ^lain fault Is that it runs
longer than Santa's be^vrd, Bige.

AGADEMY OF 'MUSIC

(Vaudfilm) .

Plenty of show at this downtown
Fox ace.. Capacjityi as usual, Mon-
day night. Seven acts, all -clickers,
and "Win That Girl" (FoX) on the
screen. Also the usual Movietone
shorts,

Norman . BrotlVers opened, . doing
clever hand-to-hand and rirtg gym
nasties. Above average for this type
of act, Paddy. Cliff and Orchestra
deuced to good returns. Cliff, led
the outfit which comprised nine
girls, with Nerlda, dancer, contrib
Uting a corking Oriental, Cliff got
in some hot stepping between band
number.s, A big act No. 2, but they
give them their money's worth down
here. . ,

Billy Farrell Co. scored with his
song and dance sketch, "Home,
Sweet Home," Farrell is supported
by his father, veteran dancer, and
two unbilled women. Plot makes a
gront set-up for the subsequent
hoofing of Billy and Pop Farrell, the
duo goaling on a hai'd-shoe clog for
a tag. Bud Carlell, in cowboy garb
followed in , fancy roping and chat-
ter. Over on both.

Harry J, Conley Co. was a corned v
smash next to shut, Conley's cut-
up remains the comedy classic it
'has- -always - been,- Present vehicle
givefi , him an opportunity to offer
everything he has. TWo girls and a
man comprise the support.

'.•Harlem Vanities" (New Acts)
colored revue featuring Harris and
Van and enlisting 20 .others. Includ-
ing an eight-piece band, closed.

. Edha

AMERICAN

(Vaudfilm) .
Vaudeville in genera^ and one cir-
cuit In particular suffered in the
past through permitting and even
encouraging palukas to appropriate
and use the material, style; dress or
unique features oi-lgihated by . and
belonging to high-c,lass, high -sala-
ried actors; The American Monday
night held a classic examplcy .

George Shelton, one-timie tramp
monblpgist, offers himself as a
number two Bobby Clark (Clark and
McCullough), Although .avoiding
duplication of gags, Shelton has
done his best to capitalize the pe-
culiar delivery of Clark.. Clothes,,
ca.ne, eyeglass, cig^ar, . business of
diving for the butt— all the, charac-
teristic movements of the famous
comedian are employed by Shelton.
A glaring case of lifting if without
permission, .

Bill in general was middling fair.
Jack DeSylva's Vanities, headline
turn, Is long on drapes and cos-
tumes but rather shy In specialties.
However, because of the flash (New
Acts), It suffices for average pur^-
poses.

.Rose O'Hara, • soprano, created a
pleasing Impression with a Voice, of
sustained strength and tone plus an
attractive appearance. Four Choco-
late Dandles demonstrated that
frenzied animation IS not always a
good substitute for quiet certainty.
This colored quartet tries hard but
wastes a large measure of its Vital-
ity In Ineffectual boisterousness.
Saxton and. Farrell neeid a new act.

Lew Kelly Co. (New Acts) baited
giggles with gibberish nonsense-
Kelly and the assisting tenor proved
agreeable diversion next to shut.
Four . Eastons, tumblers, closed.
"Tempest". (UA) on the screen. Biz
Just so-so. ' Land.

125th St.

(Vaudfilm)

Bu.slhess took a decided jump for
the second week of the Sunday
opening. Capacity and standees at
the matinee Sunday, If anything
the picture "Man Who Laughs" can
be figured for the draw through the
firat uptown showing at pop prices
Nothing heavy on the vaude. It
could have stood more comedy.

Deviating from the usual routine
of dumb acts for opener "On the
Golf Course," tabloid musical on
listing services of three men and
four glrla pace made. No billing for
.any^oi^the^-.pidLncimL5L-liu t-wlth,.the
eccentric, mugging comic probably
the main squeeze of the act. Like
able hoke with familiar formula of
substituting tho boob to compete
with a golf champ when the carded
contestant fails to show.

After planting this; plot goes bu
the window for usual routine song
and dnnoe ,«ipecialties by the boys
and girls. Good for houses of this
type.

Grant and Haines, mixed duo, got

HIPPODROME

(Vaudfilm)

Every staU occupied Sunday night
in the mighty echodromc and stand-
ees in the foyers. The Sabbath will
henceforth be a day of rejoicing and
a large helping of peaches and
cream in the Keith tabernacles.
.' Reinforced by a hew tuba, the
Hip orchestra did well by a medley
from "Faust." Thence into the news
reel, Pathe?* Funny clip that drew
laughter- at both houses was beer
festival in Munich, Germany, Dur-
ing the passing of the mugs one of
the men pinches the fraulein's leg
Apparently .overlooked by news edi-
tor, this piece of business is an un-^
intentional wow,

Nicoll and Martin (New Acts) fool
around with .solo-wheel bikes, going
from, "one" to full and. back again
Geof ge 7 "McLshtRSW'^eStabliBhed h 1 .s
versatility despite conspicuous Stall
ing between linos, steps and busi
ness, ' He opens with a long dirge
about who will bury the last man
ori earth when he dies. This. is suc-
ceeded by an extended pantlmimic
poker game done entirely without
words.- That he held , his raudience
at all With a tempo -So funereal is a
testimonial to his experience a.s 0
trouper. He finished Well after
showing skill on the clarinet and
taps.

"Amateur Night In London," the
venerable . slapstick operetta, wa.s
vastly diverting to the Hippodromr
ors. Art Henry and his sidekick,
Callahan, found the laughs where
they were .supposed to be, but Hugh
Skelly and Emma Hclt were not
overwhelmingly comic, Skelly'a
rushing about pried loose some
giggles. As a whole, the Skelly -
Heit routine shows wear alid tear.
Particularly out of focus was the
coming, bark in "one" to demon*
S-tL.r-a.le MJss Holt's soft-voiced

FIFTH AVENUE

(Vaudfilm)

The char^O of the mob who paid
divided attention with the new show
hei-e Sunday nighL Capacity and
standees .downstairs at ^1 a throw.
The . standees colildn't I'econclle
themselves to such, a condition after
parting with a suiacker to crash
by the ticket taker.. Girl ushers at-
tempted to keep standees in check
unsuccessfully, with the . evening
one of many rushes," ' .:

This up and down parade obtained
for most of the evening with: 'some
of the rear seaters jealous of the
fun the standees were having and
also Joining In, changing locations
as often :as possible and making
much whoopee when beating a com-
petitpr to squat, . , .

A long show,' seven acts and
"Docks of New York" on "screen, .
with plenty of comedy in vaude,

MPrin Sisters opened with their
nifty acrobatic dancing and musi-
cal stuff, getting over as usual,

Sargent and Lewis, two men, next
cashed with harmony singing and
instrumentation.. The boys got off
to "a slo%y start with an ancient
Spanish oomedy numbei'. It failed
to provoke a ripple but piclced up
from then on and finished strong. .

Babcpck and Dolly, mixed team,
got the first crack at comedy thus,
far and more than made the grade.
Lingo between man doing comic '
and girl dping Frehchy had 'eni go-
ing, throughout with the abbreviated
costumes of tiie gal providing a
burlesquey touch more than wel-
come to the males ouc front, Cork-'
ing act for ainywhere.

Dixon, Hoier and Co. also main-
tained the comedy pace in their de-
lightful skit with songs, "The Wall
Street Girl." Three men- and -three
girls comprise cast with a four-
ilush Idea of tlie juve caught a.t his
own, game when trying to make his
girl's, father believe him a captain
of finance. Despite discovery usual
happy ending curtain. Plenty of
rollicking fun and several good
number^, all handled with class;
Hit heavy here. . • ; ■

Four. Canierons. next, were the
out arid out smash of the bill, gal-
loping away ahead of all others for
comedy wow honors. Abbreiviafed
comic's antics, had. them literally
rolling up and down the aisles.
Dance and Instrumental contribu-
tions hy the blonde lady also regis-
tered for top with combined efforts
sizing the offering up for top re-
turn's.

Emily Darrell, next tp shut, added
also to the chuckle department with
"Ea;ck at the Five and Ten," but
was In a tough spot following the
Caiperons. . .

Versatile Five, male musical
clowns, closed with: a repertoire of
Instrumentation that packed a 'me-
ipdlous wallop. Edla.

crooning. ~

Alma Neil son, the acrobatic toe
dancer, surrounded with her phalanx
of seven soup - and - fished boy
friends, five of whom play jazz in-
struments, closed and left a good
impression. Suggested it would bo
better to fini.sh-on her feet dancing
ihstond of on head doing ne.ok
bends.

"Red Lips" (U.) on screen.

Land.

JEFFERSON

(Vaudfilm)

Old 14th . street ■ was a weavins
web of humanity Sunday night.
Theatres east of the subway kiosks
were all doing a jamup biz. And
that takes in the Jefferson. At 7:30
they were selling standing' room at
tho Academy and at that hpui-' only
standing space at the Keith house,,
further east.

Sunday afternoon as reported,, big
from 4 p. m. on. The Jefferson's
entire variety section was occupied
by a tab, "Morocco Bound" (New
Acts). It ran 75 minutes. Sand-
wiched in between Pathe newsreel
and tire screen feature, "The Man
Who Laughs."

Pretty tough undertaking to slam
a now vaude prc.sentation like that
down there when anything that hops
from song to dance must be pretty
good or it gets the'razz.

Yet this little production which
ran along like a tabloid ireceived
attention, laughs and applause.

The show as a whole, while differ-
.entiating -.from the customary va»
riety bill, appeared to give Al sat-
isfaction.

Not the slightest element of
roughness, all the more remarkable
for the birds down there fly In and
get pretty rough; maybe it is dU©
to the close watch Manager Lena-
han gives upstalr.s and dowp Ther«
have been other times- when, they
'heeded a small army to keep thfli
boys, quiet down at that house.

. ■ . ' ■ Mark.

81st ST.

. (Vaudfilm):

Sunday matinee close to capacity
on main floor. That represents a
clearly marked iriiprovement on the
big day's afternoon business. The
tide of occupied chairs previously
seldom washed hack more than half
way. Matinees at this house are
scaled 50 cents and first comie on
locations.

Bill was cut down to four acts
bcoHuse of running time of "The
=Man===Wh o=^Lau glrs^i- (-F=>:--=TJ I i-eo=:=o
the four turns iippearod last week
at the Palace: T>eter Higgins, the
DeMareos and Three Sailors,

The bill Was a pleasc.r, eretting
Its laughs at . both ends and its
class in (he renter section.

George and Jack i:)ormonde. com-
edy monooyelist.s, opened and atlm-
nlatofl the risibilities. Higgins,
douoing. wf<s an ca.«y winner,, get-
(Continuod on page 30)

Wednesday, October 17, 1928

FILM HOUSE REVIEWS

VARIETY

39

ROXY

(Wired)
(NEW YORK)

New York, Oct, 14.

Roxy didn't have much room to
swing a- production flash with the
current line-up of 75 minutes for
"The Air Circus" (Fox)',' another 16
minutes for a Chic Sale talking
short and about 12 minutes for the
Movietone newsreel. By borrowing
a bit from the llinit for the whole
show and running it slightly longer
and by concentrating nis production,
Roxy managed to get in a istnge en-
semble picture that would have been
impressive anywhere but at tJie
Cathedral, but here was rather be-
low par In magnitude.

At such time as this the rep the
house has built for itself for scope
and expanslveness of its staging Is
rather an embarrassment. Stage
display is undoubtedly less than
usual, but whole entertainment is
trimly put together for ah even
pace of comiedy,. all built around the
mood and tense of , "Air Circus," a
happy blending of laughs and ten-
der sentiment. The Sal^ short was
splendid value, being, outright
clowning In the Sale manner iand
rich in laughs that start at the dia-
phragm and explode at the lips.

Graceful light overture in Johann
Strauss' "Tales from the' Vienna
Woods," with its cheerful motifs.
Then, for contrasting vein, the char-
acter comedy of Chic Sale In an-
other of his "rube" portraits (this
Is the. fourth subject In the Sale
Movietone series).

Next into the expected Roxy
pageant; When lights go up after
the Sal6 screen episode Beatrice
Belkin is alrea;dy posed on one box
while the chorus quickly assembles
in the mother, thus sayiijig' the time
usually taken up with the. stairway
parade. Chorus goes into excerpts
from "Iris," while there is a proces-
sion of Oilental worshippers across
the stage. l<lghts grow behind a
transparent drop forward, reveisiling
a temple setting with sunrise effect
and ensemble grouped in bizarre
costume, in the center an. Idol In.
posture of meditation, entire figure
done in gold. Entire setting back-
ground for singing of "Sunrise
"Hymn" from "Cbq d'Or."

From among the worshippers
comes a solo dancer, Patricia Bow-
man, for a sightly bit of ceremonial
dance, suggesting in its costume of
red and yellow a flre dance, vflth
flame effects from the manipulation
of light silk streamers. This Is in
two parts separated by chorus ma-
neuvers, and then the idol becomes
animat^ed and in the . person of Ha-
. soutra, executes a religious dance in
the curious style made, familiar by
Ruth St. Denis. Odd stiff-legged
routine with just a . suggestion of
body wriggling, more for sex kick
thfin art interiji-etation, and serves
this purpose admirably. Figure
wears only a wisp of gold net and
a coat of gold paint. Production bit
ends with musical climax as idol
goes back to its altar position and
again becomes immobile.

Movietone newsreel runs 11 mln-
Tites with three clips, all interesting
and no silent news included. Then
an unusually apropos use of the
Roxyettes as an Introductory to the
screen feature. Stage Is draped all
around In dark green, and at the
rise of the curtain the 32 girls are
posed in a line, all dressed in a sort
of musical comedy Version of an
aviator's uniform, of gold and very
short skirted, with helmet also of
gilt and all girls in bare legs. In
this get-up and again.st the dark
background their precision evolu
tions are sh.arply etched and become
more interesting than uau.il. Fini'^h
has girls grouped to .suggest an air-
plane, with one of the girls at its
head doing swift back-overs to in
dicate the spinning propeller.

Upon this pose the main title of
"Air Circus" is thrown by means of
k scrim. Rush.

LOEWS STATE

Wired )^^_^^

(LOS ANGELES)

T.OS Angeles, Oct. 12.
I Texas Guinan has_broken into the
.i>icture house field for one week.
As a presentation for her, Fanchon
and Marco have staged "Night
Club," with 20 people. It is a big
carnival oit frivolity and noise. Tex
herself monopolizes the stiage. Her
opening , spiel was about a; .new
ermine wrap and herself and how
notorious she is, how she treated
the suckers, looking a lot of them
right In the eye when she said it.
Then she sang a song about tlie
life of a night club hostess on
Broadway, Jack Lait's favorite
entertalnet" talked about the cops
6.nd: patrol wagons, this material
being blended into a lyric and sung
with the aid of Harry Vernon and
the Pyramid Trio. ,

After the opening, which was In
"one" with a drop to outline "Texas
Guinan's Night Club,"- the full
stage showed the interior of a
Broadway night resort, very fla.shy,
and a pleasing set, with an prches
tra" W ^'JlT^'pTece^^

"customers." A chorus of 12
Fanchon and Marco girls, after
doing a tap number, distributed
themselves about the stage and
audience, throwing paper balls, con
fettl and toys about the house.

The girls and male principals ran
up and down the aisles shouting,
laughing and gagging with Tex
Harry Vernon did most of the

straight In the front of the house
providing the nucleus for Miss
Guinan's repartee. In the begin-
ning applause was riot as spon-
taneous as anticipated, and Tex, in
good showmanlike fashion, went
after her audience. She pulled the
Hello, sucker," stuff and the reSt
of her 48th street routine. Some of
the customers got it, and others
didn't.

The entertainment on the stage
was hodge-podge until the last ten
minutes. With Tex arid the rest of
the gang throwing snowballs at the
audience and the audience return-
ing them, few of the specialties got
a chance, Al Lyons arid his Four
Horsemen helped nicely. The Pyra-
niid boys. are a corking good turn,
but did riot get an opporturilty. If
this un\t goes out without Miss
Guinari, which 11. no doubt willr the
individual specialties in it will have
a chance.

Gene Buck and Dorothy Crocker,
dance combination, did a little spe-
cialty stuff, as did Kader, another
dancer.

Show chaotic until the climax,
when Miss Guinan announced
George Raft in the audience. Geoi'ge
came to the front and did his ec-.
centric dance routine, which he
climaxed With the hottest black
bottom ever. He goaled the audi-
ence, being the big punch of the
show.

For the conditions under, which
Miss Guinan is working, salary arid
percentage. West Coast got a great
buy. On .the opening day capacity
was attained for the first show with
a holdout on . the following shows,
and it is quite likely Miss Guinan
will get aro\Ad ?6,000 or $7,000. for
her part on the week. She is un-
able to continue, as she says she
must go to Havana, where she is to
open in a night club withiri a
month.

The show opened with a Fox
news weekly. J. Wesley Lord at
the^organ. The screen feature was
Buster Keaton's "The Cameraman,"

Vng.

.■ s ■

STRAND

(Wiredf
(NEW VORK)

New York, Oct. 14.,
Feature of the Stfand's Sunday
6:20 sboyir was a woman's piercing
scream from the rear of the lower
floor at 6:45. and the house staff's
immediate answer to the emergency.
That first screech which seemingly
had plenty of anguish in it, was fol-
lowed almost immediately by a
series from the same sout"ce. Half
the house lights came up and ushers
dashed for the foot of the balcony,
aisles, A comedy Vita short was on
at the time so that ruined that alf
though it kept going. It took the
capacity* audience some 10 or 16
minutes to settle down a:gairi.

Front of the house explained it as
a femme slew remonstrated with by
the management and finally ejected
by a cop when the yelling started..
If that's so some one should have
taken this gal to a studio, staked
her to another drink and let her
record that shriek for a talker. It
was a pip

After the restlessness passed off
the show was.ascertairiefd to be laid
out according to its adopted policy
of a silent and sound newsreel. Vita
shorts and a sound feature, "Worirten
They Talk About" (WB), One too
many shorts, the trip running 28
minutes, and the above mentioned
interruption 6omlng during the best
and first item, "Papa's Vacation."
Albert Spalding's two violin selec-
tions caught neither applause or in-
terest. Blame it on the uneasiness
which still filled this interior, but
straight violin solos are slow spot.s,
especially when two are coupled to-
gether. Orie would have sufficed.
Larry Cebiallos' "Undersea Revue"
(Talking Shorts) also failed to Imi-
press. .

Fox movietone news clip went 13
miriutes and had a neat assortment
of shots to amuse. Particularly
worthy were the clips on Governor
Smith and the Army-S.M.U. garhe

PARAMOUNT

(''Blue Grass"— unit)
(NEW YORK)

New York, Oct. 13,
Publlx is currently putting Vita-
phone to a new employment, viz,,
using Eddie Peabody'fl talking
short for Warners as an advertising
trailer for the pint-sized youth
from the co£t3t who Opens in person
next week as m, c, at the Para ^
mount. J-

The customers oeemod to care for
the advance uiste of Peabodyiana.
It's an all-around' break for Edaie
as the samt> Vitaphone release jusi
finished a week's engagemtint at the
Strand oh Broadway. This con-
stitutes rither; a. unique angle
through an : opposition house un-
wittingly pluggmg a coming attrac-
tion at another.

The stage unit, "Blue Grass," has
not been well blended and com-
pares unfavorably with the recent
average of PubliX shows. Thanks
to some of the individual partici-
pants it has moments but . the unit
itself has a minimum of cohesion
and unity impressing ais flrat a
dance, than a song, and so on,

"Blue Grass" the theme and title
is, by deduction, a 6weet plug for
the published nuriiber, Dixie motif
is adhered to fairly conaisteritly, the
big wallop of the. unit being . the
finale with two horses doing a Ben-
Hur on a treadriiill above the band
shell. Animals on a picture hoUse
stage . are distinctly novel and this
punch igives "Blue Grass" a sock
otherwise lacking,

Coleman Goetz, long inactive,
confves back strong as the comic o£
the unit, . He is wearing his first
red nose, a Publlx idea, b"ut work-
ing much as formerly with gags.
His diction IS' clear and every point
hit despite tlie size of stage and
house.

No question abojift. George Dewey
Washington, the hegro tenor. He
crippled the meeting twice and had
to beg off. He balladizes with dra-
matic fii'eworks as flag-waving as
his patriotic monicker.

After tenorlng a la Stephen Fos-
ter, George Griffin surprised py go-
ing into, adagio with Rosette, the
unit's ballerina. As a tenor Griffin
spins a neat waist, RoErette is an
able performer on the boxed slip-
per.

Slate Brothers, tapping three-
some, appeared twice, latterly In
cork. . Their stepping is okay but
not of a grade to arouse much
clamor In this day of feverish terp-
slchore. A group of 12 Foster
Girls discharged their offices with
easy competency, Irene Wolf sang
the theme song at the curtain hoist.

Ben Black, filling In between the
"rajah of jazz" and the "banjo boy
of syncopation," put the stage
band through Its paces in a musical
satire,, so-called, on "Uncle Tom's
Cabin." This is a type of orches-
tral hoke developed by Black at -the
Coliseum, San Francisco, neighbor-
hood, hoyse, and since introduced
by and through him to many of the
Publix stands.

Preceding the unit Mr. and Mrs.
Jesse Crawford played a highly ef-
fective dramatized version of
"Chloe," the swariip song. The pit
orchestra hydrauliced up., for the
final stanzas, the curtains parted
and a hidden singer Joined while a
moving background of jungle trav-
elog passed ominously on the mag-
nascope Screen, The blending of all
these effects creates one of the
strongest of the Crawford concerts.

Paramount monopolized * the
newsreel, • A special one-reeler
from Grantland Rice occupied a
spot and justified it with the audi-
ence. This was an illustration of
"The Defensive Line" in football,
using Chick Meehan's "follovir the
man In white" system of visualiza-
tion. All they can get of this kind
of stuff great nowadays,

"Moran of Marines" (Par) » on
screen. Land.

to hrlng out the old Brooklyn
Bridge backdrop, a couplo of I3ow-
ery buildings and a. lamppost. No
flash finale or start.

Opening had Paul Sriiall, staff
singer, and Illomay Builey in sop.ni.
rate booths singing over the iihotu>
to each other,. Light-up showod
Ash in center leaning against tho
post in a tlght-litting dudo suit
and brown derby. Ash can be hard-
boiled, and he went at it with a
vengeance. Band also carried the
Bowery theme by means of nonde-
script clothes. Plenty of the boys
looked quite natural. Al and Gxis-
sie Blum, working a semi-Howtiry
routine, were strong p;icc setters in
opening spot. Miss Bailey followed
with a ballad. Nice pipes, and her
dress a knockout,

InstM'tiori hero of a hot band num-
ber . permitted Ash to wiggle and
Steam, a high mom'ent for the cus-
tomers. Jack La\'ere, comedy pereli
worker, was next with his standard
vaude turn and proved • 'decidedly
novel. Two ballet appearances in
the unit and run together,! The 10
girls were on first, in Bowery out-
fits with a fitting routine. Re-
turned immediately in jazz shorts
for a fast tap. Lytoll and Fant,
blackface team from vaude, buried
their earl^ moments of singing ami
hoofing by a freak finish, the boys
playing five instnnnents at on'"e
by moans of contraptions a la Kubo
Goldberg. Turn makes avtraffe
comedy material for picture houses.

unit climax had Ash and Small
trying to make MLss Bailoy while
she sang, Ash finally walking out
with a goofy lookihg Bowery dame
after losing out. Rathei- weak,

"Beggars of Life" (Par.), sound
feature, and Paratnount news com-
pleted. Customers climbing for bal-
cony seats Saturday afternoon.

. Ding.

81st STREET

(Continued from page 38)
ting tliem particularly on his encor«
number, "Ootta Get a Girl," in
whioh he dei>arta from the dignity
ot St ra i srht • tenorlng to unveil a
IH-rsohality three eplderma deep.
Higgins should make musical com-
ed.v.

The .<;mooth, classy and silken
DeMarciis glided snioothly through
the headline re.sponsibility. Audi-
ont>e started .to gi^'gle before the
Three S.ailors .started, '

The businesslike chap with the
niustaelie who formerly was on the
Palace service staff has been iransr
ferred to the SLst Street where ho
Is doing his stuff on, the door. The
Slst. Street, with the rest . of the
Keith temples, has sacked Us Ceriime
ushers and. now is policed by natty
cadets in blue; Land.

NEW ACTS

at West^dlrit. Silent faction' went
11 minutes ■with five shots from
Pathe and three from- Fox.

Business excellent.. Bid.

MOSQUE

» (Wired)

(NEWARK)

Newark* Oct. 14:
This house has been using sound
pictures for some time and has im-
proved its b. o. It has the ad-
vantage of being the first de luxe
house permanently in the field here.

G. Miller Smith, at the organ,
plays while C. Henry Earle sings
two songs from an elevated prome-
nade. Earle is apparently a per-
manent feature. He sings well, but
stays in the dark and takes no bow.
This is regular at the house.
"Blacksmiths." a musical Vita
number, follows. Vita here is kept
toned down very low at all times.
It's heard, however, all over, If not
always clear, "Mother," Tiffahy-
Stahl. colored short, pleased. An
alleged-=comic=-A^ita,™A-.J£Elcnd=of,
Father's," not so hot.

Six minutes of news offers two
from M-G-M, one Fox, Par and
Klnograms. Followed by 11 min-
utes of Fox Movietone of eight
clips.

No overture, but the orchestra
plays through "Mother," Feature,
"The Terror" (WB). Show runs
130 nilnutes. Austin.

(pRIENTAL

("Bowery Blues" Unit
(CHICAGO)

Chicago, Oct. 13.
Local flaps and Jellies, made an
idol, of Paul Ash. because he ideal-
ized something in their lives. His
utter , lack of restraint,, his disre-
gard of convention and the spirit
of jazz that seemed Imbued In him
w6re answers to a call that every
one of them had heard. When your
arteries start to harden you're apt
to confuse vulgarity with modcrn-
riess, Sortething vulgar Is simply
beneath the bounds of current good
manners, and many a guy past 35
would be Surprised at what passes
for good manners among tho
younger generation. To mamma a
wiggle is a bugle call from , purga-.
tory, but to daughter It's ju.st a
cutely significant gesture. A.sh un-
derstands • this, and the flap.s and
Jellies understand him,
^ - "Bowery; Blues" ^Is^^a Paul j^.'ih
show— the type that riia(l(rTTlm""a
sensational drawing card here for
three years. It's a throwback to
the days when that hot stuff per-
sonality made 'em weak all over
In It Ash Is himself again, fijrg<:l-
ting culture and reserve. This unit
probably will be considered Inferior
on tho road. Ix)U McDerniott, who
produced, ransacked the warehoii.ne

UPTOWN

(Wired)
(CHICAGO)

Chicago, Oct. 13.
Early indications today (Satur*
day) portend that the Uptown will
clean up on business this week.
"Our Dancing Daughters" (M-G) is.
on the screen and Verne Buck on
the stage. An unusual occurrence
was the concentrated applause
when the title of the picture, was
flashed. Main floor capacity at 2:30
and upper, tiers filled rapidly.

Buck divides his activities ber
tween this house and the Tlvoll,
both B. & X. neighborhood stands.
His popularity is more pronounced
here. Reason is that Buck for-
merly was a ruling favorite on the
North Side while at the Sherldar).
He's the kind the flappers flutter
at. This week he's surrounded by
the Publlx "Harem- Scarem" unit,
Just off the boards of the Chicago.
Some switches and pruning- has
been done, but the Integral 'talent
is still there. Unit no'W' runs about
35 minutes and iSmooth. It includes
the Foster Girls (16), Harry Savby
and the Two Clowns. Hazel Ro-
maine, singer, has been taken out
and will probably be placed else-
where. SavOy is a .strong factor
with his coriiedy. The Two Clowns
are excellent turiiblers and contor-
tionists.

Popular figure here appears to be
Frank Wilson, vocalist, sitting with
the band. He gets billing, has a
sweet voice and delivers. Band Is
a crack combo, dispensirig hot and
cold chords.

Eddie House, organist. Is another
favorite. Quite a conversationalist
at the console, arid sings, too. Fox
Movietone newsreel on the short
end, • Loop.

(Contiriiied from page 37)
their scenery, their costurities and
their, sex; including In the latter th«
Iteni of rnuchly-exposed leg.s.

: Land.

PRIMROSE SEMON and Co. (2)
Songs 9nd Talk
19 Mins.; One
Broadway (V-P)

Primrose Semon does notably and
rates big time when singing hpt
songs, but falls to de'part froift In-
termediate classlflcatlon when talk-
ing with her partner (man).

That talk is excusable in vaude
and sh9uld stand Miss Semon In
good ste.ad— In vaude. iBiit she ,
sings too well And looks too nice to
remain away from presentations.

SEATTLE

("Dream Song" unit)
(SEATTLE)

Seattle, Oct, 9,

A very plain bnt effective setting
for this Fanchon and Marco stage
jshow,_ Goqd value, although minus
a nameTieadllrier. • ' '

Snowfall effect opens, after which
Sunshine Beauties pranced through
a nifty dance routine with Bo Peofi
Karlln slriging. A swagger dance
with canes brought forth Bo Peep's
companion solo dance.r, Marguerite
Miller, graceful and lithe.

Gene . Morgan, leading tho band,
presented Jack Hurley, out of the
orchestra, for a song. Efforts of all
entertainers hard put to warm them
iip. Morgan did a negro shuffle
dance that didn't break the frigid
audience. A jumping Jack routine
by the girls had novelty In -flooding
the house with , light and then hav-
ing the girls variish, due to two-
tone drcsKo.s.

Vina ZoUo and Elmer Hcrllng
brought more .song.s, well done, but
the gang Ju.st wouldn't unloosen.
Same wa,s true of Johnnie. Dunn anr]
his uke. Morgan and his recruits
again gagged to laughs. For wind-
up girls were in attnactlvo attire,
doing steps.

On the screen' "Take M<; Hom^'"
wa.s^lhe ^alure. P.aramfMint .N'ew.s
"arid Txon^TIuggollr'oh"^" the"^ CTO
rounded out. Trcpp.

Suzanne Caubert, rereritly of
"Ringside." left for the Con^t yes-
ferday n'ue.«flay) to play In "Th'
Squall," Show is due at the I}"l.'i.«-
ro, I,,03 Antr,i-]f!*, Oct, 2!), wilh .Mi^.s
Caubort hack In h(;r original role.

ADEUNE BIENDON and Co. (9)
Diance and Son^
17 Mins»; Full
Broadway (V-P)

But for the name player's danc-
ing, duplicate of the many turns
wherein four hoofing boys sing nlc<> :
things about the same girl. In, thlar^'
one. as In the other, the girl falls
to sing of or to any particular boy.
Some day someone will produce a
flash of 1,000 boys and one girl and
have the girl finally select one of .
the boys as her favorite. ^

Trouble has been that all the boys
look so nice, making it tough for
the girl to decide who Is the hett
man and the audience, to find ottt
who Is the worst dancer.

Miss Bendon is the act, Boys are
the scenery, Biffe.

REYNOLDS and WHITE
Violin and Comedy
12 Mins,; One
Broadway (V-P)

The woman of this established
team formerly worked aa a woman.
She now duplicates her partner's;
tramp dress without revealing hef
sex until the second or third bend
after the finale, '

'Doubling by the woman In the
rn.in's makeup enhances the turn
and provides a place for the pair
.as a good musical noVclty for any
deuce spot.

In spite of the ultra-tramp attire,
they fiddle legitimately. Practically
all comedy attempted is derived
from the dressing. Bige.

PLOETZ BROS, and Sister (3)

Gymnastic

7 Mins.; One and Two
State (V-P)

Woman's graduating series of
back dives from a ladder claases
this as an acrobatic act. For the
rest two men In clown attire do
a burlelique adagld^^^ a^^
CAnsplcuous satirical stuff.

For the finish the three dance
on their hands and th.at's about the
whole act. But enough to rate the
combination as a capable opener
after the preceding build-up.

The •woman should .attempt .to
conceal her dancing belt when In
tights, bige.

KATHERINE BOYLE and BOYS
Dances

11 Mins.; One and Three
5th Avenue (V-P)

The style of tapping done by Miss ^
Boyle and the half-dozen steppers
with her vividly recalls John Doyle,'
who ha.s done con.<jIdcrabl€ dancing
of thf.s type, as well as instructing
In tiuch routines. It may be that
Miss lifiyl*' Is a relative.

She is a tall blonde, youthful In
appf-ai-firi'-e, peppery, arid a skillful
.I.ai2Tl«.i!l,^^I.VtiI!^x ^j3gyj^„5.ro good
hoof'Ts, Ki-o rlancing act, aricmiM^
Boyle can. i'tep with the boys.

Mark.

The Palace, i5i'i-;,'f-nliel(l, N. J., is
bookf-'J l.y A. A- p.. I>ow, and not
l.y Fally M.-irK-Tm, If that means
anything to anybody.

40

VARIETY

Wednesday, October 17» 1928

PRESENTATIONS-BILLS

NEXT WEEK (October 22)
THIS WEEK (October 15)

. Shows cai'ryinc: nunieral.s. suoh as (21) or (22) Inflioate opcnihf? noxt
week on Sunday or Monday, as date may be, For this week (14) or (15)
with split weeks, also indicated' hy dates.

An asterisk (♦) before name siprnifies act is new to city, dolnf; a new
turn, rcappcarlnB dft'.'r, abiii'nce or appearing- for first time,

Pictures lnciud6 in ■classlfioatipn picture policy, with vaudeville or
presentation as adjunct. . .

GERMANY

Month of October

UKItr^lN.
Scrtlii .
Mad Athca .
. 4 Ortons . '
A('hnu-(l & Tyber
Iiiiphn'u
. H Kohilr.-iniU' '
Santiago liiillcc
Okiro

Theruinin 3
I'owt-r.s' Elephants

. WinloTBtkrtvn
■Vusiiui'/. •
3.: Swifts .•
H(rrnoo ; dcIiHn '
Jolin.s'on & Juhnaon
3 Bi>nnoa '
Kebla

I'M.vre . f-is
I'd cy & rmr
J»)in Olms Co
1 2 liami fVirls
Urn est Jt tvcjnno
4 L'llina.s

il.VAIIHKG
I(iin'>ii
Virtfirin 'I'r

-Myric J;i's!iit &
S'al h;i.n(< llrds
Ilorani VC.-' .M.villl
Itayiiiunil f 'ort'a
J )a I'lis

C'clln'T Tf
liafffildip
NonI m ' Horace'
Niihl's Ser ,

n

PARIS

Week Oct. 15

dniiK <riIlTer

A CaiTO Horses .
PJletto

Fratnlllnl. 3
. RuDbian Cfiolr
FrllU 8 ■

Jardin il'Aotllina-
tatioii

Brbai^

Bonffall

Mile Fannl

Odauso Tr

L Gautbler Horses

FIlMs I'\>ollt

KonltOT

John & Lilly .

Silvaa, Tr

D'JelnnaUo

■ . Miirlpny
nalmu

Marccllo' Benya
Kobt Burnler
Maguy Warna ■
Pierre Magnler
G Nelson ,
Marcel Carpentler.
Jean J)elss
Ary-Brlsaac
GulIlet-ISonal
DanBTClys-Antony .

Olyinpla •

vo & Jean Priazll
Barthcl

Slcrval-'RoKor
Maurice Koset
Folta-Parizfl
Jujlska &■ Orazelli ,
Suzy & Kcnyo
I'^ernandR^ 2.
FrlUl Tr
Tcai'o 2
Oflonl.s 2
Uoiaick .
MuLl Uros •
Hlcheleys • 3 .

Edmon<lo iliiy
A:an Duren
Tina • :^1ellcr
Mahloys 3
ll.iennl-Arilh
JMnarro JJd
Alinn rVt> Sllva
]i Henry
P. 1) Irwin 2.
CiforgoH Ktlenne
liVdla I^'/.&Qti
neneo VlUnrs
LllJane Iiucey
.)pan J lyavalUere
Cherry Koblcr
GforR-es KJes
Sarcrlus
niJrlarelU Tr
Miilazoft'H lioys
Mil SaDotlllo
l'>ouniel

Emlle Foiicher. J'zz

LONDON

Week Oct. 15

/ Kiii'liire

'Voguei3.& V'tica Rv

HAQKNEY
Kntpirc
Tounp Dlood of V
LONDON
Alhiiinbra
Ivanturah
Xlly Morris
Bolf Ilancn
ValUorc

■ Oay ].)osrs *
. CoHsoiim

Both Challls

Dolln Y N'mchl'nva

Koil iMcKay

CharLi)n'.s M'r'nlos

JuBu'ilit? Jewels
. Lucas llassolt

Moore &; Vlovcl
■^'Iftorln. Palii4.-e

Ella- n'-tford

"Viftoriii Clrla

Mlseiul'ttc ."t «Maxly

IjOhIIo Wrston

Mark Daly

B & J. an'.etlc
T)or)o . TJorne Ptnr
Hali; & Eacoe
NKW CKOSS
1?ini>iro
Juno Ilev

SH'PII'RIVS IJCSH
Kmpire

Ijxrry Kemblo
Ann Sulcr i
3 Eddlos
Marry Gunn
.(.:hr)s Charlton •
(Joorito lliird
Al Cantor

STIIATFORD

Tlramptona ;
Khort &• Dalzlol
train Sl,<i
Harry Tato
Floisani .'t Jetsam
Horace Kmny
Ti(>3 Pierrot VM
Frort llnrnes
nOOD r.KHEN
ICinplro
Aupfust ]:'M

PROVINCIAL

ENGLAND

AnKltPKIJN ■

II .n

Brit NafI Op' Co
AllUAV CK OKEICN

Edwin I^awronce
Ernie ^layno
. Marian ' 'WhUe
Moore &. .Martin
Aniao

BIltMINfill.AlVt

Enlplru
Sunny .'^i<ioH iiov

(irand
Jacli I<o Pair
"MoiTourt &. Arthur
Harvey &. Bain
Bramptona
Dorothy Warrlngrt'n
Harry Lauder

JlLACKPOOIi
Cmnd

The Nlnht Hawk
Opera JIoii(u> ■
liucliy Girl Uov

iin.\t)roun

Alhnnihra
Girl Friend

1VKI.STO.Tj ..
Ilippodroino
Brown lllrds llcv
CAHOtrF .
Knuiure
The T,ad

. ('lIATIIA.%t
Dam Thlnt,' Aft'r A

Bploe (if I/ife

jii)i)iM)riu)ii

Km pi re
Show Hoat
^. GLASGOW
AlliiiniiirA

Vagabond King
Eniplrtt

Bopu.s J'riru'i> Ke.v
HANMClf
(jraiid

i.AIamau«— . -.^

mix ~

l'ala<M«

Brlqi'l Foil I'S Rov

All

LEEDS
IGinpiro

at Ucv
Hoyul
Hit tho I>ook
LEICESTEU
I'tUace
Miislova
Nixori tJroy
Wyh .^l- Ivy ■
Howard ^Cr King
Davltl rooh^
nancln.q Dolls
.loannys
P'eroy Val

mvicttrooi.

Hnvpiro'-

Desert Sont;

MANCHESTKB
*Illtit>4>i1rome
Chrlstlnnp & Dur'y
Albert Wholan '
Daisy Wood
Frank Fay & Ptnr
Jack MarlcU
Fordhatn Bros
Tamara.

: Palate ■
Mr Cinder,"!

NEWCASTLE
Mtiipirc '
Oh Kiiy

KEWPOUT
Eniplro
nniy Itluo Roy
KOTTlN(illAM
JOhtplrc r
Abie's lilHh Uoao

Itoyal ' •
J M Hiirvoy Plays
l»0KTS>10l*Tll
Itoyal
The Mollu.so

SALFOltD
I'alaco
Irl.Mh ArL-iloiTaPV
SlIIiKI''IELl>
Empire
Lady Mary

SOITHSEA
Klng'n
Vir/,-lnla

ICiiipIro

La Hey ArtlHlliiun

n

Picture Theatres

NEW youK civy

Ciipllpl (27)
^•In thp Clnuds" U
Joyce (*ol(>a
Sylvia MUlr-r
Piiul Klcnman
Chester ilolo Uirl«

yi'i's"

"While Cily
(20)

"Fndrr tlio .''(•a"
Wallcra .V- lIHIs
M;u:.. N'.-ildl
MnnKIn
JNiuUolUltcUuk

Ohcster Hale C.irl.s
"Danvlng l.)"jflitpr3"'

ranini 0.11 lit ('i")
'.'Kar.s K- .Strl|j.P3" i;
I'Jdilii! . I'r-abo.dy ■
Is ii.K-. i^' Klni; . .
Laiiibcrtl
Di-nriis ,Si.s
Roy Clianoy
fjould CJ'.rlfi
"Take Mr Uoinc"
(I'O)

"Ului! Cr'iiss" t'nii

rri'ni? Wolfo

Ito.'Jr.Uo

l-'osior Olrls
..Slal-s Hj-o.f
(;r--.rirf' (.iriflln
CoJcinan Cidrtv,
Ci'-o 1) Wasl-.inflrton
'•.Moriin of M'rincs'

Koxy (20)
Beatrice Belkin
Ilasoulra

'Dahrlnff D'ghters
ATLANTA, G.\;
llrmurd (22)

"Hula lllue.s" Unit

F. it J irubort

J'iri'am ■ Beach

Moure & I'owoU

Anna Chang

3 Sanioaha

Sorcl OlrlH

KALTI.MOnE. MB.
(Vnliiry (L-i) .

Tod Claire

Dave A|)o!lon

fillcerio .Sarna

Manila' SlrlnK Or

Danzig Grodi'l

Folirla HovxH Clha

"Take .Me Jlonio"

ItlKM'OH'M, .AL.A.
:Alal>nina (22)

"Hey Hey" Unit

Jack Powell

Gibson.. - Sis

liiyln^ in 'ihi.s Virinlty (October lHy
.W«-«^k ■
"^EREZCARO BISTERS' MEXICAN REVUE

—LOEWS State. Newark
MAN-KIN "The Frog '—Capitol Theatre
■AULA AND AL BLUM— LOEWS Lincoln

Squnre, Gates >
3ILLY ROLLS (Third Week)— Jardin Roya'
"ARL PLANAT — Pavilion Royal, Cedar Grove
.ULIET STARR— Will Oakland'* Chateau
■ SInnley - . . ■

HARRY MURRAY— Pavilion RoyaU Cedar
Gi-ove

MARGIE SHANNON— New Venice, KIrtsvltIr
IRENE LORD— Clifford Lodge. Richfield .
MADELINE LAV EflNE— Smoke Shop, Red
Bank

TLORENCE BRISTOL— Smoke Shop, Red

Bank ■' .
'-OLA AUSTIN— brojidway Club

I'laccd by

ALF T. WILTON

1">10 ilroiTdwrtv nryj-.nt 2027-8

Patricia Bowman
32 Roxyettcs
"Air Circus"

CHIC.VCO, ILL..

Avalon (13)
Roy Dietrich Bd
Jimmy Lucas Co
Marosco Bros
Luster Bros

Capitol (13)
Del Lami>e Bd
T.ang & Voelk
Statler & Rose
(Two to nil)

Chicago (13)
"Babes B'dway" U
H L Rpltalny Bd
Freddie Bernard
CoUettc Sis
DuCallon ■
Helen. Honan
Sally Star
Oamby-Hale Girls
•While City Sleeps*

Granada (13)
Benny Meroff Bd
Dichl ais & McD
Marcel'a Hardle
lipu Sands
Rny Dean
Harry Bervie Sr M

Harding (13)
"Bag o' Tricks" U
Al Movey Bd
Stanley 2
(tO-Go:

Clirr Nayarro
Tjnoky Boys
Jolinny l^ayno
"Dancing Dighters"

."^ra^b^o (13)
Charley Kaley Bd
Raymond Hltrhc'ok
Berlnoft it Eulallo
Jean *Cr.mo."'e Co

Xorshore (13)
"Cri'ntlons Jazz" U
Al ICvale Bd
1 f-.-nrl Koates
nprnio Bros
Lydla Harris
liddio Hill
Siizette * Jose
TTuzznr Olrls
"I'^lc. l'fl Tn"

Orienlal (13)
"ni>wpvy niuoa'' O
Paul Ash IM
Al Cussie BUim
T,ytr>n .^t l'\ant
J.ack I,a\'li>r
Tion)ay l'lalU>y
I'n'ul Small ' - —
Oriental Ballet .
"Beggars of Life"'

I'aradlsr. (13)
"Runny Pi<aln" U
Mark Fisher Bd
,0 & M Elino
'Harm A Keo
Boyd .Scnler
AValler & Rusa()n
"Dancing D'Khlors"

K<>gitl (131 .
Fesa Williams Bd
Marshal' Rogers
Aerial Biiltcra
Tfomei' (,'oKhlll
Future Stars Follies

IliaUo (16)
"Will Cowan
Russell Sr Haggerly
Stratford
2d half (lR-20) .
■M • Hlllblnm Bd
Kato Pullman
Ray Con'on
Rector i^- Cooper
C Sr R Flcigler.

Tivoll (13) .
"W I'l Days" ITnlt
Bonnie Krueger Bd
Joe (Irimn
Virginia John.«!on
Born K- Lawrpn.CC
Male Chorus
Halo Olrls
'llianelng D'ght'r.i"
— ^T«wrP=^(l'n='=^
'Mrlo.ly (I 1,1 M' U
V Mastor.H Hd
M'lllon <'harU>3
Bon Blue
Donna Riimandl
Umllo Riiitiainc
(lllsim i^- Sooif
"Jli\ or l'ir,'iit>"

I plown (I?,)
'Haroin Soiirom" U
Vovno MlicU Hd
Tuhlin Clowns
Harry S:ivoy
II. ;-nl R. >;vi:no
n irorsoiiion
Foster Girls

Foster (3irls
KOSTON. MARS.
Metropolitan (14)

'Bars & Stripes' U
Gene Rodemleh
"Glorious Betsy"

State (15)
Modit Singers
Zclaya

"Exce« Baggage"
UlIKFALO, N. Y.

ItulTalo (15)
"HIg-h Hat" Unit
Art Frank
Ginger Rogers
Alice Roy
Tom Ross
Victor Henry
'While City Sleeps'

Wayette (15)
Nick Basil Co
Anders'n & B'nn'tt
Guarlno & Cooper
"I..one.some"

CLEVELAND, O.
"Teeing Off" Unit
Homo & Dunn
"Beggars of Life"

PALLAS, TEX.
Palace (20) '
"Kat Kabaret" U't
Br-rt Naglo & Omar
Patterson 2
Korenos & Maree
Ray WaUnan
K:iH>-.h Girls

DENVKK, COL.
Denver (1»)
"Sunny Klst" Unit
Henry T^usse
Willie Robyn
Jfaurico Colleano
Bobble Gilbert
Cr(>orgle Haye.s
P'dro Rubin D'c'rs
Branch O" Donee
1)IW .'\roiNE.S, L\.

. Capitol (20)
Flapperettes Rev
Billy Gcrber
Ituth Denlse
l''"nstor Girls
DETROIT, men.

Capitol (1 i)
"C;iose-i:ps" X.'rilt
Del Delbridgo
■Connors '2
Will Aubrev
Gray »t White
Mills .t Phea
l>nn Thrallllkill
"MIdnlirht Taxi"
Mioliigan (H)
-Tar l.<d a n ■ - N 1 tes" U
Novello Bros
Juan • Duval
Mile Andre
irenry Mack
Anita La l>lerre
'While City Sleep,")'
EV'NSVILLE, IND.
Victory

2(1 halt (18-30)
Oeddls 3
CTiick .Kennedy
liCstor & Stewart
Anna Knell Co
4 of Pa

onie Hodges
Jimmle Pawcett
Frank Sterling
(iwoon JSvans
12 lUvd Beauties
'ijatft'lng D'ghters'

Cardiay Circle
Carll Fllnor Orch
'.Molh'r Kp'ws B'sP

CliinPHe (lodef.)'
Trojiica I'rolog
I'rinco I/f:l Lanl Tr
t'.ol Hoopll Tr
"White .Shadows"

Crltorion (11)
C Bakalionlkoft Or
"The Patriot"

Egyptian (1?)
Benny Rubin
Rudy Wledoeft ■
Jorrlo

ITroomflold & O .
"2 Lover.s"
I^cw'8 State (12)
Night <'lul) Idea .
Texas Guinan
George Reft '
Harry Vernon
.Viirlel Stryker
Dorothy Crocker
Guy Buck '
Pyramid 3
Knder

Tlio Camera Man*
Metropolil.an (12)
'Xylophonia" Unit
ricnry Bu.ssc
.rack Joyce
Prosper .fe Maret'
r/eonard St HInes
Musical Johnstons.
Fo.ster Girls
Out of the Ruins'
Warner Droiliers

(Indef.) ■
Loo Forbstein Or
L Ceballos Pre»
Three Brox 'Sis
Barnurh A: Bailey '
''The Singing Fool'*
NEWARK, N. J.
Jtmnfora (IS)
Al Belpsco \
Nat Nazarro Jf
Nellie Nelson
Bert Gilbert
3' Vernons

10 LcbnldofT Girls .

Take Me Home"
Mosque (13) .
C Henrjr Barle

The Terror"-
NEW HAVEN, CT.

Olympla (15)
"Step on . It" Unit
diet Martin's Gang
B & J Pearson
P.all Mall
Helen Wright ' •
Ralph Rogers .
Felicia Sorel Girls
"W^ater Hole"

Sherman (14)
Nat Ayer
Ruth Hamilton
Jean Geddls
F.ay Sis

Gertrude Fisher
Valerie- Wade
Gene Pearson
"Beggars of Life"
N. OKLEANS. LA.

Sftonger (20)
'Rio Romance' Unit
.,Toe Penner
Amata Grasse -
Lenore Girls
OMAHA, NEB.
Rrivlera (19)
'Seeing Things'. U't
Chilton & Thomas
Allen Raymond
Lea Klicks
Sammy Cohen
Sorel Girls

p]nL.'VDEi.,pjnA

Ciumon . (14)
Edwards Si Ronlta
Gallo & Chlqulta
4 Maidens of M'd
10 Scv'Il'n Sen'rlt's
Dorothy 'Neville
'B'utiful but DumV

. Fay's (15)
Murray & Alan
Berkoff D.anoers
Ben Hanics Tr
Davo Roth
"River Pirate"

Fox's (15)
Llora Hoffman
Pauline Alport
Florence Reed Co
"Me Gangster"

Stanley (16) ■
Sally Rand
Jack Orosby
Harvey. Karela
Ross & Gilbert
"Kxoes.q Baggage"
PITTSnCKGII. PA.

Penn (14)
"Oh Teacher" Unit
Teddy Joyce
Ray Bolger
Helen Kenn(>dy
A & L Cavr
I.uclen I>a Rue
Laura Lcc
Virginia Ray
'While City Sleep.s'
PK'VIDEVCE, IC 1,

Fay's (ir.)
Bennett & Rt.ch'rd.s
Shi'mr'cks & Tulips
Lum & White. . ,
G'rtr'de Avery B'ya
"Stand * Deliver"
S'N ANT'NIO. fX.

Texas (20)
•Rah Rah Rah' U't
Johnny Perlclns
Luella Lee
Al Gale
Md (Jolleglates
SAN FRANCISCO

California (12)
Glpo Severl Bd
"White. Shadows"

Granada (13)
Prank Jenks ,Bd
Glen Goft
Bobby Gilbert .
Georgle Hayes
Wee Willie Robyn
Morris Colleano
'Me Gangster"

St. Francis (13)
MBramblUa Bd
Wlngd"
Warfloia (13)
Rube Wolf Bd
Jue Fong
Skeeter & Ray
Milea & Kover
Ebgland Ong
Miles & Iverson
Take Me Home"
ST. LOUIS, MO.
Ambassador (14)
"Pow Wow" Unit
Ed Lowry ■
Ed & M Beck
Horton Sporr
"Waterfront"
. Missouri (14)
All Aboard'' Unit
Frank Fay
Gordon & King
CUftdn & Do Rex
.Vera Van ■
"Ix)nesoT*'"
W'SHINGT'N. D.C.

Fox (20)
Joa IjaRose Pres '
Rlgoletto 4
Meyer Davis Sym •
Leon Brusiloff
"Mother Machree"
(13)

Bernard & . Henri ■
Adama Sis .
John Grlffln
Jos LaRose Pres
Leon Brusiloff
Meyer Davis Sym
Air Clrcu,")" . .

Palace (20)
Blue Grass" Unit
Wesley Eddy
Grimn & Rosette
Slato Bros
Irene Wolfe
Coleman Goeta
'When City Sleeps'
(13)

B'ux Arts Frolic' U
Wesley Eddy ..
Plandevs & MRUs
Nino Fuclle
Bryant Rains & T ■
Gamby-Hale Girls-

■ Rlalto (20>
J Slaughter- Orch
"Melody df Love'-'
(13)

J Slaughter Orch
Lonesomo"

OFFICIAL DENTIST TO THE N. V. A.

DR. JULIAN SIEGEL

1560 Broadway. Bel. 46th-47th Sts.. New York
This Week;
'Frank Masters-; Jean Temon

NEW YORK CITY
American

. 1st half (22-24)
Gordon & Masters
Radio Chums
N'clson Si Knight
Bacrko.rf'a Dancers
Ceo I)ul'''ranne Co
Zock & Randolph •
Donovan Lee
Chew IIing Tr
. -2d-halt„(2.B-28_)
Carson & WiRard
McCarthy .fc Sten'd
WllkRn.s & W likens
Gorgalis Tr
(Other.4 to fill):
Itoulovard

lat half (22-24)
Stubbleflelda
Singer & Llghtnot
Jack Conway Co .
'I;ew ■Wll.'ioh '
Ijcw Wilaon. Gang .

2d half ^26-28)
Kate Si Wiley

Falrmount .

iBt half (22-24)
W B Ritchie Co
BIgelow & Leo
Peggy McKctchnle
Al Herman
Frldkln & R'da Co

2d half (25-28)
M-\n-Kln

Ce'le»'n». & Bellew
Ha. n Sis & F
Raj & Cavcrly
"H Ei~ ""^)nh's" Rev
■ ^rand

1st half (22-24)
Kate & Wiley
Wclford & Newton.
Dalton & Craig
Carl McCuUougli
Robblns B'l'm'rlana

2d half (26-2,8)
FItzgeralds
BIgelow &-Lce
Wedding Ring
Wm & Joe-Mandel
Sonny Hlnes Girls

Orpheum
ist half (22-24)

Fltzgcralda

Kit Kat 3

Cole Ward Co

W^m & Joe Mandel

Radio Fancies .
2d half (25-28)

Ratlin's Monks

Nancy Declter.

•Morgan & Sheldon .

Harry Howard •

Cautihl & Phelps

State (22)
Carr Bros &Hctty
Seymour Sc Cun.ard
Tat Hennlng .
AfcLaughlln & B
Bob*,- Nelson Co
Eva Shirley Rev
Victoria

1st half (22-24)
Radln's Monks
John Walsh
Saxton & Farrell-
Orlndell & Esther
F & M Brltton. Co

2d' lialf (25-28) '
Hill & Hull
Singer & Lightner
Leo Bill

Carl .: M<-Cul.lough
BROOKLYN
. : Itedford
1st half (22-24)
Hack & Mack
Paris- Creations
Artie Mchlinger
(Three to fill)

2d half (25-28)
Geo' DuPranne Co '
Peggy McKetchnie
Rob-blna &: Jewett
Les Gcllls Rev
(One to fill)
4eth. Street
1st half (22-24)
Lawton- ■'^ ..
FrlBh & Sadler

Stutx & Bingham
Rboney Bis Rer
(One to flU)

BOSTON, MASS.
Orplieam (23)
3 Castles
Corlnne Arbuckle
Nick & O Verga
Frolic 4

Jaa G Morton Co
Cyclone Rev
CANTON, O.
LoeWs (22)
Bardelongs
The Vagrants
Grey & Byron
Whirl of Splendor
(One to All)
CLBVEI'AND, .O.

Granada
l8t half (22-24)
Fred & Daisy Rial
3 Brownies
Leave It to Ruth .
Al & Pete
Glrlii of the West

2d half (26-28)
3 Nitoa -.

Duel de Kerekjarto
Brown & B'm'gh'm
Olcott Sc Lee
Leonora's Steppers
Park
1st half . (22-24)
3 Nltos

Duel de Kerekjarto
Brown St B'm'gh'm
Olcott & Lee .
Leonora's Stoppers

2d half (25-28)
Fred & Palsy Rial
3 Brownies
Leave' It to- Ruth :
Al & Pete
Girls of the West

CORONA, 1. I.
' . - o Plaza - .

let half (22-24) :
Haael Crosby Co '

LYONS i> LYONS-

fntmlate Chats

One of the smartest sod moat
active Taudovllle bookers in the
busincas Is our Mr. Sam Lyons,
If you ffant action and «alek
leryicer/or eonieciitiva bookinsti
SCO Mr. Lyons at once. When
batter "open time" U booked,
Sam Lyons will book It -

LYONS & LYONS

rAPAMOUNT ■UlCWByTOMt

Morgan & Dunn
Welsh & mils
Rev Fantasy
' 2d hair (25-28).
Helen Carlson '
Kit Kat 3
Cole Wftrd Co
Al Herman
MlUer Sis Rev
Gates Avenue

ls£ half (22-24)
Romas- Tr .
Carleton & Bellew'
In Wrong
Joe Howard
Paris Creations

2d halt (25-28)
3 Arnims '
Wei ford, & Newton
Venlta Gould'
Lew Wilson '
Lew Wilson Gang ■
Metropolitan (22)
Alex Barto 3
June -& Jo
Watts & Hawley
Cardo & Noll
Lewis & Dody
Juvenile Steppers
Oriental .

1st half (22-24)
Bud Carlell
Hamilton Sis .& P
Seymour P & Boy
Los Gcllls Rev
(One to nil)

2d half (25-28)
Norman Telman
Dalton & Cr.ilg
Grindell & Esther
Carnival of- Venice
(One to fill)
Palaro

1st half (22-24)
3 Orantos
Harry Howard Co
(Three to nil) -
. 2d half (26-28)
Alpine Sjjorts
Lewis & Ro.gers
(Three to fill)
Premier

1st half (22-24)
Winnie & Dolly
Cully & Doyle
M'Carthy & Sten'rd
Cahlll & Wells
Gautchl & P Orch

2d half (25-28)
Hack. & Mack
Morgan & Dunn
Artie Mehllnger
Coileglana
(One to fill)
Prospect

Ist half (22-24)

Man-jf ln ■- .--i..

Bernard Weber' Co
Archer' & Bftlford
Glenn Sc Jenltlna
Rooney Sis Rev

2d half (25-28)
Winnie. & Dolly .
Bristol & Bello
Bobby & King
Ponovah & Lee
F & M Brltton Co

ATLANTA, GA.
Grand (22)
Bob Anderson Pony

Tuesdays
723 7th Ave.
New York

JACK L. UPSHUTZ
TAILOR, 908 Walnut St., Phila.

ItT. WORTH. TEX.

Worth (20)
"Cameo" Unit
Ray Paige NoveUy
Hand Idea
Totnmy Wonder
Coscia & Verdi
I.ott Sis lyoulse
Fi-slor's Cilrls
HOISTON, TEX.
^MrtropolH art -(20)^
•Knlfk Knacks' U't
Loo 2

ViKiter Girls

IRVlNiJTOX, N. J,
Snnfortl (11)

r,i\-4 Stevons

Riiy Nichols Bd

Vi-riion Rnlhbiirn

.M:>rly Whilo

)''r;Milc IjchI

ICstolln Fralus

Isabel Dawn

•W'm'n 'rik'd Abf
LOS ANGKLIN
lk>Hlevar(l (1'3)

Jlaimlo Hodges

John 'Walsh
Snxton & Farrell
"Harry .Hlnes
Radio Fancies
Commodore

Isl half (22-24)
3 Klklns
Tiowls Si Rogers
X'I'Ci's Nilo Club Co
(Three to Mil)
.=-^d-,,.liiLl4^(-iiL-JiAl^^
R(i,i;o Taylor Rev
fair .t Cough lip
Saul V.rilliant Co .
3 oranioH

Deliuicey Street

1st iKilf (22-21)
Norman Tt-lman
(' S- C AariMis
Yiile (<• De.-in
ll.-ic<'0(me)'«
(Two to fiin

2d half (2.->-:S)
Wills * Holmes
Jon OS Sr Rea
BorkofC's Dancers
(Throo to nil)

Lincoln Square

ISt half (22-24)
Parker Tr
Kurt A Edith Kuhn
Wedding Ring
Carson & Wlllard
Up in the Clouda

2d half (25-2'<^
Gordon & Masters
Cully & Doyle
Sn'STftm^^V- Nichols—
Rodero & Ma ley
Uee Jones Stoppers

N:v(iional

1st half (22-2i) -
3 Arnlins
lOIslo llubor Co
Morgan S- ."<holdon
.lono.s i^' Ri-a'
DoSylvla',s Vanities

2d half (2j-2,>()
Rotn.-\{) Tr
Packard & Dodgo
Seymour 1' Sz lley
Marino & Mima Co
(One to nil)

Myrtle Poland
John Barton Co '
Kemper & Bayard
Gracella & Then Co
BAY RIDGE

Ij<K>\v's

1st half (22-24)
Wills & Holmes
O'(^onnor Sis
Bri.itcl & Boilo
Rodero & Ma ley
"H 0 0 -"J on? »""S tinrnrrff

2d half (23-28)
Parker Tr
Hn zol Crosby Co

Carl Emmy's Pets
Wllkens & Wilkena
Nellie Arnaut' Boys
(One to fill)

2d half (25-28),
Lawton

Nelson & Knight
The Raccoonera .'
(Two to All)
EVANSV'LE, IND.

Lpew's (22)
Kuma Co
Mleyers .& Nolan
Millard & Marlln
Rome & Gaut
(One to All)

HOUSTON, TEX.

Honston (22)
Evelyn Phillips Co
Romalne' &- Castlo
Keller Sis 4r Lynch
Boss "Wysc Co
Private Slack

JAMAICA. L. I.
Hillside
1st half (22-24)
HHl & Hull
I,.eo Dill
Venlta Gould
Miller Sis Rev
(One to nu)

2d half (2-6-28)
Plotz Bros & Sla
O'Connor Sis
In Wrong
Joe Howard
Do Sylvia's Vnltles
MEMPHIS. TENN.

f^w's (22)
Hama & Yama
Kramer & Fields
Robinson & C Co
T Christian Orch
MONTREAL, CAN.

Ijoow'h (22)
Peters & LeBuff
Genev've Butler Co
Mason '& Gvyynne
Prank Dobson
Sid Lewis
Violet Joy Girls

NEWARK, N. J.
State (22)
Chas McGoodo Co
Jerome & Ryan
Alfred Latell Co
Jarmann & Green
Clinton Sr Rooney

NEW ORLExVNS
Stato (22)
Worden ■ Bros
Billy. Day
Goss & Barrows
Dooley & Sales
White Way Gaieties

NORFOLK. VA.
— State --(22),'.-^. _
Boyd & WaUIn
Clark & O'Neill . .
Vox & Walters
EmMe Borco
Gibson, Frlsh & S

TOltONTO, CAN.
Loew's. (22)
P & Ruby Royce
Jack * R La Pearl
RaymoBd WUbcrt '
I^lluan Mort«rt>
Dolan Sc Bonger Co

WDHAVEN-L, L
Willarrf
l9t half (22-24)
Hubert Dyer Co
Packard A Dodge
Stutz & Bingham
Marine & Mona Co
(One to fill)

2d half (26-28)
Stubblellelds
Elslo Huber Co
Stateroom 13
Glenn & Jenkins
Frldkln & R Rev

YONKERS, N, Tt.
Yonkers '
1st half (22-24)
Plotz Bros Si Sis
Robblns St Jewett
CoUeglftna
(Two to nil)
Chew Hing Tr
C Emmy's Pets

rt ^ral f (^ 5-^ 8y==^
Welsh & Hills
Nellie Arnaut
(One to nil)

Boys

NEW YORK <"ITY

Broadway (21)
Arthur Petley Co
Kl Brown
B & J Brown

Billy Champ Co
(Three to nil)
(14)

Ties Galenos
Reynolds & \VlUte

Primrose Semon
Adeline Bendon Co
George Beatty
Morton & Brower
Tango Shoes
Che»t«r
let half (21-24)
Frakson

Irving Edwards
Roslta

(Two to nil)

2d half (26-27)
The Clnlrea
Chauve-Sourls 4
Hobby' Barry. Co
Rogers & 'Wynne
(One to nil)

2d half (18-20)
Wade Booth
Marie Sc Ann Clark
Fur Show
(Two to flll)
Coliseum

1st half (21-24)
Shorr Boys
Hill Billies
M & M Gibbs
(Two to fill) .

2d half (25-27)
Bussc &' Case
Adeline Bendon Co
(Three to nil)

2d half (18-20)
Arthur- Petly Co
J & J McKenna
Kenneth Harlan Co
Harrington Sla
Eddie Lambert
The DIgitanos

Slst St.*^ (21)
6 .Jansleys
Primrose Semon
Chaney & Fox
Bae & Dot Dean
Night at tha Club

.■ (M) .
Geo D'Ormonde Co
Peter HIgglna
The DeMarcos
3 Sailors ~
(One to fill)
• Fordham

1st half (21-24)
Felovla -
Faber. & 'Wales
Adeline Bendon Co
(Two to fill)

2d half (25-27)
Hooper & Gatchett
Buck & Bubbles
Olive Olsen Co .
Harold I<eonard Or
(One to fill)

.2d half. (18-20)
Ken . Murray . Unit .
l>'rahklih

lat half (21-24)
Quixey 4
Mel Klee Unit

2d half (26-27)
Vatinessi Co
Art Henry Co
3 Sailors
Oacar Stang' Co .
(One to fill)
• ' 2d htilf (18-20)
Morocco Bound
Hamilton-

1st half (21-24)
Jack Ryan
Swor & Goode
Walman's Deba
(Two to fill)

2d half (26-27)
Mary Cook Coward
Hal Nleman
(Three to fill)
. 2d half (18-20) ■
Fondell 4
Edith Bohlman
Marty' White
Jimmy Burchlll Co ■
(One to fill)
Hlppodromo (21) -
Stop IiK)ok ^ Llat'en
Dr Pauline
KIkuta Jap,s
(Three to flll)
(14)

NIcol .& Martin
George McLennon ' ■
Amateur Nite In L
Art Henry
Skfelly-Helt Rev
Alma NIelson Co
.TofTerHon

1st half (21-24)
Danse Bits
Peter Higgins
Bobby Barry Co
3 Sailors
Jack Wilson Co

2d half (25-27)
FraksOn-
CJulxcy 4
Mel Klee Unit

2d half (18-20)
6 Jansleys
Murdock & Mayo
Frakson

A Talbot & L'cky 4
(Ope to fill)

2d half (18-20)
Hatt & Herman
Lewis & Wlnthron
Tracey & Elwood.
Foley -& Latour
Dance Scandals
CONEY ISLAND
Xllyou

1st half (21-24)
Hammer & H'mm'r
Al Trahan Co
H Arden & 4 M'k'a
(Two to flll)

2d half (25-27)
High Hat Steppers
Sid MeorchQuse '
Les Galenos
(Two to flll)

2d half (18-20)
Blly Co ' '
Chauve-Spurls ' 4
Maurice . iSamuels
Farnell & Flor'enca
Doc Baker Co

FAB ROCKAWAV
Strand

2d half (26-28)
Peter Hlgglns Co
H Arden & 3 M'k'a
Georglo Price
Al Moore's Tars

2d half (18-21).
Tal Ijing Sing & A
Billy Batchelor Co
Gorden & Walker
Buck & Bubbles '
Inter'! Rhythm

BROOKLYN
Albee (21)

2 Ghozzle
Hyde & Burrell
The DeMarcos
Sophie Tucker
(Two to flll)

(14)
KIkuta Japs.
Hilton Sc Almy
•A Rasch' Girls ■ .
Florertce Moore
CTwo to fill)
: - Bushwlck
• lat half (21-24)
Edith Bohlman
Nick Basil Co
Art Henry Co
A Talbot Sc L'cky 4
(One to fill)

2d half (25-27) -
Konn . Sia
Swor & Goode
Walman's . Debs
(Two to flU)

2d half (18-20)
AlexcviTders.
Johnny Moore
Bobbed

Jack Wilson Co
Margie Hallick Co
Grcenpoint
Ist half (21-24)
Prank Hamilton Ci
GlassrCorday Co
Porsythe & KeUy"
Joy Girls
(One to flU)

2d half ^( 26-27)'
Lewis & Wlnthrop
Krnfta & Lament
Loyd Sc Alien
Mualcal Chaplns
(One to flll)

2d half (18-20)
Clayton & Clayton
Eddie Clark
A & L 'Barlow
Freda' & Palace
A Talbot. & L'cky *
Kenmoro .
Ist half (21-24)
Hooper & Gatchett
NeaL Sis & Eileen
Our Gang Kids
(Two to flll)

2d half (25-27)
Sherr" Boys
Hilt Billies
Lang Sc Haley
M & M Gibbs
(One to fill)

2d half (18-20)
H'r't Nawrott Boya
B & J Brown :
Keno & Green & .M
Ruth ,Mlx Co
Harry Howard Co
Night at the Club
-Madison
let half (21-24)
Hal Nelman
Doc Baker Co
Rogers ft.Wyna
Al Moore's Tars
(One to flll)

2d half (25-27)
Danse Bits
Garry Owen
Frankle Heath Co

EXCLUSIVELY DESIGNED
GARMENTS FOR GENTLEMEN

BEN ROCKE

1632 e'way, at SOth St., N. Y. City

Ruby 'Norton Co
Herbert Fayo Co
Al. Moore's Tars
. T«»li5«c -(21) '
Trihl

Ken Murray "Unit
Belle Baker
(Others to flll) ' •

(14) .
Foy Family
Hooper & Gatchett
Sophie Tucker
Hydd Sc Burrell
P'neer. Tap Danc'rs
'Vnnncssl
Ralsf ons

Brown & Lohart -

(One to fill)
Regent

1st half (21-24)
Clalre,<3

High Hat Steppers
Ruby Norton Co
Garry Owen
Oscar Stang Co

2d half (25-27)
Doc Baker Co
George Beatty '
(Three to flll)

2d half (18-20)
Sherr Boys
Laughlln & West ;
Gibbs 2

Alexander & Peggy
Hubert Kinney Co

RIvorsldo (21)
Mosconl Bros Unit
(14)

mil=-^BIIliea--.~

Tobey Wilson Co
Wcoton Si LyonJi
H'lbr'k Sc Pritch'rd
(Two to flll)
Royal -

l,st half (21-2-1)
Sargent Sr Lewis'
llorbert F.iyo Co
•I Cttmerons
S'l'a-T'yl'r Si U't S
(One to nil)

2d half (25-27)
Banks St Burke
Sol Gould Co
Stanley & Qulnettc

Al Trahan Co
(One to fiU)

2d half (18-20)
Kafka- Stanley & M
O'Connor & Vaugha
FelovIs
Americano
Forsythe & Kelly
H Walman's Deba

. Orpheum

1st half (21-24)
Levirls & Winthrop
Bungle Love
iKrafts . & Lament
Musical Chapllhs .
(One to fill)

2d half (25-27)
Jack Ryan
Nick Basil Co
(Three to fill)

2d halt (18-20)
Brengk Sc Bella D
Paramount 4
Hap Hazzard & M .
Danny Small Cb
Olivine Johnstone,
I'rOHpoc.t -

1st half (21-24)
O'Connor & V'ughn
Sid MoorehousB
Les Galenos
(Two to nil)

2d half (25-27)
Hammer & H'mm'r
AV D Pollard
Derickaon & Browb
(Two to nil)

2d half (18-20)
"P "-V t^ Ltj a t h c r= =B o y a ^
Billy Chanip Co
Hal Nelman
(Two to nil)
AKRON, O.
Palivce

l.<it half V 22-2-1)
(S;uiio bill plays

Youngsl wn 2d
hitif) .
Murray *i: Maddox
r'l.'ir'e VnioiUo
M'.'K.iv X- Atd;no
lOlsie i'l: Pnulsen 3-
i.Und 10 fill)

Wednesday, October 17, 1928

2a >ia:f (U-21)

Ail Girl Pev
Kae SamutlB
A14.ENTOV\N, PA.
Cotcnial

Iflt \vilt
janft JteAde Co
Holland Importat'n
Klva & Orr Rev
(Two to All)
AMST'KD'M, N. T.
Blrtlto . .
2d half (26-28)
Bobbe Johnaon
Marietta CralB Co
Marty & May
Land of Clowns
(OhP to fill) _
ATLANTIC CITT
Keith's
1st half (22-24)
Torn Wai^lne
Mason iDlxon Co
Eddie 'Whtto
(Two to. fill) .

2d half (25-28)
Mistakes Will HaP.
3 Good .Nights
Eddie White .
Parker & Mack
(One to All)

' AUBVRN ,
Jefferson
.•2d half (25-28)
Cook & Vernon .
■ (Two to fill) ■
BAJ..TIMOR£. MDi

Hippodrome (22)
Rood© & PranclB
Buddy Walker

B & 13 NeweU
(One to nil)

2d half (26-28)
Ryan Sis i-
Frank McGlynri
Brems F & M Bros
ColteglatQs
(Ope to fill)

2d half (18^21)
Stlckney'a Clr
Stuart Sis
Lane & Uyron
lleiiry Santrey Bd
(One to mi)

DATTON, O.
Ki'ith's

Jst-half (22-24).
D Fitch's Minstrels
FrankPevoo-
(Others to fill) .

2d half (iJ5-28) .
6 De Cardos .
Medley & Dupree
Prariclg & Renault
B ^ E Newell
J 4 Brick Tops
(One to AM)
; 2d half (18-21)
Ashley Piilge
Graduates .
Raa 4i Harrison .
Wilson. & Dobson
Jim Barton
4 Balls

DETRQIT, SnCII.
H611}'woo<1

2d half (25-28)
Paxton
Courtney Sis
(Throe to flU) ,

Booking with Loew and Picture
Theatres

CREATOmENETSKA
& MARTIN. Inc.

1560 Broadway, N. Y. C.

Bryant 0779

Winchester & Rpss i nTTSBURGH. PA.

Havana Bound
McGroth & Travers
Sisror Bros & Sis
Sow Gardens (2Z)
Music Box ProUca..
(it)

Allen Heno
..Torn Waring

lAdy Alice Pets
, Sol Gould Co
Modern Cinderella
B'NC.H'MT'N. N. T.
Binjjliamton
1st half (22-24)
Marietta, Cralu Co
Winchester ^ Ros^
(Tht-ee to fill)

2d half (26-28)
KIner Bros
Pastime Rev
(Three to fill) ^
BOSTON, MA8S.
New Boston (22)
Van de Velde Co ,
Wyeth & Wynne •
Layton & May
Baird & Hewett
California Nlteh'ks
S<;olIny Sflonre (22)
•Williams & Baitle
Anthony & HowJ'*
Truce & Borea
(Two to All)
BirFFAlO
Shea's (22) v
Mnnfjean Tr
Hilton St Almy
Walsh & Ellis
.Jaci; Benny
"Cuy & P Masley
(14)

E Sonderson Co
Svlvester & Vanco
Sheldon Heft & !■
Olaen & .Toh'nson
(Ore to All)
CANTON. O.
Puluce
1st half (2^-24)
Ryan Sis
Brf>me ,F & M Bros
CoUeglates •
(Two to All)

2d half (26-28)
Caul Sis ,
Jerome & Evelyn
Enchantment
Claude & Marlon
(One to All)

2d half (J8-21)
Tyler & Pt Clair
Rhythm Boys
Florence Enrlftht
Jack Benny
6 Daunton Sliaws
CINCINNATI .
Alhee (22)
Kae & Harrison
Jane & Knth Lee
(Tliree to fill)
(14)

Cbas Irwin .
Toto

Barry ft Whitlodge
14 Brick Tops
(One to Pll),

Palace (i2)
The Graduates
Ashley PalKe
Wilson ft iJobson
Lane ft . Byron
Alf— LoyAl's.--X)ogS.

Talent & Merit
Bar Fitcb's M1HS
. (Three to All)
.ClI'BT,OTT15, N.
Carolina ■
2d halt (25-28)
Dallas Walker Co
Ble Boy W.liiams
Bcza'-lan & White
• Jack' ft nut h . Hayes
■ W N*^ N.p.lsoh .
CL'KSli O. W: VA
KoblnM'in Grand
2d half (S5-2R)
I.rf)rrns.ft J..C9SIB
Jiilliin EJilnge
(Tlirr-f to fill)
Cl.rVI'.I.AND. O,

lO.-ith St. .
1st half (22-24)
All Girl Rov

2d half (25-28)
6 CrMc.kerJac.ks
Prank Convllle
Shone & Rich
. TInova fcHalkolT
(Ono to fill)

2d half (18-2t)
Jo" Nipnipycr Co
Uyan Sis
Jnn*»t of France
(T\so to fill)

PttUicc (22)
S ■ Mounters
^==^a.i£V--Si - Wh 1 ledge

2d hn;if (18-21):
B & E Njjwell

Mounters
("Three to All)

Hayes Mrsh^l'Vay I D >Jtch's Minstrels | pave Clodys
Morris & ShaW o„^.?,„^l,o^,Vlt:^^^^ C

Rich, & Chorlo , Kon A^^homti
Larry Rich Friends Norton ft Thomad

(One to AW)

• (14) . ■ .
Cracker.iacka
Daley & Nace .
Tpx MoLeod .
Fiddlers vs Jazz .
Ned Norworth Co
Elsie ft Pniilsen 3
liptown
1st half (22-24)
Caul Sla ,
Courlnoy Sis

(One to fill)
JAMEST'WN, K. I.
Opera House '
2d half (2S-28)
Gaiidachmldta
Magio Land
(One to All)
JERSEY CITY

State
1st half (22-24)
Olive Olson Co
Busaey & Case.
George Beatty
H Leonard Orch ,
(Olio to All)

2d half (26-28) .
Falls Reading ft' B:
Ncal Sis & Blleeh
(Three to All) .

(2d half (18-21)
Max & His Gang
Fred Llghtner
Jimmy Allard Co
Edith Clifford
Walter Walters Co
JOHNSTOWN. PA;
MaJ«sUc
1st half. (22-24)
8 Hauser- Boys
(Two to fill)

2d half (25.-28)
Irving & Burnet
Welch Choir .
.Harry Holmes
liEXINGTON
litn All
Ist half (22-24)
Carlisle & Laihal
(Two to fill)
. 2d half (26-28)
Lavemo & F Rev
Millard & Marllh
(One to fill)
JAM.<, O.
Shine's Oliio .
1st half- (22-24)
Janet of Prance
Groh A Bandits
(One to fill)

2d half (25-28)
Dclvey Sis
(Two to nil) _
.liODlHVU'I'E, KT.
Keith's
1st, half (22-24).
6 Decardos . . •
Francis "Renault
Medley- & Dupree
14 Brick Tops
(One to fill)
2d half (25-28)

Davis (22)
EJrnie ft. Ernie
Talent & Merit
Curly Burns Co
Irene Ricardo
Goldbn Drvam

(15)
Zelda Bros
Kiunictt O'Mcara
Robinson ft Pierce
Mario Valenil
Harry Burns Co
Hayes Marsh & P
. Harris
1st half (22-24)
Mildri'd Force .
Spencer & Williams
Cantor Rosenblatt.
(Two to All)

2d half (25-27)
Guth Carmen & Q
Jean Rankin- Bd
(Three to .fill)
SIkeiridan S<iuare
1st half (22-24) .
Joy &: Roy
Irving. & Burnet .
Harry Holmes
.Jean Rankin Bd
(One to fill)

2d half (25-28)
Harry Qonley. Co
Hauser Boys -.
Stickney's Circus
(Two to fill)

PIx.4TTSB'G, n. t
Strund
2d half (25-2R)
iSherry & Adams - .
Mullen ft Francis
Schepp's Circus

PORTSStOUTlt

Le Roy
2d half (25-28)
Arnold ft Florenz
B & J Crelghton
Prank De Voe
Nelson's' Elephants
(One to fill)
P<>VGJliv.liEPSIE
.\von .
1st half (22-24)
Jackson & Newm'n
Frankle Heath Co
l>anny Small Go
Holllday-Dale Co
(One to fill)

2d half (25-28)
Fondell 4
Liicy Bruch

CTICA, N. y.
Gaiety

Ist half (22-24)
Laddie LaMont
Mario DrComo
Roxy LaUofca
Earl Lindsay Rov.
(One to fill)

2d half (25-2S)
Brendi:! ft BUrt
(Olhpfs to fill)
WAKRKN, O.

Robbing
2d halt (1:5-28)
Stanley Gallini Co -'

has Frink
Ray Shannon Co
Si)encer Jt Williams
(One to All) .
W.4SU'GT'N. D. C.

Keith's (22)
Padlocks'

(15)
Mel Kloo Unit
WHITE PLAINS

Kelth^H
1st half . (22-24)^
Geo McGlcnnon
(,"'har.les Ray
(.Three to' fill)

2d halt (25^28)
Billy Arlington Co

Rodeo Boys
Joe Browning
5 L^lands . ,
MARION, O.
Palace
1st half (22-24)
Delvey Sis
(Two to fill)

2d half (26^28)
Loma Worth -
Janet of Prance
(One to flU)

J:ha?'^^d''Marsha.l ] MEADKV;ijIJS. PA.

Poxtr-n
Tiiiova ft Balkoft
2d. half (26-28)
A ■ Girl Rev

Id halt (18-21)
Ifjrry J Kelly
.McKay & Ardlne
•I'ke BnrdelanBS
(.'1 wo to fill)-.

KASTON, PA.

Stntc
2d hal^ (26-28)
Janet lleado - .Co

2d half (25-28)
De Bee & Hudson
Henry J Kelly
Gladys Joyce .Co
NASm'ILTaE
Princess (2S)
Paula Paqulta & C
Allcen Cook
' Geo Broadhuret.
Rhythm Boys .
G Daunton Shaws
(14).

(Two to All)

."1st half . (18-21)
Aerial Convclle
Tom ft Dolly Ward
.Snug Harbor
Stanley ft Quihette
Fantastic Rev

QUEBEC, CAN
Keith's (22)
Morino ft Girton
fiherry & Adams
Princess Wataw'ssa
Nfilla Webb
(One to fill)
READING, PA.

Rajali
1st half (22-24)-
Lerdo's Mex Orch
(Two to fill)

2d. half (25-28)
For No Good R'son
Mae usher
(Ono to fill)
RICHMOND. VA
NntiunnI
2d half (25-28)
All.-in Reno
Nat Haines Co

Holland Iniponat'n shone & Rich

10 English Madcaps AlonS Broadway

Riva ft Orr Rev
(Two to fill)

ei^iIra, n. t.

Keeney's
1st hal^ (22-24)
Cook & 'Vernoh .
Pastlne ' Rev
(One to All)
2d half (25-23)

Francis Renault
Medley & Dupree
C Decardos - ■»
NEWBCRGH
Academy
Ist'half (22-24)
Fondell 4
Lucy Bruch
Den & a Ah earn

Convey 2 & Johnny Danny Small Co

Cameo Capers
(One to All)
ERIE, PA.
Erie
Ist half (22-24)
Stanley Gallini Co
Gaudschmldt Bros
6 Crack.erjacks
(Two to <flll)

2d half (25-28)
Bardolnngs
Ann (iold
Arms ft the Girl
(Two to flll>
FORT WAYNE

New Enihoyd
I'st half (22-24)
Frankcl ft Dunltvy
(Two to fill)

2d halt (25-28)
That Charm 4
(Two to nil)

2d half (lS-21)
The Crooners
Ijocw Parsjent Rev
(One to fill)
GL'V'K'V'LK, N.- T.
Glove
2tl half (25-28)-
Laddie La Mont
Marie DcComo
Roxy La Rocca
Earl Lindsay

7 Variety Girls

2d half (26-28)
Jackson & Newman
Holllday Dale Co
(Three to fill)-

2d half (18-21)
Elsio ft Herman
Jack Ryan
Bungle Love
Ray ft Dot^Dean
Helen Arden Co
NIAGARA FALLS
Bfllevlow ■
1st halt (22-24)
Ervel ft Dcll
irenry J . Kelly
Gladys Joyce
(One. to fill) .

2d halt (25-28)
Wll.son ft Aubrey
Charlotte Worth
Hernard & .Sujianne
Twists and Twirls
(One to fill)
N. AD.\:»IS. MASS.
Empire
2d half (25-28)
Billy Moody
■I Van Rippers,
(One to fill)
OIL CITY, PA.

Dmko
1st half (22-24)
De Bee & Hudson

Faber & Wulos^
(Three to AID

2d half ^l^-:l)
(.■Tvaney & Fox
(Others to fill)
WINSTON-S A UTAl
KeltU'H

2d hsjilf (20-iS)
Al ft Ann<> St.vrUor
Dal.-? ft Fuller
iThre-^ to till)
YORK. I'A.
York O. 11.

2d halt (2:.-2S)
Hurst & Vugt.
NS'ixlJlns (ii'wn
(One to nm
YOl'NtlSTOWN,- O.
lllpptxlr'onie

1st halt (22-24)
(Same bill .. plays

Ajkron. 'Jd halt). - .
Colonial 6
Payno ft HUllard .
5 Hruck.s
(Two to' fill)
- 2d half (18-21)'
EnchanHiicnt
Gaudsmitha.
Curlc'y Bui-ns Co
Walter McNally
John' Bcrkca

Orpheum ^

CALGARY, CAN.
Grirnd (21)
Powers ft Wallace
Mahiiel Vega
Mack & Rossltcr
Bob Hall
Benny Davis -
(One to fl.ll)
(14)

Robert Warwlc.Tc
Alleen ft Marjorle
Ruiy. & Boniia
Al K Hall .
Hums ft Allen
nope Vernon
CIUCAGO. ILI/.
I*i»Iuce (21>
Muriel Kaye ^
Koiin Sis
Rene Rl.ino Go ,
Ted Lewis Bd .
Mitchell & Durante
Toto -
(One to fill)

(14) .
3 Taket'as
Ted ft At Waldman
Ruth AVarren. Co
Scott Saunders
Pavley O'r'sky Bal
H ft P Usher
Ted Lewis Bd •
USa(<i Lake (21)
I.,ou Tellcgen
Ship Ahoy .
Hayes. & Cody
Jack Major . ■
Everett Sanderson
Seed & Austin '
Tlllis ft T>aRue
Chas Wilson

(14):

Hector ft I»als'
Bvron ft- Willis
Chas Red Marshall
I'oarl Regay'"Co
Florence Brady
Varsity 8
Hickcy Bros
DEN^'ER, COL.
Orphcum (21)
Lnbln i^arry & A
Rodrigo & Llla Or
Redmond & Wells

Gilbert ft- Fr.-nOh
Tom- McAuUffe
Vorton ft Stout ,.
OAKI.ANO, ( At,
Orpheuin (21)
Irene Fr(inUlli\ '
Jones ft Hull
Ryan ft Ijce
Edwin Oeorue
KelsQ ft Deniondc
(One to nil)

(14):

Ky Mountaineers
Rosalind Ruby
liuth Budd
Gamble Boys ft B
Js'orwood ft Hall.
Geo Wong Co
OMAHA. Nl-ni.
Ori>lieuni . (21)
•iWonroe ft Grant -
Teller Sis ft Ackl'd
Morton ft Stout
Jay Velio
Chas sum TImblln
Illinois State Bd
(14)

Moran ft Wiser
C Bennington Or
Bert Hanlon
Chas Wilson Co
Allen ft Canfield
Music Art Rev .-
SAN FitANCI.<5CO
Golden Gate (21)
Rose ft Thorne
Joseph Regan
Vivian & Walters
Gamble Boys & B
Ky Mountaineers
(One to fill)
(14)

Arthur Byron Co
Ryan & I'Ce
Rainbow Rev
Kelso ft Domon.de
Phantom 4
Al Abbott

Orpheunt' (21)
Orth ft "Codec
Joe. Marks .
Odlva

Llta Gray Chaplin
.Teck Murdock.

Myers ft Hanatord
Hap Hazard ft M
I.UIU' to till)
liSth St.

1st half (i:i-24)
Hlcktord Family
li-.Kitanos
Fiix ft Rowland
Hap Hazard Co
(One to fill)

2il half (23-27)
Hakcv ft Frances
llen.lrix ft Ha dwin
(Thi-oo to All)

U'h>;T<Ul'>TKR
Now Koelielle

1st half (22-::i) .
Hilly Arlington -t'o
Huck :ft HiiMiU'S
(TUrof to fill)

2d hiiir C-'i-iS)
criayton ft (.'la.ston .
Holly-

Kftyiivond Bond Co
WultiT \Va.'.ii'r3' Co
Fur S'liow.

Mt, Vernon

1st half i::-:-2'4).
i.-'hiiuvo - Soufis 4
Art Henry ..(->> . . . -
t<luifflcs ft . Taps
fl'wo to All)

2d half C.'-.-SS)
Oil h ill ft Wells
rharlcs Riiy ■
(Three to fill)
YonUorH

1st halt (22-24).
Koran

M>;-Cra ft- Hariatord
(Throe t'o nil)

::tMialf (2a-28)
l-iisitunns-

Monlanrt

HKlihie O'Nell Co
Ki r.iu

(.OllO CO fill)'

NEWARK C^i)
I'roetor'H (22)
J.i-.:7. Hnat r>i'V.

Al-UANV. N. Y.
- liraiiil '

1st ha f (:;2-24)
Hilly Mov...ly
Ha 1-1 ft -ft ru'iK'cn
i\MK't i;
Many ft MaS'
(.1. ino Ui lili )..

•:\\ half i:..'..-':8) . .
I la^l•,•^Vl■.■«^« iris .
U>ih' rs to. rill )

Iliirnmijius .Hull

1st hall {.^■-■~\)
RiL-is . ft. il>M-ry
^Twii to nil) .
. 2.i: ha'.f (2j-2,S)
ThoTna4i>;li>

. TROY. N. Y.
l*roeti»r's. i

1st halt (22-2:lV.
Moroi^i.vi Hmiivd ■
.. .2d half i.2r.-2S.)
Frank Sinclair t'o
Barrett ft t'uncen
("a.let r>

SCil'N TAUY. N. Y
I'roelor's

ist half (•J:'.-24)
Hohbe Johnston
4 N'an Rippi-vs
Dave V'tiu' Co
Frank Sinclair Co
(Oni' to nil)

•Jil halt .(•J5-27)
MoroiM-o Hound

Bernard ft Sjizanno | Wyoming Pour
-((^)no to^flll)^

(One. to fill)

gbanb rapids
kmcus' — ~

1st half (22-24) r 2d half (26-28)
(Same bill plays Royal Marionettes
Toledo 2d half) | Herbert Ra-wlinson

(Two to fill)
S.lkNIvrSKY
Keith's

2d half (25-28)
Wilson ft Aubrey
Arms and the (Sirl
MoManus & Hipkey
SARATOGA
Congress
2d' half (25-28)
Russ ft Jerry
Dave VInte
4 O'Connors
STEl-BENVII/LE
Capitol
1st half (22,24)
Royal Marionettes,
Chag Prink
Ray Shannon Co
SMckney's Circus
(One to fill)
2a half (.26-28)
I.Tyorlng ft Losslg
McManus ft- HIckey
Groh & Bandits
(Two to All)
SYRACl SE, N. Y.
Keitli's
Ist half (22-24)
KlngHroB
Foley & I..atour
Chandler Boys
Brendol ft Burt
Ethel Waters
Sub Deb Dancers
2d halt (25-28)
Ervel ft Del
Shapiro & O'Malley
Mason ft Keeler
Fred Heidor Co
RoHlta

(One to All)

2d half (18-21)
Geo & Lily Garden

STILL STOPPING SHOWS

MAURICE COLLEANO

IN PUBLIX UNIT ^

"SUNNY SKIES"

Direction

Joe— lEDDY & SMITH— Ed

229 West 47th St., Snite Ml

ATLANTA. OA.
(Jeorgia X-i'i)
Ruth iSl.s ft Moore
(^ley- ft . J axon
Clara K -Young
IJernard & Kallar
Marshall M-'ntg'm'y

AliSTiN. TEX.
Iluneork's O. H.

. 1st halt (22-24)
(Same bill plays

AVuco 2d half).
3 Worceslers
Kohn fttJT2i>lnto
James Coughlln Co
Dcxnarest ft Deland
(One to fill) .
b;tLI.AiS, TKX.
. Majestic (22)
Eddie Pardo llQV
'ENID, OKLA. .
Azteo (22)
Aerial Degrofts
La Belle Pola
(One to fill)
FT. WORTH, TEX.

]«InJe«»tlc (22)
Ray Vaughn
Ethel Davjg
Side Kicks .
(Two to fill)
GALVEST-N. TEX.
MaJesHe (22-2.H)
(Same bill plays
Lake Charles 22-
.!!6; Beaumont
2n-27) '
Biiry's Dog Stars
Haines & Avey
F X Bushman, Jr
Te'cas Comedy 4
(Ono to fill)
HOUSTON, TEX.

Merinl^(22)
Frank Viola Co
Irving ft Clianoy
Spnna ft Dean
Nick lyUCfcB
(One to fill)
L. ROCK, ARK.
MaJeHtle
1st half (22-24)
Clyde ft M Nelson
Jack Clifford
Devil's Circus

Prlncfss I'ai
P (Turainsky Ballet
(Two to All) ■
(14)

Alf Loyai's Dogs
Jnc-l: Ma.-ior
SUniiiiiTS ft Hunt
Ella Shields
Harry Fnx Co

COLl'MIU'S, O-
Keilh's

1st half (22-24)
■Enchnntnifnt
Jerome ft Evelyn
Claude ft Marlon

Summers ft . Hunt
Joe Nicmeye.r Co
Jim McWUIiams .
(Two to All)

2d. half (l.S-21)
Wahl & Deeds.
Mason .&. Keeler .
Courtney Sis ■
Yong Kee Tr
(One to All)
GREENr'Ll), N. ■!

Victoria
- 2d half (26-28)
GarclnettI ft Miller
Dance Mad
(One to fill)
HARR'SBURG, PA,

Majesllc
. 1st half (22-24)
For No. G'd Reason
Mae Usher
(One to All)

2d half (.25-28)
IrfTdo's Mejc Orch
(Two to All)
HOKNELL, N. Y.
Shatluek'N
2d half (25-28)
.'^ub Df:b Dancers
(Two to AH)
JTT'GTON. W. VA.
()rpheuni
Ta-Tralf^T22^^)^

Arnold ft- Florenz
H ft J f'rpighton
Hoh ft (i ."^hcixvood
I Two to Ail)

2d half (2r,-2.<'i
XelSian's Elephants
An-iartr-!te
Julian Eitlngo
Rhea ft Santora
(One to mil
ITHACA, N. Y
Strand
2d halt (25-2f) ,
Convey 2 Ac, Johnny I (Two to All)

(One to All)
OTTAWA, CAN.
Keith's (22)
Marty Dupree
(Others to All)
pniLADEIyPHIA
Itroadway
Ist half (22-24V
Oliver & Crangle
Ada Brown
6 Stewart. Girls
Frank .X Silk
(Ono to All) [f
2d halt: (25-28)
Oliver ft. Crangle
Martha I>ftwrence-
Joso Bohr Co
(Two to ftlH
Cro*s Keys
1st half (22-24)
Eililie Schwartz
Josii Bohr Co
.Martha Lawrence
(Two to All)

2d half (25-28)
Eddie .Schwartz
Ada Brown
fi Stewart Girls
Fraiik X Silk
(One to fill)

Earlc (22)
Verf'aiix 3

'=RnBer»=W-i 1 1 iKmS=;^=
Milton Berlo
I.iand!iy Sis
.( .X'essenifi
East ft Duinke
(Jranrt
iPt halt (22-24)
Mistak'>s Happen
Ir<-ne Verniilllon C</
(Three to All)

.^d half (26-28)
.Tack Usher Co
Jnek Wilson
.Masori Dixon Co

Anderson ft Graves
■Reca""S. T^veref
Mangean.Tr
Winnie Llghtner
XOI/EDO, O.
Keitli's
1st half (22-24)
(Same bill plays.
Grand Rapids 2d
half)
Horace Kola Co
Wyoming Four '.
UcTiard ft West
Ella .Shields
Johnny BcTkes

2d half (18-21)
Caul Sifi
Frank Convillc
Murray ft. Maddox
rrlneoss Pat
Morris ft. Shaw
(•ollptfiales
TORONTO, CAN.
Hippodrome (22)
Rhei'lnn Heft ft L
Hoy Friend
Ross Hamilton
01.«en ft J'llinson
(Onft to fill)

(14)
3«i Arleys
John.x ft Mabley
(■;uv Vivyor Co
Hutlf.r ft. Parker
H.irr 2 ('<>
IMON. CITY, N. J.

. _IJne<iln _

iBt half~('^E^4T"^
Df-ri- l<<.-fm ft . Hrown
Lang ft Haley
(Three to. li'il)

2d half (25-28)
Frank Hamilton
H(!rb'Tt Faye Co
ForFVthe & Kelly
2d half fl8-21)
. •>« S't Onge, 2
How)ev ft Morrison
Mabel Taliaferro Cu
Mae T'sher
The Royal Girls

Wolff ft Jerome
(One to All)

Illinois Stale Bd
Hayes ft Cody
Ship Ahoy
Stewart ft Olive
Monroe ft- Grant
LOS ANGELICS
inilH<ro«t (81)
A Hyron ft Family
Rainbow Rev
Jane Green
Phantom 4
Al Abbott
Revel Bros & Red.

(14)
Mary Haynes
Nicola

Yates ft Lawley
Undercurrent
Jack Hanlcy .
Gerber'a Gaieties
■ Orplicnm (21)
Daphne Pollard
Ruth Budd
Besser & Balfour
Kayo ft Sayre
Keane ft Whitney
Geo. Wong Co,
^Marion - W-ilkins
Lou .HoUz

(14)
Lou Holtz
Nohette
Miss Juliet ■
Fisher ft (Jllmore
Donald •Brian
Revel Bros ft; Red
Dave Hemic Orch •
Paul Yoean.

MIIAV-VrKEE
Palaeo (21)
ilarry C.nrroll Unit

(14) - -
Muriel Kaye Co
.Wheeler ft Sands
Seamon Bros
Frank Keenan Co
Ch'nib'rlln ft HIm's
ItHlph Williams Or
MIN.VEAPOLIS
Orplieum (21)
Wilton ft Weber
Jerry ft B'by C ds
Roger Iiiihoff Co
AVntrh the. Rhvthm
Wheeler ft. Sfinds.
Don (;ummlngH
M)

Eublo Blak" Rev
Mann Bernard Co
Seed & Austin

2d halt (25-2S)
I.o (5 rolls
Ilarry Holman C<t
C Ha.\ den's luiisies
NEW OMLEANS
' Oniliru'm (22) .
Australian AV'nIles '
Armsl'g ft Hlondell
Mack ft Thrash .
Da 10 ft Wahl
Hester ft- Mlilgets
OKT.AII(>.M.\ CITY

Orpheum (22)
Bob ft M- Puponnt
Parisian Art. ' '
Mike Ames
Thos J Ryan
WHllo 'W McGlnty
SAN ANTONIO
Majestlo (22)
Lester Irving 3
X'o-Eda - .

Roseoo '-AUh Co'
(Two to All)

SEMINOLE ■
(22-23)
(Same bill plays
AmariUb 24-26; .
Wichita I'>llB .
•26-27)
Rasso Co
Ruth Muse
Fulton ft I'arker . .
Ward ft Van
James J Jeffries
SIIIIEVEP'BT. 1-A,

Strnnd (20-27)-
Clydo ft M Nelson
Jack Clifford
Devil's Circus
(Two to All)
TIII-SA, OKLA.
Orpheum (22)
Loiiias Tr '
Francis ft Wally
Norce

Bob Murpl\y
Gallerlnl Sis
WICHITA, KAN.
Majestic

1st halt (22-24)
La Bello Pola

2d half (25-28)
HadJl All
Spenee ft True
Freeman & Seym'r

Hiiiigaria Tr
(Two to lllli
KAN,"*. < TVY, MO.

Muin.str«y>t ('il)
l.ouisvil o I. lions
Lauren * l..iDaro
Lew l'a':""Vi'ii I'o
Sliaw ft 1.: rri-ll Kv
I. -..Ill \'.,:-\ ir.i

.MAni>«()N, Wis;

Ori'lieiim

1st h iir ' . - 1)

H\ 1-1 -e .V ■ \v .! s
.■<i oil >'.viu-,.l. — -
li.Mi I i-e .V l.o'r.-.-e
^Two ii> !U:i

U\ half (■-:< '-1 ).
Siew.irt .< ii:i\o
liii .\laiin Co -
Kan" ft K'.lis
,Nl''.\ aWv'.s
idiio to nil) .

2d luilf 11V.2U
l-i(\r.-i-.i .N!.>.\. .M r.d
I la vis ft- l):;l iv ll
Maslpr .l.-iv Ward
Roy i.'.uiiiiiiMiKM-
(O)iii' to. lil 1 ■ :

Mii.w'i i\i;i-;. Wis.

. Riverside ('it)
Coily 5 •

R'ct'r Ch'ml'n ft D
(One- to nil>
PEOKI V, ILL.

PuliiCe
Ist half (2':-24.) '
Saw-yor ft- - Eddy
Hob AlbrlRht Co
Kov Cuiniiiings..
Julian Hall Hd.- . .
(One 1 o 111; 1.'

Jd half (-'5 27).
Fn-il IIukIvs Co
\ .t- F Sti ilman
Ltitt le. M |i\ I'l- .Co

(Two 111 r>-.i I

OCINCV, ILL.

A> U.sliViigt on ■
-l.xl hair t J,;, 2 1)
1 'el I'l- -the C.roat
Kosfr l'\i.u'n ft C(>x
1 1 iii.> to lill)
UOCIvFOKI), ILI
I'alaee
1st half CJ':-21)
pli.>varl- iii (.)'.ivo
Sam Alaiiii 'i*o
Kane, ft- Ellis
'.Meyakos

(One to nin .

2d halt (25-27)
Hyron ft Willis
.Scott . Saunders
(Tliree to fill)

2d half (1.8-21)
TilllB ft IjHRUO
lOvans ft Mayer
llenle Rlano Co
(Two to nil)
. SlOrX CITY. lA.
- ' Orplieum
1st hajf (22-24)
Tom MCAullTNi . .
Allen ft- CanAei.d .
Hert Hanlon
(T Hontilnglon Bd
(One to nil).

2d half (26-?7) .
4 Husbands

2d halt (18-21)
Wilton ft Welier
Jerry ft ll'by G'ds.
roller Sis .ft- Aekl'd
Olyn J.rtndlck.
(One to All).
SO. BBNO, IND.

I'll In CO

1st halt ('J2-24)
n & V Usher
Gene Grccno

Oarcla's M i a Hd
(Two to il 1)

;-.l li.ilt (• -JT).
Marsh.ill ft La Rue
Kiith W.irren t'o
Knii st ' H • li t
Hrown .NL-iir.iw lid
nine to >':1M

2d halt .(IS '.'D
Harry I'ai i -ill . Ciiit
.sPRlN(il'".LJ), ILU
AJrplieiiiii -
Is. I t.---4)
!> K . I'ki't s
U ;l !i N\ .1 "r.'ii I'o ■
K'! IV- 1- 1 1 • I • r
l,..' li.i i-i- Co-Uda

(1 'lie .lo : ;r.'.

IM li.'ilf I :'..-;;-'J7)
i>"ri»nK;>'n .li'Aiiioia
Rov I .iii'.i!!ii j>. ,s Co
11 ft r I'-iiiC • .
Va.Kity. > . .
U'lic . to. i-.H'i

2d half U'>-21V
rpli'ni Whitii- .\ RV
Vit 1 . Harris Co ;
Hi rb>-i 1 C ifl.-n
P.Vr'u'" ."^is \- Harv.'y
V'.tt 1 laley Co .
ST. -.lOvSlCni. . .MO,
Fleet rlc:
l.v-t half (•,':-24)
i Hii.-hiiniis

.:d llaK (•.■5 27)
Hector J'als'
1 . H Hanip 'I'o-
(Two to. tiih
ST. LOIIS, MO.

Grand Vii)..
H'Ulhgsw'l.h ft .C
Hi'rliert 'Clifton
Clauile DeCiirr. Co .
(dtlier'* '.til mil.
sr. PACl.. MINN;
- Piilitce-OrpliCuiu .

1st half ('.'.'-'24)
Fi.i-ehand Hch.h
1 .eslie ft Vaii'l'rg'ft
Pearl Hi'uay I'o • .
■Win lle.-innoiil 06 .
(Ono to. mil
■ 'M half (IT. 'JT)
Alloii .S- . Ca'iinold
Itcrt Hanlon
C Hciininglciii Hd
(Two to .nil)

:d half (lS-21)
Walcli the Rhyihra
Lou . Tellegcn Co
Cervp . ft- Moro
Larrhver. ft Hudson
((Jne .to mil .
T'KK H'lJTIO, IND..

' Ihdhina
' Ist half (22-24)
Ch'pp'llc ft Carlton.-
park Sis ft HarVdy
Buttery to Bronx
(Two to All)

2d half (25-27)
Hall ft Dexter
Julian Hall Bd
(Thr'ee. to All)
TOI'KKA, KAN8.

NrtveUy
Ist h'nilf (2.2-24)
Fr'man ft Seymour
Carol ft James
HadJl All

2d half (26-27.)
D.ault ft LaMarr .
Whitey Rpberts.-
Wyatt's I.adH ft Jj .'■
WAIIKE4JAN, lUU
GcncKeipi
Jd half f 25-27)
.'lawyer .& Eddy- .
Clara HOsvard
' Joe Daly Co

Bentell ft Gould
M'lr'y McN'ce & R

. (14)
Irene Franklin
Kaye ft- Sayre
Keane ft^^ Whitney;
Besser ft- Balfour
Serge Flash
Joseph Ri^gan
Marlon Wllliins
SEATTLE, WASH

Orpheum (2J)
Norman Thomas B
Weaver Bros
Jar vis ft Harrison
Block ft Sully
Hokefl Dancers
Paul Nolan
(14)
Timberg i:nlt
ST. I.OI IS

St. J^iis (21)
Seamon • Broa
Eddie Conrad
Florence Brady
Henry Santrey Co
(One to fill)
(14)

Sha-w & Carroll .
Ivou Cameron Co
H_& N. Lcary
MltcJir!!! ff TJUTTrrrt^^
Joe Daly Co-Eds
VAN(;Ot VEK, B.C.
■ On^l'cum (21) .
Robert Warwick Co
Al K Hall
Ruiz ft Hon.lla
ITope Vernon
HurnH ft Allen
Alleen ft .Marjorle
(-14). . • ■. .

Norman Thomas 6

Weaver Bros

Jarvl.<j ft -Harrison

Block ft Siilly

HekeA Dancers

Paul Nolan

WINNIPEG, <'AN.

Orpheum (21)
'Eublft B'ttke '.'o

(Jlyn Landlck
Davis ft Uarncll .

HIckey .Bros

Gruber's Oddities

Yvctle Rugid
(14)

Benny Davis Gang
Hob Hall
Mack ft RoKslter
-Powers ft. Wallace
Manuel Vega
(One to fill.)

Association

NTOW YORK CITY
r.th .\ve.

Ist half (21-24)
Tom. ft IiolJy Ward
Geo 'l-'rederl'-ks Co
Faber -ft Mclntyre
J Spenf-e ft- Ll'd ,Sl.s
(fjtie to fi'l)

2d half '25-27)
Frank Sln'jlalr Co

Geo M'-CI'-nnon
(Three to lill)
Hfltli St.

Ist half (21-24)
Holly
Fur Show
(Tlir-'. to fill) .

2 1 K'llf (•:.r, 11)
Dan'-p J'arado
Lrue MorHu

BL'SIINGT'N, ILL.
MiiJeHlle

Ist half (-22-24)
Honey Hoys
Ch'nib'rlaln ft Karl
Don Lee ft. Louise

2d half (2.1-27)
7.a.Mlro ft White Rv
F'ld'r H'rrlet ft H
Hrlants

C'D'K R'.P'HR, I.A.
loWn.
1st half (22-24)
Hector ft Pals
.Mack .ft Slatiton
Jimmy Lucas
(Two to All)

2d half (2S-27)
Remos ft Midgets
I.e.slle & V'pd'rg'ft
•Three to fill)
CH'-MPAIGN, nX.
Orplioum
1st half (22-24)
f?lara Howard
I'^ranklyn D'Amoro
(Ono to All)
~'-2d ■lT!rlf-(2ri-27-) —
Ann- Garrison 3
te\-ane & Mayer
G'rela'n M'mba Bd

2d half (J8-21)
Howell's Collegians
Claude De Carr Co
(One to fill)
CHICAGO, IIX.

■ Belmont
2d half (25-27.)
The|m;i Deorizo
Cliarloe ft. f'o.
I'>ank"l Sr. Duhlevy
Ohio SI. I'nlv Hd
(Oiie to fill)

Englewood
Ist half (22-24)
C fi K (Jicss
Ann C;.'irri.«on .2
Ohio St I'nlv Hd
(Two to fill)

id hfilf (25-27)
?, Onsnelds
I'orl raits
Vall'-nle, R'-v
(Two' to mil

Klvlem .(21)
Esmond ft 'Grant
Girl Wanted
\ii>y Rogers
Rust el ii
(Otip to fill)
I)AVr;.SPOKT, lA
Capitol
mj.air J22-24)
.M u p 1 f A r t"^*^ V
Val Harris Co
Kliifrii' I/evifi- Co

H. If. <• A- ii jhi 'l"
(fine fo fill)

:;rl h .If r.-.-,--.'7i

I, :ini:i(-i ft fludcon
C.r-.o 1^ .M'.i'i

I I. •:].(•• • ' ,. ;•'.-! Ill

T. r:i .M. .^ -illff-
" r !.:.,<

'.-.j l...lf (1I5-21)

Haflj; All

NEWARK, N. J,
Newark (22)
4 SellonK
Maymc (Jehruo
Coo-('oo - •

(Two to All)
BIJnrAM>. N. Y.

CenI rtry (22)
Belts ft . Hartncr
Worro ft- Pedro
iMary Bel let t '
.Morton & (Jreen
Caranas.ft. Barker,
nm H.-ncft -
NI.AGARA VMAAi

SI rami (22)
Rd Lftvino
li.-inny Hrown 3
Haward ft. .'s'orwood
Arthur ft B Rev
(One to fill) .
TOKONTO, CAN.
Puntages ('^2)
4 KemineyM '
Shannon ft (* Hros
CAiiiHO K: Latour
Wai'd ft Rayniohd
JohIi" li'lvnn .MIns
HAMILTON, CAN.
I'anliigvH (22)

Marly ft Nancy
Dan (!ol"m.an Co
Trout ft HelT
Ha-zelle ft Klatoft
TOLUnO, O.
Pantugcis (22)
So.v/oWn Manikins
.M(iro & l-'edro

Kane ft- Ellis -
l'"rftr)l<lyn D'vVmorc
Slim Tlmhlln Co
(One to fill)
DETROIT. MICH
Gnind-Ilivtrru
isf half (22-24) .
J;i net Cli ilds
Klein Bros ■
(One. to (III)

BEC^ATL'R, ILL.
IJneoln S«iaare
Ist half (22-24) , f,„,i„,,
Zasiro ft WhUo Rv 1 ^.'i'ljV? i 'V??
F'ld'r H'rrlet ft H
Drlarits

2d half. (25-27)
Honey Boys
C'h'iiib'rlln ft Earl
Don Lee ft Loui.so
Dies MOINES, lA.
Orplienm
iBt half (22-24)
Larimer ft Hudson
Cervo & Moro
1 H Hamp Co
(Ono to All) .
-Ev.ans—ft^ -Mayer

2d half (26-27)
Music Art Rev
Val Harris Co
Fiorrlo Levere Co
Bee Hea ft. Ruby'tc
(One to fill)

•i<\ half (18-21)
4 Husbands-
EVNSV'Ll.E, IND
Grand
1st half (22-24)
H ft N r.eary
Atf:H ft Darling .
(Three to AM)

2d half (2r,-:27)
T'ark .Sis ft Harvey
Hatl:"ry to Hronx
criuve to nil)

2.1 hair (18-21)
.Siaiii.'so 2'
Hums 2-
Vl:d(;ns
El ni si Hlatt
.M.'irsha'l ft La Ru<
GALKSI'.I'KG, ILI
Orpheum .

Ist half (■J'J-24)
Frf-d HiighcH
A ft f Ste.lirian
LoUie -.Mayi'r Co

2d half (25-27)
T'. ler ilie (If. at
l''ri'-i.'r Fair'n ft Cox
(One t„ fill) ■

jolip;t, ill.

2d l-.alf 12.'.. 27. | ■','
H-ilt .\lhr:)'lit <'o
(o: <• III ! l;j
.1 OP LIN, MO..
Llei (rl<-

Sl.'CIaIr Sl!i ft O
Prevarications
Eddhy Itoss
H'l-t Collins
VANCOi'VR. B. 0.

PuntagcH (22)
Mme Slrulia
Silks -ft Satins .
Ferris tz KIIIm
Flapper KreiihleB-
(Ono 'to All)
TACO.^LV, WA.Sn.

. I'untuges (22)
Br.ilten Toys
Art G'illhom
Orven.-Drcw
T.elaak ft Dean
FliiHhes. of Art
rOUTI>AM>, ORB.

Pfintitges (22)
MitkuH 2
4 Caddle.i
NIblo ft .-Ipericnr
Hllller ft Forte
Strain.H ft Strings
H.\N rUANCISCO

I'lUitages (22)
.St (?lnlr Sis ft O'D
Daveys

I'revarloallons

Idddle -Rn.^H

Bert Collins

LOS ANGELES
PuntagoH (22)

Marcel ft La Source
Morris ft Ward
Harry Huyden Co
Scott Bros ft V
Fantasy Hcv

>ii;%bNDS FOR IN

fl' .B, Leach & Co.. Inc,\ Sf William. St'^ n': Y

Nile Ov/lH
Ross & CoHte.Ho
Sllv<'r Toe.s
I.NDIANAPOLIS
Lyric. (22)
f'erellos

Ferh ft. Davis ..
.Vugnlil Revue .-
I'r.jiwler :ft . Klass
Melody Mansion
MINNEAPOLI.S.
I'unlogeH (22).
J.«jttlo . Atherton
Ri-'ldy n Hyir.an
J Elliott Co-IOdH .
Hrltt W. od
Fr.-ak .Show

REGI.V.A. CAN.

<')tpilol
1st halt (22 2 1)
(Same; bill ' iilays
K.Iin'inlon 2d half)-
.Vlaxine ft :].lohby .
rod ."<.dwyn
.\I.-i."'.<-rs ft- tlta'-e
.M.i'all ft K.llur
H..ra.".ft Wallace
(•.\L(;\ICY CAN.
Pantuges (22)
.M.-it!"' -J;.i' .-.0 (,'0
I i-:' 1 . . -i.-i.

' M^X.il'L'il!--!^' C Bros

I

. n.i

^1; 'xTTi i:. '.t \>-n

I',-iir.ii:'i-v

1..t ).

1:

;i>

SAN nili4:!0, CAI^

Pantuges (22)
Kramer ft. Pauline
Harry Cooper Co
Alton ft Wlslon
-Jean do RIniunoczy
(One to All).
L'i; BKACH, CAt.

PnnliigeH (22)
May.lo Lunolta.
Gehah Sr. (Jarretta'n
I'easo & Nelson.
Saxo 4

.Viae .Murray..

Salt l.\ke city

I'anfugcH (22)
Alexander ft Olsen
HurrtH ft Wc.9t
'Rogers Hcv
.n;/1ch & M.iri.Mfleld
Emll Knriir ft Hro
OGDEN, I TAH.
PantagM (22)
3 Kayton Ofrls
Garden of. llosefl
.roo RobertH
Brina Powell
Tom Kelly

O.MAHA, NEB.
I>iintiigeH (22)
3 Olyminans '■_
"Foley'^a^ " ' ^

1! ft ti C

Grev Family
'|-( lephone Troubles
p>!g.''cin H'-rbiTt
KANSAS CITY ,
I'iintflgeM (22)
I Tho Corn. II.'''

Hil V r.firijont 4
I II i-. il.oi .■;
I K-P -01 iV Cregory
(i.'untinu'.rd on pii-tJC ^'o)

->i ()NVM., \v\<ir

.;;.■>. f"-)

42

tTARIETY

TIMES SQUARE

Wednesday, October 17, 1928

6th Ave. Employment Agencies Take
But Often Furnish No Work

Assfemhlyman Saul St'rijit, former
assistant district attorney attached
to "West Side Court, has begun an in-
vestigation of employment agencies
off the Big Stem. Streit has con-
ferred with District Attorney Bari-
ton, Fbllee\ eommisstbner Warren
and License, Cbmmisslorier Quigley,
he said.

"If it ia the last thing X do I
am going to put out of business un-
scrupulous employment agencies,"
Bald the youthful legislator. "Those
that take the last dollar from gull-
ible unfortunates who are seeking
a job and get nothing in return are
In my opinion the lowest type of
rascals," said Streit.

"I have conferred with Mr. Ban-
ton, Police eommisslbner Warren,
and License Commissioner Quigley.
They have given me Ihefr word
that they will co-operate with me
In driv.ng trdm this city employ-
ment agencies that take money for
Jobs and give iiothing in return. .

During the past week one man
itaa held for Special Sessions and
a woman was' direisted by Magis-
trate Brodsky to return four dol-
lars to two young isisters who had
not received employment. License
Commissioner Quigley has already
Mosed one rlace following scdres
of complaints.

In West Side. Court, Assembly-
man Streit a,.?ked those swindled to
rlsOi More tha,n 75 persons, young
and old, meii and women, arose;
Magistrate Brodsky was amazed.

Before him at the time was James
Walsh. He was . arraigned on the
charge of petty larceny, charged
With accepting $10 from Louis Mar-
cus, {hauffeur; of 56 East 184th
Street, Bronx, to got him a Job.
Marcus stated he went to several
addresses but no Job was forthcom-
ing. He sought the return of his
money and claimed. It was refused
h:m

Walsh stated, he was employed
by the Albert Sarfatty Employment
Agency, 883 6th avenue, as a clerk,
.He denied that he retained the
money. He said he gave the money
to Sarfatty. The police would like
to question Sarfatty.

-• Phoney Phone Talks

The Assemblyman . stated that
many of the phoney emproymeht
agencies are using decoy phone
talks. "For instance," he said, "a
voice at the other end of the wire
Bays, 'Send the man right over.'
Over goes the sucker only to be
told to return In several days. Then
the man who said he had a job

can't be found. lie is out of town
or sick says one of his istafC."

Mrs. Sadie Cohen of the. Efficiency
Employment Bureau, 837 Cth .uvo-
nue, was summ.oned by two sisters>
Stella knd Agnes Sloan, 20 and 18.
The girls stated they gave Mrs.
Cbiien $2 each for a Job in' Victoria.
Tea Room, .

When they got there they learned-
they said tha.r they would hare to
furnish a uniform tliat cost $10.
They returned to Mrs. Cohen and
dernanded thoir money back; Mrs.
Cohen refused to 'give up,' the sls-
te;rs said. Mrs, Cohen stated to
the court that the girls accepted
the job and then, quit, ..She returned
the $4. . , ■ .

3 Wash. Kids Find Out
Something About N. Y.

"New Totk Is no placfi when a
fellow; is broke, I'm sure of that.
If you let us go, your Honor, we
will hitch-hike back to Washington
where we live," chorused three
youths who came to. this city to
get jobs as ushers in theatres, -The
trio sadly told their story to Mag-
istrate Brodsky in West Side Court
when arraigned for vagrancy.

The ybuths gave their names as
Ray Meyers, 16, of 515 P (N. E,);
Tom . English, 16, of 652 Morton PI,
(N, B.) and James Rawlings, 19, of
927 Potomac avenue Washington.

Detectives Joe O'Connor and Bill
Harris . of West lOOth street came
across the lads huddled together In
a doorway. The sleuths learned
that they hadn't eaten In i;wo days,'
O'Connor and Harris took them to
the police station and sent for foodT
O'Connor and Harris communi-
cated with the Washington author-
ities and the youths' parents serft
on funds to pay their expenses back
home.

Peari Baremore Again

Chicago, Oct. 16.
Pearl Baremore, an actress living
in. New York, has. filed claim here
for $3,000 . against the estate of
George A, Thome, son of one of
the founders of Montgomery Ward
& Go.,. who died May B,

Miss Baremore says Thorne. bor-
rowed the money from her In 1927,
at a race track in Havana. "She
was previously in print as the
fiancee of Draper Daugherty, .son
of the former United States attor-
ney general.

BROADWAY GUIDE

(Changes Weekly)

For show people, as well as laymen, this Guide to general amusements
In New York will be published weekly in response to repeated requesta.
It may serve tha out-of'towner as a time-saver in selection.

PLAYS ON BROADWAY
Current Broadway legitimate^ attractions are completely listed and
•emmented upon weekly in Variety under the heading: "Shows in Nsw
Yark and Comment."

In that department,' both |n the comment and tha actual amount of
ll)a gross receipt's, of eaclf shdwrwill be found the necessary Information
to tha most successful plays, also the scale of admission charged.

NEW FEATURE PICTURES OF WEEK

Capitol— ."Our Dandng Daughters" (M-G-M's first sound feature)
Colony— "Lonesome" (Universal's first talker) and Ben Bernle.
Paramount— "Moran of the Marines" (Richard Dix and Ruth Elder).
Rialto—D. W. Grifflth's first Par sound, "Th©. Battle of the Sexes"
Rivoli— Von Stroheim's "The Wedding March" (sound) (run). ■
Roxy — "The Air Circus" and all-sound bill.
Strand— "Women They Talk About" (Vita, with Irene Rich).

"Good Sport" from PhiBy
h With Wrong Party

03ca.r Stern, 50, short and stout,
partially bald, hosiery dealer of
1935 North 12th street, Philadel-
phia, who. came here to see the
series between the Tanks a,nd St.
Louis, made a corking good witness
in West Side Cburt against two
yopng women and a . youth. He
charged them with assaulting and
robbing him in room 1151 of the
Che.sterfleld Hotel, 130 T7est 49th
street. Stern has been stopping In
a Times Square hotel.

The trio were held for the action
of the Grand Jury, The girls', ball
was set at $1,500, with no ball for
the youth. They gave their ^ names
as Dorothy Neumet, ^8^ telephone
operator of 140 Richmond street,
iBrooklyri, and Mkrle Smith, 18,.
typist, of 10322 105th street, -Rich-
mond Hill, Brooklyn. .'

Stern alleges four took part In
the holdup. One youth Is being
sought for by. Detectives Steve Love
and James Fitzpatrick' of the West
47th Street Station. Stern was
beaten over the head by one of the
youths and robbed of a diamond
ring and $75 In Cash.

Stern canae here from Atlantic
City. He; was leaving Loew's State
theatre when he met Miss Neumer.
She Invited him. to a party at the
Chesterfield, said Stern, When he
arrived, there he found Mlfls Smith
and two youths.

HungrV Girls

The girls -were hungry, testified
Stern. One wanted a steak and the
other desired a shrimp salad. Stem
Volunteered to go to a nearby deli-
catessen. He spent about $2.50, "I
am no butter and egg man," he told
the Court, "but just a good sport."

"Then this guy" (Indicating the
male defendant), "wanted to carry
the stuiff to make himself a good
sport. But I fooled him. I carried
the stuff -back. I found the party all
wrong and. I said I wantpd to leave
They urged me to stay.

"I had several . dances with the
girls. They are very good dancers.
And so am I. One girl crooned while
the other danced With me," said the
hosiery man from Philadelphia.

"The party Is ready. Sit down
Mr. Stern^" said one. "I pulled my
chair over to the impromptu table
made from several chairs and,
zowie, I was struck on the head.
The girls stood at the door when I
was felled. . .

Missed "The Works"
"One of the men took my dia-
mond ring. I pleaded with him to
let me have It, stating iny mother
gave It to me. I offered to write
a check for $100 In lieu of H»e ring.
The men then took all the cash I
4iad, Get the gat and give him
the works said the man who struck
me. I pleaded to spare my life. Th^
girls were still at the door, appar-
ently guarding It," he said.

"The four then fled. I crawled
to the phone and notlfled the man-
agement.

The elevators were stopped and
the girls were arrested. The men
made their escape. Miss Neumer
carried a book ("Bad Girl") under
her arm during th© court arraign-
ment.

"I then decided to play detective,"
the good sport declared. "I walked
along Broadway In the theatrical
district for twp^ nights. My brother
assisted me. I saw the male de-
fendant and yanked him to the po-
lice station.

That defendant denied be had
ever seen Stern.

"Hereafter I am going to h«ar the
Series by radio," said the hosiery
man.

Chatter in New York

SPECIAL FEATURES WORTH SEEING
Al Jolson's "The Singing Fool" (Vitaphone) "White Shadows"

''Four Devils" "Submarine" "Lilac Time" "The Terror" (last week)

NIGHT LIFE

Cafes booming again with a flock of oponlnps and about-to-be open-
ings. Club Barney In the VillaKO got started with a nice enter-

■'^ tainmerit; ditto the Lido with Ro.sita arid Ramon and Harry Rosenthal's
orchestra In a hunting room setting. Club Mirador is now patterned
along popular lines and is not the class room it Was formerly. The
Monterey Is hotsy-totsy with a black-and-tan opera and the , Silver
Slipper, Frivolity and Chateau Madrid continue per usual with their
summer shows augmented for the fall. Club Richman, with Harry

.^^^Ri ch man , h a ck_aff ajn at^he Ji olm an(1_i »p1 n i n ^ Frances Williams and
Aaronsoh's Comman'uer.s, got oTC'lb""a"groat"HfaTtr' —

Hotels are going In for attrafction.s. Yacht Club Boys open tonight
(Wednesday) at the Ambassador; Park Central has an elaborate variety
bill; Pennsylvania is plugging its new band. Phil S|ntalny; the smart
St. Regis holds up with Fowler and Tamara and Vincent Lopez's music,
Lopez at his Woodmansten Inn continues big as ever with the rest of
the roadhou.scis casing off witli the advent of cri.spcr Avoatlier.

RECOMMENDED SHEET MUSIC
"When You're Smiling" "Dream House"

"Would You Care?" "Waiting and Dreaming"

"Are .We^iDown hearted 7 No!" "Do You? Don't You"

Lady Cops After Mashers
In B'way Film Palaces

Mashers annoying women In the-
atres on the Big Stem had better
be on the qui vlve. A squad of
women are parking themselves In
various film houses to rid the the-
atres of these pests.

Mrs. Hannah Dolan, policewoman,
attached to the 18th Division, ar-
rested Sidney Kohn, 36, butcher,
=of-76=-Vasaar-street,.-in=-the-Strand
theatre. The woman blu^coat tes-
tified that Kohn had annoyed her
by placing his hahd on her thigh,
S'he tlicn yanked him out of the
theatre,

Kohn said he had been drinking
and hia hand may have accldently
brii.shod against her arm. Magis-
trate Brodsky heard the testimony
and imposed a suspended sentence
on llio butcher.

Hottest colored show In town Is
tiie modest claim of . the Club Black
Birds at 135 West 52d. street

Big. feed for Maurice CheValler by
Paramount, It's a dinner dance In
the ballroom of the Rltz Carltbn
this Friday evening (I9th), starting
at 7:30. Charlie McCarthy's en-
graved invitations say so. If they
start that Frenchman off with an
affair like that- In New York, what
will he expect in Hollywood? * And
the kid better be good.

Lynn Farnol has Withdrawn his
resignation and remains as Samuel
Gold wyn's eastern p. a.

Sam Shayne Is publicizing Arcady
Boytler, the German actor, newly-
arrived Iii these parts.

Robert Sherwood of Life suggfests
movie gagmen lifting from his pub-
lication be a little more clever about
It. They are ruining good stuff,
Sherwood thinks. ■

Fanny Ward, Infant prodigy, tells
friends she is always ten nights be-
hind on sleep. :

Because her pop didn'if approve,
Una Val tiilrned down an offer to
buck-dance In . a local night club.
And pop runs adub himself !

Billy, the Oysterman's place on.
West 21st street, a resort for yeaxa,
has yessed the padlocking guys.

New Keith's, at Boston, when
opening later, this month, will go
agralnst two-a-day vaude with a
picture, for tlie take off . anyway.

Walter kingsley, p, a. for Zleg-
feld, took ah ad almost a page In
size in the Times last week on ''The
Three Musketeers.'' He had to;
spend the rest of that day aliblng
the advertising men . on other pa-
pers..

Hbusewarming at Lynn Farnol's
Tuesday .night. Same, house; new
apartment. ■ .

John Anderson, critic of the
Journal, and Mrs, Anderson have
moved from the Village to a new
a,partment on the East River;

Howard Barnes, Herald Tribune
drama department, is a new father.
Girl.

George, Iformerly downstairs
waiter at Sardl's, now in the Can-
opy room,, upstairs. CJalms to have
carried his clientele wllh him.

Taboo list at the new Ethel Bar-
rymore . theatre; The taboos are
Ethel's a,nd, for people .she doesn^t
like. ■••

Tom Mix Is endorsing a brand of
candy, according to posters In the
subway.

Formal attire is now noticeable in
chop suey joints during supper
hour, Not so long ago that it be-
came oke to wear the soup and fish
in Ohlnk spots after theatre.

Stanley, straight pictures. Is the
only theatre in Times Square with
a solid scale. Two bits.

Several newspaper lads who ciult
their rags to joilv Panorama are oh
that mag at $100 and over, * From
the way they josh about their sud-
den prosperity and judging by hints
tossed here and there, the boys are
under the impression the book Is
just a whlna .of its wealthy feminine
publisher, Mrs. James A, Stillman,
and won't last long. They think so,
but they don't hope so.

Sonny MacLaren,' the Manckie-
wlcz grad, has left John Golden and
returned to the .reporting: racket ,on
the night staff of the Mirror.

Lois Lipstick r^ong IS reiurnlng
to the New Yorker the end of the
month.

Twelve editorial staff nien are on
the skids up at the sold-out Morn-
ing Telegraph. They were given
three weeki' hoUce.

Clifford Orr has sold his first
book, "The Dartmouth Murders"
(Doubleday-Doran) to ; College
Humor as a Serial.

William Scott, FBO's Australian
representative, is returning .hotne
after six weeks In New York. He
leaves San Francisco today (Ott.
17), after stopovers in Chicago and
Hollywood.

Gene Fowler Is out as Madison
Square Garden publicity purveyor
and Jersey Jones, former sports
writer for the old New York
"Globe," has succeeded film. More
recently Jones has -been handling a
-stable^oC^fightet3,.=.=.Fowler^-ls^jnani^=
aging editor of the "Morning Tele-
graph" under the new owners.

Lincoln Memorial Pageant at the
Minepla Fair Grounds was a mis-
nomer In last week's column for the
Long Island Pageant, for the Lin-
coln Memorial ' University Fund at
the same fair grounds! The sponsor
denies salaries wore unpaid at the
Long Island Pageant for the Lin-
coln Memorial University Fund,

which, however, was hot reported.

Gene Fowler, stepped in as man-
aging editor of the Morning ,'jrele-
.graph Mohcjay, Meyer Solmson, for-
mer m. e., going to the city editor's
chair. '

Chick Endor's Bride

' Chick Endor, formerly of the
Yacht Club Boys, will go into the
forriner Helen Morga,n Club with his
new,brlde, formerly "Peter" Smiley,
daughter of the late Dr. E, Smiley,
The ibride has been appearing In a
London cabaret, the marriage hav-
ing takeh place oh that side last
month.

Club will be renamed the Paris
and Is due to open In about a month.
Endor was divorced two . years ago
from Doris Downes. '

Touring Wiilking-Stick
They're airing one of Harold
Ross; pranks . In sending Alexander;
Woolicott'a muchly prized walking-
stick on a globe trot. RosSi editor
of "The New Yorker," and a notori-
ous practical joker, has a mania for
adopting stray walking sticks. He
dispatched Woollcott's cane, given
him as an honbrary award as the
best : critic, via London-bound
friend. Woollcott next heard of his
stick by : radio from the Adriatic
when It was 2,00ft miles at sea, .

It .was months before Woollcott
recovered poss.ession. ,

The Ajlens Divorce

Dope has It that Katherine Mur-
ray's divorce suit against Edgar
Allen, Peaches. Browning's mana-
ger. Involving Peaches, may not
reach . trial. Postponed until Nb-
vember on conflicting excuses from
both sides, .

Mrs,; Alien Is still In t>aris with
a. prominent modiste house cater-'
ing to" thte American tourists.

Wrong Time "Honey"

Milton Beecher, M-G-M's . sheik
of the sobbles, ran Into the hair-
breadth escape of his llife last week
in chaperoning "Honey" ^rown, the
Harlem girl signed by King Vidor
for his all-colored< "Hallelujah,"

Milton was rushing the. "dusky
beauty downtown for photographs
via subway to save time. In the
Times Square station mob he
shouted "Hurry on. Honey," and
several gentlemen ominously squar-
ed off.

Milton and iffoney had to run aa
there was no time to explain th4
term.

Tough on Girl Students

Recent severity . with female
loafers In hotel lobbies has driven
all the night working girls over
to the public library. The foyer and
marble stairways, are good show
spots,' The phone booths give good
service for a nickel.

Mashers who have gotten the
drift of the migration are giving the
girls who actually go there to read
a tougher time than the New York
roof.

Too Much Booze, But
Smash on Nose, Tod

Althbugii the death, of Elizabeth
Chattrom Poole, 33, Brockton, Mass.
society girl and 6X-"Fc-lies" dancer,
was officially pronounced as due to
heart disease induced by tbo much
drinking, the police are still said
to be investigating the episode at
Tommy Guinan's Chez Florence
nite club oh West 48th ;street.

Miss Poole,- protegee of W, C.
Fields when both were in the 1918
'.'Follies," was struck over the face
last' Saturday night in the joy cave,
resulting in a fractured nose and
lelieved to have been the cause of
her death.

InspecC •>r ' Carey of the Homicide
Bureau s',ated it was not an official
police matter although the authori-
ties had reclaimed th 6 former show-
Siri'3 . body from- tliie undertaker
when it was about three-quarterfe
embalmed.

The tabs, particularly" the
"Graphic," has been making an Is-
sue of it, because of the nite life
Anglo: ^

Miss Poole was a guest of^ll-
llan Lorraine. After leaving the
Florence club she returned to Lil-
lian's Hotel Dorset apartment, still
bleeding from no.se and mouth.. Dr.
I.'.' try Gilbert who attended Mis?
I.onalne in hor recent appendlcitii-
crisis rushed Miss Poole to the Pari
East sanitarium where a risin,'
fever endod fatally Monday after-
noon.

Wednesday, October 17, 192g

Stories by Jack Conway

Durina 1920-21 and thereafter, Jack Conway wrote • eerlea o.f etories
aooearing in Variety. Mostly the •torioe dealt with baseball and prize
Iflhts Diayers and pufls. In them, Jack, writina in the first person and
fetJeMorTt^ ^mythical "Chick," was the manager of the ball team or
of a fighter Jack named Tomato. • .

•fhis series, without sequence, since there was no continuity to the
•-i-«rjrnt articles, will be reprinted weekly, for several months.
■ The firstri^e^Tow, ap Variety of June 11, 1920. Each story will

tarry its original single column head

43

FIVE HOMERS BEATS

lyiade in Honky-Tonk League
with Rubber Balls

By JACK CONWAY

; Akron, O;, June 9.

i)ear Chick:

I see the papers are cluttered up
^Ith a lot of steam a\)Out Babe
Ruth just because h,e . has hit a
SSeh iome runs -for the Yank* so
lar this season. That just shows
you the breaks you get in this

racket. , . „^t*t-n
You never seen, my pan gettin
any undue ppbiiclty lor smacking,
out homers, yet . .1 broke , all records
one day last season in^this bush
when I socked five home runs, o^ut
ol the Bin.?-
hamptoh ball or -
chard. You re-
member th*^y
"Wouldn't let the
: record stand be-
cause the oppos-
ing pitcher pave
■ out a confession
afterward, sai -
ing that he
framed with me

• and threw solid
rubber balLs
when I came up
to bat.

Maybe thib
guy Ruth hits COU.

''I 4^s"a\ig card at the gate

/scheme. L lood business for

and it might .^®f^°^,e other pitch-

• the leagu^to .nave the on ^

ers slip him the r^^^.^J . j ^^ade
- S^if % ^-^-^

business to win for these pitchers
I have.

Ah outfielder's life ain't worth a
dime on this club, foi- they are
dodging a barrage of three base
hits and home runs every day,
Their .army experience comes In
tiandy. It requires courage to
stand back of my heavies without
retreating.
The infielders have -used up about
car load of Sloan's liniment
patching, up their shines.

But don't forget what I told you
about Ruth. S6o"ner or later they'll
cut one of those balls, open and
find but it's rubber all through.
That Is If he ever hits one where
they can get it back; They tell me
the last one he hit broke up a boat
ratfe in the Harlem River.

I'll shoot you some scandal next
week.

Yours In last place. Con. .

Nile Club Involved

By 2 Bad Charges

A Shot at Swaff

Parody below recently ap-
peared in "Dally gketch". of
London :

The latest form of anti-
Swaffer propaganda has taken
a strange form. It coiwists of
circulating among managers a
parody of "Ole Man River,"
copies of which have . been
typed and sent anonymously to
scores of peojple. .

At the risk of. Infringing
8 o m e anonymous author's
copyright, 1 print It here:
"Old Man SwafEer, '
That old man Swaffer
He don't know nothing.
He must write something.
He just keeps writing, and

goes first-nighting along.
He don't like farctfs.-
He's much tbo solemn.
He don't like dramas.
But fills his column
"With old man Swa.fiCer, who
keeps on writinsf all wrong.
He goes on. the whole year
. through

Telling the rest of us what
to do:

Scrap that sCene, ciit tiia-t
word,

Do what I suggest or you'll

get the. bird,
After reading , his stuff I've

reckoned
That God Alniiighty must

. come In second
To old man SwafEer, who
1' k e e p's on . writing all
» wrong."

Boy From Providence Loses Stick-
pin by Mugcjing Method

PLENTY OF NOISE AND
ACTION AT GARDEN

' ^ oil trv and throw them
^^^^"^'•^ wheSr Tou're in a busl^

or up on the manicured di

past you w

r up on xne j.i-..-.-— tviose big
I'd like to see some °f thpse o |
league infielders trying .to field
.ground balls on some of the corn

SS^^Sr^n^abl^^^
off my left eye and put a shanty on
n aV big as the awning over the
entrance to the Rivoli.
Tarn managing this. clubjjere -nd
If thev don't get going pretty quick
I think we will be closing the sho^v
about September. I have an asboit:
^ent of broken armed pitchers who
couldn't pitch hay and the o^ly ^^a^
we can win a ball game is to go out
and make about ^0 run? _
Mv outfiel<?ers are all used up
chasing long hits and 1 am th.nl<ing
- of .ordering -some motor ,cycle^
. them. The other day we're playing
Buffalo and after about steen triples
and doubles had -been carroomod ofC
■ two of my best pitchpvs,. the out-
fielders held a meeting near the
back fence and sent in word to . the
pitchers to .^yalk tho next nine men
. Bo they- could' get a rest. '

But I'm - not worrying. . I have
some good men coming. All ball
players are stars while their com
Ing- As soon as they put on
unie they seem to forget right field
from left, but I'm not going to
worry for it's a lonp» .season and
I'll wind up with a ball club if
have to' send for ,jt^e Bloomer Girls
You. know they transferred the
Binghamton franchise to Akron and
as I Inherited the mnnagoment,
also h.ad to take the ball gamers
they had reserved from last season.
Some were in the Army and thoy
go up to hit_as thou.srh they^ wore
stiU" funn
of arms.

I released an outfifklfr yesterday
who ramo tn mo touted vfry hicrhly
by o'nr- of my blind .scouts. That
bird didn't hit a foul in eight gang's
so I led him to a rattler IfL-^t night
. and kissed him a fond f.arewen. If
you hear of any good apple rhasM-s
.shoot them along for I will neod

Daniel Ferrisi/ 32, 329 East 11th
street, manager of the Don Royale
Club, 136 West 50th street, was held
without bail for the Grand Jury
when before Magistrate Brodsky in
West Side Court on a charge of
robbery. At. the same time Daisy
Sterling, 24, 16 Vernon avenue,
Brooklyn, entertainer in the same
club, was dismissed on a . larceny
charge for lack of evidence.

According to Harold Flynh, stu-
dent, 733 Bloomfield street, Ho-
boken, but who hails from Slayton,
Minn., he entered the Don Royale
Club Oct. .3. After two drinks, he
was presented with a. biir for $58.
Flynn said he protested and was
ushered to a side room wheriB there
were two men and where Ferrisi
insisted that the bill be paid.

Flynn testified that his pockets
were searched. Fearing violence he
took four traveler's checks, amount-
ing to $80, and handed them over
In his affidavit Flynn said they
also took $15 In cash which he had
in his bill-fold. He was then per^
mitted to leave," he said.

Some time a:fter Flynn went to
West. 47th street station and told
Detectives Ferguson and Lyons.
The detectives went to the club.
When Flynn pointed out Ferrisi as
the man he was arrested.

The same detectives had re-
ceived a complaint from Harold
Ferguson, funeral director of West
Palm Beach, that while in; the club
Oct. 5 he had lost his book of trav-
eler's checks.

Ferguson said that during the en-
tire time he was in the club he was
constantly in the company of Miss
Sterling. In view of this, he told
tl^e__police he believed she knew
so'me thing'" aT)"ouT^
complaint against' , her. In court,
Magistrate Brodsky ruled that the
evidence against the girl was in-
sufficient.

NT. G. LEAVES WHN;
SHOW FIELD TOO BIG

Careful Doorman Fined

Peter Cadieux, 344 West 39th
street, doorman at the Cohan tlie-
atre. was fined $2 by Magistrate
Brod.sky in West Side Court^ on a
disorderly conduct charge.. . ,

Cadieux was accused of having
a.ssaulted Mrs. Josephine Dowling,
404 West .lli3th street, cleaner in
the theatre, on Sept. 29. According
to the wr.man, when she entered
to do her work she said Cadieux
made a disparaging remark and
then kicked her in the back and
broke her glasses.

The doorman said that he ob-
jected to the woman smoking a rig-
-aret-- i n=.t]i c=t h.Ga.lJic^=. Jl=J41'LSL=£k-_^X^
lation of. law, he sciid. and told her
if .she wanted to smoke to go to the
hasoment. He denied that he had
struck her.

After an association, of many
years with Loew's, starting a:s a
press agent and developing into one
of the world's best known radio an-
nouncers as N. T. G , Nils t..Grah-
lund Is leaving Ixjew's and WHN.

It was mutually agreed between
Nick Schenck and Nils that N. T. G.,
with the growing show business
with which he Is so familiar, ccfuld
not devote all of his time to .Lioew's
WHN station. . N. T.'^G. has been
closely identified . with the Loew
station. .

Upon his departure. Granlund will
extensively expand his producing
activity, but not altogether neglect-
ing radio where his rep is . an asset.
Proposals have been made N. T. G.
from other stations, but the an-
nouncer will renounce all-annOunc-
Ing, going on the air hereafter as
specialist only.

Several Of his future shows and
other ventures will be in association
with Donald Flamm, announcer for
WMCA (Hotel McAlpin).: Flamm
also has other interests.

One of the. propositions submitted
to N. T. G. was by Mr. Schenck,
who suggested he go with Metro-
Goldwyn-Mayer as a talking picture
director, here or upon the coast.
Granlund may favorably look upon
that for talking shorts, if not too
closely confining him" to a studio.

Engaged by Marcus Loew

Gra^Tu^nd'^vas~en"ga^^^^^
Loew some years ago, . when on a
Providence daily. Mr. Loew testfd
Granny immediately by placing him
in charge of the publicity for a road
musical he was then interested in.
Nils got; over in a hurry and. was
always- set. ther^iafter with Marons.

As publicist for Loew's and while
acting as announcer, N. T. G. has
been tiie. official opener for all of
Loew's new liouses, assuming charge
of the special premiere stage show.
This entailed procuring celebs,
names and talent, to give a circus-
liko in size performance the first
night. Granlund's openings beramo
famed in the show bu.siness. He
has been in denriand to handle large
private entertainments .along similar
lines.

N. T. G. as Loew's f-ntfrtainmcnt

George Tainsh. 24, 1538 Clai'k.ston
street. Providence, was held with-
out bail for a further hearing by
Magistrate Brodsky in West Side
Court on a charge of robbery.

Tainsh was arrested by Detec-
tives Maney and Kennedy,- West
47th street station,, at Broadway and
4th street, after Harry Ryan, 412
Nassau street, Brooklyn, reported
he had been robbed of a stickpin
valued at $35 in the washroom of
a poolroom in tlie basement of
Loew's New York theatre. ,

Ryan said he entered tho pool-
room to. watch the players and then
went, to the washrooi)i. He said ho
was followed by two . men, one of
whom stepped in front of him while
other got behind him and forced
his head back, a method known in
police parlance as "muggihg" Tho
pin was then torn from his- sc':u-f,
Ryan said.

Accompanied by the detecUve,
Ryan, made ; a visit to the vicinity.
When Tainsh put in an appearance
he was identified by Ityan as one of
the men. Tainsh denied all knowl-
edge of the theft but ad.rhitted, po-
lice said, that he had been in the
poolroom.'

Greenwich Village

By Lew Ney

Union Square looks like a mining
camp, being torn inside-out to make
way for a larger subway station.
The park seats are in storage, and
the perennial bench v/armers have
blown until the park Is restored--
if they live tjiat long.

Some of the old timers drift down
on sunny days to the eastern end
of Washington Square. "There they
take their chancea on a seat' with
the eds and co-eds of N. Y. U. ,
The Rhinelander Estate has long-
leased the old family. holdings from
14-18 Washington square north to
8th Street on th-^ west side of tlio
first block of Fifth Avenue. This
meana the beginning of the end of
Macdou'gal. Alley; but more espe-.
cially a break in the continuous
line of mansions of the first families
from the Avcmie to within a lot
or: two of Macdougal street:

When present leases expire In a
year or two,' the new lessee, A. E.
Lef court, contemplatea an apart-
ment hotel of two apartment houses
on. this valuable site.

Military Tournament, Cops
and State Troopers
the Stars

Where's iErnil Luft?
Many wonder whatever happened
to Emil Luft, the vagabond artist,
A dozen years ago he drifted Into
the Village from Vienna' by way of
the Bronx. Rapid sketching was hl.s
passion, and he made hia living, if
any, by making the rounds nightly
of the slumnier joints.

His talent tottered, and his game
weakened. About two year.<? ago
Emil developed a delusion that he
was about to inherit a fortune. But
he couldn't ca.sh on it.

He changed his name to Karo de
Lichtbervyl. All he wanted was a
decent place to live for three
months. After that he was going
abroad, and I could have the use
of his property until he rcturnod
It wasn't long till Kmil got
home on Long Island, at Central
Islip, where ho still believes he hai
a fortune.

■ The n.ilitary show at Madison
Sq\iare Garden this wook for the
benefit of the emergency fund of the
Military Athletic League is an In-
terosting . exhibit .of the work done
by the eight organir.atlons partici-
pating.

. About S.OOO turned oUt for MfMi- , •
day night's opening program, of U .
events. Bonny Holznian, p. a. for
the- show, admitted that thcro syas ,
considerable paper in the house but
claimed those in on the cuiT w.cro •
.'<huntod to the top shelvts. Boxes
for the-show seating six arc brings
ing $20.

. While, the exhibition is not the
tost tvor put on at the Garden, it.
certainly is the noisost over housed .
there and will be. nppreeiatod by
anybody with puncturc7i)roof ear

drums. '. -

In the Garden's ■ collar, the Siith
annual National Business Show, la
now on view. .; Those ' whp proCor
peace and quiet, can go there and
got a .ioad of an exposition that fea-
tures n.bi.s.cless machinery for busi-
ness offices. ■

, The high spot of the military ex-
hibit Is placed at the end of the
program. It is a re-creation of an
attack on a mythical enemy's, line.
Machine gun squads, tank company, . .
infantry iarid a medical detachment
take part in this spectacle. With
the; Garden darkened . and blank
shells. ' fiares and hand gronadcis
bursting, the scene resembles a .se-.
quence from the. "Big Parade^.
Prop trenches and barb wire elO
tanglements heighten the illusion.

Cops po Weil

Another outstanding performance
is given by a.: group of lOO, rookies
from the New York Police Academy,
the boys topping the national gua.rd
units in marching tactics of all
"sorts. The future coppers also excel
.n calisthenics, jiu .jitsii, boxing e«-
ercLses, boxing and wrestling deih-
onstrations, doing their stuff with
TlUer-like unison.

.The New York Fire Depai-tment's
exhibition of rescue woi': is per-
formed about a . specially, erected
four-story building . by . n picked
squad of men, showing f . " use of
scaling ladders, ropo guns r nd nets.
One of the fireman does a female
impersonation for laughs, before
dilvlng into the net held by h> com-
panions from the top story of the
red flare lighted building.

A. company of 12 State Tr<,f .•)er8
riding spotted hor.qes give an ex-
hibition of rough riding and dni;ng
hor.semanshlp the equal oC any-
thing that can. be shown by the
rodeo boys that come into the Gar-
den next. . '

Show has over BOO men partici-
pating every night. It p.-u ks a kick
for these interested in things niili-
tary.

During the exhibit put on by tbo
State cops, circulars, prottisting
against war and urging miiiport of
the Communist party were dropped
on the arena seat .holdr-rs.

Looked like a plant by Hol/.inan
and Dnrfman, publicity purveyor.%
for the benefit of the dailies.

Genevieve Taggard is the yillage

-corrospond'ent - -for '-LTr.ansiLicm,"-:

publi.shed in Pari.s. .John Rose Gil-
dea has returned after honeymoonr
ing for .a few days .-in Jamaica.
When in the mood Bobble .Edwards
and hia uke stir the atmosphf-re
of Romany Marie's with bi.^ old
Viliage. song.s. ,.

A New Racket

A group of Villagers always
thirsty and mostly broke have dis-
covered a Hpeakeaiiy In the 40's
where they can oaturate IhemselveH
without cash. The bartender patron-
izes the arts by exchanging drinks
for anything the bohemians have in
their line, It is called the "book
and picture racket,"

Be it bunk or bohemla; spirits
continue to rrome to the Village to
free themselves, to lo.se themselves,

promoter and WMN annfiuncer has I flnj themselvex, to be under-
created a very wide aequaintaiu e | f,pprf,r.i.ated, win f.'ime or for

;^n4--.fpiendship- ---ani.ring- -lhe J:j^^^^^

known nanus in all line.V .of the"! Undergraduates witii Idlo.Myncra-
' shov.- businfss. I eies, flunked sophomores with ideas

The Ivory Tower in the Minettas
has quit after two y<'ars of temper-
amental existence.' The Archway
on West 4lh street al.so has pas.sed

jf hi.vtoricAl revelry. Ycirs and
years ago the .creative jxiraon M
.•search of an easier market drifted
to New York. Somehow be .settles
mostly in Greenwich Village, Rents
were low there, lofts for spacious
studlo.i were plentiful, food was
cheaper and there was endless at-
mosphere in Its' winding, willful
thorough fares and oldish homes,

NOW the artist and the writer
usually come to the Villiign to be
in New York. For tons of publicity
have made the Latin quarter of
America notorious, naughty, nin-.
compoopish, tempting and easy to
And, And despite the dabbled dia-
tribes of disillusioned pcnpushcra,
they .'come. .

And then there' aro those who
think they arc creative, ^'rhey. too,
come a.s never before. With pleas-
ant pretense, "•it"'-''il l"'";'"^'""' J'?!
lent curiosity and an Inclination to
imit/.te, they fiaunt thcmseU'cs
vvheiwer and whenever they may
he notii'ed, ' ,^

u-or.-hI|.|,ing at t'h- knees of ere-

all the Ty Cobbs and truths in the out.

with n a H MUh or.so..GranlMndl,nd daring co-eds with cash, have on w -^^^

app.'ar at LoeWs Tapitol onl .n.lft.d in. ^to struggle with life or ; s.on.s of ^ -'^^^l^,^,,;; '
Broadway as a speeial sl.-.u'e anrar- 1 1,, i,ve w.thout a struggle. , !''"'; : f J, ., " ,t haj.pens between
tir.n. Ho will also produce a-t. for j Vnv even today above the bus> A - \ [ ' Broadway.
Loew's at Schenck's request. One „edlam <'f I;^-'-;- /^i;:; .l^'} ^ ^""wL^ up to tease and to thrill
of the firanlund turns r,p-ns n.-xt ear^s and flares of ho^W. y llYs ; ,.;.„,5..„ from Southamp-

we.k at Loew^s Commodore. 2^.. Z:^:^:'^:^ If^u'n^H lo Han Francisco.

44

VARIETY

TIMES SQUARE

Wednesday, October 17, 1928

Chatter in Loop

f^poi iiiu'ii ■ of ndvortisitiK iK-intr.
liaorl liy. I'Dlloi" skutiiip: jniinitlnni iit
131st , armory; illustrdtiii}? ils (.■iTect
01V. tlie inintl of a proviously normal
pnv's.s. a.tjL'iit. . :

. . Tliorr ari"^ now l)ut .o'lu'ht li^ft. in j
this fr.roat siK-ctaclp, 4. mon and -l
wo.mon ,. (Iragpi n g tlioni.sclvo.s aro u hd
liK'o Avpunilod- animals . seeking- lu?lp
from .stimcwhore,' anywlita-.u— gra.sp-
Ing iU. tliomsclvc3, even kvining On

'.the aii^ itself to keep from collaps-
ins". ! Come and see ' these human
firms gracluaUy- turning to skole-
tonized .automatons; It will grip
you, make you laugh, too!"

A man with lirnwn oxTords and
plouly of tinio> on his hands once
oslimatcd that if J. J; (Cousinl
itub^Miis ftavo oacli. of hi.^ rohillvos
a pass to (Jrcat .Stales Ihoalre t'vc
ciroiut would now h.o opOratod liy
I tiK' cniioafio rule Trust Co. That
same sta(.isli(vian la.lvr wi>iil nuts
trying to lay .pr -tzels end to ond.
■ Cousin dUihi'Mis - is / vi'.'O-prosidiMil
and !;vnoi-.al nianai;i-r .of (Inxtt
States. Whi'h .lie. gets tired of heintr
vico-presiOent he wiis at his desk
marked ' Coiu Mgr.'' When he, tires
of both he. goes quf to get. suiv-
burned, Ho has a mania for

Film Talking Politics

The first political banner to."
niako, its appearance around
Times S<iiiare was , unfurled
.]''riday ni.ght. It advocates, tho
eli'ction of Al Smith and ad-
joins the Movietone booth and
sercoi) erected, in the' square
to riirther the Democratic
vaiiipaign. .>

. Nightly Movietone political
rallies putilooi-s began in the
siiuare Saturday.

GILBERT MILLER ATTRACTIONS
CMDIDC THBA., 40th St. at B'way
.tlVlrlnC Evenings 8:30

"Wedncailiiy and Saturday Mfits., 2:30

"OLYMPIA"

A New Comedy by FErnfcNC MOLNAIl
. Fay Ian' Lagra Hops

COMPTON HUNTER CREWS

HENRY MILLER'Sfe;^!;^!:^

.124 "West 43d Street — EveninK.s 8:30

HEAVY TRAFFIG

wit*

MARY BOL AND

.REGINALD MASON — FRANK CONROY

In association with E. Jlay Uoctz ..

IVIUolV .DUA Br'dway— Eves. 3:30
Thur.Mrtay and Saturday Malinocs, 2:30

IRENE BORDONI
in /'PARIS"

A MU.sicOMEIJT .
with Irving A'aronson's

"THE COMMANDERS"

Th."GO St&7th Av.
Mts. Thu-Snt, 2.30

In America's
Greiiteet RoTue-

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NEW AMSTEEDAM J^^^*;

Erlanjjer, Dtlllngham & ZiegCeld
Mg. Dir. Mta. "WBD.& SAT.
LAST TWO WKKKS

MARILYN MILLER
in **ROSALIE" ^nu
JACK DONAHUE

' Frank Morgan — Bobbe Arnst
—458 RBS-D SEATS at $1.00 —

I VDIP 42 St., W. pf B'way
L I nil/ Mts. Thurs. & Sat

DENNIS KING

in the muslcai vprslon of THE

MUSKETEERS"

Vlvlcnno Softal, Lester Allen, Vlvlenne
03t»m, ■ Jos. Miiraulay, ItcRtiiald
Owwn, Tlnrrict irwtor. nnil Ywnno
D'Arlc. Music by KiuloIitU FrlmL
.118 nes'rt Seat.s $1 ,it Hox Oft

ZIEGFELD
"SHOW

Norma Tetriss,

Thea., 64th St.
(i th Ave.; Mfvts
Tluir.s.. ;& Sat.

BOAT"

Howard • Marsh,'
Eva Puclc, Sainniy White
Helen Morgan. Edna" May Oliver
and CHARLES WINNINGER

MASTERPIEGES

■ It^X. SEATS AT BOX Oli"Fl('ES
von ALL THREE SHOWti .

throwing ffolf ' balls at bass drums
and never vvhistles in his dre.<^sing
room.

As a boy, .Rubens was not miuch.
just another Rubens. It wasn't un-
til ho had entered show business
and promoted, suceessively, to
asst. mgr., doorman, usher, chief
usher arid manager that other Ru-
benses noticed this son.

At a carnival recently J. J. dis-
covered the hoops . really can't be
thrown over the big prices. His
present pastimes are acquiring new
smal} town sites for Great States
and, driving carnivals out of Illinois.

ON THE SQUARE

Ye-ing Up the Square

Time.s Square Is jirotting all Ye-.ed up in .spots. The la.te.<;t to taok thaj
old IOn£<liKli word i!5 the new IMccadilly Hotel, who.se marque lights readr'
"Tft .riee.adilly ilotel."

I-se o'f "Ye" l?or "the." is an pid New England custom, with the word
as.snciatod with ancient or historic hostelries and eating' places..

During the real estate boom in Florida when the word "get popular-
down there, complaint Ayas made, to the State Chamber of Commerce by
one oC the St;ito's chief- publicity men.

Mae, the Red- Headed Waitress

Aniong the. tear-climmed eyes "at the services at St. Malachy's for
Jack Conway wore the deep bUie one;s of Mae Stewart, the red-headed
head SVaitress of the St, Regis restaurant, unnoticed by ihost, un.sung by
all, but there nevertheless and as sincerely mournful as any. She had
al.so called at the Conway home the night before.

First at "Wolpin's and later at the St. Regis, Mae served Con his three
scoffs daily and became the object of many of Jack's . brilliant Utterings.
She ;/as Jack's favorite waitress and Jack her mo'st eminent customer for
12 years. She states Jack .drank more coffee in a day than any man
she ever knew.

Mae, the redrheaded waitress,- as she is known to everyone in th*
Square, is a grandmother, but doesn't look it. . Only the mob know it.

Edward J, kelly; president of the
South Park Board, addressing po-
licemen:

"Arrests should 'be made with a
smile. If you arrest a motorist, do
it politely. You are servants of the
public, and they are entitled to
courteous treatment from you. Any
policeman found to be discourteous
will be discharged."

Amy Leslie, drama critic for the
Ohicngp Daily News since 188i9,
celebrates what she. claims is her
82 nd birthday Thursday. Frank
Bering, -manager of the Hotel Sher-
man, is throwing a birthday party
for her.

EARL CARROLL

W.C. FIELDS
EARL CARROLL VANITIES

wHIi RAT I)OOl,ET-^OE ERISCO
DOROTHY KNAPP rthfl- 50 ni!;A1ITIES
VINCENT LOPEZ (UlmtteU) & IIU BAND

OIIARLES DILLINGHAM ProBehts

An All-.Souna Picture

William If'ox Pre.sents

THE AIR CIRCUS

Firi»t Time nt Pop. Prices

7th Ave. &
DOth St.
Dlr.rtoxy

A Gori^poun Oriental Sivoctncle
ROXY NKWSREEi;— FOX MOVIKTONE
PrOHcnts. OliArloH Chic) .Sivle In
"A LADIES' aiAN"

The

High Road capitol

A .'New Comedy by Frederick Lonsdale

FULTON

.40th St. IMta. ■Wod.-Sat. ?:20
"W. ot B'y| Nluhts 8:20

MARTIN BECKJ1;

4r) St.-8,>vc. Evi.
■ 8:40. Mta. Wo(V..aat. 2:-J0 I
•'THIS, TOADIES ■ AND GI3NTI.IB3MEN,
IS A PLAY!"— St. John Ervlne, World.

n'WA"7 and
Gist STREET
MIdnltrht Pictures Nightly at 11:.30

OUR DANCING wth
DAUGHTERS 1°*"

Also Sound Program, Headllns Attractlont
VAN & 6CHENCK— OUR GANG COMEDY
Chester Hale Girls— CAPITOL GRAND
ORCHESTRA' David Mendoza Conductlnf

nnOAD"WAY at 47th ST,
Midniolit Show Nightly. 11:30

By Philip Dunning.
Staged by "Wlnchell Smith.

*A CLEAN HIT'— Winchcll, Graphic

th

s

EV.A J™

''i^'^ CLAIBOENE FOSTER

•KIOOD FUN."— W. Y. Times.

"■ W^TI 17 -THEA. W.' 44 St. Eves., 8..S0
Lil 1 l LiE4 Matinees, "W.ed.. & Sat., 2.30

TIIK NEWSPAPER COMEDY

Gentlemen of
the Press

AOtU O* TlKw., Kn.1t of D.'w;iy. Kvos. 9:Sn
40in Ol. M.itlmiW Wod. -• oml -Sal., 2:30

SKATS -8 WEEKS IN ADV.\NCH
__'nie Theatre Guild Prbsenta^.

FAU ST

Pllll n 'Th., W. G2(l. Ev. 8:30 sharp
UUI.UU itts. Thur. & Sat, 2:30 sharp

JTRRNGE iNlEmUDE

SMARK rv
tbanLI

^DXir" 10:30 A. M^ats 35c,iJ°M.

"Warner Bros. "Vltaphone Productton

/.'WOMEN THEY iren^'' uich,
hear': TALK ABOUT" cou'i'lV'" jr,

Audt'cy Ferris, Claude GllUntrwater
Warner Bros, Vita- | Fox Movie-
phone Presentations 1 tone News

SpocliU Midnlte Performnnce Every
Stiturday, ll;4r», at Winter_G»r5len

Sax Player on Make

New type of beggar made his appearance In the . square . last week.
This one is a middle-aged man, evidently of foreign extraction, and play»
the saxophone ixi his coin gathering tour around the district. Aged
and infirm violin players are conimbn . around the square but a saxo-
phonist with an unmuted instrument is something new on the sidewalks
of New York.

Lobby Service Stations

Several hotel cigar stands have established compl6te service stations
for all-makes of cigaret lighters. Free fluid is offered patrons similar
to gas stations which dispense free air. «

Charges for flints, wicks, springs and washers make up for the gratis
liquid..

Heavy Lights

Heavy billing of Al .Tolso'ri in "THe Singing Fool," at the . Winter
Garden, was directly responsible for the sagging of part of the marque
at that . theatre last week.

It necessitated the erection of supports along the curbstone to hold
the. heavy lights in place.

Ashtoh Stevenis claims the feai-
ex^n-essed 'by Arthur Hopkins that
"Burlesque" Is being mistaken for
a real burleyciie show here is just
a press gag. He credits Guy Hai-dy,
p. a., for getting plenty of free space
in local rags through the phoney
fear..

Sculpturing In Ice

Animals carved out of ice are being used by a Seventh avenue restau-
ant to attract attention.
A x-ed hot poker is u.sed by the kitchen sculptor to fashion his studies
f animal life for window exhibition. His contributions to art melt
in about 1.2 liours. .

Elks' Bookkeeper Let Off

Mauritz Hultman, 42, ot 239 West
lODth street, former bookkeeper of
the Elks .Lodge No. 1, on West 43rd
street, was given a suspended sen-
tence by Judge Max Levine in Gen-
eral Sessions and placed on proba-
tion for one year. He had pleaded
guilty to petty larceny to cover
an indictment charging him "with
the theft of $li852 last January
while in the employ of the club.

He told the police at the time
of his arrest he had spent the
money betting on the races.

Albert P. Wallace manaerer of No.
1, was the complainant.

RQCKAWAY SENTENCES

Military Come-On
Ithc. lylilitary Show at Madison Square Garden got Itself plenty o£.
good advance publicity around the Square last week. Method ot oper-
ating giant searchlights, spotted in prominent places, drew large crowds
nightly.

Lester. Sheehan's Dilemma

Lester Sheehan, one of the indicted members of "Pleasure Man.'Ma
reported in a double-barreled predicament because of his participation
in the homo opera, ■ .

Sheehan had been out on parole after serving three months of a peni-
tenitary sentence on a charge of having narcotics in his possession. Ac-
cording to the Assistant District Attorney linger, if Sheehan beats the rap
on the sho'w charge, he may be returned to the penitentiary for violation
of parole with parole board fixing time o'f stay.

Buses to Zep

The Times Square rubber-neck buses are offsetting the embargo on
sight seeing in Chinatown by trips to the Graf Zeppelin at Lakehurst*,
N. J. The Chinatown ban resulted over the week-end from some shoot-../
ing and an imminent to'ng war in the Chinese sector of the metropolis.

Explaining Those Traffic Jams

West 47th street has been ripped up six times in the last two months.
Three times the street has been torn up because of the subway excava-
tion, a fourth time to lay steam pipes for the now automat on the corner
of Eighth avenue, a fifth time for a gas company, and the final is for
the placing of high-powered wires into the new Ethel Barrymore theatre*

AL

lOLSON

•'The Singing Fpol
Winter Garden

B'WAY at

50th ST.

TICK

Suiidtty I'»st Pay

TERROR

Warner Brds. e^wayiria st.

SHOWS
DAILY

2.45-8.45

SHOWS
SAT., :

SUN. &
MOL, ,

3-0 -8.4 J

,^'h7f^&8thr-B. of -rv^-w.-vy:
EV(iS. ONIA' at 5:30

The aftermath of show given in
the auditorium of Paschke's Hotel,
Far Rockaway, June. 9, which Ja
maica cops busted up on the charge
of alleged immorality, resulted in
12 persons being sentenced recently
in .the. Jamaica Court of Special
Sessions.

Heavy penalties were imposed ex-
cepting , where sentence was\ sus
ponded. John Pascheke, hotel pro
prietor, got an Intermediate pen
sentence. John Hower, actor, was
fincji $50. Oscar Awe, colored actor,
was arnong those sentenced. .

JOE COOK

'RAIN OR SHINE'

M. LUnnn MU. I'd'jr. T'm & Sat. 2:30

Today to SaMirdity
I-'OIIB CAMKHONS
RAlUiKNT & I-KWIS
TfOI> & KATII. ANDKKWS
J<'KKS1IMAN & 0O-KI).S

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IIKNKY B. TOO.MTSttX rnrr
Mioto "I>AN(JKB STKIOK-r'

with -WAJINHK HAXTKll

A $»,000.i[)00 TIIBATRH
RaplOly nenring complotion. DeO:
'orfttlonj underway. Will opgn so(hi
FOUR MODERN LODGE
ROOMS NOW RENTINQ

litinnn St^plicnn & Co.

l''oiir Waltorts
Calillt K W«IIh; Otliorn
IMloto "DANGKIl STRKKT"
with WiinuT Itiixtur

SUPREME VAUDEVILLE— PICTURES
ALL THCATRES, NOON TO II— LOW PRICES

Sol Blofom's 4th Term

Congressman Sol Bloom is run-
ning for his fourth term as Con
grossman from the 19th district in
Xcw York. It covers the territory
between 86th to 126th streets.

The Congressman Is running on
the Democratic ticket. Mr. Bloom
though in a. Republican district, has
proven himself a big vote getter
usually away ahead of his ticket
The Congressman's active work for
lvis=:^cohf*tituont3^ha3^-.gEeatly^=en
dearod him to the peoplle of the dis-
trict.

Bloom is said to have some sort
of ah opponent in the race this time
a Socialist or somebody.

Forster Goes East

Chicago, Oct. 16
Foster Music Publishing Co
ha.s given up Its professional ofllce
here and n^oved it to New York.

Cbppel's Exclusive Restaurant

Arthur Coppel, former headwaiter at the Palais Royal, Club Rich-*
man, Le Perroquet de Paris and Paul Whiteman's, has his own Exclu-»
sive Restaurant at 25 East 39th street.

Third floor of the Strand ^building Is announced by the elevator man art
'Sobel iBeach." ,

The long and short ballyhoo two-act In front of Loew's" State dehjf
they are Rome and Gaut.

Profitable N. Y. Rep Racket

A newspaper racket is being carried on about tovy^n by. a number of
fellows who have gotten themselves appointed New York representative*
of different small trade papers throughout the middle west. Thes«j
representatives go to the advertising depai-tmehts and publioity depart-
ments of manufacturing concerns, collecting stories to be sent out, at
a salary of $15 a week.

When a good story Is spotted at any publicity department, the repre-
sentatives po'imce upon it as their own. retype the tale, put their own
name on it and send it to^ the divers papers at an extria, charge of 2o
a word. One of the men engaged in this racket formerly worked In an
advertising office for $50 a. week. He now cleans up something over
a $1,000 a month and has 'a suite of offices in New York,

Dicing to Florida

One of the hotels around the Square has a dice game operating id
one of its upper story suites backed by a group that encountered tougli
sledding at Saratoga. One regulation dice table is In operation nightly
with the play limited to 20 high rollers.

Admission to the room Is closely restricted, the boys operating hoplnff
to continue the game until the bankroll has been sufficiently strength-
ened for Hhe"^annual=Floi'ida-invasionT-----=^^^

Off and On

Charles Belden, once an acrobat, went deaf some years ago and it took
him out of the profession. Learning of cures by means of rapid descent
in an airplane, he slaved and saved up $800, traveling to Dayton to
try his luck. He went aloft and after a swift drop to the field, was de-
lighted In finding that he could hear.

The cure was the bunk in his case, however. He was walking along
a street In Brooklyn when a motor car backfired close to him and deaf-
ness returned. He is saving up enough coin to' try the airplane cure
again. ^

Wednesday, October 17, 1928

S P O R T S

VARIETY

45

Football

•Taint gettlner any easier and it's
-ilabl9 to get much harder. The only
solace Is that the opening Saturdays
have helped harden the arteries for
whaj may be in t.he offtng. It's get-
ting so football followers doVt wa,nt
to hear the scores. They've long
. ego stopped taking anything for
grantedi If nothing else cured 'em,
Virginia holding Princeton to a no-
score tie, Duquesne taking ■Wash-
ington and Jefferson, and West Vir-
ginia bowling over Pitt ought to be
the convincieris. The Pitt thing
wasn't, so bad, because that gamq
has a feudal background, and one
team or the other is always apt to
rise and play over its head, but the
others go for the book. Roper , was
the only one who thought the Vir-^
ginla-TIger gambol was going to be
close, and it's doubtful if he really
meant It. .

W. and J. has something else to
■worry %bout this week-end, with
Carnegie Tech either to reCoivc or.
kick. The Presidents have got Gil-
christ behind the line and a last
year's 19-6 victory to repeat, but
Indications are that it's going to be
closer this fall. Carnegie has
romped to high scores through three
fairly easy games, during which as
many touchdowns have been" scored
on this Pittsburgh school. W. and
J. will be fighting to avenge last
week'is defeat, but Carnegie should
bo primed ito shove through a not
customary victory in the annual
affair.

Harvard- Army

For the east the main interest Is
(at Cambridge, where a highly prom-
ising Harvard eleven will go up

something else again. The Nit-
tany Lions . turned the tables last
year for a 20-0 upset, and as this is
one of those traditional things It
can happen again. Still, Penn has
a strong team which hasn't been
really tested, as; yet. Buckiiell's de-
feat of State may help keep up the
latter squad so that Penn is going
to have to keep going for a full 60
minutes. The Lions are Invariably
tough for Penn with the Phillie in-
stitution favored for an edge, be
that little or much. .

Out West
.Out west, where they think a
football team Is effeminate if it
hasn't spoiled somebody's. Confer-
ence aspirations, Illinois goes up
against Its first Big Ten hurdle.
Indiana, fresh from a long awaited
Michigan triumph, will undertake
to find out' if Grange's former alma
mater, is all It's cracked up to be
in gridiron togs, arid, that's plenty.
Big and. powerful as Pat Page's
ci'ew may be, Zuppke's cohorts ^figr
Ure too shifty for the pon^ierous
boys to put their fingers thfei'eon
while exclaiming, "Say uncle."
However, Indiana will undoubtedly
show to a waiting gridiron' world
just wha,t Illihols has got. .

Minnesota, having downed Pur
due, shouldn't have much trouble
with a willing but .veak Chicago
team, and Ohio State shapes as due
to spread some mors spriow around
the Michigan campus. Yost is un
derstood to have som6 material on
his freshman isquad he could use
right now, especially a youngster
and back by the name of Hestpn,

Probable Football Winners and
Proper Odds

October 20

By Sid Silverman

GAMES WINNERS ODD^

Army-Harvard .Army 6/5

Nebraska-Syracuse Nebraska i .. . . .5/4

Notre Dame-Georgia Tech.,...:... Notre Dame 9/10

Carnegie- W. & J.. Carnegie ' ..10/9.

Illinois-Indiana .....Illinois .7/5

Dartmouth -Columbia .......... .. .Dartmouth ... ............... .7/5

Minnesota- Chicago ^ .... . .Minnesota .9/5

Pennsylvania- Penn State. .... .... .Pennsylvania . .... i. ....... . ,5/3

Ohio State-Michigan . , ;Ohio State < , ..5/2

Yale- Brown . Vale .7/5

Wisconsin- Purdue ^. ..<.;.. . .Wisconsin .5/4

* ■ ' ^

(Predictions based on fair weather)

against a strong West Point outfit.
The Army has already had its pulse
uncomfortably quickened by S. M.
TJ., and should have benefited from
that close call. Yet another tough
afternoon is quite likely to be ahead
because Horween has qpened up the
Crimson pffense and the Cadets are
reported none too strong against an
aerial attack. Besides which the
soldiers must keep an eye on French
and Gilligan, two backs one of
whom already has amassed a rep
for elusiveness and another w'ho is
establishing himself as no mean
menace when shaken loose. Both
first-string lines look good, with thp
Army possibly a bit more advanced.

And that's an important angl?
Harvard would undoubtedly like to
-Avin^thls-game, but It's questionable,
if the coaching staff will go very far
out of its way to attain this end.
It's possibly a comeback year at
Cambridge and, that being the case,
there's no doubt the boys would
rather rejoice at the expense of
Yale, and previous to that Dart-
mouth with Prlhcctpn off the sched-
ule. If Harvard follows that'*pollcy
it appears as thou.gh the Pointers
ai'e • too much advanced to be
stopped by a coming team at this
stag6 of the campaign. Army ought
to be on its way to a peak, a danger
Jones must guard against with a
number of hard games still ahead.
The Cadets are tackling a schedule
that spells slump at least once, but
tills doesn't seem to be the time.
Should Harv.'ird win, it means some
restless nights up at Hanover and
uneasiness at New Haven.

Columbia Expects to Win

Incidentally Columbia is going

-"rnjrth^vith^=^o^==thought-=Oi''-^a^Jav.:.
score game. The Mornin.g.Hlde
Heights crowd thinks it can win
and moans it. But until provod dif •

: fcreritly Marstor-s and Black, bJiinJ
even a fnir lino, total too potf.-nt u
concoction for the ui)towncr9 t(>
handle on the former's home lot.
Pennsylvania and I'cnn State are

who will try to live up to his dad's
record. But that's next year and
Michigan is du6 at Columbus this
week.

Nebraska - Over Syracuse
A little further west Nebraska
will once more take on Syracv\pe.
The upstaters have been enjoying
high total romps against minor op-
ponent.s, while the Cornhuskers
have been partaking of stronger
fare. The westerners have always
been difficult for the Orange to
solve and the chances are It will
be thie same old puzzle. The Salt
City crowd again make the leap to
keep, the date, and this won't help,
especially if the home state turns
on some of Its special brand of
weather. A little early for that,
•though.- Syracuse rooters like their
team and are far from short on
confidence.

Down isouth Georgia Tech will at-
tempt to stop Rockne. Tech has
been getting heavy publicity lately
iind as this is almost its big game
Alexander is due to give all to live
up to' the. pre$s reports. On the
other hand, Notre Dame stood off
a fighting naval brigade last week
arid will have had a few more days
in which, to be told how to develop
a scoring punch. If Tech is as
strong as reported, the South Bend
youths will take, it on the chin toV
from one to three touchdowns. ' But
there arc a lot of things cfu^ier to
do than beat the Irish the third
Saturday In October.

■Wisconsin has hud tlyefl weeks
since Its happy ojx .iing against No-
tree Dame and that's enough to let
I*urdue know it's in for a busy
niatlnee. If the Badger line can
s t o fr WeTch"7l""stu1i'd sTL^'g^^^^ IT-Trrrtf
of being the answ.er. The JJ.-MlKcrs
ought to win unless the takr-off wjis
just a flash,

Yalo scem.s to ..pos><ess too mucli
l';isic. power for Brown to ovcr-
ronie. Most of the ciii'i/li-.s will
have had time to get back by .Sat-

What a Job

One guy has solved the prob-
lem of whether to give up
business when It interferes
with golf. He's a New York
cop^assigned to truant kid pur-
suit. He makes the rounds of
the public golf coursos In the
Bronx looking for caddies who
ought to be at school.

In the regular coiuso of his
'business he.; takes a bag of
clubs along and plays a round
60 he won't miss kids lurking
about the remote areas of tlie
links. '■ ■ . '

F 0 R E

3rd Public Course

Westchester county will put nine
holes of Its third public golf, course
in play late this month.. This is just
north, of Grassy Sprain, on Sprain
road. It Is figured to havp. a dDulili^
18-hole layout in play . tiu-rc next
season. . The county alri'ad.y iias
two iS's in' play, one in Mohiinsic
park, near Peekskill, and the oilier
near Hye,. known as the Maplc-
mobr course, one of the toughest in
the rifietropolitan area.

KAPLAN SHELLACKED
BY DE YOS, BELGIAN

k, 0. Phil's Tough Evening —
Belgian vs. Wall<er Soon

Sound View's Victory

Sound View recently beat "Lake-
ville . in a team match, a victoi-y
that pleased the riaombership. i-ake-
ville was formed of old members of
Sound View and- cut deeply into the
roster.

Both Clubs are near Great Neck,
and a nunaber.of show people belong
to both.

Roxy Turns. Bug . /

S. L. Rothafel has gone golf, and
plenty. Roxy, swinging clubs for just
six weeks, forwards, a claim of 102
at Winged Foot last week.

He gives the credit to Willie Mc-
Farlarie's. lessons.

A Ticket— But Worth It

Mrs. M.. s! Bentham, wife of the
artists' representative, won the
ladies' championship Monday at
Lakeville, on Long Island, turning
in a card of 86.

Hurrying home to tell the Commo-
dore the good news, Mrs. »Bentharii
overlooked the fact that she was
stepping through Central : Park in
her motor at better than 40 miles
an hour. She was reminded by a
summons from a cop.

Board Rules If s a Biz
Expense to Stop Officials

Washington, Oct. 16.
. Board of . tax appeals has ruled It
is a business expense when neces-
sary to pay out money to stop city
authorities from closing up your
business.

This happened to the Louisiana
Jockey Club, Inc., when that racing
association paid the City of New
Orleans $37,8.19.90 to stop the pa.s-.
sage of legislation that would have
closed the track.

The $37,000 represented money
due under a moral obligation to the
city with the legislators adopting
the threatened closing order to force
that moral obligation through.

N. B. C. AND YALE

New Haven, Oct. 16.
A new wrinkle was introduced
in the Yale Bowl last Saturday
during the Georgia, game wh^n the
National Broadcasting Company
publicity man pas.sed out slips to
the newspaper men pve.-scnt telling
how .the. broadcasting was' getting
on and what stations were tuned in.

The feeling towards the Yale cor 7
poration. and N. B. C. is not ..so
good among the New Havon towns-
people. Last week the eorporatioh
announced that' due to the lack .of
apace in the press box WDRC, lo-
cal station, would lie unable to
broadcast the games and advised
the townspeoi)Ie to tilne .in on onf
of the NBC stations since this sys-
tem had been given .the exclusive
broadcasting privilege. Local news-
paper men h:iv; pointed out that
in previous years, even at thf; \nfi
games, there was always room fo)'
a WDUC announcer.

Ocncral impression Is that. Xr.f'
ri-fusf.'d to come into the liowl un-
less it was given the exclusive prlv-

pl'^^'-nnd'^the^eor-por-ati^ru.J.s .'rfrai'^

I to 'uiake this fact public.

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By JACK PULASKI

That super vhoav> woiulit. Larry
Tioyd, .sat with that swoi-t, d'M'artiHl
so'ul, .lack Conway, at a boxing
.show last siunmor. Lari-y favored
one . pug, so. much so that ho
oouliln't SCO the guy getting
smaokod down. ITo : pip(Ml : "<>e<\.
he's doin.g groat Isn't ho?" Con re-
pliod, "Sut'o, bo's . catching a .cood
game." .

. Tliafs about the way It was
with ,K. O. rhil Kaiilan, a good
middleweight who mot .a bettor one
at the Oardon Thursday niprht..
rhil .sure caiiiiht plenty froni Hone
Do ■ Vii.s, Ilolgian;

I'lcui^ has boon 'arnund. for quito
s( nio time, diis!)g fairly Syrll but it
\va,«? only Intoly th.'it h'>- aitrarli'd
alttMition as.il tith conlonib r. Tli.a'
w;lS wh"U '. lu> .tiav'O' sovci ;i V. good
iiio.li.' inolu'lin.!,' C,!i'('.i;s;o (.'ou'tui-v, a
lacing. liaving aoconu>U«hod tiio
same foat with Kaplan; IV- Vos is
now In lino for n match-, with the
champion, Mfokey Walker,

Both mou werif; in good shape.
The fans favored^ Phil's ohanocs but
not after tho boll rang in .the second
round.' ORone caught him with a
chopi)y right and thoo a I'^ft hook
landed on Kaplan's, chin— ;ind he sat'
down. It i.'^.'rhil's favorlto hlow-^
sending, not . rocoivlng: Thou.crh It
was oatrly In the round, Kaplan
arose without a count.

There wore no additional knock-
downs but iDoVos socmod to' have
the hard hitting Kaplan's nunibor.
Phil tried nil the. way to ovon tl4ngs.
but he was against a boxor who can
counter aulckly and did. Phil
earned several roiinds by boring In
and punching to the body. But he
took many a sock on the button,
losing iseveral teeth it .«!eemed and
coming out with a battered right
ear and puffed peepers.

Round House Rights

The soml -final bout was Interest-
ing, having Maxlc Rosomblum
versus Tiger Payne, Australl.an
nogi^o.. Tho black boy was wild, but
swung 'em around Maxio's nock.
The mob wanted to see what would
h.appen If one of those round-
house rights went homo, but they
never did.

Rosertblboni was out in fro'nt most
of the way. He cuffed the Tigor
plenty and when concoritratlng on
the .stomach had the foreigner all
doubled up. It looked as though
Maxle's rights were slaps rather
th,an punches, otherwI.se It is hard
to figure how Payne took 'cm with-
out fallincr do'wn. '

The exhibition put -up by nddio
Ouida against the tough Carl T)uapo
In the first 10-roundor was of high
order. The hoys are lif:ht weights.
TCddie' had tho fans with him and
deserved it. A fast clean hitter, ho
slammed , around the oncoming
Du.ane in every round, winning all
with the possible exception df the
ninth, which might have been even.

Qui da was so fn.st that Carl could
do nothing with him. Loft hoolt,'^
that -would have ordin.arily toi)i)lod
an- opponent rained on Duano's
map. Often Cuida would step In
and. let go with the right. Mo.st
of his blows landed cleanly. His
speed of his countering and In takr
ing. advantage of openings m.T.do it
a nrft'y'~p<^oTmfimM^ — i--- — —

No' fights at the f;;]irden for a
wef>k or two. A . military tourna-
ment current and a rodeo next
week.

Stanley-Fabiah

BILLS NEXT WEEK

(Continued from page 41)

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Wednesday, October 17, 1928

UncoiMion Cktter

By Ruth Morris

liord & Taylor's knock-out col-
lection of pearls. This particular
Jiewel counter has always, boon a
fascination. It. has good looking
strands of mother-of-pearl hasp,
lustrous and with the slight ir-
regularities that ' look convineinp.
These are priced as high as $500,
'With precious stoned cla.sps— the
three-strand variety seeming the
most popular.- Less expensive ones,
of course.

The high-note of the collection
Is the necklace known as "The
Drape.** All your attention, please,
because it takes, a hit of explaining.
It has one single stmnd in front
that nestles at the base of the
throat and is clasped with a crystal
catch at center. At the shoulders
It grows into 10 tihy strands that
cascade down the back in pearls
of graduating: , sizes'. What . could
be more stunning for the wide-open
spaces of- your decollete black vel-
vet?

Chaiiel has an attractive neck-
lac© on display here. It is de-
scribed In a rope of closely woven
seed pearls with incidental, oddly;
shaped beads . of imitation jade.
Would be effective for stdge wear.
. Over at the modernistic counter
there are smart sets of chokers
and earrings. The most attractive
ones are done In lapis, agate .and
carnelian. " Besides the more severe
all-metal bracelets and cihokera
that look so well with sports
clothes.. . ■

a possible wrecker of the disposi-
tion.

Boudoir Caps

.Sailing on a cloud of ultra mod-
ernism after a thorough inspection
of the above, your slightly' fatigued
correspondent stood and blinked
iseveral times in befuddlement at
some archaic articles seen in a case
on the ground , floor.

Were tho.se pr were those not
boudoir caps?

Inquiry immediately developed
that they were just that— not their
sisters nor their brothers nor their
aunts— but honest-to-Queen Mary
boudoir caps.

Furthermore, the slightly annoyed
saleslady vouchsafed that she had
sold no less than 30 that morning..
Modernism upstaira— boudoir caps
downstairs— whatta world!

Altnian's Exhibition .

If on the trail of modernistic
■wares, don't . do anything until
you've given the AHman exhibit a
going over. It's the newer fur-
nishings and accessories.

Practically the entire eighth floor
has beeii given over to the show-
ing. Rooms that will take your
breath ' away with simple, rich
beauty.. And don't believe that this
modernistic furniture isn't comfort^
ablc.^^. .

Not discussing tihe furniture a
description of a music room should,
come in — merely because some day
stage designers are going to realize
what gorgeous theatrical effects wiU
be obtained from the use of the
simplified line and geometric con
trast'' that mark the modern move
ment.

TJiis mui3lc room Is panelled, at
one end in gray -green wood. The
other walls are done in what ap
peared to be a blue and silver cloth
—subdued yet light-catching — with
almost half of o^e wall given over to
an enoririous window of frosted
glass. To the right of this window
two curved steps (carpeted in rich
velour) lead to a circular plat
form— ^to the shape : of which that
end of the room conforms— on
which stands a baby grand piano
In gray -green wood with blue and
silver design. Over the piano, the
electric fixture — largish ball of
mottled blue glass— Is suspended
from the celling by narrow rods of
silver looking like giant lute strings.
A gorgeous screen is featured to
the left of the window, . picturing
a man and woman In silver eve-
ning clothes dancing against a sli-
ver dotted blue background.

"robort rcid macguire" (modern
Ism evidently glorifying the lower
case . letters) Is th^ .^merican de
signer . responslbio for this 'bcltufy
Otiier exhibitors . are "benda/
"bach" and, from among the French
—or should one say, "fronch"? — are
"dominique," "leleu" and "ruhlman.'

Hats

Clever modernistic purses and
dinner hatg aiid evening wraps are
. on display at the Little Shops es-
tablished at one side of the Exhibi
tlOn. . A gold purse is woven In
a dynamic design of silver and gold
and bronzfe threads — with slippers
to match — slippers with the new
four - cornered modernistic . heel
Theft there's a new version of the
cOcktail jacket — a black net shawl
with fitted shoulders tind embroid-
ery of gold and silver threads —
slightly matronly but awfully good
And there's a purse of blue suede
that almost wrecks the Tenth Com
mandment. It's a generous en-
velope size, made in sUede of vel-
vet^^soltn^esa. -a - diagona l Jialfj-^sec
tion of which Is covered with i
shiny silvor plate.

Also, merely as. an index of what
you'll see when you go, don't pass
up the "skyscraper bracelets," the
black and red enamel and silver
dresser sets, and Ihe cigarct cases
with Inlaid egg-.=!li(>Il— -tlian which
there is nothing more doliciilo.
The Allnian Twonliutii Cwitury

. Irene's Secret

Irene Franklin, smart in a black
transparent velvet frock and neat
felt turban swathed with black pail-
lettes, wias cprriplaining the other
night about profanity in current
shows.

"Really," she worried, "there's
not a word left for a girl to get a
good mad up with in a private. 'con-
versation."

She later added that there are,
ag a matter of fact, only two words
left to be dramatized and that she
and Jerry Jarnegah are about to
write a two -act play, devoting an
act to. each.

just like a woman to want the
last word!

Womenfolks

By Molly Gray

Art Cornea to 8th Ave.

Art came to Eighth avenue with
Jack De Sylva's "Vanities" at the
American. Eighth avenue^ art too,
girls posing In gold spangles with
wide scarves of the same held back
of thehi to help out the scenery,
or in white against a green cur-
tain. A parade in velvet, green,
yellow, red and purple, had the girls
holding the fullness of the skirts at
arm's length and their Italian ones
were of small ruffles, long and open
from shoulder to hem on one sjde,
a few strands fllllng the gap on
the bodice. A curtain of black lace
and one of gold fringe used for the
finals were effective;

Rose O'Hara Is f. big, good look--
ing girl with a voice corresponding
to this first; adjective. She wore a
heavily embroidered white shawl for
a bow, over her white bead aiid
bead fringe gown, and even though
it wasn't the same white a3 the
gown it would have looked much
better than the orange crepe and
ostrich wrap worn over It for two
numbers. Her fan was big, too, a
nice shade of pink.

Little .Style at Palace '

Good entertainment but very little
style marks another bill of the so-
called New Era of Vaudeville at the
Palace.

Hyde and.BurrlU came forth In a
pleasing man and girl act, . agree-
able in Impromptu style. It . comes
right down to the audience and
chats— and the audience likes It.T
The pair stroll aimlessly on . the
stage, decide that nothing's prepared
and. seem to cook up the act as they
go along. ' .

SophT? Tucker, held, over frorc
last week, closed intermission— as
Well she might "Soph, old thing,"
resplendent In white satin aind. a
white velvet and fox: evening wrap,
walked right into the favor she has
held for years.

The drop used for the opening is
stunning — wlilte, blue satin, an up-
per festoon of appliquedj flowers and
a lower of long silver fringe. . .

Later the phenomenon of the ages
—the Foy Family — professed "Chips
Off the Old Block." The act has
no style, no finish, no charm and
some bad taste — but' It definlteiy
gof over. The sextette sings to-
gether — and separately In various
groupings.' Charlie does his Imita-
tion, another boy plays tkfe guitar
with stolid deternilnatlon, two
others shoulder the comedy— which
hinges mostly on the questionably
comic values of two pairs of false
teeth — and the sextet reunites for a
flourishing finish.

The lliiUsLons closed the show
In a neat, well-executed series of
feats of strength and balance— the
feminine mefhber demonstrating re
Tnarkable- strength and awful cos
tumes.

Plenty o' . Bag Pipes /
Perhaps the Piftii Avenue show
was planned to carry the idea from
beginning to end. like a well regu-.
lated argument. At any rate the
Three Moi-in Sisters exited on a
niarcb with driim.and bagpipes and
the last act, the Versatile Five, did
the same.

The lights are not kliid to two
of the Threie Morin Sisters nor to
their; opening costunies of rose crepe
and Ostrich, sUppers nri?itching. Their
curtain of white figured sparsely
with small roses was dainty.

Dolly, with Babcock, vamps It all
over ^n stage filling costumes, <^ye
filling, too, except the one of os-
trich plumes in black and once-
white. Her green tulle over silver,
with wide green velvet and silver
scai:f And towering plumes on a sil-
vei- spangled hat had a removable
skirt but the wine colored velvet
she wore first was most becoming.
It had wide sleeves lined with silver
and the wide panel that fell from
the tightly draped short skirt was
silver lined as well.

The three girls with DIxoh Holer
Co., sketclv wear simple frocks, one
of black satin, another of . brown
with circular skirt and a diagonal
band of lighter brown through the
center of it and a third in pale blue
crepe' wth appliques of light silks
in no particular desigm. Hat of
navy velvet rolled oft the face and
wide at the sides was smarter than
the frock.

Four Camerons in hokum and
slapstick are half feminine, the
dancer being a particularly pleas
ing and likeable youngster. . Her
first outfit waA white skirt and
orchid figured white sweater, orchid
halt and triangle scarf and was
really the best looking on her be
cause of the sleeves. Her cerise
velvet robe -de style with narrow
band and deep hem of heavy lace
was sleeveless and so was one of
crepe in shades of violet . with a
touch of green at the waist and both
would have greatly Improved by an
arm covering no matter how sheer.

ILL AND INJURED

Billy B. Va.n Out of "Sunay Days"
(New York) through Illness.

Harry ReinferS, Loew publlcltyi
confined to bed at the Commodore
A. C. with .sinus trouble.

Miles Ingalls, of the Bill Jacobs
agency, operated on for appendicitis
Oct. 11 In Chicago.

Vincent Lopez confined for three
days at the Manhattan Eye and. Ear
hospital, New York, recovering froiii
an operation on his tonsils. .

Elida Webb, colored. In "Show
Boat," New York, recovering from a
broken ankle.

Thelma Temple, recently Injured
in an auto accident in Ne\v Jersey,
has resumed her vaude work with
the Sonny llines act.
_ J/;ip^Ti;outman, soubret with '■'Step
Along" (MiJti^mT5~sUsWin"ea"two'^rn^^
fractures last week when she slip
pod on a piece of gum and fell to
the st.age floor while leading a num-
ber at the Hudson theatre, Union
City, N. Y. The accident happened
Sunday afternoon. In much pain,
Afiss Troutman continued until
We.'ulno.'^day when an X-ray reveal
cd the fractures.

Aso of Curvet

Larry Rich plays host to the
Broadway theatre audience, giving
them a big hand, his own, serving
tea arid "ciketf 'ami^entertainment;
arid making them like it which isn't
hard. If Cherie's voice was as good
as her figure she'd be at the Met
ropolltan, judging her flgiu-e by the
nev curve age.

Chei-ie's first appearance was In
red lined white satin,. . opening in
front to fall into a long, slclrt in
back, elaborate flaring bead collar,
Then there was a violet net frock
of much material, but none in front
of the skirt and. a white taffeta of
tight bodice and skirt of narrow
flounces and a highly ornanYcntal
array of crystal beads with a rose
pattern, strings across the back and
a towering heia.ddress, yet she looked
nicest in a gingham patterned silk
with navy collar and pockets.

"The Dean Twins' most becoming
costume was that with a solidly
bended bodice and skirt of green
taffeta petals overlapping prettilj'
Opening frocks of crepe edged with
-ostrlcliL^aDn.eai::eA. t o be . enti tled to
service stripes.

I'The Man Who Laughs" Is not the
ono who watches the picture but it
lias enough other interests to take
the place of that, particularly Mary
I'lillbin, who is splendid as the blind
' i-l nnd Baclanova as the. unreal
,vamp.

RITZY

Elinor Glyn Is quite right In re-
fusing henceforth to permit her
name to be exploited in connection
with movies having a society back-
iground.. Each summer at Newport
the fashionable folk visit the pic-
ture houseis and laiigh in derision
at the Hollywood conception of the
smart set.

EllhOr, who, ' although born in
Canada, and married to an English-
man, Clayton Glyn, Is referred tb
as ."Madame," lived; iii Hollywood
some time, but now divides her time
between an apartment in New York
and a house in Georgetown, D. C.
She is the mother of Lady Rhys
Williams, and the sister of Lady
Duff-Gordon, who* as Lucille, once
ran a dressmaking establishment in
New York.

Frances, Wholesale

Mme. Frances, Inc., the fashion-
able modiste of West 56th street.
Is adding'' a. wholesale department.
Herbert P.. Field, president of the
concern, was formerly in the adver-
tising business In Chicago, and mar-
ried Helen Paul, a dressmaker, who
now heads the wholesale depart-
ment. The firm was founded by
Frances Leviton, who married Nate
B. Splngold, Chicago ~ press repre-
sentative for William Morris.

The Bennett Family

iCichard Bennett has returned to
Broadway as star of "Jarnegan,"
with his youngest daughter, Joan,
in the cast. Born In. Deacon's Mills,
Ind., .he was brought up in Logans-
port and Kokomo. For a time he
was a tailor. He acted in Chicago
in 1891, and later tjjat.year in New
York, ut NIblo's Garden.; Ife was
divorced . by Adrlenne Morrison,
actress, formerly known as Mabel,
daughter of the late Lewis Morri-
son, actor.

Mrs. Bennett, mother oi[ the three
daughters, then married Eric Pinker,
literary and theatrical agent. Rich-
ard married Almee Ralsch, actress,
virho had divorced Harry C. Haatlngs
of San Francisco. Before that,
Bennett had given a gorgeous en-
gagement ring to Thelma Morgan,
who had divorced James Vail Con-
verse, but later she married Lord
Furhess. Lady Furness, Who had
acted In pictures, is the twin sister
of Mrs. Reginald Vanderbilt.

Constance Bennett, the . eldest
daught.ier, pilayed* leads In pictures.
She divorced Chester Hirst Mooror
head of Chicago and married Philip
M, Plant of New York. Plant had
been engaged to Judith Smith, and
sued by Helen Jesmer, actress.
Philip's father was Selden . Man-
waring. After a divorce, Philip's
mother married Morton F. plant,
who adopted young Manwarlng, and
divided $50,000,000 between them.

The widow then married Col.
William Hiayward of New York,
Hayward's son by a former mar-
riage, Leland Hay ward, once pro-
duced pictures with Philip Plant.
Leland was divorced by Lola Gibbs,
who married Frederick C, Sayles,
Jr. Lelarid's mother, Sarah Ire-
land, after divorcing Col. Hay ward,
was divorced by Sheppard G, Schfer-
merhorn, and married Lindsley
Tappin, who had been divorced.

Barbara Bennett, Richard's sec-
ond daughter, acted with her father
in . "The Dgincers." Pat Somerset

to Bishop James DeWolf Perry, of
Rhode Island.

Clarre Lucefs Return
Althoug'h Mr. and Mrs. Clifford.
Warren Smith only recently re-
.turned from Europe/ she now goe«
back to London to play the fem-
inine lead In "Burlesque." Mrs.
Smith has hitherto been known as'
a dancer,. Claire Luce, appearing
in "The Follies." The adopted
daughter of a family nam^d Powers
of Rochester, she wed Smith liEist
summer, after his divorce from Ar-
dath Crane. He is a millionaire,
and sole heir of his mother, now
married to another millionaire. New-
comb Carlton, president of the
Western Union Telegraph Co.
Smith is a yachtsman and aviator.

.Barton and Reports
Ralph Barton is in New York
a fevir . weeits, aixd then returns to
his hOme in Paris. Known as an
artist, author and husband, he was
divorced by Marie Jennings, Anna
Barton and Carlotta Monteray be-
fore marrying . Germalne Tailletere,
French musical composer. . He has
two daughters by the second of th«
four wlycsi

For several months past the re-
port has persisted that Miss Mon-
teray, the actress, win marry Eu-
gene O'Neill, the playwright, if hla
present wife,, formerly Mrs. Affne*
Boulton Burton, will divorce him.
He was previously divorced by
Kathleen Jenkins, and ha^ children
by both wives.

Making Social Register
"The Crook's Gorivehtion," drama*
tized by Arthur "Somers Roche from
one oif his stories. Is presented by
Lyie D. Andrews at the Belascov
Washington, Oct. 15, and at the
Apollo, Atlantic City, the week
after.

Although not yet in the Social
Register, Roche will probably make
the grade, along with Robert W.
Chambers and Arthur Train. Dur-
ing several winters he and his wlf6
have entertained at their Palm
Beach villa and last summer they
rented a cottage at Newport. Re-
cently they were at the Hotel. Plaza.

was in the. company, Tie having' begir
divorced by Margaret Bannerman,
English actress, and Edith Day,
American actress, finally marrying
Shelby Worrall, actress, who had
divorced Harry Curtis. Pat and
Barbara became friends. She took
polsoii by mistake, and, while in a
Los Angeles hospital, her home was
robbed of cash- and jewels; She
danced first with Maurice, and later
with Charles Sabin, who is expected
to marry Maurice's widow.

Joan Bennett, Richard's youngest
daughter, married and divorced the
wealthy John Martin Fox, of Cali-
fornia.

DeWolf Hopperrs 50th

DeWolf Hopper, to whom a testi-
monial dinner will be tendered at
the Savoy-Plaza Hotel Sunday
evening, Oct. 21, in celebration of
his 50th year on the stage, Is not
only^f amous .^as.-^an^^.a.ctor, 3.Mt_-, Js
of disjblngulshed American lineage
Son of the late John Hoppei' and
Rosalie D6Wolf, he is, through his
mother, descended from the DeWolf
family, socially prominent in Co-
lonial times, the homestead situ-
ated at Bristol; R. I.

Allied with the' Bt-linonts, Tif-
funys and Perrys, Hopper is related

MARRIAGES

Frank Keenan, 70, to Leah May,
39, in Denver Oct. 11. It Is Keenan*b
third marriage. Bride is his leading
woman in vaudeville.

-Ruby Kendrick, actress, to N. O.
Sweet, assistant director of Educa-
tional,. Glendale, Cal., Oct. 6.

Phillip Fisher, musical director, tb
Audrey Zeman, attorney, in Los An'-
geles, Oct. 9. .

Jesslsa Reed, former Zlegfeld,
took on her fourth hubby last week.
He's. Leonard Reno, son of H. Ch
Reno, the publisher, and recently-
divorced.

Jack D. Trop of World Wide Pic-
tures and Sylvia Warshaw, non-pro,
will be wed Nov. 17 in New York.
. Kitty Allen, last with "Sunshine
Girls," south, to Henry Renken,
non- professional, Sept. 22 at North
Bergen, N. J.

John Cromwell to Kay Johnson,
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. L.
Bssler in Stoney Creek, Conn., Oct
13. Left this week for California. .

Lucille Hill to Ed-ward Gray »f
"Happy Days" at Mayan, Los An-
geles, Oct 7, in Los Angeles.
;^.MaTie ^ Yurjeva^^^ Vechslay,
dancers In the Chicago Opera, ma?-'
ried Oct 9, in Chicago.

Velma Connor (Connor Sisters),
to Rudolph Eckhart Coles, U of
Chicago student at Chicago, Oct.
12.

Floyd Horton, U -western player,
to Blatnche Hudson, non-pro, Oct 14
In ■ Los AngeleSi^"*

Ralph Wark, radio entertainer
and announcer at Cinderella Roof ■
ballroom, Los Angeles, to Viola
Faye Norman, Oct 14 in that city.

BIRTHS

Mr. and Mrs. Louis Lotlto itt
their home in New York, Oct 16,
son. Second child. The father Is
in the box office of . the Globa
Mother was professionally kno-wn
as Adeline Valeric.

--—Houses Opening— ^

Farragut, Brooklyn, N. Y, re-
opened with pictures Oct. 15.

Rltz, Bronx, N. Y., owned by
Maurice Shane, opened Oct. 11 with
pictures.

Keith's new house in Rochester,
N. Y., opens in the middle of No-
vember or thereabouts.

Wednesday, October 17, 1928

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Agents, Actors and Equity

In auch a controversy as has arisen iDetween agents, actors and Eayity
through Equity's attempt to muzzle the legit agency business, there a.ro
three distinct arguments. Each side thinks differently fro'nni the other
two, for here apparently Equity has giv6n but sparse thought to the
Interests of all of the actors it represents. '

Inside Stuff-Legit

With \\\^ pnuluct ioii ("f "Tln' (;i-.>y Fnx" ,nt tho r'..>vhnr.-;c. wi^'vk hy
llr.'uly. Jr.. ami ^Vit^•.,lll, cnn I'.x I'l-c nu'i'i' iiu^(Vv!>'l i>i" I'rui'i >.^i:r t.M »>rp:o
ricroo r.,iki'r's school at V.ilc to liroailway. Tho \\\,\\ was written l>y
liOniist Kslcr and tried out l.'ist your :U tho Yal<^ si'linol uivdiT IhQ
title of "MaohinvoHi," t'lio pioio Ix.'infr voiirrrncd with that to(f,;.l\ ^uy.

15 YEARS AGO

(Prom Tariety and "CUvper*')

X p>ct\ir6 scenario, (one r^el) /was
ijegarded aa worth about $25.. E.ven
with that, it wais charged, some of
<lie big companies stole ideas sub
mitted by outsiders. This, was ef
. feet of testimony of John Dacey
who sued a producer charging that
Ideas embodied in script he sub-
.mltted and which was rejected
were subsequently used.

Script departments were badly
managed and many complaints of
this kind were made by authors.
It was proposed to create a script
clearing house. Some scripts were
oold for $5 or $10.

Caruso scoffed at. story he had
composed an opera with book by
Elbert Hubbard;

A typical. Instance oT the posi-
tion occupied in New York vaude-
ville by Hammerstcin's Victoria
came up when Fatima, a foreign
"cooch" dancer headlined at a salr
ary of between $300 and $400, oUt-.
drew Nazimova, the falac© head-
liner at a salary, of $2,500; The
freak acts Willie Hamimerstein dug
Tap were the talk of the show busi
■Bess.

A .superficial finding on the contemplated throttle upon legit apetits
or casters, as issued by Equity, is that Equity seeks to correct the abuses
in the agency business for the actor in particular. The threat there by
Equity is that If U does hot succeed. It will open 'its own casting or
booking agency for Its members, of the legit stage. .

Altlioiiph little is hoiiifr said n.lunit it, "fJiuls of tho 'lii^ilitnint;,'' hy
■ Maxwell Anderson ' .'nul. Iliir'cild Hiv-kiTson and whi<.;h oL" Vis noxt \y(.H'k.
at the I.iittlo. Is t)u' .Sat'oo-Vanzclti jiiooo \yhii h Anilorsmi wroto some
time. ago. Itjiiuilton .AIoFaildon is iirodiioiiiK it in a^siKMativn AVith'
Kollo.a.iT (lary.

Agents affected point to the rules and- regulatio'ns for agents pre-
scribed by. Equity in its proposed license to them.

Actors,, satisfied with their agents, but members of Equity inquire
why the organization is Interfering in their business relations and
engagement contracts.

Equity secured its organization power to promulgate the agency ruling,
from a meeting for member.s, recently held in Kew York. It is charged
tha.t Equity members, working And most vitally affected by the ruling, did
not or could not attend that meeting; that the large majority of the at-
tendance voting to pass the re.solutio'n wore of the lay-off or currently
idle actor.

The pulpit of the nation was ait
tacking dirt on the stage. Target
c>f this attack was "Damaged Goods*'
In which Richard Bennett was ap
. peariDg on the road.

50 YEARS AGO

(From "Clipper")

With the close of the baseball
season the old controversy was re-
newed as between those who wanted
a soft ball to give the game interest
In keen fielding, or a. hard, lively
.ball to increase hitting and base
running. (Cphtrpversy was similar
to the present debate In golf, as
between a high -power, long flying
hall and a lighter and larger sphere:
of shorter range.)

The U. S. Government printing
office performed the feat of printing
a 1,400-page volume in three dalys
Manuscript of the hew edition
Revised Statutes . of the U. S. was
given to the printer Wednesday
morning and , a bound copy was
presented to each of the Senate
Committee on Revising the Sta,tutes
on Saturday evenirig. In those da-ys
of hand-sot type tBe feat topped
anything on i-ecord.

Deaths in Now Orleans and Mem-
phis, from yellow fever soared
to 5,000. New York had a scan;
when a young man who had fled
the plague in Memphis died in
city hotel.

Famous circus law suit started
when Gfeorge DeHaven, George
:iiaigh^ana" R7"Er-J.- 'Miles
an action against P. T. Barnum for
$300,000 damages. Suit set up that
the three plaintiffs had taken, ou
a circus and in billing fights with
the Barnum show their posters had
been covered up by BarnUm paper,
resulting in their • ruin and . th
forced sale ; of their property at a
less.

LITERATI

(Continued frorn page 23)

assi.stance of Hughic FuUerton writ
ten his life .story for the McNaiighi
Syndicate. The yarn is offered to
newspapers in .33- rhapters and will
he puhlislied in hook form whcr.
serial rights have expired.

The sudden withdrawal of Kay Johnson from "J.ittlo. Ai-cidcnt" came
about throuirh h(>r impending niari-ia^io. to John I'riJm.woll oarly tliis week
iri. .Connecticut. .Crom\v('!l is otit of "(Gentlemen of the Vro.^s." .The
cpuplo' fire going tii tlie coast. . ~ : . ■ •. .

Mi,s.<;. Johnson gave notice to Crosby Gaiire when tho show oiionod in
rrovidorire. iMiss Johnson AVould have opened in "Acrid'Mit'' at the
Moi'osco last wci'k, prohalvly reooiving the benefit of the notices, only to
■withdraw last\Paturday. Tlie niana.a:('r, however, soetired Katherine
Alexander, wl'io wmt into tho sl\ow with less than a weoli's rehearsals.
Under the ; i.'ii'i'iiinstajices Miss Al(>xander ean\(> throuiih witli a fine
porforni.'ihee.

Equity set a time limit until Oct. 9 for New York legit agents to agree
to the licensing permit, or else. Some agents rushed to sign; . Others
rushed to' lawyers. With an injunction application hearing now pend-
ing, asking that. Equity be restrained from interfering, with the bu,slness
or livelihood 6£ the casters joining in the application.

Oscar TOa^els lias no s'Viiawk ahoiit liis Juh 'of dinectint: I'Anlinal Crack-
ens,'.' Imt the Marx Ih-otliers have niado it Interesting Tor him. At, one
rehearsal hi^ asked the hoys to i-ritrani-e ami .pnivced to U«ft staire front.
Instead thi-y .saiinti;red to the oin'osite side. If-airels huv^rhed and' gave
it up. saying tiiey kno'w Viesl how to come on. and wheri-' to ;;o.
rienty of kidding with the Mnrx biinoh. It's just natural. •

The main points at Issue as Equity sees It are that agents charge
actors 10 per cent commission upon their weekly salary for securing
ah engagement, and that some of them, of that 10 per cent, return .iprie-
half of their commis.sio'n, more or less, to the producers i^-^l'^i"?^ ''•'^^ i vair-ihond Kinir ''
engagements. This is kiiown as a kick-back, not uncommon in the |; ^ fa-
agency, and many other lines of business, where commissions or jpre
miums are charged.

Jane Carroll, flashing songiiird . reeriiiled \from liroadway muslejil
comedy by the Metropolitan, . he;ii.ns her operat.le career Xoyeniher 9.
She is in support of Jeritz.a witli 1 lie opera "Po ^\'alklu•^c^"

Miss. Carroll was chosen ' from aniong-16 mezzo-sopranos, Invited to
contend by Bodansky. . '

"The most notahie legit .success .scored hy Miss Carroll \vas in "The

All actors grow tired of paying cohimissipn; Not only In the legit, but
in any show, division. They wiU jagree to pay (almost anything before
securing the: contract, but tire shortly after the salary starts, notwith-
standing the amount of time or wo'rk their agent expended to procure the |
engagement. Known actors in demand, easily safeguard themselves
against the agent, making any kind of a contract they .are smart eno^ugh
to put over, through the agent jnainly .wl.shing them for their , name and
his prestige.

The smaller actors of the leglt, struggling amidst a flood of idle actors.

Inside Stuif-Pictures

(Continued from page 13)

order banning the mother fro'in the set and the fireworks began.

.As' soon as he heard of it, the hoy stormed Into the oflU e and informed
til e studio heads that unle.ss hia mother was permitted on the set he
was through and; showed he meant it by refusing to go on the set, Using
J , +• ^ 1 up considerably more time than he and his mother could have wasted
many of whom became actors because Equity accepted Initiation and a week. Avhlle the officials neariy had heart failure In their.,. agony
dues from them, are wildly anxious to wo'rk. Ten per cent, of their'

.salary , may sound large mathematicaliy, but the weekly amount looks
small- to the agent who attended to the transaction. Some actors who]
have believed from time tp time, and not so very many, that they made
an unfortunate o'r inequitable agreement with an agent, have gone into
court tq. break It. Settlements between the parties , out of eourt u.sually
follow these suits.

over the lost minutes. .

They finally quit cold on their stand and sent the mother an invitation
to come at once.. When she arrived, they were so courteous it was
almost ludicrous, one even providing her with an upholstered chair
behind the camera lines. The son looked on, grinning, and then went
back to work.

Equity evidently has failed diRting«ish between the old school caster
always under suspicion of something, such as Chamberlain Brown, and
the newer, more energetic agent who of late has about completely covered
the legit agency field. The nbwer agent gives real service, In the way of
more salary, protection and attention for the actot he places. His isn't ah
agency of hangers-on waiting for a call tor types, at from $30 to $75 a
week; or to starve. to d^ath In some .stick sto'ck company. And the actor
here so represented is quite well pleased, for he works ihore and at better
pay than formerly.

. Since the Introduction of a sound policy at the Strand, New York,
what remains of the big pit orchestra only plays 16 minutes a day*
At two o'clock the orchestra play.s for four minutes. Th<>y are heard
again 3:24-28; at '7:24-28, and at 9:29-9.33.

The- 18 musicians receive the .same salary as formerly.

Equity's danger always; has. been Internal. Wlien the mainspring of
an actors' society says it will become its own booking office for its. own
members, there is a suggestioh that whoever is doing the thinking for the
organization has not seen very far ahead. If there is one thing most
dangerous to the welfare and future of Equity, It would be its own book-
ing agency. There would follow charges of favoritism, crossing, inattcn
tion and what no't by the member.s ignored for this or that engagement.
All bf'ing Equity members, there would not be sufficient Equity execu-
tives to explain those charges away.

Recent storm In Porto Rico raised havoc among the 100 theatres
listed, all suffering to sirime dogr<'e, reports the American trade com-
missioner. Preliminary report disclo.scs 25 houses completely wrecked.
They, will have to be rebuilt from, the foundation. Of the remaining; .75
over half were unroofed. The balance came through fairly well and
were able to continue.

While the agents assert the domand.s of Equity in its 'llccn.se pro-
visions are ridiculous, unfair, unre.tsonable, unjust, Inequitable and
illegal. ■ That is why there are lawyer.s and agents in court.

The Equity license to operate as an agent, says the agents, gives Equity
the power to regulate the agent's bu.siness; to foVce.him out of business
without trial, notice or right of defense; to fix the price he shall charge
for his services with the actor, thereby Interfering with his right to
conduct his business and earn his livelihood. These matters .nre In the
printed licensing rules, claim the agents, and now a matter of court
record through their injunction application.

■ Ageh"ts'clTar^ge"that"^Equltyr^^ even If a union body affili-

ated with the . American Federation of I;abor, has placed, itself above the
U. S. Supreme Court.. The high court adjudged that' no state has the
power to' set a commission maximum or minimum for an employment
agency. That decision was handed down within the .past six months.
Yet on top of. It, say the agents. Equity Is .doing the very thing that
the .U. S. Supreme Court forbid.<3 anv. state legislature to do.

Thgsly calculating and hearing'K'niity's threat to open its own hpoking
office, and with the license clause that 7->iuity .may suspend .any licensed
agent without trial o'r reason,' as far as the a.:,'ent is concerned, the agerit
thinks the entire .affair is a plan hy Iviuily to put the legit agents out
of business, to step into their i)lai-es with a central clearing house TO^iuily
a.tren.ey for (he legit .show, business--.

. Jack Di'iiip.scy reeently turned
down a handsome ciffer to IcikI his
^.^iktne^JjT^.JAe^^ghos^^^ of _a

novel. ■ It w;is a h<^in;T "f''nihT{rTfUr
he wovildn^t fall for the long •eouni
thereof. Oene Tunney h;id similarly
fcorned the idea.

Against that, the agents cohtinii<'>, they would l.ec-ome bookers for the
producers, work for thV' produeers in>-tead of tlic aetors, ,and with .their
knowledge of agi-ney methods, tlif-ir worlc as hot/kers would he as detri-
mental to the actors as their infen-st as agent.s: has l.eeh h'-nefieial to
them. WhiHi is t)ie a.uent's th'-".'it <<■> cut Kal.-u-ies or di.-^continne favoring'-
certain aetors who' would then h<- svillioiit the protr-r-iion of. an experi'
eneed Vipokinir r,eiii*<-.''ent;it)ve.

Henry LaCo.s.silt will edit Ro-
mance, the monthly fietion m.aga-
zin'e, to bo revived .shortly by tiie
Rutterick company. The publication
has been extinct about nine years.

About the only jioint disr-. ri.iidc- in the E-jiiii y , lieeii>-;n.u' nn-venif tiI
fliat cf.iild be e.instnied by th.- af-nts a.«-- a t all ■ in . 1 i;'-lr ^n\tiT is that

-■^^^7\^V\ky=r^.■^^.Try^rr,r'm^u.r=^=.\\^^^^^^^^ hi s C'lm I) . i •

sion shall be plj'ieed u^-n trial. s:;l.j'.rt to .susj,'-n'-ion ' or

, Carol 7.iombard drew .salary at I'athe stu.dlos fo"r five woek.s on ,a
contract basi.s without" lu-r contract having been slgn.fd, sjiending the
time making a few talking tests and redecorating Vilma J-ianky'a old
dressing room, assigned to her.

Mis.s Ivombard's contract was supposed to h,ave -gone into cfreet .Sept. 1.
Siie went to work with nothing nvuch to do and dr(-w Ixw salary accfird-
ing to .schedule. The contract was not actually sighed until Oct. 8. She
is still 'waiting for something to do.

Suffering most from the heavy cutting in "Wedding March" Is said to
be ZaSu Pitts. Comedienno, playing a straight role, she is reported to
have done .some exceptional emotional work in the second half of the
picture Which remains unscreened but which may reach the public aa
"The Honeymooner.s." It may or may not be billed as a sequel.

Full version has von fltroheim as a pretty regular guy, although as
cut he'.s doing his familiar "dirty dog" with a title weakly trying to
square him. 'There have been two or three program length versions of
"Wedding M.arch'* .shown to P.aramourit officials with, the first o'nc ntlll
claimoOo:.M-lllc J^i:?lt-^ three is now at the .Hlvoli i.sn't
known; ' • -^-^^.^

When F. .W. Murnau was on location In Pendleton, Ore;,, for "Our
Daily liread" for. Fox, • he bought ah entire, wheat ciop from a north-
western rancher for a price said to have been worth $30,000.

Finding 40 fruit tree.s. in the field, so the story goes,- the director had
thein \\i)r(i(>\i>ii, as they int<'rfered with sweep of the wheatli'-ld required
i>y ' the Kcripti . ■ '

"(;ifl ."^h.v," the film which will, he . Arthur I^.ake's first . featu re lenijth
picture to be "hi.'ide by I'rii vei-sal, .will he .a remake of tin; story in which
(.'harlfs Hay ajipeared for Thos, Ince s<mie .ycar.s ago'. \' bought the.
story from tho Ince estate .through l-klna Schley's play brokerajie office,
in J.os Angeles, which is handling the ,«tories owned by Ince. U l.s said
to bo neL'otiating for. t wo or thr'-e other ol<l li.'iy'. vehicles as future
stories for J.,rike; .

lo thim. Allli(.ii--'h all aeloi-s do. not pay 10 per cent, all agents hav«
thiiiis-;in(l>- of do!l;irs on th.eir books in unriald coii)ml.<<»l'mH,

Looks a -, th- iit-'h K<iuily ha.s' si f-pp''l into .•■•ometlilng with' this licensed
apei,f-y pi f,;,ip;-:i ion. it <-an neiilK-r pltn.-c its .'lati.'^lied menihen-. U'lr the
aj"-iii!-. wliiJe io the [Mil. lie and trade its jiri. .■••■nl po.^tion and llie inrottle

eTTrTorio^fT.""^'''''''^^" r

Agents fail to see in that .any guan.ritee of securinc: def-rred pjiyment j

of commis}-;on. n"r do thf-y view H.e

v;i::-ie statf rhent; a.s to eoniplair.t. i There, isn't « noii.L'li I' ft of the !< rit •'•••■■g' to niake.it wra-tli while for
trial and punishment as weiphtv f-no!i;.'iv to pl.if'f- much faith In tl.a; p:..- any oi.i or hody Ki v.ant to ) 11. e wle.ie works, And the fact will
ppsod method of make it desirable siim.'l-ntly to surrender all of the);- alway.- ,.-i„:ijn th.J. whi.'e th- humh.-r of le^-it actoi.s holding fvniity cer-
rither rights for that o, fish thrown to them. tih-a-r- as playen may have doubled since lOquity a.s.sumed c.-ntrol In

-'that fi'-l.d. tlii let'it i;r(.tl>iciiig bii.'-ine.-s ha.s not exjianded ;, Jt ha.s conw

ti.'-.c;.-ri ..i.'d coii'-id' ']").< i' ■ may bo cau.'-e.s and reasonably there are,

re ;il<-(i the fat Is

On the 5-10 ocinmlssion percent;. ; gents have faih-d to retm-t that
the 10 -per cent may only help to repay the many comnjlssion.s never T.aid ou; ti.« w

48

VARIETY

LEGITIMATE

Wednesday, October 17, 1928

MGRS. REJECT REQUEST
TO RECOGNIZE UNION

• A committee .of the OrRanizcd
Legitimate Theatrical Manapors'
Association last week rejectr-cl the
roqhest of the unionized Associa-
tion of Theatrical Agents and Man-
agers to extend to them a. standard
form of contract which would carry
with it recognition of the union.

The managers set forth their pre-
vious position, that of not' recogniz-
ing either the union nor the The-
a^trical Press Agents' Association.
They repeattid that concessions in
wbrltlng conditions had heen made
. but agents and managers would
engaged as individuals, hot as. mem-
bers of an organization.

A letter setting forth the man-
agerial position sent to the union
of agents and managers, signed by
'Sam h; Harris as president of the
O. Jj. *. M. A., appears to have
stirred up a hornet's nest in the
A. T. A. M. The latter in a reply-
ing letter sent to each producer
asked for a statement of how each
stood before the matter was placed
before the American Federtttiort of
Labor and before "we outline our
plans for future action."

The managers' letter said that
'Whereas . it Is the belief of the
O. Li "r. M. A. that company man-
agers and agents are the personal
representatives of the producer, en-
trusted with his money and prop^
erty, occupying a highly confidential
position' and whereas it is the be-
lief that persons occupying such
executive positions should give com-
plete allegiance to their employers
and be accountable to no outside
affiliation, be it resolved' that the
;o. L^ T. M. A. will enter into no
agreement with any association of
theatrical agents and managers."

Although the resolution takes in
both the T. P. R. and the; union
group, the A. T. A. M. regarded the
• resolution as an affront, refuting
the Implication that because of their
affiliation with the A. F. of L. they
could no longer be trusted with
. the handling of managers' money
ahd property.

The T. P. R. iappears to have been
somewhat harried over the situa-
tion untir the managers' letter was
framed. They protested at the man-
agers* meeting . through Attorney
Frederick E. Goldsmith.

"Ladder"— Going?

3SH0WS00T

The week's closings number three.
As usual there are other attractions
which may join the exit group by
Saturday.

"Adventure" was taken off at the
Republic Monday, playing three
weeks to hopeless business.

It looks lik(^ a oinch that it
won't be long now for "The
Ladder" to pass into the realm
of forgotten plays. K(l,i?ar B.
]>avis had until , last Saturday
to e.xercise an option for an-
other six months' rental of the
Cort. He let • it pass. That
means his little hobby, which
hna burned up a million and a
half, will fall apart on Nov, 10.
just another throe, weeks.

Of course, it might happen
tliat Davis will cable from the
other side of the world that
he wants to continue the near-
ly grossle.ss show.

ADVENTUrtE

Opened Sept. 25. Not a
major assignment. Variety
(Ibee) said: "No chance of at-
traction beinfl profitable."

NELL KELLY

Now featured with ''Up3-a-i)alsy.''
The New York "Mirror" , said: "Nell
Kelly stopped the show cold. Abso
lutely cold. And the entire Shubert
Theatre audience shouted, wliisitled
and roared a welcome- to the new-
comer whose rhagnificent dancing
pace will soon bring her to the
attention of all Broadway."

Direction

RALPH G. FARNUM

1560 BROADWAY

"The Royal Family," presented by
Jed Harris, departs from .the Selwyn
after an excellent run of 43 weeks.
Its recent . trade was such that con
tlnuance into the winter would have
been certain had not the show been
booked out. It led Broadway'^ non
musicals for months last season, the
.stand-out comedy, grossing ^s high
as $24,000 weekly.

THE ROYAL FAMILY
Opened Dec. 28. Raves.
"Written to order for this
town," declared Mantel (News)
while Gabriel (Sun) voted
"princely parody, rare enjoy-
ment."

Variety (Ibee) wrote:
"Among bliie blooded shows of
the season."

CHECKING ON PRQF. BAKER

2 Graduates' Shows Reath B'way—
5 Are Co. Managers

First Night Wires

First night wires from one actor to another, if on the level, or in
the "Strange Interlude" manner:

Best wishes for a short run and a big personal flop.

Saw it in Phillle stop Nothing can save you but Lindbergh and
try hard to get him. ^

So glad to hear yoM've copped my last year's routine dear atop
If you can ever learn to lift that left leg you'll be all right.

Well, you finally mado It, but who: can figure, a manager.

Don't be scared, darling; remember the notleea I got last year,

Hoping to see you at the Fifth Avenue next week.

They tell me your voice has improved and you're really getting
six stop Yo-u ought to be: In church every morning for the rest of
your life.

If you're funny I can make Coblldge laugh.

I Wish to thank the company f6r the way they've kicked my dough
around stop We lost 20,000 In Boston and 12.000 In Newark getting
the comics downstage and the numbers spotted to please you stot)
You . put on the show and I'll act— your, loving producer.

Flashed the rehearsal last night stop are ypu brutal stoP^C^n
hardly wait to see the morning papers know Im going to enjoy:
these S-eyleWs. .

Am at the 86th street drop in and find out how to do a drunk. .

My whole family sincerely trusts you lay an egg.

Caught you out of town stop Tou haven't got enough to do. or
sorncthing.

1

Tyler Names Cast

George C Tyler has completed
casting for his all-star revival of
"Beaux Strategem."

James Powers, Raymond Hitch-
cock, and Wilfred Seagram, who ap-
.pearcd in the Players' Club produc-
tion at the Hampden theatre last
May, will be included plu-s Frances
Starr, Fritzl Scheff, Wallace Ed-
dinger, Brandon Tynan, Mary Shaw
and Eleanor Patterson, the Chicago
society girl.

"Beaux Strategem," the seventh of
the annual I'laycrs' Club revivals,
is the first to bo. presented outside
New York. Rehearsals start Oct. 29

CAST CHANGES

Mary Murray has replaced Geor
getto Cohan in "Olrl Trouble"; it
ha.<? been trying Diit nearby and
opeiis Jit Dclmont noxt week.

TluV Cripples "News"

S.an Frnnol.sco, Oct. IC.
An epidemic of "Ou" hit the coast
"Good News" cast, at the Curr.an
sending Eddie Nelson, comic, to the
hospital, and laying up numerous
'others.-. ■ ' ■ .

One night during the wo<*k s(!ven
of the chorua hoys and girls were
off the bill. N.cl.snn reoO'ntly lost
; his brother liore with "flii." .and a
short time before that his mother
passed on.

•Eva the . Fifth," presented by
.Tohn Golden at the Little, wiirbe
taken off Saturday . after playing
eight weeks.: Business was, light,
averaging under $5,000.

Snuth for Smith

Hartford, Conn., Oct. 16.
Winchell Smith is stumping Con-
necticut for Al Smith.

Tonight (Tuesday) he delivered
speeches at two Smith rallies in
widely separated towns, Marl-
borough and Glastonbury.

Greta Nissen as Queen

Mike Mindlln's legit symonthy en-
titled "The Queen of Sheba," star-
ring Greta Nlsscn, of films. Is due
to open in New York Oct. 23, via
Erlanger office.

"Queen of Slioba" is said to be
a hot ve.r.sion of Ivlng Solomon's
love affair with a high pressure
tctn - ivory 'sa][esman.^__ .

DIVORCmGlNPAllIS

Salt Lake City, Oct. 16.
The divorce courts of l*aris are
hearing Salt Lake actors, seeking
separation. Nana Bryant and her
husband, F, Clifiord Thompson, two
former stock player.s of tlilg city,
are there, with Miss Bryant the
defendant.
=^^=l^lrcy^w ere^ m arr ibd - i n- -K*'d-w oo d>
City, Cal., June 15,. 191 5. Bolh had
been previously married.

French, Golden*s G. M.

Dixie I'Vojich is now. general man-
ager of John GoUlcn's enterprises,
.lie succeeded Eddie Cooke, who has
virtually* retired, although report-
ing at the dolden ofilce until his
affairs are wound up.

I'Yencli hus been managing tlie
Little theatre. Prior to that he man-
aged and booked Wallack's and
other hou.sca.

If i.s understood Cooke will dur
vote some of iii.s time to the affairs
of the Theatrical Pre.ss Representa-
tives Association, partly filling the
void loft by the recent death of
Di.xie nines.

. New Haven, Oct.
A report, oft the progress of the
Yale drama school, under Professor
Charles Pierce Baker, shows that
two of the graduates have written
plays scheduled for immediate New
York production, five have been ap-
pointed to managerial positions in
Kew York city, several are in charge
of the dramatic departments at col-
leges throughout the country, four
are paid directors of little theatre
leagues and five are writing scen-
arios in Hollywood. The. drama
school was . established four years
ago by a gift of several million dol-
lars from El, S. HarknesS of New
York.

"Grey Fox," opening Wednesday
night in New York, was written by
Lemist Eisler, a graduate of ^be
£"•1x001, and prodiaced last year at the
University theatre as "Miachlayelli."
Another play. "Finished," by Miss
Kathel'ine Clugston. is being re-
hearsed by Arthur Hopkins. This
play was also produced . at the uni-
ver.sity theatre laist year.

Members of the school how . act
ing as stage managei-s Include Her-
bert Biberman, with the Guild's
Faust"; Daniel Coxe, for Jane
Cowl's road tour; Matthew Crow
ley. .with "Front Page"; George
Haight, with "The Command Per
formance,'' and Henry C. Potter
assistant stage manager for the
touring Guild troupe.

Those writing scenarios in Holly
wood are Richard Driggs, Jr., Wil
Ham N. Robson, 2nd., Leo Pride,
Audrey Clark and Thomas Ahearn
Among those directing little, theatre
leagues are Raymond Savich, Nash
villc, Tenn.; George Quimby, Sa-
vannah, Ga.; Gretchen Steiner, at
Nia,-ara. N. Y.. a.nd Maurice Gnei-
son, Duluth, Minn. In charge . of
dramatics at various colleges are
1 Warren Bentlcy, Dartrnouth; Harold
IlIelvensLon,' Jjeland Stanford; .yirr.
..,jnia Tryon, Mariott.'i, and Mrs.
Sara Sherman Pryor, Grlnnell;

E. B. Kirk, working on a fellow-
sliip the.last two years, has invented
a prc-sct dimmer no<v being mark-
eted. Thi.s. dimmer makes it pos-
sible to. arr.anjfTC. stoge lighting, at
any time beforehand and to be .sure
of .perfect' duplication at U^e re-
hearsal or performance.

'Trostihiloin'V Going On

Despite previo'us sloughing oh its
opening performance at Grantwood
N. J., several weeks ago, "Prosti
tution" is being set for a New York
showing- by George Hctherlngton.
behind the stock tryout.

. Hetherington pkiced the show In
rehearsal despite District Attorney
Banton's stand on Mae West's
Pleasure Man," claiming there was
nothing in the theme to brook police
interference, alleging it Is no more
risque than "The Easiest Way,"
produced some: years back by David
BelascQ and still played in stock
without police . interference.

Prostitution" Is by ah anony
mous author, with Hetherington
suspectedv Those who glimpsed the
single performance in New Jersey
claim it deals with a reform so-
ciety's campaign to' reclaim fallen
women, but more daring in treat-
ment than "The Night Before,"
which the cops sloughed in Brook
lyn a m9nth ago. Cast and others
concerned are awaiting trial.

ENGAGEMENTS

WAGENALS-KEMPER A^^AIN?

Wagcnai.s and Kejnpor hiay come
back a.s a producIi\g combine. The
firm has been inactive .since "The
Bat" and "Spanish Love." Report-
ed that the men conlcmplate a pro-
duction for around the holiday.*?.

Blumenthal's Opera

]Mnu\ Johanna Gad.ski, now about
QO.^.after . ;vn_abs,ence.^ fj:o.DVjhe QP*^.^"

atic stage for the last decade, marks
her comeback with the German
.arand opera, which George Hhimen-
thal is bringin.g ov<m- in .lanuary for
a 16-week American tour.
- Blumenthal is hrimnng over 20
principals, with the choral recruits
to be a.s'S(>ml)lcd in Anii-rioa. lOd
ward Morike, conductor of the Dres
den Philluinnonic; will wield the
baton, being specially imported.

COLORED REVUE MOVES UP

"Triangle Blues," colored revue,
folded a!t the Triangle, Groemvich
Village. Saturday, to make way for
"Hare Facts," which opens at the
cellercttc pl.ayhouse this Saturday,
Colored show will be elaborated
for the uptovvn showing in two
weeks. It played 12 weeks at the
downtown stand.

Bobbie Perkins, "Animal Crack-

^^Wallis Clark, with "These Few
Ashes." „ „

Maurice Hunter with "Deep ilnr-

Ifrn;'' - , ^ ^

Eric Dressier, Kathleen Lowty,
Rnth Eaaton, Gordon McPvae, Eddie
Garvic, Kenneth Dana, Halllan Bos-
worth, Caroline Morrison, Walter
Speakman, Maybelle Reading, "Ex
ceeding Small." .
Thurston Hall. "The Common Sm;
Thomas A. Linker, understudy to
Russell Grouse, "Gentlemen of the

Press." .
Francetta Malloy,."Rambow.'

Crarirde:tte7^C5lbert,-=^^

'^Nathan Goldberg, "The Wild Man."

Roger Wolfe Kahn's Sercnaders,
"Rio Rita" (road).

Alan Dinehart, "Girl Trouble
Don Marnuis. "Uhique Evening.'
William Boyd, "The Lady Lies,'
Robert Gleckler, ?'Gpntl(5men of the
Press."

True Boardman, "Gang. War.
Ellis Baker, Ralph J. Locke,
"These Few Ashes."

Victor Ardon, Phil Ohman, Mary
Hay, Walter Catlett, Clifton Nebb,
P.aiil Frawley, John Dunsmuir,
Gertrude McDonald, Ferris • Hart-
man, "Treasure. Girl."

Olin Howland, Outie Doris Mc-
Mahoh, Sam Merlon, "Polly": Eddie
Cantor, Helen Morgan, Olsen's band,
"Midnight Frolic" (roof).

I Temporary Stock Houses
Subject to Wiring

The sound.: bugabbo whlcli lias
hit most of the independent vaude
stands has blown up a harvest wind
for stocks, giving that dlvlsloji'.
practically 50 new stands this sea-
son, which brings the average now
operating to nearly 200.
. Most of the recently converted
stock stands are being operated on
a month's notice giving the house
owners privilege of dispossessing
the stocks should they arrive at a
decision to wire for sound pictures.
Some of the houses have lot the
stocks in on percentage, figuring
any kind Of a break will assist to-
wards paying for the wiring when
the house goes pictures again;

The Increased number of stocks
this season and last has been a boon
to the long list of unemployed act-
ors. With each stock averaging
about 10 steady players the present
operating list is futnishing employ-
ment for 2,000 or more actors.

Of the listed group musical stocks
are in a minority as compared t»
last season's average. The musi-
cals are being sidetracked because
of the heavy expense nut required
for such a hook-up which generally
calls for companies of 25. includ-
ing choristers and larger orchestras
than the non-musical stocks requiret

STONE REFUSES OFFER

New London, Conn., Oct. 16.
Fred Stone, injured when his air-
plane crashed :near here in August,
Is expected to leave the hospital
within the next three weeks.

Doctors told Stone he could go
home now, but the veter.an come-
dian refused to leave, saying he
would .da so, when he cou ld walk
out.

.™IAMBSL.BAR»IS=BACK..=_
Lambs has Its bar back. The
boards are. down after a six nuintlis'
self imposed padlock.

Re.'^toration aiUl. demoU.shing. of
the lu)ards hiding the bar came as
a result of a rebellion from nn>m-
b(M-.s a.irainst tlie reform element.
Despite being but :i parking space
for mixing waters, a committee
vott'd for scrapping it last summer.

FORMING 2D "FRONT PAGE"

Jed Harris has shuffled plans
again and will organize a second
company of "Front . Page" for Chi-
cago. ' •■ ■ ■

Roger Pryor has the Lee Tracy
role, with remainder of cast being
rounded up to go into rehearsal
next week. George S. Kaufman,
who staged the original, will direct
the duplicate company.

Legit in Playhouse, Chi

Chicago, Oc,t.. 16.

Existing a.s a sure-seat film
liGU3e-foi^mor-e--than^-a=-year^undcr
direction of Mindlin Bros., the Play-
house on Michigan avenue returns
to legit Noy. 19 with "In Abraham's
Kosom."

JACK HARTLEY'S PLAY

"Honest Thievery," by Patrick
Doyle and Jack Hartley, will be
the initial production of Jack Hart-
ley, Inc. Now casting and, due for
rehearsal in two weeks.

Hartley, co-author and head ot
the firm, is a former actv^r, last
plavlng Butch Cooper in "Lulu

Robertson-Smith Dissolution

The stock bu-t^lncss partnership
between George Robertson and I^es-
ter Al Smith has been dissolved.

Snegoff Back

Leonid Snegoff, well known In the
JewLsh Theatre, has returned from
RusMia with a number of Russian
plays.

These are being translated and
haying the propaganda deleted by
Herman Bernstein.

VARIETY

49

Legit Agents Ass n in Equity Fight
May Apply for A. F. of L Charter

Broadway's agents for legitimate
production believe that Equity is in
a hole over its recent manifesto to
Siem to conform to the new Equity
code designed to control the agents
and the fees they get from actors
or quit the business. Equity ap-
neara to have receded on some of
the points but contends it is within
its rights and that the new rules
are designed; . to . correct agency
abuses.

. The controversy may be thrashed
out lYiday when a hearing for the
issuance of a permanent injunction
against Equity is dated in- the
Spurts. . Last week the agents,
banded into an association, secured
a temporary injunction restraining
Equity from interfering with the
business affairs of actors and
a-ents/ The writ was secured

Ervine*s Opinions

The morning WorUVs critic,
St. John Ervine, brought over
from Londoh to review Broad-
way, witnessed three new pro-
ductions , last week. He
thought:
' . "Faust" —Bad.

"Light of Asia"— Bad.
• "Hold- Everything"— Good. :

Geo; Beban-s Will af
Estimated $750,000 Est

F. G. Nixon-Nirdinger

Remarries Wife

St. Louis, Oct. 16..
Word of the reconciliation and
i-cmarriage in Paris, France, of
Frod G. Nixon-NLrdinger, . former
Philadelphia theatre owner, and his
"Miss St. Ijouis, 1923" ttride of 1924.
Charlotte Isabello Nash, of a prom-
inent St. Louis family, has been re-
ceived here, To make assurance
doubly sure, NMxon-Nirdinger has
sent to friends here a photograph
of his twice-wedded wife and their
handsome little 15-months' old Son,
Arthur,

Mrs, Nixon-Nirdinger was grad-
uated from the University City high
school, in. 1923, and had attained
some local fame as an amatew
actress and a model for commercial
artists. She entered the' annual
beauty contest in Vogue at that
time, and went: to Atlantic City as
"Miss St. Loul.s." There she Won
first place in the western division
of American beauties. Like: all
Amerifcan beauties, she found, soon
after she and Nixbh-Nlrdlinger had
fallen, in love and married, that she
was surrounded by thorns. The

. Los Angeles, Oct. 16
Will of George Beban, who died

a-ents. i ne ww- ■ in Los Angeles, Oct. 6, was . filed

through the application of Nathan probate in L. A.. Oqt. 10. It

■Rnrkan representing the Actors ^ j^e^ special bequests aggre- i was surroujiuvu ^j- „.v.......

pSsonal liepresentatives- Associa- $^0,500 and provided trust couple went to Paris and- the thorns

Peisonal V P ... f^„^gVyie,e, annual income ap- took the fprni and shape of two

. . • ^ ^r.A^T was Issued nroximatinr $9,900. The total value other women who claimed to be the
The restraining order_^^^^ of Nixon^Nirdlingen

tipon the complaint of ^Willie Ede . or^^^^^^ at about $750,- The bride left Pitiris and started

■ten, agent, who * native of Hoi but It is estimated at apo i^^^^^ to her parents' home In St.

land with a residence 1"^.^;^"°°"^ T^J^^^ „^ry Beban Smith, cousin Louis. All the way back across the
Edelsten may have been «f ^^f.^f .JM J^*^^^^ was Atlantic cablegrams . and radio-

counsel as the , complainant eJeSVix and also gua^^^ were showered . upbn hereby

idea of placing it within the federal ^f-'^®*^^ • J^^^J™ j r the bridegroom from whom' she had

court. . , The special bequests included $5,- fied. , The bombardment continued

through attor-. . f?^^''^^^^^. . , j,„ o>,o ^nch until she had, reached New York

Monday Equity. ^V^^*!": oOO to the Actors Fund, $20,000 each until she had, rea

neys Justus Sheffield and Paul N. J"" jjrg |niith aind to Eeban's. two City. She finally went back to

Turner.^appUed for a change in jur- U,rothers Louis and isadore, both of Paris. On the same liner with her
isdiction, aiming, to switch the pro- 1^°'^!,;^^^^^^^^ j5,000 to Edwin S, was one of the women who c aimed
7eedings to the New York ^tate Saj^^Jr^^^^^ , City, Be- to ^% ^ixon-N rdllnger'a wife o^^

.courts. The given reason was that business manager and $5,000 one of. 'em. five, days late^

the defending attorneys are familiar "^"pi^rence Elizabeth Dax, of Hoi- wife was granted a divorce Pa»
with the state law and the . act ^^^l^^^^ pursue her In May, 1926, "Miss St. Loui^^^

that Nevi^ York has a law limiting py^?^" - suit for divorce m Paris.and^ a re-

employment agency fees to 5v per etuo^^ . receives all furniture, ciprocal divorce wa^ granted m
cent which is the main point in _ ^^^^ works of , art June of: that year. . .. ^

BquVs agents rules. A similar

recently ^ ,^„«i,ii<» nf the estate after

Fred Stone on Billing

Fr»»d Stoni.'' from his oot in a
New London hospital insistod
Saturday that Will Uogors will
get first mention in tho "Throe
Clieors" billin.ar, which, opened
at the. Globe Monday. .Jn the
ne\vspap«n' ndvts. and the
house electric sisn the billing
had it Dorothy Stoni? and. Will
.llogers, both in the sam.o-sizod
letters so far as, the hou.so
electrics went. , Vnder Ro;rerS'
name' was the line, "Pinc-h
hitling.for Fred Stone." With
thi.'? line fota'ined, Rogers*
name was placed first on the
•Sign Monday. ,

wiien Stone sustained frac-
turcsl lo?;s in an airplane crash
la.st. . summer it was thought
thiit "Three Cheers" would not
go, on, Kogors of his own
volition wired from the coast
that he would substitute for
Stone under tho condition that
Dorothy bo accorded the prin-
cipal billing.

It was sii.id at the time that
Rogers sa'crific^ed picture and
platform cOhtract.s which woiild
have netted him many thou-
sands more than he would re
ceive in salary while in "Three
Cheers." '

Phil Baker Quits

/Night in Spain

mCY ANN," TURK,
BLOWS UP IN MINN.

J. L Dannick Used Fields and
Andrews* Names on Billing
—Owed 3 Wk.s' Salary

statue in New Jersey was
declared unconstitutional hy the
U. ,S. Supreme Court, which rated
It price flxin

iS' spectorToquests have be»n | a remarrlaee had tiken place.,
I paid. ■

Trust fund created to provide $2,

Minnoapdlis, Got. 16., . :
Equity cMoi\ the brief but tur-
bulent road caroer of "Po.C'gy Ann,"
former Lew Fiolds-Lyle D, Andrews
musical • show,- closing the attrac- ;
tion here aftor the second perr ;
Cormanoo at the Metropolitan. The
causi? was failure vo pay sala;ries,
three weeks in arrears.

"IVggy Ann" had had rough go^
ing ever since it left New York
last month on its toiir,. The. show,
was bad and business worse. A
week before last word came to A.
O. Bainbridge, manager of the
Metropolitan, froni Grand Rapids,
that unless he advanced tho railroad
faros "Peggy Ann" could not fulilU
Its local and St. Paul engagements.
. Bainbritlge had got wind of the ,
fact tliat the f?how was a "turkey"
and was tickled at the prospect ojf
having it cancelled. He, refused to
advance any transportation . and
took it for granted, that "Peggy
Ann," which- already had been ex- •,
j> l.tcnslvely! advertised, was out , aia
booking. After the newspaper ads
had been- dlscphtinued for several,
days, Bainbrldge was riotified tha^t '
the "attraction would -fill its date
here.

J. L. Dannifk,- owhc^r and man- ;
agor. It. appears, had succooded In:
Inducing his. backer, Tulsa, Okla.,
woman, to come across once more,
when the company reached here

One feature not included 1" Uoo yearly income to be paid 40

1 2 Managerial Complaints
Against Equity Actors

One reaiure jiui- — , - - mjuu yeany iin-umc x- — ■

Equity's rules is that erf club and ^5^^.^^^,,^ Audrie Bouchet. of Roselle
cabaret bookers. Much is secured p^^^^ j.^ and $500 cash "for
from that field for the legitimate, l^^^j^j^ljlg secretarial services." An
Equity informed the agentd they I ^j^^y f^^^ to provide $6,000 an-

■would have to obtain permits k^yg^jjy t^ be paid to Mrs. Smith for j^.^.^..^ .^,„„ ...

framed by Equity. A number of her death, the income is to pjjng.. and charged with neglect

St. Louis, Oct. 16..

Phil\,-]3akor walked out of "A
Night in Spain" at the 'Shubei-t-
Rialto Saturday night. He ;is probT
ably through with that show. With
Baker walked Std Silvers, ^Baker's

iaugh-getl.ing plant. , ■ wnvn .v-^.m-^iij v.

In between his firtal performance Sunday many of the members were
Saturday night and the nriatinee, in sore financial straits as a rosiilt
Baker had his trunks removed from of the three weeks st.ill. .
.the theatre. He was unwilling to : Henry Dale, ropresentatiye of
discuss the Incident beyond saying Equity, arrived Wednesday with two
that he and the Shuberts had agreed weeks' salary and, transportation
to disagree. back to New York for each member

Prior to jamming the Rialto all Ljf the cast, Dannick having put up
last week and probably smashing the L bond before the show went out.
rrioney records, for legit shows in St. I Billboard paper, lithographs and
Louis. •'Spain" was subjected to a Uyowspaper ads had Lew Fields and
severe panning from local critics. i_,yie D. Andrews presenting the
I The reviewers took exception 'to an show here. It. doesn't help Fields
Frank Lyoh wa.s. in "The Final overabundance of dirt, laying par- , and Andrews In these parts. . When
i:_~>» /,v.ai-<rori ^nith neeloct. I tlcular stress on the cooch dance | jjannick purchased the . production.

the smaller offices signed and ac- L^^ to the husband, Matt Smith, h^ogaiig , Stewart, who presented the by the entire chorus, stated to be from Fields and Andrews, hi al»P
cepted the conditions laid down. L^^ long as he provides a home for gbow. complained to Equity and the worst of it.s kind ever seen In evidently acquired the right to use
Those of the personal representa- Lj^^ g^^^ Beban's f-uher-in-law, the Council may suspend the actor, st. Louis, . in burlesque or other- their names. His cast was cn-
tive group, permittea to charge 1^ Lv^niiam J. McBride. A third fund Uyon admitted the charges and re- hvise I f<,-«iv riirfrirAnf from the one on

Ber cent, weekly for the total length provided to yieJJ ah income of fused to defend himself. , "The Final ja

^^r^t ni-n-virlpd they . j._ i,„ 1,^ MpRride. Tnij.,™.>» nro^ tolran nff Siltlirdav for K.{fir

^;:c..k. " ^ --- - I was provided to yieJJ an income y-ifused to aeiena nimseu. , xnc x- ■ Jake Sh'ubert and John J. Gar

of an engagement pi-ovided they jj jqo a year to be pf-id to McBride. pjing" was taken off Saturday for rity. western representative, ar
— *u^tY. nMnrft n.t ' Icasft . 20 I ^y^^ termination of the three nnn oast- cihanees. It tried I ,.urori ' >ior«» dn'rinrr the week.

guarantee their actors at leaat
weeks work per season, took ex-
ception to the rules and niost of
the leading agents refused to sign.

The personal representatives
charged that the new Equity agency
rules was usurption of rights which
even the government could no.
maintain.- that confiscation would
result and that the rules were un-
constitutional. It was claimed this
week that most of the agents In
eluding those who signed for per
mits with Equity have joined the
new representatives association

Equity's Denial

Equity denies that it advised
actors to disregard existing con^
tracts and to pay no more than j
per cent for 10 weeks after Oct.
9. Officialfj of the association de-
clared they told inquirers that con-
tracts must be lived up to and. 10
per cent, weekly must be paid dvir-
'^inB^ tiTO life""of-the contracts, but

, — , revision and cast changes.

trust funds, the principal of each out of town

is to be paid to the son. The will • •

was dated Jan. 19, 1928.

uy WW »T -I ^W%.<A* »I

Arbitration was resorted to in the their visit

It tried I rived here during the week. The
cooch was out of the show after

Baker is said to have been ap-

their names. His cast was en-
tirely different frorn the One on
Broadway, and the show prob;v "y
wouldn't have been recognized by
tho.se who saw It in New York.

Bainbrldge Is particularly wrathy
at having the .show slipped over on
him by a New York booking office

other case, that of Harry Mestayer, i= oo..^. — . nim uy xx^w avi,v ^v.w„,„t, ^...^^

who was in . "Jarnegan." on a, run p^oached by the St., Louis theatre jj^^ause this Is his fii'st year at the

of the play contract. He wa.s I - ji^m:*.. ♦v.o T^nrmfinpnt I , ■ ..i... tt«

replaced during rehearsals by
Robert Atone. .

Paul Streger, who presents the

as a pos.slbility for the permanent
m.c. role, now open. He Is popular
hero.

Beauty's Separation

Syracuse, N. Y., Oct, 16

Mrs. Dorothy J. TSagan, actress, _ —

whose sta'-e career follo^yed her se- piay, alleged that Mestayer, did not • , ,> — . ,

lection as^ '-Miss Chicago" for the properly rehearse and contended the "Pln^iMirp .Mon C Trial

r-ilvcston beauty pageant two years run of the play contract was ] FlCdltUre mail 5 lliai

aJo made no dcferisc when the sep- breached. The arbitrators appeared

amU^n action of her husband, Ed- to dislike handling the case,

„Vi T Ka-irt was called in Su- Mestayer contending no' offense was

r/me iotrSe ^nd Justice Clay- committed during an actual per- 1 »

pre.me Court here, ana J _ I formance. Equity was asked to ad

just the claim instead but that sug-
.gostibn was rejected, Equity rcfus-

hclm of, the Metropolitan. Ho
.slapped a writ of nLtachment on tho
.sfienery and costumes to cover the
$1,500 expended by him for adver-
tising and other oxpcn.sos in Con-
nection with the attraction.

i

that if the agent did not receivg a
permit, the actor would not be per-
mitted to do business with . the
agent after tho contract expired.
A number of leading agents have
actors under contract upwards of
three to five years. . .

Equity contends that the apiilica-
. tion for the temporary restrain-
ing order was made on a false
premise and that a resolution
quoted is not the. actual measure
adopted by Equity. The associa-
tion ofncial.1 declare they acted on
what is termed the agency problem
as the result of complaints stretch-
ed over a term of years, ■

It Is further argued by E(|uity
that its proffer to collect agents'
fees from members under the per-
mit system is genuine and that
■ since it proposes to punish by fine
or suspension any delinquent, the
agents is virtually a guaranteed
^..=^^paymcn:t=JrQm=itllc,^Miia^==_=:

The new Actors Per.wnal Repre-
sentatives A.sKOOiation is reported
contemplating applying for a union
charter from the A. F. L.. The argu-
moht in favor of such a move if
that one union is not permitted
to interfere with the financial af-
fairs of another union. Tliat would
apply to fees, commi.sfions, etc.

ton I. Miller reserved decision

Mrs. Eagan, according to her -hus-
band, left him and their baby in
October, 1925, after a year of mar-
ried life. Going to Chicago, she
posed as single-and a ..resident of
tho Windy City and was selected
to represent the city at Galveston,
upon her return she was signfed for
a musical revue and since has been
on the stTagcas Dorothy Jensen. A
visit to Syracuse some months ago
disclosed her identity. ^

Still later it leaked but that she
was married and the mother of a
three-year-old . :.daushter, , Shirley
.Cecelia, now in her father's custody.

ing to Interfere with a claim onec?
it went- to arbitration.

Kiohard 'Bennett testified for
Mestayer.

[Auther Had to Step in;
Ian Keiths Lead, Absent

"The Command Performance"

Co'unscl for Mae West and her
58 co-defendants, under indictment
for their, part in the late "Pleasure
Man." alleged indecent play, were
granted an extension in which, to
make a motion ' to In.spect tho
minutes of the Grand Jury,

It is expected whatever motions | ^^^^^^ within an -ace of not ringing
counsel will make will bo denied .ii iho. Klaw. Xow yi>rk.

Estelle tayW Quits Show

Cail "Cail Woman" Off

"The Call Woman," wlvich Ned
Jakobs was to produce, has boon
temporarily if not permanently
called off because of tho recent
police drive against dirt .shows.

Jakobs had lined up a tentative
cast but had not .sijrned CMrntracts
when "Pleasure Man" was sloughed.

Edward Colebrook, originally
figuring to produce this piece, was
also leary of the thenic and passed
up his option on it to return to the
stage in "The Undressed Kid," now
In^prepai-ation;

Harriet McOibbon supplanted [bail
Estelle Taylor opposite Jack Demp
spy In the "Big Fight" whe;n that
.';how opened In Boston ■ this week.
Miss McGibbon played the ferame
lead i.n "Ringside," clbspd, prior to
her pi^escrit assignment

I and District Attorney Banton ex
I pects to place the bunch on trial'
before a .special jury by the .end
I of the month. All arc out under

"Big Pond" Blowing

Chicago, Oct. IC.
Consecutive nightliy . grosses un-
• present assignmeni. . I , .50O and with an advance s.ale

•'^^ ^''^^•^l^'^^ 7o?k hat didn't total, $400, brought the
in- Boston returning ^o N ■ w york ^ .^^^^ .

to totir the subway c rcuU. before M^i^ on to^^clo^^ ^^^^

embarking for the .r.o.ad ^wlth the ' .straight fiop for tho

Coast the.propo5K.d destination. ^^J^- ^^^^ going under the .Shu-

bert regime. .

"Young Love," a. now play head'*>l
for the ,l'rlnc(:ss, will bo switchr^d
to -the Woods opening Sun.day.

PAT O'MALLY'S SHOW

Pat O'Malley. from pictures,- will
jfo legit this fall and be starred
Standi.sh

Sawyer, Indle managers, are hand-
ling him and are also indepf-ndcnt-
ly producing- an Irish fiicker tlieme
ffir the open market.

for thf> Wood.s Oct. 2H. This would
still Kf-nd "Voung Loyo" to Hif
i'rlnoe.ss after two weeks at the
Wood.s. ■ ■

up. Monday at the Klaw, New yi>rk,
wlicn Ian Keith, featured, failed to
appear. An hour before show time
Ilcrma:h Shumlin, producer, recciv-'
cd a phone call st;Ulng Keith had
been victim of an. automobile ac- .
oi dent in Donogan lllll.s, S, I., and
would be unable to give a perform-
ance.

Keith was not utTdersfudied, but
C. Stafford : Dlf;ke,n,s, autlio,r of , the
pl-'iy, was pressed -Into' the cmc.r-
gr.ney and appeared in Keltii's role.

Check-up at Jionegan ; llllls : and
vicinity brought no, record of tho
actor having been treated for. In-
juries at a locarhof^plial, ' neither
could anyone conneclcd with tho
•show management raise Kollh on
liis home phone.

.Keilh l.a.s'a run of play contract
with the piece.

SCRAPPW "WOMEN"

"W.-nien," which tried out two
week.'; tino for Sam ir. . Harris, has
.been temporarily, maybe perma-

1

raises prices

50

VARIETY

L EG IT I M A T E

Wednesday, October 17, 1928

Plays on Broadway

THREE CHEERS

Musl'':il coin'-'l>' .11 -.two acis pnisi'ntoO iiy
C. U. OlilinKlirui?. At iUf> (Miihn.Oct. IT)
AV11I I{.iK>'rs ami Dor.nhy Sluno .Marri'J
Book by Anne C:il>Uv.'ii aivl H. Uurnslil«
lyrics by MIsh ClilUwell, H-Mlfjs by IMt>yiva,
Brown and Jlv-nderMon. Kiifpnibh^a arrnriKe'l
by Knymonri Huiilicll. suiged by Hurnsldo
Danced by Davu Ui-iinelt

Gcorgo MulMos. , .
Barfy. Vaiu'C. . • •
Spilce.

Prince .Idst'f .
The t)uke, . . .... . . .■. .

MaloUo. . . . . ..... . .

The Mayor. >....;. ■

Daphne Dv. Jjorno....

Quoen • Yi:(>l>el . ■. ..... .•.

Bobbie Ulnr.',....:...

Audrey N' ufroii t ..... v ,

Florla I'Vu-lcib'h.'
jSrrnyntvude. ..........

"Leliy. ..... ... i .

Betty

ZaKia. . . I ,

Mike..........

Wolllnglori- \Vp.stlahd.

Canieranian ■ ; , .

; Inn Keeper. .-.

Captain Meurloe. . . .

I'rinci'ss Sylvia

Kins' PompaholaV.. . ..

, . Anilrew Tunibes
. . . . . . .Alan I'AlwardH

. . , . . . .lOdwiinl Allan

, . . William Valentine
. ....... Oscar Kaglahd

•. , .Vohn Lambert

.....William Torpey

. ..; .-Jani't Velio

. , , ■. /. Mauilo Kburne
. . . , .I'atsy Kelly
. .Kvangeline RalciKh
. .Thoa Dore
...... .t'ynthia Kolcy

...... li'liirine Thelps

. Irene I'helps

I'h'ylll.s llae

..Katlivyn HerefurJ'
; ; .. .Ralph Thomson

, '. 'i Wl 1 1 iiui'i kerschoil
. . .. , ; . James' Murray
Dorothy t^loTio
....... .Win Rogers

At 11.30 Monday evening Will
Rogers and Dorotliy Stone were
taking "Three Clieors" to its pin-
nacle'before a delighted DilliniTham
premiere audience. . . Ten minutes or
so later the show went into the
finale.

Had Fred Stone not been banged
up in airplane smash last summer it
would have still been the best Stone
show in 10 years, and it is, ' Rogers
tossed aside a bundle of heavy pic-
ture and xjoncert contracts to rusli
to the aid of his. friend so that the
show coiild go: on. He deplared,
though, that Dorothy, nuist get the
main billing; At tJae laSt minute the
injured, star sent word from the hos-
pital that Rogers' name must be
placed oil top, iind the change was
made, the billing that he is "pinch
hitting for Fred Stone" remaining.

Will arid the thoroughbred daughr
ter of Fred hoofed in the style of
the absent star, iand their clowning
gave the house , plenty of laughs.
Rogers said he. was the only old fool
he knew of who took up dancing at
his age, all the others took up golf.
But he's kidding that he can't step.
He sceihod to know ciuite a number
of dlfRcult steps. Earlier in the show
he read from the script: "I fall, do
a back sonievsault, then ajiock spin
and up into a dance. Well, that's
what Fred would have done." He
also referred to the absent actor this
way: "I am going to try to sing. I
feel that's as far as I can go for a
friend."

Rogors got in many little observa-
tions on things political, mostly in a
nori-parli.san vein. Then there was
satirical comment on sound arid,
talking pictures. But there is a lot
more to "Three Cheers" than the fun
of one of the most virile of humor-
ists. It's a colorful parade, brightly
costumed,, lively in action and good
to look upon from all angles.

Naturally there: would be excellent
dancing, arid there's plenty. The
score, made up prln.- ipally of L),e
Sylva, Brown arid Henderson songs,
his at least two hit numbers —
"Fompanola". arid "Maybe This Is
Love." Besides there Is a clever
supporting cast.

The book doesn't riiatter. It is
sccned in a mythical bankrupt king-
dom of Itza and Hollywood. Miss
Stone "Is the princess arid Rogers
the king. It's all burlesqued. The
queeri is Maude Eburne, the conic
dicnno getting into action mostly in
the first part and principally In a
moving picture bit.

Late section has another rare bit
Rogers and Andrew Tonibes in
"Let's AH Sing the Lard Song," an
interpolated Ji»rome Kern lyric.
Boys were in grotesque dress suits
arid gingerly .walked on In bare foot.
There were cracks bt'tvvecn verses
and the audience gigyled nearly $11
worth oVer .tK^iT brio" n irnVlier/rTDritireR"
Is a i)iclurcf dlroctor in the play. He
and Patsy Kelly, a girl with a per
sonality, r'anj^ tho. boll with- "B*V
cau.se You're Beaiil^irul." Quito -a
ditty, by the :way. TOmbes turned
in hi.s lH>st porCorinance in years ami
Is the most valuable player- after
■Rogers and Mi.s.s: Stone.
. lMis.<! Stone was' swpot in tho
*'IjOVe" ntmibrn", cUiottiiig with Alan
rodward.s. ,Shc lortked great . in a
nuiskotoor tuiinber witii 10 Tiller
Sunshine girls, a ('•rack troop. The
number was billed "IJobliy and .Me."
Quite a bit . of hard siioe work by
the Tiller gii-ls, an exccMitional bunch
It. sooiiHvl. 'J'hcsc girls ratne IbrouKh
with a novt'lty whi( li.bad them with
shoos on tliolr haud.s. An erfect of
two- pairs (if hw was ;ipplaiiiU>d.

Ca.st bus such lookers ;ih KvauKr-
llno Kajpigh, Thca Dore. JMiyllis norl-
and .T.'inet Velio, 'riien lhi>ri>. are the
Phelps Twins and Katlu-yn llcro-
fr)rd, Oscar Ra.nlaiul was nnioiu';
thosp who have Ik^imi li.xluros in the
Stono show.'5. lOilw.'ird Allan danci-il
_ h,ini.sjAlf -Jatjv bij£lj_ ravor. workiiii? at
tiniO.>i Willi "Mi.^s St(hi<\' XTrsini^eTly
arid soloinir. ' -

•'Three Che(>r.<!," like most of th'>
major -iniislrals on I IrnaOwiiy, is
chargin,!,' .^ij.fiO top. It's the (irst linu-
the high scale bn.<! been used for a
Stone show. It's worth llio price
with Rogers around, and it is likely
ho will be In tho .^how all sea.son
since it is u'llikely i}i:it HUmy will
he able to be active on the stu.i^i^ un-
til the trees go ijreen again. Ihcc,

The Cherry Orchard

civic Rejii-rlury p;Milucllc>n at Us own
14th fltrpf't |)layhi)u.-6 of Atilon Ti'liokov's
fuur act piny (three iiet.s); translated' by
I'on.Hlan'oe tJarneit, staged by Jilva I^e (S-il-
lieniie; sotlinea' and co.itumes by Alino
Uern.st«in.

I..opahln. . .'. .-.Donald Cameron
Uunyasha. , .Beatrice l)eN« erfjaard

Kpihodov. , . , . ; .John Eldredge

Kir.M. valet .Sayro Urdwicy

.Mailqme Uanev.sky. , ..-.'.Alia Nazlmova

Ariya, danehler. . . . Jo.sephlne Hutchinson
Vary'a, adiipte'd dauKhlcr. .Kva tAiGiillieniiB

C'liUrlutta Ivanovna. J>cona Rpberts

tJatiy ; Paul I,eys.sac

Semyonov-1'lj.litcliik. Walter Beck

Vdsha, .valet. J. lid ward Bromberg

Tr'oUmov . . . . Harold 'rfoultoji

Tramp. . .'. i'Robei-t Kos.i

StailOM Ma.sipr .Le.slle Cooley

Post-Oilice Clerk .-.Herbert Shapiro

Vi.'sliors and Sen-ants

Miss LcOalllcnne's Civic . Rel); at
a buck and a half, is iiuite a .met-
ropolitan institution nowadays. The
carriago trade from the upper east
side mingles with the 14th street
cros.stown trolley patronage of the
lower cast side. lUigs arid riches,
long hairs and short' hairs, high-
brow theatre lovers arid lowbrow
reviewers arc leveled (or elevated)
tO.a bommon plane at'. the., altar of
Th<^spis. . .

And so we find the avidly hungry,
soul and stomach starved .disciples
of The iJolter Things In the Theatre
comfortaLfly perched In the choicest
stalls on .the lower floors, and the
dilettante patroris and founder.s' of
the Civic Repertory Go. who were.
.1 bit .to,rdj' in liling their subscrip-
tions,, contenting themselves with
.seats In the balcony. ■

The profound Tcliokdv, whom all
regard with the due respect as be-
comes an Impressionistic Russiixri
dramatist, is On Ihe tapis this vveek
with his "Cherry- Orchard." As-
boresbme an e.xpositiori as la its
ennulcd . theme, with Its study, in
tlie aimle.ssness of Russian middle
class life In the 80's, everybody ex-
act.s profound delight frbni Its sym-
bolism. One wonders what percent-
age of it Is genuine and how. much
of It Is just hooey.

Admitting anything, the fact re-
mains that "The Cherry Orchard"
Is not for the Vo-do-de-o addicts
who like their drama straight, The
adulteration of Russian dramaturgy
with a dash of .symbolism will not
click with the mupga who wotiUl
rather the cast niade ►their meaning
clear without the necessity of syrii-
bolic inteVpretation.

Tchekov writes jerkily, almost in-
eohorontly, in , sporadic episodes.
The plot i.'i thinly connected by the
genoi-al background of the sale of
the hou.schold's muchly treasurca
cherry orchard, and tlic. big drahia
thinkers of 1 4th street ' seemed, to
take huge delight in it all.
. That 'twoon'-acts free opera in the
lobby v.-as the nuts though.

Casting' is dlstingii'isIuMl - by this
season's acquisition of Alia Nazi
mova as a perhianent 'meml>er of
the Civic Rop. Mi.s.s Nanlmova
away from the legit theatre for al-
most a decade, re-creates the role
which the nKiywright's widow orig-
inally created. "The Cherry Or^
chard," posthumously produced, was
literally Tchokov'ij swan song
While dying, he wrote the play,
sometimes fashioning as few as four
lines a day.

Miss Ka/Jniova does her assign-
ment as the irresponsible head of
the household rather well, looking
flatteringly youthful and contribut-
ing an air of realism to the Russian
dramatist's symbolic flights.

Other good performances were
turned in by Sayre Crawley In
character assignment as the totter
ing old valet; Harold Mo ilton. as
the student: Josephine Hutchinson
as the younger daughter, and Wal-
ter Reck as a landowner, along witl
a good supporting cast.

Miss LeGallienne was Inconso-
quo-n tlaily-^asfiigned, .not. .'iinpressliig'
one way or;th.o other, ; Abrl.

JUST A MINUTE

Phil MocriB and If. C. arci'n6'.<;- niuslcttl
play in Lwo-acti*.and II fiwenc.t. Hook an>
dirp(-ll,)n by IT. ..C. C.roeijr; lyi ic.-»,. W'allci
O'Koeie:' niusir," - Harry •Arclu>r. )>ani'e!

_

i'.'.a'gc'l. .l.»y •l-.-.n-jKoit Mai-ki>rt. 1'.— D^)l^d-'.A<•
Konnan sieltin>;.s-. ' .Mritilou ooALuinoisi .^.t
An>ba!?sadoi-. ■ N'ew^ York, cohimoncing Oi-i.
■S. . i^calo',.,?l./0'

Mrs. Callahan........

Helen . . . . >

I'arl.son

I'airicia caMahan. . . ;
.Mr, (Vliriiin ......

MISH licVVIKllils

I.DUls S.'hullZ

I"i> ' WliLston

Charlie Win.tton. . . . . ,

'I'liP'

May . : ■

nu'k

.lorry I'linUlin .,

I'olic cnian
1 ,liilrii.st«n

Kay l!i>lli)ii. ,.,

i^plUn i , . . , .

Ki.l c;,,n.<

lia.llliiii^ Itrnwn

Kililii' l-'rl.si-o.

Slai;i> I'Jiie.'loi'.

.-^DIllM'OilO

W.-iiler

Ill

...Madeline -(Irnv
. .-. .tiyp.sy Ityrno
.Harry l-IolbiO'ik
. lloli>n l'ai;i>rh.-on
. . .I'Dniiiiy lluvel
,. Helen jL.K'^khart
, . . . .2^'anl {riiilni.an
. . . . .^rtllur llavel
....Morion Havel
. . . .'. . Halo .loTiOS
• Helen Ijoekhart
..Jl;ir)l,l Ma.l.-sen
. . .John Htiiiillo.v
....Dave Isi'mlci'
. . Virginia .-Jmllh
. , . . r>riM>il,-i Hond
.'M'orire l.e--nard
.l''ranki(' Sieyen.M

A I M.irt

, . , . . l\ilil|.> l-'ri.wiv

r.iii I ■ llarKer

_LlJ--'_^J.'iUl'l

..Miill.!-^ IfMsspTT

If not much Is actually taking
place, it haa what many of Its
more ponderous and Imposlngr con-
temporaries lack — speed.

Personnel io a no -name cast with
the ' talent a mixture of vaudeville,
l»hlladelphla and Harlem, cabaret
undergraduates trotting on and off
as the Havel Brothers, Arthur and
Morton, get in -and oqt of comedy
jams. The ohow's pace, these two
boys, a colored cabaret troupe and
an adiaglo trio are the angles which
miist sell this venture for $4.40.
Plus the Leblang rescue squad the
big alley tenancy may be prolonged
If pneumonia doesn't set . In from
the oxygen. Saliary list Is Important
from a group standpoint, 79 people
being, on the stage and in 'the pit
hot counting .stage crew. Orches-
tra I.<3 an 18 alNgirl outfit, directed
by the batonless' Count. Bernl. Vicl..

Show has already done pretty
well in Boston. At least it didn't
lose any coin over there, with
Philllei Pitt, Detroit and the un-
dependable Chicago the proriiiaing
receipt sites at a scale not over $3.
That would undoubtedly necessitate
cast cutting but there's rooni for
this If circumstances warrant.

Programed In 14 scenes a num-
ber of these are , drops, sliding
drapes and repeats so that there
are aOtually but three full stage
sets with one surrounded by a cloth
eye. Trade members, will spot the
scenic curtailment but doubtful if
the laity will know or care. Even
where they^re swamped with sets
and costuming the public has a
habit of being more Interested in
what's going on in front of the
background.: In this case if neither
the scenery or dressing ig brllllarit,
n€>ither is It bad.

It's a big season for Madison
Square Garden as this,. is another
show, the fourth, with a ring bat-
tle. Just . a laugh incldierit . In the
career of a couple of song writers
on their way . from, a theatrical
boarding house to. riches.- Plot
plays like a two reel comedy on
the Hallroom Boys,- The book has
a backstage slant In having the
Havels finally landing a cOuple of
numbers in a hit show in which
the landlady's daughter gets over
and then marries the yoqng music
publisher who has faith in the ditty
writing team. ' Secondary love
theme concerns the Havels trying
'■~ iriipress a couple ' of wealthy

to

gals and using their vaude whiiiker.
bit for the comedy Introduction.

The brothers handle' themselves
capably and If nothing else keep
things going from their vaudo sense
of tempo. Placed In a bigger show
arid relieved of some of the plot
responsibility there Isn't any reason
why thfr pair shouldn't belong.
Practically shouldering the entire
burden, on their first legif try If.s
surprising that the pair make them-
selves palatable for over two hours,
Smaller of the two Is not unlike
Johnny .Dooley. •

Applause spots . throughout the
fh-st act ai*e consistently the Mar-
kort troupe of IC, invariably a sig-
nal of weakness. Midway In the
second half, during a caibaret scene,
on trot nine colored misses led by
iv soubrct and baclced by an equally
dark band of six pieces. The usual
colored floor show routine even unto
two male hoofers aibsolutely free
from rheumatism. An end girl
works in the Lucllla Mendez man-
ner. Fast and liked sequence,
balanced by the Havels running out
on a heavy restaurant check for plot
su.steriance. Maud Russell leads tho
Ebony Steppers, doing two songs
which are open to debate for
strehgthenlng. But the applause
broadside Is the adagio trio, Lowell,
Harger and Theodore, who drew
cries of "Bravo" on the fourth night.
Handling and to.ssing of the girl,
Miss Lowell, Is spectacular and ex-
pert. It's as dynamic a few min-
utes of the kind as have been
around, and that goes for- the pic-
ture houses where It's likely thi.s
threesome were playing, A needed
and well placed 10:55 kick.
. Dialog.. Lsn't ..partlcular-iy bright
but situations crop up to help the
comedy total, the Havels hanrlling
pvcrytbirig oh this end. Helen Pat-
terson', formoi'ly. of Hartley and Patr
terson. Is tl'ic ingenue, playing ii
legitimately and well sans fireworks.
JAhn Hundley, opposite, is. tackling
;i.s tough an assign m en t as can be
.saddled on a juvenile-^tbat of .singl-
ing, two and two alone in "one" dur-
ing a scene change. Number i^•
"Pretty,' Petite and Sweet."' one .of
ihe score, readers, and that ITiindlcy
lif^ve'r in.'itigatod a restless shuft'lo oi'
I'.eet or a .salvo of cougbs slaliips
this among the ni.ajor personal
achlevoniontfl of tho !=-o.Tson. .An
oiiistanding piece of wi.rk.

Gyp.sy r.yrne. out oi a I'hil.-ulel-
Mhi.a cabaret. leads a couple of luim-
Iiers nicely and is .given a chan<-<-
to do her "boy," Virfrinia. Smith. ."
comedienne worthy of bcin.sr' nivi iv
•1 solo spot, I.s undiM- wraps tbron?;!'
being forced .to i)]ay straisiht . op-
Mi\silo .Ihe shorter of. Ihe Mav>-'s
'Miss Smith is a specialist wivi
::uia.illil=: an d-.-shonliL-.bp , nse-l !<:ii<-

brisk tunes and lyrics, the best of
which are "Anything Your Heart
Desires," "Nlnety-BIght Pounas 6f
Sweetness"' and Hundley's solo. Ar-
cher has tho girl orchestra filing
into the pit from the stage at the
opening of the performance as he
has done in his other shows. - The
.skirted musicians handle the score
capably.

"Just a; Minute" got a brutal
opening night break, through a
scenic mishap which necessitated a
20-ralhute stage wait. However,
that's a backstage - nightmare of
which successive audiences know
nothing. Individually the. show
should mean something to the
Havels, Hundley arid Miss :SmIth.

To the producers the moral vic-
tory is that they, havo pried as
much as could be obtained frorri the
ba.sic rriaterlal, maybe a. little more.

It's unlikely that "Just a l\linute"
can .turn up sufTlcient profit to stick
any length of time at the Ambassa-
dor, a sweet house In which to view
.a musical. If It can break long
enough to give it a respectable stay
for a rep, a. cut in price and nuni-
ber."* figures optimistically out of
town. Sid.

HOLD EVERYTHING

Alex A. Aarona and Vinton Preedley
(Arley Productions, Inc.i . owners) prp.<jent
this musical, comedy In two acts artd nine
scenes .Ixy B.. G. DeSylva and John Mc-
Gt-) wan (book) . with music and lyric's by
Ruddy DeSylva. Li«w Brown and Ray Hen-
derson, Dances by Jock Haskell and -Sam
Ro.se; costumes by Klvlelte (supplementary
cb.'itume "design."? by -Natacha Rambova),
settings . by Henry Dreyfusa. .- Femme
■chorus, 2<J; 12 boya. Opened Oct, J.0 at
th'e Broadhurst', New York; yri.'iO top

Martv;

Mack , , ,

"ilu'rr" r^evy

"Pop" p'Kcefe

Xorine Ijloyd

Hetty Dunn....

Gink Schlner. ...... . ..

i?u6 Burke. . ... ... . .....

"Toots" Breen...

">*onny Jim" Brooks.
.Dan I,nrkln-. .
"Nos^y." Bartlett . . . . .
Bob Moi^gan .......... ,

"The Kloker"

Cla^iys Martin . .... . .

.Buddy HQrak
....Harry Locke

...Harry ."Shannon
. . .Edmund Klton
...Betty -Compton
....Alice Bouldcn

........Bert ImXit

..... .On a Mun.son

,.;.Nina Ollv(?tte

Jack Whiting

..Frank All worth

Victor Moore

...Robert O.'Brlen
....Phil Sheridan
Anna Locke

w.Vh.'t l!,..u.-.iaic ^^i'1nl1»1■ '<! nnlv ncc-i^^'-iivii'v

"Hold Everything" is ;i riioder.ate
entertairim'eut, fair ihi evi ;'y depart-
ment and no wow at $5.50. Con-
sidering, the high grade investiture,
the mu-sical Is ratlK^r disappointing,
what with a producing tearri .such
as A.ii'ons and Free.dley and authorf:
like DOSylv.i. Brown and Henderson
and Jack. McGowan concerned, not
to mention a corking cast which
in truth, jn.st about saves every-
ching-'for "iEIoUl Everything." '
. Bert Lahr is the priricipivl clown,
topj-iin.g Victor MoOre who is over-
shadowed by T .ibr's good old sure
firo burleycue lioke and mugging.
On.i. Mnnson and .JJick Whiting arc
'he candy as the leadin.? pair and
N'ina Olivette, a-n heretofore obscure
(Uiantity out of -yaudeville vi.a r
cniiple of revues, rriade .herself noted,
^fiss Olivette Is .decide<lly I'^annie-
bricesque in manneri.siris, dancin^--
aml fa ciar resemblance, hoking and
niu!.i;gin,£r ns expertly as Miss Brico
ever did although otherwise . dumb
so far as the'." vocalizin.g Is con-
cerned. . .

The Thornton "Wilder infiuence on
''lene Tunney is the inspiratlona""
back.crround for the libretto In hand.
\n Arrow model exponent of the
manly art Is only throwing fisticuffs
Tor the. sake of a .short 'cut to
Kampus tCut clothes although you'd
think a contender m.atched with the
welter title holder might have
picked up the necessary pennies en
route for the tuition foes In any
educational Institution.

Book is'one of those from-train-
ing-canip-'to-Madlson Square Gar-
den excursions, obvious, innocuous,
saccharine and pleasantly devoid of
any problems, premises or plots.
Against . this .-simple background
motivates a caravUp of mimes who
do much to mfvke the evening pleas-
antly divertln.g. Bert Lahr, as a
prelim pug, is ..tlie laugh wow.
Whenever and wii<^t*fver he ap-
e.eared Lahr hol.sterod. Victor
.Moore, ■ not - q til to 'the ^.liead . .jna n i ri
the. comedy departineht, clicked off
a neat score with' hl.s' contribution
a.«! the training cartip cook and home
h;-ewer • and iis ■ still the e.vpert
trouper with a lo.lr..

On,.a Mun.son. oi)po..'<ile J:ic1c Whit-
'".g. re'^istered'in'di'.Ubi.v. the ingenue
I'-'-ily'.n!,' jioat and, U'tn'i .and singinir
•iri'd da nciiig-Avcll>.H.5y biting Is Idea!
In a rather -diiriouVi .TLSslgnmcnt but
luflde the colle.fc;ia.te . yearn almost
n3;cis=li|.-> b.ec-inse (if his deportm(>n*
.-ind .appearance. Support cast . i.---
•iiM'-e than trlt-^ly adeiiuate. It held
"P tln-ouThoiit, Betty Compton and
Ali'.'e ri'iuldi'.n in .'!peciaities, alonf-f
with TV.iddy n.u';vk nm} Harry
],ii>-ke, .a buck te.atn, (l;iter joinoi'
liv the cute Anna Locke in n trinic
stair , danc^ specialty) ;ind . ^^lis.<■■
'Mivet1l-' <Jiif:t'\I'.K'd iheii- a.-;si'vnm"ni.-

Chorus ensembles., looking nice
r\vA dancinu: well, accepted a cou-
j)1e of diflicult opportunities. More
of (he odd staging, as In .the
."Fixirwork" and stair nuin);er

\y:iii; -r .in i rii.iini>-.i)n ! iMit Madellne Grey commamls hoi lee
' ^'r-ipi her .«;mall role of the lainllad.x
••mil niiUher of the fomme half
(be love interest. Mark ert's best .i>-
a dummy dance by the .crirls cun-
^-'nipiod So that they appear to he
-•'itinsT on circular slabs carrieil hy
Mie male fi.gure, step-in contriv-

■M->c >

Ari'her and O'K'^c-re have suiiplied

i:iis.<i.i; MaiUiMt cii-l.H

MliDny Sli'pjii'i'.-s
Ht'lcMi lloivi>ll. .Njix.si-s, ll,-iri;iM' and
Theodore

• More for the road th.an Broad -
w;iy with :in Outside N'ew York
chance. Mainly because of its ac-
tion which wcave,-< ■.■n illiuiion of
soihethi'ng alw.-iys happetiiug eveii

1 'c-^ylva. Itrown .-md IfeiidiTson's
^'nv'^a ;\ri} tunefiil but not purtii'U-
iavly dislin..•^ui^:hed with the <.xcep-
tioii of- "You're the Crenni in My
Coffee." easily the oiitstander, and
".T:). Kuiiw You Ts to Love You,"
The >i.>ii'"^iiiiilis performed, a more
or less th'inklo.ss rt.a.^ik of fa.shion-
iniT consistently stunly Intermedi-
ary nuriibors for the uener.al good
of !he .«cor(». but should, with a lit-

tle of Bobby Crawford's usual
efficiency on the exploitation, plug
the . two above mentioned into
money ditties.

Production Is adequate, the full
stage sets and Interiors, ■with th©
exception of the brief prize rinfir*
scene, looking neat if not gaudy.
While the squared circle has been
overdone of late, and was more
reailstlcally handled in the out-
and-out pug plays, the couple of
minutes' flash Js plausibly led up
to by a preceding ojlo scene depict-
ing the passage-way leading to the
ring. Scenic Investment In total
Is moderate but impressively real-
istic.

Having the Broadhurst under
lease, and with their own attrac-
tion, Aarons and Freedley should
hold '^Hold . Everything" In for a
run. It has enough entertalnrrient
in It, compared to the . average
standard of the current season's
musical crop, to do. good trade for
a moderate period. The managerial
control of both theatre^ and show
may count for an extended stay.
The quartet of principal.s— Lahr,
Moore, WHiitlng. and Miss Mun-
spn— coupled with' ; the support
further insures thing.s for the cash
cu.storiiers. Ahel.-

1

LIGHT OF ASIA

Walter Hampden's first of the new sea..
son. Orlehtal play ' In prolog and four
acts, based on the life of the Buddha, by
-Goorglna Jones . Walton. l»roduced and
staged -by Walter Hampden .with settings
designed by Claudo Bragdon; 147 charac-
ters lIstQd. Scale; . .$3, At the W.iltir
iHampdeh, Oct. 0.

i..... ..William Sauter

...... . .Kugenc Powers

.C. Norman Hammond
......Dallas Anden^on

..Cecil Yapp

Le Roi Opertl

limoMt Ro.wan

'Walter Hampden

.' Iiouls ' Tulan

, S. Thomas Gomez

: Jan Lilndermanh

Ingleborg Torrup

Minor, characters by Gordon Hart, Gaga
Bpnnett, CharU'.s Quigley, Joseph Milton,
Hobert G. Schnitzer, George Cotton, .Nor-
bert ■ Cameron. F.-anUlin Salisbury, Fran-
cis Dears, rhillp O. Jones, Kdwln Ro.ss.
Jr.; Mi D'Arcy, 'Stephen 'Irving, Richard
fjawrenoe, 'Mabel Moore, Judith Dowry,
l';ieanor Mi.sh, lleatrice Miiu.de, Caroline
Mca<.le, lOvelyn Goodrich, Anna I.iUb»>w.
Dancing girls, -Ernoistlne Day, Joan Webb,
Helen Fuyvilie, l>oro , Symington, Glddya
li'rances, SImone Lefaivre, Virginia Millar,
).?.rna Wji.sscI anil . Midge Sydney.

Seer. .....

King. . ........ . .

]Hgh Priest, i...

Aatrologer, . .

High Counsellor
Ccurt Fool..'...,

Channa

.Sliddartha, . ;

I'rijice' of Ko|l.,

I.eper

Herriii't

¥a.shodara. .

Just a year ago, Walter Hampdpn
put on a biblical play, which w.is so
utter a failure that the title has
been forgotten. It is not even In-
cluded in. the list ' of Hampden's
achievements inscribed in the lobby
alongside his Hamlet and Cyrano.
In. spite of which the actor-producer
needs must .start his new year with
another go at the religious drama,
approaching the. ;^ubject this time
from tho Oriental side with a play
about Buddha. •

One such ^unhappy, experience
rnight be a reasonable error. A
second is. Hampden's own fault.

"Light of Asia" has scarcely a
riierlt. What. can be said of an
Oriental spectacle that doesn't even
Impress on the score of pageantry,
or a religious drama that never once
inspires its audience, to reverence"?
All you get out of this performance
Is impatience with a lot of fearfully
self-conscious actors trying hard
to be Olympians, and succeeding
only in being tiresome actors.

No human substance in the whole
make believe that . once reaches
across the footlights to the auditor's
emotions. Just a. labored literary
work, uninsnired in its stage trans-
lation. The play has interminable
passages in blank, verse, much of
which Is unintelligible because the
players are determined to . make
their reading impressive i-ather
than clear. There are symbolic
spectacles the Import of which is
vague 'and long, wordy passages
leave you guessing.

Dramatic action ' In Northern In-
dia in the Sixth Century B. C." is
formidable enough, a. task to set for
a metropolitan audience; Presented
in blank verse, it becomes impos-
sible. Action ^)p^■t^ad^-ove^ a period
oj: neaiMy_40 years , beginning with
the brrTh oOhC: pmhce 7iitd~5TtaiTrg'^
with his reiiunciatioin of" friends and
home to go forth .a w.anderer. Act
three alone covers the passage of
seven years in ,th(».brusque period of
25 minutes or. so. Worse yet, noth-
ing, especially Impor-tant occurs. To
be sure the prince, , who has been
-brought up In guarded Ignorance ■ of
such things ■ as sickne'.s'.s', suffering
and death, is confronted pairifully
with thofje verities, • but his eirio-
tional rettctioils are - .so muffled in
high fnlliilin' blank verse, that the
$3 auditor roriiains aloof from sym-
pathy.

It works Powerfully upon the
'■••'>:\ -c, !<■ wev. r '•'-.Id it lei't the au-
dience, " and . he goes forth into the
wildcrne.ss to nieditate, : Next we
find him squatted under a forest
tree, attended by yogis, faint with
fasting arid still tinenliglvtcned- of
the Truth. It i« here we leave him
in fa.stitig and prayer, beset' !)y
temptations (certain stajcc i)roceed-
ings here, including ballet cff<?ct3
by Ruth St. l^eiiis involvinir un-
=flrrsfTC'Tl~-il a n e i tig-^'^v-i M^s 1 1 V) u1<l==.h a ve=
been th(?atrlc:illy impressive, but
wei'cn't).

Back In the house of his father
the king, war threatens and tlie
prince's wifo is.demanded in mar-
riage to avert calamity, when it is
irinde known that the prince is to
return. King and people 4>xpect tri-
umphant return of a w.arrior, hut
(Continued on page 32)

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1

Wednesday, October 17, 1928

LEG IT I M A T E

\ARIETy

51 iy

; . 3

Shows in N. Y. and Comment

Figures estimatec' and comment point to some attractions being
successful, while the same gross accredited to others might suggest
mediocrity or loss. The variance is explained in the difference in
house capacities with the varying overhead. Also the size of cast,
with consequent difference iri necessary gross of profit. Variance
in business necessary for musical attraction as against dramatic
Dlay is also considered. -. , ^.

Classification of attraction, house capacity and top prices of the
admission scale given below. Key to classification: C (comedy);
D (drama); r. (revue) ; M (musical comedy) ; F (farce)^ O (operetta).

Admission taj; applies, on tvckets over $3.

••A Connecticut Yankee," Vanderbilt
(51st week) (M-882-$5.50), One
■week more to go. giving holdover

' hit fecoi-d- of year's run; $15,005.
lately; "Crooks' Convention" Oct
29 ; grosses off . all along line last

•Adventure," Republic (C-901-$3)
Taken off after Monday; western
meller may. be followed by
"Crashing Through," now being
readied; played three weeks
•Billie," Erlanger (3rd week) (M
1 520-$3.85). One of the musical
hits,' figured . sure favorite, with
excellent agency demand ; : busi
ness second week rated over..?iO,
000 and will grbw; not much un-
der, capacity now.
•Blackbirds," Eltihg© (24th week)
(R-892-$3.85). Colored revue sell
ing out; moved here Monday, with
scale: advanced 50 cents because
of less capacity on lower floor;
$23,000 at Liberty last week.
fBy Request," Hudson (4th week)
C-li094-$3). Doing . moderately
and geared to make money at
$8,000 to $9,000 r engagement ex
pecf ed to extend to holidays
•Chee Chee," Mansfield (4th week)
(M-l,050-$5.60). With book sharp-
ly criticised and reports |.hat po-
lice were rubbering, show reported
closing Saturday ; businese , fair.
•Courage," Ritz (2nd week) (D-945
$3). Drew favorable notices;
eiipped after premiere, but picked
up later in first week; Initial
cross estimated $6,000 to $7,000
•Cross My Heart," Knickerbocker
(5th week) (M-l,412-$4.40). Busi-
ness from now on will indicate
• chances of run; agency buy ex-
pired Saturday; business im-

aft6r.; (ipproxlmately $12,000; must
materially improve to land.
"Little Accident," Morosco (2nd
week), (C-898-$3j; Drew fairly
favorable reviews; looks 1 ike
women's show, which gives it
edge; also agency buy; in seven
. poi-formances; about $7,500.
"Luckee Girl," Casino (5th week),
(M-l,477-$4.40). May get by, but
not among new musical hits;
moderate trade,, with pace around
$16,000 Indicated; listed to. move
to Harris after another week
"Hello, Everybody" comes in here
Oct. 29.

Machinal," Plymouth (7th week).
(D-l,Q12-$3). Can do better And
probably will from now on, but
has climbed .and regarded set tor
healthy engagement; dipped last
week, however, to $13,000.
"Mr. Moneypenny," Liberty (1st
week), (D-l,202-$2.50). ■ Chan
ning Pollock's first production on
his own; using low scale; opens
tonight (Wednesday).
"Night Hostess," Martin Beck (6tli
week), (eD-l,i89r$3). Doing bet-
ter ■ business than credited ; pace
last two weeks quoted around
$12,000; easily go through faU and
perhaps longer.
"Olympia," Empire (last week),

Films Walloping leffit
In Providence Hottses

• ri'Ovidoncp. Oct. 16.
Legit is having a hard time ot it
with .the films garnt>rins most of
the palroniige. This city has a
drawing population of 315,000.

"Murder." a new play ,by Beulah
Poynter, at the Oporahouse to a
good bargain house Monday night,
but attendance petered . away as
week, wore on. Around $6,000 .on
week.. ' . ■

A, fair week at the 3*Iode'rn,. whore
Theresa Conovcr registered wcU in
'The Love Child" as guest star in
stock; ever average at. $8,500.

Football Crowds Offset Chi's Heat;
my,135,i0; lita" Starts Big

Frisco Grosses

San Francisco, Oct; 16

"AMERICANA" $18,000,
SOLE HUB PROSPECT

Boston. Oct. 16.
A I'cttor tone to business at the
legitimate theatres last week, bui
still no outstanding hit. "Ameri-
t-ara': opened cold at the Colonial
last week and Is solo money pros-
pect.:' ■ ■ - ■

The holiday (Columbus Day)
coming on Friday gave a matinee
break, and business all over town
was excellent at night. Pickup con-
tinued over Saturday.

"Americana" for seven pcrforrii

General depression appears to ances grossed $18,000. Show got the

have hit. legit attractions. CirQSses
the past week were considerably
below normal. ■'■u

"Good News" is already on the
toboggan, and "The Royal Family,"

play from the smart people. In the
two weeks it has .a good chanoe
of going over big.

"Dracula" at the Hollls has
brought to that house tlio bipKf!^!

Chicago, Oin. 16.
Kecord October heat at ST for t\Vo
dayi;, and but slightly undor that
for two other days, kept . logit
grosses from soaring. , Football
crowd.", ihi-.oo games in the Chicago
area drawing close to 175,000. people,
holpi'd off.sot the weather.

"Manhattan Mary" slopped high,
raising. Friday ^holiday) prices to.
$5.50 .with a. cleanup. The three
leading noh-musiodla. "Cohimand to
l.ovo," "Trial of Alary Dugan " and
the Theatre Guild utilized Columbus
Day nnd the football crowds for cx-
ti-a Friday matinees, all sweeping
for important coin. SpUish weekend
saved the. total grpss over the previ-
'pus week.

No Change, was maiked In the
lineup. As expected after the first
wcekj "The Big Pond"- went into
the discard at the Woods. This
piece ;didn't even approach the thin
Rross(vs bbtairiod in New "York,
"Young lx)ve," another new one
with a Detroit hearing in support.

ano1.her'Ne^^ after 1 grosses'" th'is^'sTaso^^^^ "The Silent | moved into the Woods Sunday jjrlth

next week; "The Squall" is slated jjougg/' another thri

„^ . .House," another thriller, in the Ma

to move into the Geary Oct. 29. Mestic, is running so strong it is
Guy Bates Post, at the Capitol, gcheduled to switch to the Plymouth
held up among the local houses, K^.j^gn the Madge Kennedy show,
and his third week was about on a | ..pj^yig gound," moves up. ;

The Queen's Taste" is still being

par with previous weeks. Duffy at- '"j^y^^ Queen's Taste" is siiu ueinB
tractions locally were not 80^io^;f- switched around, with changes in
especially "Antonio" with Myjorle | ^^^^ ^j^^ name figured draw-
RambeaU. Third week was an out-
right disappointment. On the other
hand, Duffy's new Dufwin, Oak
land, dedicated Oct. 8,' got. away to
an excellent start.. First six days
of ^'In Love with Love," with Duffy
and Dale Winter (Mrs. Duffy) fea
tured, topped $5,200.

Estimates for Last Week

the cast. The name figured draw-
back, and contest, offering $100 re-
ward for a. name is on. Last weel<
It showed Improvement, It has still

no advance sale, "Fivo o'clock
Girl" is a Shubert entry for the
Woods, montioued for Oct. 28..

"Silent House" Is throwing up the
spongo^ at the Gari'lck in another
week.. —f.. . ■ .

It's a foregone conclusion that
"Mary Dugah" will go after and
easily capture the season's record
run for non-muslcils.

Brokers placed "Rio Rita" above
everything. It didn't hucjt t>ie other

•It snuwtju juiyiu* ciiivi.t, ■"■J"- ■ everyining. ii aian t nucjt.xno

quite a distance to travel before it ,y,ugig^ig because the sellout

1 « lil* 1.; 5 .

was

becomes a hit
"Take the Air*' at the' Wilbur was

early and quick.

Theatre Guild, at the Blackstone,

(.last weeK;,| Curran — ^"Good News" (4th week), i -parls iiounq," wim mt: rtsu'a'
(b-l',099-$4.40). Presented by guppea to around' $21,000; small for performances and . the midweek
Gilbert Miller; MOlnar play, with. kype of attraction ; "Desert Song''. | matinee, picked up $1,500 to $11,500.
Fay Conipton heading; reported (repeat) follows in a couple of
unusual attraction; opened Tues- ,^eeks. „ ,, ,,

day. .. ; I ; Geary — "The Royal Family.

about $1,000 below capacity for the is m.aklng a dramatic cleanup. Sit-
week doing $19 QOO. uation has inspired editorial writers

"P^ris Bound." with the regul^ | to . l^ml^.a ^pcm.^^^^ ^^^^^

. "Young Love" (Woods, 1st week).
I Foiirth experimental play for this
The opening this week was the i^ouse since Shuhert control; men-
,^,v„„ I Jack Dempsey show, '-Tne^ Big Kj^j^ made "Five O'Cjbck Girl" has

... , „ ,„ ^ 1 ^ I ' „ "ofartofl. Wrth klB'^t," at the Boston Ope^^^

"Paris," Music Box . (2nd week), Never really got^started,_four^^ switch can. be made to

(C-1.000-$4.40). Off to big money week close to $10,000; two to go. ^ \^^^ advance sale indicating ca- p^.inec.ss; "The Big Pond" possibly
start; run predicted though ticket Capitol— "The. Plays th^^ $7,000 in two weeks,

scale regarded high; with three Guy Bates Post has ^s^^^^^^ Last Week's Estimates • "Rio Rita" (Illinois, 1st week),

holiday scales $5.50) top; first following; third week abput $13,000, „ Colonial (2nd week); Last night's opening; capacity coin,

week approximated $26,000. | good. I Mmencana, vvuivjuio-i v,' " _ |,.;ni tr^ ^Awn'e i^nHarcVktn- oopIv

proved after slow start, biit eafeed "Possession," Booth (3rd weeK>.

Off again last week; $17,000

•Diamond Lil," Royale (28th week)
(CD-i,117-$3). No telling how
long this unusual drama will run;
excellent money getter; pace now
as strong as in spring; some drop
last week, $13,000. , •

•Elmer the Great," Lyceum (4th
week) (C-957-$3). Baseball com
edy hJls handicap in small . f emi
nine appeal; business not as good
as Chicago; $7,000 to $8,00.0.

•Eva the Fifth," Little (8th week)
C-530-$3. Final week; "Gods of
Lightning" next week; "Eva" had
little chance;, grosses indicate-i
under $5,000.

•Faust," Guild (2nd week) (0-914
$3). Guild's dramatic rendition of
classic play and opera drew in-
and-out comment; $14,000 in nine
performances first week, but looks
like gix-week subscription attrac
tion strictly.

•Front Paige/' Times Square (10th
week) (C-1.057-$3.85). Still out
in front of all non-musicals; ca
pacity nightly, though some
weakness at matinees; claiming
$24,000.

•Gang War," Sam H. Harris (9th
week) (C-1.057-$3.85).. Cut rated
since minor agency call; first
week since moving from Moros
CO, about $8,000; may move to
Century, "Luckee Girl" moving
from Casino Oct. 29.

•Gentlemen of thp Press," 48th St
(8th week) (C-969-$3). Agency
sales surprisingly strong; some
cut rates, too; moved here last
week from Miller; Jumped to
$8,000.

•Goin' Home," Masque (9th week)
(CD-7<IO-$3). One of those shows

— which— ore Ilkedj but has not
clicked for coift to date; under
$4,000.

•Good Boy," Hammersteln's (7tn
week) (M-l,400;$6.60). Getting
some money, but should have

, climbed instead of slipping;
agency buy could have been much
. more advantageously arranged;
$28,000.

^Good News," Chanin's 46th St
(59th week) (M - 1,413 - $5.5.0)
Flourishes despite autumn influx,
and should last until Thanksgiv-
ing, as Intended; $23,000 last

^Heavy Traffic," Henry Miller's
(7th week), (CD-946-$3.86). Moved
here from Empire where business
was fair for that house; got about
$8,000 last week.

^Hold Everything," Broadhurst (2nd
week), M-l,118-$5.BO). Smartened
up on road and arrived In excel-
lent shape, winning favorable
mention and hit Indicated; $18,000
in first five performances (opened
Wednesday); capacity for full
...=^,..Jweelt..abxuit._.$lS.l^i_.^=.^^^-.^^^^^

■Jarnegan," Longacre (4th week),
(CD-l,0l9-$3.85). Not a smash
but money show; appears to be
slotted at $12,000 weekly pace;
beok rep helpful, also topic.

•Just'a Minute," Ambassador (2nd
week), (M-1.200-$4.40). Highly
iated out of town, but did not
start so well here; second night
weak but somewhat better there-

"Americana," colonial ^^na wuv:n,.;. •••t,..- - v*'— ••••p -j —

^^esident-"Daddies:" ^ .This ; on^ Opening TuesW night; "^-^^l^ ^t r'^lS^l^;/^

■ossession, j>uui.n \.oiu vr^^fvy, . rrc»iu=i. r^:-„ , - business. I demand at brokers, cleaning the

(CD-708-$3). Another of the new In fifth week, only slightly off. but very ^ ^- - rack.s."

plays designed to attract feminine shared in general depressio^. About $18,000. . „^ Maryland" (Great Northern,

Stele; moderately good takings around $4,900; gpod for some time ^Oracula" (Hollls; la^t ^week), ^th'^y^^ekj. General slowdown

SJSiSiicr Sst^^i^k^"(e5;S4"A . ca za r - -^^^^^^ pl^^- ,^S%0^'o^ ^
S^atinee,. Columbus Day),. Ui^'t.-^^l-^^-i^^^^^

"Rain or Shine," George M. Cohan and. . bet /"eaeement termlna^^^^^^
(37th week). .(M-1.371-$5;50). Oct 13 ^fter three wee^^^ . final
Looks like cinch Into and through week a meagre $3,100, My. bon
winter; grosses holding up to ex- I Oct. 14.

cellent figures, though off\ last
week like others; .$30,000
"Relations," Wajlack's (9th week),
G-770-$3). Author-producer still
confident with many .partifes said
to have been arranged; what with
other cut rates; maybe $3,000.
"Rbisaiie," New Amsterdam (41st
week), (M-1,702-$6.6Q). One week
nr. re to go; around $31,000 last
week, previous week going to ex-
cellent mark of $35,000; tours;
house renovated, dark until
"Whoopee" next month.
"Scandals," Apollo (16th week).
(R-l,168-$6.60). One of half
dozen shows given extra matinee
Columbus Day; sent gross around
$50,000; has been getting $46,000
to $47,000; slightly under previous
estimates.
"Straight thru the Door," 4?th St.
(3rd week), (C-708-$3). Played
on tour last season on William
Hodge's rep, but hardly figures to
make miich of showing here. >
"Show Boat," Zlegfeld (43rd week),
(M-1.150-$6.60). Musical comedy
ruby; probiably draws niore re-
peaters tharf! any show In decadei;
virtual capacity; bettered $52,000

"Skidding," Bayes (22nd week) (C
86; -$3) Hardier than figured;
getting modest : grosses but
claiming weekly profit; $.4,000,
maybe bit over.
"Strange Interlude," John Golden
(38th week) (D-900-$4.00) Six
performances weekly to $16,000
gross; dramatic smash holding
over into new season with pace
strong as ever.
"The Command Performance," Klaw
(3rd week) (D-830-$3) Hardly as
promising as first indicated; sec-
ond week about 18,600, aided by
agency buy. . .
"The Common Sin," Forrest (1st
week) (D-l,01B-$3) Presented by
Shuberts; written by Willard
Mack; one of Monday's four
premieres. ' .

"The Grey Fox," Playhouse (1st
week) (C-879-$3) Presented by
W. A. Brady, Jr. Machiavelli;
opens tonight (Wednesday).
"The High Road," Fulton (6th
week) (C-913-$3.85) Rated among
best of new non-musical money
gettens; $18,000 weekly; nijrht.s

Green Street— "Easy for Zee Zee.
Another good week at. little better
than $2,000.

Colun^bia — Dark.

back; over $30,000 once again;
picked to varlate. but strongly pro-
tected with special parties and
other inducements^

"Manhattan Mary" (Grand.- 6th
week). Raised prices to $5.50 for
football crowds on Friday and did
extra matinee; over $35,000, leading

week). Still holding up fairly well;
$11,500, up $1,600. Moves end of
next week

"The Silent House" (Majestic;
2nd week). Opened big at $16,000
Extra matinee Has two more everything.

weeks, then into thd Plymouth. "Good ^News" (Selwyn, 35th

UTL. r> .....'o Tiie»«" r«?hiihert- week). Three football games in
"The Q"e«iJ»,J"*f, Jr from a town helped; returned to capacity

nremiere- approximately f 40,000 to $i3.ouu. , . . " - - -

weekly ... - I "Take the Air" (Wilbur; la.st^two

7lh week). Present pace with ad-
vance possibilities drawn from

•gcklv "Take the Air- iwuour, ^**--'>- vance possibilities drawn iror

«*The Roval Family," Selwyli (43rd weeks). Here longer than anything brokers and mail orders would sug

week) (C-1.0U7-$a.85). Final week; else. Holiday business put it up g^gj. jg,j.os3 of around $170,00

...^w.ain thronirh autumn jK.OOO to $19,000. ^ fnr first 10 weeks: hieher total 1

«ould remain through autumn
without question; rose to $36,oou
recently; house dark few weeks
then English revue "This Tear Pf

"T°r° Three Musketeers,'' Lyric
(32nd week) (M.l. 305-$6.60)
Indications still point to run.go-

I $5,000 to $19,000.

The Tremont remains dark an-
I other week, with nothing definite.
Helen . Hayes in "Coquette" is
I booked for tho Wilbur when Will
Mahoney's show, "Take the Air,
moves out. "The Bachelor Father
is booked into the Hollls for next

„. . .000

for first 10 weeks; higher total If
balcony showed a steady call.

"The Red Robe" (Majestic. 3d
week). Lower fiopr okay, but win-
dow soles and balcony trade need
attention; week-end splash brought
gro.SH to around $19,000.

"Burlesque" (Harris, Gth week).

Indications still point to run.By- jg booked into the Hollls lor nexi "Burlesque" (Harris, bin weeK).
ing well into winter; last • week s-' 1^^^^^^ ..^ Connecticut Yankee" Despite bad getaway Is not far from
pace around $35,000. ... is scheduled for the Majestic Oct. 29. average non-musical average; de-
"The War Song," National (4th | . ■, _ : ] pending on shrewd publicity to hoi

week) (CD-1.164-$3) No less than
30 theatre parties arranged for
this month and next; may move
to another house soon; arouna

"This^Thing Called Love," Maxine
Elliott (5th week) (C-912-$3.85)
After easing off, claimed to have
picked up last week; $9,500
claimed; moves to Bijou next
Monday. "Jealousy" comes here.^
"Three Cheers," Globe (1st week)
'(M-i;416-$6;60) Presented, by G-
B. Dillingham with Dorothy Stone
and Will Rogers starred; latter
replaced Fred Stone when la,tter
was injured In airplane accident
last summer; opened Monday.
"Ups-a-Daisv," Shubert (2nd week)
(M-1.395-$5.50) Accorded rather
good notices with performance
lauded by subsequent audiences;
closed first week to excellent at-
tendance and regarded having
good chance; $24,000; total ca-
pacity about $36,000.
"Vanities," Earl Carroll (11th
week) (R-968-$7.70) Strong, draw
from agencies and holding to big
takings, virtual capacity claimed;
around $39,000.
"White Lilacs," Jolson's (Cth week)
(O-1,77fi-$r,.F)0). rW'tting arounn
$20,000 weekly right along; ques-
tionable if profitable a.s cast is
high snlarif^fl; many theatre part-
ies coming.

pending on shrewd publicity to hold
around $16,000; present gait could
hold piece until Christmas without
loss to either side.

"Marco Million*" (Blackstone. 24
^ * ic I and final week; fourth Week for
Los Angeles, Oct. 16. Theatre (5ulld engagement); $22,000-
"The Squall" jumped $1,000 ana iivninnne" novt mrri

LA. Grosses

Special Attractions
gettens; 5]«,uuo weciciy; n'*^'"--^ I , . ^* a.i^ " W-iIter Ilamn-

sell out but matinees off some- "The Light of Asia, ™ttr iiamp
«,v,of • den's (2nd wcfK) >.ot ravco ah

ITarnp'len'.s .srionsorship. ^ ^
"When Crummie^Played," Garricjc
(3nl week) Not attracting much
attention either; co-operative thl.s
week. .... .

"The K Guy," Biltpiore (Ist week)
(C-3,000-$3) Presented by Irving
and Charles Tates, their first try
In legit; written by Walter De
Leon and Alethea Luce; opened

"T^hri-adder," Cort (104th ' week) I Civi^;; Repertory 14th

(CD-l,094-$3) Won't be long nPW.
"The New Moon," Imperial (5th
week) (M-1.40O-$B.6O) One of our-

Cherry Orchard" added to repf-r-
tory Mond.ay, Alia Nazlmova add-
ed to Gallienne group.

neared the house record at the Be
lasco with $16,000 In its third week.
Best gross In town 1. w..

''Desert Song." in 18th week at
the Majestic, next wltli around $9,-
000. ' Musical goes out ' In^ three
weeks. First week of "On Approval"
brought the Vine Street $6,900.
"Happy Days' " fourth and final at
the Mayan hit $8,000.

Other grosses: "The Best People,"
first week, Hollywood Playhouse,
$5,900; "Shannon.*! of Broadway,"
third week. El Capitan. $.5,800;
"Wooden Kimono," seventh week,
President. *4,900, and "Tai-ni.sh,"
third week at Hollywood Music Box,
very good at $4,000.

Houses dark are Mason. Orange
Grove, FlgUeroa and Egan with the
Blltmore now in films ("Slmba").

"Marriage TBcd," opening Oct. 17
at- the Mayan and "Jazz of Patriot-
ism" at the Egan on the 15th both
are new shows.

SCEANTON GETTING STOCK

.Scranton, Pa„ Oct. 3 0.

Afadf-my theatre, Comrrford cn-
troll'.d house, goes stock in No-

ve in b er or ^Dccc m b e r J l.^i

T h {itfTh ( -T^^ l^o r m r- r ~KC; n f-'rTiV
of the Poll stock entfTpri.'-r'-s, h.nso'l
the theatre and plan.s to do con-
siderable renovating.

Comorford intf'r»-.'--t.'5 dcf.idfd to
keep the hou.se d;irl< this .'-w-.'i.son fis
far as ro-'J-.d shows w<'ip fonf-rm-'J
It had stock a f'-w sou.son.s back.

'Volpone" next card.

"Queen's Husband" (Cort. 5th
week). Little change from mod-
erate call; at around $11,000 satis-
factory.

"The Silent House" (Garrlck. 7th

wfeek).^~Tw<f ^cxsks' motice tjp: can
now be. classed as a light $10,000.
compiler.

"Trial of Mary Dugan" (AdelphI,
8th week). For 10 perfortnances
approached $26,000; window sale
coming liito its own, assuring safety
for long run; wallop of the first de-
gree.' : ■ ■

Baltimore Closes Two

In as Many Weeks

Baltimore, Oct. 16;

Legit se.a.son Is off to a bad start
In this hamlet, near the Chesa-
peake. "Whispering Friends" opened
P'ord's but clo.sed the following Sat-
urday night. "The Skull," turning
on the lights at the Maryland the
K.ime wofjk, got off to an Indirterent
start but picked up and finished
strong. "The Great Necker" that
followed, did fairly well, claiming
about $8,000 or better. .It folded up
Ifir.L _Kat unlay however and its next
litTTmnfT^'ain's:"^"""" -.-^

This makes two shows kicking In
],(;rc In as m.iny weeks. Kevcral
Important tryouts are underlined
for Die M.'irylund and the Theatre
fjulld la upiiarcntly assured at
K'lrrl'!-'. Mfin:i;rcrs arc hopeful, but
i Un-ij' optiniism is professional.

rr 52

VARIETY

LEGITIMATE

Wednesday, October 17, 1928

FEW NEW HITS OM.Y SOLACE
IN DULL BROADWAY BUSINESS

I

"Hol4 EveiTthing'V Promising with $18,000 for 5
Shows — *Taris" Capacity $29,000 — "Ups-a-
Daisy" at $24,000 and Buildihg

. GQrnplalnts. ; al^put tuslnesf on
Broaidway last week were gcnet'al.
Trade Is on the decline when It
should be on the climb.
. The autumn period Is markedly
under noi-mal expectations. The
deprej?sion extend.s .to all pha.=;es of
the legitimate field. Bo.Xv office
sales, cut rates - and agoncics are
affected; Premium ticUe.t onices
admit being 25 per cent.; under the
level of last season at this time.

The approabhing presidential
election and the interest is to be
pohsidered. Last week got -a w;arm
weather break for a couple of days
which did rot help/eithpx. On
Saturday, football was a distinctly
counter attraction to .theatre.^j:.; • .

New plays put on Toy new pro-
ducers are getting socked. High
stop limits persist regardless bf the
number of dark theatres still
around. In normal times a $12,000
stop limit is a tough handicap
for a drama" but theatres insist on
such protection. On top of that,
there are some house guarantees of.
as high as $4,000 weekly, ivith the
chances being that such houses will
soon be untenanted again. The
theatre owners seem to ovei- eJrtl-
mate the little producers' bankrolls.

Some Prospects

Last week's new. shows Included
several likely winners, "Hold Every-
thing" is Olio of the leaders. It
got $ 18,000. In Ave. perforrnances at
the Broadhurst, where It can_gross
$29,000 weekly and probably" will.
"Paris" at the Music Box was
virtual capacity all through the
initial week, getting $25,000- that
flgrute aided by several holiday
scsLles. . "Ups-a-Daisy" . at the
Shubert . cloned its first week strong-
ly, getting $24,000 which pace will
probably bo bettered. "Faust" at
the Guild In nine performances
(extra matine© Columbus Day)
drew $14,000 but will, not extend
beyond the subscription period
"Just a Minute" started lightly at
tho Ambassador, doing- $12,-«00 but
it Is a better $4.40 s»how than that

chance at the Moro.sco for moder-
ately good trade; it started, with
a $7,500 gross in seven perform-
ances, "Courage" may build at the
Ritz; it got $6,500. "The Light o£
Asia" did hot impress at Hamp-
den'3.

The musical group ha.s several
ne.w favorites but the popularity of
"Show .: Bodt" is uniliminiahed —
around $52,000 is: the remafkable
pace; "Scandals" got nearly $50,000
last week with \an added perform^
ance; ''The New Moon" big, $40,000;
"Vanities" possibly $39,000; "Three
Miisketeers" $35,000; "Rain or
Shine" and "Rosalie" slipped to
$30,000; "Billie" $26,000 and certain
to improve; "Good Boy" about. $28,-
000; "Chee Chee" $24,000; "Black-
birds" $23,000 (capacity) ; "Good
News" $'22,000; "White Lilacs". $20,-
000 (hardly profitable); "Cross My
Heart" $17,000; "Connecticut
Yankee" $15,000.

Among Non-MUsicals
."Front. Page" $24,000 still has

Shows In Rehearsal

(Herman

"Tonight at 12^
Shumlln).

"Yellow Jacket"

(Chas. Coburn).

"Age of innocence'
Miller)-.

"MiniaT (David Belasco). .

"Wings Over Europe" (The-
atre Guild),

Lightning" (H.

revival

(Gilbert

Kid" (Schnobbo
Ashes" (.led

"Gods of

Mac Fadden)
"Undressed
& Ba-con).
"These Few
■ Shaw) . ■

"Congai" (Sam H. Harris).
"The Dark Mirror" (Lenox
Hill Players).

"Blackbirds of 1928" (No. 2)
(Lew Leslie).
"Jingles" (C. B. Dillinghaih).
"Much. Ado About Nothing"
(George C. Tyler). ,
"The Call Girl," (J .J .Leyenthaa).
"Hotbed" (Brock Pembertbn).

Adrian liosley, and of course, Nor-
man.

Isabel is splendidly played by
Kalherine Alexander. Part was
originally that of Kay Johnson's buL
when the latter handed in her no-
tice, Miss Alexander stepped in dur-
ing- the Providence engagement,
iilvia Enders, Fleming Ward. Eliza-
beth Bruce and Patricia Barclay
nicely handle- minor rolea.

Five directors concerned from
time to time. Tommy Mitchell took
a shot at it in addition to hia role

With a distinctly feminine draw,
the play isn't hard to take froin a
male standpoint either... Authors
and manager probably know it Isn't
a smash but they, ought to make
some coin. Ihec.

"The High ROad" as the contender and with collaboration. Then Sophie
and "Strange Interlude" next at Treadwcll did a bit;, followed by
$16,000. which is capacity; most of Arthur Hurley and Joseph Gr^^^^^^

, , ^ J TitIt^ 1 Latter became 111 and the producer

the non-musicals eased, "Machina fl^ighed the job,
^around $13,000 and "Diamond HI" '
the same; "Night Hostess" and
■Jarnogan" $12,000; "The War
Song" $10,000; "By Request," "Pos
session," "So This Is Loye," "The
Command Performance," $8,000 to
$9,000; "Gang War," "Gentlemein of
the Press,'' "Heavy . Traific" $8,000.;
the ,othei:s straggling.

"Adventure" was taken off at the
RepiibliiC. Monday night, house dark;
"The Royal Family" will tour from
the Selwyn this week end; "Eva
the Fifth" will close at the Little
which gets "The Gods of the Light
nlng" next week at which time
"Animal Crackers" will arrive at
the 44th Street; "Girl Trouble" will

Keane and Frank McDonald make a
swell light comedy team.

The story is of' a ubiquitous
forger, sought for a ten-gi"and re-
ward. At the same time an Egyp-
tian prince turns up on the lots.
Simultaneously, a half-star-ved kid,
who claims amnesia! Of course, the
kid involves himHclf in a net of cir-
cumstantial clues, and of course, the
prince is the bad boy. The story
holds su.spense if not water.

Will last as long, as Leblang can
keep it above the stop limit. And
.sliould l?et back its nut from the
movie rights — talking one preferred.

Xait.

COURAGE

Comedy drnijiii In three nota presented by
Low Carrtor at the Kltz, Oct. 8; wVItlen by
Torti liarry; Janet IJcocher starred ;■ s'tagdd
liy I'rle.stly. Morrison.

.\I;»ry Colebrook...

lUtKii'Bld.

MurJol. i . , . . .

Owondnlyn. ...............

Vlni'ont

Gladys.

niohard . . . ',

Hill ...................

l^ynn' Wlllard.. .J..

Miss Caroline Colebrook,
ilr. Kudl.ln.....-^,..

"f \ . Janot Bo.ocher

Paul Jones,

. . . .Dulclo Cooper.
.Gertrude Duvkln
... ..T«ddy Jones
.Charlotte Henry
...Kd\*ln Phillips
, . .' . Junior Durkln
, . .-. .Gene Gowinp;
.Helen StriOklanil
. .Jlobort Conness

Costs M-G-M $35,000 to
Pass Up "Song Writer

Metro-Gold-wyn-Mayer, after pay^
Ing Alex Yokel, producer of "The
Song Writer," $20,000 for the screen
rights to the play, will hot do It,
With this M-G-M forfeits $15,000
advanced to George Price, the play's
star, who was to re-enact It as an
M-G-M talker.,

Universal can take over all rights
for the same $.20,000 paid by Metro,
providing JJ finds a suitable star.
George Jessel may dp It, having
been approached, the star: balking
on the gcript. and demandiilg cei*-
tain revisions.

AHEAD AND BACK

THE K GUY

Irving- and Charlea Yates -prcwcnt a new
comedy by -WaUer Deljoon and Alethea
I..uce. staged ty Melville Burke^ at the
Qlltmore Oct. 16; $3 top.
Reggie ManvlUe .George Nolan

Mra. Stevens '.' Jessamine Newoombe

Tom Kush Arthur Jarrett

Sadie Kelly. .Jeanne Greene

Jessie May ..............Myrtle Miller

Harry Green

..... Ralph Murphy
..Constance McKay

.... Alftn -Ward

Paye Armstrong

Jimmy.- Carrol
Frank Toney
Jane Meadow.
The Kid .......

relight the Belmont; ."Exceeding I t:^;'^=|^^Seibt?g*V.V.
Small" comes to the Comedy; "Jeal- The Prince .
ousy" bows into the Elliott." "So ^jj^y'^'*'*"-

This Is Love" moving from there to | Curioy .,

the Bijou; "Sun-yp" -will be revived
at the Princess and "The Final
Balance'' will start olf the Province

.John H. DUson
.Francis Compton
... .Edward Keane
. . A. Ryder Keiinc
.Frank McDonald

"Little Accident" appears to have a town.

s

(Continued from page 50)

In.stoad cq^cs the prophet , in beg-
gar's ^llg.^,' to rc'voiil that he turned
aside the war by the co.nvor.sion of
the enemy .monarch to peace and
love instead of conciucst.

Thill's what happens .throughout
the play. An exooplion Is a duel
between the prince and his rival, a
sword tlKht conventionalized so far
from reality that, in. these days of

. grapliio movie combat it's almost
laughable.

Thore are 47 characters li.sted in
the program cast. Among them is

. .Cecil "Vapp, whose grave diKgor in
"Hamlet" was a goni, but wlio here
is sunk in a meaningless role. In"-
gleboi-g Torrup, leading woman, is
a petite and fiery, brunette without
an effective scone to work upon.
There are eight sets effective in
the modern mode, whore heavy hatig-
ings moan a palace and a back
drop JUid bare stage,, oxoopt for a
trick. gate and a. tree, moan a gar-
den. All are rather adoquato in
suggo.-^tion; Jtush. ■

LITTLE ACCIDENT

FarcP comedy In three acts by l-Moyd
Dcir and Thomns MUohrtll, IToscnlod .it
tho Morosco by CroBhy Otilgo CK'A. 0. Stjxged
■ by Jo.spph (jrahaiu and Arthur Hurlry.

J.' J. Ovcrhe.'U

Ports (lvi'rl)0«-lc; . . . . .

Mrs. Overbeok. . . .' . .
•.Kntle... . , . :

Kornia-n uvnrbock..

Gilbert Riuul

Luclnda Ovcrlicclc .

Janet TarUe.

Kmily Crftno.

MadgC! Ferris.,

HeV. J)o('l(ir GlfforJ.
'Miss Clark i . >.

girls. It figures to stick for a time
to proiHitablq if moderate grosses.

Floyd Dell and Thomas Mitchtll
tooled the play from the former's
story "An Unmarried Father." That
sounds like a ten, tsve'nt and thirt
title but the promise is one revcrs
ing tlio field, in cases biulo;Tical or
ju.st plain little acciilorit.'-'. 'VVneroat;
the average youthf;il fatlior would
rixther take it on the lam Norman
Overbeck, of the pUiy. demands his
rights as a father, regardless of tho
fact ho isn't married to Isabel.
.. iNprmun Js^justjvbput to rt^hearse
iiis wedding wii'li MatlgeTTtlaled foi'

if The two young Yates boys, who
heretofore have played within the
confines of vaudeville, have launched
into the legit with a far more cred-
itable offering tha;n most virgin pro-
ducers. Their "The K Guy" is no
classic but it is no paluka.

De Leon, too, has a- vaude back
ground. He and a fem partner
played the circuits about 15 years
or so back.L He then wrote "The
Campus," a little musical show that
ran some 30 weeks in Los Angeles
when it -was a oije-week stand, in
which Fatty Arbuckle played the
stout comic and first gained fame
De Leon has of late also contributed
stories for the big shot mags, mostly
show stuff.

In "The K Guy" he shows an apti
tud© for construction and a toiich
for wise retorts. The situations are
not comi<^al, as he seeks to wind
into a line-comedy a gentle and
clean paraphrase of "Jarnegan" in
its Hollywood stuff, a rather thick
mystery plot, a love story and some
putho.s. He handles aU these jug
gling prol3^^ilir~d-eftiTes3; — —
His entire stage is the lunchroom
It is a new and

the next day. The morning mail
suggests he call at the Ellen llarris I of an indie studio

hospital, a maternity homo in Chi- refreshing set, and lends itself to

cago. There is. a po.stscript men- some action variety. It is §. re

tioning a Boston art g.'xllery to re- marlc^ably workable scene, with

fresh his memory. Then comes tho handy exits and entrances and some

recollection of an affair with Lsabel, helpful inclflental tools to toy with
a girl who planned to devote her There is - little attempt at variety
life to art. Norman wits in his last and none at realisjnj. The only thing

Maloolm WlUinms

'.Goialdlne Wall

, . . , .'.Su.'sanno J;uUtson

Madplnlne H.-\rr

Thom:i.'» WltcheU

; i. . KloniInK Ward

.Katharine CarrlrtKlon
, . . . .FlorPhcc Hrlnton
......... Mclen Hyrnos

Klvia Endora

IInrr> Fnv.vman

.-. . .Olga llnn.s(.in

... . . . , .John Iluller

Kud01i)lio Amcndt'laro A^rIan"l?ijaiBy

Miss Homlneway..., Ellxabelh Hrlico

Doctor -ZfrnoUt! ■Dcaniond Kelly

Isabel Drurj' Kath'-rlnc Alexandoi

Monica ra.so I'atricia H.irctay

Mra. Case..,..., Clare -Woodbury

year at Harvard when thoy mot.
She is all Set at the ho,spital, haying
registered the child which is to bo j
adopted. She is soon to leave for
I'aris. Noi-m;in has. been sent for
to be examined, merely as a record
for-posKl'ble future reference so far
as the child Is concerned.

The parents talk it over and Nor-
man cops the kid from the hospital,

that rings true IS the cash register
But it is. pleasant nonsense, and the
acting is likewise in veins calling
rather for effects than life's mirrors
The directing, is spiced with a sense
of hiirhor,' artd is fleet and skillful
So, how can "The K Guy" be
really bad show? It isn't. It isn't,
either, Important, It holds out its
arms for tho cut-rates, and will not
draw euloglum.'s from even the

This might he called an Infant
farco comedy since a non-squawk-
ing kid has got a lot to do with tho
doings. Crosby Galge is offering
rather good entortainmont in "Little
Accident," which will appeal to the

.v.i?.l nn^' rfvnn^^ i^i.^nn'tifo^S^Ul third-String revicwer* who caught
weeks and is traced through a phone big premiere nights

CMll ?Te has just agreed to wo< Lf the early season. But it should
the landlady's child so that the k)d entertain the pabulum
can be taken c^are of when his in the company, the outstanding
fiancee walks in. Then comes Isa- personality is easily Constance Mc
bol. ^ With the other two girls m Kay, a serio-comedy heroine who
another, room, tho p.ilr stage one of isn't a baby-faced ingenue and ye
-tlTnlr-wmTly-hrtttlr'Sr--F.oth=tl)e-other=hfg^

girls wnlk out, realizing that Nor- laugh business over. Jeanne Greene
man and Lsaboi) love enoh other. ha a delight as a little waitress
First act la fair, but too many Ralph Murphy, the easiest and best
word.i. Best portion is In the sec- performer in the outfit, with a lean
ond act, the ho.«?pital reception part, clicks pretty, ■ Paye Armstrong
room. Plenty of giggles with young Is a plausible blonde vamp on and
worried and anticipating father off, and Jessamine Newcombe, with
paoing around, very well done by a speaking voice that should get her
John But'er, a compl.Tisant It.nli.nn far In the talkies, and a deportment
who has Just become father of his and presence that should get her far
sixth; another amusing bit by I anywhere, Is the lost gasp. A. Ryder

"Courage", treats of an interesting
theme, but is rather spotty in acting
because, of tiio nature of the char-
acters. That it can. stand up under
Broadway competition is question-
able. . ■

Lew Cantor in presenting "Co\ir-
ago'' seems to be on the right track,/
for his excursions into the legit fiel'd.
nv.> progressively of the better kind.
Last season ho sallied onto the inain
stem with, two pi'oductiOns, "'I'he
Skull," mystery play doing fairly
well and a -proba-ble money maker
on tour this season.

"Tom Barry's story in ^'Courage"
-places the widowe.fl Mary Colebrook
in Cambridge, Mass., with seven
children, having moved herself and.
brood to that spot with a definite
educational idea, amid cultural sur-
roundings.

Finances aro at low ebb and as
the oldest son, Harvard student, put
t, the family is about to face a
crash. Tradespeople to pay off arid
no coin. Mother has been a bad
business manager. In two years the
'50,000 estate left by the husband,
is gone. All she gets fro.m her at-,
tractive children Is the blame.-

A charming woman is Mrs. Gole-
broOlc. Her api>lication for a loan
at the bank Is. granted. Mr. Rudlin,
the bank's president, has ra rep for
affairs with women. When Muriel,-
the eldest daughter, hears of the
loan, she jumps at . conclusions.
Feeling that, her mother's honor is
XLt stake she decided to make the
sacrifice herself and breaks off . her
engagement to Lynn Willai-di But
Mr., Rudlin proves to be not as bad
as rated. He explains he gave Mrs.
Colebrook credit because he- admired
her courage and her fine children.

It is a mira<;le-that gives the fam-
ily affluence. Bill Colebrooki young-
est of the kids,,; has made friends
with Miss Crosby next door, a re-
cluse. She suddenly dies, leaving'
Bill all her money, a half million.
The Other problem oiE- the Cole-
brooks Is the isinister presence in
the neighborhood of their father'^
sister. Aunt Caroline, flinty as any
New Englander could be. The aunt
hovers until sure of the financial
climax, then attempts to woo the
Colebrook children, except one, away
from the mother. Bill she knows
is not a full brother to the others.
Mrs. Colebrook after, her husband's
cruelties and he had told her she
was no longer desirable, had turned
to her first love, but there had not
been a marriage for various rear
sons. Curolino Is bent on handing
out retribution on the grounds that
a great sin had been committed. In
the end mother and Bill are off for
the west, she to be married to his
father.

The nature of the play calls for
several junior actors with Junior
Durkin shining, forth as a miniature
star. Janet Beocher is starred. Be-
tween them they have the show
sewed up. Miss Beecher Is quite
more personable than when last ob-
served, her figure being riiore like It
used to be. She seemed to be an
admirable choice as Mrs. Colebrook,
Her private life , in the past two
years has been stormy and she
fought in court for the right to re-
tain, her child. It may be imagined
therefore that she accepted, the role
in "Courage" with some relish.

Master Durkiri, about 12, waa siig-
gested-by Miss Beecher for Bill. The
boy i# given, slangy' lines which ordi-
narily, would be, alloted to more; ma-
ture years but he makes one believe
ho knows what It is all about. If
unspoiled It won't be long before
the kid will establish his name
among the leading juveniles.

I'roserit are the .Tones boys, Paul
and Toddy, who 'have dropped the
hair from their necks. Dulcie
Cooper had no easy time of It as
Muriel but came througli in the . last
act. Helen" Strickland looked the
storn Aunt Caroline.' Gene Gowing
played Lynn.

. Having reaehed a climax at the
second act curtain the author had
-lii3^problem=with=the=-finale.--=-T-hat
he succeeded is doubtful. Miss
Beecher Is given a very long ex-
planatory speech, which lets the
performance down too low. The
speech is designed to make some
of the Incidents less unbelievable
which It fails to do. A prolog Is
quite amusing but later foi-gotten.

The strength of "Courage" Is In
the Durkln lad. That the play can
make the grade is doubtful /bee.

L. H. Mitchell, publicity for Shaw-;
Nathan productlohSi

Frank Hill managing, and Ned
HolmeSj agent of VSimba;" at Bilt-
more, Los Angeles. ">

Bfonson DOuglao, company man-
ager for "Jiist a Minute,"

Werba's 4th

Keith's Flatbush, seating 2;000, in
that section of Brooklyn; has been v
taken oveSr by Louis Werba.

Stock may try for the pre.sent,
■with a legit road policy possible
later. . ■

Flatbush makes Werba's fourth
.combination t h cat r o over the
bridge. " .-

VAN DYCKE LEAVES HARRIS

. Thomas Van - D yoke - is out as
general press representative for
Sam. H. Harris. .

■yan Dycke, who .le£t the. Morn- :
ing Tcleferaph , to handle Harris's
press department, irepigned -W'hen
asked to blaze the trial for "The
Big Fight" on the road,

Alex Yokel will handle George
Jessel's "The War Song" and may
resume his exploitation duties with
Sam Harris and Al Lewis. Yokel
flopped with his maiden production
of "The Song -VVriter."

"Most Immoral Woman" Play

Alice Brady is coming in from
Denver, where she has beeri guest
star at the Denham (stock)/ , to
prepare for "The . Most Immoral
Woman." '.

W. A, Brady, Jr., and Dwight
Wiman are sponsoring this effort.

Arthur Byron on Vita :

Arthur Byron is engraged by Vita*
phone ( -Warners) for talkers. •

WEST COAST NOTES

(Continued from page 13)

Stone, .Frank Albertspn and Sall^
Phlpps added to "Calamity/' Fox.

Raymond Keane added * ''CasIh<»
Guarded" (MGM).

Esth-er Ralston has signed -a new
Par contract;

May WtcAyoy, leading -woman;
Lee Moran, William Desmond and
William Tooker added "No Defense,"
starring Monte Blue, WB, now ill
production.

Constantino Romanoff- added td
"Wolf Song," Par. ,

Leo Male ney added to "Fire De-
tective,',' Pathe.

— ' <» -

The appearance of May McAvoy
with Monte Blue In "No Defense,"
Warner Brothers, will be as co-star.

Pauline Garon and Lincoln Sted^
naan added Par's "Redskin."

Jack Oakle added "Tone Wat"."
Par. ' '

Joan Crawford has signed a new
M-.G-M, contract;' , ..

Al Ray signed to direct ".Reputa-
tion," starring Belle Bennett. Orig-
inal story by Frances . Gulhan for
T. S.

When Tim McCoy finishes "The
Law of the West," which will start
Nov: 1, he -wUl have completed hi«
1028-29 list. The next sea.son's prod-
uct will go into work in February.

Barbara Bedford added "Scarlet
Seas" (FN).

Buster Collier, Alma Bennett, Ed-
die Gribbon and George E. Stone
added to "Squads Right!' for T. S.

-=.-GolumbIa==^3==jnaJcing:^;JCi)l£ijii!ft^-
"The New Generation." George
Sidney in lead.

Leone Lane In "Case of Lena
Smith," Par.

Warners tvlll do "She Knew Men,"
•by Leon Curada, John T- Mur-
ray as male lead and Archie Mayb
directing.

Wednesday, October 17, 1928

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Whatever success we have won on the Pacific Coast in bulldinc: up our
circuit of theatres devoted to the legitimate drama has been due to the loyalty
and faithfulness of the players who have worked with us, to the employees
who have labored to make our organization what it is, and to the support
of playgoers who have shown us they were in favor of clean amusements.

It always has been our belief diat the average theatregoer wants wholesome,
amusing entertainment. Our policy has been to provide him with clean,
humorous plays at sensible prices. We have striven to maintain a consistent
standard of acting and production in these offerings. At times we have made
mistakes in not guaging the taste of the public. We have tried to profit by
these mistakes. But it is gratifying to find that our policy of wholesome
amusements has been endorsed by theatregoers, who have enabled us to
expand our circuit from one to nine theatres in less than four years.

We believe that the audience is the judge of the merits of an offering. Our
whole aim in providing theatrical entertainment is to appeal to every mem-
ber of a family, regardless of ap^e. To that end we specialize in humorous,
worthwhile plays; and there cannot be too great gratitude to the public for
showing us so. unmistakably that we have gained their confidence.:

Our sincere appreciation should be extended to the members of our various
companies who have worked whole-heartedly to give praiseworthy perform-
ances, and to the executive and mechanical staffs of our enterprises. The
same appreciation also goes to the Press of the Pacific Coast for its co-
operation, and to the friends who have been word-of-mouth boosters for

our attractions.

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PLAYH0U5B, VlpLLYWOOD

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55

THE EXEGUTiVE STAFF OF THE HENRY DUFFY PLAYERS INC.
EXTENDS ITS CONGRATUL/VTIONS TO HENRY DUFFY ON
THE COMPLETION OF THE OUFWIN THEATRES IN OAK-
LAND. CALIF. AND PORTLAND, OREGON. THE EIGHTH
AND NINTH THEATRES IN THE CIRCUIT OF

PACIFIC COAST PLAYHOUSES

WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR THIS
OPPORTUNITY TO EXPRESS OUR SINCERE.
ADMIRATION FOR HIS EFFORTS TO
BUILD UP A CHAIN OF THEATRES DE-
VOTED TOTH£ LEGITIMATE DRAMA AND
TO WISH HIM CONTINUED SUCCESS IN HIS

ENTERPRISES

RICHARD MARSHALL

GENERAL MANAGER.

EL/\AER. E. ROBINSON

COUNSEL

CAI^LTON MILES

GENERAL PUBLIC/TY DIRECTOR.
AND MANAGER ALCAZAR THEATRE

SAN FRANCISCO

MATTHEW ALLEN

MANAGER £L CAP/TAN THEATRE' HOUyWOOO

Wl LLI AAA B. McCURDY

MANAGER VANCOUVER THEATRE WOOOmBL

WILLIAM J. DUFFV

CO LIN I S P A N G L E R manager president THEATRE'SAN FRANCISCO

PUaLICITy MANAGER' SAN FRANC/SCO ^ qj- ^ [J p |-| [\/\

MAR.I E SORRILLE:

SECRETARY TO AAR, DUFFV

MYRON B. GOLDSMITH. EGA

PUBLIC ACCOONTANT

MANAGE R PRESIDENT THEATRE 'SEATTLE

WALTER. CHENOWETH

MANAGER HOLLYWOOD PLAYHOUSE 'HOLLYWOOD

ALAN R.Y A N

MANAGER .OUFWIN THEATRE'CmuO

MAI^G K BOWMA N E. O. BO N D ESON

i>. t-^N-y /./^ MANAGER PRESIDENT THUTRE'LOS ANGELES

MANAGER. DUFWN THEATRE' PORTLAND

BEST WISHES

MR. HENRY DUFFY

FOR THE SUCCESS AND PROSPERITY OF YOUR

THEATRES

IN OAKLAND, CAL. and PORTLAND, ORE.

FROM THE

"BEST PEOPLE

J9

COMPANY, NOW IN SECOND CAPACITY WEEK AT

Henry DufFy^s HOLLYWOOD PLAYHOUSE, HOLLYWOOD, CAL.

MARION LORD
MONT AtiUE SHAW
OLIVE COOPER
HAROLD HOWARD

JASON ROBARDS
FLORENCE ROBERTS
ALLEN CONNOR ^
JOHN MACKENZIE
EDWIN H. CURTIS, Director

NATALIE MOORHEAD
EARL LEE
GRACE STAFFORD
EUGENE BORDEN

THE PLAYERS APPEARING IN SUPPORT OF

n

AND

IN THE HENRY DUFFY PLAYERS' PRODUCTION

Love With Love

EXTEND CORDIAL GREETINGS

AND WISH TO EXPRESS THEIR APPRECIATION AT BEING CHOSEN TO

HELP DEDICATE ,THE NEW

DUFWIN THEATRE

RALPH KELLARD

GALE GORDON

OAKLAND, CALIFORNrA

DONNA EARLE FRED ESMELTON

>

FLORENCE BRITTON

ALFRED JENKIN

Stag«e Managfer

WALTER GILBERT

Stage Director

HARRY JAMES

General Musical Director

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^ o n^raiuia hons

TO

E N R Y

ON THE O PENIN G OF MIS
NEWEST THEATRES

OAKLAND. CALIFORNIA

PORTLAND, OREGON

MAY THESE BEAUTIFUL
STRUCTURES ENJOY
T HE R E M A R K A B L E
SUCCESS CHARACTERISTIC
OF ALL DUFFY THEATRES

G IT T E L S O N

LOS ANGELES-

B O T M K R S

MOLLY \VOOIJ»

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'Wednesday, October 17, 1928 _

OUR COMPLIMENTS

MR

P

B.

HENRY DUFFY

IT WILL ALWAYS BE OUR PLEASURE TO SERVE YOU

Shearer Company

SEATTLE

SAN FRANCISCO

PAINTING AND DECORATING

STAGE AND AUDITORIUM DRAPERIES

FLOOR COVERINGS

PORTLAND

LIGHTING FIXTURES
FINE FURNITURE
STAGE RIGGING

Compliments of

M. ROSENBERG

who is doing the Janitorial work for all HENRY
DUFFY HOUSES, the same as he is doing for 95
per cent of the theatres in the larger cities on the
Pacific Coast

Wishing Continued Success to

Sincere Greetings to HENRY DUFFY

ETHEL M. MOORE

REPRESENTATIVE INTERSTATE CO.

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PLAYERS

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1 ••

HENRY DUFFY ATTRACTIONS

Appeal to Our Customers
We Join in Coni^^ratulating Mr. Duffy and Wish Him Continued Success

QUARG MUSIC CO.

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BEST WISHES TO

HENRY DUFFY

FROM

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i

FRED. L. ALLES, Pres.

B. FRANK GREAVES, Treas.

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Henry Duffy and Dale Winter

By their wonderful efforts have contributed more to the interest in
spoken drama— the uplift of the stage by their choice of plays— the
enjoyment of the entire family — than any other factor in the dramatic

history of the Pacific Coast

OAKLAND, CAL.

Our very best wishes for their prosperity and the success of their new

DUFWI N THEATRES

PORTLAND, ORE.

HAROLD H. HOEBER

GEO RG E H. ST E R ETT

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THE FRAr<SCIS-VALENTINE COMPANY

PRINTERS OF POSTERS SINCE '49

San Francisco

VANCOUVEB8. B.C.,€ANAI»A

so

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MY SINCERE CONGRATULATIONS

TO

HENRY DUFFY

ON THE OPENING OF HIS NEW DUFWIN
THEATRES IN PORTLAND AND OAKLAND

%^

FORD

TO OUR DEAR FRIEND AND PAL

MR. HENRY DUFFY

THE ''WOODEN KIMONA" COMPANY

NOW IN 8th WEEK AT DUFFY'S PRESIDENT THEATRE, LOS ANGELES

EXTEND HEARTIEST GREETINGS AND BEST WISHES FOR SUCCESS

ON THE OPENING OF HIS

DUFWIN THEATRES

AT. OAKLAND, CAL, and PORTLAND, ORE.

DUDLEY CLEMENTS
JOSEPH DE STEFANI
CAMERON PRUD^HOMME
LESLIE PALMER

CLARA VERDERA
HELEN KEERS
LEAH WINSLOW
WILLIS MARKS

LESLIE AUSTEN
ROBERT ADAMS
CARL GERARD
FREDERICK WALLACE

EDWIN H. CURTIS^5faffe Director

Wednesday, October 17, 1928

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R. HENRY DUFFY

THE CAST OF

NOW IN

FOURTH CAPACITY WEEK AT

Henry Duffy's El Capitan Theatre,

Hollywood, Calif.

WISH YOU UNMEASURED SUCCESS IN YOUR

NEW DUFWIN THEATRES
AT OAKLAND, CAL., and PORTLAND, ORL

LUCILLE WEBSTER GLEASON
JOHN BREEDEN
EDWARD CASSIDY
DONALD CAMPBELL
WILBUR HIGBY
EDWARD SE ABROOK
WILLIAM ROBYNS ^

FRED BIEBESHEIMER

EDDY WALLER
DORIS BROWNLAE
J. RAYMOND BROWN
LILLIAN WORTH
ANN LOCKHART
EUGENIA CUYLER
J. E. STERNER

BARBARA LEONARD
PURNELL PRATT
FREDERIC HOWARD
WILLIAM M AC AULEY
EDWARD McWADE
LAWRENCE WILSON
LARRY ENGDAHL

WYNN BOWLES

EDWIN H. CURTIS, Director

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THE AMERICAN PLAY CO.

ADMIRES THE NOTABLE ACHIEVEMENTS OF

NRY DUFFY

DUFWIN THEATRE

OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA

AND CONGRATULATES HIM UPON THE SUCCESSFUL
OPENING OF TWO NEW THEATRES

DUFWIN THEATRE

PORTLAND, OREGON

SUCCESS TO

Mr. HENRY DUFFY

DUFWIN THEATRES

AT OAKLAND AND PORTLAND
FROM

J. C. MILLIGAN

OFFICIAL PHOTOS
EL CAPITAN— HOLLYWOOD PLAYHOUSE-
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BEST WISHES

to

HENRY DUFFY

on the Opening of His New

DUFWIN THEATRES

IN PORTLAND AND OAKLAND

GLOBE TICKET COMPANY

OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES

CONGRATULATIONS

TO

HENRY DUFFY

FROM

Neale Rainbow Lights

Incorporated

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We are gratef ul for the opportunity
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HENRY DUFFY

, and h i s

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BEST WISHES

HENRY DUFFY

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HENRY DUFFY

Congratulations!

WS trust YOUR "success will
increase proportional to the
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President's friends in Seattle.
We. are enjoying your wonder-
ful CLEAN PLAYS

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MR. HENRY DUFFY *

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190 O'Farrell St. San Francisco

My Phone Number is GARFIELD 5

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WISHES HENRY DUFFY GOOD LUCK
AND CONTINUED SUCCESS

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CONGRATULATIONS!

MR, HENRY DUFFY

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WITH ALL GOOD WISHES

HENRY DUFFY

SAM A. DIAMOND

SEATTLE

GOdD LUCK

TO OUR FRIEND

DUFFY

PIONEER SHOW PRINT

SEATTLE

SUCCESS TO

DUFWIN

MOORE HOTEL

SEATTLE '

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Ail

9 wish them tuck too-^ and lots of it
^T^heUuffys^ thats who/

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T^hoto^rapher fir

THE DUFFY FLOWERS

kAV\'

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Wednesday, October 17^ 1928

My Compliments
to

MR. HENRY DUFFY

The reason for his great success is his under-
standing of people.

Leo Carrillo

4

IT IS A PRIVILEGE FOR THE MEMBERS OF THE

Lombardi Ltd./

WHO JUST CLOSED A TEN-WEEK ENGAGEMENT AT DUFFY'S HOLLYWOOD PLAYHOUSE, HOLLYWOOD, CAL.

TO EXTEND OUR BEST WISHES TO

Mr. Henry Duffy

ON THE OPENING OF HIS DUFWIN THEATRES

At

OAKLAND, CAL; and PORTLAND, ORE.

HfeLEN FERGUSON % IRVING MITCHELL OLIVE COOPER

BARBARA LUDDY J- IRVING WHITE MARGARET LANDIS

MARIE WELLS HARRY ADAMS DOROTHY DWAN

INA RORKE JOHN MacKENZIE ANN LITTLE

EUNICE QUEDENS WILLIAM DILLS CORINNE ROSS

ETTA LEE JEAN ROGERS AMIE MONNIER „ .

EDWIN H. CURTIS— Sfag-e Director

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Henru Duffy Players Inc.

ALCAZAR THEATRE

SA.V FRANCISCO

»

Extend Greetings and Felicitations to

And CongratuJaf e Him on th<e SacoeMfxii Opening oif the

DUFWIN THEATRE, C^yOjyviD
DUFWIN THEATRE, PORTLAf®

LOUIS -D^ARGLAY
STEWART WILSON
WALTER LAW

TAGGERT
MARGUERITE ALLEN

DEHN

HENRY CAUBISENS

HARRY JAMES

General Mtu^ca! Dircictor

WALTER GILBERT

Stage Director

MR. HENRY WJFFY

Congratalations
from

The Heywood
Wakefield

Company

WHO MANUFACTURED AND INSTALLED THE
SEATS IN YOUR NEW

• DUFWIN THEATRES

AT OAKLAND AND PORTLAND

ALSO IN THE PRESiDEN'T, LOS ANGELES: PRESIDENT,
SEATTLE; ALCAZAR, SAN FRANCISCO

B. F. SHEARER

WESTERN DIVISION MANAGER
Seattle San Francisco Portland Los Angeles

''TERRY"

YOU
ALL

POSSIBLE
SUCCESS

FRANK 0. MLLER

Best Wishers

to ihe

DUFFY PLAYERS

ATLAimC i S. R TRAI^ CO.

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601 East 5th Street
LOS ANGELES

MAY VOU CONTINUE
CLiMaJNG THE LADDER .
OF SUCCESS

HENRY DUFFY

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istinctive Furniture

i

TO HENRY DUFFY

CONGRATULA TJIONS

— cn his phenomenal success in the past.

—on his splendid policy of clean and better pla>s.

BEST WISHES

—for even greater success
in the future.

JOHN F. HUBER

Tiieatre Program Publisher

Cor. ',7tn and Los Angeles Sts. Los Angeles, Calif.

We orapliment HENRY DUFFY on giving Seattle the best of High class theatre entertainment

AL.L.EN BUILDING GOMF^ANY

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Wednesday, October 17, 1928

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WE THINK you ARE. Q
A GREAT PAL

V A R IE T y

Wednesday, October 17, 1928

Sincerest coagratulations and best wishes to our
old pal, Henry Dufify, on his opening of the^^new
Dufwin theatres in Oakland Cal., and Portland,
Ore., and on his remarkable achievements in
making stock history on the coast.

. CENTURY PLAY CO., Inc.

My Wish to

I:

HENRY DUFFY

The best wish I can extend to
you on the wonderful occasion
of the opening of your two new
and beautiful Dufwin Theatres,
Oakland and Portland, is that
the Amusement Public will ap-
preciate to the fullest extent your
sincere efforts to provide the best
stock companies and the best
plays that money can buy and
the finest and most comfortable
theatres in America in which to
enjoy your enviable entertain-
ment.

Sincerely,

JOHN HAMRICK

SUCCESS

MR. HENRY DUFFY

. On the Opening of Your

DUFWIN THEAYRES

AT PORTLAND AND OAKLAND

ORGANIST

Duffy's Hollywood Playhouse, Hollywood, Cal.

WISHING

HENRY DUFFY

and his

Dufwin Theatre

at Portland

Constantly greater success

AMERICAN
EXCHANGE.
BANK

PORTLAND, ORE.

Wishes for a
Brilliant Success

HENRYDUFFY

and His

PLAYERS

BRILLIANT TUBE
SIGN & LIGHTING CORP.

^ PORTLAND, ORE.

Best Wishes

HENRY DUFFY

COREY SIGN CO.

SEATTLE

MARISCH & UNDIS

(Clothes for Men and Young Men)
lixtenrts Grc<?tInB8 to

HENRY DUFFY
180 O'Farrell St., San Francisco

We Know Your Two New Houses
In Oakland and Portland
Will Be Just as Successful

As Your Other Theatres on the Coast

Mr» Henry Duffy

♦»♦♦♦♦♦♦ <

You Are the Friend of Every Showman
and Artist on the Stage and Screen
So we are only too happy to say
■ *Good Luck, Terry"
» ♦ ♦ M t ♦ ♦ ♦♦♦

FANCHON

and MARCO

A FRIEND

GREETINGS AND BEST WISHES

HENRYDUFFY

SEATTLE

Wishing a Million Dollars Worth of Good Luck
to my Red-Headed Irish Friend

"TERRY" DUFFY

From His Bald-Headed Jewish Friend

DICK HARRIS

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The Meoilers of HENRY DUFFY'S

Especially Engaged for San Francisco and Los Angeles

Extend Cordial Greetings
and Wish Him Gontinued Success and Prosperity

SIDNEY TOLER

GAY SEABROOK
KENNETH GAMET
EDNA WEST

R. A. "DICK" MITCHELL, Agent

EMERSON TREACY

DOROTHY LAMAR

LEO J. CHRIST AL

M, B. HASSE, Company Manager

THE DUFWIN THEATRE

OAKLAND, CAUF.

Was Promoted, Leased and Sold
Through the Agency of

Associated with

REALTORS

30^ Kearny Street

SAN FRANGISGOrGALIFV

We have a Department Specializing in Theatrical Promotions

Good Luck to Henry Duffy and his players. We are
glad to num ber them among our distinguished travelers.

Four Great Routes

for transcontinental travel

Go one
return

Only Southern Pa-
cific offers you a choice
of 4 great routes and
1 2 trains daily for travel ^^^^^m
across the continent.
Go one way, return another and sec a
great sweep of countiy and at mini-
mum expense. These routes are:

Sunset Routk: San Trancisco to
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and San Antonio. Thence cast and
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'round the world. Also the "Argo-
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OvcRLAND Route, (Lake Tahoe

'^ ay and liney : ^JifcavIa^)gJen
' and Omaha to Chicago,

another "San Francisco Over-
^1 land Limited" 6ll^
hour transcontinental
aristocrat. Also ""Gold Coast Limited"
and "Pacific Limited."

Golden State Route: Los An-
geles, Phoenix, VA Paso to Kansas
City and Chicago. "Golden State Lim-
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day. Also "Apache" and "Californian."

SnAsTA Route : California to North-
west and east over northern lines. The
"Cascade" and 3- other trains.

F. S. McGINNIS
Tassenger Traffic Manager
San Francisco

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R. ROBERT McWADE

Desires to Thank MR. HENRY DUFFY for Starring Him in His Production of

"NEW BROOMS"

For 15 Weeks at the ALCAZAR Theatre, San Francisco, and 11 Weeks at EL CAPITAN Theatre, Hollywood

A PACIFIC COAST RECORD
As Well as for the Past Seven Weeks at the PRESIDENT Theatre, San Francisco/ in His Production of

"DADDIES"

Congratulations on the Successful Opening of Your New

DUFWIN THEATRES

l\ OAKLAND AND PORTLAND

THE MEMBERS OF HENRY DUFFY PLAYERS' PRODUCTION

Extend Cordial Greetings and Best Wishes for Continued Success

WILL LLOYD ZEFFIE TILSBURY CHARLES COLEMAN

DORIS PHILLIPS GAYNE. WHITMAN FRANK DARIEN

THOMAS W. MACK, Stage Manager

WALTER GILBERT FREDERICK M. WARNKE

Stage Director Musical Director

DEAR TERRY:

GOOD LUCK AND BEST WISHES

FROM

LUCILLE and JIMMY GLEASON

GREETINGS FROM THE GREAT WHITE WAY OF THE WEST

MR. HENRY DUFFY

ON THE OPENING OF YOUR

DUFWIN THEATRES

AT bAKLAND, CALIF., AND PORTLAND, ORE.
We Know There Will Be Many, Many More Duf win Theatres Along the Pacific Coast

TOBERMAN COMPANY

6763 Hollywood Blvd. HOLLYWOOD, CAL.

GOOD LUCK! ON THE OPENING OF YOUR NEW DUFWIN THEATRES IN OAKLAND AND PORTLAND

MR. HENRY DUFFY

From the Orchestra, El Capitan Theatre, Hollywood, GOUNOD ROM ANDY, Leader

FRED BIEBESHEIMER WYNN BOWLES M. L. HIGLEY JAMES MICHIAL JOE MEMOLI

Wednesday, October 17, 1928

VARIETY

HENRY

DUFFY

YOU'LL WIN

WITH

DUFWIN

CHARLOTTE TREADWAY

Lead

RALPH M. REMLEY

Comedian

H. WILLIAM RICH

Scenic Artist

HARRY FOX

Treasurer

FERDINAND MUNIER

Director

MYRA MARSH

Second Lead

LEO LIM>HARD

Second Leatl

FLORA BRAMLEY

Ingenue

mm

KENNETH DAIGNEAU

Lead

i

JANE DARWELL

Character

GEORGE CLEVELAND

Character

ARTHUR PIERSON

Juvenile

JOHN NICKERSON

Stage Manager

LADDIE MOORE

Treasurer

GEO. ROGOVOY'S PRESIDENT ORCHESTRA

NICHOLAS OECONOMACOS

Clarinet

EMIL BIRNBAUM

First Violin

DAVE AUSTIN

Second Violin

GEORGE HUTCHINS

Trumpet

BERTHOLD LINDGREN

Piano

HARRY ANGELL

Drama

GEORGE ROGOVOY

Cello

Theatre Seattle

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VARIETY

Wednesday, October 17, 1928

FUTURE PLAYS

Thofitio Guild K< Lovy Com-
pnny . liP.'idoil hy lOUzalx th RiHclon,
Robert Kcill-. I ' K T^itwjstlt^ Wiir-
burlon . ( laiulilo, t ti. sim ii'il Mon-
day ..'it Mimti^l.iii . N. J. This year
it js iNiiryiiiK a siioi ial inodiicLion
bujlt l-y Kay'iiioncl Sovoy and if giv-
ing four' plays, "Tlio Doctor's Di-
lemma." ."Ned Mc'Cobb's Dauprlitor,"
"Tnr-. Kcoond .Man" and "jolin l^or-
guson." Unlike last year's companyi

.liiis. onc is booked for many week
stands in .the .Kast and West and
will sxo to the Coast.

"Portrait of a Man with Red
Hair," second production at the
Garric.k theatre, by Charles.' Wag-
ner. X-h-tter claim.s it is ft different
version t-han that tried out by . Al
Woods last spring.
. "At 3.45," by Pauhric .Seymour,
•will be siven a stock, tn;ii by the
Fulton JMa'yors at . Die Fulton,
Brooklyn, Oct. 29. .It will be repro-
duced as ,'i legit att.raclion hy CoIt>-
brook Pi-oductioMs, Jii.c, ■ . -

"The . Undressed Kid," .by Wil-
liam A. C'lrew, and' sponsored by
Howard Scnebbe and Gerald Bacon,
bows in at Springfield, Ma.ss.,' Oct.
22. It comes to Ne\y York two

. weeks later. Cast includeis John

Greetings HENRY DUFFY

HOTEL ST. MARLEAU

J; J. .CRA-WrORD, Prop.

190 O'Farrell St., San Francisco

CuinberJatid, llany Bannl.ster,
Thais ].«iwt(in, Sue MacManamy,
Joscjih ("Jianby, lOdward CoUibrook,
ilobi-rl Hyman, Aristedes Do IX'Oni,
Boiinic-. P.can and Dolly IjCwIs,

"The Colonel's Lady" by T.en D.
■f.lolli.stcr ■ and I..f'St(r IjonofC.ani for
production by Bernard Bleele.

"Revolt," by llarrj^ WagfFtaffe
Oribble, sponM.(>r( d '' y IaiU- Deven-
jsion, went into r< hear.fal last week.
Tt opens cold jn Nfcw York throe
-Aveeks lionce.

^'The Lady Lies," initial prodtic-
tion of the new firm of Stanley,
Barter & McGowan, gets under way
at Washington,. Oct. 28. Cast in-
cludes William 'Royd, Eloise Stream,
n.arry'i.,illford, Betty I.-awford, Cor-
delia McDonald, IJenry Wadsworth
and othcr.s,

"Gods of Lightning," liy Maxwell
Anderson and ll.'irold . I-Iickerson,
based upon the Racco-.Vanzetti case,
.supplan.t.'- "F.vn the Fifth" at the
Little, Ne.w York, Oct. 24. MeFad-
den-Gary Production.*? pioducing.
Cast includes Molly Ricardcl, Jules
Artlield, nobcrt Brister, . Benjamin
Fosseden, Tlarry Bliven, Dell Cleve-
land, Jphnllamilton, ISdward Cut-
ler, Ian Wolfe, Arthur Pederson,
Henry Engel, Moss Fleisig, Lloyd
Savine', Willard Dnshiell, Douglas
Wood and B.arton McLano. In addi-
tion to principals the cast will carry.
22 extras. .

"The Three Bears," drama,- Wall
Street romance, goes into rehearsal
shortly.

"The Town's Woman" is to be

produced uiiGor the direction of
Harry Benrimo with Frank L. Tel-

Shows in

Rehearsal

"Well, -Vy'ell,

Well" (Shu-

berts).

lor. casting. Martin Mooney of John
Golden's oIFico and Thomas Burtis,
writer, are eg-aulhors of the play, :

"Congai," sponsored by Sam II.
Harris, bows in at ; Phiiadelphia
next week, coming to New York two
weeks later:' Cast includes Helen
Menken, Felix Krembs,. George Bax-
ter, Theodor-e l-Iecht, Charles Trow-
bridge, Valerie Bergere,.yei-a Hurst
and Ara Gerald.

"The bark Mirror," which will
inaugurate •. the .'tenancy . of the
Lenox :n ill players at the Cherry
Lane, Greenwich Village, late thia
montli, went into rehearsal this
week. Cast includes Syd IJrenner,
Mary llallett, Adeline Ruby, Jerome
Sepiow, Mitchell Marcus, Louis Lat-
zer and others..

"IVluch Ado About Nothing," re-
vival starring Mry. Fiske, went into
rehearsal last week. Tt opens ip
Newark, Nov 12, and then goes to
Boston for a run,- Support :cast
includes Pedro de Cordoba,. . Ian
MacLaren, Charles Warburten, IBet-
ty Linley, Horace. Pollock, Herbert
Delmpre, George La • Soir, Owen
Meech, Tracy Barrow, Virginia
Phillips, and Mary Walsh.

"Polly," musical version of Belas-
coe's "Polly With a Past.'.' pro-
duced by Arthur Hammerst:ein with
June English in name role. Piece
goes into rehearsal next week.

"Tonight at 12," by Owen Davis,
was placed in rehearsal this week
by Herman Shumlin. Cast In-
cludes Florence Rlttenhou.'je, Owen
Davis, Jr., Moffatt Johnson, Patricia
Barclay, Spring Byington, Edward
11. 'Wever, William Ro.sclle, Viola
Frayne, William David, Diane Es-

monde, Gerald Cornell and Florence
Short. ^

"Hotbed," drama of college life,
by Paul Osbom, went Into rehearsal
this week •with Brock PembCrton.
sponsoring. It bows In. at New
Rochelle, N, T., Nov. 1 and comes
to a New York house two weeks
later.

BEST jyiSI^ks TO

HENRY DUFFY

And His Newest Theatre

THEDUFWIN

AT PORTLAND

FROM

ROBERTSON, HAY & WALLACE

GENERAL CONTRACTORS

WEATHERBY BLDG. PORTLAND, OREGON

BEST WISHES

FROM

■ ' 'I

ALEXANDER HOTEL AMBASSADOR HOTEL

HOLLYWOOD ATHLETIC CLUB

LOS ANGELES

ANOTHER BEAUTIFUL THEATRE TO THE CREDIT OF HENRY DUFFY

THE DUFWIN AT PORTLAND, OREGON

OPENED SUNDAY, OCTOBER 14

with

LEO CARRILLO as Guest Star

with the HENRY DUFFY PLAYERS in

"THE eAD MAN"

Staged by GEORGE CLEVELAND

HELENE MILLARD
ELIZABETH ROSS
GEORGE CLEVELAN D
DAVID LLOYD STEARNS

IN THE CAST

EDWARD LYNCH
WILLIAM DILLS
GEORGE ROUTH
JEAN PAUL KING
WING WONG

MARC BOWMAN* Resident Manager

stage Manager, WALTER SIEGFRIED

NEIL McFEE
BARBARA LUDDY
GUY REYNOLDS
ANDY GUNNARDS.

MORE POWER

TO SUCH A FINE, CLEAN, ENTERTAINING ORGANIZATION AS

HENRY IDOf^F^Y^ P

FRED S. JAMES & CO.

E. C. FOX

The STAGEHANDS of Your PRESIDENT THEATRE, SEATTLE

WIS>1 XOU SUCCESS

HENRY DUFFY

ROY PINKHAM
M. O'lVIALLEY
H. A, ALDE
S. SANDS

E. C. BOOTH

F. C. GOLDTHORP
L. R. SMITH

L. SCHULT2

H. TROOP

Wednesday, October 17, 1928

VARIETY

71

VAN r- RANCISCO

Henry Duffy— wise show-
itian — believes in printer's
ink and billposter's paste . . .
He bought a full showing—
a circus billing— and, believe
me, his territory is lit up like
a town with a circus opposi-
tion . . A nd hand paint **de
luxe'*— that's the Henry
Duffy specialty— places Jiis
merchandise on the same
high pjane as the nationally
ad^rtised commodities I

36^ Days o/butdoorBilliiiS

cities ot Uie entire

fate

You're a great little guy, Henry Duffy, and the Foster
& Kleiser Company salute you and wish you godspeed,
success and happiness.

HERBERT "DUTCH" RIEMER

Foster and Kleiser

COMPANY

To the Henry Duffy Players, Inc:

extend to you our best wishes for the suc-
cess of your two newest theatres — the Dufwin
in Oakland, and the Dufwin in Portland.

We know that you have kept, and will con-
tinue to keepi^ faith with the public in maintain-
ing your policy of "Clean, Wholesome Plays at
Sensible Prices"; a^

with the high standard of your productions^ will
bring to you the full measure of success.

Sincerely,
K. D. WINSHIP ESTATE

ALCAZAR IMPROVEMENT COMPANY

72

L E G I T I M AT E

Wednesday, October 17, 1928

The Ups and Downs of Terry Duffy

Arthur Ungar

By

Los AuRolos, Oct. It.'
is a rod-hcfuied go-eri'tttM-
a smile that nc-vov weai-rf of£
a faculty for accomi)li.<ihin«:
the other follow flopped at.

■ ■ivitli
■\v'hat '

Ilo in today the l)iK^'C'St ihdivid-hij
slock producrr in America, op.^>r-
atin;,'- nine honsos— eight • in tho
Si.aos aiid one in. Canaita. : An'i
not one a bust. .■ ' ■ .

This ft'IloW is llvhry Di^ffy, u'lio-
has just added ilio eighth and njn'.h
links to 'his stock oliain-. is
act.iii',-. iiTanag.er,. prriO iicer ;. ha.s; Iv id
hi.s ups aiid downs, T)ut now is on
toji ;ind makinp as much annually
as i\ny theatre ni.i tia;;or, i)r.odnc'<n-
and actor in the countiy.
. "Tcn-y" Duffy . i.s a sliy,' back-
ward sort of eu.\'.. '^^■'lo never , in-
trude.'^; has good- will for evi-ryono
• — frit-nd, cornpotitor or strang-e:--^.
and .malice toM'ard no. one.

They, gave hini the nickname of
'^Tovry" early In life.- He was one'
of 10 kids and .had to battle for
recognition in the faniily. Some-,
times he did It with liis fists, but '
ntVu e often with what is now called
"palaver" Qr soft words that ha/l
fax-reaching effect rind made him
the leader of the Duffy tribe.
■'. ACter hanginis'. ai'Otind thedfcrf^-'
and hotels ias kid actor and ^jreli-
hop, he was hired to play the bare-
footed lad in a. .stock performancf
aii "Uarbara Frietchie," to shout.
'*Hero comes Stonewall ■ jackaon ! ";
For that he was promised two-bits ■
a sliovv". But on Saturday night'
little Terry was gypped out of iiij .
xnazuma.

He had a siste^- Nan, married L <
Tom Kfcss, who was managing a
rep show for. Dick Ferris, at that
time' llie stock Inipresarlo oif the. ^
middle west. Kress gave him a job
to do odd chores aroujid the .house
.and play juvenil^ bit^. His first
was in "La Belle Marie" at $5 a
weok. For that/. dough, besides ap-
pearing In the play, he did an 61io
turn, sang ill. songs, sold candy
and soda pop during intermission
to -the audience, fmictioned as
prdpcrty boy and billposter.

Salary Missers
■Jumping from one company to
another as salary days - were
mi-ssed, selling- songbooks "on the
side, he was grossing around $05 a
woi'k in "Quincy Adams Savvye-j"
at 17. Ho then, organized a com-
pany and went into C{ale.sburg, III.,
and did pretty well. He thought ho
ousht have more companies out, as
he was making money. He put out
four. ■ They toured the middle west.
The' going was tough. He wa.s
paying royalty for what he was
U.sing, while the other rep troupori
were just using the . material and
forgetting where it came from.
Duffy went broke in a short time.
Then he went back to Chicago with
$7, luid movt ups and downs, arid
finally wandered into New York.

Ho at l-i.-it. got J-

iii lh('" v;iuili^

.•^kit "Tho Litll.-st (iirl.,'.' .--aved ?-J00
on th<r tour and decided he wa?
going back to Cliicngo and put out
a dhow. He opened at the Empres?'
. there • in "Tlie Thief." Paid .JTTiO
royalty for the; play, and his gros.-
did not reaclv it. Then he .troui)i\;
around: the east a. while and final l.v
got lu.s chance in New York. .
: George :C. Tyler cnsi' him for Jin.i-
.my IJe:'i in "I'oHy.lun.i," lie joinvd
:Mar.iorie . R ihiboau .. in . ' Hycs ol"
Youth." .'Mis.s Ranil)cau' h;is just
compli'toil . a l:i-\ve'>,k- engag'onient
under Duffy'.s managiMiVeiit.) From
that job went to. otjiers, an'l
later Dave DoJasco put him in rtn
all-star show. It flopped. After anr
Other show or so; I hi ff.v decided it.
was time to gist going . on his own.

He ..started in \V'a;i|iiiigton. Siuc-
cessful. tiNl.aiuled and opened .in
Baltimore. Pittsburgh and IJrooki.v n.
Breaks not so food ami 'Terry went

putting on productions that in ap-
pcai'ancc v/cre more resplendent
than some of the originals staged
in Xew York. He got the gUest star
Idea. Brought the st;irs jn to play
tlioir original roles. Tliat built up
faith in th^ Duffy organization.

Then there was a hou.se in Seat-
tle not doing .so well. Dr. Duffy was
called in. He leased It. Did busi-
ness. Foimd it was not big enough
and now has the President there,
known as. one of tlie biggest, money,
makoi-s in the Northwest. -r.
In Los Angeles

For a: time,' Terry siiied away-
from Los Angele.s. A year ago he
got the 101 Capitan in llqllywopd.
They all told hiiir he was playing
with dynamite.' It clicked frohi the
.^tart. No.w s.how.s. in that house run
eight ' to twelve weeks. .Th&n ■ the
old, Morosco, in which he one
worked ns an actor. Duffy took it
and spent ?75,0O0 to fix It up. That
was, six months ago. From the start
it wa.s. a hit. Ila^j only had three
shows in the time it has been ope-
rating, with average run of eight
weeks. _

Early last aumnyer, stockholdei'S
in Hollywood Playhouse yi'antod tb

Henry Terry Duffy and Dale Winter (Mrs. Duffy)

30N JOUR

JACK FORESTER

I'EATl'KEU

CASINO DE PARIS

I>OU»MNO

PERROQUET

back to ooLinj for pay agam. He
then . Went into '^Chicken F.eed."
After that he went into sto.ck in
Montreal. There hfe met Dale 'Wiri;
ter in "Irene." They had a case on
each other and to the altar they
went. That was little naore than
four ye.ar.s ago.

On the Coast
Wliilo' in Montreal he heard that
he could, get the Alcazar in San
Frahciisco. He closed the deal by
phone, then went to New York and
bon-owcd $5,000 to make a fresh
Start. His nerve stuck witli him. B,v
the time he let the curtain go up
on his first show, "The. Cat and the
Canary," at the Alcazar, he had
spent $22,000 in the remodelling of
the house.

When Terry ' got It. tho Alcazar
was a dead one. Six months after-
ward it wa.«i making money. Duffy
was known on the coast as the
hous6 doctor. He brought them
back. This was later demonstrated
when he took over the Plaza and
tore Its Insides oiit. Spent about
$100,000 on It and reopened It un-
der the name of the President. His"
first sliow was "Best People." It ran
23 week.s and broke all San Fran-
cisco records for runs. ,

From then on It was a push-over
for Duffy. His poUcy was $1,25 top.
His plays were all clean and he was

TRAmmC WHlTE ELEPHANTS

X hiUn T}ieatfo , Operators .Uaviti.; in somo torritory a dlfUcult opoiMiinij
I)iobIcin ana who havo to go oulsido o£ tlioir organlicalion for an all arouml
e.^porlonccd showman, capable and blgr cjnouBU .Co .mccc.i.Htully meet an
unusual situation, .may Uav^ the .sofvices ofan alort; and neKresHlve buglnoss
buiidor. . .Si.\tocii years' e.-cperi^nee oporallne thcatrps pf.. from, 400. to 2,<WP
.scats, al: present (ll-'<triot inah;iffor i)C M thcatrp divial.oa oC.iiaUonal chain,
,l^•H.ii•ih(^ c{)nncclloll where fuluio ami salary are coTuiii'^il.'^urato with .aMlity
•■iiid roSulis obtAlnoii • ' '

Address Variety, Box 10, New York

put that place , on a paying basis.
Duffy -was sent for, took it over
and th« first show, "Lonlbardi Ltd.,"
with Leo Carlllb, just closed a most
profitable 10-weok engagement.

In tiie meantime, he took over the
Vancouver theatre, in Vancouver,
from the Oi'pheum Circuit. Going
was hard at start. But lie just, stuck
along '^nd now has it. up with the
rest.; "

Now Terry has' just opened the
Dufwin, in Oakland, new l,r50.-seat-
er, built: for him, and. the Dufwin,
Portland, >Vhich was tiio Hippo-
drome tliere. Duffy had a please on
th&— Heilig. last spring. Trade was
so good tiaat he bought the Hip
property, spent around $100,000, and
now has a. new house.

.Rgns-It All

Duffy , Jr„ personally buys his
shows, casts them, attends to all of
the business affairs, makes all of
his decisions and still finds, time to
act In a show now and then. ■
, He is just 38, works about 20 out
of 24 liours, never gets cross or
crabbed, and is always willing to
lend an ear to a. good proposition.
Always wants to bo in the back-
ground. Hates to make speeches.
Gives liberally to worthy charity
and. never tells anyone about it.

Hard work and foresight in busi-
ness affairs have, made Tci"ry Duffy
the wealthiest legit producoi*. on the'
Pacific Coast and one, of the biggest
stock -Producers in. the \yovldr All
done with $1.25. top attractions of a
clean and wholesome nature.

abTe and uppealing. to his patrons.
Has rest and lounge -roomH that are
the last word, A Duffy house for
stock that haa that intimate touch.

The exterior of the Dufwin is of
light stono with a trio of metal
panels in front. A marquee ex-
tends over the oidewalk and lobby.
The latter has marble walls, and
above there la. an arched . ceiling
designed with Pompeilan -red, green
arid blue. The combined colors look
like a huge Persian rug flung over-
head: ■ Below the celling -riins >a
frieze, of colors around the entire
wall. '■ <. ... ■ ■; ■ ."' .■.

The doors in- and out are of Philr
ippine mahogany, with mahogiiny
panelling alffo runniiig around the
sides of the aiiditoriiim to meet
the. balcony.

The foyer, aiid auditorium walls
are done in rose Ivory and pastel
shades are the decorations used in
the procenlunt balconies on either
side of the stage.' There are only
16 rowa of sey.ts on each floor. Ih
the roar of the balcony is a foyer
and lounge fui-nished \yith hand--
oarved walnut table, cliairs and
davenports. The 'same type of fur-
nishings are Used in the louhgQ .and
smoking room in the basement. The
opening attra^tioii» was yincent
LawrchcQ's comedy "In Love with

Love," Duffy and Dale Winter'
were the guest stars. The pr.oduc- /
tion they put on the stage was a
more lavish and appealing set tlianj
the original at the Longacre In Newil
York five yeai-a ago. "In Love ■With a
Love" is sui'e fire for stock andfl
the DufEys* have an exceptional
supporting cast. The performance
given by Duffy aa Robert Mctcdlf
smacked of slnce.rity with no IndN
cation of, overaction, tho cape in
this particular rdle. . Misg Winter
was Ann Jordan and handled it
superbly, . .Ralph Kellard had that
sweet Jack Gardner role and what
he did with it was not one's busi-
ness. Ilia was on outstanding per-
foi'mance. Remarka,ble good woBlc
also by Fred Esmelton, Florence
Brit tori, • Dorina liarle' / and Gale
Gordon. . . ■

■\Vdlter iBi Gilbert staged tho pro-
duction arid had .it going at a faster
tempo, than any other stock dlr'ectop
has -dTone wltli this sarnie piece.

Harry James, general mu.'jical di-
rector for the Duffy organization,
is rn charge of the scven-pavt outi
.fit....

Alan Ryan Is resident manager,
with Tense Herbert and C. M. Jos-
eph iri the box' office. Alfred Jeh-
kln is stage manager, and Carl
Iyeyna..sccrilc artist. U-ng.

AMERICANA

•IloiFrton, Oct. ll.
.ReV4je In lwi> act,"5 oporting; pold at the.
Colonial iheatve Oct. '.v. ; Boole .by .r. P.
Mclivoy; . lyrics .by :iMcEvoy «nd Irvinjj
Caesar; music by .HoBer Wolfe liahri;'
dances by Max SfchecU; Colored dancing:
directed by t'.oorBc Clamper; skits xllrocted
by Edwurd CJoodmuii.

Stella Seager .^A-ileen Hamilton ' •■
Wunda Valle :,■ . Frances - Oei'dhwkn ■
Paula Ijanfflen . . Mary Ktauber
Doris Carson . .John l-'.-Haniltton

.Toscph Dontillue Stantey Cable
Uongrlas . Burlej™ lloorKe .T.apps,.

IJr.'idloy ■ Cas.s . . ■}■•.« in O. Carr
J. Ilosamonil Jolvn.son Olive- MoClul'e
I'iitricJt Leonard. . Buohclor.Quurtetle
Foiir \\'andiMcrs. . WiUlainii SlsterH. '

DUFWIN

i (Oakland)
I Oakland, Cal., Oct. 10.

r Torr^V Auffy; addiid the eighth link'
I trt his Slock chain on the Pacillc
j (..'oajtt in tlio opcMiing of the new
I 1,250 soater. J>u£wiri. It is in the
; heart of the new theatrical .soctiori
' hero, a atone throw fi'om either the
<,)i'phcUm or the . Now West Coast
Oakhiijd. which opens Oct. 2S.
Provides an auditorium comfort-

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KEITH-ALBEE CIRCUIT

.; When IMcIivoy ; finally -gets thiss-
secCnd edition .of, "Americuna"
whipped into shape lie will either
have u fair; rcyue or a hodge-pqdjce
of subtle .satire to plea.se the soplils-
ticatcd minority. Opening .; week
loimd it to be. neither.

New edition is running very
strong, on Harlem stuff,: including
.ah excellent Negro octHte. and a
hot. group of prancers headed by a
colored midget with can-can ten-
ijiencles. White chorus ^ is well
trained and the entire biVtfit keeps
away, from; nudity. Satirical trav-
esties, . "novelties, color .effects and
new talent are the points on which
McFlvoy is. concentrating his attack.
It is his apparent hope that an an-
nual revue can be hiade financially
successful- without too higli a pro-
duction, nut. •

Aniong; the bits, isc'oring opening
night were a tr.avesty dn the talking
movie, in .which the amplifier was
at the side* of the house. ' Char-
acters mutely mouthed their' dialog
and the synchronLsm is just, enough
off and the amplifier just, raspy
and rattly enough to tickle the
house. Chicago, was travestied In Hi
scene where the gunmen are run-
ning down the last survivor of the
.police force. The cop hides in a
school room and the pupils never
bat an eyela.sh as thie yeggs put op
a bomijardment that finally knocks
off the last flattie. . Oralvam Mc-
Namee, Tunney and Heeney appar-
ently inspired another scene where
a Coney Jsl! I rid fififht of 30 years ago
is shown, itroadcaster is shown at
the mike getving all hot up over the
battle while the two conlcstants do
ah aesthetic d.ince.

McEvoy's sock at the. Babbitts is
in the form of a speech by a high-
powered sales manager for a rubber
heel factory doing his inspirational
stuff at a sales convention. He ex-;
horts and appeals until the scene
builds up into a camp meeting finale
for the first act. An old-fashioned
temper.anco lecture is' also typically
McKvoy, .--.the sterebpticori slides
looking.' like originals of 50. years
a.go. The slides for this are great.

.The crcvded' subway, the 'come-
dian dressing in an"S.ipper on a
Pullman, ..a rather raw travesty on
"Strange Interlude," with the char-
acters, on iToller .skates, a satirical
drive for .money for ' the' "MeEvb.y
subscription the.alro," a. curtain full
of the. mugs of . taxi • drivers, ' the
surging, crowds at the velvet ropes
in Hoxy's, the color organ doing its
most fill! tastical -illusions, announce-
ments, coming, from the dummies
.'seated in the ho.vcsljy iimplifiers, all
are crowded into the. kaloidosCopic
mess, of (ino satire .and crude hoke.

Colored octet under the direction
t)f j, Rosamond .lohnson doing spir-
itual numbers while working on .a'
rock pile in a chain g.ang, w.as the
big feature opening nighf. Olive
INtcClurc, in a . contortionistic
shackled slave dance, was the out-
standing individual specialty.

Roger "Wolfe Kahn's score is jazzv'
and snappy, ei^po'cially the "Amcri-
■•can^rriT^^=^=^iTmhrrr"^^Si3^rer=^Tf^^^
sin-iiiklcd throughout the revue, are
all of the knoc-sliipping school, and
averaged so low that' there were, a
few in the audience that thought
McEvoy was again trying travesty.
In all. fairness to MclCvoy, he may
have tossed evtM-ything ho h;id into
tlH» l>asket openint; week for subse-

quent sorting,' but some of tlve stuJC
is'hard to underiitand.

Show has the makings- of .a .good
revue with some minor rpcastlng
and tlie addition of more talent, but
there la; a lot to .go. out. Most im-
portfant of all, it look.s as if MoEvoy
Is standing ,.at the crossroads be-
'tweeji' popular entertainment antt
the entertainmciJt he would like to
give if there Were enough people
outside of New York who would pay
redl money "to enjoy his' sophLsticat-
«d arid sui>tle satire. . . LiVbey:

Dos Yiddishe Meidele

(YiporGH) : ■

' Chicago,^ Oct', fi- '
Qpereita ill three acis by Isador Lcsh.
Produced by .SamiMrt :-ltosen.Hiein, who Is
also starred. . Musi?' by S^hdloni ?eeuncla
and ■ conducted, by irottliner Oltdlcnian.
Da nce.s.: routined- b.v t^liarlos. Adler. . At
CJIiclcmrin's I'alacC theatre, Chicafo.
Hirsclv Lelb .Morris Wci.ssmah

Atiiita. . .
Sasha • . .
Tol/.e. . .
fteiic.. , . .

Tillie

I'iotor.- . .
Crl.shlca,
Aklni . ..
Feige . . .

..Anna Tobaclc
...Abraham Loltser
, ... .'Dora WeJsisnian

....... "^ani Goldbcrs

, ... . Sylvia Fishmaii

. . .laador .Hollander
.Samuel Itosen.^tein
. ..Yasha .Ilo-ienihttl
. ..Chane lloUander

Ellis C'.lickman, for tnoro than 40 "
ycai-s a martyr to the .cause and
uplift of the Yiddi.sh stage in this
town, is st- '-ting out this season
all alone in . the field of Yiddish the-
atres of Ciiicago. Iri his day (and
it's a iong stretch) Clickman. has
seen many competitors come' and
go. He adinits that were it not for
the love of his work he would have
bowed out of the game long ago.
As it is, he brings in high priced
companies each year, operates his
house under a terrific nut, and
usually winds up a j^cason witln a
laugh. ..

This year Cilii-kman has imported
Samuel Iloseristoin . and his com-
pany from New Y'ork. Rosenstein
is as much a star .as any of his con-
temporaries. "Dos Yiddishe Mei-
delc" is his first contribution to his
Chicago public. In relative terms
it opened, successfully and will
probably go fo\ir or five weeks.
Rarely does any Yiddi.sh show of
any typ^ run longer. Reason is the
limited ''dr.iw here. Out of about
300,000 Jews, orthodox and other-
wise, the Yiddish, theatre here at-
tracts but 10 or 12 per cent of th.at
amount. Best buyers .are societies,
lodges and other org.anizations who
buy but the. house four or five nights
on.a 50-50 split. Then the house
itself .u.sually works on a two for
one basi.s, besides a goodl.v amount
of .pallet' Ijeinj^^tiito^^Tf aTatmu

Rosenstein lias put on a nifty pro-
durtiori.- 'It is lavishly *m6unte'd in
three scenes and as many. acts. A
fenim© chorus of IC are not the
usual Yiddish type. Justl ,a group
of kids, none more than 16 or 17.
Their d.ancing jirowess is a minor
essential here; Wh.at counts i.s that
they "all look good. Male. chorus an'l
choir/ 10, arc strictl.V •naiilc' and can
piny parts. . .

Rosenstein's leading lad.v, Anna
Toback. is a close .^iecond for hon-
ors. Miss Toback is a g.al who doe.s..
the Yiddish stage -proud. An un-
usual type and .as accompli.shcd ns
she is different. Non5:aftig gals eh
the Yiddi.sh sl.age are rare, and
here's one who has It in capital hol-
lers. A splendid singer, .she can
act.

Plot.is inconsequenti.al: a, haolc-
rioyed tlu^me oC the love of .a Jewish
gal for a Gentile boy. Action ta!-:es
place in Russia (as usual) for the
first two acts and winds ^^p on a
stcamoi- bound for Palestine. An-
=TrtlTrr"tlriTiErlK"i'hf=^TTir'mTiln-'nr'-Tnys'-
i(-ry anul<\ Tliis is sti-ictl.v taboo.
Yiddish patrons won't stand to be
lifld out on an\ lliii-ig.

Most important feature of Ih'*
show is the music. Corking melo-
i1lc\< arc thickly spotted throtighout.

(ContinUi'd.on page 75)

Wednesday, October 17, 1928

MUSIC

73

Film Theme Song
Near Monopoly of

The music publishing business
threatens: to become all picture
«one;s in short order. The terrific
sales' possibilities and the past
proven exploitation benefits of the
flicker tie-ups is thie determining
factor. ■;■

Song plugging of a calibre ex-
ceeding the fondest expectatiojis of
the music men is made possible via
the screen. The picture producers
do not mind it, since. the songs' pop-
ularity exploits their pictures and
helps sell their product. The In-
stance of "Ramona" best exempli-
fies, this, with respect to the great
popularity of this song and its ben-
eficial box offlce effect.;

The picture people are going so
far as to arrange fpr the lobby sales
of the sheet music , of the current
feature's theme songs. This paral-,
leis the practice of musical attrac-
tions.

Considering the greater capacities
of the picture bouses, with their
2,000 to 5,000 seats, on: a 14-hour
daily grind ( the sales outlets for
theme songs are obvious.

Paramount recognized this -when
arranging with HarmSj Inc.,, for the
Famous Music Corp. tie-up. The
Harms firm is the sole selling agent
for Fajnous' theme songs, which are
being rieadied for marketing in an
efficient, high-pressure exploitation
(Campaign. .

. Plug De Luxe

The Charles Rogers-Niincy Carroll,
feature, "Varsity," bomes into the
Paramount, New yorlc, week after
next. Its theme sprig is titled "My
Varsity Girl." Next week Jesse
Crawford gives it an organ plug.
The following week it is exploited
with the film and on the stage. The
, week after, the stage band, as part
of the presentation unit, again
plugs, . This scheme is repeated in
all key stands of the 'Publix circuit.
With. a tie-up such as this, a song,
If it has anything in it, is bound to
sweep its way to hitdom In. short
order. .'■

The idea i.s to keep repeating this
sales plan through with each sue

Leading Organists
in New York

B

ILLY
ARNES

'•OIM3AN7STE
MOpr.HNE"

cessive sound film. Purthermoro,
there Is the added advantage of tho
theatres' regular newppapor, adver-
tising belrip devoted, in part, to
mention of theme, song titles.

For this reason writers are con-
tent with a minimized royalty on
songs, appreciating tho Increased
volume possible on hits.

Along with, tlie^ Paranioimt-llarms
tieup,.DeSylva, Brown <fe Henderson,
Inc., has closed, an exclusiye ar-
rangement with FOX to turn out
theme songs. For thiK purpose,
Archie Cottier, Sidney D. Mitchell
and Con Conrad have gone to Holr
lywood on behalf Of DeSylva, I3rown
& Henderson to work on several
themes, for Fox pictures. iWhile
there, the same trio will fashion the
first original niusical comedy for
the • screen, and -vyill supervise its
actual production. They will stay
out west for about three morith.s..

The ipeS-B-H firm, with. Bobby
Crawford at the helm, published
"Arigela Mia," the theme, of Fox's
"Street Angel," along- with themes
for other Fox films, written by Lew
Pollack and Erno Tlapee. The latter
are free-lances, hence thoy could not
affiliate excliisively with eitlier Fox
or DeSylva-Erown-Henderson. The
Fox company origitially wanted the
trio of narhe song writers but be-
cauise of feuddy DeSylya, Lew
Brown's and Ray Henderson's, legit
production contracts they could not
undertake it until later.

Another Tie.up

Still another film-music tleup is
Metfo-Goldwyn-Mayer's buy-in on
the Robbins Music Corp., with .Tack
Robbins remaining In charge of the
business, to similarly synchronize
arid market theme songs.

The general scheme in the picture
song racket is to give the composers
whO: synchronize the film .first op-
portunity at capitalizing on the rpy
alty income from the theme song
hits, but if the scorers cannot pro-
duce jingly melodies of popular ap
peal, an outsider , is then called in
for .such composition.. .

Sam Fox Music Publishing Co.,
under a prior agreement with Par-
amount, is publislring the scores and
song themes to six Paramount film
features. These were contracted be-
fore tiie Famous Music Corp. wab
organized and the Pararnount ex-
ecutives recognized the income pos-
sibilities from sheet music sales and
mechanical roy.nltics. Fox supplied
the scores for "Wings" and "Abie's
Irish Rose" alo:ig with "The. Wed-
ding March," current at the Rivoli,
which has a theme song hit in
"Paradise," corapo.sed by J; S. Zam-
ecnik. • • ;

Richard Dix's forthcoming Tech-
nicolor special, "Red Skin," for Par-
amount, will also, be a- Sam Fox
musical synchronization. Zamecnik
and Williaii: Frederick Peters, both
under exclusive contract to Fox, are
the chieif composers, with K. E. De
Frabcesco and Edward Kilehyi, as
aHsociate.s.

liOew'H Stale Tbentre, Times 8<i., N. T

PAUL BRASS

Solo Organist

Keith- Albee Theatres
NEW VORK CITY

W. J. GILROY

FEATURINQ

Organ Novelties
PROCTOR'S 86th ST.

NEW YORK

Eddie Schwiartz

Featured Organist

Keith-Albee Theatres,
New York
Proctor's Fifth Ave. Theatre

JACK SKELLY

At the Wurlitzer
Keith-Albee

_WHiTE PLAINS TH EATRE

WALTER WILD

Feature Organist

AT

Keith's Hippodrome
NEW YORK

Disk Reviews

By Abel

Behim Leaves Harms

George Olsen

Still the theme sonn's rome thick
and fnst. "Out of tho Tempest"
from "The Tcnipost" and "The First
Kiss" from , the lilm of that name
are coupled in waltz . tempo by
George Olsen and His Mu.'?ic. Truth
to tell they arc dolightful w.altzes
and should gross big -sales. ; Victor
No, 2i,cr.:i.

The Troubadours

On tho matter of theme song
waltzes, ilii.'! exceedingly excellent
C O u iVl 0 t, ".SoinodJiy-^>Sonicwherc
iV'e'll Moot Again) " fromi "The Kcd
Dahco" and "Meapolitan Nights,''
revived. a.s the theme of • "Faz'il,"
also ti Fox fcfiturc, arc particularly
plo.n.«5infr ..numh(M"P'

The Tro\iba(kiurs handle them
mightily on Vio'torKo. 21111.

Four-Hour Automatic

Plays 56 Selections

A mechanical record player is on
the market to make possible four
hours of continuous dance music
from phonograph disks. It is known
as the Capehart Orchestrope and
automatically plays and changes the
side of 28 phonograph records pro-
ducing 56 dance selections, enough
for four hours' uninterrupted dansa-
pation.

It is designed for use In hotels
and the lesser cafes and chop suey
restaurants.

The Victor 'automatic h.as - a ca-
pacity only of 12 to 14 disks, play-
ing only one side until reversed by
hand. These furni.sh one. hour's
dance music, ' .

9 Operas Draw $150,000

. Los.Angeles, Oct. 16.

The Los Aneles and San Fran-
cisco Opera Company closed a nine-
performance season at the fShrlne.
Ailditoriurn thl.? week at a grd.'j.a.of
around .$150,.000, which aboiit clears
the backers.

The biggest draws were when
Madame Joritza pang. One per-
formar.ce wa* $22,200. frro.ss, and
finother $22,700.

Joe Lewis as M. C.

Los Angeles, Oct. IC.
Joe Lewis, former cafo ontertain-

tained about a year ago in Chicago,
succeeds Benny Rubin at the Egyp-
tian Oct. 26 for one week a." m. c.
He will head a Fanchon and Marco
unit.

Booking arranged through Ei'.
Pcrlberg, of the "William Morri,'? of-
fice.

Hotsy Totsy Gang

, Who'ov* r this II-T dang may be,
get, ;i. load . of 'phi with . the torrid
"Doin" the New libw Down" and
"Digga Digga Do" from : "Black-
birds." Some good reed and muted
trumpet work is included in the
orchestrations and Elizal)Oth Welsh
vocalizes the choru.ses in kindred
spirit. Brunswick No. 4014.

Harry Reser

The baftjo virtuDso-coPductor of
the Clicquot Club Ksltimos solos a
pair of his originally snappy , solos,
They are titled "The Cat and the
Dog" and "Fair and Warmer" and
are ehar.acteristic pieces by a fore-
niost banjo exponent. Collimbia No.
1537. ■

Johnny Maryin

;Here's a good couplet by. one of
Victor's moist popular sellers. It's
a smooth fox-trot b.allad mating
with a torrid ditty. The- s6ng:3 are
titled "Heartbroken and Lonely"
and "Crazy. nhythm-" the latter hot
survival of the . flop shdw, "Here's
Howe."

irarnis is not ili><tt'7Uiniiin!.: it"*
popular nuisii dopai tnu nt, allliough
Arthur Bohiin, for .<oven years tho
Droyfups firm's: professional man-
aiiorj resi.uncd last vvook. BOhim is
driving to the coast on a three
month.'?' vacation, and may align
with Spier <& Ooslow as a ono-fourth
partner. This is the firm from whioh
ilarms took over one of .their cur-
rent plug songs, "Wap It a Dream?"'
Henry M. Spitzei', general man-
ager of Harm."*, will supcrviiso the
professional department unty a new
Incumbent- to succeed Bohiin is ap-
pointed.

Harm.s, for the prespnf. is concen-
trating on picture theme, songs timV
production mu.sic in which field tho
firm has been pro-eniineht for many
years. Harms has two popular
mxisic allies in Roiiiick's and De
Sylva, Brown & Henderson, in both
of which firms the Drey fusses ;ire
financially intoi-estod. When Jerome
IT. RemicU sold his business the
Harms' heads fin.'vneed- joe Kelt, for-
rnor secretary of the firm, who is
now its executive head.

lOBestSellm

Red Nichols' Charleston Chasers .

The Charleston Cha^sers are bciu-
coup hot in their fox-trot revivals.
"Farewell Blues" and "My Oal Sal"
afl . scored by the. adopt Red Nichols
are zippy d.ince numbers..

U. S. Military Academy Band

The football fans will go for this
Brun.swick No. 4007 couplet by the
Polnt'.«? rhiiitary hand. The "Of-
ficial West Point March" is backed
up by a stirring moclley of "West
Point Football Songs" which h.as
some striking whl.stllng .and other
effects woven into the orchestra-
tions.

SHEIK SOMS CENSORED

Washington, Ott. 16.
Arab songs recorded on phono-
graph records cannot be passed
through the Egyptian customs or
the post without authorization hav-
ing . been first obtained from the
Minister of thO Interior, stating the
title of each song and the number
of records of each song to be im-
ported.

Department of Commerce has just
been advised of this new restriction
already in effect.

JOISON DISC TO MILLION

Chicago, Oct. 11.
Brunswick local sales department
reports that more than 200,f)00 cop-
ies of Jolson's "Sonny Boy" disc
from "The Singing Fool" have been
sold up .to date. It le. expected that
the mark will reach well over a mil-
lion. "Sonny Boy" is Jolson's first
hit for Brunswick.

- Bnunswick's. Chi,. Riant. j

Chicago, Oct. 1(5.
Brunswick Co. has established a.
permanent recording department in
its local plant and is canning each
week.

Heretofore ' the , company would
B-Jnd ia recording outfit here from the
oast, periodically, ■ ; ' ■

Lenzberg May Move. In.

It is reported Jules Lenzberg,
rhusical director at the Hippodrome,
New York, will be trnnsfered to the
Palace to replace Benny Roberts
who has rp.*:igiied.

Meanwhile Milton Schwar.txwald
will acTVf- ns guest conductor at the
Palace. Rfhwartzwald in charge
of K^iO/s rriusical department.

Among the 10 best sellers around
New York city during the p.nst
week, half are picture songs and
another is a production hit. "I
Cant Give You Anything But Love,"
from the ■"Blackbirds" revue is
starting to sell .sensationally all
over the country.

"Jeanino" (from "Lilac Tinic")
still on top but "Sonny Boy" from
jVl Jolson's. "The Singing Fool" has
moved up to second place, hustling
"Angela Mia" from "Street Angel"
into third. •
"Girl of My Dreams," "King for
a Day," "There's n Rainbow Round
My Shoulder" (also from Jolson's
pictirre), "Old Man Sunshine," "I
Can't Glv^ You," "Memories of
France" and "Noapolit.an Nights'.'
(another picture song, from "Fa-
zil"), follow in order named.

They aj-e also big sellers all over
the country along with the follow-
ing: '"That's My We.aknesa Now,"
"Raraona," "Chiquita," "Roses of
Yesterday," '"Out of the D.awn,"
"Get Out and Get Under the Moon,"
hits from "The New Moon," "Ah!
Sweet. Mystery of Life."

SCREEN SOUND RENEWS
ANCIENT MUSIC VALUES

The value et old ir.\i«it;',l e<.]Vywt
rif^lit.s, old "IH'rilt.i Sei're.-- i.ml kiw
drod ci">inp'isitiens fi r ''(uir.il pi(H ■
tures has tlie older iiiii.«;»- i ii'-iisH-t
ers in a piuiic endoaviTim: to koetf
abroii.^t of oopyrlrht- rtni;\vals. Ifl
the original oi^^yright fur yearfl
is not roiu'wed, IliO . .Oi-mpositionL
passes into the 'public dunvai'i , and
the difficulty, has boon to fimV the
original ' composor'.s . ho'trs to Pi.tlcfli
the nocos.sary applioa.lion. frdetl
the. law ' the publitjlior catinot do
this; the composer or his next of
kin must make such application
and .then the publisher cm ontep]
into new negotiations with th«I
owner of the copyright on royalty,
basis.

M. Wiimai'k & Sons whieli . has
complied a talking movie eutaloe
of 2,000' musioal copyrights diiting;
back 43 years! to ISSfi when the
music firm wa.s first founded' saved
"The Burgomaster," an oiporo't-la by .
Gustav Ludors, compo.scr of "Th©
Prince of I.Ml.son," .almo.st by an eyC'^
la.sh. Ludors had been dead tat,
years, hiig relatives on thi.** aide
were unknown' and the co))yright'
was about to lapse unliT a long and
expensive search discovered, an en^
glneer in Breslau, Germany, who had
the right to call .Luders"uncle.*
From him ii nephew- residing hi
Brooklyn, N, Y., was discovered and!
copyright renewal effected. ...

Tracing Frrtnk Meccham, comi^
poser of "The American I'atrol,*''
Wltmarks cii-cularlzcd ev fry one by,
that name In Greater Now York,.
Through a, nephew on Long Island,
the existence of Meccham's elste*!
was dlsclcscd. .

Ghi's No-Late Closing

Chicago, Oct. 16.
The Chicago police department is
without authority to close a place
of amu.semcnt because it remains
open late, according to an . opinion
handed' down by Corporation Coun-
'seJ^Samuel Ettelsoh.

An ordinance passed over 10
years ago, fixing closing hours for
all places of .miusoment, was re-
pealed some time ago. No legal
ruling in regard to closing time i.s
in effect hero,

HELD FOR LARCENY

■ Ethel Modern, 24, 1533 Ocean
Parkway, Brooklyn, cabaret enter-
tainer. Is under $1,000 bail and held
for the Grand Jury as a result of
an alleged $104 larceny,

Anna Blrkle, beauty shop owner,
of 153 Avenue B, is the complain-
ant, having missed a strong box
containing $104 after Miss Modem
went to the rear of the store os-
tensibly to use the 'phone.'

Willie Creager Joins Nadel

Willie Creager, plfyi^iJ? ' v.'iudf
hnu.scs with, his b.nnd, is pasfing up
all future booking.",

He- will d'vciU ti.'ii'": tfj han-

by thr K. K. Nadf-l oltico.

Don Albert In London
Don Albert is going to I>ondon
to direct the orr.hf'.stra of the new
Loew hou.se in the l',ritl.'--h olty.

Albert ha." 7.-een alt»Tnatlng with
Mendoza at the Capitol, New York.

6 Strand Partners

With the reopening of the Strand
theatre roof cabaret with a floor
show and $1 convert, and food at
popular price.% the six partners in
three sots wMl bo Ixiu . Schwartz,
and Harry Richman, Ed L.T,vine
(Brass Rail) and hlis brother, and
Nils Granlund and Donald Flamm.

The lease in expected to be closed
today ^Wodne.'^dn.y) between the
.sextet and Moe Mark for the .Strand.

9t'

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Fanclion and Marco Circuit

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NIGHT CLUBS

Wednesday, October 17, 1928 i

EiZABETH POOLE DIED
NATURALLY, SAYS D. A.

Elizabeth Chatterton Poole, 33,
former actress, who died a week
ago following . a drinking bout In
Tommy Gulnan'3 Ghcz Florence,
West 4Sth street, died of natural

causes and not from a blow received
'. at the hands pf oiie: o'f the men
present, according to District At-
torney Joab H. Banton^ Although
the prosecutor . based his opinion on
the reports received from the
Medioai nCxamirier. arid other phy-
sicifihs- who- exatriinod' Miss #oole
befoVe and after death, • he con-
ducted an Investigation by ques-
tioning several persons who were
present at the Chez Florence when
Miss Poole Is alleged to have been
beaten.

Amonjtr the witnesses nuestloned
were I-inian Lorraine, in ! whose
apartrnont at the Hotel Dorset,
West 54th street. Miss Pdole be-
came violently 111 following the
visit to' the GuInan .Glub; Joseph
li. Whitehead,' New York manager
. for .Coco-Cola; his brotherr In-law, .
Edwin McCarthy, and Robert
Nellly. millionaire official of the
. Nedick orangeadfe company. Tom^
jny Gulhan appeared at hearin&iand
tras exonerated.

In a statement made to Assistant
District Attorney Willisi.ni P; Ryan,
Miss Lorraine said that, iliss Poole
arrived at her home "very drunk"
and raving . that she had been
beaten and thrown out oi! the
Gulhan Club. The woman became
so 111 that Miss Lorraine called In
Dr. Harry S, Gilbert. The latter
aecidcd to send Miss : Poolf- to the
Park Kast Hospital where ahe died
a few hb'urs later. Dr! Gilbert de-
- Glared the, woman bore no marks
of a blow and attributed her death
' to heart disease.

Later an autopsy was performed
by Chief Medical Examiner Dr.
Gharlos Norrls. He reported -the
body bore no evidence of a blow
and that owing to the embalming
fluid usbd by an undertaker before
tlie autojpsy was oY-dered. he could
not determine whether death ; had
been due to alcohol. .A physician
who had attended Miss Poole sev-
eral, weeks before her: death re-
ported she had a weak heart.

The three men who were present
at the Chez Florence when. Miss

Pool.e is alleged to have been struck
declared they saw no one strike her.
Thoy. not) ted that .she was Intoxf-
I cated when she left the place alone
about 5 a. m. ,A11 were in her com-
pany during part of, the morning.
Neilly told the Dl.strict Attorney
that during the affair ho noticed
Tommy Guinan and McCarthy
"wrestling and sparring" but did
not know whether or not they were
"fooHng.7 :; ' ; ;

The first story published but
wliioh was ridiculed by the District
Attorney, Tvas that Miss Poole was
strunk on the face by a hi an when
she had protested to the trcatmbnt
Noilly was recoivinp after the latter,
h.'ul bot^ome' ill. Nothing to boar
oiit tliis" story coTild . be obtained
•from witn6.sses. ■

Banton's Opinion
District Attorney IJanton took ad-
vantage of the Investigation into
the Poole case to' Issue a blast
against night clubs. ! He spoke of
none In particular but described all
of them as "carbuncles on the body
politic." ' ■ ■

"Night clubs, are one of the . hor-
rible by-products of Prohibition,"
the Diistrict Attorney declared, "I
don't care if they are a;ll put out
of business. I have no authority to-
put them out of business. . Within
the last few weeks- there has come
to my attention that many of those,
who manage these places have
criminal records. Those w.ho Insist
on visiting the places roiust know
they ; associate with criminals of
the worst type. Theise so'-called
clubs are the hangouts for men
with criminal records . who have
participated In- every sort of
crlmfe— robbery, grand larceny, ' ex;^,
tortion and blackmail,, and particu-
larly In forgery-^tlve raising gt
checks tendered by patrons to settle
their bills. The crooks who Infest
these places watch for women with
Jewelry and riien with , mo'ney nnd
rob them after they leave the
places.

"Although these . places, are
licensed by the city, any violation
of the prohibition law of course Is
a federal matter,

"Time and time again I have re-
ceived complaints from reputable
men and women, niany of them
prominent church people, from out-
of-town, that the checks they gave
in payment fo"? their bills had been
raised from one to $500. Those cOm-
pla.lnint3, however, would fall to ap-
pear to press the charges because
of the fear of publipity.

"I am not a detective, • or a
snooker or a reformer. I "make
these charges In order to serve as
a warning to' tho publlci Night
clubs are the sore spots of this city
and carbuncles on the body politic."

Tabs Grab Chance

"Bhie Shadows"
"Once in a Lifetnne"
"Raque!"

Sing Them— Play Them—
Buy Them

]KpBBiN5 Music CoRFORAriON

799 S«TwHh Awmue.WewYoA. p

New York tabloida, espe-
cially MacFadden's Graphic,
tried to scarehead the death
of Bessie Poole last week into
a nite club scandal, in the
usual Graphic way, with ^
phoney composite front page .
pictures.

Rilas Poole was in the Flor-
ence Club (Tommy Guinan's)
on West 4tSh street a few
night.s before she. died in a
hospital. That -..was after she
had been taken 111 in Lillian
Lorraine's apartment. .Heart
disease was give i as the cause
of death. J?Ut the Graphic, et
al. wanted the police to believe
the young woman had been
punched on the nose in the
club with death resulting from
the blow.

It is said eye witnesses , of
the entire occurrence at the
Florence informed Lhc district
attorney of the facts. They
were, from the accounts, that
the nite club force while trying
to bring a male patron who
had passed out back to con-
sciousness, were aggravatingly
interf erred with by Miss Poole.
She alleged -the man to be an
acquaintance and insisted upon
brushing away those giving
him aid.

One of. the men .of the club
pushed away Miss iPople, tcll-r
ing her to leave them alone
and her friend would be . all
right. It amounted to no more
than , that from the, reports of
eye witnesses, with, the girl's
death coincidental.

That the managing editor of
one of the tabs was .in the nite
club :at the time Is account-
able for the attempted sensa-
tional, story.

The name of Tommy Guinan
was prominent In the news-
paper stories. The diJrtrict at-
torney stated he merely want-
ed to question Guinian as to
details; that there /were no
charges or evidence^ the nite
club affair was connected' with
the death of Miss Poole. The
D. A. exonerated Guinan.
. Miss Poole at one time was
lii Ziegfeld ''PplUea" Bill
Fields' name also got in . the
papers as having known Miss
Poole.

Night Club Reviews

CLUB MIRADOR

(NEW YORK)

NeW York, Oct. 11.
Harry J. -Susskind, Billy Duffy
and Charles Aronson nOw have the
Mlrador and should stlpk the room
over although it's gonna be tough.
The split-second discrimination ex-
ercised by the- preceding hl-hat
managemenf which, even if a party
rolled up in a Rolls, turned them
away if everything wasn't oke, Is
already cpuntljng a:ga.inst, the pres-
ent pop priced aura of the Mirador.
Formerly, the Mirador, whether or :
not the room was empty down be-
low and devoid oif couvert charges,
was hyperlinicky about its patron- ,
age. The muggs knew enough to
stay away ahd the joint died event-
ually.

Th« present Mirador policy aims
for. pop patronage although the $3
and $4 couv.ert isn't the happiest,
thing. Cutting it down a buck for
week-days and ditto for Saturdays
might pan out more favorably for
mass turnover although the room
has somewhat of a- nut.

Arthur Gordonl ofnciates as m c.
and handles the room in nice atyle.^
Marlon and Martinez Randall, in-'
ternational standard amonig dance
teams, is the money act, presenting
their routines with artistic show-
manship. Bee Jackson, . Evelyn.
Martin, JPage Sisters and Mildred
Byram found out the. floor show
with their usual song and dance
specialties, and a crack Meyer
Davis orchestra, the sarrie unit
Which was last season at the Lido,
headed, by Bobby Bershad.

Another smart idea to eliminate
lulls is the quart jof string musi-
cians on Hawaiian steel guitars.
They are "labeled the Mirador Trou-
badours and. plug the waits neatly.

Shsskind is going in for an ad-
vertising campaign in the dailies
which should help although that
dollar's difference on the couvert
rtiight be given Some cohsideratibn.
To counteract this, a pop food scale,
further fortified by excellent kit-
chen product, balances matters..
The matter of the couvert is not so
much a question of whether or not
the show it worth it, because ob
viously the Mirador has an over
head which demands it, but the
contemporaneous competition by
the $2 rooms is a factor that must
be coped with. Abel.

on

EX-COP SHAKER

Thos. A. Costa Given Prison Sen-
tence— Operated in G. V.

Permanent Address

Gare of John R. Aisdrew

250 West 57th St.
NEW YORK GITY

Dozens pf restaurant owners and
apeak-easy proprietors In Green-
wich yiUago and the Wall street
district have been shaken down
during tho past six months and
took their medicine without whim-
per; it was learned when Thomas A.
Costa, 30, ex-poUcoman. of 117 Sul-
livan street, was sentenced to from
one. and one-half to three years In
Sing Sing by Judge George Donnel-
lan in (General Sessions. Costa had
pleaded guilty to one of two Indict-
ments ch.argihg him with attempted
extortion.

May 28 last Costa, armed with a
pi-oli i 1 Ji tl6n ■ agVnt's shield," calT^^
Jo.'i^pli O'Toolc, restaurant keeper
at 110 Greenwich .street. The for-
mer 'cop flashed the shield on
O'.Toole. and also a fake report
which stated, tliat G'TooIe was vio-
lating the Volste.ad law. Costa
whispered to the; restaurant man
that for $S0 he aii^ his two friends
could fix things up. . CVoole hand-
ed' ovQr $50.

Sover.al days lafor a friend told'
O'Toole that an agent Was . trying
to sh.ake down a restaurant at 120
Cedar street. O'Toole do.cided to pay
tho place a visit. When he got
there he recognized Costa, who was
putting the bee on thC owner.
(^'Toolo called a cop.

While out on bail, according to
probation officers, Costa visited the
ITolol. lOUon on F.ast 2Cth street,
which had been raided by police a
few, (lays pi*eviou.*;ly. Costa got $G.'5
f ro.m. ,the._ ,.m ai\agor_ jt o.„."fl x" -th 1 ngs.

Helen McCauIey Killed

In Auto Accident

Toledo, Oct. 16.
Coronier P. . G. Kreft attempting
to unravel the mystery of an auto
mobile accident early Thursday In
the Dixie Highway at the Sylvanla
Alexis road near Toledo city limits
in which a Detroit cabaret enter
tainer was injured fatally.

Helen McCauley, 21, pf Schhec
tady, N. Y., living at the Grant ho
tel, Detroit, suffered a fractured
skull, and died Thursday evening in
Flower liospital here. .

Another girl, who gave her name
as Mria. Opal Kline, 24, of- Fort
Wayn^, Ind., is In the hospital with
Injuries suffered In the accident.
. The coroner requested police to
pick up Mack Miller, formerly of
Michigan hotel here, said to have
been the driver of the machine.

Accident occurred when roadster
struck a culvert While; traveling at
a..J?Ip.h„_ratj!_ of jspe^^
picked up the injurbd. girls and
Miller, and : took them to Flower
ho.^pital. .Miller later left, the hotel;

Hospital Records at first listed
Miss McCauley as Miller's wife.
Mrs. Kline revealed ■ the woman's

Knickerbocker Grill

(New York)

New York, Oct. 9.

This historic basement grill
the corner of Broadway and 42nd
street;- since succumbed to the Yel-
low f'erll, is an excellent example
of what the Chinese- American
eateries offer the masses for no
couvert charge ,and a combination
table d'hote dinner ranging from
$1.25 to $1.60. No convert iiLfter
theatre, with the a. la carte scale
tilted a little to help off . the talent
— such ascit is..

Regardless of mierit, fact remain
that the peasants are given a look-
in pn a semblance of the nite life at
a minimum of cost. A good band.
Is the mainstay of the chow meln-
erles. Whatever else they cheat
on, tKfi . dance music cannot bo.
trifled With, The hoofers soon
prove things to themselves, after a
couple of dance sets. . Bill Perry is
the m. c., too obvious Unctuous
conferencier who, also, could im-
prove on himself physically by edit-
ing his avoirdupois. Etta Reed is a
"blues" singer; Waneyo, ai-ound in
this class of restaurant, does her
aero -conti-^1 specialty, Jose and
Peplta (who should coach Perry
how to pronounce their names)
ave a fair adaglc team, and Betty,
flie prima, is the class of the .•Jhow.
Miss Fair tied it up cold, looking
regal and singing swell. . .

Naylor's dance mvslc agisters
both on Its own and the personnel,
tho boys making steppee as if they
ly, flashes a phiz that's an asset
enjoy it: The drummer nartlcularr
to the combination, clicking strong
oh the per.=:onalIty. WOR Is the
band's broadcart outlet Abel.

New Vanity Opens

Bob Finley and his Duke Univer-
sity orchestra- left the Goldman's
Castillian Royal Sunday to do a
vaude act. The Bell Hops are back,
succeeding the collegiate band.

Jimmie Ormonde and a revue of
12 are other: features at tiie road-
house... .

Jack and Chic Goldman opened
their: Vanity Club in the basement
of the Earl Carroll theatre building
last (Tuesday) night with Al Wohl-
man as m; c. Evans Burrowes Fon-
taine and other acts are there. .

Wohlman brought in a band from
Atlantic City with h'lm.

LEADING ORCHESTRAS DIRECTORY

IRVING AARONSON

and HIS COMMANDERS

.Now featured - with
Irene Bordoni's "Paris"

MUSIC BOX, NEW YORK

After Theatre: -^Club Richman

PHILFA6ELL0

Formerly Herb Wiedoeft's
Now at Cinderella Roof
Loa Angeles, Calif.
EXCLUSIVE
Brunswick and Vitaplione
Eecordiiig

up,, it w;is Haid.

PUNISH .SCALE CUTTER

Ohloa.cro, Oct. 16,
Hank Ijishin, orchestra leader,
was fined $1,000 and expelled by
tho Chicago Federation of Muslcl.ans
for paying his men under scale at
Cinderella cafo.

real name.

•Mrs. Kline told Coroner Kreft that
sho owned t^ic machine, but Miller
\va.s driving at the time of the ac-
cident.

Padlock Drive On

It is said that the reported fed
oral drive again.st booze selling
places within Times Square is
about to start.

The story is that tho federal
agents believe they have sufficiient
evidence against over 100 nite clubs
and speaks.

Political propaganda Is behind
jho _driye,_ as;.w.ith th^^
that was given much "publicity over
the country.

Weisenfreund, B. & K. Leader
Chicago, Oct. 16.
Joseph Weisenfreund, tirother of
Muni Weisenfreund, the Yiddish
stage actor, has been engaged by
Balaban and Katz aa musical di-
rector, at the Central Park Theatre.

and His

ORCHESTRA

LOEW'S 7th AVENUE THEATRE
New York City

MAL HALLETT 1 IJ/INCENT LOPEZ

AND HIS ORCHESTRA

NOW TOURING P EN N S Y L V A N I A
Personal Management
CHARLES SHRIBIVIAN
Salem, Mass.'

thet original
THNTYMOQRET

now at
ARTHUR MacLEAN'S

HUNTER ISLAND INN
Pelham Shore Road,^ N. Y.

GEORGE OLSEN

AND HIS MUSIC
SOON

F. ZIEGFELD'S "WHOOPEE"
Starring Eddie Cantor
OfHcc; 20 West 43(1 Street .
New York City

PARISIAN RED HEADS

America's Greatest Girl Band

This Week, Albee, Cincinnati
Week Oct. 14, Albee, Cincinnati

Formancnt Addrcfls
28 West North St., Inilianapolis, Ind.

FROM DETROIT

JEAN GOLDKETTEI,

Orchestras

VICTOR RECORnS
Office: 812 Book Tower

DETROIT

SAMUEL HEGGENI

I-oaillngr a Grcat^I,lttle Band

Pr6ctcr*s 86th Street
NEW YORK CITY

and His ORCHESTRA

Exclusive Brunswick Artist
WOODMANSTEN INN
Pelham Parkway, N. Y.

CHARLIE MELSONI

The Maestro of Ceremony
and His Bands

Stanley, Jersey City
Branford, Newark

JELLY ROLL MORTON

and Hi3 Red Hot Peppers

■ victor Rcconllnjf Artlstfl
Tlie Originator of Jnzz and SlompB
7th Month, Rose Danceiand

125th St.. and 7th Ave., New York
ManaRcmont M. C. A. ■ ' . ,
rernrMipnfr^ A<Ulr<»H8r=VarJety,=^ow==TorB-

PAUL WHITEMAN

And His Greater Orchestra
CONCERT TOUR
OfRce:

1560 BROADWAY. N. Y. C,
Dirjection F, C. COPPiCUS

OUT DOORS

75

Savage Lioness Attacks
Young Tradner in Cage

Elmira, N. Y., Oct. IG
Severely clawed by a lioness in
a cage at the winter quarters of
the Soutliern Tier Shows at West
Junction, near here, Capt. Robert
Bailey, 23, lion tamer, owes hia eS'
cape from a horrible death to. his
mind and ner\^e. ^ ^ ,

The cat Severely clawed Baileys
haclc and sank a tooth more than &n
Inch In the muscles of his right
arm before he managed to; beat her
off with a heavy stick. The trainer s
upper right arm was severely lacer

The lioness' mate watched the
attack from a pedestal without Join-
ing in. Manager James E. Stratea
and a group of 10 helpers, stand-
ing outside the cage, witnessed the
attack. The cat, "Toss," is said to
have killed two other tamers.

Capt. Bailey during the past
season was with the Christie Circus,
now in winter quarters in Texas.
He wcis brought to Elmira to train
the two lions for the Southern Tier
Shows, which had acquired the pair

last spring; ' , „ \-u

"Tess" niade her attack while the

trainer's hack was partly turned.

naining bloW upon blow on tne.

' beast with his heavy • stick, Capt.

Bailey finally cowed it sufnciently

to escape from the cage,

CARNIVALS

For current week (Oct. 15) when
not otherwise indicated.-

Alnbama Am. Co., (Fair). Oak
Grove; La. „

B. & B.YAm, Co., Sumter, S; C

Barlow's, Heflin, Ala. •

Brodbeck Am. Co., Kmgman. Kan.

Brodbeck Bros., Ilugoton, Kan.. ^

Brown & Dyer, {lPq.ir) Newborn

^^B^uce Greater, (i?air) •Lumberton,

^''Bunts Am. Co., (Fair) Grcqr, .S.^C
Butlep Bros., Earle, Ark.; 22, Par-
kin. ' ■ ■'
Central states, Thomastpn, Ga _
Cetlin & Wilson, Henderson, . N
C.: 22, Statesville.

Coe Bros,, (Fair) Erewton, Ala
Copper State, <Fair) G^eague, Tex.
Craft's Greater, Brawley, Calif
Dixieland, (Fair) Eunice, La.
Dodson's World's Fair, Macon, Ga
Ehring, Otto F. Co., CircleviUe, O
F. & F. Am, Co., South Hill. Ya
Fairly, Noble C, Atkins, Ark.
Francis, John, Taylor, Tex. _
Gibbs, ,W. A.r Conway. Springs,

■^^Gl'oth Greater, Cliatham, Va.; 22,
Farmville, N. C. . . . .

Gray, Roy, No. 1, (Fair) York-

*°GrayT*'RoY, No. 2, (Fair) Gushing,
Tex. ■

Great Eastern^ Decatur,, Ala>
Gold Medal, Winnsboro, La.
Greenburg Am. Co., Magdalcna,
N M ■

Griiberg, Max, (Fair) Greenwood,

^ Hames, Bill H., No. 2, (Fair) Pilot

Point, Tex. .\ -r

Hansen. Ai. C. Clinton, La.
Harris Expo., (..Fair) Shelby. N. C
Harris, Waiter, Lc!>anto, Ark. ^
Hiil, Hugh W., No. 2, Lai- ay.cttc,

^^ler Greater, fFair) MCdford,

^^Kdlie-Grady, (Fair) Red tiixy,

"^^Krause Greater, (Fair) LaGrango,
Gn.; .22, "\Varrcnton. ' ^

Lcggettc,. C. R., (Fair) DcRiddcr
Ln

'iVIcClellan, Pichor. Kan.
McGregor, Donald, (Fair) Anilcr-

Bon. Tex. ^ / ai„

Martin Bros., fF.'iir) Decatur, Ala.
Metropolitan, (Fair) Gaffricy, S. C
Mill..r, Ralph R.. (Fair) Franklin

I Borrows Dice "For .

Preacher*'; Disappears

St. John, N. B., Oct. 16,
Phillip Moore, 45, carnival con-
cessibnnaire, paper and magazine
worker, game operator, etc., Is
missing. He is wanted by James
L. McNiilty of St. John. Moore is-
charged with theft of a revolving
dice game. It was obtained by
Moore in behalf of a clergyman
who,- ho said, was running an in-
door bazaar for his church. In-
stead of going to a, church festival,
the devl6e went to the St. John Fair
midway.

It later was used at the St-
Stephen, Fredericton and Wood-
stock, N.B., fairs. Moore vanished
and. is said to be In New York. The
machine was found by the* owner
in a bazaar run by ttie Murphy
Carnival in St John under auspices
of the local •'Dokeye.

Moore has been invohird in sscy-
eral shady transactions Including
his disappearance after theft of the
f und^ of the local Canadian Legion,
amounting to about $500. He was
treasurer of the legion post. . The
post has beefi closed up by the
heads of the legion because of
crooked operation of fairs.

Legion Crowd Small

. San Antonio, Oct. 16.
Crowd here for the Amierlcan Ler
gion. convention was a disappoint-
ment- and concessionaires who
banlced oh lOO.OOb attendance lost
money. A local company that huilt
five dining rooms is figured out
$50,00i>.:

Rodeo with purses amounting to
$30,000 played niglitiy to mere
handfuls and is far :,in the red.

"Folies Bergere," promotedi by.
Jack . Burlce and with Will M.or-
rissey as m. c, was saved .by pub-
licity.. .. •

OBITUARY

KURT W. LINN

Kurt W. Lmn, 50, of Universal
(pictures), died recently.
. Mr. Linn had been identillod witli
the pioturo industry for SS yoiivis.
Ho was born in Gorn;£\ny. His" first
^filrii connection wtvs^with Pathe, in
Paris In i900.

. Pathc sent lann to Now Orleans
in 1905, where lie handled the
southern distribiition of Pathe
films. ■ ,

Mr. Linn became an associate of
Carl Lacmmle in 1911 who a.iD-
polhted the former export man-
ager in 1914. When U purchased
the ' Selznick properties . several
years ago Liinn was named general
manager of the special company or-
ganized.

News From the Dailies

This department contains rewritten theatrical news items as pub-
fished during the week in the daily papers ot New York, Chicago,
San Francisco,' Uos Angeles and London. Variety takes no credit
for these news items: each ha? been rewritten from a daily paper.

NEW YORK

.lud.'-DU . t' l'U dVlM'

.Mu«io;il 'l!'.ir.raii.- '

tlu' V."i>Usoha

M. PAUL DOUGET ^

M. 'Paul Doucet, 42, actor, died in
New York, Oct. 10 of septic poison-
ing. Doucet was a Frenchman who
came to this country about 15 years

ago. •

He had appeared in "Loves o£
Lulu" and "Half a Widow." IliH
last etage appearance was with
LJonel AtwiU in '■Napoleoh," last
season. Doucet had also done some
picture wdirk. ^

He- is survived . by his widow,
Catherine Calvert. , ' '

"'Scotch movios" is the tag- thoy'vo
put bii the campaign talkinjV P'^-'-
tures.ln Times Stiuare. Nowspapi-rs
comment upon llio crowds . -UkU
gather for the free shosv,. but also
remark the absence of oUl time
political tire in the mob's reaotiOn
to the canned talkers,. Gov. Smith
is being camored and sound-rc^-ord-
ed for the talker dovleo and will be
relea;sed before the end of the ciun-
paign. ,

Mrs. Tom Mix is reported by ca-
ble as declaring in li«jr home near
Nice that she doos not contemplute
an application for dlvoix>e. It has
been reported that the film cowboy
star settled $820,000 upon his wilV.
and still would wolconie a recon-
ciliation.

LOS ANGELES

Aiulria MvKi,'nzio, 19, .si-i i-eii aspl-
nint, nuist ronuiin ' away from stu- .
dios for five yoa'rs, niako ho effort
tp become an actress and lay. off. all
hor film ninbitions .on- the- .«<.he.lf.
This was tin' oonditioh iinposod. up-'
on' her by . I udpe Charles \V. Fi-lcka
as the .alternative to . spiMidinff
seven years in S.in Quentin i'oniteh-
tiary. The sentence was ahliLratory
ais slie . lind violated a probation
givoii lior for forgery about a ycaf
ago. She said she issued bad
chocks to scovu'o money with which
to buy clothes'so she could work In
pictures.

JOSEPH GARCINETTI
(Joseph Garcia)

Joseph GarcinettI (Joseph Garcia),
acrobat, died Oct. 7 at his home,
3351 Wbodburn avenue, Cincinnati.

Garcinetti had appeared in vaude
for some years as ia member of the

lOEHK'S ALIMONY JAM

Cleyeland. Oct IC.
Robert B. Loehr, wealthy amuse-
ment park concessionaire of Clov<j-
land, is being sued for alimony by
Mrs. Ruth B. Loelir, club woman.

Mrs. Loehr charges that her husr
band neglected to provide for her
and that he abandoned her. at a
fashionable lake resort where, she
alleges, he entered a girl friend in
a beauty contest as his daughter.

At Mrs. Loehr's plea, an injunc-
tion was granted restraining either
Loehr or his business partner, Isa-
dore G. Sobel, from disposing; of
tiieir holdings during the pendency
of the action.

IN liOATlNO MEMORY

. of My rallicr,

ROBERT GAItNELLA

Who Dlca Oct. 20, 1927

Elsie Garnella

Betty Randolph appeared In
Greenwich, Conn., S.unday in a Rolls
driven by a liveried chauffeur and
applied for a marriage license. With
her was her fourth hansband-to-bo,
Capt. L. Van Leer, of the avi:iUon
service. They said thoy would be
married this evening (Wed.) at the
I'ickwick Arms, Greenwich.

Walter Kingsley had a pip of a
story . this -week relating how Henry
Kelltiiropp, grandson of "an Knglish
baron, got a job as chorusnian, in
one of Zieggy's shows, just to court
Kay English, dancer, ending with
the statement that the couple were
married in June, and Nellthropp has
gone back to his ,rogula;r job.

The Carroll has been broadcasting
location of seats available for future
performances and .giving b.o. phone
call.

Garcinetti Brothers. They did a hat
throwing .and comedy acrobatic
turn. .They originally came to this
obun try. from. Europe.

Garcinetti Is survived by his
widow and two children. Interment
in Cincinnati.

When Chiroiioo Brown, film direc-
tor, attempted to cash, the first
telcphotb chock ever sent through
the Western . I'nion oiTlcos^' he was
rofused by the- Holly wood, branch, of
the Merchants' National I>ank. The
check was for $1,000, sent from
Ih'own's a.ii'ont, .Take, Wllk. in New
York. The ihci k. was liU-d in the
East; . As reason for the refiijial, it
waa stated banks could not honor
the new money trnnsactlon without
a system of .symbols signifying that
but one t(>loj>h()t6 copy of . the origi-
nal check had been made. ,

Mr. and Mrs. Coburn have leased
Daly's in 63d street and renamed it
the Coburh. They'll stage "The
iTellow Jacket" lirst.

CIRCUS

Hagenbeck- Wallace
Oct. 17, San Angelo* Tex.; 18,
Brownwood; 19, Brady;; 20, Ste-
phenville; 22, Cleburne;. 23,:Teaguc;
24, Corsicana; 25, Marlin; 26, En-
nis; 27, Athens.

John Robinson's '
Oct. 17, Montgomery, Ala.; 18,
Troy; 19, Andalusia; 20, Pcnsacola,
Fia.; 22, r)6mopoli.s Ala.; 23, Aber-
deen, Miss.; 24, New Albany; 25,
Columbus:; 20, Greenwood; 27,
Greenville.

Sells-Floto .

Oct. 17, Tucson, Ariz.; 18,- Bi.sbee;
.1.0, Douglas; 20, El Paso, Tex.; 21,
Sorocco, N. M.; 22, Albuquerque;
23, Clevis;- 24, Roswell; 25, Carls-
bad; 26, Pocos, Tex; 27, Midland. .

SAM L. HARRIS

Sam L. Harris, 45, attached to the
news staff of the New York Star
before it merged with the Vaude-
ville Nev/s, died Oct. 10 In New
York. At his deiath Harris was
editor and publisher of the Inwood
News, a- community newspaper' is-
sued weekly in the Dyckman sec-
tion, N, Y.

He is survived by his widow, for-
merly Ruth Rainbow (Rainbow
Sisters). Interment in Bayside
cemetery.

ton. La. ,_ . s

Miller's, F. W., Midway, (Fair)
Donnld.sonville, L.T.. ^
"^MississiW^ Va'leyr(Ffxir>

Gil V, La,, ■ ' f^^j,,

Morris- Castle, .(I^alr) «^c(Has

"^^M urphy, D. P.y (Fair) El Dorado
Ark. ■ .

N^ill, C. W., (Fair) Rustnn, La
Page, J, J., (Fair) Johnson City,

Tenn, . . ....

Pollic, Forrest City. Ark.
Reiss. Nat, (FairV Kinston,. Iv. G.
Rice-borman, (Fair) Lpckhart

Tev. „
Rice Bros., (Fair) Cuthbert, Ga,
Rook City, fFnir) Baxley, Gn.
Rubin & Cherry, (Fair) Rocky

Mmint. N. C

Sheesley Greater, (Fair) Dunn.

K C

Sutton, Great. P.lythovino. Ark.
Wade, W.^ G., . (Fair) Valdostn.

C;i..- • ■ • ' ^, ,

Whybro Am. Co., T/imont, Okla.
Wise, David A., (Fair) Thomson.

Work, R. H. Am. Co., Sagamore,
Pa.

=R i ng tin g^B ros. :LB.i.Bj_

Dos Yiddishe Meidele

(Continued from- page 72)

the theme number being the kind
that Iteops 'em whistling. One of
the oldest practices, and probably
the original starting place of the
community sing idea, iS the Yid
-dtsii theatre. Kosenstein takes ad

Rabbi Max A. Epstein, 60, father
of Dave Epstein, picture, press
agent, died in Los Angeles, Oct. 14^
of heart disease, while performing
a marriage ceremony. Another rabbi
completed the service.

Max Hart, father of Lorenz Hart,
production lyricist, and not to be
confu.sed with Max Hart, the agent,
died suddenly Oct, 10, from heart
trouble. The songwriter's father
was in the realty business.

Thanks to its Hearst tie-Up via
International Metro-Uoldwyn-Mayer
got inside angles on trip of Graf
Zeppelin. Had cameraman aboard.
Also first -film ever transported
across Atlantic by air. It is "Spie.s,"
Ufa production, directed by Friiz
Lang, who did "Metropolis."

Fred Stone will be able to leave
New London hospital in three, weeks.

Hilda Gaige, wife of Crosby Gaigo,
was awarded a divorce decree in
Reno on grounds of cruelty. Couple
had made agrftemcnt 6n alihiony of
$1,000 a moiitli. if husband's income
remains abo"Vc $50,000 a year.

Treasury Department advises of
two new counterfeit bills, one $10
and one $20. Both are crude.

James Walker Lohgcbpc, former
dry under cover man who got evi-
dence against New York nite clui)s,
arrested charged with trying to ex-
tort $1,000 from a. small Greenwich
Village cafe.

Henry P. Watt, 63, manager of
the official Chicago Civic Opera
program for 11 years, died Oct. 13 in
Chicago. Ellen A. Wall, his widow,
survives him. . *

Oi't. ]S. l',ii-min.?ham, Ala.; 19, At-
lanta! Ga.; 20, Macon: 22, Sav.an-
nah; 2.'?, Jacksonvillo, Fla.; 24, Or-
lan.lo; 25-20, Tampa; 27, Sarasota
(end oil .season).

vantage of this by plugging the
theme song until both he and audi-
ence are out of .breath. ; Little, dgiibl
that Scc-unda has written some
crack tunes into this opus.

Charlie Adler, son of the litte
Jacob Adler, has done , a ricat job
oh the dance numbers considering
the limited experience of the girls.
Another important individual, one
who has the toughest job of all, is
Mortirrier Gliclcman. . lie conducts
the orchcsti-a, .. directs the stage,
scores tlie music and plays the piano
all at one time. It's remarkable.
Young Glickman - is a . tlK)vou,'?h
musician .and handles everytliing
with equal ability. Boy would
score in the picture houses if they
eould get hold of him.

Cas:t measures up to s.tondard.
Deserving of mention is the .Avork
of Abrah.am- Loskcr, juvenile ami
light comedian, and. Chano Hol-
lander as the idiotic mother. >'.'ivi;i
Fi.shman, soubrot, r.'tn be credited
though her part is. a li.i,'ht one. This
gal is legitimately an omolic actrc.«s
most of the tinif^.

Ollckman has a spUTidlfl cr>mpany
this year, with .a rc'i)ertory of play"-:

"nTar^sTi^ura^it'STTrTi^"^^^^

thoy ever wake up to the thought
that even one YlddLsh theatre in a
city like Chicago i.s not being f>vip-
portcd. Loop.

Sarah Carroll Miley, mother of
Kathryn Miley (Mrs. Richard Tem-
ple), musical comedy actress, died
Sept. 29. . . . .

Earl Mohan, veteran pugilist and
film actor, died Oct. 15 at General
Hospit.il, Los Angeles, just a week
after the death of his wife.

The father of Genevieve Cliff died
Oct. 6 at Denver.

Deaths Abroad

Paris, Oct. 7.
Robert V. d'Everstay, iSwlss jour-
nalist, died of apoplexy at. Chanx
dc-Fonds, Switzerland.
. Raffaello Quilici, 62, conductor,
died while directing. his r>rchestra in
a picturc^fhoatre at Leghorn, Italy.

Michel. Provins (Lagros do Lan-e-
ron), G7, French journalist.

Coney Holmes: -will manage the
new Keith house iji lUchmond lliH.
lZ''iV~"In "the"meffn wh He'lTol rh^
been called In to New York from
Chicago by Tlnk Humphrey for roar]
work.

. J.eannetto Marcella, stage aclresg,
attempted .<5ulcidd by eatnig a mix-
ture of candy and veronal. She was
taken into custody, by the police and
later sent to the psychopathic ward
of the General Honpital for exami-
nation.

Selma Paloy Mitchell, former act-
ress, gr.anted divorce from. Oliver
Morosco, (^ct. 10; .Cruelty. ch.argcd,
Morosco did not contest. Mii^.i^ Paley
was granted custody of the couple's
three-year-old child, Semla ()li\?e.

Guinn "Big Boy" Williams, screen
cowboy, granted interlocutory de-
cree of divorce from Kathleen Wil-
liams, film actress, known on screen
as Kathleen Collins, Oct. 10. De-
.sertlon charged. Third time the
couple had been involved In divorce
proceedings, but reconciliations fpl-.
lowed filing of each of previous
suits.

Luther N. Hanger, 19, alias Zeho
De Mille, ernlwhile di.shwasher In a.
beach resort hot dog stand, con-
victed of swindling amateur scen-
arists by a fake scenario editing'
and sales service via the mall.s. wa,"j
.sent to a government reforin school
at Monroe, Wasli., to remain there
until he becomes of ago. .

Eilyth Totten theatre was sold-at
.'luction for $21.3,249. I'romot(.-d by
the Drama Comedy League and co.st
$285,000. Buyer was .Terome. Really
Co., 562 5th avenue. Only showman
bid was that of Al Plncus who 'owns
the Longacre theatre on the same
.street. Lucille LaVerne has leased
the house.

The mother of Lefty Flynn, in
pictures, committed suichlo by cut-
ting her wrists in her Greenwich,
Conn., home.

Commenting on the death of
Bessie Poole, chorus girl, following
a fight In the .CJlflK Florence night
club, District Attorney Banton de-
clared the nijTht resorts have bo-
come_a^public menace, duo .to f act
they are iised as'Tiangoiil.s^for crlm-
inais. Miss Poolo died in Lillian
Lorraine's apartment tho.day afler
the fight. Death was attributed tf
heart disea.sc, but coroner i.s still in-
vestigatinf?.

Western Electric reported franilne.
deal for . synchronizing dhiks with
Columbia, i;oth American and Brit-
ish. Companies ah-endy allied, bul
Columbia was, never Jlcepficd \«
make rti.sks for .«creej> plays.

Rfi.«7,ika Dclly In N'lce.madr« de-
nial of .any Inl.eiifion to sr-'-ic divor'-'
from Mortimer Djfvi". Said she w.'i'
e(ntent and would rf-A-'-v go bael
to the sL'ige. .

: Ann Orr. who retired when rhe-
wed T'.rldt'eiiort soejety iriftii, Arelii-
I.;iM McX.-;l, .Jr., may return to llie
st.'ige.. ;

Mrs. Rowena Taggarf, former
stage actre.ss, who quit the legit to
liccome a writer, was dctiainod by
Los Angeles police for questioning
concerning a scries of anonymous
telephone calls to residents in the
fashlonahlo Wiisblro district. De-
tectives .say she confessed to having
made the call.s, In which .she is sold
to have threatened various dlrO
fates to the persona she called.
Formerly a male impersonator and
Is alleged to have used a m.ale voice
!n the anonymous calls, which she
is reported to have made for the
sake of gaining material for mys-
tery fiction.

Harriet Virginia, 35, and .Timmie
Fulton, 35, of Santa Monica, Cal.,
reported to be film cxtra.s. were
arrested by West Hollywood police
In a parking lot near a West Holly-
wood night club, Oct. 9, on charges
of disturbing the peace.

Frank Keennn and his leadinr
woman, Ixah M;i:.', werr? ni'.rri'd i:-

J>e.i.u:.er.^_Ke'li'ia.lL^^
Holh havt-'been livoreeij -^l^'liin ••
year.

Concert Management Arthur

Edith'?re}iaar was gr.anFecrTrivorce
from Bern.'ird V. Schaar, location
maiiagcr ' for M-O studies, In Su-
IjeiJor Judge . IvleDanlol's court Oct.
;i. Nbn-.sunport charged.

Lewis . Contlal, chauffeur for
Maria.Cord.i, screen actress,, .skipped
with $.''.,00.0 in jewels and a new
Pierce- Arrow car. Police recovered
car but. Contlal and jewels ,'5tlll
mi.sslng.

Circus Fire Arrests

Berlin, Oct. 4.
After an investigation at Rcval,
Ivstonia, of Ihe clrrumstanees sur-
rounding the. repf.nt fire in tlu^ Salo-
monsky clrcu.s, police have .arre.><ted
Karkoch-Bredford, the owner of the
circus, togoth'-r with his employee,
CMiaika, and an insurance agent
working for Estl-Lloyd Kamentz.
, All three are committed to prison
|^p> ndi;)g a dlsvtrie.t„a.t toxn^'y.'s ..actL6n^
I A number of <.ircufl employ <• s and
i ri' rf"rm(-rs were lnt( rrOc;a(i-il, but
not detained.

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Phones: Central 0644-4401

GHtCAGO

Professionals hav* th« fraa um of Variety's

Chicago Office for information. Mati; ;may
be addressed care Variety, Woods Bldg^
Chicago. It will be held subject to call,
forwarded or advertised in Variety's Letter
List.

Palace ' I for cenUi. This being an ap-

till- lower lORcs wiTO all tal<on nnJ

th<^ ruol) aidn'l. . mind , clinvljinf?..
Idshor.: Lewis aivl his Q.utlit, in-
oludin;?- Eleanor IJp-.>oUs. and Ai-line
Lnnwn, diincoi-s; iiold-tlio mob in
until after five o'clock in closing,
the .^hdw. . ■ The . Langan- pal Tod
now loto<; alonp i.'J Crom; Uio. Coast.
A nlftv. and contrasts in 'type to
thiv hotsy-totsy Miss. Brooks,

Only seven acts on account o.C
Ijewis. . S^econd halC was opened by
Harry and Frantca. Usher, With , a
good routine., of sleight-bf-hahd,
•mind, reading; etc. Fast work ard
deft , manipulation sent . this turn
over; . On ' the first- section .the Fav-^
ley-Oukrainsky. Ballet waS spectac-
ular flash. Four different and dis-
tinctive .iset.<i in as rnany numbers
ibroug^lit oiit ISdris Milar, premier
danseuse. Latter is a beaut on
looks ;Mnd ability. . E.asily the staiid-
. but. with the rest , of the gals not
bad, either. '. Preceding ^vas . Scott
.Sanders, okay. .

Ruth 'Warreh Co;, clicked handily
wltli a telephone comedy fjk It by
Toni MoKnight and Itenry Sullivan.
MiR.s. Wai-ren l.s a cemedienne'. of.
'.rating. Plenty of hoke. .and . it
•cli.ck-.s, Oeoi'ge Miirray and Mildred
Brigps assist.

Openers' were the Taketas,' Jap
trio, doing perch, risley and wire.
Noat. Ted and Al Waldman, No', 2,
showed enough to merit a better
po.«ri'tion. . i Loop:

':. State-Lake
.' An opportunity, to analyze the
Loop vaude situation frorii the lay-
man's, stahdpbint. He has two
Keith, vaude houses from, which to
choosso— the Palace, offering eilght
acts for $2, and the State-Lake with/
seven acts a.nd a feature picture

When in Chicago
Vhit These Hita

H

■SAM II, Matliieoa Wednoatlay atlii
ARRIS , ' Saturday ■ .
Arthur Hoptcins Presents

•Direct from a-ycar's run in
Jitw York, (lio Orcnt Cnin«>(]v Success
Called '•nT)KLl!;SQi;iS." with

Hal Skelly and
Barbara Stanwyck

SELWYN Matoi Th'irs. and Bat.
.SCHWAB and MANDETi BT'lric Tou
^ THR NKW COI.T.KOIATE
* \ MUSICAL COMi-l)Y

^'GOOD NEWS"

witli ' nn

&I.I.-AMERICAN TKAM OF PLAYEItS

.FOlixY FI.ArrER FKE.SIIIES
ARE I.YMAN (lllmscin & HIS ORCII

the I'alacc to ju.slify the difforenco

in price, ',..„■

Generally there is little difCeronce.
Some-lirrie.s. nOne, and at intervals
the State-Lake wallops the, Valace
foi' a line of lost customers, State-
La'ke hafl a habit of .featuring, acts
which have just. played the Palaee,
or are just about to. That makcv
it plain enough for ■ any cuslomer.
With an improved rtin of pictures
to assiMt. the pop- price .^tand gains
ground consistently. On the cur-
rent State-Lake bill are two feat-
ure acts still hearing the echoes- of
Palace api)lause. Pearl Regay; who
has .l>edu seen and hoard, locally for
as high as $4.40, ia important
vaude. Supporting her are Adolf
Oiron, pianist and po.rtn.er for her
ballroom dance routine, and Moret
Krooman, who duets on the ivories
with Oiron. Turn is dressy. Flor-
ence Brody, al.so straight from the
Palace, ia a pop songstress work-
ing her best in blues. Hector and
hia Gang, dog act, started the bill.
Dog's lack of interest in tricks
capitalized for laughs.. Varsity
Eight, who happen to be nine vocal
and 'instrumental collegians, rely
on. . their la.st few minute.'j as a
military band to carry the act. All
previous time taken up by vocal
M'ork weakly presented.
. Foreunello and Cirillino, dlminu-
Itlve clown tumbler and hu.sky un-
derstander, were, No.. 4 with an
original routine made, possible by
the tumbler'0 size. If this act hasn't
played picture houses it'.s mi.ssing
an api)reciative and ' well paying
field: Next-to-closing were liicke^'
Brothei'S, comic and straight, mop-
ping up their veteran low comedy
and dance turn. Signor Friscoe and
his South American marimba band
(T) closed. Catalog includes native,
popular and claasical numbers, with
the unique instrumental effect and
Friscoe's lightly humorous an-
nouncing, as the assets. Standard
in vaude.

SUbslantlal 'biz at the first show
Sunday. "Captain Swagger'.' (Pathe)
feature. Byron and Willis not on
the early bill. Bing.

: Ernie Kapalee, formerly asfiistant
city ed. of the Herald -E.^aminer
and recently national publicity di
rector for Hertz Drivurself Corp,
has joined the B. & K. pu^blicity
staff.

Fi.sher and her Playboys, Al Rey-
nolds, Myrtle- Lansing, 'Valie Nalli,
{a.b'y Poira afid Douglas Slslors.

.MetropoJiliiii premiere of "Davy
Jones' Locki-r" follows the Ameri-
can Opera Co. int.o. the Erlanger

Oct:. 28.: ■ - . . . . '" ; v.... .

SAN FRANCISCO

Fred Voight, braneli exchange
m-nuag^'V here fur Fox Z'''ilhv3, award-
ed-a ?500 cash prize in a ."new. busl-
n^'ss" drive r.f contly ' completed,
Jeorge Glos.sor, booker, and Charles
_*owers. salesman,, both in the local
Ofllce; each drew down flpO in the
.same competitioji.

With its California now virtually
an ull-sound house. West Coast is
eliminating the stage symphony, for

Mose Lee, m. c. at the Parthenon
Hammond, Ind.^ has resigned- to
join the vaUde unit produced by
Harry Fox. Lee is replaced at the
Parthenon by Sammy Clark.

Indiana, at Indiana Harbor,
starts an all-sound policy nex
week. Owned by Manta & Koaicak

Pitt.s^burch to become publicity I the Third ' .avenue, opening withi
head of Loew houaes there, • "Abie's Irl.<?h Rose." New DoUcy i.

one complete show nightly and Sat-
"Mlss Universe," beauty winner, I urday; mat, Leone Webber, Toby
tried to high-hat this town while Leitch, Leon Cluff, Horace Llnti^
in Palace's fur style show. ~ She Leonard Bouford, Murl . McCarthy
sent out a hurry-up call/to house and Forrest Taylor, Jr., In cast,
p; a. for -him to get a hew limoiir ■, ' _ . ._ .
sine for her persona,! uae while Sam; Maurice, Wei^t Coast pub-
here, . She dld-n't get it. Iticity here, ha s resig ned^ ;

Cinema/ new 1.000-seater, one- Eiigehe. Ore., and CprvalUis, both
week second-run film house, opened college towns, are going, to vbt'e at

this ' week. Louis Israel manager,
and Walter Trimmer organist.
House in theatrical district^ getting
nightly ovei-flow from the bigger
thcatrft.i \vith its chtfap price,. .

Ritz nltery, dark for summer,
reopened under name of the Frolics ]
and riianagement of E. J. Siridelar,
alao owner of Riverside Gardens.

GORRESPONDENeE

All matter Tn CORRESPONDENCE refers to current week unless
otherwise indicated.

The cities under Correspohdence in this issue of Variety are as
follovys and on pages:

BROOKLYN . . . . ... ; • .. 77

MINNEAPOLIS , , , .

. 77

CHICAGO ......,..........>.. 76

MONTREAL

78

CI NCI NN ATI ..... . . . i . . . . . ... 76

NEW ORLEANS . .

.78

CLEVELAND 76

PORTLAND . . . . . . . . . .... . .

. 77

DEN VE R . . . . ^ V' • • • • 79

SAN FRANCiSCO

.76

D ETRO IT* »•»•••*••••••:•• • • ♦ •.• -T^

SEATTLE ••

. 7iB

KANSAS CITY .......... .4.. 77

SYRACUSE .

.79

LOS ANGELEiS .... ...... 78

V/ASHINGTON

• 79

the next election on ttae Sunday
show proposition.

CINCINNATI

By JOE KOLLiNG
Shubert — George, Arliss. <
Erlanger — "Wings" (2d week).
Taft— Walker stock.
Cox— Stock. ■
Albee — "The Cop"-vaude.
Pa I ace— "Cameraman" - vau de.
Empress— Burlesque.
Capitol — "W 6 d d i n M: a r c ]j>*
(wired).

Lyric— "Tviro Lovers" (2d wfeek).
Keith's— 'Butter and Egg Man.*r
Strand— 'Plastered in Paris."

'Butter and Egg IVTon" Is hding .
.shown on .screen this week at »
Keith's and played by Stuart Wal-
ker stock, Elizabeth Taylor has re-
turned to Walker com piiyiy after a
brief absence, during which , sh»
was wed to an eastern busiheaa.
man; ...

Chatterbox, Hotel Sinton's dln«
and dance palace, opened -this weelC
with Hdnry Theis orchestra bacfe

cveral years headed by Gvno Severi.
Severi and his band of IS are being
replaced by ia pit baud with 10 men
and leader.

Features Eddio Peyton's Victor
Boys, lloor show aiid Ivlaryn MuUor-,
dancer. X^eytori acting as m. c. .

IS

A.II.WOOUS'

ADELPHI

MATa .
WED. and SAT.

A. n. WOODS'

*'The TRIAL OF MARY DtlGAN'

By nnynrd V<>lllor
with ANN IIAItDINO
ana Orlffinni New YoHc Cost

STUDEBAKER Mat. Today

M.V1^Y HASfL Vlolt^t Kemple

NASH RATHBONE COOPER

rilSNRY FISRDINAND

STEPHENSON GOTTSCHALK

AXKUtod by Orti;liiu1 Ciidt In
tlio Conliiiontal Comody yciigatlon

The Command to Love

Marks Bros.' Mark Strand
closed for two weeks, for wiring.

Straight picture, policy with a
string quintet in the pit brought
weak hlx to the lloseland State.
House has resumed Keith vaude.

Nat Holt musical burlesque is re-
placing Ackermo,n & Harris &> Op-
pen vaude in their Union Square,
starting Oct. 26. This will be Holt's
third unit show, the second unit
(rotating for seven, towns weekly)
getting under way Oct. 13 at Santa
Rose. Union Square, has' had an
Ackerman & Harris vaude-picture
policy lor a number of years. Holt
is putting his musical In on a tour
weeks' guarantee, with an option.
Pick Maloney, comic, is being
brought to the coast by Holt to head
the unit, with production in charge
of Ted Rowland. There will be 20
in the cast, including a male quartet,
a femmc trio and several specialty
people. Three shows dally at 30
cents top will be the schedule.

Samuel H. Levin, who two weeks
ago took back for operation his
three neighborhood houses^ operated
by Ackermaji & Harris & Oppen for
the last six months, closed the Alex-
andria, one of the trio, Oct. 14 and
will keep it dark until it has been
fully wired for sound pictures; Al
Lovln, brother of Sam, will be In
direct operation ch.arge of the three
houseb which, have just reverted
back.

Goodman Memorial theatre
•started its fourth season last week
with a revival of "The Little . Clay
Cart." In for three weeks.

CORT mats. wi£d. and sat.
A HIT

ROLAND YOONG

"Baby Cyclone" . opens at the
Central . Oct> 22. Played with the
original cist last season at the
Blacks tone.

Slar, Einpresa and State-Con-
gresH are the latest burlesque
houses to give Saturday midnight
shows.

A now maid hired by Mrs. Wil
Ham llice, wife of a Chicago the-
atrical promoter, blew out on her
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MiltOn Charles, solo organist, has
been transferred from the Chicago
to the Tower,

Weekly newsreel shots taken by
Marks Bros, on Northwestern unt-
verntty. campus for showitiff In the
C.ranada thosalre are being turned
ovei* to the university library gratld

Pat Bnrne-s, former radio an
nouncor with WIIT, has joined
WGN", Chicago Tribune station.

Another outbreak of union trou
bio over wiring installation has
.slopr>ed wiring of Oroat States
Madison, Peoria, III.. Indefinitely.

Current new .^how at the flolden
Pumpkin cafe Includes Thelma

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Swimming Pool— Gymnasium — Rehearsal Hall
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Wo pny your (riinRportatlon by tiixi 'from any fl(ntlon In the city '

Greystone, "pop dansant in Mnsio
Hall, opens second season October..
20 with Trent's orchestra.

Latonia fall race mcetiijg. attract-
ing many viiaitors, is proving boom
ill. E. Pair has resigned as . rriari- I for night clubs about town. Earl
ager of li'alls and Alhambra the-. Fuller's orchestra i.i. at Lookout
atros, Cuyahoga Falls, to go with House, and Ned Stanley's combina.*
Dlpson Zimmerman .Circuit. He is tlon at Mecca Inn.
succeeded by Leo j. Toner. —. — 1

' ■ , Harvey Brownfield, local ..muali

The Shuberts and the Hanna the- ^-^^^^^ jg Empress this week, do-
atre got. a panning from local critic plaho-accordlon specialty,

for advertising Ethel Earrymore s ' °
"Kingdom of God" as having its
premiere here, after it came direct
ly from a tryout in Syracuse.

J. P. Frederlckg has withdrawn
from pictures with sale of Paul's
theatre at Hammer, O., to Gus |
Hoops. I-

Homestead, movie house, has
reopened under ownership of the
U. B. Theatrical Enterprises. Fred
Holzworth continuesj as manager.

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Eva Crocker, Cleyelander, who
was named the country's pecond
most beautiful waitress In recent
Atlantic City beauty contest, has |
returned to her home town and re-
sumed work at a Mills restaurant.

CLEVELAND

By GLENN C. PULLEN

Hanna— "Good News."
Ohio — "Wooden Kimono."
Little— "Ten Nights'.' (2d week--
s Lock) •

Alhambra — "Free Soul" (stock>
Gordon Sq. — "Broadway" (stock)
Play House— "Beyond , Horizon'
(stock).

Stillman (wired)— "Wings" (2d

Allen (wired) — "Battle of Sexes."
Palace— "Craig's Wlfe"-vaud.
Cameo (wired)— "Terror" (3rd
wcgIc).

state (wired) — "Beggars of
Life"; "Toeing Off" unit.

- Hip (wired) — "Mother Knows
Best."

Colonial (wired)— 'Simba" (road-
showed).

Keith's 105th — "Waterfront"-
vaud.

Columbia-^Mutual Bur.

- Stock tab at Oriental.

transferred to Loew's Park a.<5 guest
organist for a month. Ted Meyn,
from Kansas City, is plnch-hitting
at State.

SEATTLE

President^"Nlce People" (stock)
Orpheum — "Powefr"-vaude.
Pantages— 'Red LIps"-vaude
Seattle— "Four Walls"-stage .show.
Fifth Avenue— "The Wedding
March."

Music Box— "The Singing Fool"-
vita.

Blue Mouse — "Two Lovers"-vita,
Columbia— "The River Woman."

^ Winter Garden — "Forgotten

Faces.

Coliseum — "Tillle's Punctured Ro
mance."

afternoons, room 2577, II W. 42d street.
Now; York.

"Ten Nights in a Barroom," re-
vived at Little theatre, has turned
out to be one of the local hits Of
season. It's now on a- run. Stock
company staged the original 1858
version, with olco performers and
all, playing it with a deadly seri-
ousness.

, Reported . Keith's . angling for
Thomaa Carroll, former manager of
Loew's Stato; to take over man-
agership of Hip, whieh : reopened
this week with "Mother Knows
Bc^^t" and all-.sound policy. John
Hale was erroneously uK^itioned as
a candidate in a previous report.

Frank Cornwall leaves AU(?n an
band director and m, c. to go to
Ohlo^n =-e0lumbu3:"-"^Stuhby- -^Gor^"
don, ace saxophonist and former
leader, succeeds him.

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George Cleveland, ^character man
with local Duffy Players,^ to Port-
land as director for the new com-
pany at the Dufwin.

May Robson, guest star for three]
weeks at the President (Duffy), to
Vancouver . for "Mother's Millions,"
at the Vancouver (Duffy),

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has departed for New York, She'
Will -nppear in two concerts In Ore-
gon.

Pant.T.Bes added severnl weeks in
Cdnada this month, including Cal-
p;ary, Edmonton and. Regina. -This
required a new show opening in
Spokane.

To comprise the bill following
net.>? were o'htaine.l: Phil Phillips'
Colle.giate- Band, Hickman Brothers,
.lean Bnrrios. female inii)eraonator ;
Franz Melsel, violinist, and Da.sh-
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and the dainty things mHady
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Fred Cf.assin appointed p. a. of
Loew's Ohio Theatres, taking place
of iTarland Fend, who went, to

.T. von Ilerberg, who made _plenty
iTE Tdough^'ltr niorllm
ness, has offered to put up $350,000
for a hotel in Yakima If the tovvjis-
peopli^ will st.Trt it off with $150,000.
Clly need.s a first-class hotel.

Toby Players are back again at

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affectod by (raaliliiK, rrcnnn, piar.sDlratlon.
etc Eyebrows ami Isshcs aliapprt ancJ-darB-
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giiests. It completely preventst contact between patrons and hotel employees when
laundry, shoes, etc., are sent out or retur ned.

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The- Morrison stands closer thart any other hotel to theatres, stores and railroad
stations. Yet, at this central location, rooms are rented for $3.50 to $5 that would
cost $5'to $8 in any other leading ho^^ sub-rentals herie are so valuable

that they pay dJI the ground rent, and the saving is passed on to the guests.

The Terrace Garden and Boston Oyster House

At these two farnous restaurants, the intimate, carefree atmosphere has won
international celebrity. In the Terrace . Garden the light, vivacious dance music
and sparkling entertainments have, made it a favorite rendezvous for lunch, dinner
and after-theatre parties. Programs broadcast daily from WBBM.

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The New Morrison f when eompletedi will be the targets
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PORTLAND, ORE.

Portland — "Dry arartini."
BroatJway— "While City Sleeps."
Pantages— "AricfliigAn Kid."
Oriental— "King o£ Kings," 3cl

United Artists —" Woman Dis-
putwl."

Columbia— "Tempest," M- woqlc.
Music Box — 'Glorious Betsy," 2d
\voek.

Irv Vv'aterstreet Is now exploita-
tion manager for Unltecl Artists in
Pacific Nortliwcst. Hoadciuartei-s at
rortland.

Mayor George L. Baker of Pcirt-
land, ex-showman. Uns beoix writing
His memoirs of early show business
on the west coast for a local paper.
The stories have created inuoh in-

Call for—

•<»-ftncl be' ii^sured of- receiving the
V best matcrldis propenly blended

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terest. Baker started as a stage
liand in San Pnmcisco. , Kc fol-
lowed the same calling in his early
days in Portland. In later, yeai's
he founded and operated the famous
Baker stock company here.

Before entering politics, Baker's
last venture was the old Baker the-
atre, which has been reconstructed
as a dramatic stock hou.se for Henry
Drtffy and' named the Dufwin, open-
ing this week.

George L,. Baker has been mayor
of Portland without interruption
since 1910. He is up for election
for another . four-year term,' iafter
«pcndlni? 12 years in office.

■ Gem-pe Cleveland is Henry Duffy's
director here at the. opening of the
new Dufwin. Ho will be succeeded
by Kdwin Vail within' a few weeks.
Ralph Kellard is to be permanent
leading man of the new company.

MINNEAPOLIS

Met— "G. V. Follies."
Shubert — Stock!

Hennepin — "City. Sleeps"- vaude.
Pantages — "Kelly ?"-vaudo.
Palace^ — ;Musical tab.'
Gay«ty — Mutual burle.'^riuc. •
Minnesota-—" Two iLove.rs '-stiigo
\init. . .

State— "SiniSrihg Fpol," 2d week.
Strand-— ""Wings," .oth week.
Lyric— 'Ph'.st Kiss."* • ■ •
Grand— "i!ct.sy." 2d wivk.

Lyric is jiliandoning siilit-woelv
l)oli(>', rcUirning to ■\veek run.*^.

12c"^fXf\VR of Difo," instead tif "Th(>
AVeddiii.g March" • follows "\\"in?;s''
at the Stale.. Strobei.m picture., ifti i-
"Bog.gars of Life;"

In running for live obnHeeuiivc
weeks at the. Strand, "Wings"
ccllpsos the pvc:\'Ti)US local long-
ilni record for a picture at one. of

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the regular hou.scs on a schedule
other than two-a-day. Former
tnark was four weeks set by "The
G'old iiusli" at same house.'

Warner Brothers has been rein-
stated with tlie local film board of
arbitr.ation, which heard four ea.ses
involving them_ last week. Body
l.s working smoothly again .sin^e the
^orthwest Theatre Owner."*' Asso-
Tiation is again participating in
its operations.

American Amusement Company,
headed by Ben Friedman, lias pur-
chased the controllihg interest in
the Homewood and Plymouth the-
atres, two large iip-town hou.ses in
the norlhside section of the city.
The Homev^-ood is one of the finest
of the residential theatres. America
owns theatres at Minneapoli.s, Far-
go and Mankato. It i.s a partner
of_P. & R. in the operation of sev-
eral houses.

Maxwell Sholes, formerly on tbc
staff of -Brock Pemberton^nd other
New t York producer.s, hasTjeeji en-
gaged by the St. PaMl Theatre
Guild, a little theatre group, as its
stage director for the coming .sea-,
son. The Guild recently" bought a
fnj-mer church and ha-s converted it
into a sliow house.

Tlieatre managers fr)uti<i nioi^"'
woe. here iif tlu; announcement that
til e Fi r.>5t is'a t i'onal lifl nl'v Tfere'" w ill
finance the broadcasting of 20 f-Xr
clu.'^iv'e radio concerts hy the^^in-
nr-ai)ulis .'-;yi'n"'i)l)ony or<li'^tra this
winter.

BROOKLYN, N. Y.

By JO ABRAMSON

• Brooklyn— "Girl Trouble."

Majestic — ^"Mary .l>ugan."
.Jamaica— "Tlie, N'oo«e,"

Boulevard— "Kcvoli."

Shubert— "."Shannons." ,

Strand—" Women."

Albee — "Man- W)m Laugh.';"-v;r.ul<

Met- K-M^ess Il:i^.^^<'!Kr'"-vaudi'.

Momart— "Fortrnif':; Fool."

St, George — Double feature.

Mayfair — .Sto^-k,

Fulton— Stock. •

Rivera- "Ktelhi Dallas-."

Casino — .Stock hiir.

Empire — Hur.

Star— Dui*.

■Jiiyety- -• l^ur. . •»

Orpheum ■ — ".-^aw ():^t r',.r..(h. e"

F6x— "Win That Girl"-.stagc .show

Tower opened las-t week with Mer-
rill' Hughes a*nd oreh*«,tra. R^an
James, Br</Oklyh Eagle • columnist,
m. c. A, .S. Gwaud managing.

Harry C. McDonald, .who succeed-
ed Edward L. Hyman at the Brook-
lyn Mark Str.'indi no longer there.
Joseph PlunUctt directing both
Brooklyn aiul Manhattan Strands.

Standard Union l^as .started a
drive against the xiso of nickle slot
machines in thifl' bor<.tugh. Inve.stir
g.ation .'ihou f. d that . most of these
machines were k^Ht^in candyshop.s
near scJiool.s. N.-inies of jiiiops car-
rying tliese tilings ai^c publi.shed
dfiily, Pvditdriais in the Union a.slt
for the wiping out of these "chil-
dren'.s gam Ding mjiclriijes'."

^KANSAS CITY

**^y WILL R, HUGHES
Shubert — "Night in Spain."
Loevy's Midland — "Cameraman"-
stage show.

. Nlairlstreet — Pictvics and vande.
.Newman — ".'Ringing Fool."

Pantages— 'Street of ]llusion"-
vaude. . . .

Gttrbe — Pi<'ture^<,

Uptov/n— Vaudeiilin,

Empress — Stock.

Gayety — Bur.

Kinpre-'^' dark, for cv« r .a .',ea/-.riri,
reopened fhis^wef It ' uTrh ih^^
in "Two (;n-J.« Wafiled.' Under di-
veetion of ■ V. JO. .Htitton-, Mat lock.'--,
with Andrew I.ejg}), Jl;trry Kl-

dridge, Elmoro Galley, AVthU#
Clarke- Elton, Jack Preston, Miami.
Campbell,. Kthel Arden, Mamie
■Sheridan Wolford, Harry Kauf»
man. musical director. Day after
(Opening two week's notice posted
and venture will cQ.Tie to an en4.
this week.

Or))heum, hwme of big time vaude
for many years, opens . ao a stock
house Oct. 28 with a visiting star'
«very two or three weoks. Ober-
O'lder-Ketcham, of Denver, has a,
company now playingr.

Alidland Circuit, with houses In.'.
Missouri, Kan.'r.as, Nebraska and
Iowa, is having 1- to'wns wired and
lias taken over the Orpheum, Atchi-.
son;

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Lot Angetee Office for information. Mail
may be addressed care Variety. Loew** 9tate
Bldg^ Suite 1221-22, Los Angelea. It will be
held subject^ to call or forwarded, or adver*
tised in VarTety'a Letter List.

A Hti or. r burlesque flavor at the
opening by Gerber's GuiotieH, but
■with Wdwin George's inonolpg in
(Jeuco and "The Undercurrent," No.
3. the i)iil slipped Ihto straight vaude
and closed with a class dancing tlfrn
that was a bit inaipifj.

"The Undercurrent" wowed. Har-
riet Allyn had the mob with her.
Well written and well; played, this
prize-winning playlet of the Chi-
cago Littlo Theatre Tournament
scored the hit of. the show.

Rose, and Thorne panicked No. 4
with snappy'chatter. A nut act well
spotted.

Dave.. Bernie closed te fir.st par',
with ore lie.stra of eight irien;and two
femiiH'fjfdoihg back benders. Bone-
less wonders have been hitting Los
Angeles bill.s with a regularity sug-
gestive, of an epidemic over.

Yates and Liwler oi)ened the^e.c-
ond section and were easy to take..
Most 9f ' their numbers were old..
Still the mob liked them.
Ann Codec, opening with her

.French patois number, has plenty of
pep and personality. Frank .Orth
afl a foil is half the act. . Wonder
why .Miss Codee insists on remov-
ing chapeali? She loses a lot. of her
exotic personality writhout the head-

. piece.

tJrace Adelphi, assisted by Paul
^ Zcy and ■ Ted Norris,' class. (Jance
' turn, closing, might have done bet-
ter in another .spot.-

Beullih Livingston in business
manitger and rei)ro.seritative for
Lupe V^lez, under contract . to
United Artists, .

Dani'ing Daughters" at Loew's
State, in downtown Los Angeles, led
We.Ht Coast Theatres to bodk the
picture . into the Boulevard; another
of its first run hou.sca in L. A., for
the week beginning Oct. 12,

Motion: Picture Relief Fund has
s^nt a notice to all of the Los An*
g'ele.s brganizations which hpJd
charity benefits from time, to time,
notifying them that any member of
the Motion Picture Relief Fund or
of the Academy of Motion Picture
Arts and Sciences would appear at
unless that organization gave 25
per cent of the proceeds to the
no iM^neflts for any organizations
stage pprCormers participating to
the Motion Picture Relief Fund.

Tlio nhenomenai success of "Our

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Rdward Sullivan, first violinist,
succeeded li. F, Frankonstoin as
leader of the Orpheum's . orchestra.
Another change in" personnel at the
vaude; hpu.so occurred when Andy
Hervey, press agent, resigned .and
\vas succeeded by Oliver Oarver.

Sally Phipps' contract ha-s been
renewed by I''ox. . S:>me ctmipany
has .signed. Frank Albert.s.on on
long time contract..

Muni Wie.'ier/.freund, now under
contract to yViUiam. Fox in Holly-
wood, has. only been here but a few
weelcs and has changed his screen
name to Paul Muni,. Wiesenfreun,d
was connected with, the New Y6i-k
Theatre Guild for. a number .of.
years without any disturbance to
his name, but in pictures a change
in name became necessary for many
reasons.

. The Pasadena Community Play-
ers opens "The Great Broxopp," "by
A. A. Milne, at. the Comrnunity
l^layhouse in, Pasadena, Cal., Oct.
to run through Oct. 27.

Complete cast of "The Marriage
Bed," Ernest Pascal's play, pro-
duced by Felix Young, v/hich has its
world premiere at the .Mayan this
week, includes ' Florence Ma.son,
Doris Lloyd, Owen Moore, Alice
.Toycei William iiDavidson, William
H, Turner, Blanche Friderici, Ernest
Woods and Sylvia Beecher.

Roscoe Arbuckle offered a -hew
show at. his Plantation ^^ight Club
near Culver City, Cal.,. Oct: 11, with
Senotita Del Valle, Mary Br ice,
Dave Barnum. the Pearl TwinSr Ed-,
die Rogers and Edith Murray fea-
tured. .

"White Shadows in the South
Seas" closes at Grauman's Chinese
Theatre, Oct, 21. The house will be
dafk for ten days, then Warners'
"Noah's Ark," Nov. 1.

T'nited Artists theatre, suoceeding
San» W, li. Colin. Hal Home, in
addition to acting as manager of the
house, will handle the advertising
and exploitation,

Le Roy .Tohnston, former press
agent for Columbia studios; will re-
turn to this company after serving
a few months on a special assign-
ment In the publicity department of
the M.G.M. ' studios.

Eddie Cline, director, sprained
his leg While phvying handball .at
one of the local studio.s. This is the
second film man to receive injurie.s
from tlii.s game irt the past 10 days.
The first was Harold Lloyd.

Tom Mix laid up four days by
the opening:of a broken vein in. his
leg. Returned to work on "The
Drifte;-" last week.

Weslie Jone.s, secretary to Mike
Levy (United .Artists) •-operated
upon Oct. 7 at the Osteopathic jjo.s-
pital, Los Angeles, for appendicitis.

C. N. Peacock, branch inanager,
Paramount excjiahge, lost, the com-
plete uae of both legs as resiilt of
a dislocation of a vertebra and aid
up' two days. ,

. Louisie Dresser, having , finished at
Warner Brothers, will take a
month's, rest, without leaving Hollv-
wood, before starting' on her next
for Fox; It will be made in Italy,
with John G. Blystohe directing.

J. G. Hawks has written "The Girl
Dodger," which Universal Will pro-
duce as all dialog subject with Ar-
thur Lake, featured;

Joseph M. Schenck hf^cl tonsils re-
moved at Hospital of Good Samari-
tan..

Maxwell Shane, formerly p. a. at
Columbia, now at U, A. theatre in
similar, capacity, succeeding . Sam
W. B, Cohn„ • .•

sumed her screen work after a
lapse of six yeaffl, in "She Goes to
War," being directed by Henry
King for Inspiration.

Edward Everett . Horton, stage
and screen actor, was presented
with an honorary life membership
in "The Troupers," Los Angeles or-
ganization of old-time legit actors.

r.usseil L. Coilins haa been ap-
pointed western sTales manager f0r
yitaphone with headquarters .in
San Francisco, . V

Tabloid versions of popular
musical comedies and first run pic-
tures will b6 the new policy of the
Broadway Palace theatre, effective
Nov. 2. Pop prices; matinee top at
25c.; nights, : 50c. House seats
1,600.

Capitalizing on the situation
created by the advent of sound in
the film colony, Gus Metzger,
owner, hopes tb get some big
screen names tor his bills.

"Sally/' first' production. i.s now
in rehear.sal as the opening attrac-
tion, with cither "Wildfire" . or
"Rose-Marie" scheduled to fbllbw.
Nadine Wayne in title part, ; with'
Douglas Kealon opposite. Leo
Le Blanc is production manager
and Ed Ppmeroy- musical director.

Condensed % versions will run
about an hour and will be staged in
the one big set of the original show,
with other scenes suggestfed.

The stock will consist of a chorus
of 10 and a male quartet headed by
Al 'Garry of the Croonaders, 'with
Glenn Rabe, Ted Ricard and Ed
Green. , '

Pictures will be changed weekly;
musical shows may be Jield over.

The house will be dark for sev-
eral days prior to; the opening to
allow for front of house renova-
tions.

"Paris to Ba,gdad," new girl and
music revue in ten scenes, opened
at the Pom Pom night club near
Hollywood, Oct. 12, featuring Bam-
boula. Oriental dancer*, and others.

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Vannah . Taylor, formerly man-
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ceeded Allen Sp.arrow at Loew's
State, Houston; Tex,

Charley CiVase, screen comic, will
appear in the stage presentation at
the Metrovolitan for the week of
Nov. 2.

Nance O'Neill will play thfe
mother part in "The Silver Cord,"
with which the L. A; Rep, Associa-
tion opens its. sea.son at the
Figueroa Play ho.use Nov. 19.

Marie Preyost on the day that
production was to start on "College
Coquette," a story by Howard Green
for Coluinbia was withdrawn from
the lead and Marcelirie Day giVcn it.

Miss Prevo.st starts on another
picture for the concern this week.

Maxwell Shane has left Columbia
Studio to do t^e publicity for the

Succeeding ^Madame ,X," Lafay-
ette Players are doing "Up in Ma»
bel's Room." This is the colored
stock at the Lincoln. ;

Production activity, now at , its
highest peak on the Paramourit . lot,
has caused a number pf changes in
casts, with Nicholas Sousanin as-
signed to take , the place of William
Powell in "Tong;War."' The; latter's
work in "Four Feathers" would not
permit him to double on the war
stoi-y. Fay. Wray, also in "Four
Feathers." i-eplaced by Nancy Car-
roll for the feminine lead in "Wolf
of Wall Street."

With prospects that "Good News,"
musical, will remain six more weeks
at the Currari in San Francisco,
"Happy Days," wliich closed at the

Columbia instead. "Happy Days"
win spend two weeks on the road
before going north.

Greta Hartman, actress, and wife
of Alan Hale, film actor, has re-

The Los ■ Angelea^ Shuinc . Civic
Auditorium,' resiimecTits part as the
world's lai'gest movie house Oct. 16,
follovvirig the close of the Los An
geles grand opera season. .

Warner . Brothers' '{Noah's . Ark"
will have Its premiere at Grauman's
Chinese in Hollywood Nov. 1, suc-
ceeding "White Shadows,;* current.

Cecil B. DeMille was named
Mayan Oct. 13, will be sent into thec^chairman of the picture executive

committee for the 1928 Community
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Duane Thompson, now appearing
in stag© ver.sion of "Tarnish"! at the
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between there and the Warner '
Brothers' studio for a part in "Fros.
en River." ' Others in the plctitf*
cast are Raymond McKee, Rin-Tin.
Tin, Frank Campeau, Joseph Swlck-
ard and Lew Harvey.

S. S, .Van Dine, author of "Tha
Canary. Murder Ca^"6," is visiting tho
Paramount studios. •

Creighton Hale will nifty the lea<|;..^
in "The Gaslrio.Guarded,'-' scheduled '
as one of M-G-M's "first all-talkers,.

Norman Trevor, stage and screea
actor, who has been out of pictures
for the past six or seven months a»..
resijit 9f a breakdown, has returned
to film work in "The College Co-
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tarium. \,

Nicholas Grlnde, M-G-M director,-
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Mllle in making "Dynamite." Grindo..|
succeeds late Prank Urson. 'J

Gladys Signor and Rp.q6 Dunn-
have joined the staff of Lichtig and
Englander, playiers* agent.s,

Edwina Booth, operated, upon for
gallstones - in Southwest •. hospita^,
i?asadena, Cal.

Robert Sinclair, assistant .to
Ralph Ince, operated upon for gall-
stones at Hollywood hoapHal Oct. 7,.

MONTREAL

■'7

Palace— r"Air Circus'f (vyired).
Capitol— "Fleet's In."
Loew's— "Out of Ruins;"
1 mperial— Vaude.
Princess— "My Maryland."
rtis Majesty's— French plays.
Orpheum — Stock.
Gayety — Mutual brulesiiiue.
Strand — Change films.'
. Empress — Change films.

Variety correspondent . .slipped up
last week when he said the Capitol
was wired and drawing big houses.
The statement was O.K. i-as to the
size of the sensatioi>- the dialog pic-
tures were making here.sbut , the
name of the"' theatre should have
been the Palate, the only wired
hou.se In this city or In Canada.

A determined attempt to make
this town" .safe for French produce
tion.s in the original language is be-
ing made just now in two theatres, c.
His Majesty'.s and tho St. Denis,
the latter ordinarily a second-run
film theatre, are running respect- |
ively French plays and French
opera.s. Neither i.s making any
smash out of the venture and both'
are running perllou.sly near the red.
Since French stock plays failed here
some years ago, there has never'
been anything French that has got
across to big grosses in this city.

Confederated Amusements, oper-
ating four theatres here, is building-
a fifth in the north end. Seats 1,'<!00
and will play second run pictures
and vaude at around 4Dc top.

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NEW ORLEANS

By O. M. SAMUEL

Tu!ane-^".Simba."

Saenger — "Singing Pool"; 2d
week. ^ _ _

Loew's State — "Fleet's In"-
vaude. ,

Tudor — "Tenderloin"; 8d week.

Liberty— "Jazz Singer."

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Liberty.c wired, reonox»e4 this
week with Jolson in "The Jais'i
Singer" after its phenomena^ run
at the Tudor, where 4(> ostaJb.llshed
a money record for th^ apv^^h- ^or all
time, feetting close tOt JSBO'.ftOO. in.- fiva..
weeks. Liberty used as second run
sound house for specials that click.

Rita Owen, the dancer, tourin?
with Publix shows, . has been
ordered to rest for a nrionth by her
physician. Rita has lost 15 poUndsi

An entirely new show at the Sil-
ver Slipper? with Henry Herman
in command. Couple of new night-
erles opened last week, Plantation
and -Arena. Business so bad with
some they're cracking the ice tn
smaller pieces. Using >lit8 ot
water Instead of pints!

= Because =^hie sold -50,000^copie.s=oC
"Ramona" In New Orleans, Jlminle
Dupre, local Fei.st representative,
W.1S presented w'lth a watch by hi.i
concern. The record sale of "H*
mona" topped the 42,000-record f'>' •
merlv held by "Sorry I Made Y>>'i
Cry," written by N. J. Cle.si, realtor
of this city.

Wednesday, October 17, 1928

V A R I E T y

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Aladdin— "Singing Fool" (2d week
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America— 'Win That Girl'^ (wire).
Colorado — "Jaiz Mad."
Dcnham — Stock.
Denver- — "Beggars of Life."
Empress "Scarlet Lady," vaude.
Orpheum — "Power," vaude.
Rialto— "Wings" (wire).

lK'n%-iT Morning Po.'^t, has left for
Cliic.iKO. Aftor three or four
month.s* vacation, he will re-enter
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~ MTROff^

Detroit — "The Kingdom of God."
Lafayette— "The SkMll."
Cass— "5 o'clock Girl" (3d week).
Civic— "Escape," stock (2d week).
State— "Patriot" (.';ound).
Madison— "^^'on)cr^" (talker) (3d
week).

. Adams— "Docks of N. Y."

Michigan— "City Sleeps" (sound),
stage unit.

Capitol — "Midnight Taxi" (sound),
stage show.

Little— "tight of Asia."
Fox — "Four Son.s" (2d week).
Oriental— "Grain of Dust"-vaude.
U. A.— "Battle of Sexes" (sound)
(2(1 week).

Hollywood — "Jazz Mad"-stapp
show.

Cadillac — Mutual bur.

Stock burlesriue at Broadwuy
Strand, -Colonial, Xfitional. PalfOCe
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By HARblE MEAKIN
Belasco (Shubert)— "Crooks Corf-

vontion."

National (Erlanger-Rapley) —
."Simba" (film).

Poli's (Shubert) — Mclntyre and
Heath.

Gayety — Stock burlesque.

Strand — Mutual burlesque.
Pictures

Columbia — "Dancing Daughters"
(2d week).
Earle— "State Street Sadie."
Fox — "Air Circus."
Keith's— Vaudfilm.
Met— "Singing i>.oJ" (2d week).
Palace — ':Sawdust Paradise."
Rialto — "Lonesome."

William Ortinann, who numbers
numerous relatives in this town, ha(=
flclected the Shubei-t- Lafayette as
the site for a six week.s' eng.agemeni
of his new musical comedy, "No-
body's Girl," in which Use M.arven-
ga will be starred- Ortmann is
eponsorec'l in his effort. , by Jack
Reed. Show opens here on Oct.. 24,
with imost of the si.«;ters, . cousin.s,
uncles and aunts of thb.ce concerned
In the audience.

Ben Cohen, owner of the Holly-
wood and a string of neighborhood
theatres in Detroit, lost his 45-mile-
an-hour cabin cruiser in a dis;i.«-
trous Arc which SAvept the munici-
pal boat wells at the foot of Crane
avenue last Friday. The boat w.as
valued at $36,000 and not insured.
A second boat, a Chris-Craft be-
longing to Cohen, escaped with a
scorching.

Paul Osborn, of Kalamazoo, is the
auth or.=..af "T.h.c.=:XytilgCvi^ JwliiGh
open soon in Philadelphia. He is 27
and the son of a minister.

William H Murphy, hf^ad of the
Murphy Family Trusts, which own.«
the 45-story Penobscot Building, De-
troit's tallest structure, ham again
been elected president of the Detroit
Symphony Society.

- Rialto -(U-). - reopened with U's
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Principal Ofnce: Landseer Apts., 245 West 5ist Street, Now York
Apsvrunents can be seen evenings. Olllce in each building.
Will ivcnse bj the Week.. Alpnth or Year ^ FamlNhcd or LnfunilHlicd.

LOU HOLTZ'S

241 WEST 43D STREET, NEW YORK CITY
PHONE LACKAWANNA 7740

BATES REDL'CED »j tu d d *i. lt i u

One and Three Ropms, Bath, Kitchen

Completely Furnished
In the Heart of Tirhes Square

$15.00 UP

For Two PorKons

WRJTE.. PHONE OR WIRE FOR RESERVATION

C, F. Winchester, recently made
treasurer-assistant manager o^ tlie
Fox, bought a Ford for $30 last
week. That- wa.s Friday. Saturday
it was stolon. Sunday it was .f.<)und
in the -po.ss.ession of two boys Out
joyriding. Winchester is still ti-y-
ing to get it bacl< from the police.

David Rublnoff, at the Fox last
week, held over for the .symphonic-
jazz, concert, a new feature for thtu
hou.sc.

the sidewalli talcing tickets and
opening automobile door.'j, to the
trea.«iirer-a.'isistant managership.

Now William Zeilor, 20, from a
t.ank in West Virginia, has tra-
versed what is usually a long weary
road in just a little lcs.'» than a
year. He .started as an usher.
Worked millions, of hours overtime
helping the treasurer, the publicity
dispenser, th<> manager, in fact
anybody that would let him, until
now he has been called to the new
Fox in Detroit, for the publicity Uc-
par-tment; • ; ■ ^- ' ■

Max Lowe is doing the bodking
for the Wardman Far!: dancing-
dining place.

Harold Phillips, formerly d. e, of
the Times "(Hearst) -has cf-mr-leted
his special work with the StanUy-
Crandall houses. He was exph.itinj.'

Jilfr.J5ailLLailia^Met^,_^^_,^__^^_^

Tivoli. S-0 neighborhood hou.'-c
completed .Its wiring and runs Itv
first pound picture unlay.

Promotions lu-e coming fa.'Jt at
the Fox (pets).
Just a few weeks Ago C F. Win-
chester made the final etep from

SYRACUSE, N. Y.

By CHESTER B. BAHN
Wieting— ^l.st half, "The Shtiiighai
r.estur<'"; 22, l.st lialf, "Abie."
Keith'.s^Vaudfilm.
Savoy— Burl slock.

■ Syracuse — Vaudrilm.
Regent— D(jiilj)ecli;ii)ju'e,.
Harvard— I.)ouble (.'haDgc.
Strand-- ''('.uughl in l-'og," wired.
Empire— "l>'o\ir Sons," 2(1 W( ek.
Eckel-^ "Singing J-'ool," 3d week.. ..

..Locw's ..State — "('ily Sl<"'iis,"
wired; :
• Rivoli — JXMiblc. i-l,.'i ri/'i-.

■ Palace— '"J'lic Siren.'
Swan — iJoubh',

Sci'-f-n , 1' -Us for '"i'he Hiv C.-iiu'."
Wfirkiiig tidi- of Die irit<'i>.<;Ji',la!- 1 ji-
footh.'ill story wliich the ("ii.'tn.'i
('riiic!-' ("Iiil, f,f ihi.*-- cily v, Ml film
M Uy. .<■•( (-orid pi'dd nclion sin'rM' -l
.Moiulriv al llic lOiiipii'o t ii<-;i I ) <■"-

z,'i(ion, L'.'mI.' will be playtd \>y
hiigh f:< hool stuili iil<-.

Fur:(-i;il ."-i-rv )(-<-«• \m--' In Id ln-i f
Sfiliirilay rriocnint^ for' Mrv. Ann.-i
,\Toor< i'lviiii. niolli'-i of .\l;.iiii('-
":,< M V ■ nil :■■ •'- rid \ I'

villf ai tf,r. .-iiid li.i iii'i 'i al»- idoth.'ili

THE DUPLEX

HOUSEKEEPING FURNISHED
APARTMENTS

330 West 43rd Street, New York

Longacre 7132 .

Three and tour rooms with batb,
complete kitchen. Modern In every
particular.- Will accommodate four
or more adults. '

$12.00 L'P WEEKLT

RDANOAPARTNENTS

800 Eighth Ave. (49th St)

CHICKERINO 'irm
2-3 RoonuM, Ituth and Kitchenette.
AVcommodiite S-5 Pcrwons. Complete
Hotel UrrvU'e. Attriiftlvcly EuritlHhed.
Under Now MiiniiK«ni«'nt
REDUCED 1CENXAL8

star, who committed suicidj in
(Jreenwic)), Cotin. Mrs. Flynn was
the daughter of Mrs. John Moore
of this city, and the wife of Joseph
A. Flynn,. New York business man.
She had been suffering for some
lime fr<im a nervou.s aliment. Alone
In her home at the tim(>, Mrs. Flynn
first cut her throat and then her
wrj.sts; sho .was^^foijiul. Jyjng in a
pool oi 1jTobdT<y 'WiVant^^^^ ' ",-
Before her' maniage, Mrs. Flynn
was well known here as a singer;
Later she was leading soprano of
the 'Lennox Choral Society, New
A'ork, for many years;

. . TToward TJchey lias, tied up with
.lame.'i t'aVrier, former din-rtor of
• iperations f(;r.' .Sclilne,. in tlK' latter's
int<!rnational beauty search, and is
now abro.'id.

Mutu.'il Wheel .shou's, playing the
('<j|onial, IMiea, arc now receiving
the <Pnji,if-,) of the police, allegedly
at the insllg.'Llion of the l.-tlca
coiincil of cliM relics. The (V.lonial
;.«-■ ojierafed hy Nathan Jj. lioljblns,
.md with (i three-a-(iay poli'-y at
poTMila.'- prices, is r'-port<-d to be
financially mojM'ing I'P-

li(-jijvr-[ialed Caiety, l,"tic;i. re-
opf-ned M..;id;iy witli vaudlilm
Iioiiev. .••-)'>lil w<-ek,

l.i-re i<i i)ic o;i!y fioiir'-f (if Fox
Moviflon- <-.ou<i-\y. i.*-- now turning
mit iv.o a •.■.'<l>-. Til'- caini ra.s are
valued ;it $4. .Kid aiiiccc.

Wall'." shop or-i i.!pi'
roorti.M In the 1 a<lii!- trial
.-.i,.| .lo 1 1 .'.fh \i . >\.< ■■■(•y a
li\f /ligl.tK of .^lairsi.

hut two
I'.nilding,
climb of

VARIETY

Wednesday, October 17, 1928

Wordy br IRVING CAESAR -Music ^jr CLIFF FRIEND

CHOS.

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All day long I sing a. song, 1 sing a song be-cause noth-ing's wrong, My black - birds arc

Bad luck's gone -on his ^"ay. Good -luck had tocome

lack - birds are blue - birds n<far / ■g*L-

Told the lit- tie whip-poor

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935 Marktt St.

CHicAGO
■75 W. Randolph St.

MINNEAPOLIS
235 Loe"b Arcade

CINCINNATI
707 Lyric Thea. BIdg.

BOSTON
181 Tremont St.

TORONTO
193 Yonge St.

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA, 276 Collins St.

PHILADELPHIA
1228 Market St.

DETROIT
310 Michigan Th. BIdg.

LONDON, ENG.
138 Charing Cross Rd.

BERLIN, GERMANY,

KANSAS CITY
Gayety Thea.-Bldg.
LOS ANGELES
405 Majestic Thea. BIdg.

PARIS, FRANCE
30 Rue d© I'Echiquier

37 Leipziger Strasse

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entered m.f aecond-clast mHtt«i Ucc«mt>er tZ. 1905 at the Post Office at New Tork N T.. undor the ^et' ot ]H*Te!b t.. IWf. : ' y-^' ^. ■ '■

VOL. XCm. No. 2

NEW YORK, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1928

NIGHT LIFE

Greatest Free Show Ever Nightly
For Smith on Times Sq. Movietone

If Herbert Hoover's either ear
bums, it is bpcaufle the fellows arc
talking about him In Times Square.
The most entcrtrilning and compel-
ling free show ever given the
chumps of Greater New York and
vicinity is offered every evening at
dusk from now until Nov. 6.

F'or drawing mobs, nothing ever
offered can touch the Movietone
political spiols nisjhlly for Gov.
Smith. If a show like this wers
gi-ven in Glascow, every theatre In

Scotland would close.

The star cast has Governor Al
Smith, Senator Pat Ilarri.son. Wil-
lard Mack, Mayor .Tames Walker,
Edward Milton Royle, Ben Bernie.
Franklin D. Roosevelt and others.
The pang of movie stars in Holly-
wood had belter watch out, for
every one of the.<?e men who gave
their canned services for this free
show are Kure fire as talkers.

Over and over again, until mid-
night, this gang pan Hoover and
the Republican party in a clear
tone that is heard by thou.sands 'for
blocks along Broadway. The en-
tire city is hip to the racket. Many
a fellow and his girl friend step out
of a taxi to spend the evening al
the free Movietone .^liow. A plug
for Ben Bernie. Ho ijenerally opens
find closes the shows c.^ch evening.
Kvery sjieecli is flirtired from the
box olTici> or vote obtaining angle.
Mayor Walker, in a sliort .'snappy
sjieerh, liring.'' a tug at one's heart
Vilten he <lrives home the facts,
'th.it during the late world war
\Yhen tliey. hanil<>d out guns to the
I)oiiulaco, they did not .ask what a
man's rcli2;ion was" or "th.at when
10,000 gold star mothers paid hom-
ace to the unknown soldier at
W isliingtfiTi, no one asked .about his
failii." At the flni.sh the mob ycP
and cIiOfM" for Jimmy.

Applaud Mack

Willard Mack is a knockout. A
number of times the mf)b .applauds
him. M.ack's remarks .are directed
mostly at the 18lh amendment. He
explains Al Sitiifli is against the dry
law not for the four years that he
will l)c in ofliee but for the eliildren
now at the .age. of nine .and then —
attf^ndincr .school, who. In the course
of a few years, will come staggering
home full of bootleg whiskey.

Mack's closing remarks say:

"I want to ask you all within the
hearing of my voice one question—
if on the fith of November Herbert
Hoover .should be elected, do you
think the Republican party and the
anti-saloon league will celebrate his
victory with rain water?"

The entire mob .yell NO. ' "If
you're sucker enough to think they
vi ill, why you're sueker enough to
Htafcrl for anything," he .says, and
at this tag line of Mack's speech you
C4in he.ar cheering bloclss away.

Pfomer Roodheaver. Billy '.Sun-
day's choir l-ader. leads the mob
in sincring thr> Smith campaign,
Rnn?, "The .<^i<lewalkn of New
York." And th^ mob goes for it,
Ai't'^r t,n.> \ . i Koof1he;iver re-
' I ' ■ line l,\it jet lis

try it orne more — and a little

Albee's Name Off Sign

Not much time wasted be-
tween Monday and Tuesday in
having the P.alace. New York,
conform with the new title of
the Keith Circuit; Radio-
Keith -Orpheum.

With that new name ellm-
In,ating "Albec" of the former
Keith - Albee - Orpheum, sign
makers yesterday started to
alter the marquee signs on the
Palace, with the probable In-
tent of leaving out Albee on
the new proclamation.

Closure of the lladio-Keith
deal, in its preliminary stage,
occurred Monday.

louder." Again goes the mob and
again, "Let us try It once more and
this time let's hear from the
tenors."

Or get an earful of Edward Milton
Royle. His opening lines are:

"Fellow sufferers — fellow sufferers
in this wicked city of New York —
hear me in the Interest of my
cause," lioyle cinchos himself.

Senator Pat Harrison (Miss.)
gets over in fine style. If he ever
quits politics P.at is set with any
of the talking film companies.

The other night while the Va-
riety reporter was watching the
.'■how one of the patrons registered
a compl.aint. Addressing th»; tr.iffic
ofllcer, he remarked: "Why don't
they furnish chairs for this show?"

Gest's Sunday Opening
Of Moussi's 'Redemption'

Morria Cest is arranging to h.ave
Alex,ander MoussI premiere in "Re-
demption" .at the ('cntury, New
York, Sunday, Nov, 18.-

Cost's plans for the imi)orted
player with his company of 35
carry the Sunday date as a regu-
l.ar opening with a box ofllce sale of
first night tickets.

Report R.ays Ge.»»t Is not so confi-
dent he will get away with It. Con-
ferences with his attorney are al.so
reported with Gcst's faith strength-
ened afie.- »!;ich.

Among the openings so far listed
for Monday evening. Nov. 19, Is
that of "Mima," by Bela.'ico. Gest
is in the Bel.Tisco family. ] I is" Sun -
d.ay idea may arise from a desire
not to •conflict with the Bel.a.sco
start, while at the same time he Is
u nder--a-i>livy-er--p«^--fl«>n4pAet-to--tbc.

g'UUIV DanceM

Notoriety of Accumulating
Nite Club Scandals
Frightening Away Neces-
sary Patronage — Regu-
lars Only Can't Support
Highly Charged Over-
head Racket

A FEW "NICE" ROOMS

Broadway nite life Is threatened
with extermination. A combination
of political and propaganda forces
is doing the utmost to bring the
nite clubs into public discredit and
almost inevitable extinction.

The several blackballs, already
existing against the gyp-and-takery
of the racket have been heightened
during the past week by a number
of scandalous and murderous
ph.ases.

In rapid suocession, the murder
of an Italian beer-runner irt front
of the Hotel Harding on West 54th
street and Broadway; the assa.ssln-
atlon of another racketeer at 7.30
in the morning as he waa exiting
from the Chateau Madrid, al.so on
West 54th street, across Broadway;
the fatal aftermath to Bessie Poole,
former "l-'ollies" dancer, in Chez
Florence on West 48th street, after
3he had been in the club; the cold-

(Continued on page 59)

Italian Table d'Hote
Dmner with $125 Sbow

San Francisco, Oct. 23.
Two-thirds of the Monday night
audience at the Green Street, whcri^
Sid Goldtrec Is presenting "Easy

for Zee Zee," where guests of th«
m<anagement at dinner, served In the
Itall.an cafe beneath, the theatre.

The racket is that every |1.25 or
$1.50 admission purchased for Mpn--
day or Tue.sday night entitles the
purcha.ser to a free dinner that sathir
evening.

To further carry out the French
atmosphere Idea Ooldtree has a com-
plote barroom in the rear of the
main floor, where soft drinks are

sold.

Films Fastest Teacher

Rochester, N. T., Oct. 23.

Children taught with films learn
much faster than those taught In
the old way, according to results of
a survey conducted In various cities
with the backing of the Eastman
Kodak Co. "

A 33 i)cr cent greater gain lii ge-
ography, and 15 per cent greater
gain in general science among the
picture-taught youngstera were
noted.

Wired Radio at $2 Monthly Fee
In Readiness by March,

N. American Corp. Bcttilt

.Moussi company starting with the
full week of Nov. 19.

If a publicity jrtunt, denlod, Gest
stands a chance of reaping a few
columns If ho should go to it.

Clog Dancing in College

Oakl.mtl, Cal.. Oct. 23.
A clog dancing course h<aa been
installed by the University of Cali-
fornia. '

Wired Radio, Inc., will have Its
"wired wireless" in practical opera-
tion by March, 1929, starting in
Cleveland, and spreading, from that
central ^ location into practically
^vcry community, the public utili-
ties of which are controlled by the
North American Corp.

Wired I^dio is a subsidiary of the
powerfully financed North American
Corp., as Is the Associated Music
I'ulilishcrs, Inc., new music rlght.s
rombine of foreign song catalogs
which will have all their public
performance privileges vested In the
North American Corp.

Headquartered at uo Jiroaaway, tni.s
$100,000,000 corporation, with the
electric light and power facilities of
the nation's municipalities under Its
control, will utilize the poAver lines
for tho transmi.ssloii of Its "wired
wirelosfi."

Although Variety reported this
new development in amusement
purveying a« far l/ack as four years
,ago, the conservative public utilities
corporation haa b66n biding its time

for the fulle-st consummation of
its plan.1, as welll as the practical
necessity for patenta' fortlflcatioh.
Desiring to conirol Its own basic,
patents, it has been necessary . to
develop and 4>crfect new iHiproVe?;
ments to bring that .about .with :the.
Government's patent <»lllce,, v

Takes Any Pr;dflrani . ' •

The new' developmerit of : wlrei
wireless, dlffierlng frowi ttieVofl^iriiaii
story, 1« that the receiving set .wjU
not be limited alone to, the. ctiolcc
of the three programs which
Iliidio will br^adcaiit f torn ;N^^^
York, but thfr set cah,/^:a
awltth c d ' to r etelVe'^the r e gular^^ ^

radio programs. Thls.Js. a-rieW-per
feetion. ' ■

T he three program's* to - cpmc
trunk lines from

varied to embrace the papul{ir;.:cia.sr
Klcal and newfi events'; atyie,. of . en-
tortalnnrtent. ' ■ r';-: -v; ''l:'- .

A $2 rhonthljr fee; WllVbift; cViarge^^
subscribers tor. tliie ,1 ;s6rviGc.- /J.'hc
sets, will be,. ihs:t.i|[

'■■(Contlhued. pri'-pagc'^5J).';V-'-

Sheik ;a,nd shelia^ a(l.U^rt,<i&.
police department are.;conduf^^^^ .■
undercover ; 'IhVestlgatVoriiV '
l)6stcaj9 aysteoj • em^iw^
halla; of Times Square iand- e
Male gigolos employ^ /by ; Eiome : of '
the halls -foi: af tbrripdh v'dancjesi'wiH. '^i
also come under, jjpllce acrutln^^^
well as the. ^aIa.':V' •.; \:.^' v..^''i~ '''^^

The . ihvestlg.a^tioh/. reported ■ prCf ;
cl'pitat«d ihro.ugH:/ -cprtiplalnt^ ,
pressing Into. sorVice^ ft^^^^
younger wpmeH; of V^the Poiice R<4r
serves to work: With cbUe{^ Wl^'-l
mehibers pf . ■ tp* . itorce,; mostly.
rookfes, in makwg. a;>d
licensed dance, hails, impd^^^
atlon and eonduct. otlhpstesseir. and- -
dancing partners./ A' cPmplle^ ;■
will be f prWarded to 'Chief Inspeictpr "
Valentine, with arresta made if sub-
stance of: hum.eroUs. .cpmpliailntB^."/
filed downtpwn shpuld w^arrantva.uc^ ^ ■ '
action. ' ^-.y • .,\ ■■;.]

Aithougii honvco.inniilttal oh daus^ . 5
for the jjrppose'd deah-i^
hinted that the bpmmltt.ee of Pour^
teen, vice crusadertii, ' ha^ been dl^
recting its /^aitentloii .:t^
dance halls, ijifter- haV.irig - taketi a .
fling, at night /ciubs: drid cai^^^
Ih Its recent repPrt. 'V:^^^^^^'V- . v

Dismay ibr Girtii \ •

Putting :dialOg into ''l^he- GodloKs
Girl" three or;.- ir^^^ ttipnths after
its origihai iliming. has .brb^g^^ ■
may to /twov a^c tresses iii the- cast. >:: ;
X'lha Bjtsquett*^: prlfjl/ially; - was 'i<f
lbs. .heavier '^nd.; liad h,6r:. hair cutx ;
close, , reformatol-y. 'Style
not want tdf /repeat: If It^ntaty ; be /
*voldedr-asHBhe^caTihpt^pielci<^
welght 'conveiiientlyj'./ : - iJ:^ .':

Marie Prevdst haii liet-halr d
blond : dti.rlng 'the' •plbtitro . niaking.,
Ita /cbiolr; hPw . lias/ rcverted^-^
.natural- !;bi:Unett:e: «^ ' ■■ .''/''^ ■

Tests arfe being ma,de |.ri an effort //.-^
to j)refterve' cphslfttb.ricy^^^^w^
conyeitltence; If ■Vj|>iossi|blc.. ' •/■ :/:f/-;;./.

' : :\yy:: lioa .^^B^fti^f , <?ct;' 23. [-'^
/Ramon /^>^^^
^feratic^ : : debitt /. with //the ., Berlin/: ; ■
OpiBra/,.Cpm^^^

piart;bf/\Tia,iiuary.; • tie \ylli/sltig Car-
yA!ipr63ay [n iti^ '■/•■ /..//:

' t^pPrti bbmpleting^^ /ensraffs-
ment l^ovarrb will gd to pai-is t» ;
siniB ihd titen rebrn to M-O, yiiie
hl9 i]ieWr contract allows hl^
tcrhatb between bpera. a^nd picture*.
Six/ nibnthV . i>briod^^ eaeh> over
i; three yteiair spin, ire ■anpwe4.

4

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Tfll/WAf,

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VARIETY'S LONDON OFFICE
8 St. Martin'a Place, Trafalgar Square

F o R Ei c N o^mm.

Acts' Broadcasting \
Comes Up in London

--- -■ • - Loridony Oct;.. 23. ■

:■ Mfinn.irorncnt of ■ the Pallarjium
la??t wot.'k announced tliat Van and
Schcnok's act would be sent, out via
ladii) last niglit. House consulted
the Vaiiiety . Artisti?' Federation,
which organization explained, that
this nii.urht. .estaMiah a dfihKerbus
prfcedent. lielief is that In the fu-
ture .the I'dlladiuni luay broadcast,
(.•ertain tur n.s . booked to follow in,
as Stoli is unalterably opposed to
broadcasting his acts aiid haf.. a
;lause to that effect in his contracts.

Learnihg this. Van. and Schenck
..efuscd to be; broadcast unto the ex-
• cnt of canceling the . week rather
Uian hurt the English artist.s.

Yesterday "morning (Monday) , the
•.'onr-ral council- of the VAF passed
•he foUowin;?; resolutiOu:.. . .

Having i-egard '.to; t.he excep-
tional circ'inistances and to the
general incpnyeniertce which .
would result from the prohibi-
tion at , this ifitc hotir ; <Jf .the,- . .
broadcasting of Vian and Schendt
from the. ralladium . this eve-
nin/r, the general council of. the
VAV vviil offer no.- oppo.sition to
such broadcasting; :proyj.din&
that General Theatres Corpora-
tioh undertake not to broadcast
any other airtist. until after . a '.
jbint conference of the manager'
merits concerned and the' VAP
have, agreed iipon the niatter. . :
George Black, . eeneral manager
for the Palladium,.; m<?t the VAF
l osolution tind Van arid . Schenck
July sang before ..the mike.

in

"Broadway's" Bottles

Paris, Oct. 15, ,
''Broadway" is using a novel
moans to help advertise the
play. , Each customer is. given
^ sma;ll bottle of whiskey upon-
entry, generally consumed d tir-
ing the fir.st Intermission.

People 'like • the ideSi so well
many: take the bottle home as.a
: souvenir'.

rChatteir^ m Nice

Nice, Oct. 10.

Old F, Scotch Fitzgerald — he's. all
of 30. now— must feel ..that life i.s
giving- hiriv the old merry-go-round'.
He .and his femme are back hei;c
with the avowed conviction that the
Riyiera and not Princeton nor'
Hollywood is the last stop this si.de
of Paradise. ' '

Fitzgerald, after living a,, coujile
o'f years, at Cap D'Antibes, ; went to
the Coast a year ago liELst spring to
write originals fof . Constance Tal-
mad^e. .' ;H'e couldn't ' have written,
maijy; Tor she hasn't .'done a pic-
ture in a :year. And .ifow .she pop."
up in Kico, of all' places, arid ho.
right after her. '■

Maybd he's helping . .on : th.c
scenario ot ."Verius"^wbrking title
—which she is" doiiig here and In
Africa'' for TJmtcd Artists,, or per-
haps he's going to subtitle It..

Budapest

3y RENE CANIZARES

Dick; Klegin was do'wn here with
a nut scheme last spring to cruise
the 'Mediterranean in a . palatial
yaclit with a gang, of millionaires,
shooting a picture between .ports
(and gih. fizzes).; grandljr. titled
"Venus Between TJs." ' • ~

Dick blew after getting a great
.spread from The iphicia.go . 'Tribune,
Pariis editiorij. ,
Great title, though. >

Budapest, Oct; 6.

"Trial of Mary Dugan," at the
Vigszinhaz, ik heat-proof and a
success. Translated by Melchidr
Lengyel, It la playing to capacity.
Irene Varaanyi, as jilary; i'orzs, as
her brother: 'Somlay and ^rs.
Goth "are brilliant,'

The show has come to stay and
Molnar revivals at this house,
planned on the . occasion of his
Quartei'-'century jubilee as a play^
Wright, will have to wait.

Opening of the original Huh-,
garian play, "T^he Burning Skirt,"
by Zoltan Egyfed, was looked for-
ward to here -with great interest.
Egyed is among the clever youiig
critics. He has .written a weak
play and h'is colleagues are out for
a km.;-

The Burning' Skirt" Is- a mixture
0f Grand GUlgnol^ Victorltin senti-
ment, perversity arid Molnar. In an
Isolated castle Count Mdntbach
brings up his pnly d.aughter. When
shie shows signs of having in-
herited her father's zest for lite
without his discernment and wast^
Ing hereielf on subordiriates, the
proud aristocrat consults a cele-
brated physician. Hie is the fifst
to fall a Victlrii to Countess Vic-
toria's charms and elopes -with her.
He is followed in the. girl's good I
graces by a Captain of Dragoons,
a Russian: Ambassador, his lackey
who is realy a well-born" spy, a
naval lieutenant, a Spani.sK swind-
ler, who efflcacipusly starts the
young lady on the, road. tp. the gutr
ter, from which a symbolic Paris
police ;serBeant rescuea her.. She
returns to the c'astle, -where her
father has drowned .:his . despait- in
drink and to the' simple hut honest
gamekeeper whose memory ha.*;
haunted her In: a la "The Phantom
Linver." .

Play Is bad, but there is strength
and a movie like dash . and pre-
cipitation. Anna Tokes, beautiful
and talented young actress, giVes
a fine perfoi-riiance and is enjoying
a great personal success.

GEORGIE WOOD

Now in '-Julian Wyiic's Follle.s of
1928." Doing- a new sketch which
is the biggest laughing hit I've ever
had ; silso a new Scottish song-
study which equal,s my "Wee Mc-
Grecgor" and in a cabaret, scend
bieconnios a "Texas Guinan-Paul
Ash-julius. Tanricri, M. C.," but re-
maining Georgie Wood,

Address- BM/JlMj London, W. C. 1.,
' England

5 NfeW PARIS PLAYS
OF VARYING PROMISE

but

By EDV/ARD ASS WAP

; . Cairo,: Oct. 7.
A real efifbrt to enhance Arabic
dramatics has bipeh evinced in . cre-
ating the 'iClub d'Art" here,

Paris, Oct. 23t
Of five new plays- during the last
week the public rocdptioii ran^ged^all
the way. from: calriii indl'fference tb-
ward "Deep . Water" at the Tbeatre
de. la Grimace under an independ-
ent group, to acclaim for the ricTW
Rip reyue "The Golden Age" at the
Palais Royal. •
"Your SniFle" a Success • , '
The piece originally called
Ciei de Lit" ("The Canopy").

renamed "Votre Sourire," comedy ,
by Blrabeau and Dolley, received ..
fiavorable notice at the Athenee for. ,
its skillfully manipulated, situations.
It tells the story, of a sTifewd . di-v
yorcee opening ah interior decoratr
ing business and employing a: down
and outer of agreeaiile manner. She
has a problem in discouraging his
tender advances and solves it by .
palming him off on a business rivals
where his grace of: manner wins
him fortune and' in the e.nd they are
married; ' ■ ' •' • ': - -

The last act set Is a I'cprocluction ;
of a corner in the Deco.rative Arts .'. ■
Exposition held sevci'al . years ago.
In the cast are Lucien- Hozcriberg^
Arnaudy and >Iadel(?ine' Soria.,

■"Brpw.se"-

The. Society 6f YO'j ns . .Authors
leasing th^ Studio dos Champs Elyr. ;-
see.s, presented "Brout" to fair" re-
turris! Brout, a prcivincial draper,
goes upon th€ stage, scGldng. to up^
lift the ' drama. ' Qut of his experi-.: .
once the Ypung Authors get. much,
satire and SQriie fun, by comparirig

Under, the management .of Fatouh ah .actor to a politician. First act ;

Nashaty,,.thi.s club has organized to
present a complete program of
.Arabic workis.

It is a diificult .veriture for the
Egyptian public; has been accua-
toriied to Imported plays. The Club J

is a the'atre -w'ithin .a theatre, the
players acting to the real audience
which Is supposed to . be malting
various demonstrations of. approval
and disapproval. Cdrney ;has th^

d'Art will present Daudet's "L*Ar-. le^id with Jane Lory ppposite^

Havana, Otft. 18.
The old town is V>ack to normal
now that the last of the veterans
who attended the. 30th annujtl camp
liave gone home. Climaix 6£ the
convention was

Cuba's nnniyersaiy of the. indc
pendence war.

According to the Smith for Pres
idcnt buttons displaced by thfe vet
ci'ans, SO per cent arc in favor of
Al.

Gene Tunriey; wino Is walking
down this way toward the longest
gangplank in the world— the matri-
monial alta,r in Sorrento, on the
tire ' Farade on I Bay of Naples, Italy— salld he went

into boxing for the same reason a
novelist writes a book,, or a poet
writes a sonnet.
/For economic iridepiendence.

Concerts

Margarita Ciieto, tlic Victor. Span
Islr warbler, is in: toVvn for ' three
I'uncorts.- ,. . .

Robert Lortat,- French pianist,
prayc two concerts for the Pro-^Arto
M 11. sical Society

.Ernesto Lecupria, Cuba's' fore-

There are^ I suppose, four poets
in the world Avhp' achieved economic
security writing poems-r-arid. 4,000,-
000 who starved to death.

Other new Hungarian plays are
only rumors as yet, : but a hum
her of foreign plays are iannouncedi
These . include "The Girl Friend"
and "Lulu," a BVerich operetta^ re
modelled and upholstered with a
good mainy Hungarian numbers
Salaberti Paris -publisher arid pro
prietof of the play, would riot con
sent to this until one of the man
agers of the Fdyarosl theatre went
to Paris and convinced him of the
necessity. Nb-w, Budapest man-
agers will Include , a paragraph In
every contract for a, musical play
that they be . allowed to change,

leslenne," pure drama consisting |
largely of psychological poetry. It
will be accompanied by the French
music of Bizet,

. Palais; 'Royal Revue
Bip'a revue at thb Paiais Royal
is the usual melange of political
lampooning and topical news refer-
, Kit . Kat Club has Zizi Moustic, I amusing a,t ^11 times. In

French dancer. Emesta May and the cast .are Albert Brassaur, Henri

Painter, acrobatic
bpenisd here;

Jackie Collier and Sister did very
■well at the Metrppole. Andre Trio,
acrobatic dancers, also dazzled.

An original comic creatloii. of the
famous international star Ossi Os

dancers, have | Dor-ville, Duvalles Siricel, Theresei
Dorriy Simviva, Jarie Raphane. :
"Deep Water"^

"L'Eau qui Dort" is rather a cal-
low effort in a serious vein. Stbry
is Nietschean in tone and purpose;
dealing -w^h sisters who are riviais-
for :the same riian. Berthe Is ma;r-

Carl Van Vieciiten, flying' perhap.s
ifrom the wrath of ..Hollywood for
-his "Spider Bby,^' arrived too la;te

walda entitled "Cherle . . . Regions
tlirow out and put In , nuriibers as ] nos comptes" -was presented with ] ried and persuades her sister Lucie '
♦Jley^Be€ fit.

success.

mc'st composer ,of tiopular ' music, for lunch. But- when he heard the

lias organized an orchestra a la 1
Wliilcn\an, . and .gave some con^
i^ort.s which- Avcre"Av'?ll received, .by I
iho critics. -Band will tour tlic '
; vinnd and in . Dccen-ibcr . leaves for
Paris.

crack about the poets who write to
be bn velvet he choked on a seidel
of beer and decided Tunney, for all
his seriousnes.s, is really funnier
than F. p. A.

Too Many Napoleons

Town has seen its third. Napoleon
film in two' months. La.st one Was
iiilled "fip ,sccn by Abel Gance." It

George (Barnum) Shaw's willing
ness to do another talker after his
successful mugging of Mus.solini is
not a surprise here. He never tired

''VVoman Disputed" Opening

London, Oct, 23.
Al Woods* "The Woman^ Dis
puted" opens . at Golders Green
Nov. 26.

Show -win stay out for jUst this
one week before making its West] '^^^ Alfred Haddad
End debut.

to wed Maxime, a musician, -whom
Berthe herself adniires. Maxime
Versatile programs are at the I neglects; Lucile while much in Ber-
Fantasio Cabaret by . Mohamed the's company and Lucile dies of

Kjamal El Masry's troupe, including grief, partly due to the Intentiorial

20 French dancers. Among the
artists are Gubran Nahum, Abdol
Nabi Mohamed, Mohamed Mostafa,
Hussein Hegazi, Mahmud El Tuni

..i-iKinally was in 23 reels but it wa.s ^^^^^^ ^^j^ jt {^^^ and

i-ut to 12. 1 . <^

In certain

sequences where . six
iliff'oront. ,s\ibjccts are' exposed on
he same fiini^ the public razzed it
•ml the long run of the film was cut
fhort. A. total loss.

Germ|Bin Beaut Picked

. Berlin, Oct. 23.

Frauleiii .Miu-garet (irrow has been
•lected ''Mis."; Gorri-i.'vhy" from a field
.)f 200 contestants,

It'.'? all for an international b'efiuty
organization -which will tour Amer-
ica. ' ,■ • ..' . . - -

rehearsed the whole act for several
of the Cap D'Antibes colony: Some
caught him on their owp hand
cameras, so if any . prints get into
the grind houses before Fox's
Movietone gets into . the first run
houses they'll be legit "^lie old
trouper jsc;e.ms bent -pn giving away
only one . thingr-rhis talent as. an
actor.

Pari.8lan Hollywood Idea

Paris, Oct. 23.
An operetta, entitled "Hollywood,"
said to reveal Hollywood on the
inside, by Pujol and A. Willemetz,
music by Maurice Tyain, Is listed
for the Apollo before Xmas,

Om Kalthoum, Egyptian singer,,
has been giving concerts at the
Rameses theatre to big houses. She
is distinguished by her creation of
a modern chant in .iadopting foreign
modulations to her Arabic songs.

Vaude show . was recently . given
by Charafantah Bey's troupe. Laila,
dancer; Maiuska,, Italian artist;
Myrra, dancer* Emy, dancer; Trio
Adonis, and the Trio Orlova com-
prised the bill, • • . - -

Reprisals

Amorican producer taking rest
here sa,id .quota gag of pictures
ought to give Congress some re-
prisal ideas. Stiggested that every
/I * ttT TrtoT A-D-D-PAT . foreign, country maldng America
C. & W. LOSiii ArrJliAii take its bad pictures in order to

London, Oct. 23:, .show a few good one.s from Holly
Clayton and Waller's appeal, frorii wood be forced ; to take something
the Barric: plivcr judgment for J5,t of ouis WC; are a flop at.
000 has been dehicd. For. evety English, lecturer, for

Actor \va.s awarded the amov/nt as- instance, ooiriing to New York,
damages in a. breacii of contract London would have to take a half
.suit. ■■ I dozen : .frorn Kansas, For . every

French di'css sold in America, Paris
would have to t.'ike seven from
Scai's-lloobuclv. . "And in order,"
added the producer, "to pet genuine
PiLsncr into America the Gernian."
Would ha.vc to accept our near bocr."
' SayJ n B^wJvi.Gh; Ji.a^sl )ip.cd- JiiSu.j;^haiXi-
pagno {iocktail ttnd took, up the
J-eiiding of Variety, Your corrc
!>pondont coiisidci't-d • liim'sclf dis-
riiisscd.

Donald Calthrop's Divorce

London,- Oct. 23

A divorce has been granted , .. . „ , x • i. -rr i tt „

I againsit Dohald Calthrop, his wife ..^"^ g^f:^^ Sf.'^SLlf ^Ir^,".' nti,?ni^^^
>».t.* * * .J i> \-L. and doing, business. Mme. Olympia

obtaining the custody of the three | Candiotou-Rltzardi made her debut

in an operetta entitled "Woman of
the Street," Among the cast are

children

CLAVERING'S SMALL HOUSE

London, Oct. 23.
. Joseph Glavorlnp ha."? .scciired the
site "of the Old Ship restaurant in
=W hi t(*h k I l=-a n d:=--vv-ill-er-o.et^t.houc 01
sm.'vll capacity legit, theatre.. .

Con.struction Is progianied
start in March. '

to

GILLESPIE'S "NEW MOON"

R. H. Gillespie, the Londoner,- over
here for a short while, secured be-
fore sailing Saturday, the English
Tights to "The New Moon."

It's the Schwab ft Mandel latest
musical hit

. Alice- Terry, .announced to sail for
America today (Oc4:, 10), has de-.
t'ided to hang around Nice a wlwle
longer. She has finished "Tlnn-c
Passions," and contemplates Holly
wood for a vacation; maybe pick up
a picture to do there.

INDEX

[Mary Fiery Philippldou, Anna Rous
sou, . Manos. .Philippidis, Cferigto-
forss Nezer and Michel Coflhiotis.

F^orcign .
Pictures .
Picture Reviews ....
Film House Reviews

Vaudeville

Vaude Reviews ; . . . .

New. Acts

Bills . . , ;
Tinies Square>.

ISditorial .

Women's -Page
Legitimate . . .

Music

Outdoors .....
-Obituary--. .^; .>-

Correspondence
ix^tter l./ist ....
Irisidf — I'ictures
Talking Shorts .

Literati

News of Dailies, , .
Legit Reviews , . . ,
Fore'ign Film News
Burlesque . .......

Sports ,

Inside — Legit

Inside — Vaude ....

. 2-3
.4-28

24
.. 39
29-37
-, 40

41
42-43
44-46

49

48
60-55
50-58

59

.^=..=59-

§0-G3
03
49
24
lli
Dii
. £!5.
6
38
■ 47
. 54
' 49

-Direct from Lbndon comes "Sel-
leck's Gaieties of 1929" at Metr.opolc
Hall. Artists .. appearing. Include
Madge Gregory, Edna Le-slie, Nellie
Strong.. Barri .Slorri, Fred Quintrell
Elsie Aid bvvs, .Dick Ford and Reg^
inald Selleck; Company will play
Alexandria for a short Sca.'son at tlu
Mohamed Ali theatre. - "

neglect of Berthe who is her nurse.

Berthie suffers rernbrse, but under
Maxlme's advice and encourage- ■
ment finds solace in mad gaiety.
Rene Simon is cast as Maxime. So-
iange Sicard playg Berthe, A third
role, that of a cheap music hall
singer in love with Maxime, . is
played, by Madeleine Larsay.
''Chotard .& Co."
"Chotard et Cie." was rather well .
done at the classical Odeon,. being
the work of Roger Ferdinand. Chor
tard is a grocer w^ho neglects his
counter in order to devote himself
to poetry. His wife's . family .nag
him -until he makes a: success . of
his writing, whereupon they court '
him and boast of his accomplish-
mehts. Chotard then goes back to
his grocery cuStorners, giving up his
writings, which ma.kes the fanriliy
still more furious. Richard 'williani
Rlay3 the' grpcer-poet aldmirably.
Ciermaine' Laugier playig his Vwife.
Charpin If? ahiusing in a comedy
role, ■. ■ '

SAILINGS

Nov, 2 (London to Ne>y York),
Lawrence Wright (Leviathan).

Oc.t^ 27 (London to New York)
jinimy Campbell (Mauretania).

VAVrnWA TTff "PATJ -FACT I . Oct. 27 (London to .New York),:
PAVLOWA m JiAH JliAbi Nicholas Joy (Carmania).

Paris, Oct. 14.. Oct. 24 (Paris to New York):
After a isuccessfuT tour of South poiQ^es Del Rio (Paris)
America, Anna Pavlowa Is back In Oct. 30 <Lortdoh to Ne-iv York),

. . , • Campbell- Gullah. (Berengaria)

^Z?l]owing^ bnt>r visit

dancer aria" ner '.iroupe ■will" pTay ^- . . . _

in i:jgypt, Indi.a, Java and Austra-
lia.

AMERICANS ABROAD ;

Paris, Oct. .12
In Paris: Jes.se Ijasky; Mme
(ilara Gina; Ruth M. .Minnick; Ho'v^'.-
ard Llchey; George G, Heye; Ernest
Schelling; Louise Brooks; Ernest
Shelling; Marc Klaw; Jackie Coo
gan and father; Jlmmle Carrier.

1 ney), James Gerald (Ventura).

The TiOer Dancing Schools

of America, Inc.

154 WEST 74th ST., NEVV YORK
MART RBADy Prestdent .
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Mew Clasees Now Forming

Wednesday, October 24, 1928

FORE I GN

VARIETY

Cooperation and Ass;ocia^
tion Between jPicture In^
clustry and Vaudeville, as
President of RCA Photo-
phone Visualizes Future
-—RCA Will Spend Mil-
lions in Deveiopment of
Sound in Theatre

(This, statement i)y Mr. Sarhoff is
at the request of Variety) . .

By David Sarnoff

President, R. C. A. Photophone, Inc.

When, sound and motion meet
•riy where it iai iheyitabler perhaps^
that something should happeh;
Sbmothing did happen when elecr
trical science fin^ljy synchronized
: sound and motion on the screen.
Nevertheless, there are still many
who are rubbing their eyfes. Is
it • funeral or a wiedding? |s it
• battle or a love-feast?

To my mind, it's a love-feasf, al-
though the. courtship has been brijpf
The moving picture is the child of
the motion picture industry. Sound
r€fproduction/i8 the child of the elec-
trical sciences. Whatever the fond
parents may desire, a really, new art
was created when the .two finally
-met on the silver screen.

To me this is the fundamenta
point of what has happened irt the
recent associ«»tiofn of the electrical
and motion picture industries.

Two years ago most moving pic-
ture producers were ihelined. to
stand aloof from the significant de-
velopments in the synchronization
of sound and sight. Sound, they
said, was an intrusion on the "silent
drama." Gradually they began to
peep into the backyards of the
electrical industry; and finally they
stampeded towards the magic word
"sound."

. Some of these producers, who re
I>ented at leisure and then acted in
haste, still choose to believe that
all that has happened Is that sound
has been added to moving pic-
tures. . Get yourself a license, add
sound to your silent drama and you
immediately become a sound movie
producer. Time will prove the fu-
tility of this view. •

■What haa happened is that a new
and greater art of picture produc
tion has been created, in which
neither Sound nor motion can go
forward without the other's co-
operation. Sound has opened an
Inflni.tely wider field of . dramatic
expression for the motfoh picture;
Further experience in the motion
plct|ure art is ienabllner the elec
trical Industry to linproye greatly
the techniQue of .sound recording
and reproduction. In the practical
development t>f the new ^t it is

. . Impossible to sjeparate the moving
picture studio 'from the pound lab-
oratory.

The Electrical Group
The R. C-. A. Photophone Company
Is the expression of the electrical
industry of the United States in
the field of- synchronized sound ahd
motion pictures. We are . not ap
palled by the fact that w© have
thus entered the "entertainment"
Held. The radio art, five years ago,
led us, through, broadcasting to de
velop a service of entertainment,
Information and.' education to th6
home. It was the natural evolution
of an art

.^^„JXhus.!=jvA ..entjexed-^J
the entertainment field with, the
purpose of contributing whatever
technical p,nd artistic advances we
had avallaljle, or could create. We
hope the results have justified our
entry. .

If our business Is to develop .sound
reproduction through the new art
of electrical cornmunfcatlon, It • Is
clear that our work must be dedi-
cated to a practical purpose. Thus
the electrical group has establLshed

a gi'eat nation -wide service
broadcasting: in the United States;
It has cp-operated With the phono-
graph Industry in the fcreation of
new sound reproducing instru-
ments; it has now c
motion industry tb co-op^ite
.development of . the . ne
sound-mptibn- pictures

The R. C. Ai Photophone
pany is Iii the business' of licensing
sound-recording apparatus to pro-
ducers. But it does: not stop there.
Jt considers that its business also
Is to assist these producers in de-
veloping the talking- picture art to
its maximum, by combining ; sound
with motion on the screen.

The R. C. A. Photophone Com-
pany is in the business also of in-
stalling and servicing sound-repro-
ducing. appa,ratus to the motion pic-
ture and other theatres of the coun-
try. But it does not propose to
stop ther4:' It considers that its
function is to develop the sound
reproducing facilities of the theatre,
jCist as it has de'velojped sound-
reproducing facilities for. the home
Furthermore, It . Is •clear that it
can also contribute substantially to
the entcrtainrhent capabilities and
artistic possibilities of the theatre.
One need only consider the creation
and successful operation of the Na
tional Broadca.sting Company— or-
ganized by the Radio Corpoiratioh
of Amerl<;a and its assoclates-
wrhich operates the greatesit broad
casting entertainment networks in
the world, to be convinced tha.t this
group is "Entertainment Minde.d.'

In addition, the R. G. A. Photo
phone Comr-,ny is. associated, in
various developments with the phor
nbgraph industry looking to the re-
cording and reproduction of sound
in that industry.

IfOndon, Oct 23.
lecond . edition of Chariot's ReVue,
ushing off at the Vaudeville last
night (Monday), is not much of an
improvement over the original.
Jeanne Decasalis, legit star, has
been added but la palpably out of
her element -

At the Court, also last night, the
English .yersioris of two Spanish
plays by Granville Barker proved
rather tiresome and unhappily cast.
Names of the pieces arei "Fortunate"
and "The. Lady- From Alfaqueque."

)fs 2d Ediion and
Spanish Plays Not Up

AUBERT-MORRIS

Former

Show Girl
Packer.

Weds Beef

Pall's $41,000 Last Wk.
an Vaude Record

. London; Oct.- tJS.
Doing three -extra performances

show
$31,B00,
vaudeville
week was

■ : • Paris. Oct, 23.,

Jane Aubert, French vaudevlUian,
was married hercs tp Col. Nelson
Morris, of Chicago. Couple have
gone to the Riviera for their honey-
moon.

"Miss Aubert : anticipates playing
in America. ■

Jane AubeVt appeared In a Shu-
bert musical at the Winter Garden,
New Yo^k, about two years ago.
She and Col. Morris, of the Chicago
beef Morris', were acquainted at
that time ahd are believed to| have
previously met In Paris.

Miss Aubert is a comely blonde,
rated as a good performer on the
home lot

Co-operation

Our policy is the. policy of co-
operation and association with , mo-
tion picture -producers, motion pic-
ture exhibitors, as well as with edu-
dational, industrial and public ser-
vice elements.

We can serve the motion picture
industry, we believe, in the field
in which it has permanently estab-
lished itself-^the entertainment
field. We can serve the vaudeville
Industry because it includes niany
irnportaht motion picture elements
in its programs. We can serve the
home because certain educational
and cultural services demanded by
the home are not within the prov-
ince of the motion picture , theatre.

Recognizing . the Immediate prob-
lems of motioii picture exhibitors,
the R. C. A. Photophone Company
has developed its system, so that
films recorded by it are intiar-
changeable in all istandard repro-
ducing apparatus. It plans to In-
vest millions of dollars in the de-
velopment of the new art and to
place Its facilities at the service
of the motion picture producers
and exhibitors.

The electrical Industry of the
United States does not need to em-
phasize its primary interest in the
field of sound-motion pictures.
. In following the path of devel-
opment envisioned by the radio art,
it established a edmMuhieatlon" sS^
vice which has given the United
States leadership in the field of
world-wide radio communication.

It established ah industry in
which all leading manufacturers of
radio broadcast receivers are now
licensed under the patent rights of
the Radio Corporation of America.
It made substahfial contributions
towards the development of the
instrumentalities of radio trans-
mis.sion and reception which made
possible the existing systems of
sound synchronization, the princi
pal elements of which a.re the
vacuum tube, the photo-electric
cell and the loud speaker.

We have stood from the begin-
ning for a system of synchroniza-
tion thiat would combine motion and
sound on the same screen; and we
are. now seeing thi.g principle gen-
erally adopted. We have .stood

from the beg|nriing -_?£i^ - f . ?y sJ-^T"
"of sound Reproduction that~"would
employ the. principal of the dynamic
loud «peaker, and we are seeing
this method of reproduction being
developed by all systems. We have
.stood from the beginning for the
principle of co-operation ahd asso-
ciation between the motion picture
indu.'jtry and the electrical Indus-
try and we are confident that this
is the way in which a new art will
find Its greatest opportunity.

Duncans May Double;

Show Doing Fairly

London. Oct 23.
Heads of the Kit Cat restaurant
are dickering with the Duncan SI3
ters to linger several weeks, al
though the girls do not opeii until
Oct. 29, following Van and Schenck^
c.i a month's stay.

Sisters were asking $2,500 a Week
but the management pleaded it
could not meet that figure. A
counter proposition of $1,500 and
50 cents on all patrons over 600
during the week was agreed upon
The pair will double oyer from
"Topsy and Eva" and only do a
midnight show on the restaurant
floor. Their show is doin^ fairly
and claims to be Improving. The
Duncans state they , are taking up
the option on the Gaiety for Indefi-
nite continuance.

last week becfi
the . l^alhidh
record for any
house. Ovei'head for tly
approximately $17,000.

Bill ^yas class Jill
minus a .weak spot
Schenck, in the farew
ging off duel to laclj/of time. Kelso
Brothers regi.stcrcyir solidly an id for

way and

wit

?il week, beg-

laughs in their

WILL MAHONEY

Next Week
KEITH'S SYRACUSE

The Boston "Transcript" said :
"Will Malioney will keep your
laughter muscles working overtime.
His gaiety is so infectious he, will
make you feel like dancing on the
sidewalk with joy.. And his clbg-
ging is the most amazing we have
ever seen. To say he was riotously
received Is putting It. mildly."

DIRECTION

RALFH G. FARNUM

1560 'Broadway

Teddie Gerard's Husband's
Cdnunission Looks Safe

went oyer very I
■ At the Alha

miniatiirp revue.

Qdall, Caivno, c ramatic sopraho.

bra (vaudeville)
yesterday (Mond/iy) Frank Fay and
Little Lady frony Dixie, .standard act.
.on this side Cour years ago; re-
appeared and ( wore, moved from
third to secQnc\..after the niatinee.
Act ncods overhauling to regain
recognition. • - . ' •'.

Stoll's Below Par

. London, Oct. 23.

Slock of the Stoll Theatres Corp.,
opened oh the stock C'xchange hero
at a quotation of $3.50. The stock
bias a par vJ^lue of $15.

It indicates, the market evidently
doesn't react favorably to the mer-
ger of all the Stpll Interests.

London, Oct 23;
Teddie' Gerard is engaged to wed
Archibald Grant, captain in the
Grenadier Guards. The unwritten

law among oillcers of the Guard ^

Is that the . wife, of ; any ot tiMTT^^^^^
number must retire from the stage
Or the husband resign his commis-
sion. Of late years there has been
no nrylng demand for Teddle's serv-^
ices so no trouble is looked for on
that score. ."

Grant is the son of a Scottish
laird with a direct ancestry that
is centuries old.

Chaplin Seeks Writ

For Paris Chariot

Paris, Oct 23.

Charley Chaplin, through United
Artists,, is seeking a court Writ to
suppress Chariot Rlvels, a circus
comedian, who does an impersona-
tion of the. cinema clown.

Chariot is how at the Empire,
where his billing include^^
of Chaplin. Of course, the" French
all know Charley under his 'French
equivalent of "Chariot** and the
court argument Is baaed on the con-
tention that public expects to see
Chaplin himself, to his injury in
public esteem.

Widow Tries Suicide

Paris, Oct 23,
Mmo. Rene Creste, whose hus-
band was a well known film pro-
ducer, having made, among other
things, a serial, "Judex," attempted
suicide by inhaling Illuminating gas
in her modest Paris apartment

^ylth her at the tlm« was her
young daughter, who also would
have died with the mother. Friends,
however. Intervened In time. Woman
gave destitution as her reason for
wanting death. The French Artists'
Union is raising a purse In her be-
halfr-^^^^^ -"^'^-^"^^-^^^^-^'-^^

W-T MEN ON COAST

San Francisco, Oct 28.

Sir George Tallls, governing di-
rector of J, C. Williamson, Ltd., of
Au.stralla, and George Parker, dra-
matic producer for the circuit, ar-
rive here on the Sierra Oct. 25.

Thoy will scour the country In a
search for talent ^

Butt's 2nd "Shbwv^Boat"

. . London, Oct 23..
Sir- Alfred Butt iai recruiting a sec-
ond "Show Boat" company. .Idea Is
to present the piece in Paris around
the . Christmas holidays.
, Charles Cannon, Butt's right hand
nian and secretary of the . Drury.
Lane for yeart, has left the flirpi,
to become as.soclated with Viplet

Wallace^s "Ringer" Over

' London, Oct 23.

A change of plans establishes that
Edgar Wallace will, not sail for New
York for the opening of his play,
"The Squeaker," which the Shu-
berts are to produce. "The Ringer.".,
and not "Squeaker,'* will be the
initial Wallace effort^- the Ameri-
can producers. Latter piece Is to
follo.w.

Wallace remains on this side due
to the pressure of business; which
Includes the opening" of another of
his plays around Christmas.

Campbell GuUan, stage director,
sailed Saturday (Oct. 20) oh the
•^Berengarla" for New York to put
oh "The Ringer,". now scheduled to
open late In November.

POMaUE'S CARDIFF iffOUSE

London, Oct 23.

Leon Domque, husband of . Sybil
yanc,. has" found backers with $200,-
000 to purcha.se the New theatre,
at Cartiff, Wales,' formerly a one-
hlght stand for legit .shows tripping
about the provinces.

Domque becomes general mana-
ger and the house inaugurates
twice nightly vaudeville starting
Dec, L

DELYSIA H. 0. AT PALL

, London, Oct. 2S.
Deiysla has been held over at
the Palladium for another week at
a salary increase of $550.

Management co.uld have 0|btalned
the performer for two weelts at her
first named salary, but preferred to
wait, upon the audience reactlon.

Edythe Baker, pianist (Ameri-
can), opens at t^ls house next Mon-
day (Oct 29) as a single and un-
der the provl.so that she be tho
principal headlin.er.

CECIL DOUBLING DEPUTY

London, Oct. 23.

Cecil Cunningham filled in for
two French acts la.st week.

At the." Palladium (vaudeville),
she went on In place of Dely.sla,
who balked at tba tKi-^e extra mat-
lncos-"lnscrtcd^-bccaufle=^ot-Hhe^motor
show crowds.

Cecil also substituted .for Lu-
clcnne. Boyer at the Cafe Anglais.

MOTOE SHOW'S 10%

London, Oct. 23.
Although attendance at the motor
show is 10 percent behind tliat of
a year ago, sales" Inorca.sod tl^ th<'
same proportion.

"Ln^S^ !?IME'' KEVIVAL?

— London. Oct 23.

If "Blue Eyes," current at Daly's,
can linger until ■ Christmas, thla :
management intends reviving "Lllao
Time." Such action will postpone,
or place at some other house Jo«
Sachs' revival of "Lilac Domino."

Sachs Is negotiating for Covent
Garden, but the opera house will
not be available until late in No-
vember.

DeBEAR, EXPLOITER

/ London, Oct 23;
Although offered .severarbankrolls
to continue revue producing, Archie
Debear ha.s turned them all down
to resume his old love— exploita-
tion.- .- ...

,'pebear will, start off by publiciz-
ing. the Eo.stock.circuH. wliloh comes
into the Earl's Court Vw. 1.

LUPINO, RI.GBY, JOY FIRM

■ Londcui, Oct. 23.

A new firm to soil its own . plays
to a world market has. just been
founded by Stanley Luplno, Arthur
Rigby and Nicholas Joy.

Joy sails on the Carnianla this.
Saturday. (Oct. 27) tu rcpr'.vs'jnt . the
company In New York.

"Varieties," French Wecl<ly

lyjiiiion, Oct. 23.
= 1 A .nc.\v^AV^vckIyv^paiu;r.,-_irj.=bii.^^^
'•Vari(!ll(;H." will rn.iUo" its • iniliid
ai)pear-'irice In I'aris Xijv. 1.0.

Lartl^ue and Arji;in<i arc spon-
sorinff with Henry SlM;r<'iv tu s yrito
•■ibouL Jvrif,'I.'Ui(i in .Vi oitcii. ..

Bobby Jarvis Better
, ■ . J.oii.lori, Oct 23.

After' rnit of' "Oonii N'l-w.s". for
tlirf<? w'-i-kH. diK? t'} .scjitic; pi)isoning,
liobfjy Jai'viH will r(.'turri liext Week.

VARIETY

Warmers' *?artnership" Buy

. With Warner Brothers reported
negotiating for the puroliase of;
Publix: Tiieatres' . "partners' " inter-
est ;ln thQ: scyei-al. chains so .oper-
ated, there arises the situation of
Warners simultaneously through the
purchased becoming a partner in
tlie. opera, tiori of those theatres with
PubliX-Paramouiit.

The circuits at. present listed un-
der tlie Warner consideration are
Kunsky's. in Deti-oit, Skouras' in St.
Louis, Blank's iti Nebr., and the
Finkiestein & Ruben's chain of Min-
neaota, etc. Balaban <& Katz in
.Chicai?b also reported.

Skourases may be looVod upon as
the example. ■ ■ .S(?'ning-. to. Warners
by "tliO: consent of Publij,,. their .i)art-
rer, up to 50 per cent, in the - 27
or more St. Louis territory, picture
•houses, the Skpurases. for the first
time see some real cash for : them -
selves through the sale, ilcrctofore
the brothers have been building _on
the pyramidiiiff sitock thing and with
accumulating houses. hut. no coin in-"
dividually that meant anything; In.
.hdwlng out '\vith the- Warner buy.
thoy realize a cnish return for their
own share, probably 25 per cent, for
all of- the -Skourii's brothers,-: since,
they have had a local backer for
some yejvi-s. who holds the other 25.
per cent., itfter - the ,50 owned by;
'Publix.: .

ThCssame holds -good for A. H..
Blank.. Publix. lately: wanted to buy
out the Blank one-half with A. H.
Blank to retire in order that Publix
-. migiit operate thie Blaiik houses di-
recti .That deal was brought to the
Spoint where the papers wore ready
. for sii?natures. It is believed to have
•been called off when the Depart-
ment of . Justice intervened. '

Pejat.' of Justice
.: PubUx-Taramount appears to
. have been under the brakes of the
Cioyornnicnt for some tinie in ac-.
q.uiremcnts in tlic theatre line. It
started months ago when Mow York
lawyers thought it.mi'-iht be advis-
ahle to ask the Dopt's opinion on
.a merging theatre move Paramount
. then- h.ad- in view. 'iPhe l)cpt. passed,
it's bpiniyn and. has neviM'/ stopped
parsing opinions to Paramount ever
. since from the account. Previously
the Dept. had given .no attention to
theatre deals.

The Kunt^ky transaction would
•leave tho AVarners partners with
. Balaban- & Katz of Chic.agp. 13. & K;
is a ' 65 per cent. -owned subsidiary
.cf Publix, with an exfhange of stock
bolweon Paramount .and B. & K.
pending. It wil.i probably liiakc P..
Vc K, 100 per coiit. - controlled by.
Publix.. ' "

.Tn the Finklewteiu : & Rubin deal,
thr obslaclc hitherto holding back
F. & R. frcmi merging or selling in
smoothed out. It )ias b:een the .tons
oC the. founders of the chain. Their
fathers did iiot beiieve the business
should pas.'4 without the hoys pro-
vided for. This is said to have been
: arranged through the. V. & R. f.ons
lv,.t-(iriiing general managers for
Pulrlix in tho. northwest.

Par Protecting.
Throujih these partners oT Publix

Publix Fair Play

In . the Gonfldential house
organ, Publix Opinion, of Pub-
lix' Theatres, regularly issued
last week^ the following noti-
fication of fait play to re.?ldent
managers was printed.

It refers to the wrongful use
of - "Vitaphorie" .with any pic-
ture other than those of the
Warner Brothers, to whom the
trade mirk belongs.

.To AH Cortcernedl ■

Once, more we call your
■attention to the fact that
yoii cannot use" the wprd
"VitiEtphohe". in cbnirgctidri;
w^ith .any pictures but Wat- .
ner Brothers.: ■ .

Some managers are re r
ferring to "Wing;s" as '-'with.
Vitaphrtne accompaniment."
This is not allowed.

Pledse post everyb.bdy to
make It a general rule that
. unless It Is ' a Warner
Brothers' picture oraWar-
, her Brothers', act the -word:
"Vlta-phone"' c a n n o t be
u.sed in adyertising*

A. M. iBOTSFORD.

Enterprising Florists
Drum Studio Trade

PI G T U RES

Daylight Screen Enthuses
jU. S. Gomm'r Abroad

Washington, Oct. 23.
Daylight screen created by Blunt
and McCor-mack of London has
proved so . successful a.s to cau.^^e
George Ganty, 11-. S. trade coiri.ni is -
sipner, to forward an enthusiastic
report to the Department ^ of Com ■:
merce. . ,

Canty states; that a direct sun-
light demohstratlpn failed to kill; the
motion pictutertfei^&Avn. on. the new
.screen.. ■•■',,/ ■.

He also reports that the makers
are offering to install the screens in
the LondoTi theatre. lobbies without
cost to- the management arid to
show trailers, on coming ..attrac-
tions if they are perrhitted to sell
advertising space on these trailers.

Canty was also enthused over a
new. British development in color
photography, shown on these same
screens, ^artin Harper, with sev-
eral cbioif Inventions to his credit, is
reported as resiJonsible for this hew
one which works via tihree to four
lenses on- the camieca;.

Wednesday, October 24, 192t

1 CAN'T FILUI STAGE SHOW
IN TALKERS

Sets Foto Flat with Overlight
ing on Cast^"Great Power''
Company Finds Out Plenty

SiuaD Town s Talker Reaction
Found Through

tlealinf; with "VViii'^f*''^' '^'^''^
Piu-.-uaount has mado the. condition
that If be given- a Warner picture
franchise in each of llio partner's

towhs. -

• Tn last ■ weok"!3 ■ yavlcty Il.arry
Wavner dciiied .any , of. these deals
arc' pehiling. Rumor.s about them
por.^ist,. however. . , •

■ Publix is reported aboiit to ehtei
Into a new contract with the i^ala-
baTis of C'liivago to-cohtinuo for an-
other, liye yeiu-.s to .operate the, B. &
K. circuit in Cliioago with its af-
filiatiot).'^.- The Btil.alians are iMax

. Jolin, r.ariuvy and A. J.. All are re-
porteil h.iving expressed a willing
ness to remain exoeiilijig A. .1. Bala
bah, who wants to trip' around' the
globe. A. J„ it is said, may' stick

,under conditions, lie has been in
oh:nw Cf the B.-A: K'- sla.tre slu)\v-.s
nu'l is recognized a.s oiu' of the
rn o s t <:.xi)<' V t 1 ''^ i)ioneiT.

"Tn~~sra7re' pr('s^'WriTtT(itfM~T(ir"^^
houses. All of the Palaban boy.'<
have nii'.de tiu'ir theatre mark In
re.spcclni^ di'])artinoi>ts, which cover
the cntifc. theatre .exliibition busi
iic.^s.

Mcighan on. Coast

J.os An.uclcs, t)ct. 23.
'.- ' Tlvoina.". M"iJ'l:;in will come to the
■Coast iinii.i'-li.'itely under Ills new
c()!)!r.i'-t u-Mh Warner.s, ealliiig for
four plctiu'jcs.

Los Angeles, Oet. 23.
,Flprlst3 are getting in sti'ongly
on the opening of new theatres
around the country. . They have
worked out a gag whereby they
telegraph studios, stars, directors,
etc., that oh such and such a day
>iri thfeir respectivie" town a hew the-
atre is opening. In the cases pf the
directors or players they intimate
Ihey are very popular with the local
people, and it might be a good idea
for them to have a nice .basket of
flowers to give as a good-will mes-
sage tij the theatre rhanagehient.
The , florists quote rates running
from $25 to $75. for the gift. . .

Actors and directors have been
fa.lling very strongly of late and the
florists who have been spending a
little money to solicit this trade
have been amply repaid.

In one eastern city an enterprls-
_ng florist w/as rewarded with $400
on order as a result of his ingenuity.
It Is figured that the picture mob
ire hit for more than $25,000 a 3{ear
iy the florists around the country
for theatre openings.

Then the' studios take a good
vump in the nose on the telegi'aphlc
greetings from the executives, stars
and directors to houses which are
lieing opened about the country.
The . wire companies send weekly
Inifietihs " to'lTie studic^^^
ihem of the llst of openings, and the
latter, send any where from six to 25
telegrams each for the openings with
the greetings coming from the studio
heads, stars and high salaried di-
rectors with the studios standing

the gaff. - ' .

It is said the congratulatory bills
of the combined studios on the coa.st
run close to $35,000 a year..

"The Great Power" compa*^, can
riing production by Brlatblphone at
Wipiterbuty, Conn., has been run-
ning into unexpected dilliculties anU
dela;y on production schedule. Sev-
eral re tables have been necessary .
Original scheme was to shoot the'
actual Bi'oadway production, sets,
costumes, . ietc, at the rate of a disk
a day,, .but rushes revealed that the
literal reproduction of a Broadway
show as a talker was' impossible.
Sets photographed flat, •without high
lights or shadows; 'the players pho-
tographed too whit© .jas.ainst, :the
drops and terrific candlejpower had
to be used to get any picture.,at .all
from the scenery. Result. wits -.jyer-
lightirig of the i^erformers.' Finally,
St' week's work had to be' ^crapped
arid a set rented :_from M-.G .

Minna Gombel arid the. troupe are
remaining in Waterbury- two weeks
over schedule to flhish the talker
which will be rbadshoiwed in legit
houses. Unfeasibility. of filming a
show without adai»ting • it to pic-
ture technique having been proved,
later productions , will; involve an
outlay for screenable sets;

• • •■ " .

O.A.'s

Almo.st wthout excepton
United Artists' .Stars, pick un-
knownsjf for their leads. Myrna
Kennedy lias never appeared
in: ainy picture except with
Chaplin, and upon her ,refusal
to play a blind girl in "City
Lights," the next Chaplin film,
the comedian selected .yirglnia.
Cherrill, 20, an arnateur.

Liupe Velez had appeared
only in a two-reel comedy for '
Hal Roach prior to Pairbanks
signing: he.' for "The Gaucho."
Walter Byrori. Is an unknown
iSn^glishman but has been
named for Vilma Banky in.
"The Awakening." Leroy Ma-
son was diacovered in a restau-
rant and made the leading
man in "Revenge" opposite
Dolores Del Rio.
', John Holland, an extra, gets
his, first ■ real role as the lead
in. ''She Goea to War," opposite
Eleanor Boardman, and Camilla,
Horn had only been in two or
three German pictures when
selected for John Barrymore'o
. "Te'mpest." .

The aiicorid feriiinine . lead
In the . next Barrymore film
is also .an unknown, Moana
Rico, and John Boles' first filni
appearance was opposite Gloria
Swansdn in "Loves of Sunya."

Sam Wood Couldn't See
Enough in Story to Direct

Weather Forecast

Washingl^on, Oct.. 23.
; Weather Bureau has furnished
Variety with the .following outlook
for the week beginning tomorrow
.(24):

Mostly fair weather Wednesday
I Thursday, Friday and possibly Sat-
lurday. Followed by showers Sun-
day (28).

Colder Wednesday with- not much
I change in temperature remainder
of week. ■

Hines With Pathe

Los Angeles, Oct. 23.
Johnnie Hines has been signed to
start in a series . of pictures for
rathe: His first will bo a talking
version of "Pair of Sixes." All are
to be released on the 28-29 program.

Deal was negotiated fey Charles
C. r.urr, general manager for Hines
and now In New York.

- DOLORES COMING HOME .-

Hollywood Believes Joan
And Young Doug Married

Los Angeles, Oct. 23..
1 . . Despite .that they won't deny or
afllrm, it is generally believed
j around Hollywood that Joan Craw-
I ford and Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., arc
married. , '

It; is said the coUple. went to
Mexico several months ago and had
I the marriage performed under their
Christian n.aiines, L'ucillc Le Seur
and Douglas Ullman, Jr., .'and for
I this reason are defying their many
friends to get the .goods on them.
I Missj Crawford has been wearing an
anklet bearing the Inscription, "To
darling wife frohi Dodo." ^ *

Los Angeles, ,Oct. 23
. ■"Kize, Baby,", the.. Milt,; Gross
story, will not be made into a pic
ture this year by M-G-M. The
latter organization has .placed it on
the shelf as Sam Wood, who was to
remake the plbture, could not find
material enough in the story to war-
rant directing it.

It Is the plan of M-G-M to have
the story rewritten in an entire
comedy vein and produced as a
talker for '29-'30. '

The picture was orlgirtally put in
work under the direction of Hpbart
Henley and about $60,000 was ex
pended before shooting stopped.

Too much supervision is said to
have been responsible for the call-
ing off of the production; as three
.different versions were injected
into the proditctlon while shooting
was going on.

Wood is to direct a talker " based
Oh the story of college life as his
next picture.

Francis X's First Wife
Says $60,000 in Arrears

Baltimore, Oct. 23.
Francis ^ X. Bushman, pere, was
taken into, custody at hip mother's
home here last Week and ' haled be-
fore . Jiidge Grayson, in Circuit
Court, . "Towson, . seat of Baltimore
County,- to answer a . petition . .filed
by his divorced first wife. '
' ■ Mrs.* Bushman, granted ah. abso-
lute divorce, alleges that Eushnian
is $6.0,000 in arrears on alimony
payments. According to the terms
of . the divorce settlement,,, granted
here- in 1918, Bushman was re-
ciuired to pay his wife $40,000, plus
$4,000 a. year for • the support • and
maintenance of. their children. ■

Attorneys agreed on the continu-
ance .of a hearing until Dec. 1.0 in
order to permit Bushman to leaye
the city on important businea.s.

A manager's, squawk he was not
doing the business he thought ho
should be doing resulted in War-
ners making an Investigation on itfl
own bthalf to find out. what the
public reaction in a small town is :
to talking pictures. '

The town was Manisfleld, O;, and
the theatre the Madison. Mans-
field has a population oif 32,000 and
the thejatre has a mailing . list f olr
its programs of 500 names.

Borrowing the house- mailing list
Warners sent out a special ques-
tionnaire with: stamped addressed
envelopes for reply. Three principle
questions were asked, viz: .

1. T)o ybu like talking pictures?

2. What Vitaphone shorts do
you like best?

3. Do you like Vitaphone shorts
better than regular vaudeville? .

Of the 500 names on the mailing
list 73 answered the questionnaire.
They developed a surprising range
of ,;re£ictioh as well a.s aOme laughs
as with: the individual who said the.
Vitaphone shorts he liked best was
the Movietone newsreel.

About to per cent seemed to have
taken a violent antagonism to
sound or dialog. This faction was
uncompromising . In ■ denouncing
talkers and in demanding a return ,
to the stlli films. ,. . V

Strong prefetence for opei'atic
singers^ ' 'This . reaction has beeh
characteristic of the provinces and
is explaihed ;by Wiirners. on the
grounds that the big singers heyer
touch the small cities in their con-
cert tours.

Ruined Illusions

Those whose opinions were ex-
pressed w^ith more restraint and
seemed to have logical . reasons
seemed unanimous in ratlhg Vita-
phone shorts as preferable to the
quality of vaudeville 4 town the
size of Mansfield ever could hope or
expect to get. . .

Some of the . townspeople didn't
think much of the actors who have
appeared in .talking pictures up to
date, implyii)g that when some of
the Hollywbodites started to, talk
they dissipated all illusions.
• Most of the Mansfleldlans seeined
to think' business was pretty, good
at the Madison theatre, but Man-
ager SkirbOll swears it's rotten.

Stroheim Has 10 Weeks
For Swanson in^^Queen-'

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Los Angeles, Oct. 23,
.Dolores l.>t'l Uio. accompanied by
her n-iuther, will sail. for hoine frohr
I'Y.-'nc.e on the I'ari.s Oct. 2-1.

Filwln Carowc, lilm producer, to
whom Miss Del Kin l.'^ under oon-
Iract and who inade -.the European
tour with ,her, prec(>ded her luime
a week ago. on the lx>viathan.- He
is now on his way to H(>llywon(l
to eoiiiplete preparations for "lOvan-
goline." Miss Del Uio's rtext.

^'Daughter's" Sequel

Los Angelet^ Q<-'t. 23.
■ rroductlon on "The Brass Band '
will be held up at M-G .until Joan
Ci-awl'ord- completes her role op-
po.-^ite John Gilbert In "Thirst." ,
M-G plans "Brass Brand" as a
succ.cftsor, or companionate picture,
to "Our Dancing Daughters-." It
will contain the same cast n-s
"Daughters."

Los Angeles, Oct. 23. c'
Eric Von Stroheim will start pro-
duction on "Queen Kelly," starring
Gloria. Swanson, at the . FBO
studio Oct. 26.. He had a budget of
$285,000. It covers his pwn com-
pensation, production and salary '
cost outside of Miss S.wanson's. He
has been given a 10 -week shooting
schedule and feels he can Accom-
plish the job in less time than that.
The sets for the picture are now
being, built at the stiidlo. It was,
intended borrowing them from dif-
ferent studios first. Costumes wUl
be finished tlie early part of this
week. . V . ' ^

The continuity of the picture.-ftaa.
been tightened dpwn with practi-
cally every scene ohot by Von Stro-
heim to be used. The only mem-
bers of the suptprtihg cast .so far
chosen- aro Walter Byron, loaned:
by Samuel Goldwyn, and TUlly
Marshall. . , . .

■J

Studio -pditors' Club

Los Aii.geles, Oct. 23.
More than 3.b leading fiiui editors
of Coast studios met at a cafe and
organized a social club to be known
as "The Kdited By" Club.

I'urposc .of the organization is to
jiicLiL o'lce a week and interchange
i af,'!i?'=-f i5 r-tii 6 - adrarro c-n i cn t-of — th c
c.raft. lOlection oC oflici^r.s will be
held next week.

• . ■ ■ ' ^ .

MACmTOSH AND BRIDE

, T>os Angeles, Oct. 23.
Cai)t.. Alistar Macintosh, former
hu.sl.and of Con.^tance *Ta'lraadgc,
arrived yesterday wit;h his new
bride. He conteri-iplate.^. getting a
job . as production manager with
United Artists.

Charitable Gesture Brings
The Days Into Court

Los Angeles, Oct. 23. .
; Being good Samaritans > almost ,
proved a boomerang to Marcelind
Day, film actress, and her. mother,
Mrs. Irene Day, when Mrs. Day was
haled before Judge Stafford's court
to defend a suit for $147 brought by
the Osteopathic Hospital.

Whep Leslie. Gordon, actor, lay
dying at the hospital last March,
Miss Day . and her mother collected
a fund tvn-\ong the film colony to
^aeCray^hbspit-aWe-xpenacs.,-:^.^Gij i'd"" •
was still alive when Mrs. Day paid
the aminint of the fund, plus the
additional costs to that date from
her own pocket. ' After Gordon
died, the r>nsii>ital sought to ci^li^^ct
the -balance due from; Mrs. pay and
linally brou.nht suit. ■

Judge Stafford threw th<' c;ise out
of .lourt. Hi. ruled that in payins
Gordon's ho.x.pltal >blli up to a. -cor-,
date involved no rcsponsil'il't.v fo.t
the balance.

Wednesday, October 24, 1928

P I C T U R E S

VARIETY

RADIO AND KEITH TIE-UP

\Vlien It's a

e, It Draws

"Our Dancing . Daughters"" suddenly arises as a tiMupestuous box
Office gfosser to dissipate the fear. If It has eilsted, that ho silent
or plain sound . effect film can stand up against the talkers.

This M-G-M sensational drawer seems to stand up very . well
against any talker, not excepting Jolsoh's. A probable result
Is when either of Jolsoh's dialogers and "Daughters" are shown
simultaneously in one city, they must increase the total of local
picture Jiouse grosses for tSe^week. This is either by creating new
business or the public paying to see each, and pierhaps they do both.

In. any event, aj3 always, and with picture as play, It's the picture.

W. B. Disking F.N/Dialog|
Throi^Ii Remote Control

Los Angeles, Oct. 23.

Wavners will speed ; up the plant
Ing of dialog in First National pic
tureS by doing ; the recording In
their own gtudip. .
. Conversation will conie over a
wire frbm Burbank; six miles away,
■ where, the. vocal additions will ,be
uttered In the regulation sHeht
stages. This arrangement will con
tinue until F. N.'s sound . stages,
now being rushed, are operating.

First subject to be put on the
wire Will be "The Barker." There
is a reason, for accelerating work
on this picture. . Some -time after
it Was completed Pathe put in work
"The Spieler," which has. been
finished with dialog an(i_will be
.ready iEor release a month<iti^ce.

Potential "Baby Stars"

Los Angeles, Oct.. 23.
Members of the Wampas re
viewed,, mingled and danced with
the first group of "baby stiar" can
didates foi: next year when the
Edgewater Beach Club entertained
them as a means of introducing
a 'radicar change in policy of the
club. ■

- The. club will be operated as i
public hotel during the winter
season.

Girls Introduced as candidates
are Jean Arthur, untfei: contract to
Paramount; Doris Dawson, First
National; Anita Page and Jose-
phine Dunn, M. G. M.; Betty Boyd,
Educational; Jane Laurel, Christie;
Jeanette Eoff. Patho; Carol Lin-
coln and Ethlyn Claire, free lance
players.- . '/

And Russian Gov't Will Get Most
of It— Eitttenatein's V» A. Salary

S. M. Bistehstein, 30, Russian di-
rector due in America in December
to make one picture for United
Artists, receives $60 a week In Rus-
sia, the maximum Income under
Soviet law. . Eistenstein's salary
from U. A, wlU be in excess of $2,-
000 weekly, it is said.

Just what the director's obliga-
tions are as a Russian citizen is
not dellniteiy known but \t Is re-
ported' that the Soviet government
will probably collect or receive
I most of his American salary.

Russia applies all revenue froni
its stage and screen , activities to
the work of the Dejjartment of
Education. Elstenstein,. ait $60 a
week. Is extremely opulent for that
country because of the complete
facilities of the government which
ire at his disposal.' Proof of this
was his use of the Russian navy
in making "Potemkin."

US QPErATOil

David SarnbfiF and Jos P.
Kennedy at Helm of Ra-
dio - Kesith - Orpheum -—-
''Albee" Disappearing in
Title^Thorough Reorgan-
ization of Keith's Antici-
pated

ANOTHER DEAL ON?

Pidgeon's Salary Goes
Up $1,250 Via Talker

: Los Angeles, Oct. 23.
Salaries of picturei players mak-
ing good . in the talkers appear to
be bn the up.

The marked increase late is
quoted for Walter Pidgedn. Before
the talker epidemic, Pidgeon re-
ceived $500 ana not alyirayS; work-
ling. Now iie Is reported at $1,760
weekly, dated far ahead.

Too Many People

Paul Fejos, Universal director,
left for Hollywood a week in ad-
vance after giving up as impossi-
ble, the job of shooting exteriors for
"Broadway" on the main stem it-
self.

Glenn Tryon, in the Lee Tracey
role, drew a mob every time the
unit attempted to shoot him against
a Times SQuare background.

Fejos will./ create . his Broadway
atmosphere: in the studio. •

Soimd and Scale Cut

. Waterbury, Conn., Oct. 22.
The Palace (Fox-Poll) with the
installation of sound device has cut
I admission prices from 60 to 50
cents.

Five acts are still presented.

Satan's Vamp Now Blond

Los: Angeles, Oct. 133
• Fir.st. Kational. .titudibs recently
sent out. an S.- O. S. .soliciting the
vampiest of vamps: to play Satan's
mistress' in I'Seven Footprints, to
Satan." ' • .

They specified the actress m.ust
be tall and . darki but since then
have decfclcd the charmer should be
a. blonde and have aissij^nod Tholma
Todil. .

Pathe's Former Western
Names Now in Serials

Los Angeles, Oct. 23.
Since Pathe abandoned westerns
it has been using Its. former west-
ern-stars In serials. ' ; - - - . ■

Firm believes, that since a follow
ing has been worked up in small
towns for these stars, it will serve
[.as a magnet on the serials.

Van Dine Stands Alone

Los Angeles, Oct. 23. •
S. S. Van Dine goes on record as
one author in a million when he de-
clared the scro'cn did not butcher
any of his stot-ies.
. Thi.s was . voiced by Van Dine
. aft er.. li.e.:h ad„rovi'^Nvod,Ju,sJ'Canary
iWurdor ■ Case," boing reoonfly pro-
'duccd by Paramount.

, NEW VITA VICErPRES.

Burgess Wobley, an attorney, ha.s
been made assistant to George E;
Quiglcy, vice-president of Vita-
phone, in place of Wlllliam Starr,
recently resigned, .

Wooley, a graduate from the
Harvard law 'school, was formerly
in the legal department of Western
Electric.

.tJ'S TALKING "CLIMAX"

Universal expects to got the Ed-
ward Locke play, "Clin-.ax," which
it purchased during the week, to an
early talking start.

Renaud Hoffman will direct. Jean
'ITofsh olt"""ha3'^"bex;'n'^^^^
upon for the male lead.

Big Money

Staihg Away the^^^

Money Days

A. J. JONES FOR HOOVER

Chiciiso, Oct, 23.
• Ariron J, Junes has been appoint-
ed dirr'ftor of tl)e wo^ti.rn division
of the Hoover-Curtis Theatrical
Lenguo,

Announcement was made by.
Jamp.s w. Good, western manager
for Herbert Hoovei*.

Schulberg's Quarterly TnSpl
Los" Angeles,. Oct\

David ' Sarnoff aiid Jpseph P
Kennedy wili be -the active heads of
the latest show combination, the
Keith Circuit and Film Booking
Office' in league with the Radio
Corporation of America and its sub-
sidiary, R. C. A. Photophpne.

A holding company is forming
to direct the combined theatre chain,
Keith and Orpiheum circuits, and
the picture producer and diistributor,
FBO. It will be called Radio-Keith-
Orpheum, replacing the present title
of the Keith- Albeo-Orpheum circuit
of vaudeville and yaudfilm houses. .

Sarnoff is known to the show
trade through his R. C. A. associa-
tion. Kennedy is at the helm of
FBO. and has been the active head
of Keith's through his office as
chaii'man of its board. Kennedy's
appointment of John Ford as. ex-
ecutive manager of Keith's .holds
over with the new ownership,: with
Ford given the title Of general man-
ager.

While the name of Albee is dis-
appearing from the present title
of Keith's, E. F. Albee, by virtue of
an agreemeht held by him froni the
Keith-Orpheiim mierger may retain
his position as president of Keith's
at $100,000 yearly, despite absence
of authority in the office : and, re-
gardless of the economic aspect of
his retention.

Warner's or Fox?
Right on top of the consummation
Monday of the R, C. A- deal with
Keith's, a report spread that the
new combination will almost im
mediately, or before this Week ends,
take up negotiations with apothcr
picture concern. The unnamed firm
is believed to be Warners or Fox

That the new negotiator might be
the . Warners Brothers Is accepted
by those in the knoW^ as they say,
through Warners having been re-
ported in on the Keith buy before
and in between the times Sarnoff
did his dealing. Warners, It Is un
derstoo.d, do not Intend to talk abo^
themselves as a dlstrlbueOr and
producer of pictures, but for their
recently purchased SUnley Com
pany chain of . around 300 theatres.

Keith's with its 250 hou-ses has
beenv looked .upon as a ni^^^^
a Sta.hley merger. Some talk was
devoted toward that possibility
shortly aftei- Kennedy and : J. J.
Murdock assumed the direction of
Keith's a few months ago.
'• Keith houses will be wired by
PhotO'Phone, other than .the few
■with a Western Klectrlc wiring; con-
tract. It Is said there is no present
intention . : of . installing - all-sound
programs in the Keith theatres.
Chances are that the circuit will go
through the present season as i.'',
with enough acts now under -Keith
booking to oblige such a course.

WitlvjUt doflnite information. It is;
said 'that Murdock. may continue -a.-: '
.■in advisor when called upon by Hk;
Kr.'ith chiefs. '
Pathe Protected
Pathe, also a picture distributor
!ind producer, of which kennf>ay l.i
the active operator and Murdock Its
prc.sl'lont, . 1.3 .repprtt.^d .to have been
'protected in the l>vadib"^<uy-ynt
Pathe .sf'curfs a continuance of it.s
product contract with Keith's, util-
ising that chain as a production co.st
Ujitlet.

Washington. Oct. 23.
. Money does most of its cir-
culating; oh Saturdays with the
lowest ebb being recorded on
Wednesday, says, a; "report of
the Federal Reserve Bp,ard,
cornpiled after a four nvohths'.
check up.

Two holidays, July 4 and
Labor Day, showed big up-
' trends. •

$250,000 Tax Assesment
On Fairbaitks-Pickford

. Lbs Angeles, Oct. -23. : ■ ;
Douglas Fairbanks and Mary
PiPkford are eni<oute to Kew York:
to f .'ice an assessment of tax for
$250,000. They are / to . coii.fcr in
New York with.O'IJrlen, Malvehsky
& Driscoll, their personal attorneys,
who will accompany them to Wa.sh-
ingtOn whore an endeavor will be
m.T.de to .s.trai.i,'hten the matter .out.
^ M. ;C. McKay, bu.sine.^s. manager
for the couple, is said to have boon
responsible for the reports made,
out on which the government is en-
deavoring to additionally, collect,
lie has . been in New York for a.
week.

B. & k.-PaD Stock Exch.

• Chicago, Oct. . 23.
"The 35 per . coiit. of Balabah &
Katz stock, individually owned and
not controlled by Publix, will be ex-
changed, It is reported, on the basis
of- One ghare for two new shares of
Paramount/ . .

Monte Brice Freelancing

Los . An'gele.s, Oct. 23.
Monte. Brice, ace gag man for
Paramount the past four .years, ha.s
loft that organi/jatipn.

Urice,"' who wa.s not under con-
tract, figures on fre<'lancing-.

a month l.ate on hJs scheduIedNjnsil
to see the plays and^ dig story nut
tr-rlal.

Becau.5e of the .sound, S<'hulberg
intr-nds making his eastern trips
quarterly heresifter.

experience with the direction of R.
C, Jt<and Its broadca.sting annexes

forced the sliow bu-sinoHs knowl-

edge to a greater , or lesser extent
upon him. That l!3 said to have boon
one of the inducements bringing
Sarnoff and his company into thea-
tre exhibition. It opens lAp Its own
field for wire .Installation and pres-
entation ot I'hotophorie's t,T,lkcr plc-
Yu res,' full IchgtK's or tarklhg "sh^^^^^^
On the reverse, It gives R, C. .A,
Photophone' a drafting market Tor
Keith act.s in it.s; nidio or . talking
short studios. R. C. A. .nan. like-
wise furni.sh Koith's. with many
radio features, bf.si'lcs the valuo of
tho broalr-risting.

Kennr-dy l.s rrli'itod to have, nin-
giod the R. C. A. d/-;il. ThI.s ni.'iy
lake up a pool of^lofk forrivl. .'■•ornp
w.('f-ks aC") wliil') Fs"n7irMl ySiri'l Mur-
flofik .\v(>ro in Kiiro|i<^. The. j)r)ol
stock i.s iiio.'-.t.ly .V.'f)7i)ributfil by th'-
Albr";-Ucrn(;in fart ion. CJtli'T .stor:k-
hoiili-rs i;i'iy b'r fonl'Tit to "X'h.'inK"
th'-fr K'-ith or Oriibnum holding's for
I lie ;->l'<':k of 111" lioMing (.•otiipuny.

R. A. I'liotophorn- fon(ribt]tr-'=-
• Mjiiiprcifnt to the K'i'ith f;n'l with
jir(-.sr;;f<^. It is und.-r.- t'^.od no .R. fJ.
A. ".'i.'-h is irivolvc'l, J)<'t;jil.s. of tlic
A<-'a\ is in thf; niark'.'t r"Sijintj of llii.s
i.-suo,

Kfitti's i.s the rir.st thi''itrii-;i'. ••ti- I

. Los Angeles, Oct 23.

The day of the star under con-
tract who draws $2,000 to $2,500 a .
week until its expiration Is coming:
to a close f.ast. When stars who
have . some five or . six months to .
go on a contract sort of nlbblo
around to find out .If some othep.
conlpiiny would not like , to hava
their services at Its. expiration, they"
find that all are- willing, but due to
the regulations of the As.sociatidn o<
Motion Picture Producers, cannot
negotiate until the. players are free
agents, ..

{ When the players are free agents
it is another story. ThiJy go around .
to the company that may have In- .
dicatcd'it wanted their services and
are told that just at the present
time it is Impossible to negotiate a '
new contract but they. should wait a
few weeks or. a monUu

This mCRsage is given them
wherever they go by the big pro-
ducers. Then the producers also
proccc<l to give them a word of good
advice by suggesting that they do
not work for any oT the Indepen-
dent companies as, by tying up, even
for a, picture or two, their value 1b
lost to the big follow and It would
be hard to get them a .starring con- '
tract. For this they ' also have
fallen.

Always the Stall

As time proceeds and there are no
rcsiilts for some 10 weeks to threo
montliS, the players again visit the
big line boys. The stall Is still on.
Within a few days a phone. message
comes to visit some studio. There
tiiey come in contact with the party
who told them to hold off. Ho say*
there is a. certain picture to be made
on the loti and one of their own
stars will lead the cast, but that
there is room for the player. In the
picture,. The part Is not one that
will require more than a few day*
or a weeic's work, but it will give
the players a great opportunity to
.show how they, stand out- and then
the home ofllce no doubt will direct
tliat tlie iilayers be placed under a
term contract at an advance In sal-
ary, .

The pl.ayerS as a rulo. go for the
boof^y and take the job. Nothing
rcjults. They again make the can-
vas of the studios. This time the
executives are not as easy to inter-
view and when reached, act cold and
.say as a rule that It might not hurt
were they to do a picture for an
indepen.dent.

When these people go to the In-
dependent he pulls the yarn that
they have been off the screen for a
long time and that as a resuR the
name would not mean as much at
the b. o. That Is the start of the
sacrlflce-your-aalary method with
the result that the_player who had
been' getting $2,000 and "$XSOO. "a";
week is more than gratified, to take
a job with the independent for from
$750 to $1,250. a week.

After, making a few' of these j)lc-
tu'rps and if not giving outstanding
porformanoes, tho.se same star,s of
y('Htorf];iy arf! b.'ick in the. ranks ot
f( aturf'd i)l:i.y('rs (?;irnlng from . 25
p'orcfrit to .'10 p''i(rf-nt of their old
wc'i'kly .sal.ary wh<»n working, and
not workin>7 :}5 to 50 wco.ks as they
illil under the old contractual ar-'
ranr;''fni'nts.

Business Men Building
Small Neighborhooder

(•hii;.i!<o. Oft. 23.
A i.^r'oup of souUi si.lo business
;/i'-n ;Lr<' r<'r)orlf<l lo be. t> ).''king the
i.Mil lint? of a th';;;»tro of h-.ss than

riviTi:i.!. rroh.-ibly grind picture
Iiom:-'). .:,

B. P, Schulberg left for Ncwl York- IThe final signatures are. expected

by Nov. 15. Meanwhile a whole.salf
reorganization of Keith's Is antici-
pated, engineered by Messrs. .Sar-
noff and Kennedy.

Sarnoff Is more familiar with the
show business than credited. Ills

bu.-inf-s-i. Wairstroot li.ifl l>"cri n j
lib'T.'jl IrjariffP to the show bu.^lri'-.'-:-:. i
but i'.s inl.'M'';st3 h-avj b'-"n r'-fir''- i
.'.'•nted oth'.-rwl.ve than in tli.e f.';r<-( t[
rnann'T that li. f;. A. is now pl.ii/;r-. j
ing in, .Many sfe in tills Ifwii-ijl
move into the th'-.'itrf, by s<;' li an |
infhmntl.al corporation as 'li. i
a future fh-'iii'^Y' tti.'.it big ■ju.-'i ,
va'.\y expand its sb...w bu;-ini-.'-- j
scope.

. Gcraghty's Son Titling

•I.o.s Angi!l-'S. I ft. 23.
rji-ral.l Tru.-.ton G'-rairlity, son of
To'iii 'I' i -Dility, .sc-tnarlst. is writing
:'or l''irsl .N'.-i f on.Tl.
Vi.Mi.i,' (;fr;i.,'hty Is ju.st out ot
i'ruK I'lijii.

6

VARIETY

FOREIGN FILM NEWS

Wednesday, October 24, 1928

Setdement Day Is in Si
FW English

to-5hsw

.. London, Oct. 12.
: There is .rapidly , developins a. po-
sition which .none of: those, who so-
hastily . rushed in and pot , public
niohey oh the strength. of the FUni.s
Act appear to have foreseen. Or if
they did foi-esoe '■■ they were rrtiich
more kien on . getting theirs .wliile
the setting- . was- • good to bother;
a:b6ut:the aXtermalh.

Four . or , five production , epm-
pariies here are closing down. , The
story that will ta.e given, out around
thfe end of this month will be they
ire just- laying by for thc .;Winter.
That would be a . sufficiently bad
prospect for, the .IC'OOO 'odd folk
playing, crowds and bits, wh<) even_
during - the "summer have . not aver-
fieed more than four days work.- a;
•week. St) much ha;s been published,
for' the benefit of the stock -buying
p\ibiie, • as ..to', the way ..in . which
British film production can arid .w;ill
continue all the yedi; round that
there may be some questions ask^d.

It is rather a different ppsition.
In fact. ; A' number of the. companies
■getting public money : have been
spending, with a lavish hand. Some
have made two, three or four -pic-
turesi They have not off ered. these
for booking, on the. plea they wotild
be faced, with the danger, owing to
- the QAJOta, of finding a shortage of
dates. Now they c.ay they, cannot
show their stuff because, with the
release period fixed by law at 4
maximum of nine months they
would run the risk of having to.
make a sumriier release date anci
corisequently get poor prices.

Some of these . concerns have
spent almost the. whole amount rep-
resented by their c'-jjital on p.ieture-
making. Soon their atinual meet-
ings will be due, with no money in
hand arid no assets from bookings
or siaies. All they have ax:e guesses
; —of how much the pictures will
book to here and fetch In the for-
eign markets.

Stockholders in many eases have
kept the. original prospectuses on
which thiey money was gotten from
them. They/are eolng t<. ask about
the wild estimates, of revenue, and
may be nasty, as to Why the dls-,
tributlng arrangerrients' promised In
the prospectuses, have not be6n
carried out in. one or two cases.
Sound

In part, this closing down Is due
to tlie sound-film boom. Some of
the producirig concornt here are
scared stiff of the f.uture. They
;Have sunk all their cash In silent
'films: these have not yet had a
release.. Now they are wondering
. ■ whether they are going to be out of
datie for the big key and first-run
houses,: on -w'hich so large a part of
booking revenue depends;^ The
Jieads of -the producing concerns
thus affectedV>aite figuring that by
the time they offer their stuff the
big houses, here and in the larger
provincial centers.^ will . I c wired,
and won't even look at first-run
prices for silont.'fllms. This will rc
act ajpain on the other, bi^ houses
riot' wired,' wTVich "will be T^^^
to.pay phonp iigurcs. for silent fea-
tures ' which liave to stack up
against their competitors' talkies.
It may be Tio bad thing if the weak
; sisters: .are f^haken out,- It win help
stabilize the position of the sound
concerns, of which there, are at least
Vfour.' Jloantlme it will ijhaUe pub--
.H • arid city confidence, . and even
the 'regular producing companies
;.will ,1)0 hit by the stock riiarkct
deprcssigri.

Americans Want League in
On Restrictions and Quota

■ , Paris, Oct. , 23.
raris branch of the International
Ghanhiber of Commerce has been
approached by several Amerlc/n
film representatives in an effort to
interest the League of Nations in
the European film restrictions and

The oil fnber' is sounding out the
views of all concerned and if the
plan is feasible an inyostigatiuri
committee will be formed and their
findings .sent on to the League,

European Houses Wired
By British Pbtophone

London, Oct 23.
. British : iPhototone/ dislc; system,
has signed a contract with the . Sie:;
men Electric .Corp, for sound, equipi-
ing of theatres in. BiMtairi, Germany
and France. .. .

• This is the British equivalent, ot
Westcril Eiectric's tieup' oh .yita.r
phone and Movietone. ■

PARIS' FIRST TEKER
FROM DANE'S DEVICE

• Paris, 0( t, 23.
The Cameo Cinema, under Au-
bert's . managoment , Avent "talker"

0. 0t' 19 using what is known as the
Maumpnt- Peterson-Paulsen patents
for its sound effectSv. The two last

named are Danes.

Gaiumont'S' vocal introduction
came through in clear register, but
the . musical accompaniment to the
picture . was ' jarring.. The pviblic
re.sponse to the innovation was ono
of mild interest, . generally favorable

1, ut lacking great erithusiasm.;-

Newspaper comment calls atten-
tion.: to annoying waltT for the
changing .of reels,: : but • view is ex.
pressed that this defect is remedi-
able.' . • ■' '

Gil Boag Told He

Can*t Stop His Wife

' . • ' London, , pet; 23.
Gil . Boag's sought f oi- in junction
against Gild^ 0rfey has been reftised
by the Court; Eoa'g's intention' ,\<'as.
to prevent Miss 'Grey; frpm- appear-
ing in "Piccadilly," British , made
film.-,. .

Cburt refti.Sed on the ground Boag
had no covenant to p;reverit hi^ wife
frprii woi?kirig for anyone .and hid
not contracted to place her in a
•film following"Tbe DeVil Dancer;",
which the dancer made for. Para-
mount, ,

Decision on action cp^ts has been
suspended pending Bdag's suit for
bread! . or contract.

FDINEWS

Paris Film Bills

Paris, Oct 23,,
LeOw-Meti-p Cinema presented
Ingram's "Garden of Allah", in its
new bill late last week. Did nicely
biit rio sensation.

Pai-amount has "Love and Learn."
"Ben Hur" is tremendous at the
Gaumont palace following, its long
Paris run at another house. So big
Is business that picture -vvill run
anpther month, a;ithougti hotjse ppl-
icy is weekly change.

FrancG-(ierinaii Film Swap

[ores

By FRANK SCULLY

No Double Features

'.London,- Oct. 23.
. Fi nd ing^ that a double . feature
program Would run the program
over three hours, the management
of Loew's new .Empire has decided
to open -with a single picture.

Film will be Metr'o-Goldwyn-
Mayer's "Trelawrtey of the 'Wells,'
titled on your side as "The Actress,"

Plaza's First Talker

Londbnv Oct. 23.
Although the Plaza will not take
to dialog. plctur.es for another six
months, the opening talking feature
is listed tp be "Interference" (Par).

■ ; , Washington. Oct. 20;
Summary, of reports received by
the motion picture section of the
pepartment of Commerce:

During the first nine, months of
19•^S, 550 feature lii.ms were trade
shown in Great Britain. Countries
of origin: United States, 441; Ger
many, 62; Great Britain, 53; France
17; Italj', 4; Russia, 2; Denmark, 1
Subsidiary of "Tobis"
Board .'of. Directors . pf Tonbild
Syndicate A. G. (Tobis), .of Gerr
many, has formed a special cbriipany
under the name of Deutsche Gesell
schaft fur Ton urid Bild . (Degetb),
with an initial capital of 500, OQO
marks. This company will be en ^
trusted with the practical realiza-
tion of the industrial and artistical
tasks of the syndicate; Ori^e. of these
tasks will be the application of
sourid-filhi processes to inistructional
and educational filniS.

Pictures in Austria
Ag. a result of .the recent aflillia-
tion of the Sascha Film A. B. of
Vienna with Briti.sli' International
Pictures, the president of the Brit-
ish concern, Maxwell, has been in
A'^ienna in negotiation, with the
Sa.scha Tilm A. G. looking, toward
the production of a number of Brit
ish pictures in Austria in ■\vhich the
English istar, Betty Balfour, Will
play the title roles. ;
Guatemaleh News Films ;
A local company has been organ
ized to take news ^ pictures in the
country lor exhibition abroad as
well as in Gtiatemala,- according to
a report from Consul General G. K
Donald, . Gua,temala. Idea is to
counteract the claimed wrong im
piression. given; by. American produc
•ers. Promoters are Manuel Monge
and Arturo Quinonez, picture pho-
tographers in con junction with the
E!5tudio de Artes Graficas Matheu.
10 C. -O. No. 1, Guatemala Citiyr.

Nice,': Oct, 1.1,.-
Competition has . begun to .put a
IvOen edge cm uptertainment hpi-o.;
Long dulled by the- French ide'a. ol
two and sometimes three full length,
and badly scratched, antiques run-
ning from ^ nine p. m. to midnight a;;
tiie higUeat form of amusemen.t,. the
managers lived to a i-ipe old age
without worries. Buf a fe-yv; yeai-t;
a-fjp American movie interests begrtn
making inroads into th^lr : paradise
and. this . year French chains Ka-^^o
been fornried , to -fight back.,:

The Imperatbr was a deluxe hotel
on. the Promenade des Anglaiis.. Mr.
Ford's new automobile first went bh
display there and soon afterwards
.Jaques Peres decided to piit a thea-
tre in its place. So he changed the
imperial crest and ciallisd it "Casino
de Paris/' , This .Week -it opened,
the only house oh the Prdmeriadc
one 'df tive swellesit shore streets in
the world, and^itopencd with some
thirig hot, possessing, local, intei-efet
to boot. It premiered with Lepnce
Perret's "The Orchid Dancer*" star
ring Kicardo Cortez and Louise Le
Grange.

Aside from being; produced by the
best director in France, the, picture
\vas md>de in its; entirety' in Nice
last winter. With Ferret here at
present making "Possession," :Jeari
Jaques Peres could be heard snick-
ering audibly at the pretensions of
the Rialtp. But hold! ; What's this
groing , up on the Rialto's marquee
for the opening week? "Breakfast
at Sunrise," Constance. Talmadge's
latest picture. And have not the
papers been full pt Constance, newly
arrived on the Riviera, and thrilled
at the chance of making "Venus"
under le Maitre Mercanton for
United Artists? And will . npt la;
belle Talmadge; attend the opertirig?
They have, arid she -svill.

Whereupon Jeah Peres rinay be
pardoned for burning up: The Rial to
has played a better trump and- his
grand sia;hi finds him piie down in-
.st.ead, Everybody .knows Connie
Talmadge is in tp'wfri today. ^

Another New Theatre

The third theatre to open is also
(Continued on page 50)

British Film Field

By Frank Tilley

- Criticize U Policy

• Paris, Oct. 23;

American film men here are criti-^
Cizing Paul Kohner for the inter-^
views he has been .broadcasting on
Uniyersai's proposal to do a great
deal of producing abroad.

Americans had always fpllDwed
the ptrinclple of discouraging idea
that American prpduptiori 'Would go
Into overseas producing on whole
sale scale;

FILMS FOE 6,000 SCHOOLS

"Moscow, Oct. 10.
Soviet Government has announc-
ed that 6,000 school.*! throughout
Russia will shortly be equipped with
cinema facilities.

London, Oct. 12.

British Acoustic Filriis, Gau-
riiont sound. Subsidiary, has been
trying its stuff out at the. Gapitoi7
No ■ sensatipQ; over it. They are
preparing; to deliver apparn;tus al-
most at orice.. offering .complete'. in-
stallation for around $2,000, on in-
stnllments. They h.avo some 50
shorts availabie for -the-, theatres
which take their . equipment.

Another concern, British "Photbv
phone; allied • With the Brunswick
record interests, has a lar^^e num-
ber- of subjects made, ami is pre-
paring to giv(»' a. full length'.' pro-
gram demonstration in tpwn.

Meantirne the Exhibitors' Associ-
ation, which has had a committee
sitting for a couple of mc^nths to
rei)ort on the sound situation, de-
clares this week, it will be two
years before talivcrs can even he
considered as existing beyond the
experimental stage.

The rjoport says a' new technical
and screen ijresentation has to be
niaateredv^ (Vivd= the=reprodiiction;^-o£
speech in large . lialls has to be
enonnwisly improved. In .any case,
they go on, it .seems unlikely the
first attempts will be available boi
fore the end .of next year.

The report goes on to tell how
the. Western Electric installation
contract off^^red here only leases the
cciiiipment to a theatre for 10 ycar.'^,
and the cost Is $23,9l;3 on the first
year, followed by a possible yearly
cost of $780, This is -without the
extra cost of film anticipated from

the distributors handling synchro-
nized features.

Then it goes on:< "It should be
mTTdgn^^rfffeliy: "Jilairi^^^^^^
only 'for. iristaUation of apparatus.
"The dfestvibutor •vvho, is exploiting
his film, has not y^t appeared on
the scehC'. He is likJely to be much
In evidence, at; a later date with an
'exclusive;, 'n'hip. Thcf coinrriitt'oe
has not .'thf' slightest; he'sitation ' in
recommending exhibitors not to
si.!*ri any con.trfict that ties them
clusively to .tiie' use. of any aippara-
tus .fpr a partictilar product. This
is not aimed at Western Electric,
but applies to any agreements • by
whatever firms of . whatever na-
tionality engaged in the sale of any
kind of apparatus.

"Exhibitors will be very i'o.olish
to sign coritracts for the installa-
tion of apparatus if attempts are
made to make a: condition that a
year's output of films of the par-
ticular firm must be taken. A very
determined stand will have to be
.ljlktQ^&a.JJbLa.tJiyb^ath.et=Uae.-,tOEms^b^
purclmse are rental, hire-purchase
or purchase outright . the exhibitor
secures to himself the right to rc-
pro'duco on that apparatus any
method of sound reproduction for
whioli it is suitable.

"Unless the exhibitor .''tands firm
for iriterchangeability of lllms so
that he can take the best advantage
of the market which is available,
talking or sound, films will idevelop
iri.to a stranglehold through which
.(Continued on page 60)

NEW COLOR FIRM

^ London; Oct. 23.
A new .colored film ^compariy is
being floated this w^eek tmder the
title of Polychromide with a capital
of $2,.500,000. This is the two color
system already used by Pathe here
and invented by Arthur Hamburger,
believed to originally have been an
American cameranian.

Company. ■s\-ill produce full .length
color .Tubjects ■ directed . by Arthur
Maude.

Paris, pet; 23, .
Utterly disregarding the 60 per
cent, film quota systemi for foreign-
nations ■v^'hlch is -now in effect,
Fi'ance, thrpukh Minister bif Educa-
tion Herriot, lias Corifiplete.d a deal
with the Germans., for the ' 29^30
-supply under; which -100 German
pictures will be shown in F-rrtnce .
and 3» French films .wiil be shpwn
in Germany, without, either nation
buying any plptui^es frPm the. other.

The agreement means ' that Gerr
rnany may send 10 more pictures to
France next year than it did in
192S without any extra expense,
while' France will increase: its ex-
ports to Geirmany by fiye. The trade
is good, biisinoss for France/ as the .
Ger"mans ha.d figured on cutting .
down on their French .rentals. .

According to those who .kn'ow, .
the: new cinema accord is a resiilt
of the astute manipulation of Jean.
Sapene, the French prpducer who;
is responsible for . the Irestrictipn
law which hits; the Arheripan indus- .
try hard. He ' recently Journeyed
tP Berlin where he fpted all the ;
native producing oflflcials and
learned what the boys across the
Rhine had in! mirid to'rt^ard French
productipn- ■

When Sapene. returried to; Paris,
Minister Herriot let it be knpwn
that he was abo.ut tp- visit the Ger-
mari capital to collect material for
a book he. was writing. However', '
upon his. arrival in Berlin he; was '
greeted by- the picture trade and
was constantly in company with
filTtt men..

A Tip .

The new deal ife' seeti here as d.
direct slap ac the. American trade,
inasmuch as it fPreshadows a policy
of the twor riiations to bpost each,
other's product. . ' . :

Likewise the transaction serves
as a tip to the Americans on how
the two nations propose in future
to negotiate with the rest of the
■world . for next year's supplies of
flickersi.

The undercurrent Pf belief here
is that' all the -European distribti-
tors ' will get: together to use, as
rpuch of each other's pitCUres as
possible, making common cause
against the asceridaricy of the
American product.

As having some bearing on the
relation of the national goyern-
ments toward the film industry, It
is .noted that Alfred Hugenberg,
German magnate and newspaper
owner, has been chosen as head of
the Nationalist party, hinting at a
political tieup with moviedom.
Hugenberg is pwncr of UFA.

LACHMAN STALLED

; , London, ■ Oct. . 23!

Harry Lachmari's prodiiction of
"Under the Green\yopd 'tree" for
British International, has been post-
poned as Dorset county exteriors
.carinot. be .shot until summ.er.

Nothing as 'yet has been . .schedul-
ed for, Lachman in itsj place.

Victpr's British Branch
Will Make Vita Records

London, Oct. 23. .
Western Electric has licensed His
Master's Voice Gramaphone Oom-
pany, British sul)sidiar.y of Victor,
to malfe -the synchronized disks for
use here on Vitaphone.

JJEW RAW STOCK MAKER

Sol N^wmari has acquired eoritrol-
of a new make of film for which a
claim is made -that it nvill neither
break or scrat9h. It costs $2 more
per spool than the regular stpcic. '

Newman local representative
for FBO and Is European repre-
sentative for Robertson-Cole.

'Simba' Moves in London

. . Lpndon, Oct. 23.

"Simba," the picture which sur-
p%sed /the nativps by doing some
real-bu,sinesSf-.^clo.sed^at=the--Palaoe
Saturday to let Clayton and Wal-
ler's "Virginia" come in this Thurs-
day. ^

The animal picture will reopen
Oct . 29 at Philharmonic Hall, '

7

.Arrikino, distribution orgariizatibri -
for, Soviet filnis, will handle, all fu-
ture ; releases, itself, Zakora, and'
Arthur Hamirierstein have . the
rights on some of the former prod-
uct, .. , ■

Amkino has emphasized that De-
Russa is a German, concern and
cannot handle Rus.sian filins except
for Germany. A: deal exists be-
tween DeRiissa, jand; Sovkino, the
Ru-ssian film monopoly, for . inter-,
chfinginp. actors and directors.

Among • the pictures Amkino will
releasie in America this .season arc
"ydllagc- of Sin,':' directed by a
'\voman, Olga Preobrazen.skaya;
"I'he Yellow Ticket,'* "Ph.angh,ml-
Document" and "The Descendant of
Ghani.'S Khan.",^

Olcott's Case Up

London, Oct. -23.
Sidney blcott's case against
British Lion fpr alleged breach of
contract is scheduled for a hear-
ing at the present session with 01-
l cott . in America.

P. a T. m TIVOLI NOV. 26

When M-G-M's tenancy on the
TivoU coa*Jcs NoV, 11, the theatre
will be closed for a fortnight to
undergo redecoration.

Provincial CinematogrUjih' "Tliea-
tres takes over the hou.'^e Nov.,2li, at
which time .Norma Talmadge'.'^
"The Woman • Disputed," (U, A.)
will open.

Roberty Fryer, musical director
of a picture house In Glasgow, will
be the baton gymnast here when
P. C. T. takes over the house.

Wednesday, October 24, 1928

P I C T U RES

VARIETY

PRODUCTION

Question of Intefchange of
Sound RcicOKds Raised by
Us€» of Bristolphone oh
Vitaphohe Equipment in
Bryla wski's Mager^to wn,
Md., House — Western
Electric Cagey About pis-
closing Its Intents Toward
Rivail Systems

•BOOTLEG* EFFECT BAD

rec-T

"Western Electric does not
ognize any competition in %he; talker
field. J. E. Otterson, i)resident of
Electrical Research Products, uses
this to dismiss the subject of In
terchanBcability. Refusing; to see
newspapermen, Otterson continues
in an official statement, prompted
by the Brylaiwski case, that his com
pany during 1929 will be prepared
to make 12 installations per day by
increasing present mass production
from 150 to ^50 equipments monthly.

Stating that Western now has its
devices in 700 theatres and that
millions have been invested in these
talkers, Otte'rson refers to claims of
interchangeability, saying, that it
is upon these that competitive
equipments are, offered for sale.
- Declaring that a demonstration on
a single instrument is different than
the same on hundreds which must
be serviced, Otterson observes:
. . Statement

"We have not. denied and do not
deny these various claims, but we
do point out that making a public
demonstriation with a single instru-
ment is quite a dlffer'eht matter
than carrying on the business, of
supplying and servicing the equip-
ment necessary for commercial
operation of talking movies in hun-
dreds of theatres.

''We cannot be expected to make
a public statement of approval and
acceptance every time- a nevy device
is offered for sale."

Touching on .wh.at he believes is
the "essence of this question of in
terchangeabilitr," Otterson conlin
ues:

"When, such devices in significant
numbers have: been Installedi and
maintained in successful commcr
cial operation, over a reasonable
time, the facts willjdetermine them-
selves without any statement on
our part. This is a matter that
Will be settled by the facts and not
by the claims of interested parties."

Because film leaders have adopted
W. E. methods OtlersOii concludes
that his company will ."make every
-.-effort to measure. up to this respon-^
slbility." ..• ■

First National and the Electrical
Research Products Co., of Western
Electric went . up in the air when
.word was received that Vitaphone
roco.rds were being run, off on a
Bristolphone device in A. Julian
Brylawski's Academy theatre, Hag-
erstown, Md. ' Ned Depinet, sales
head for the producing company,
. heatedly declared that a fast one
.had • been pulled and that "Lilap
Time" had been booked by the house
in its .silent state. Western Electric
executives said that only J. E. Ot;
terson, president of the talker com^
pany, could issue a statement , and
< that he was in Chicago, They -ad
mitted, however, that their entire
legal department will investigate
every detail.

The Hagefstown incident is the
first , out and out 'free lance sound
equipments talcing on W.' E. repro-
duction. '

Bp.th^J5S^,..EL_and^-.Hrat.^2^
executives refused point blank to
answer the following question:
Whether or not Western Electric
did not hold a film producer, be-
fore gn-xnting him the right to. use
either of its two talker devices, to
the promise that the producer-
distributor would play its product
so .iioundod only on W. E. equip-
ment, .

"I ran't answer it," was Dcpinot's
reply. "I don't know. I won't an-

Support Sol Bloom's Reelection

With SoV Bloom again ruhhihg for his fourth term as Congresa-
rrian from the ; 19th Congressional District in New York City, It la
Questionable if the show busiiiess, collectively or individually. ba»
furnished support, morally or. financlsLlly, tO' "the theatre Congress-
man" as he is called by his colleagues in Washington .

Mr, Bloom Is about, the singlet representative of the show business.
In the national hall of legislation. lie has been watchful of the
•theatre's interest at the Capitol; has made himself_Jieard^n sev-
eral measures of importance, to the show tirade, of any aivislbn, and
especially for pictures and the legit.

Without . intimation or request from Mr. Bloom, wh'p: bad con-
ducted his own elective campaigns !with6ut solicitation fot funds,
the . le^-st the big concerns oi the theatre might do Is to express
appreciation of the Congressman's continued watchfulness ^nd
effort for them by voluntarily con tuibut'lng to his campaign fund.

There has been no esipeoial caijse for Congressman Bloom.'s aieal-
ousness in beha,lf of the show business, other than his kno'wiedge of
and his experience in it in other days. A substantial acknowledg-
ment i-lght how might convince Mr. Bloom that the show business
l after all is not the stony hearted jailor so' many believe It to, be.

Mr. Bloom is running on ' the Dembcratic ticket in onei of the
largest and strongest Republican districts in New York. He car-
ried the district with unexpected and unusual majorities for his
previous, three terms. That, however, do'es not prevent each re-
curring' pampaign being one of hardship and heavy expense for thie
candidate. "

Fox After S(&es 128 Houses

HenigsQn's New I) Job

. . Lbs Angeles, Oct. 23.
Word received here f roni New
York staites that Henry Henigsbn,
former general, manager for Uni-
|"Vcrsal studios, has been, appointed
general production manager of the
Universal foreign and American
production.

His headttuarters will not be per-
manent but Is to travel between
studios which are turning out prod-
I ucts for release by his company, ■
At the present time Henigsbn is
in London attending to a personal
t matter for Carl Laemmle.

William
oii'cuit oC.
New York
there is a
Ing. ,

swer it," Charles Bunn, sale's chief
of Electrical Research stated.
Won't Talk
Other executives in the downtown
office of W. E. replied: that they
were not at liberty to discuss con-
tracts made by their company with
film producers. They r;ef used point
blank to provide Viiriety with a
copy of the contract- or to divulge
any Of its contents. In the Hagers-
town case they evaded to .the point
of passing the buck to First Na-
tional, saying that the relations: be-
tween the producer and the ex-
hibitor were up to the producer.

On the subject of Bristolphone; a
Western Electric oiffl.cial stated that,
it had never been officially tested
by his company to determine
whether it was physidally inter-,
changeable or not. He said he be-
lieved there was a clause in the con-
tract with producers which okayed
the use of indie: 'j'luipnient - which
was equal in : quality to the W. E.
device. As to outwardly preventing
interchangibility he ' stated:

"There is a auestioiv whether we
have the legal right to stop It. The
same thing applies to First Na-
tional.'' He added: "It is a very
complicated situation, even to us
here."

Buiin- Depinet Versions

Bunn declared that despite that, he
is the contract gatherer for the elec-
tric company, he was not In a posi-
tion to interpret the: cpnti-act. On
the Ha gerstown showing the only
rorort he said he had received was
that the sound was bad. He stated,
however, that his company did not
"approve" of W, E. sounded pictures
being reproduced over^ any system
but those controlled by his com
pany,

Depinet, later in the week, re-
fused to discuss any phase of the
Brylawaki case , or to answer any
questions concerning the Western
Electric contract. Despite the fact
that almost ' a . week ^had elapsed ,
since "Lilac Time" had been played
Jn. Hagcrstown, First National's
sales chief stated that, up to this
writing, he had not received a re-
port from the exchange .and sales
division covering the Maryland
territory,.

Stating that if Brylawski had run
"Lilac Time" in a soap box he could
not have stopped " him, Depinet ex^
pressed ignorance of the word : "in-
tcrchangability" as It applies to
sound devices. He said that h^ had
not been able to reac^i Brylawski
a., the latter was in Toronto at the
exhlb convention. As to whether
"The Whip" (F-N) would go to the
Academy following "Lilac Time,"
Depinet stated, "It will go in only
a,s a silent picture."

How Brylawski got the records
for ''Lilac Time" was termed a
mystery by Depinet.

Report first emanating from the
JtatfirjaaJJLojo^Li^JBrialolphoiouj^^^
utors, 'Inc., in New York, which
takes credit for installing the de-
vice In Brylawski's house, wa.H tii.at
the exhibitor had not used W. E.
records but had had special, if
similar, , disks made.

Hagerstown's Sound

Wa.shlngtQn, Oot. 23.
Bristophbne, installation in Julian
Brylawski's Academy, Hagerstown,

Md., was used for a Western Elec-
tric recording of First National's
'Lilac Time" the first four days
of last week. "The. "Whip," an-
other W-E. recorded F-N picture,
in for the last two days of the same
week, was shown with a silent
print, word coming from the F-N
exchange here to play the picture
silent.

No court move was niade during
the showing of "LUac Time" that
would have lead to a test case of
the Interohangabllity of a record-
ing by one company on the repro
ducing instrument of another firm's
machine.

What heppened between the
Western Electric officials and those
of F-N. . Alan Bachrach, manager
of the Hagerstown house, does not
know. . The order to use the silent
print of "The Whip," after adver
tising it as with sound came on the
third day of the four day span of
"Lilac Time." -

Variety's reporter Journeyed to
Hagerstown to listen to the Bristol-
phone, development. The equipment
is . operated with electrlcl sjrn
chronizatlon and a disk. It was
obvious that the reproduction was
not right, the net result not meas-
uring up to other wired houses.

Synchronization was not timed
properly with sound effects and ac
tion missing both ways. This was
true throughout the entire film; and
not confined to any one reeL Op
erator may have been at fault In
tills regard as there were bad
breaks in switching machines,-

Chief trouble was the low repro
duction, there being very little vol
ume at any time. When stepped up
at the close of tKe plctm* It was
decidedly harsh and raspy. Tend
ehcy seemed to be to hold It down
to avoid this raspiness. In doing
so the sound eltect was of little or
no value although the house is

smaiL :" . .. -

Manager Bachrach admitted the
fault . in the speaker and amplifier
but thought it a matter of adjust-
ment..

Interchangability

That Wamera, In their Vita con
tract y/ith Western Electric, 'are
licensed to make records that will
be used only on that electric com-
pany's reproducting equipment def
ihitely places a damper on the "in
terchangability" hopes of Indies
This and the statement that Victor
keeps a library In Camden from
which any cxhib may rent a plain
musical score and play It on any
equipment, providing he has the
es.sential turn table, is offered from
a responsible source as chief rea
sons for the little interest mani
fosted by the Warners In the Bry-
lawski case.

The fact that "Lilac Time" la
not Vitaphone, according to War
nprites,=and--that- non-synchronized
records could be used In the-Central,
wired by Western Electric, leads
them to believe that Brylawski
rer.ted a sot of these records from
the Camden library and played
them on the Bristolphone equip
mont, just as the record for. one
phonograph is interchangable with
another.

While the library in admitted to
be an out for exhlbs who have in

Stage and Screen

Directors on Film

, Los AngeieS, Oct. 23.
Production began this week at the
Metropolitan studios, where sound
stages were opened on talking se-
quences of "The Carnation Kid,"
starring Douglas McLean for Chris-
tie.-.

Leslie Pearce, stage director, was
brought In to do the talking se-
quences, with E.. Mason HoppOr di-
recting the, silent portion.

Dialog was written by Al A.
Cohn, who is also supervising the
production. „

Along with ^is acquisition Of over
150 Iride pictv^re houses in Greater
Now York, FOx is moving toward
other acquircmi;nt.si. These are In
10 surrounding territory of the east,
with Fox said to-be making' consld-
crabli' pirogress. ■

The Schine transfer If accom-
plished: takes, Univorsal's 25 percent;
in the Schirie chain. It would also
bust up the Western New York buy-,
ing combination (exhibitors) formed
along the lines of the now defunct
£?haplrO organization.

Should the Fox -Schlne deal go
through; It Is under.stood that J.
Meyer Schlne will coiiflnue -as the
operator of the Schlhe houses.'

Cup Dinner at Biltmore

The AMPA dinner, heralded as
Anglo-American, will come off at
the Biltmore, New York, on the
night of Nov. 13.

Visiting British journalists will
be honor guests and the puDllclty
men will award the w. k. cup to the
individual they believe has done
most to bHng about a better un
derstanding between tb© English
and Anr.erican. film Industries.

U*8 Ice Films

Dr. Con.stantin Dumbrava, glad
oioglst and Arctic explorer, who
headed the Roumanian Greenland
Expedition, returned to New York
this week with moving pictures of
Greenland which he took for Unl
versal under special contract.

Expedition was away a year and
a half.

Fox is after the Schlne
128 houses In .up-sta,te
and . Ohio. It's repbrted
chance of the deal' clos^

Commercial Talkers

Detroit, Oct 2S.
Indu.strial use of Movietone In
Detroit is being illuistrated , by the
Graham-Paige. Motors Corp., which
has- completed" a talker for dales
promotion, among the factory's dls-
trlbtitors and dealers,
. The first demonstration of talking
pictures projected by' portable
equipment took place at the General
Motors Building the .first halif of
the week.

MUSICAL COMEDY UNIT

Roach Plant . Troupe , for Stiidiip
Proiiuction Listed 'for Dec 1.

NINE STATES IN 30 DAYS

Los Angeles, Oct. 23.
j. ' Frank Shea, assistant sales
manager of the western division for
FBO, is employing trains, airplanes
and automobile to cover his terri-
tory In his final sales trip of the
season.

Shea has 30 days to cover nine
western states.

technicians' Screen Credit

Technicians who gauge the sound
in Movietonlng Fox pictures nOw
get screen credit. This Is accord-
ing to a ruling received In the home
office from W. R. Sheehan.

. Pirgt three engineers who. will see
their name.i on the screen arc CI. F.
Aiken, F, B. Mackenzie and K. W.
Hansen,

23;

Olive Borden Sailing

Los Angeles, Oct.
Olive Borden completed her
eighth free lance picture since leav-
Ing Fox and is now eriroute to New
York with her mother.

Mi.ss Borden plans , to sail . for
Europe.

die equipment, yet no record.s with
dialog or recOrds that assure a per-
=f(>cb=.8ynGhronlzation =^^^of: .sound .^ra
[ available at the library, it wa.H . said.

A W. E, olficlal was all oxcitod
when asked about the* library .sys-
tem in New Jera*'y. "J^id t)n-y Hay
that In Camden?" ho askt-.r ull in
heat. Then the u.sual run-ar'."'!!'!
was resortr«d to, exc;oj)t,"ThfTft iHn'L
anything to that. The Victor p'.'opJ"
I arc on the same ba.sis fi.s !iny pro-
ducer who .secures a lic-n.-^v f''jf'

U8."

Los Angeleii, : (Dct. 21 ;
Hal: Roach, returning . from New
York, states he will start immedl^
ately on f orniatlon . of a complete
musical comedy, unit, si^rnlng sev-;
oral stage artists and engaging »
chbrus. Sound equipment Is due.af ,
the studio Nov. 15 and production
will start Dec. 1. Victor engineers
reach the plant Oct. 26. Units now
In work will continue,

Sound Jind dialog; will be added
to all pictures unrelcased. Under >.
five year contract with Victor,
Roach will have full access to ail
Victor facilities In the w^iy of
equipment.

Jeff McCarthy in Charge
Of Fox's Movietone City

Lo.s Angeles, Oct,. 23,
When Fox dedicates its new
Movietone City Oct, 28, the sound
piant at Fox Hills, all {synchronized
production, will go under and be In
cbmrpletc charge of J. J. -McCarthyi
Latter moves his offices Into the
new buildings. , / ■
. McCarthy, who once hum.med "Le'
Marseillaise" • whfencVer the Ideal
existence was broached, now claims
he was born hero, has a large
hou.'io In Beverly mils and a butler
goes with. all invitations.: He's also
doing some work.

N Y. to L. A.

Roy Coffin. •
Our Gang.
Raymond HachetL
Wlllard Mack. .
Ciiarles R. Rogers
George Barnes
Edwin Carewe.
I^om .Jerome.
Con Conriul.
WtUard Mack
I'Ycd Ho'.'tson.

_j^yAn<'>:H_}'^MV.}P^.:. :..

I^fTtty Jironsonl '
John Cromwell.

L. A. to N. V.

I'C.iliu'j.'j.
LfVlt;.ird.
i .Sl'imar.

J. J. i>y;!;r

J, A. V'.'il' riLine

8

VARIETY

PICTURE GROSSES

Wednesday, October 24, 1928

**Foor Tops Own

at

Hi

Ciiicagq and Oriental Each Up $2,(K)p--4l 1,000 for
Rin.Tin-Tin*s First Bark— Roosevelt, $10,000

7 " ■ Ciciigo, Oct. W. :

. Weather:. Rainy and Cold
. Last , wcolv Xs itnoascd a .. rt'curjl
bi'cukcr briiakiny it.s recurd. Tliis

. was .acconipliy'vi/cl by "The Singing
Fool," ^wlik-li o'lJcncMl. at MoVic-kfr's
above $51, 0(Hi and went to $03,01)0 on.
its sV(iX)nd' . wVckj- ' .playing oiglit
showa. daily at six-bits in a 2.200-
'srat house. Jbookfi like "Fool" is .go-
ing- to be a strong argiimieht agaiiist

■ future ,..$2 slio.\vings. . CliiL^ago . has
been pavtiouiarly' i;oiix.M-o\ia toAvard

. |2 tilm.-», aiid . in-orniei ing .at pop
prices Is givir.ij: Jblwinva' biggor and
bettei; .I-.OOP. cleanup: than .it could
ever got with- reserved s<^ats;

The Chicago: .went: up $2,000 to
regain its % 14,000"' cold. . weather
averairc -vv-ith: "While .the City
Sleop.^." - 'Comparatively, this is riot
as- strong art. other Chancy features

•Jiave. l>rtivdoUsly , draAvri in. Loop;
spots. One .factor protTably is;, that
"Singing Fool" is taking ciistoniors
frdnv all the big. -houses.. ..Oriental,
at - $42,000, with :-"l3eggars of Life",
wail, good.- Filrii was better than

.iiverage offerings at .this .house an.d.
iriust. have drawn sonie;. berries to
iielp. Ash.. . . ■

Opportunity .to. coiiipare the

. dr awing power .of -a .picture • with

r and without . sound . was given by.

■ United Artists. llQijsc wa.'r wired in
time for . the;, second and. last -week
of "Battle, of the Sexes" to be syn-
chronized. First week -wiia ■ $20,500,
and second, week $19,060.. This. Is
•leKs. than the customary drop for
second weck^^ a:t thc'.XJ.'.A.,. but nbt

. much. Starting cit s.ound .policy wati-
. extensively advertis.od. . •

"Mfin Who. ..La:ughs,'.' opening to
a, mild $20,000 at the • llooseyelt,
dropped to >lf),000 \in its; second
■week, but is .ht>ld over .agaih. .llin-
Tin-^Tin's .rir'»t barker, '.'Lan(Tl of the
Silv6r -Ftii" was strong, at. the Or-
plveiim .with $11,000;'. held pvcr..
Mindlin .Brotlvers closed their ten-
ancy of the Playhouse last week
• and are loca:Ily out of the picture
businp.';s until their proposed Gold
Coast Ivousfc. .opens .iriv February. . ,

: Estimates for Last Week -
•Chicago .(Publix) "While the City
Sleeps,"- sound -(i\u:G) a.n'd "I!abc-s

■ on B'way." ' I'ublLv unit . (;4,400 \
50-75). liogairied ■ average . cold
weather figure a.t. ,$44,000;. $2,000
risc;.

McV-icker's. (PUbU.x) "The Sing-
ing' Fool," Vila (W B) (2,200;
.50-75).. Second- week- bAjke .tirst
week recoid : of; $51,000 with ;$ri3, 000;
ej.ght shows daily, and packing the
oidewalk.

Monroe (Fi)x). "Sunrise," sound
(Fo>:) (970;. 50).. Second. Loop
shovving; good at $r).,'(;p0; held oyer.

Oriental (Publix) . '•Beggars of.
Life," sound (Pan-) and ."Bowery
Blues,". Put)lix unit .(3,2Q01; 50-75),
Filth better than, usual f.6r here;
. house "up $2,000 io-$4.2,060. : .
. Orpheum (Warnoi ) "I-and'.of the
Silver Fox," Vita (W P.) (7(i0-r)0).
Rin-Tin-Tin barks audibly for the
lirst tinio; $11,000 worth, of ciis-
tojuers; pood..

Playhouse (Mindlin) Valentino
revivals (COO.; 50-75). TheatjVs last
week as a. Mindlin auro-seater; re-
verts to legit; revival brought con-
Biderably ;ibove average; $;i.y00.

Roosevelt (Publix) "The Man
Who Laughs" .sound (U) (1.700;
e0-'75)'. Did $10,000 in second week;
otaying for third.

State- Lake (Ivi-ilb)
. Swagger" (Patlie)

■ (2.200; 50-75; ITeld to
000; decidedly better
has. been doing.

: Uni'ted.- Artrsts (TT A ) "Battle p.f
■ tlic- Sexes," sound ( I' A) . (1,702; 35

■ 75).- ariimiv iiroduetion : took on
isourid in- seerind. and llnal week;
'clidn*t- help much; ()pened to $20,-
500; -out . !U-.^$-!:i.Vi.i'>. . N"<'t: i-v) juvod.

MUSIC BOX'S $22,000
LEADS ALL PORTLAND

Jolson Does it— '^4 Walls,"
$13,800 Next— B'way and
Pan Each $11,000

"O apt a i n
and. vaude
■ around $^20,
than house

Lose 1 to

Ovorsc-ited eondifion; of iTiU-kiMi-
kaf'k.' N' J: has proiuptod the .Stan-
ley - Kal )ian i n I erest s ^ t o . i)raci le.a l ly

. scrai^ .'nne of its t rio of hou.'-es, to .
protect the reinain'ini; two.
. Kiir<>k:i. fuimr.ly d.^ublo feature
daily grind, , has been releivaled to'
a twortlay 'selieditle. Satin-(iay,>< and
Suniiays, lii'.t;lnn1n.g Ibis wck, -

Lyric continue.s va'udlilhi ,on a
Kldi't w<'fl<'lM>li<'y of Ji^H' nets buok-
cd thrtju^ih 'U-eilli's. .with, the Ori-
lana, gclilv.l^ sound last week, 'play-

^iltfl<oWiT^m^
change also,

ijc io S T li IVI E3 S

1

pnonrcTroNs

KXl'HIITATIONS

Pii.!-:,'-;KNJ'rATinNa

Portland, Ore., Oct. 23.
(Drawing Population, 310,000)

John Hamrick^s new Music Box
started a big "run last weeH ."with
•'The singing Fool," doing a busi-
net's :in excess of $10,000 for the
h>rst three days. Picture will prob-
ably be held ti\ree weeks; ;

The Columbia , has closed, indefi-
nitely. It .-vyiU most likely remain
dark or'be scild by UniversaL Henry
bliffy s now Dufwin opened success-
:ully; •

Est i m ates for Last Week
Ptfrtlarid (l>ublix- W! C.) (3,500 ;
do-CO) "Four Walls" (M-G). Went
wellV .& Al.:s "Denver Beauties,
stage show; did $13,800. .

Broadway:' (WC) (2,0.00; 35-60)
'•Dancing Daughters,". sound, (M-G) .
Good business; $11,000. ..

Pantages (Pah) (2,000; 35-50),
•'Street 6t Illusion." Registered
c;>kay M'ith vaiide; $11,000.
. Oriental, CXebbots) (2,700; 26-35)
"Hold 'Em Yale" (Pathe). Business
lair; $9,000^ v

; United Artists (Parker-WC) (1,-
200 ; 35-60). Second w(>ek of "Wom.-
.\h Pi'spufcd". hold up well; $10,500.

.Music Box (Hamriek) (2,000; 35-
50) "The Singing Fool" Vita (WBj.
Huge busines.s at $22,000. ■

Pufwin (Henry Duffy) (1,600; 25-
$1.25). Dramatic stock players- in
"The Bjid Man" with Leo Carrillo;
l)ig .openin.g -week at about $7,000.

"Jazz Mad" Couldn't

Draw Rent, $2,000

Denver, Oct. 21,
(Dirawlng Pop., 400,000)
Weather: Cold, Unsettled

Business took a slump at all
houses with a few exceptions, dur-
ing early part of week, when hrsi
cold siyell of winter descended. Sud-
den downpour of oold rain, which
later turned to snow, had the streets
deserted for two nights.

pop priced showing of "Wings"
(sound) at Jlial to beaded the pro-
cession for popularity, with "Sing-
ing Fool" (Sound) 2d week at Alad-
din . continuing to act as opposition
riiagnet. . Denver had fair week with
He.Ufvars. of Life<" although . not
generally popular. , "King of Kings,"
3id week at State, dropped down to
low gross.

Estimates for Last Week
Aladdi.h (Ihde) (l.nOO; 35-50-75)
'Singing Fool." (War). Holding
up. Over $10,000- lirst week, and not
leas than nine in following period.
■Heavy radio and phonograph ticups.

America (Inde) (1,500; 20-35-50)
"Win That Girl" (Kox). Not bad; at
$u,r)Oi), witi)L:sh()rtfa\_. j_

Colorado (inde) (2,450;. 15-2^)
".lazz i'Lad." Didn't pay rent. If
it. 'got $2,000 it got break. This,
house, roeently bankrupt, Is still, one
of town's big pU/izles. Nothing
delinite on whiit'.s: to bo done with
Jt. Gro.ssos are iiupo.ss.ib.le and in-
debtednes!^ piling up.

Denhant (Itidc dramatic stock)
(1.732; 25-$1.50). "The Shelf,'' with
I'.'raiices Starr as guest artist, proved
lyighly : enjoyable to those who saw
it,« but not chough did.. Business
btrtlt through the week, closing
ai'ound $0,700, perilo'usly - hear (he
under side of nut.

. Denver , (lyublix.) (2,450; 35-00)
"I :e,:;g:irs. of Life" (Par) and stage
.show may have toXiched $19,000i but
doubt fnl. '.

Ernpress (TA>vev vaudt^) (1,860;
1-5-21")),. "Scarlet Lady" (Col.)
stron.gc.-^t feature of this bill aug-
nictiled.by live ;iel.s on stage. Trade
growing, but st ill short of enough to
get . out Of red. ' ^iaybe $4".600.

Orpheum (KeiliO (1,600;. '35-40-
fiO) "I'liwer" (I'athe). About avcr^

::it;e .!U-..Sti.001K .:

RialtO . (l.'ublix) (1,050; 50-60)
"Wiiig.'i" (ParC) linetl "em lip where
lius n(-,v,s Iw^-'ti't bi-eii so hot in years.
jDer^pite small e.-ii'iaeity.' ' with six
' :. bows d;»ilV. ovVr ?t 1,000.
: State (I'athe) tl,12ti; 50), "Kiii.i;

of Kings" d'atlii-). Broke record?-
: Urst week, took iibmit half as mueh
.•-•iM-oiid week and droppyd. down to

THE PERFECT HOST

The PROVrDENCE-^BILTMORE
serves the commercial Interests as.
well as the fashionables of the
thriving City of Providence.

A feature of the success of this
famous hostelry is the: - capable
management of Mr. Duane yv'allick,
nationally ;kno'wnn as, and . right-
fully termed, the Perfect Host.

A MEYER DAVIS ORCHESTRA
is playing its third •recessive sea-
son at the Providence^Biltmbre.

Big Houses in L A. Tumble Over;

"DAUGHTERS" $9,000 IN
2D WEEK, MILWAUKEE

Jolson Still the Big Noise,
$45,000 in T\yo Weeks—
"4 Sons" Out

BALTIMORE FEELS LEL;
"SEXES" ONLY $14,000

Not Good for Stanley— 'Take
Me Home" Weak at Cen-
tury, $20,000

Milwaukee, Oct. '23. ■.
(Drawing Population, 650,000) •
Weather: Cold and Unsettled

Jolson is still the' ace at the Gar-
den. Turnstiles clicked off $22,000
for a total- of about $45,000 in two
weeks. -Nearly e-very picture on the
stem was in Its second 'week ; or
second showing.

The Majestic and "Dancing
Daughters" came back heavily with
a $9,000 second . week, "Four Sons '
ended three weeiks at a nominal
gross far below the $7,000 and gave
way to "Wihgsi" At thie Merrill,
where "Lilac; Tim6" liad its second
downtown sho\ying, this time silent,
figures hovered around $5,000.

"Simba" did - well in its second
showing at the New Pabst. It wa
here last year. . The Wisconsin can
thank Dave Schooler • for its busi
ness because "Piaist(?i-cd in Paris"
didn't mean much. Universal, had
a good wteek with "Melody of Love,"
but the picture was pulled in favor
of "Uncle Tom's :Cabin," .

!f;f,:'tHi oh thii d. ^«
Victory trubllx') ( I, MO;

in-no")

, 'T'.rolb.erly Lovo'^ iM-t^-M) last half
'M'-xw in ' sone tbiti.!; like $S)5'0 or
I $1,000. .

• -r Baltimore, O.ct. 23.
(Drawing Population, 925,000)

Transition of the type of enter-
tainment at the combos continues,
it is every body'5 secret that these
nouses have found the going rather
rough since the passing of westerns
and the coming of stage shows to
the first runners. The N[ew Gar-
den, the combo, K-Ot pictiire house,
is now grabbing unit shows when-
ever it can get Vxem. The Hipp
has also found this type of stage
entertainment preferable to a head-
iino name act.

"Singing Fool" got off to what
was apparently an s. r. d. start.
Mats were under somewhat- for the
.iecohd wcelc, but nights continued
capacity at the uptown Met. The
l-»alace, former Columbia burleequc
stand, and recently a combo house
with resident burlesque, folded up
Satui-day night. Its future is un-
known. A rumor, that the housi
would go Pan was pretty well dis-
proved during the week. .

With Ford's back in the legit
ranks the first runs have the field
to themselves. Last week was de-
cidedly off in all hou.ses but t,hc
•ombos. Weather was a contribut-
ing factor, being unusually hot.
Coupled to this was . the annua!
I'^obd Show.

Century topped .the downtown list
but .was under its recent average
with "Take Me Home." "The Stan-
li-y was way under \vith ".Battle
(/C the Sexes" and the Rivoli ■ wa.^--
low with "Hit of the Shcnv." Va-
lencia was also p.oor with "Baby
(Jyclone." "Excess Baggage" got
less than it should have at the up-
town Parkway. : The new Garden,
however, was upgrade with "For-
eign Legion. ".The Hipp also showed
an upward trend with "Bed Mark,'
Estimates for .Last Week
•Century (Loew) "Take Me Home"
(Par) (3,200; 25-60). Under, usual
draw; picture lacked big b. o. puU;
laces now on at Laui-el, drawing
livci time — crowd "'and- -pre-elcction^
r.;idio speeches creating a sfay-a.t-
liome problem; about $20,000 good,
but not what has come ; to be ex-
;)ected; -

Stanley (Loew, Stanley-Crahdall)
••H.-atie of the Sexes," sound (UA)
(3,000; 25T-60); Very, bad; house
needs, big b. o. magnets; week in-
.-luguraled Loew. Movietone act.«;
not over $14,000. . :.

Valencia (Loew, U A) '-'The Baby
Cyclone" (wired) ' (1,500; 25-50).
.■\nbther low ■week, in fact, very
poor; picture, and title nothing to
buck competition and weather; not
over $3,400.

Rivoli (Wil.son Amusement Co.)
•Hit of the Show" (FBO) (wired)
C2.100; 25-60)., Off ; ..hot weather
and Food Sh.ow blamed; picked up
.sli.u:htiy.wilh,advmt of cool wealh<'r
I'-ridny but it was .too late to make
any showing on the week; Joe
ilrown, appearing here in his. first
.Hill length, pl'cture, created fayor-
.'ble impression.

New' Garden (Sehanberg<«\-s''.
="'^l''orr^ljjit"^Til:^irion"^^(^-i=^- and -'-^^^
iS.liOO; 25-50). Over $12,000 re-
'^'M'fed, upgrade.

Hippodrome (Pearco t^- Scheck)
•The Bod Mark" and K-O vaud..-
.1.1^200; 25-50). . Reported a pi-etty
:'.(i<id' week, all things considi>reil.

Parkway (Loew, UA> "l-lxee.^s
Maggago" (M-G) (wired) (1,000; 15-
:!5). Haines didn't do all that was
eyi-K>cted in view of big downt'nvn
■>howjhg in .same pietm-e; weather
anil competilion contributing causes;
not over $3,400., .

. "Estimates for Last Week .

Alhambra (U) "Melody of Love"
sound, - (U)r (1,800; 25-35-50). First
all-talker in this house and okay- for
one week; good critics' comment;
around $10,000.

Garden (Brin) "Singing Fool"
Vita, (WB) •(l,200;25-50-^75). In sec-
ond week held them out daily ; bet-
ter than $22,000.

Majestic (Brin) "Dan.Cing Daugh^
ters" ■ (Cosmo^M-G) (1,500; 25-50-
75). Second week on sileiit. screen
went to $t><''-i)0, the 1-ieight of some-
thing or other. .' .

Merrill (Fox) "Lilat.- Time" (FN)
(1,200; 10-25.-40). Second downtown,
showing, picture previously at Wis-
consin'; ran into $5,000 class.- -with
silent version. ■ -.

Pabst (i3rown) "Siinba" (1;500;
50-75-$!). In a. legit houso and was
here last year also; better than
$8,000. ■

Palace (Keith) '"The Whip" (FN)
(2,400; 25-50-75). Vaude had the
billing; over $18,000.
• Riverside (KeithX. "Gang War'.'
(FBO) (3,000;25-40-50)., Pic t u r c
had even break with '. vaude; ovor

$11,000. ' ■•

Strand .(Fox) "Four Sons" sound
.(Pox) (1,200:25-50-60-75). "Third and
lasf week for picture; .riot as big
as. "Street Angel"-; . under $7,000. •
. Wisconsin (Fox) "l;MTislcrod in
Pari.s" sounds (Fox)- (2.800; 25-35-50-
60-75). D.'iye Schooler's stage shbv*-
got what .mon^y came in; picture,
even with sound, didn't impress,
around ^12.000. V

Los Arieeles, Oct. .23.
(DKavying. Population, 1,450,000)
Weather: Fair and Rain

"Thfe Singing FoolV Jn its second
week was again the leader among
the first i'un houses. Picture rail
about $13,000 ahead of Its nearest
competitor, Loewi'^ State. Latter
house started off with Texas Guinan
on the stage and "The Cameraman."
Miss ' Guinan. after seeing only
113,790 drop in the first day, and hav-
ing done four shows was stricken
with laryngitis. She was out of bill
for tiie balance of week. Had sh*
stayed* It is likely the gross would
have been up $5,000 to $6,000 above
the $22,500 the'hotise got; Metiro-
politt^h was about $1,000 behind the
State with '.'Out of the Ruins." This
is less than^ any of Barthelmess"
pi<3tures have done on first runs
here,. " • ,

Surprise of the week was the
Boulevard where "Dancing Daugh-
ters," after .big business at Loew's
State, topped a record with profits
more than $7,000. "White Shadows,"
at the Chinese in its 11th and last
week; went along at a. sb-so pace
while "Mother Knows Best" con-
tinued to fade at the Carthay Circl*?:
"Simba;" in its second •W'eck at. the
Biltriiore, hit a little better than .
the lirst stanza.

"i>atriot". did riot get off so well
at the Criterion for its run. . "Wings,"
its predecessor, drew $11,000 more
on its first session than Jannings.
Dolores Del Bio's "Revenge" went
out of the United Artists dropping
$7,000 uridier its first week. Banky-
Golman drew well in ""Two. Lovers"
at. the. Egyptian where they had
Eerirty Rubin ' for .stage support.
Rubin i.s on the last lap of his stay
here.- .

$24,000 FOR LOEW'S, PROV.

•New House Hasn't Hurt Others —
Majestic, $13,000; .Strand, $12,000.

Providence; Ot'-t. 23.
(Drawing- Population, 315,000)
Weather:. Fair

Loew's State, city's newest .play-
house, is standing' them up at every
night .performance. La.st .week
"While a City Sleeps", was good for
$24,000. .

Curious part is' tlial . tin- (ithf;
houses sire not suffering. The Ma-
jestic (I'^ay) arid the Strand (Ind)
keep, holding their own. Pawtuckot
.-lir rn<'^«<t. whii.-li aitra'Med tlu(U.san(lv
Of -Visitors to. . that city, didn't
noticeably affect bu.sirioss. . , •.

Estimates Last Week.

Loew's State (Loew) (3,800 ; 20-50)
'.'While the City Sleeps" sound
(IVl-(0,. l)f eW them knee ■ (.lee'i)';
Movietone specials and organ pro-
gram hot; $24,200.
. M a jest.i.c (Fay)' (2,200;15-75)
"Mother Knows Best'' sound (Fox).
Fine .it $1 3.;i()0. .

St ha nd ( Ind )( 2.000 ; .1,5 -50.) "Beg-
.nars ot" TAfe". Kound (1\-it), R.akod in
a good $12,000. •

Victory (K-()) (l,500;i'n-50): -Poor
start, but bettered riiiddle of Week;
with "-Man Who Laughs" (U;
?7.000. r . ■ . •

Albce (K-O) (2,500; 10-7;)). Gar.-,
nered Sljl.TnO,. _ _ •;

"""T^aW tl'^n^ri JT(i^)(VtTr-lT))r
and lilin:-- all rjuhl: an"un(T 5ll.(i(UV.

Carlton (Fay) (l,l^u0;15-7.''i). Tab
and movies onl.v moderate; around
$5,500. -

Rialto (Fay) (i,400;in-30); Three
l:.n)!;i- bill. Jl.dtiO.

Estimates for Last Week
Biltmore (Erlanger) "Simba*'
(Ind) (1,650; 50-$1.50) (2d week)-.
Up bit over first week; a,round $13,-
500.

Boulevard ( W.C.) "Dancing
Daughters" (Cosmo-M-'T) (2,164;
25-50). Boxofllce panic; all record*
broken at $13,850.

C a rt h ay C i r e ! e (Miller-W.C.)
"Mother knows Best," sound (Fox) .
(1,500; 50-$1.50) (4th vveiek).- Not
hot; probably will bow out iri a few
weeks; $JS,00b. ,

Griieribn (W.C.)"Patriot" sound
(Par) 0,600; 25-75) (1st week).
Papers: raved but public pJvid little
attention; average for initial stanza
was less than $2,000 daijy; $12,000.

Egypt! ,a.n ( W.C— U.A) "Two
Lovers" . (UA) (1,800;. 25-75).. Star
combination strong here with Benny
Rubin helping; $10,000.

Grauman's Chinese (U.A.) "White
Shadows" sound (GoiJriio-M-T)
(1,958; 50-$1..50) ; (11th week). Out;,
one week earlieir than expected;
finjtl around $13,300;. "Noah's Ark"
(WB). due tomorrow (Oct. . 24).

Loew's State (W.C.-Loew) "The
Cam(>raman" sovmd (M-G) X2.242;
25-$l). Tex Guiiian bl€-\v after, first
dav, her name meaning nothing on
draw; week with- '^Night Club" act,
headed by Harry Vernon, got $23,-
500, about $5,000 or so less than
house Avo'uld have dorie had Tex re-
mained. '

Metropolitan (W.G.-Pub) "Out of
the'Rnins" sound (FN) (3.595; 25-
75).. Unusual fof Barthelmpss to
flop the way this one did; a little
better than $21,000, around $3,500 In
the )-(>d here. •

United Artists (IT.A.) "Revenge"
sound (UA) 12.100; 25-$l) (^d
week). This Del Rio finished at $8,-
400, red for house.
. Warner Bros. "Thc^ Singing Fool"
(Vita) '(WB) ('2,7^6; 25-75 (2d
week). T^et down for second, week

was only pii second . afterno on; .

tnrnaway every day tor other per-
formances; aroui^d $35,000 and a ton
of profit.

Another /'Fooi" Record

Omaha, Oct. 23. .

Jol.<ion's ".Siriging Fool" hurig up
a new- mark at the il^iviera last
wec^k in 6))ite of heavy opposition
in the food sho-w which .drew 30,000
peirsons, a month-old dance mara-
thon that still draws cro-\yds, and
"King of KinR:s'' at the Sun. Be-
sides that the town's Ak.sarben cor-
onation ball drew 10;000; on the:
talker's opening night.

This week "P'oOl" mov^d to the
Rialto. sister IMiblix house, where
"The .Taxz Sin{?er'.' ran four weeks
and ft day. something else for the
1 Olson iiicturc to shoot at.

Ft. Lee Studio Matter

Parrott, Talker Director

Los Angeles, Oct, 23.
James Parrott has been signed on
la five year contract as director for
I Fox, Movietone department. . •» ,

1 1 igii off ieiaTs in Universiil' are:"at
sea us to what W'ill happen with the
eompany's .mudip in Fort Lee, N. J.
StMl a likelihood the proi^erty,. dor-
maiit for .a long time, may bo con-
verted into a sound studio for
i'morg(.'ney puri)oses. It is the )in-
derslandiuf?; however, the majority
of talker work will take place In
l.'ntversal .City.

Carl Laemmlc is personally de-
ciding the Fort Loe situation.

Wednesday, October M, 1928

PICTURE GROSSES

VARIETY

9

"Daughters' " $189,750 Stay atCapitol;

I, and $71,300 for Dix

fair Grosses in Hot Week--" Weddiivgf Marc V'
$42,500r-"Sexes," $20,000— ^Strand, $31,200

LOEW IN FRONT AGAIN;
$14^00 AT TORONTO

With Haines; 'Tempest' Good,
Over $12,000— Tivoli's
Sound Drops

with Aueriist weather playing a
ireturn engagement, and legit housos
especially suffering, therefrofti, pic-V
ture receipts last week can hardiy
be tabbed as bad. Nbt especially
good, eitljer. but outside^of tjtc avei:-
age number of complaints jiiost of
the boys seemed satisfied, although
(Squeezing a bit for. cooler wealher.

Capitol and Winter Garden were
again outstanding, the M-G ace site
going over $90,000 agiaih with
"Dancing Daughters." At $189,750'
tor two weeks "Daughters" now
holds the' top; of any picture that
has ever lingered a fortnight in thin
house, jolsbn's "Singing Fool" has
iBllpped in a midnight: show on Sat-
urdays and clicked once, more at
$43,700. It's reported the Shuberts
are' getting around $17,000 weekly
as their bit from the rental ar-
rangement on this one. .

Paramount has ■ slipped to vjusit
fair, figures of late and has fallen
off $9,000 to $10,000 from its $80,000
clip the past two weeks; ' -Moriin
of the Marines" dropped the house
to $71,300. • showing no puncn.
"Women They Talk Ai)duf" Was
also light at the. Strand, $31,200 ju8t
being fair for house since goihs
«ound.

In eight days !'Battle : of : th?
vSexes" got $2^,000 at the Rialto, a,,
$20,000 . weekly pace, and "Wings"
will come In this Saturday. "VVed-
dlng .March" surprised- a bit by do-
ing $51,500, also in eight days. Dcv
ducting the $9,000 Friday opening,
it gives the Von. Stroheim film . a
$42,50a: week, which Is -.strong.
"Lonesome" left the Colony to a
final $12,000 and about $42;000 for
Its three weeks: "Melody of . Love"
Is now current. Camf^o unwound
another in its Russian string for
$7,400, okay and which., means.
•*Thriee Comrades" holds over.

"Wings" is leaving the Cri-
terion this Friday after 63 weeks,
and despite that it's still show-
ing a' healthy profit. It's, semi-
final was $10,G00. "White Shad-
ows," at the Astor, was $15,000
- and "Submarine," at the Km-,
bassy, dove to a little above. $6,000.
Nothing Is penciled in for either of
these theatres, , "Lilac Time" re-
mains smooth with' $13,500 :and "The
Terror" called It . a run Sunday
night at "Watners. . ■

"Pour Devils stood up nicely for
$13,600 at the Gaiety, while "Air
Circus," the last inhabitant here,
fitepped off $106,000 s^it the Roxy. .

Estimates for Last Week

A Booze Bone

; An , exhiln.tor from / Clilcago
goin;;- to . the convention last
week .at "Toronto, todk along a
case of sCDtoh to' -givc '.he boy^
a treat. .•

AH the good hearted, exhib
got out of it was the razt.

Astor — "White Shadows" sound
<Cosmo-M-G) (1,129; $l-$2) (13th
week); Hasn't ' -varied much and
nothing named to follow up; $15,
400.

Cameo — "Three. Comrades" (Am
kliio) (549; 50-75) .(2d week)., Throe
g^uys and an invention were inter-
esting, enough to slice off $7,400;
sticks another weelc.

C a p i t o l-^'^Dancing Daiaghtcrs"
sound (Cosmo-M-G) (4,620;-. 35-50-
75-$l-$1.50). Beat $90,000 again for
two week total bf $189,750, terrKic;
weather didn't help other places
but heat didn't keep 'eni out here;
$91,500 on second week; record film
at house for one and twQ weeks

Central— "Lilac Time" .sound (FN)
(922; $l-$2) (12th week). Neither
•way up or 'way down; $13,500 sat-
isfactory.

Colony — "Lonesome" sound (U>
(1,980; 35-60-60-75-99). Out after
third week to $12,000; about $42,000
—on rthree- weeks ;- -"Mclod y of Love'
(U) current and "Man, Woman anO
Wife'^ (U) to . follow. .

Criterion— "Wings" (Par) (S3G
il-$2) (a3d week). Leaves Friday
to open at Rialto tjie next morning
on grind; house dark for renovatinj;
and then beconies exploitation sit<
•for Paramount talkers, "Interfer
ence'* being the first, Nov. if)', $10;
600 'for air film last week and al-
lowing another $10,000 for finish
gives picture $976,600. h.ere bii full
run.-

Embassy — " Submarine"^ (Col)
(596; $l-$2) (9th week). Warm
weather felt in perspiring away. $l,
SOO to Just over $6,000; . expects-; to
go Into November. T

Gaiety — ''Four Devils" ,Movieton
(Fox) (808; $l-$2) (4th week). Neat
total, at. $13,600.

Paramount— .'Morart of the Ma
rino.s'V (Par) (3,666; 40-65-7r,-8.>-$r)
House not much, over $70,000 for
past, two weeks; Dix showed fai
gro.ss but hothlng special at $71,
300.

--=-'Rialtc>--'-iBattle=--of-=-tIie-==Sf^xe.««:
Bound (UA) (1,960;' ''35-50-75-85-$1)
(2d week). Had $6,000 Friday open
Ing for $26,000 in. eight days; vcr\
light business with "Wlng.v" moving
in to supplant this Satui'ilay.

Rivoli— "Wedding aTaroh" .sound
(Par) (2,200;. 35i-50-75-,S5-$l) (2
week). After $9,000 Columbus Day
$51,500 in eight; much more th.an
exported.

Roxy— "Air Circus" Movietone I

m wasn. at
$16,500 and

(White. Pop,, 450,000) .
(VVeather: Hot)

•.WasKington, Oct; 23
' "Singing F.poL'' in third week J"'
Met, and "Dancirig Daughters" in a
second stanza at the Columbia, con:,
fihupd the town's sensational ;i}usi-
ness getters. Former dropp<?d some-
thing, like $4,000: under second, weelv
ut ,to a still high figure for tliv'
tliir.d week. Latter was less than

$900 • under its first week and
thereby taking' the two-week recor.ii
of. the house by about $1,800. Both
are still sticking.

It is ricvVs. when the Palace doe
a. brodie in view .of its consistent
businossi "Sawdust Paradise'', did
ome. skidding, but; still gottiiig a
■espectablo figure.'.

Fox with. "Air Circus". slUo
skidded, but hot as badly .as the
Palace in the same block and, at
the . same' : iinie, got actual top
money for the town.

Karle is still doing spotty busl
ness, playing ; to .about one-half of
the new high, recently, recorded,
with ;'State Street Sadie."- At that
though, with the extra Friday mid-
night show it got about $1,50'0 more
than Stroheim's . "Wedding March
the previouis •vi':eek.

Rialto got away with a figure that
looked' goo '> ' -.on.^idering . tho'se sot
down wlien was called quits for
the' hot. nicu'is.

Keitli's .with "Captain Swaggei-"
and vaude unit got ,a,.fe,w hundred
more than the -preceding first wefek
of the grind. . :

■ Estimates for Last Week,
Columbia (Loevy): "Dancing
Daughters" wired (Cos m o.-M-G)
(1,232; 35-50). Second week to $16.-
500, with $17,000 first week taking
two-week record by a w.ide.hiargin.
Still sticking as are Ileart's two
dailies with anything from a. page
or less daily pluggiri.g.

Earl§ (Stanley-Crandall) "State
Street Sadie" wired (WB) (2.244;-
35.^50). OriijinaUy in 12 Warners
held by Fox, but let go. in bdoking
jam and went into this house at
la.st minute. $13,500; much abovis
previous figur-es of house.

Fox (Fox) "Air Circus" wired
(Fox) stag .show- (3,432;35-50-'?5j.
I'eculiar week starting big sagging
in middle 'and again going up to
final count of $18,500; high of town,
for week.

Keith's (K-A) ^'Captain Swagger"
stage. tab (i, 938; 35-50). Few hun-
dred more than opening week of
grind, but s.till mighty low at.
S6.700.

M et .(.Stanley- Cra ndall). ^"Si nging
Fool" Avired (WB) (l,51S;.35-50).
Third week and still strong; $14,000.

National (E r,l a n g o r-R a p 1 e y)
"Simba" (.Tohh.s.ori) 1,745 ;50-$l). In
to fill a gap In legit booking. Maybe
$5,000. . . ■ .

Palace (Locw) "Sawdust . Para-
dise" wired (Par) . s.tage . show
(2,372; 35-50). L.a.st tWo weoks down-
ward, this ■ one. to- $17,500. ' Wesley
Eddy; m. c;, for pa-s-t .11 months*
ag.ain credited an a,ss(?t in keeping
gross from golrig even lower.
. Rialto (U) "Lonesome" wired (U)
and stage orchestra (l,978;,35-50).
With extra day to . good hou.se got
respectable figure, considerlnj? what
it was doing. previou.sIy; $11,000

.' ' . Toronto, Oct. 23.
. (Drawing Pop., 700,000) \
Weather; Cool and Showers

A weather .break put the fivr
main stem flickers at better than
$60,000 for the first time since May,
Leadership ieturned to LoeW's ill
$14;200, for "Excess iBaggage," the
first tirrie since. Tom Daley turno-l
on Movietone at the Tlvoli. liatr
ter house dropped from $17,000 to
$13,800 with "Street Angel,". bu,i
tlris is practically capacity at 75
cents top. Film inaks way for
"Fi)ur Sons" Friday, regardless! of
gross, this week.

Tempest" gave Jack Arthur's
Uptown a big week at almost $13,-
000, the . stage sh'oW being a help.
This house goes sound Nov. 5. Tlvis.
will give Famous. Players a monop-
oly oh sound here until mid-winter
when Loew^'s will be wired, llptovyn
prices likely to be slightly, ih^
creased. .

"Beggars of Life"' went better
than $12,000 at Pantages. Regulars
fell for. Beery: In a serious rolo
where they turned hinti down as . a
comedian. Wiring order. now In for
this house. Shea's Hippodrome
continues to show smart biz with
.*;<;cond and third class pictures.
Last week it was $12^800 tor "Wom-
en ^'hey Talk About," the picture
getting little mention in the adver-
tising, and none, by the dallies.

Some si)eclal. screenings were
given during the week for delegate.s-
to the M. P. T. O. A. convention.
Tivoli , was . used for this piirpbse
bceau.se all special stuff shown wa.-
sound.; 'riffany. Stahl product,
dom seen here, was shown
sound and colorn

Neighborhoods; reaped a harvest
in the wet weather^ some of tin
F. p. chain hoii-ses exceeding $3,000.

Estimates for Last Week
Loew's (2,300; 30-60)— "Excess
.Dti.irgagc" (M-G). Took town lean
ership, excellent at $14,200 wtih
SRO sign constantly In use; stage
show good; William Haines poison
to .local critics, but always ushers
In good biz.

Tivoli (FP; wired) (1,400; 35-75)
—"Street Angel" (Fox). Averaged
about $10 a .seat at $13,800 on
w;cok; and held for five days
fore miaUing way for ''Four
(Fox); practically capacity...

Hip. (FP) (2,600; 30r60)— "Wom-
en They Talk About'.' (WB>. Pic
ture didn^t mean much, but stage
shows and .short stuff gave house
$12,900; only house in town that
could have done well with this pie.
ture.

Uptown (FP) (3.000; 30-60)—
"Tempest" (UA), Barrymore al
ways hot here andijthia one no ex
eeption at over $12,000; house goes
sound in two weeks; "Battle of
Sexes" (UA) opened to routine biz
Saturday.

Pantages (FP) (3.300; 30-60)—
Begcrars of Life" (Par). Regulars
thought Beery much better here
than as a sap comedian; good at
better than $12,000; Fred Putte-
ham's organ concerts by radio
aid.

sel-
both

the
be
Son.s

(Fox) (6.205;. .50-75-$l-$1.50). Pre-
viou.sly at Giaiety and $100,000 okay
Strand — "Wtjmcn Thoy Talk
About" Vita '(WB) (5,900; • 35-50
i;5-75). Just so-so in. comparl.son
to what talkers" have, been doing
luire; $31,200; two- dialog •.scciuencf'.,«
■4n~th i 3—0 n e ,=-^==-=^-==^— -.:=:---==:^;=
Warners*— The Terrot"* Vlt
(WB) (1.360; $l-$2). Quit Sunday
.'iflcrxlO weeks and clatmod $19,000
"Ilijme TOwiurs"..(WB) openi.-d la.si
ni:,'lit (Tuesday);

Wint^ Garden— "Singing Fool"
Vita (WB) (1,493; $l-.$2-$3) fOtl
week). Has added midnlglit show;
on .Saturiiays; up to- $13,700 ■imalri;
nothing else but a smash;' .spec."-'
getting $5.50 Sunday nights.

an

Screens for Homes

Keeping Tricks Secret

Los AM,i;e!e.-J, (let. L't'l.
At a reooiu ineeLin.4 of ihe
directors bnineh of the M >-
(ion Picture Ae.:»-.l('uiy of Arls,
it was deelarovl, I'li.vdC the vi-a^
sons for public iiucfe.'^t w.'uiinir
from the sil.'ivt pie'nire has
lieon the
l)ublic •
vjtriouj

ing .luthontio barkgrouiul aniV.-
■effeets.^ ■ .■ . . ■*'• ,

A rcLsolution was . siig.U(>sleil
to keep the intrieato worlUnKs
of recording . sound pieliire.s
from becoming public property.

Lhe eon.s(.;uu ivvelatloiv in
: pritit and lee-Kire.s of the,
IS trifMis iisi'd*n prneur-

'Uipouiiig .lu Strpteinber- tlii'
■JliU.s jiinipea. to the preruier.

"FLEET'S IN;^ $19,300, N. o:

Jolsbn's Hold Over^ ^ta.MiO, Fair-^
"3imba" Weak

New (.)rleans, Oct. 23.
(Drawing Pop., 5p(j,000)
Weather: Fair and Cool

Clara Bqw, always a draw . here,
maintained her rep in "The Fleet's
In" at Loew's State. Hoijse- steppeil
over $19,060; s-urruur.id'.ng ,show laeU-
ing a name or anytiijng special lllai
might attract. V

Not so forte at the Saenger last
week wheire -'Shiging Fool" was iir
a second week. House showed a
profit, how;eyer, with returns at $18,-
000. In two week's, the Jolson lea*
ture, got $45,200,. which isn't; so bad,
Orpheiim Is sailing, along at a
merry clip aind la.st week romped to
$11,000' with "Soft Living" aif.ed. by
ittractive vaude program. "Teiuler-
loin," in Its third week, got $4,100.
a't the Tudor and. is being held over
fOr a four"th and final week. "Simba"
had rough s.ailing. at 'the Tiilane,
fooling the wise mob.

Loew's State (3,21.S; 50). "Th.>
Fleet's In" (Par). . <;'lara lV>w .^still
tops the feminine fiicker stars here ;
iilso topped town,. $19„l00. .

Saenger (3,568; 65); "Singing
Fool.*' Vita (WB). Held over a sec-
ond week, taking a ohance here, but
house ieat $18,800; neat profit, ' .

Orpheum . (2,400; 50) "Soft Liv-
ing." Picture liked , itnd aided ma-
terially by vaude; $1 1, 000.

Tulape (1,400; $1:50). "Simba."
Evidently don't care for wild-aTnimul
pictures here! $-l,300. '

Tudor (800; 50). "Tenderloin," Vila
(WB). Ban along nicely in tjiirU
week; $4,400.

Seattle's Steady Trade;
"Wedding March" Mild

23.

last

Lios Angeles, Oct. 23.
Expansion of amateur business-
continues without lessening. A
screen maker here devoting prac^
Tically' his" Wtir^mteHtIim"to:w^
plying home demands with a port-
able article Is ehippihjr .1*00(| a
month, ranging in size from 30 by 40
inches to 51 by .68. They feo.' all
oyer the world. The business ihas
not been established two years.'

Among tiip.se who have Installed
screens are Zahe Grey, Carl Laem-
mle, Marion Davles, Jack Dempsey,
Dolores Del Rio,'. Colleen Moore and
Erich Von Stroheirh. '

BURTON KING'S SIX

Los Angeles, Oct. 23.
Burton King la supervising and
will '.direct six of the 20 Excellent
Pictures' for 1928-29. He la dlrfe cit-
ing "Broken Barriers,- at the Met
studio and upon' completion two
others will be made slmultaneou.sly,
"Confessions of a Wife" and "One
Splendid Hour.* '

"AL" SERIES WITH TALK

For over a year Julius and Abe
Stern, .sh'^^rt subject producer^ for
Univer.s.T.1 have h'-ld flfcreen rights
to four King I.<ardner iserlfjs. Recent-
ly they were able to g«t dialog priv-
ilecres. ■ Now tiiey- Intend digging in-
to the Jegit for. suitable player ma-
terial for "You Know Me, Al.*

Seattle, Oct.

(Drawing Pop.. 5^00,000)
. Weather, Cool, Rain

Steady business prcvixilod
week, but lisualiy there is a slack-
ening until affer the ChriiiUnas
shopping. Live n-ianagera are work-
ing on stlmulant.s. West Coast is
through with its screen. star contest,
wliiplx. helped plenty with . swollen
gro.sses... Campaign expooted on
script books as Xiuus gifts.

Charles M. Tliall took the hclin
this week, suceeedilhg ' Hcrsclii'l
Stuart as W. C. divisional nia-na.i^cr
for Wa.shingtoh and Montana' Tii;ill
was. assistant to Archie; Bow'les at
Frisco. Hamrlck'.s Music Box con-
tinues to get big i)lay with "Hirig-
jng Fool" In third week. Biz ht)l(l-
Ing well at Seattle and Flfih ave-
nue.

Estimates for Last Week

Seattle (VV; C.-Pub.-L.) (3,100;
25-Cb)— "Four Walls" (M-G.-.M).
"Monkey Shines" is F. and M. idea
on stage; $16,400.' .

Fifth . Avenue ( WC)- (2,700;' 25-
60)— "Wedding March" (l>ar).
Heavily advertised, but too mucli
Vpn_SlrOh_elm,_._.Ili!rm^
band in pit hit ag.ain. -Five girls
play saxes and dance as divert Ise,-
mcnt. carl Horn leading band
temporarily. .'$16,000. '

Coliseum- (WC) (li8.60; 25)— "Tll-
lie's Punctured Komahco" .(Par).
Trio of funmakers for 25c gate:.
$4,000.

'Columbia; (U)' (1,000; 25-50) —
"Hlver Woman" (Gl-').. Pwotjjaiulr
type liked, but biz -oniy fair. l'A,.'W.

. Blue. Mouse (Hatnrick) (95';; 50-.
75)— "'rwQ' Lovers" (UA) (winid).
Fair money in second we,<;k, $7,0')0.
Music Box (Ifarnrick) (1,000; 50'-
•5)— "Singing Fool" (wired). Can't
atop crowd.s. ..Tri«itd wtek with lin(->'
but. $15,000.' Very big, . .

Winter Garden (I'. .Chain) (650;
25)— "Forgotten .. l-'.-iens" ; (l';i.ri.
Good show with orehestr.i. iiiu:;je
dandy, Kay W.atkhi.s musical con-
tractor.. Biz fair. $2,C')(),

Pantages . ri.COO; 25-00)— "lU-l
IJps". (U). Pictur'! in . lights— two
girl acts on stage hn\',). $G,S00. .

Oppheum L'5-$l )---'-.Show

Girl" (F N). Vaude. $11,000.
-='"Pre8l^Ie?(t™rTKiTrST'^"^n'^^'ir^2'^
$l!.25)— "Xir'P, J''fopl"" rnuffy IM.-iv-
ers). Loaded with lauf^lis .and w'-!!
interprel<v] by goo>) f.d.. f.'5,';00,

, MONmEAL TIED UP BY
I SOUND; PALACE, $25,000

, "Air .Circus'' Held 0ver^$U,-
. .500 for Bow at Capitol—
i Loew's, $15,000

i' .Montreal Oct..:i3;

..tDrawing PopulationreOO.DOO)
j ' Weather: .Rain •

r -Sieoiiil dialog feature, '.'The Air.,
| t irt ii.-*.," ai the ■I'alave'aMain hit the
|.Jii.>h siKii.s: $:'.■), 00(1, wbii-li proves
I'llus.eity is sold oti soujid. Sin<'e.rb-

e. .Palace .
position

lu-re, ':iud owe.s it iMilirely to talk'
jni;- teatures iuvd shorts.'
. •'The I'Meefs in," at the Capitol,
pulled fairly. I'oliey seems lo^ be to
.■<huot.tlie big stuff when the i'alace '
is holding over. Clara did $14,500. .
Loew's held itround previous wei-'lc's
$15,000.. N'aude.' was a big improvo-
nn-nt, and "Out of the Ruins" got
iVy .because of lUvrthelin.ess.

imperial, two-.a-day Iveith house, ''■
i.s the hardest hit of any and its ap-
parently .in,-ikiiig little atteinpt ; to.
eoMii; back. I'iveu .lot.-al press notices
are^not eneounigiiig, and om^ inllil-
inii'.l .pjiiKM- stated that only one
u't on the bill . got "any. real re-
sj)(,hsi>." L5ross fell off to $S,000, ■ : .

I'riiieess: had fairly good week
Willi- "...\ly Maryl.-iiul," another musi-
il that Alontrialers know, by' heart.
Company was . good .seeotul string
ind . patrons got their money s
worth ;ind .turned in' $15,000. His
•Majesty's (legit) ran "a second week
of i-'rencli plays with a good French
eonipany. . Although Changing pro-.,
ram, ho iKse failed to do much more,
than pay rent. Trotible liere is com-
pai;ativeiy few w'anl to see lOO-year-
old French dramas in the original,
and tlieatre woiildn't be allowed to
l)Ut oil niodi'rn Freneli phiys. At $2
top house. .wa.s around '$5, t)00..

SUand eaiiie out 'weM on re..sump-.
(ion of foijr features a week- policy,
aiul also iuMiefiled by overllow-, froni
the I'alnee. Ijow prices a^nd good
bills broufiht better than usual at
$ 4;500. lOmpres.s showed a Clara" .
I'o.w pietur<> wliieh wa.H new-, here,.
"The Prirnrose Path," and raised to
'$:;,poo. . .

Kelghborhood.s are away over
;ivi'r;igo fi>r this time of .year, per- .
haps (1 lie to ;L very wet w-eck, which
kept fans from going downtown!
Conditions of oinploynicnt here arc
also better than for some time.

Estimates for Last Week

Palace (I<V) (2,700; 45-75)— "The
Air Circus" (sound) (Fox). Another
rave "and over to $2,'),O0.O; .only Babo
iiiith and (jchrig, playing, at local
oall park, i)revented Sunday mati-
nee being a turnaWay; will be held .
another week; good talking shorts,
.also -featured.

Capitol (Fr>) (2,700; 40-60). "The
I'^leeCs In" (Par). Clara Bow at-
tracted .and later in w<>ek .busine-is
held up fairly ; just ail, right at $14,-
500.

Loew's (FP) (a;200; 35-75)— "Out
of the Ruins" (I'-.N"). , Vaude was
liest part of -progi-.-im ; local follow-
ing of .Barl)ielnv.*<3 heljied; again
f'-ll off, but not seriously;. $15,000.

Strand (I'A) (SOO;. 30-40)— "l)an-
'g'-r .Stre.'t" ( I'-BO), '"(^di' Widows"
(Col), ."Water Hole" (I».'i.r) and
■"I'lK'lt^ jr<.'v.ir" (l<:<liU'n). .. i{*"nefited
l\v ovi-rfloWn from blggi'r houses.
-'Wliile some- of; re.'itures .attracted;
be! ter th.'in gener.-il run, $-1,500,

Empress (CIA) (1,500; 25-35) —
"The I'ritnrose. Path" (Arrow) and
"Land of Jlopt; iiTiil Clory" (Krltlsh).
Clara, liow feature netted good re-
tiirns'.'inil 'boosted to $3,000.

His Majesty's (let;it) (1,00.0; 50c-
$2)- l''reiir-h plays, 2d week. Slight
change in program not get ling away
to.. any .belt'T \n-A, but. third, week
annoiinfed; best estimat(! would bo-
al.out $5,fi00.

Princess (legit) (2.300; 50c-$1.50.)
—"My .M:i.ryland." - Went over well;
•tTrhsic^al- can. -(urnjaihureu.evcry.-'year,.
for the next 10 -and gf't ilough; good
at $i -r..ooo. . .

Imperial :(Ke)lh) (1,000; 35-$1;.5.0)
— Business not .so gixKl for medioOi-«
p'rot^ra ni ; ' h;; rd li 1 1 by t.alkers • and
not sliowing nuifh fight; rumors of
eiifini.re hi poliey very strong; • Utjlit
at.-?«,O0O. .

"Fool"

H. 0. FILM HIGH

Leads Tacoma at $7,200 in
Second Week .

23.

Rice Over With Scnnctt

Los Ar;.';''-lr's, on., y.i.
Andy R]''**, forrn'-r" 'v r p.nrlo ' di'-.T
.•"or Fox .\fov|( r, .-.v l! - .M:.' ■

.Stinnett,' tttlll writi.i,;; for 'taJKera,

Tac./ina, Oct.
(Drawing Pop, ^^S,0Oq)
Weather, Cool
Naturally tlie .town .ofiiildri't ):old
(lic .si iff i.a'-e li.- t vvt'-r-k w'i.fMi

"Kifig (;f K'ia::s ' did ?Ui ()ii(i ;it .the
i';ii!. ' .--^iiitiiri',' I'ool" -.'ilr.'iost- ?'),'tOO ..
;(,t ll;'; litidr .M(iii;-i', and J !i-o.id,<. ay
h'iti:.' Mj ♦■(V'K'iK

Estimates for Last Week
Broadv/ciy (ViC) (l,5i)i): L5-.';i'>)--
Knur \\':in-i" Wiih' '.roc-d .

}::..•'■. I.Mn .Ij^ M;i.r(io --„.s.i..i;;j.-._j .slio w .,,.

77 '•(..!. ' • - • ■ ■ .. '

.Pafitj.jes ri.-.i(!; ''-.ro)^

f.'i:.: .:! ' -v i-jd<' i.-i.J V^'H.'

Bluo Mouse '( \ 1 :•■.,'. {•■:'. ).
','.'5; ■■■'i^ ir !•■-•'•!"• I. ">v ;ri.d.>

ij- "d '.■:<■• !:. •

Rialto -( \V Ci ■ I l..'-10; .'-':-.').';;'—
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VARIETY

Wednesday, October 24, 1928

Run and Money Records Broken in

. (Drawing Pop,, 500,000).
(Weather:. Favorable)

■, • Mii)nC'}ipoHs, Oct. .23.
: "The'.Slnginp; Fool'' and •'Wjntib'
are ijwecpirtg tlic UAyn like a ■hou.-i«-
kfive. . Su'cih. bui^ino.ss 'a.s these tw -'
pictures are doing is. unpro.cedcntoJ
•In local thoatrical fhistory, Gros.sus
they are pulling . will .:l)c ineoncc-iv-:

.-able .to those who lcno\v the tOwj)
knd are not here on the ground lo
■witness It. "The "Singing- Koi.:"

.. hdldsj over for a third woclc , ^_

•in its sixth week at the atrand.
■Other .picture has ever ■ before run
over four weeks at a rogular. niovi-,
house here. .The foiirUi week w.a.-;'
intended as its last', bu.t ' the gros;s
Svent ahead of the third and, llyt'
fifth •■week ran a.l;ovc the ■ fourth.
And here the picture is in its si.yUi
■week after the huuse has been ad-
vertising "last ' v.'cek-" for the pasit

' three weeks and put out paper for
•■The Wedding March."
■ Third on the week's extraprdinari
trospority. list ^A'as the ll.ennopin-.

• Ornheum with its third M.-a-.M pu;-
ture, "While- the City Sleeps," anu
■rattling good vaudc • dross topped,
the first two M-G-M pictures at thi--
housQ— '•iixeess ■ Baggage" and.
"Dancing - Daughters"— and took lU

• place ' as the second, b-cst 'the thc atr^

. has had, since the Mi'.inosotii opening
: a' year ago. • ' . ■ . ,. :■

■ .Even at the Minnesota, in a slump
the past, three woek.s, busine.-..-
gaincd over the preceding week, bet-
ter than thc'week before that. "Two

.~ Lovers" and a strong stage show..
Pubhx unit were magnets. Tatrort.
age at this house,' however, is con-
siderably off from • :its'. scnsation'U

. level of almost a year's steady du-

• ration. •; , , ' - ■ "

l>'avoraWe weather and big ou..-
of-town week-end football cro\yas
aided the-, exceptional draW.ing.

■ cards arouml the vi.altb to. lift trade
generally out of Its rut of the pre-

■ ceding fortnight.
Estimates for Last Week.

"Wings ' Pictures

Citizeiis Protest

Los Angeles, Oct. 2Z.

Irate citizens . of . Xios An- '
geles are protesting to the clty
for. stopping trafiVc on public
.thoroughfares adjacent, to'
sound stalges . located at the
various Hollywo'bd studiog. The
.practice of studios emiploying; .
city regulation . traffic bfflcers
toV divert traffic - from the
streets near the.'^e sound stages
is al.so being contested, .

It:W-orks fine for the studios '
in eliminating foreign iioises
in the making of sound idIc- .
tures but worJ^s-ah inconveni-
ence to motorists: who lare
forced to ^o blocks away to.
escape the silent zone.

RUBE WOLF DOES
$28,000 AT WARFIELD

Frisco Hit by Sport Opposish
—Granada Over $22,000—
Embassy, $10,750

San iFrancisco, Oct, 23,
(Drawing Population 756,000)
(Weather: Clear and fpg^y)
Only one shining spot last week
and that was Loew's Warfleld, with
Rube Wolf Week. Celebrated tht
2.406th performance-, of the .m.c.
Business was remai-kably strong,
with the balante of the town about
normal or somewhat . off. Receipts
got a bad jolt over the week-end

It was the opening day: of the
'day racing revival at Tanforan, and
then there were three more or. less
big football games in the immediate
I territory. If there's one - sport^ in |.
this burg.that Will draw 'em it s the
pigskin game. And to cap the cli-
max San Francisco and. Sacramento,
leaders in the Pacific Coast league,
were battllnB it out for the Coast
championship. .
Granada ran a poor second, man-

Another Racket

j^ CIRCUSED FILM BIG IN
^' PHILIY;^, $29,000

An independent agent claims
authorship of the latest . book-
ing racket In New . York— film
istars and hear^ stars for club
dates, lASt Saturday Franklin
Farnum and Johnny Walker
played a Konpareil A. C. . af-
fair in Brooklyn.

On - the Coast • professiona-l-
personal appearances at social
affairs is not ..ew. In the Easrt
several club sho\ys have fear
tured plctvtre.' players, biit few
and far between, in most ca-ses
thci cineina celebs . filling eltib
engagements In , New Tork
have been defunct ;or paisjse..
for screen tiscy..

Soimd Films Big in St^ l^
to

Doo-s /'Married Love" Getting
Heavy Play^Stanley: $30,-
000— ^Gen. Biz Jgst Fair

Phiiadelphia, Oct. 23.
It's a quaint commentary on both
filni and theatre tastes and biislness
her6 that the beat trade the last
two weeks has gone, to the Globe
where Dr. M. Sayle Taylor's "Mar-
ried Love," advertising "living
models, hurhan charts* and motion
pictures" and alternating weeks ■
"for men and. women only'' has been
the atti-action. .Brought In origi-
nally for four weeks, this circusy
attraction will now stay eight.,
Padkihg them in daily; at 50 cents
' while legit theatres and, to a spme-
.what lesser extient, the film houses,
have been starving. ■

Last weeWs picture trade was hot
startling but satisfactory.. ".Excess
Baggage" at the Stanley got about
~$30,UOO, fairly good. . Sally Kand
appeared in- person. "Uncle Tom's
Cabn,"— Epad showed last season, at

Chaney, $13,000; ''Sons,"
$16,000; Keith's, $14,000

Syracuse, N, Y., Oct. 23.
(Drawing Population, 220,000)
Weather: Changeable

Despite Weather that was hardly
favorable to theatregoing on several
days, business showed an improve-
ment Last week. - Stronger pictures
helped, particularly at Lbew's State
: with "While the City Sleeps."
One of the interesting develop

aging to annex about ?23i0.00: on its
Satevepost story. "Me, . Gangster,'

. St. Louis, Oct. 23,
(Drawing Pop., 1,025,000)

Weather: ^"^ I the"G^k. "was at the Stanton

• With all hands, agreeing that e^ch ^j^^ ^gpv^.^^^^ around $15,000, okay.

, „, ,Qf the big pictm-e theatres here had ..j^j'^g j^^^

Publix stage show was ,^ooa, ai- highly entertaining picture . Vast ^^^^ . .^^ . second week at the
though without names.. Caliiorniai^ggj^^^y^ the nr^t Karl ton and the Afcadia got about

a second, gop^k Jl^®^,'^ _ JS^^"^^ business : took, another | j2;500 with ''A Ship Comes In." .

^ ' Only i-«al smash. In any of the

Stanley- houses was again "The-
Singing Fool" . at the Aldin.e.. In-
its third- week Jolson picture got
aibout $2i3,O0O, No reason why it
should riot stay until after Thanks-
giving. , \ - ; ,

Two Fox houses fared moderately
the Fox getting "Me, Gangster,"

had _ - . , J

./•White Shadows': but replaced. It brisk turn.

with "The Wedding March," figured ^ , \A/»„ir ,

f ot a run "Wings" came info the Estimates for Last V/eek . ..^

St Francis, and after its three Missouri (Skouras) (3,800;^ 35-o0-

weeks at the California did well to 65.75)_"LoneSome" (sound) ^ (U).

annex another $10,000. . , ; , Had a lot Of eager takers; Fra^^

Despite the strike- called , against Fay's "All Aboard" - stage . show/

it by the operators, who walked put nifty; .$22,700.

In sympathy with the. musicians, ! * s

LoeJs State .( a, 300; 25-35-65)--

Embassy was BatisfactoiT. - week ^Battle of the Sexes" (aound)^X^^^^ Reed," In a dramatic

with an ordinary talking feature praised for many things. . especially $29,000: Fox-Locust,

Rowdies got busy Sunday a,nd let the, photography^ $16,o,!)fl. - . . the third week of.."Alr Circus^

, - — I ji^^jjassadop (Skouras. 'td..Uvy.\^'"; '

diieetor, to cut. short -the extended
run of- "Four Sons" in midweek to
.substitute "Mother KnoWs Best.'"
"Four Sons" in 11 days grossed $16,-
000, and might have completed the
week. Kaufman's move got $6,000
for the Madge Bellamy picture in
three days. By the switch the Em

loose a couple of stench bombs, but

the public- was. game and sat 50-65-75)— "Waterfront'-'- (FN) Do^-
throueh. "Caught In the Fog" put othy Mackaill picture amused; ii^a
, _"x""-_- %^5fi, "ThA. ■ivr,idniirht lt^,,,rx,'= ,"-Phw-Wow'V stage shoW |

ments was the sudden deciison of

A. P. Kaufman, Empire managing |.afterone week,"with "The Midnight I Lo^iyry's ,"Pbw,-WPw'

Rube Wolf Week a personal clean-

no: mal for 11':.- Ui ;- T-'-^'S'^''-^-

State (F. &■ K.-Publix) (2,5()0;C0)
••.Clinging Fool" (\V: IJ.). .Never be-
fore a picture, excoptmg, perhaps,
"The Birth of a Nation," which has

Keith's, the best barometer* had the
biggest opening matinee in weeks.
"Abie's Irish Rose," playing a prom-
ised farewell at the Wicting, had a
surprisingly large advance for all

taken' the town by storm like this '^y^j.^^^ ^^^^yg

one. Everybody in town apparently Estimates for Last Week

nof cent boh nd phenJ^^^^^ nv.t d.nyst opening none too strong, but
Weoir<i^^^iy "^-^t woeulwhen the papers called the piece

of the other .lolson picture, Iho
Jazz;Singor," at this hou.se. Around
$2i;,000i. - J,'.igger than any

"dirty" there was a, healthy in-
crease; house dark last half.

Keith's (vaudefilm) (2,595; 20-50)

" " this

other ,

^fnffle" week—nrst or second— house —About $14,000, normal for
has ever had, excepting llrst wce.{ | house,
of "The Jazz Singer." Over. $52,000
fhr two weeks. Held oyer, third
week. First tiipe this has ever hap-
pened at this thoaU'c.

Hennepin (Kcith-s) (2,890^-10-GO).
"When London Sleeps" (.M-C.-xM)
and splendid vaudc. Impression ex-
isted that town was -v\-oary of
underworld screen dramas, but they
Hocked to see i)ifture as well as
vaude, tribute, to the drawing
power of Lon Chancy, Shovv pavv
■ nne • satisfaction. About $1G,',)00.
Ju.-^t $500 under T^hI I.cwis' record
for house of several months ago..

Strand CF. & R.-lMhlix) (l.noOiCO)
••Wings" (I'ar).. Fifth week and
better than Toiirni weoU,. -wniTilT
showed inoro.nse over inimodiate
prodoocssor. This picture is proving
i\ i-t-cord lH'c-aldii^- li-ii'K'U.t.Ut l)i-r;--.-tiK;
the town lias gone wild. . oyer it. The
mystery -is .'wluM-e all the oustoinci-s
come from. No doubt. . many rr •
peators. Ihvaks local previous long-.
. run rec-or.d.s for a r(>;^mar -movie
house — which' was. four woek«.
"La.st Week" and next at tract iop,-
•'The Wedding A-Tarch." annoinvee,!;
' tor .more than- a fortni.uht, but the.
la.st.-nunute den-iaml always, in-,
oreascp in.sload of . waniiij,' and tlvc-v
■havo to oohtinue . holdlnrr , it. '
tained for . sixth Aveok, Aboiit
$S,-100,- making ,in Tioight.-oi hood >'.r
$53,000 for five weeks. . . , •

Pantagcs (Panta.ges) (1 .f-OO : 25-r.OV
•<Aiiyl""lv H(n-o^ Seen Kelly,?" (U)
nnd vaude. .'^ufri-red hardly from
lack of screen or v:\udt> m;:.u'n('t an.l
vtM-v tough opposition. A go.)d
si, \/ • -1 • Ii tir'i . 1' ■ ■• ' '"
hnx..(lh-e power. ■ Around- $-l..'?()0,

Had

I $22,200. , ^-^

^^^^^ -- — - Canltol fSkoUr'as)— ^"Lion ana tne

u p for. stage bandleader ; : with week - ^^use" ( Vita. WB) . Talkgr, at pop
picture . mopped for trifle over | -]^_ouse ,iia.^^^ ^ nonular : "Jazz
$28,000; immense.

G pan Ada (Publix-WC) "Me
Gangster" (Fox) (2,785; 50t65-$1).
Top many gang, and crook pictures
lately; managed tp hit over $22,000,
California (Pubilx-WC> "WhiJ^c
Shadows" (Cosmo-M-G) (2,200; 65t
90). Second and finial -week held
firm at . $15,500; "Wedding March'"
(Par.) replaced Oct. 19.

Embassy (Wagnon) "Caught in
the Fog," Vita (WB) (1.367; 50-65-
90). Not much to recommend this
one, but regular clientiele on hand
for $10,750; not bad considering dif-
ficulties under which house is op-
erating ius strike is still .on.

St. Francis (Publix-WC) "Wings"
(Par.) (1,375; 36-65-90). Continues
to draw arid first week at this house,
after a run at the California tWo
blocks away, brought . in $10,000 ;
.satisfactory..-

imperial (L.evey) "Brass Kiiuck-

Was only about $9,000. House.: .
much In need of a walloping hit.
"Mother Knows. Best" opened thet-.e
this week after one of the heaviest
advertisihg campaigns attempted
hereabout."! in seasons.

Little Thpatre (Motion Picture
Guild), out at 2222 Market, claimed;
to be highly satisfied wifh , two
weeks of "Siegfried." With only
216 seats, and a 60-75 scale, man-
agement is satisfied with $2,000 .a.
•week. Fii'st week's figure was a
bit over that and last week's a lit-,
tie under, ' ...

This week the only house with a
presentation isi the Fox which , has
"Syncopation Revels," Including.
Harry Rose, and 10 6th6r acts.

Estimates for Last Week
Stanley (4,000 35-50-75). "Exces3
Baggage" sound (MrG>. Stage play
flopped here recently at the Wal-
nut; lilm- got about $30,000 with -
nbthing niuch on the presentation

prices downtown; popular;
Singer" tollows, . ■

MET LEAPS.$1 1,000 i

U b to $46,500 W ith "Betsy "—State
Off at $21,300 for "Baggage"

Boston, Oct. 23.
(Drawing Population, 860,000)
Weather: Fair

Picture business was about nor-
mal last week. , Warm weather wras
counterbalanced at the end of thc hside; all right.

A)S by a play irom the thousands Stanton (1,700; 35-50-75) "Uncle
l ln town for the football games, Tom's Cabin," sound (U) (1st
Thihps were better at the Met- week). Road showed last year at
ropolitan. gross going to $46,500, up Garrick; now ha.s^ sound and drew
about $11 000 . from week before, about $15,000; probably in for three
Patrons seemed to like "Glorious |-weel^^^ ^^^^^^ .^^.^^

'Tool," Newman, K* G.,
$33,000; Phenomenal

Strand (wired) (1,700; fO)— i j^.^,, -^pgj ^g^^y ^^u^jg (1^400;
"C.Tught in the Fog." Something 15.26-40). Continues to show a lit-
over $8,000; town is getting pretty'
well fed up • on melodramatic cropk
talkers.

Empire (wired) (1,600; 40)— First
half, extended - engagement of "Four
Sons" (sound)- (Fox). Picture might
have finished week, doing about
$10,000 in 11. days; "Mother Knows
P.cst" (sound) (Fox) opened
strong, $6,000 in three days.

State (wired) (3,300; 20-50)—
"While the City Sleeps" (M-.G).
nrought house back in paying class;
$13,000.

._Eckel.. (wired) 11,500 ;._. 35)— ;:The_
Singing FooV Vita (WB), In third
week $10,000, only about $1,000 less
than second week; picture easily
good for a return engagement, prac-
tioc followed by house with ;'Ja.zz
riingcr." V-. '

Savoy (stock burlesque-films)
CMS.; .50)— Satisfactory business and
shawlng a prolit.

FOX'S NEW JUVENILE

Lbs Angeles, Oct 23.
I'Sank Albcrtsdn, new Juvenile
find, has been slfrned to
contract- by Fox, He Is 1

;ind I'ep.'* - .

First on the new contract will be
a part in. an unti.tlod heWspaper
sloi-y.

Betsy "

State wasn't so hot. With "Ex-
cess Baggage" the best the house ]
covild do was $21,300,

Ornheum, Loew downtown house 1
15-Z6-4WJ, «-oiiunues xo snow 11 m.- 1 rf. V \^ ^, ' „i ,.of V^orn ih if ted over
tie profit each week; probacy best which ha|^n^^^^^^
value in town for P"ce; bettered to Uke^are city Sleeps,"

' .Estimates for Last Week

Metropolitan (4,000; 60-75), "Glor-
ious Betsy," Vita (WB) with "Bars
and Stripes," unit. House grossed
$40,500, up . $11,000,

Fool" Vita (W,B.) (3d w;eek). Only
smash In town, likely to last until
almost the holidays; $23,000,

Fox (3,000; 90). "Me, , Gangster"
sound (Fox). Liked by critics and
Florence Reed in sketch on bill,
about $29,000,

- Fox- Locust (1,800; $1). "Air Cir-
cus" sound (Fox) (3d week). Final
week for this one Just fair at $9,000;
"Mother Knows Best" (Fox) tp fol-
low with big advertising campaign.
Karlton (1,000; 50-75). "King of
State (4,000; 40-65). Third week | Kings" sound (Pathe) (2d week)

term
'Prep

36-DAY REMAKE

Los AngeleSj' Oct, .23,
IiU(>ien Hubliard completed the
roinakiiig of '',M.ystVrious Island".
Mj:.LV,., after spem

"I'Mrst Kiss":(lMr1, 1st half; "\\'at(>r on it.. -.

Hole." 2nd half. l'"th iiieturcs | rcnuiin}? of the "prlglrijil

sluiwi'd fair slrcn:vth and luisiuess
ran .ahe-id. of pro.c(>din.iT weeks. Vh-':--
-. to $l,.M)ti. l''air. - . «

153,000 Feet Without a Braak
• ,Los Angeles, Oct. 23.
T^nivcrsal established What is he-
ri<'ved to i>e a record when its neg-
ative dcvclopin.g machine ran IfiS.-
000 feet of film without an Inter-
ruption.

version, made some, two years ago,
is a reel and a halC.

Jans Goes A. E. P.
Tlerihan T. Jans, veteran pro-
ducer and distributor, has Joined
Ainiiated JOuropoan l>roducers as
slates' rights sales manager.

Bernard Sholtz remains with
Afiiliatod as general sales bead.

Kansas City, Oct. 23.
(Dpawing Pop,, 700,000)
Giving seven shows daily. ^ the
NewmaA--w'as unable to. accommo-
date those who wanted to see "The
Singing Fool." Feature will prob-
ably stay three weeks. The Koyal,
Publix's house which was closed
when Loew took over the Publix
theatres last year, opened Wcdnos-
day with "Wedding March,": Pic-,
turo will be held over and first.runs
shown at 35 arid 50 cents.

Roach's ; "Our Gang" In person
saved the Midland as '"The Camera-
man" had no drawing Power. Fxtra
publicity and ,tie-ups : for the
'Gang" helped.

Malnstrcet. with "The, Goodbye
Kiss" enjoyed satisfactory business,
as did the Pantagcs, which con-
tinues .to feature Its vaude; and is
now the only unwlred hou.se on the:
street. -

Estimates for Last Week
Midland- "The Cameraman" (M-
G) • and "Our Gang" in person
(4,000; 26-35-50), "Gang" on stagi;
and tlielr - film were the scving
graces; weak the first three days,
but .built for $17,000
—Ma
(Par)
film and

in to^vn for entertainment; .$lo.000.

Newman— "The Singing Fool"
(Vita; W. B.). (1,890; 40-GO), Seven
shows dally, turned 'em away; held
over; $33,000. Phenomenal,

Pantages — "Street of Illusion"
(2,200; 26^35-60). Trailer stating
house would continue to give vaude
in the flesh and not canned given
the biggest applause of anything on
bill; buBlncBS held up; $8,400.

house has had sound; used "Excess
Baggage'- (M-G) which a few weeks
ago played the Plymouth (legit
hou.se) with sound; $21,300 not good.

Keith-Albee (vaudfilm). Not such
,a strong - vaude ^lineup plus "The
Night- Bird" ,(U); Results rather
good

Engagement disappointing and
ended Saturday; "Man Who.
Laugh.s" (U) now; last week less
than $0,000. .

Little (216; 50-75). "Siegfried."
Second week for this Initial picture
a'l'b (ihd: ; $ 2, 0 OO I" ^lejty^ accordt h g " to- -
management. . . ..•

Sco|lay.(vau^m)JV;on^.T^^^^^^^

Talk About" (WB)
good week.

Modern and Beacon— "Man Who
Laughs" (U) for a second week and
fair. -.

Olympia and Fenway — "Wings"
(Par). Has been . .playing both
houses With sound for first time at
pop prices in this territory?; off a
little. -•

Orpheuni (3,500; SS-TiO) "Wliile
the ; City Sleep-s" (M-O). Without
.sound, which accompanied it at the
other Loew house, the State, pre-
vious week; $20,000.

$100,000 , for '/Fool" in

3 Weeks-^

lihStf^et— "The=Goinclbye-=Kis^— =-^-j^^^^
) (3,200; 25-50-60)., Between L^.j^.^,g ^^^^^
and vaude among the best bets, 1.^,'^^ .

Gotham's Lay-Off

Los Angele-s Oct. 23
Gotham has laid off its entire
force;-with the exception of the of
fice staff, pending resumption , of
coast production, present indefinite

Hipp $19,pOO-^Lafayette, $12,000

: Buffalo, Oct. 23.

(Drawing Population, 610,P(K))
Takings continued and. high 'in-
flation. ■ All houses wired and fea-
tured sound heavily.

Estimates
Buffalo (Publix) (3,600; 30-40^75).
"Whtle the City Shjcps.", sound (M-
G). "High Hat" unit. Bumhess
climhed due largely to filifi feature,
$30,800.

Hipp (Publix) (2.400; 50). "Water
Hole". (Par) and vaude. Olsen and
Johnson, heading vaude card, got
credit Cor draw, ' same sensational
business done by house for last
couple of months; $19,000.

Great Lakes (Fox) (3,400; 30-40-
75). "Kinging Fool ' Vita . (W,I'..),

ere lhar one pictiUL^ j^j^j^.{^»^,pg,^. revised <>stimates. of

return of Sam Sax, head of , coni
pany; Harold Shumate, associate
and Donn Hayes, cutter:

in the east before the [ ti^p . first two weeks business indl- ,

cated better than $40,000 for the
first week and only slightly less
than $40,000 for second; ■ conserva-
tive estimate for the three weeks
gro.ss would be $100,000; last weelc
under $20,000, ■

Layafette' (Indep) (3.000; 40-00).
"Lonesome." sound (U.) and vaude.
Picture under par for house; even,
playing up sound did hot mean
anything. $12,000..

Bancroft's Next

Los Angeles, Oct. 23.
George Bancroft's next for Para-
mount \yill bo founded on Jacob
1 "Wassorman's .story. "Golo.win."
Lothar Mendes will direct.

Wednesday, October 24, 1928

PI GXU R E.S

VARIETY

11

KAO Turns DuD and Lower on
Publication of RCA Deal Terms;
Loew Spurts; Warners at 116

Keith stock turned dull yesterday
. (Tuesday) with ruling prices shad-
ing the' best of the Mondjay boom
■while the ticker fraternity digested
the terms of the stock exchange
proposed by Radio .Corporation of
Anierica. As the day progressed
Keith eased from close to 37 to
just under 35, where support held
It fairly even.

The only other development of
the day was the sudden ^awaken- ,
Ing of Loew from its long resting
period, with an advance to above
' ■ 61 . with a heavy turnover. War-
ners was strong around 116 for
the "A." Radio was also strong,
• . getting, up about 5 to 226. .

Terms of the Keith-RCA deal
were . a chainge from the reports.
Transaction calls for brand new is-
IP sue of.;.stock to be given share, for
share for Keith and FBO, instead
, of offering an exchange of Radio at
. livc! Keith for one Radio as' had
been reported. .

New Cohfjpany .:
A holding cdriipany called Radio-
, Keith -Orpheumi Co., will be created
with Dayid Sarjioff general manager
of RCA .and president of RCA
■ Photpphone, as chairman of the.
board. It will issufe 1,100,000 shares
; of "A" stock to I<eith, and 200,000
. 6hare.<5 to FBO. In a.dditioh it will
■}[ Issue 500,000 shares ;pf "B" stock to
Radio. Both classes have similar
voting rights,' but while "A" will
receive $2 dividend, 'E" will not
participate until a certain sum has
been disbursed, to "A."
. Owners of more than 40 per cent,
of -Keith stock, including Joseph
Kennedy's option on 75,000 shares
at $21, have agreed to the plan.
Other Stockholders have been in-
vited to deposit: their stock. In re-,
turn . for his option Kennedy re-
ceives ian option on a like, amount
> of the new Radio-Keith issue. The
- Keith preferred is offered in ex-
change at the rate of three new
- shares of "A" for one Keith pre-
ferred. The present preferred pays
7 % against 6 f oi- exchange.

The.,500,000 shares of ."B" go to
RCA in consideration of the griant-
Ing of non-exclusive license of
R,CA-Photophohe equipment, agree-
ment to deliver sound-recording
apparatus (to Fb6) on a priority
basis and an agreement between
Radio-Keith and the National
Broadcasting Co. (creature of RCA)
providing for cooperative bookings
of acts used by both; for an agree-
ment on periods for broadcasting
.for joint entertainments and for
co-operation ip developing electrical
entertainment (somewhere here is
apparently .Included a scheme of
-. . fether exploitation of Keith tho.atres).
Estimates roughly placed the

EDUCATIONAL MAY BORROW

Can't Make Up Mind on Sound
Equipment— Street Cars a Factor

holdings, of the new compa,ny at
$100,000,000, Another mode of cal-
culation putis value -much lower.
Keith's common no >v calls for about
$40,000,000, ■vyhile it is undei-stood
RCA bought the one-twelfth interest
(Pat Powers') in FBO for $475,600
some time ago, putting that entire
property then at around $6,000,000.

The market didn't entirely relish
th:e 500,000 shares of stock to RCA
and it; was disappointed in the fail-
ure of a juicy exchange into Radio
stock which would have put auto-
matically On a basis of $44 on a
ratio of 5 to 1. Longs who had
crashed in oh the Monday flurry
when 11 5,000 shares changed hands
during the session for a jump of .5
liquidated yesterday, but offerings
were so well taken that prices Were
always in hand.

The statement came frotn a Keith
committee made UP of E. Fi .Albeei
Wiilter P. Cooke, Maurice Goodman,
Marcus Heiman, B. B. Kahane, . Jps.-
P. Kennedy and J. Ji Murdock; and
holders are invited to- forward their
stock to receive certificates, of de-
posit to ^Eriipire Trust Co., . by
Nov;. 15.. ■* - ' .
. Exchanffe of stock will cia.ll for
the use of 1,100,000, shares covering
Keith' common, and 275,000 for the
FRO , security, a total of nearly. 1,-
300,600. . 'GfEer of 3 for 1 fov the
preferred is in effect for five j'ears.
Authorized .capital sptck of the new
company will be 3.500,000 shares of
common and; 500,000 of preferred.
Provisiori is made, to convert the
"13" stock into "A" in lots of 100,000
at a time, when net earnings e^t-
ceed $2.85, $2.90, $5.50 and $4 In
successive years, a deyice by which
RCA may realize when the com-
pany profits >yarrant. Meanwhile
the "B'' receives nothing until "A"
is*"paid $2 a year, and then only half
the excess over $2'

Loew Under Way
Story that Loew was being'macle
ready for a move v/as circulate^
all week and made good yesterday.
The same sort df gos.sip is around
in respect to Paramount, which ,ha.«!
been, in a rut around 49 since trad-
ing stopped in the old\stock. It is
reported that current not for Par
represents about $4.50 oh the new
common for the year and It is taken
for granted that, at next month's
meeting of the board the now split-
up shares, will go, oh the $3 basis.

Fox just churned around; mildly
within" a point or so of par. Story
continues that insiders are stand-
ing, off refu-sing to corne In. above
9'5« while old outside longs stand
unshaken on their position, bring-
ing on a deadlock. It is held that
only a general reaction of largo
proportions, is likely to change this
situation for the present.

Los Angeles, Oct. 23.
Educational is planning to use
dialog without waiting for its own
Vocafilm equlpmont, disk system.
Neigbtiatiohs, are under way with
seaveral studios possessing sound
f.icilities.

: Company is not decided on Uuild-
ing'an expensive souhd-prpof stage
either on its present well' filled lot
or oh another location. Street car'
traffic oh Santa: Monica boulevard,
at times . assuming the' form of
heavy three -car trains with a
switch in front of the prdperty, is
an important factor in the problem.'

TELtSFitALL

Par's Dialog "Letter" Started;
Other Talker Producers in
N. Y. District Organizing

P r 6 d u c t Mustn't Cost
More Than AV. B. Outr
put— No Changes If

Summary", for week ending Satunlay, Oct. 20- • • '

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20,000 Loew (.S) ..

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330,000 Keith .......................

12,.100 Do pref. (7)

"83r700^I''ox Class A— (4) ; T7 . fr . . r.— .

10,000 Madison Square GnrdRn (2).

400 Met,-G.-M. pref,; (1.80)..-. ... .

1,3''0 Motion Picture Cap.,

7-5, aoo Pararriount-F?anirI,a,sky (8)..

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1,800 Con. Film Knt....;

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400 Grimth ,

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, Los Angeles, , Oct. 23."

FiitUre - First; National . products
niust not cost any more than the
average , turned out by Warner Bros.
"That was a statement made by Jack
"Warner to First National executives
at a; conference. Warner 'stated
there wotild be no changes for the
pre.sont if F. N. toed the mark.

Warner's . remarks were .to the
effect , that F. . N. production -costs
were 60 per pent mdre than "Warners
allowed for; their production;. No
mpre lengthy location trips as
Warners do not believe in It'- Ex-
teriors mu.st be on the lot not an
overnight trip away. Al liockett,
head at the BUrbank plant, was
called upon by Warner to verify
his .statements' which was done.

Warner concluded his remarks by
slating that the two "studios would
function as individuil operators ex
cept in cases of emergency when
interchange of personnel and talent
would be effected as the occ.aslon
required.

, First National's budget has been
as high as $300,000 On specials with
regular program pictures" running
around $135,000- to ' $175,000; , Re
cently,F. N. turhed one picture out
for $122,000, called a record saving
on production.

The average Warner picture cost.s
far less than $100,000, with" sorrie of
their recent product getting heavy
retui:ns costing less than $30,0,00. -

F, N. has, a lot of heaivy salaried
stars., directors and execulivos
Warners have, just , a few hlfjh sal-
aried st.ar.s and one exec di-awinqf
any coii.scquential weekly pay
chfeck.

FBO's Head

Los Angeles, , Oct. 23.
Joseph P. .Kennedy is shortly
expected here>, at ^yhtch time
will be settled the c^ues'tion of
whether Williant l-'P Baron Will
continue as head of FBO in
spite of the RCA tiurchase, or
confine his attention solely to
i?athe!

At present Le iiaron is de-
voting prActicaily all his time
to the latter company,- where
he is working Vi.th Benjamin
Glazer on sound plcture.s for
both studios.

Sunday Baseball on Coast
By Leading Film People

.. ' ■ Los . Angeles^ Qct::;23, . ...

Studio executives feel that golf Is
not strenuous enough Sunday niorn-
Ing exercise on the Pararnount and
M-G-M lot.s and they have,' organizo'd
baseball teams and 'are holding a
series of games. Games are played
on an out.slde diamond, but aa iri-
;door- basebill is' used. ' - ,
. The , first of these ' garh.es, wa;s
played at the M-G-M lot : , with
M-G-,M beating .Paramount 28 to 2.

,The M-G^M team is composed of
executives, actpris, and directors. On
the ti^am which won the first game
were Eddie Mannix, i>it'chlng; ,l<h'ank
Davis, catching. Q,ther members
Were Irving Thalberg, Buster .Kea-
ton, Vic Or.satti, Emillo Ca,lllone.
Len Smith, W. Cfhe'wnlrtg .and J., M.
Broivn.

For the Pai^amount te.arn, ,Sam
Jaffe did the pitching, Eddie Suth-
erland, catching. Balance were
Frank "Woody, Ed Cronjager, Wil-
liam Sullivan, Charles (Buddy)
Rogers, .Tames Hall; John Griggs
and Bill -Riley:

■^With the return of Louis B. Mayer
from his eastern trip the captaincy
wllV pass from Irving Thalberg to
him. Mayer plays short stop.

» ICx-dlvlJcnd.

. ISSUES IN OTHER MARKETS
All .Quoted for Monday
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RCA-Keith's 2d Sound
Studio on 24th St., N. Y.

With one Studio going with,
.sound film making, the RCA-Keith-
FBO-Photophone .interests have
taken a site on East 24th .street,
-N'ew"-York. where a- second talker
studio will be- equipped, ,

The firJit. studios are the former
Manhattan .studios.. In anticipation
of e.arly Keith replaeements the
Manhattan studios have been
grinding,, put shorts and prologs
und:er: the, direction , of James Sey-
mour, of the FBO lot. "

It was reported the first multiple-
reeled suJjject fop Photophotie was
under way, this week with other
long reeiers to follow at once. '

Musical Director Zurb, assigned
,all . the synchronized scores ' for
Photophone subjects, is making his
headquarters ' at the Manhattan
studios. .

It is believed that as .soon a.r the
Keith houses are wired, Movi(,'tone
find Vitnphone subjects will he usr-d
indef although the Photpplion^i Is
expected to be in ,active workirig
sliapo by December, at tho late,st.

Positive Filiii Consumption
Doubles on Goast Lots

Los Angeles, Oct. 23.

One of the largest raw stock dis-'
trlbiitprs- oh the Coast reports that
thd positive film consumption here
h.as n Imo."^t dou})lod in the past few
montli.s. This I.S despit,& tliat pro-
di'r^fion is only i50 per cent, normal
and is due to additional prints be-
ing made here for. exchange and
also duo to the discovery that po.sl-
tive film, on account of its grain.-
has advantages over negative In re-
cording a sound tr,act.

Fox has ordered two positive de-
veloping machines In additirtn to
the one -negative and one positive
rhachines already in use. Warners
have also ordered two for Imme-
diate delivery. • : * ,

The adilitipnal positive being
- used -at the Fox lab - is -designed
to take ,up the- increase in the conir
pany's output diie- to sound. Tl?c
company has been printing 4,000,-
aoO feet in New York. It Is In-
tended to supplement that by prlnt^
ing 1,500,000 feet here, with facill-
tle.3 prepared . tor another 1,000,00.0.

AKNA (i'S OKE TBO

l^)H Angol'.'.s, Oct, 23..

Anna Q. N'illson's two piclur*.-
.■ontrjict with' J'-JiO tf.Ttninat<'.s upon
.•omplotion, of ."Blockade," aUliou-^
; lie has orily wiyrk<-d in tlil.H iji':(.un;.

Injuri' H rccL-ivf^'d frorti if.illin;,' off
-J. };or.srv six rnonlliH ago prr-vi-nt'-d
i,-;r' from taking part in "Tropic
•Miulni'-ss."

F6x'» New Lab Open'

T;os .Angeles, Oet. - 23.
The new Fox laboratory, designed
as the last-vvbrd, Is in operation.
It was designed and constructed
under supferyision of John F,. Conyr
boar,'- chief of Fox laboratory. The
structure, 75 by 150, cohsist.s of two
stories .' an d a basemr-nt'. Along.side
Is a cam'.'ra d''partment' building :pf.
80 by 80.

Lfiwer flobr of. the lab contains
n"gaLiv*e - and 'po.'<Uivc dovflopln-g
macliin.f-.-i jind printing planV.. . .A
■srn;<,l li>fe;.^diipaEl-iii£^at^.H "di ■\uj.L'^^Ul

Paramdunt ha.s sttirtod production
.'it the. Astoria (L; I.) studio on- its
llrsf eastern '"dialog feature, "The
Leitor,." Par is the first of the four
produoing companies opening in the
east, inoluding M-O-M', "\V'arner3
and FBO, to actually . get under
way.

FBO ha;s been d.oIng some ayn-
chror.Ization Avork at, the bid Pathe
studio and will start shooting on
its first dialog picture, "High Step-
ping" in about two or three .weeks.

The cast of "The'Letter" includes
Jeanne Eagels, Reginald Owen.
Herbert Marshall, Irene.^ Brown and
O.. P: Ileggie, all from the legit "
stage, plus Lady Tsonmei, vaude-
ville single. and.Tamaka Yoshlwai'a,
ditto.. .. ■ . .."■•

' John. Deljainiir,- French screen
writer, is dirooting, he also ha-ving
Avritten tlie ; script ^ with Garrett
]""'ort!s collaboratioh. Shooting schied- '
ule on"The Ijetter." calls for com-
pletidh by Nov, lo but Dec. 1 is a
closer i\pproxlmatlon. because of the
many problems cohffonting the
nji.'uden effort In dialog for Par-
amount's eastern" organization.
, George L. Britt, Of the home of-
fice publicity department, has been
ai^PQlnted publicist to the Par-
amount studio. Frederick A, Fleck
Ig casting director. - He is acting as
a,sslstant director to Mr, DcLamur •
pri "The Letter." George Folsey is
ch'ef cameraman on the Job cvhich
is iinder the general .supervision of
Monta Bell, chief atudlp production
exeputlve.

R. H. Town.send, formerly of
Brunswick,' and J. E. Ste,wart,- for-
merly of the N.atlona-l-JSroadcnjutinff
Company, are in charge of the, engi-,
heering . phase of Paramount's re-
cording.

Prologs for Silehts

FBO la making a, number of pro-
logs to cpast-nriad.e silent features.
The vaudeville act of LeMaIre and
i?hlllips ai^npeared last week in a
joy riding ^It to be used as a itro-
log^to "Taxi 13." The Ironwork of
the old studio has been covered with
a' canopy stuffed .with cotton to ab-
sorb sound and the studio Is ready
to shoot any time production sched-
ule calls for "camera."

Joslah Zuro has a 30 -piece or-
chestra on the job .doing FBO's syn-
chronization. Later It is probable
some, Pathe shorts. Including the
c.irtoon one -reeiers, Aesop's Fable.s;
will be hooked up with sound.

Warners have been delayed for
various reasons and will not get
their talking short departmf'nt
mpvod to Avomie M, Brooklyn, much
lioforo Dec. 1. Porter Evans and
"Ceorge Satin are In. charge of the
installation of equipment. Walter
Almn.nzoff, connected with W.arners'
Iiroducthm. de))artnient. Is oh the
job, and John Condon, who ha.s been
-in charge of the .studio property for
some time. Is functioning on busi-
ness detail. About 5t) workmen are
punching the clock.

Opera Singers

There will be a rush of opera
singer.s to Warners when It is ready
to start. Warners, hold .contracts
with a couple of dozen big operatic
names. These contracts In some
cases are two years old and have
not been consummated because of
the refu.sal of the vocalists to make
the trip to Hollywood.

Warners have moved their stage
tp the far .side of tho .«?tudip .away
from the rumble of the elevated
trains. The problem of outside
sounds faces all the studios.. FBO
has the New York Central viaduct
right at Its car. M-G-M has truck
trafiio, the "L" and. river tug boats.

Paramount although frep fr.om
these complaints h.aH .a new mohace
in tho sliape of a buzz .saw In. "a
. noighborhopd wood • and .sa.sh mill.

M-G-M ..studio is rus-liing work oh
it,s:. sound st.atre-i hut prpdurtion
pj-'ins- arf' still cofidliion.'i I upo/i rto-
voloi^mfiits.

tank df-vf.'I'iriiiig In ovonL t)f -r-rii/T-
gf.'nr.'if'H. S'-co.nd floor IioI'Im -tli"
pii<j''f;Lion room; Movi"toii(; aiid
(;lli"r culling ronrn.s 'and tin; I'""X
ni:ws d'-p'irirn''-rit. On* the roof i.s a-
gyria.'-iiiin U)V (■miiloy"";-',

Cjini'Tii buil'Ung .<-oni.;jiris a clnb-
rrj'iin fur enip''.'.)y-<"'.J on ;i - ii-'n-
ni'iTil, r<'))riir ro'ini,, .si'ji'.igo va'iil-^
and individual d;nk rooui,i.

Jjos A;!;:''!'-.---., Oct., 2?,.
I{rf)Wti-K'>;.'f-r..; C'lnip-'iirv, . ni,Ml\ii)g
t'.vij ) I .' I ,'iir ]Mi t'M ''-< iiii- I'M'i'Mi iup-
al. .f'-;iti;i-iii;,' ■ lli- 'i ll..,v. . Ji-i-s
.t''rriiiiij -i '■;! .• I'lr'j" 'I [wml';' '.'.••u ;i,r',-
"i fiinifil'-M n'., f'.i'ir ■ li',:'- ! 'l"i;iTi;
i iw, in ii.'p' in tin- .s'-ri' -i' to go.
; W.-iii. 1. ir :;.-; o/s ih'- ii'i- . I ;')n of
,r..i-.,l ;i..r i : " .1,11. 1 illl'l 'li iloif liilo

VARIETY

P I C T U R E S

Wednesdayy October 24, 1928

LITERATI

That Koran Matter
: That the prostipo of American
newspapermen in Kurope haf> been
markedly hurt by the Horan inci-
dent is drawn'from reports reaching
Paris, according to a cable to Va-
riety.. . Hurbld - Horan, Universal
•flewg Service correispondent iri that

• city, •(■able'a the text of .the secret
•■"Frent-h-l!rltislv naval pact to the
>].eai-st:.papers, in the. U-. •
' French investigators.; say. . tlid.
. Hbarst ri?prospptative has been of-
fering briboR to Government em -
ployes. ^^'hile in Taris. It developed .

• that . Frehch agents were trailing
Horan, . If it hadn't been that the
Fi'ench-British. pact was against the
Interest's of the;; United iStatos, the
French - would have preferred
charges of conspiraoy against this

. government,

It is understood that five or six
Frehchnvert are iniNod up, in the. deal.
They liiay be tried and if convicted
(Bent away for long sentences- .

At a special meeting of the execu-
tive committee o^ the Anglo Amer-
Icah Press Association .iii Paris on
the Horan cas.e, it was brought out
that Hqran made a^Triistake in sign --
Ing his own deportation order.

When the French decide that they
are going to banish anyone, the
Paris story says, tiiey do not in.slst
that that person , sign a paper.
Along comes a police ..agent and the
person the governmeht desii'es . to
. deport is warned to goi. That's, all
\ there is to that. Same system is
.used in England.

- ..If Horan had" refu.sod to sign the
paper, the French government cer-
;ta,inly could ^ not have gone through
with the threat, to try Horan. The
commotion .kicked up in the States
irilght have developed international
complications overnight— If not the
breaking 6ff . of diplomatic relations.

But the French offlcials have .a
way of frightening pepple, particu-
larly foreigners. Unless one knows
the methods employed, one is apt to
. jran into the trap.

^'rench. jails are ancient and foul
Bmelling with dingy, walls' that do
not permit hardly any. light. After
a man has ranckled in one of the
filthy cells for a while he will do
almost .anything to get out, .
• Five of the city's, bicycle cops
BWpoped down on Horan and before
he knew what was happening he
was In the hoosegow, Variety's Paris
correspondent says. The great iron
doors Qlanged behind him and there
he was allowed to stay incommu-
nicado for two hours.

The thing that is Ayorrying the
Bcrlbes in Paris now is: Will, the
French omcials employ, similar
. methods in ;the future where a story
does not exactly suit thein?. .

Best Sellers

T-tbulations of best s..!lr:rs in books from, three carylng. sources
shou<. a Snal and local yarianro. The Baker & Taylor Company.
Smn ^bb'rs and wholesalers, have the following tabulation,
for tho past .week: . , ■ • . FICTiON;- .

Silver Slippers
Wild Horse Mesa . . .
Empress of Hearts . .
Old Py.bus . , .... .
Point Counter Point

: . . . . . , /.Temple^ Bailey . , *

; . . ... .Z.-ine Grey. . ..

, . . , ; . •. . . K, Barrington . . : .
, . . . ... .Warwick Peeping.

. , , . , . . . . A Ido.us Huxley .•

GENERAL BOOKS /

. A. A. Milne . i
. Eugene O'Neill/' .. i
. Stephen V. Beiiet
/■Edna St. V. Millay
Paul de Kruif

The House .at Pooh Corner .
iStrange Interlude , . . ... .....

John Brown's Body.........

The Buck in' the Snow, . . V. ,
Hunger Fighters

. In" New York and the
R. . Womra th, Inc.,
best sellers is; . ••

FICTION

Strange Case of Annie Sprague Ii^ouis Bromfield
Old Pybus .....

$2,00
.2.00
2.50.
2.5.0
2.50

.|2.00
i.50
2.50
2,00
3.00

„ metropolitan anea, taking the Arthur

ohalri book .shops as a criterion, their ^list of

All Kneel.ing
Children •■•
Squad .......

Goethe .\ . .... . . . • > . ■ • .

John Brown's Body
Adventures of an African
Slaver ; ..i^ • r • ■ • • ■ • <"•>
Disraeli . . . . ... • • • • • • •

Strange Interlude

.Warwick Deeping
, . . . ^ i.Anne. Parrlsji . r • • •
. . ; . . .Edith Wharton. . . . .
......James B. Wharton

NON- FICTION

. . ; . . vEmil Lbdwig . . . ,
. . . . .' Stephen.. V. Benet ,

$2;50
.2.50
2,50

. 2.50
2.00

$5:00
2,50

4.00
3.00
2.50

. Canbt . . . . ..... .

, Maiirpis . . ....

.Eugene O'Neill

. Another natibnal source of best sellers is the American News
Co. which goes into iessOi" .hut nu.nierous hinterland channels which
Baker & "Taylor do not reach, such as newsstands, stationery stores,
etc. The Arhericii.n Ne\y.s Co,',s ta^

FICTION;

Old. Py bus . . . . . . . . . ..: r • • • • • • • • Warwick Deeping. . .

Harness : . , . . v. . . . . .. . . i v. . . . • • • A. Hamilton Glbbs

Bad Girl Vina Delmar

Strange Case of Annie Spraguc Louis Bromfield

The Children
All Knieeling '■ . . . ... . . . .

Silver Slippers ........

The Foolish Virgin .j . ^
Wild . Horse Mesa . ... . . .

Silas Bradford's Soy.

$2,50
2.50
2.50
2.50
2.50
2.50
2.00
2.00
2.00
2:00

John Brown's Body , • . •
Buck in the Snow. . . ... .

Abraham Lincoln (2 vols.)
Strange Interlude . . . .1.. • • •

Francois Villon . . . . . . : . . ... •

Goethe . . . . .. • > • • • • • • • • •

Beneath Tropic Seas . .i...-
Graphic Bible ... . . .

Memories and Reflections.

Edith. Wharton
, . . . . Anne Parr ish . ,

, . . . . . Temple Bailey . ...

; . . . . vK-athleen Norrla . .

...... Zane Grey .......

. .1 ... Joseph C. iilncolri .

NON-FICTION

. . . . ■ , Steiphen V. Bennet. '

......Edna St. V. Millay

. Albert J. Beverldge ($12,50),
.Eugene O'Neill
.D.' B. Wynham Lewis
•Emil .Ludwig •
.William Beebe
.Lewis Browne

. Earl of Oxford and Asquith ($10)

full.

Jack Conway and/ Slang . '

Though writing slang \vas a nat-
.ural gift to Jack Conway, he .seldom
employed it In .speech, excepting
when with close friend.s.- Jack never
used slang at home where ho lived
with his. wife, mother . and cousin
(girl).- He could speak it freely
with his wife, who is on Variety,
through which they met,' but his
mother and cousin knew only the
epar.sest .slaiig and not any more
about the show business.

At one time Jack almost retired
froni slang Writing, It was about
the time tlio American IVIercury
called him America's slang ma.ster.
He didn't seem wild over the honor.
Without saying much about it. Jack
showed it in his writing!-- on Variety
almo.st .immed lately, . He commenced
to write reviews aimost sieverely
. straight and for him, in thc. hi.gh
hat way. Asked to stick to hi's style
and let tlj'e world guess; about his
other kind of English, Jack assent-
ed..

Hi.s fluency in slang was hothing.
shoi't of i-ein a r kiihle: It^ \yas a fa «t
typist and when at the . machine

' rollcid out his stories iJi sLaiig With-
out even .a hp.sitation foV a thought
at any time'. It is the belief in Va-
riety ofhce that there is no, .slang
word or expressiou c.ipahle of lieiiig
printed that Jack did not employ, at
. one time or another in his stories,
besides the . iiiiusual coinage he

• .idded of his own;'

plain 50-50 plan in
this offer pass by. w:rite at once
and siend poeni," . 'The advertise-
ment is coded, indicating insertion
in more than one publication, with
the addr6ss as Thomaston, Maine. -

Another, from Chiciago, goes: "I
have been associated with the big
publislwng companies all my life. I.
Will help you get your songs before
iaudiences and into music stores
with beautiful title pages and fine
orche.strationis." t
; Still another coded ad, also, from
Chicago, goes: ."Song wiiters, write
for a real proposition. Learri the
true facts. Act now."

Song critieism and revision in
Slime of the ads is offered for. as low-
as $2, Most of tilcm feature the
od-50 ])lan,"

Don't let publications. The publication will
have one story each . month on ' the
most , romantic picture made and a
series of articles of "trnie romances'
among screen couples.

No attempt' will be made to dish
the dirt;

Sucker Song Ads

One of tlie ihohthly litt>rary nviff-
aairie.s catering to tho writing Ori[(i
contains a regular feature on "aids"
to .song-writing, the. column . con-
Id li ot e.d \.iy ._. a ..pot g .on. mi k n cny ii. J o_ t h e
Ijroros.siOnal sorigrwriting craft,

Cair.ving -Jie colunm ary iiuinor-
ou« ad.verL.isoments of the fuckei"
vaiicty, some offorlnrT song ci-iti-
ci.>-'m and revision for a ijn'.ai' foe,
coHiiboratiot), song publishing or
any of tiu> jnany"*sciiemos tb gaHier
a few doll.'i-s.

One advertisement goos like thi,«:
"Hest riO-'jO .song plan, Send poem
for free exanijntition and let me ox-

Telegraph Changes
The new ownership regime of
Morning Telegraph went in la-n
week with Gene Fowler as manag
ing editor succeeding Myer Solmspn,
retained aa--city -<-\ii tor: Af tier the
demotion Solmson took a two weeU.s'
leave and left foi'^ Bcfrmuda,

'Other- changes bring ICd.. Sullivan,
formerly with Hearst, in as. assist-
ant to Fowler, also .the dropping
of Martha Dreiblatt,. feature writer
and. Mack, cartoonist, fronV the staff
S, Jay Ivaufma.n reinriin-s- as dra-
matic critic with the new owners
tailing over hi.s (,;oiitract, .running
ujitil next April. Johnny O'Connor
remains in charge of pictures and
vaiKle dop'artment.s without contract
.as yet and will also dp a; daily
Broadway column, Whitney iSolton
■goes froni Herald Tribune to the
'Pelegraph next week as film critic
"Town in Review"' \Vhich had been
a. front page feature of the sheet
for years will be temporarily dis
cfuitinuf'd until the how owner
v]one witli an outside eolumhist for
whom they are now dickering.

Fowler has carte blanche on reor
u:a.nizatl<in 1....

Film Critics Defended

■ ■ «

By Martin Picksteiii

Martin Dickstein is coriductpr of the Slovy Motipn department m th,
Brooklyn Eagle.. Mf. Dickstein !n the Sunday Eagle devoted his column
to the following defense of the. daily newspaper picture cr.tics:

It has been, called to the att/yntion of this department that the sagacity,
if . not the very honor, of the, motion picture reviewer has been laid
open to question. Attack would be . a 'better word.

The. Word is goiiig around in -mption picture circles (a metho;d pecuHar .
to word-going) thait the ladles and gentlemen of the press whose duty
it .is to consider the worth of the weekly output of picture-plays are. not,,
adequately qualified, for .their jobs. It is whispered, .even, tha.t they are

indifferent. ■ :■' ,'\^-'.-\} ''^

It seen-is, according. to.:an;,enlightcning article in -yaricty unmistakably . •
labeled "Useless Film Critics," that "at a recent ta,lk-fest where flim ;
reviewers on the' New York daily newspapers were interrogated, by a
group of theatre men on the methods applied in reviewing pictures, ad-
missions were obtained showing that feW of the reviewers were aware of
the principles of picture Criticlsm.'V Morepver, it Was more than definitely
alleged that "motion picture reviews, either good or bad, exerted a com-
paratively, slight, influence on. attendance ... and that pictures which .
had been unfavorably received by the cTitic^ had often .broken box-office

records.'*' •. • ,•.-■'■■• - V "' ,

"This should be something of a sensational, perhaps, epochal,- re vela- .
tioin of a terrible state of affairs. It . just happens', however, that it is -
nothing, of the kind . . . at least in sp far as criticism and box-offlce
records are 'concerned.

At the. risk of being tritei I. could mention tlie case of . "-Abie's Irish
Rose." Obyiously .there was ia.n Instance wheire . the opinions of .the critics
exerted a comparatively slight influence on attendance." But Ann
■Nichols Would know more about thats •;' ■

There was the case of the photoplay known as "Flaming Youth,*
Without malice aforethought the ladies and gentlemen of the press were
almost unanimous in the pplnibn thai; this photoplay embraced neither
artistic qualities nor very, much of that unfathoriiable element: known, as
entertainment value. • Oddly, enough, '-'Flaming .Youth" still stand's high
in the records of bo'x-offlce triumphs; . .

More recently, there v'as William Fox's "Sunrise." Acclaimed by the
professional critics as one of the rea,lly distinguished achievements of the
contemporary cinema, graced -with the artistic touch of Director F; W. ^
Murnau and amply provided with dramatic and entertaining features, it
was. doomed from, the first to become one of the major box;-ofncie failures
of Its season ■ '

. And so it has been with not d'pzens but hundreds of other picture-;,
plays. Criticism is not broad enough (itbr -is it required ta be) to pre-
dict the success or failure, of a glyen attraction purely from the stand-
point. Pf the man In the ticket window.

/;'.;•• '' • /"•'.,..■

The New York motion picture reviewer,, according to the findings of our
attentibn-call^r, "doesn't appear to knovv what It Is .all about." (Tb© .
disclosure distinctly bears no reference, to . the film reviews on the Brook--
lyn papers).

It Is as an innocent bystander, therefore, that this pulpiteer Is moved
to file at least , a mild, objection to what appears to be a malicious and
unfounded allegation.

The professional movie critic I. have found to be the most charitable
and fair-minded of souls, The New "Jfork species reveals, moreover, a
more than fundamental knowledge of his job. He may not always be cor-
rect in his flndlngs, but Invariably he tries tp be fair. It is usually hla
uppermost deterrhination to tell you whether he thinks a picture |s gopd,
bad or indifferent. You are not, of cotarse, compelled to -agree With his
opinion. More often than not yoU may depend uppn what he says.

it is the ailegatio'n . of a certain group, of mPtion picture theatre men
that fe-w film reviewers are aWare of the principles of picttire criticism— .
how photoplays should be fairly judged. - ..

Very well, then, just what are the"principies of picture criticism?"
Should a photoplay be judged on the score of its stbry? Should It
be asisessed. according to the merits oi! its direction? Is the acting to be.
considered? The photpfi;r.aphy ? The -sub-titles? Do the combined findings,
upon all these elements constitute the "principles of picture criticism?"
Perhaps.

Unfortunately, .motion picture criticism is not yet such an established
fbrm of endeavor that it can lie guided Ijy "principles." Nop, for that

Graphic Bars Variety

in its pages, By order of the m. e

And so Variety would hear of if, the
Graphic's m. e., when issuing the
order, demanded that a copy be sent
to Variety. The m. e. said that Va-
riety doesn't like the Graphic, and
that's why. If the Graphic bars
everyone out of Its sheet who doesn't
like the Graphic It will have to print
Macfadden's . name all over . the
paper. .

In the 60-60 way Macfadderi
doesn't appear much in. love witli
•Variety, either. Macfadden's True
Stories has sued Variety for $50,0.00
for damages.. It's the most mode.st
sum named in a libel suit against
Variety for some while; Likewise .a
slam In Its way, since MacfaddTi
thinks Variety could only hurt True
Stories for fifty.

Variety ; printed in this depart-
ment some weeks ago that Trut'
Stories had .dropped off in sales.
That simple little item, .says ^ac-
fadden, cost True Stories an $18,000
advertising contract. What makes
up the other $32,000 Variety doesn't
know. Probably Mac's feelings.

Jf'pllowing Variety's" publication
about True Stories Mac's lawyer
wrote In. Told about tha-t $18,000
contract, said advertising, agencie
read Variety, etc., and also enclosed
a form of retraction the counsellor
said Mr. Macfadden .: insisted be
printed. Lawyer was informed his
or Mac's denial Wo\iid* be printe l
but there was nothing to retract.

After a while the lawyer said g'l
ahead and , aee.._w.hat.:: ybu ..can.„_do

Fan Mag For Sticks
A new fan nia.u'azihe coiues into
exf.stcnoe next month, pulilished by
a Oliicago concern known a.'' Movie
Romance. It is to he v.old on a sub-
scription ba.«!is only, with no news-
'stand circulation.

The idea of the puhlishors. is t(..
i-c.-icli t lie rural (•(itiiuiiinifics in th<^
.same manner as Kami, and l''ir< ,«ide

about this, just to please Mac. So
Variety printed Mac, and his lawyer
denied the circulation of. Truo
Stories, had fallen off. Again the
lawyer, Who said the denial was
worse than the original story, and
enclosed find sworn affidavit of . cir
culatlon filed with A. B, C, Print
this or else — —

The attorney was rourteou.«!ly .ad •
vised that Variety thought . a state

tion. True, :the making: of movies has become very much of a standard-
ized enterprise. Biit ask a producer or a directpr just what are the
principles^ (however staridardized) which niust be considered in the pro-,
duction of a photoplay and you will be aimost certain to' learn that he
has no very definite Idea.

The contention among a number of local showmen is that a mption
picture cahnot be subjected to the same forms of criticism as a istage
play; that all the Writer is called upon to do Is review and report rather
than criticize..' .

With this! must ialso express a definite disagreement. If a photoplay
canno.t be subjected to the same forms of criticism as a stage play, why
can't it? Even the more astute. among the local "showmen" fail to offer
sound argument oh this point. It may be reasonably believed that they .
don't know.. If the "Sho'wman" prefers the motion picture reviewer
merely to "review and report" his attraction, it is an indication, I think,
that he can't stand criticism.

One of the primary requirements pf critici-sm is to point out faults when
and -where- they exist. Defects cannot be discussed" in the purely reper- -
torial account. If there are shortcoming.'j the reader, i. e., the prospective
theatre patron, should. knoW about .tiherh. Usually, he prefers to know
about them.

In the naive mianner of this department, it likes to believe that mption
picture criticism- is not altogether, futile. Like dramatic' critieisrn, it has
a place, however InTinilesimal, in -.the theatre's scheme.

, ■ ' . ■ * ■ ■

Apropos of the current taste , in rno-vie entertainment: '''Four Devils'' .
Is doing capacity business at the Ga,iety Theater, and they're standing
up to, see Al Jolson in ".The Singing Fool" at the Winter Garden. "D.anc-
ihg Daughters'' broke all attendance records at the Capitol last week, and
.Biliie Dove has become an important box-offlce draw In "'The Night
Watch." ■ ■ ■ ; • '

ment of circulation came under the
heading of advertising;, the pa^'o
rate of "Variety, etc. Then the suit
Only a summons was served, but
after this the complaint, .should fol-
lo\y, obliging .Va.riety to reply in its
answer that its defense is justifica-
tion. That means this paper be-
Heygs it is ^ prepared to pro y^ Jhat
the sales of'^True Stories. have^failei.
off annually for the paiat three year.*-
Only to give Mac's fable monthly
due credit, it has picked up about
75,000 added circulation of lat(>
through Mac's-'. U.se of the radio
That's not for Mac's benefit, thpitgh-'
but to give publishers a line on what
radio may do for them,

Talkin.cr .dboiit circulation and re-,
calling Variety la a chill down-

graphicway, that Macfadden dally
has been unfortunate in having twp
writers who about control the tab's
entire circulation. ■ They are Walter
Winchell and Ed Siill.ivari (sports).
It's entitled to reward ,for Winchell,
with whom it took a chance when
.starting, but on a small salary.. Now
Winohell :i.s the highe_st salai-ied. man^
on. the draphic, not excepting tb?-.
m. e.

in -liu-t. when W. R. Hear.st gave
an order to land Wincheft for. the
Evening Jouriial it was not so much
Winchell Hearst w-<anted a.s 'W'in-
chell's following on ' th>> Graphic.
Mac knew about that following,, too.
so he bid up Hearst and got .'Win-
chell at a price that .start- d the en-
( Continued on page 20)

Wednesday, October 24, 1928

V A R I E T Y

13

COMTRflCT

JOMN M.rTflWL rPEClflL PRODUCTIOM

WILL CONTRACT MARRIAGE COMPLETELV
DESTROY WOMANHOOD?

CAN WOMAN BE CONSIDERED AS PROPERTY?

IS CONTRACT MARRIAGE THE NEWER!

CIVILIZATION?

IS CONTRACT MARRIAGE A MEN ACE?,
UNLIMITED IN ITS EXP WITATION ANGLES

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CHICAGO

DAILY , JOURNAL : - ^'Exciting, wotthy
and thrilling. One for the whole family.
You'll like all of it."

AMERICAN: "You'll like it. Film worth
seeing."

TRIBUNE: '^Story holds your "interest,
wfell."

CLEVELAND

PLAINDEALER : "is a film knockout.
Will make any box-office glad."

NEWS: "Masterful direction. A thor-
oughly enjoyable story."

DETROIT

EVE. TIMES: "Packs tremendous punch.
Griffith at his best. You will grip the arms
of your chair many times."

NEWS: "An engrossing tale. Great emo-
tional scenes."

-lOriffith at his Best

NEW YORK

MIRROR, : "Rang the bell as movie enter-
tainment."

AMERICAN: "Likely: to keep box-office
men active. Will stack up the shekels."

TELEGRAPH : "Exciting movie."' .

SUN : "Held my attention — one of the best
of Griffith's recent efforts."

WINDSOR, ONT.

"Has an appeal for all
jblasses. A new and different
ork for Griffith."

May be

Obtained
With or Without
SOUND EiSFects and
Musical Ssmchronization

oBOTI-EOgTWE SEXES

Member' of Motion Tlcture ProJucere of
Amorlcn, Inc. — Will H. llaye, Prceldent

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Wednesday, October 24, 1928

P I C T U R E S

VARIETY

15

Coast Extras Burning Up Over
Studios' ADeged Labor Violations

Los Angeles, Oct. 23. ■■
Hollywood jicture producers face
the possibility of beinff hauled be-
fore the Galiforriia state depart-,
ment of Industrial lelationa as a
result of alleged •frequent violation
of regrulatlons laid down last Jan-

• uary, affecting extras. The mob
of extras, who haven't been living
any too luxuriously the past sev-
eral months, are : beginning to
squawk ^.nd some of them have
reached the, point where they're
about set to protest to the. State
Lalbor Bureau. As they figure cbn-

i' ditiona are such it; doesn't matter
much what the reaction Is against
them.

There are two state labor regu-
lations said to be violated; most
freqUeritiy. One provides that if

; extras are called and for some rea-
son or other, even if the reason is
beyond the company's control, the
company ia unable to work that
day, "a notice must be posted at
the hour designated for the call,,
stating the' set Avill not work arid
instructing extras to collect car^
fare. .If not, dlsrhissed immediately;
they , shall be paid their regular
wageo." Three big studios are re-

' ported violating this . regulation
consistently. They are alleged to

'be , keeping the extras, on the , lot,
working them for an hour or two
and then dismissing them .with only
one-quarter checks instead of a full
day's pay.

. . The, other regulation not being
^observed is one which providesj
that when extras have completed
eight hours of duty on a set, and
are held for at least another hoUr
to turn in -heir wardrobe, . they
must b>e paid ah additional quarter
check for the overtime consumed.
Che company, using several hun-
dred si)eclally costumed extras, dis-
missed them from the set at six
o'clock. All had to turn In their
costumes before they received their
cka,yed checks to be cashed. Owing
to the length of the wardrobe lines.
It was an hour and a half before
they were lined up in front of the
cashier's window, and they were
only given a single Check. One of
the extras protested volubly and

'FIVE O'CLOCK flRL'

Starring

Marion Davies

In Production Nov. 1 5
To Be
Directed for

M-G-M Release

Alfred
E.6reeii

HERMIE KING

' Musical Master of Ceremonies

New Oaklalid, Oaklandi Cal.
Direction Fanclion and Miirco

Dramatic Heart Beats

. Los Angeles, Oct. 23.

The new bag of tricks has
Started to sprofit oh the re-
cording and reproduction of
sound. ^ Two novelties haye
been worked out at Patlie, one
being described as a dissolving
voice ia a. trial .scene, although
Warners also had this in a
similar sequence, in. the
"Lights of New York." .

The other is a jmbre delicate
matter. Alan Hale and' Phyl-
lis Haver are at the bedside of
a sick baby listening for its
heartbeats. The audience hears
them, too, by the aid of ampli-
fication. As the man and
woman tensely leain over the
bed the beats become fainter
and slower. . Then, after a
moment, thei beats gradually-
come back to normal.

Change was accomplished
by removing bits of the sou,nd
track.

threatened action. 'His name and
address was tjaken arid the next day'
he received his extra quarter check
by mail. So far as is known, he
was the only one to collect. He did
not caish it, but.hasj held it for fu-
ture reference as evidence of , the
company's admitting it was in the
wrong.

Claim Practice Is General
Practice is reported as general
among the studios Who frequently
use, big ririobs. That the exttas
have not protested long ago is at-
tributed to their fear of being
blacklisted. The regulars arnong
the extras are also hot under the
collar concerning the alleged prac-
tice of anothet of th6 main: studios;
AH oif the larger studios are siip^
posed to take their extras from the.
Central Casting Bureau. However,
this studio is said to have a list of
about 60* people, not registered at
Central, who are given work regu
•larly by individual calls from the
studio. ."When the day's woi-k is
over, the checks, for these people
are said to be sent to Central Cast-
ing which stamps ita ofTicial okay
on the checks and they are then
issued. And the reguLii-s are pretty
much, burned about, it. . "

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SmaD's Film Series

• Los Angeles, Oct. 23.

Kddie Small is again going to
produce pictures on his own. He
is furnishing production headquar-
ters °at the. Coluriabia studio.

Smiall's plain is to make a' series
for n.ational release. l£ the national,
release companies do not market
these pictures, Columbia is to re-
lease them as apecials. .Pictures will
cost upward of-$125, 000.

F. N. Expect Changes

Reiwrts that Warners will con-
soluliite Fir.st National and Stanley.
i.'Ircuit ollices with their own on
44th, street persist; despite the com-
plete denial of such a rriove made
last wo.Gk by H. M. Warner to Vqiri-:
ety. An pfliclal order to stand .by
Cor the consolidation has been cir-
culated, it. is reported. . .

In the Warner oifices as well as
those of First National is ' heard
that moving day for Stanley and-
First National will' be- ImnicdiatGly
after the first of the year, and that
the Madison avenue quarters will be,
sublet ..for- the remaining five yeai's
of the ^ F, N. lease.

Harry Warner's statement that
the i'ight men and women will be
better off than, ever under the new
regime is providing little assurance
to smaller First National execu-
tives and .ipb-holdcrs. His declarai-
tion that the scythe will swing only
on politicians and gentlemen of un^
businesslike methods proves added
fuel to discomfiture in many of
these sources.

First Natiorialltes in the com-
monalty are . certain . . that . their
ranks will be considerably leaner
befox'e another month; : Especially
the boys who are pulling do-wn big.
salaries. Everi Wamerites,' . who
seem to have gotten an earful 'of
some of the figures passed weekly
to snialler Fir^t National ekeCUr
fives, pant when they start to corn-
pare them to their own.

As one of the first niovea , In get-
ting First National Wamerlzed,
three .Warner' auditors have been
over on Madison avenue during the
past week, going oveir. the sheets.

Modest Director

AFTER POLARIZED LIGHT

W. E. Dissafisfied With Glow Tube
— L. A. Inventor's^'BTanket Patent

' Los Angeles, Oct, 23.

Western Electric, is developing a
system of recording sound on film
by use of polarized light. This is
according to word received here
from the recent, convention of. the
Society of Motion Picture Engineers
at^Lake Placid, N". T. :

An engineer here suggests the>
reason for. the move In .W. E-'s
dissatisfaction with . results fi-om-
the glow tube now being used for.
Movietone. Deliiiar Whitson, local
inventor, and in the sound field for
a dozen or rnore years, holds a
blan,ket patent for recording a sound
on film by the use of polarized
light. ~ ' . -

Lester Cohen Returning

Los Angeles, Oct. 23.
Lester Cohen, former poet, novel -
Jst .and newjspaperman, leaves the
Paramount scenario department
Nov. 1 to return to New York and
finish a new hovel.

Cohen was -lassoed by -Herman
Mancki^wicz on one of hi,s literary
fora'ges and is rated by Manky as,
one of , the scribblers that n-iacki
good. '

Los Anselt^s, c")ct. il3.. ,'
There's a niodtvst director
out at- First NaiiDnal. >!oroe.n
orodit for the adaptation :ihd
oontinuity of "The Haunted
House" .EToes to Kiohai'd Doe,
wlvD is' l■5^^njamin Chrit^ttMison,
tho film's dirootnr. lie wanted
to. avoid the ropotiiion o£ his -
iiaii.ve. ; SanV(> i>viirsi» '.will ho
l"i>llo.vvod in his suiH'oodinij pio-.
tni:e, /."Sovon Foi)tprin.ts. .to •

When h.o . writivs a stoi'y in
whioh -hp- .i)lays. DaiiL? I'Vi'i^-
haaks Itals himself as IClton

' 'rhonias;^ Mai-.y Pickl'cn-d takes.
ilit> liainc of hor sraiulmothOr,.
Kaihorine llounessy anil John .
Mi'Cormick hides bohind the

. ii<)tn . lie soroon of Jolui lOni-
nii'tt. Riit so far as known,
(.'iu'j.slensen is 'the' lir.st direc-
loi-, to -shy at . hi.s own . nime.
Isvioe on the screeri. -

U's "Broadway" Stage

- Los A'ngoles, .Oc-t. 23;

' L'Mivers>ii.l is the first cnn-ri.i.iir.y tO
bulltVin a permanent .forn'i a sound
."^tiitio primarily fiH- one proiluction;
in order to allow inoro room than
the oi-Lhodox, 7,5 x 100- sound stages,.
U w.ill.'erect f or ''Broailway" a stasre
1.50- 'X 150. with a .Clearance be 50
foot in height. It .is Hying in the
face, of expert opinion tl^at the
Hinallor dimension is necessary to,
avoid- vibrations. -

- Once: before .Universal built a
sta.^-p for; a single pieturo, but con-
structed it- to last. That was for
'.'Ph:intom of the Opera." In spite
of oft'orts to giv^' the structure a
I'lo.ttor," like similar structures on
the lot, it remains tho"Phiintom
stag'.\" - " . . - -

Del. Film Corps. Offering
Stock for Sale in New York

Albany, X. Y., Oct. 23.
An issue- of common .stork- of
Holly wood-Argcntifta Cinoiua. Cor-
V)oratibn. is to be tloatod in New
York State,. t wo ileaUvt's having, boon .
lieenso*-! by Secretary of State Rob- ■
ert Closes to hrindle the ilotatiori. '
They are iSurns and l.^eyoa of 27
IJeaver street. New' York pity, and
G 1 llisah and C^bnrpa iiy of 24 . St one
.street. . llolly wood- Ars;-ontina Cine-
ma Corporation is a Delaware con-
cern, w-il)i. New York -olllce.s. at. 27
Keavor street. - /.

An issue of connnoa stock of the
C'inematic Accessories Company is,
also, to be offered investors in New
York State. W. H.-nrrisoh Cole .bi;
509 '^th avenue is licensed to handle
the .s,T.mo. Cinematic Aocpssories is
a PoUvwai'e corporation, with oifllcos
at 500 .5th avenue. New York;

The PiotMre. .Transmission Cor-
tjoration, Delaware concern. . \Vith
New York headquarters at 11 East
4)th atrebt, has been licensed to
n.oat an issue of its own stock in
New; York State. Cdniroon stock,
no par valiic, is to be offered for
bale.

A fourth Issue for.flbtation in this
state is that of Acoustic Products,
whose common stock, without par .
value, is being handled by F.
Gillespie and Company, of 111 Broad-
Way, .a.s syndicate manager. Acous-
tic Products has he.adquarters at 50
West 57th street. A Delaware cor-
poration, it notified the Secretary of.
State that 778,224 shares of com-,
mon, no par value, had been listed
(N. Y. Curb).

All of the above .'ictlons were
taken in .accordance with provisions
of the Oeneral Business Law de-
signed to protect New York State
Investors in the public sale of
securities. - '

Tom Mix Laid Up

. Los Angeles, Oct. 23.

Tom Mix has been out of FBO's
"The Drifter" for several days due
to a burst blood vessel in his leg,
complicated by a b.'td cold^

Talcing a flying mount in his, pre-
vious picture he dod.ned a low-
hahciing limb ;in.d badly scraped
the inside of his leg. . ' The injury
was giv.on emergency treatment arid
fori,'otten. Rexiently . there was evi
dfinoc of infection.

' When. he. insisted on doing a
stunt he caved In at its conclusion
and waJi. taken homo. A doctor told
him to keep off his hor.se for , the
prcS'-nt,

Can.-F. P. Stock Up

Toronto, Oct 23.
Stock of Famous Players Cana-
dian -Corporation has been showing
consistent jumps on the Canadian
markets following the best financial:
report in the history of the comr
pahy, presented in August,

F. N/s 9 in

Sight

Stanley Lead in ColoV

, - Ijos Angeles, Oct. 23. .
' Forrest StanU^y. will play the maile
lead in Technicolor's two reel ver-
sion of "Madanr(o DuBarry." •

GALE Q U AD RU PLETS

JANE - JUNE - JOAN - JEAN

■ . FEATUKKD IN

FANCHON AND MARCO'S ''HAPPY IDEA"

Organ as Time Saver

. Los Angeles, Oct. 23.
Con Conrad, Sidney Mitchel and
Archie Gettler, song writers, who
arrived on the Fox lot this week
to care, for the theme song end of
.several forthcoming productions,
innovated the traveling ■ songwrit-
ing idea by purcha-'jing a, portable
pi-gan-of the Salvatioa Army type.

They composed several numbers
while coming 'VV'esti ' ,'

T-S ':3'WAY FEVEE" ^

"Broadway . Fever" is the; title
adopted l>y Tiffany-Stahl, to : sup-
plant its former -"Applause.'?

"Applause" is the title of <,a recent
popular .seller, by Beth Brown. A
possible cliish over the bobk'.s name
induced T-S to defer to the iiuthor-
ess/ . ' ^ '. ■, '

THE ROMEROS

John ai)d Judith Carlos and Oscar and Alma Malvina

\IA. ON'fMWMll.T Onr Fifth .Y«ir with I'ltnclion and Mttrro.

"Sow witli

FANCHON AND MARCO'S "ARTIST'S IDEA"

GRAVES' FOLLOW-UP

Lo« Angeles, Oct 2^.
Ilulph Graves is. writing his own
story for "The Flying Marii^," in

■wh io-h. he.^w,i 1 l...apjLear .f.or^Cql.umbJa. .
This is' a S'lquel to ".Submarine."

■ Los Ang<'l.'S, Oct; 23;
HeL^iniiing Nov. 1, .First Nation;.il
stuiliu.'j will resume th.i'ir usual pro-
duclion and have nine, features in
work not later than' Doc, 1.

•I'ictures scheduled in their order
are "weary River,'.' "Man of the Mo-
ment," "Seven Footprints to Satan,"
"Children of the Uilz." "Saturday's
riiiUlren," "Bluffers," "That's a Bad
Girl," "Comedy of Life" and "Sh!
the Octopus."

♦'WHEEL OF LIFE" 75%

Los Ane6le.<<, Oct. 23.
Paramount 111 make "The Wheel
of Life" story of English army life
by John Farrow. .

It will bO; 75 per cent, dialog but
following new custom of most of
producing companies, a complete
silent version will be shot simul-
taneously.

Rieha.rd Dix and Florence Vidor
will be co-starred. Victor Schert-
zingor will direct.

KING'S NEW CONTRACT

Los AnR(il(;s, Oct. 23. .
Burton King's new producing
oontr.iiot with Excellent . calls for
the delivery of 17 features on the
1929-30 prpgra,m and thj-ee m
be- eompieted on hi.'-J l'92ii-29 con-
tract,;

KinK is oxp.<'Ct<.'d to- sign' after
certain . clau.sCs pi.Ttaining. .!tO ad-.
-v.-u)fes are . ironed out. Agreement
(;iv(>,s him exclusive ri^^hts to niakc
.-il! tin; pictures to be released on
10xo"il(>nt'3 i)rogrjim rie.xt year.

Theatre

Managers

Wanted

I^ARGE theatre brg;am^
zation has opening for
a number of real shovv-
man-managers. Loolcing
. for aggressive men only
who can exploit, publicize
and put their shows over
with a bang! Bright fii-
tiire with possibility of di-
vision managerships.

Api>I y. _.by..^lMtc!r,. jmon
presen^t and past conhfictlonH,
references and .salary de.sired.
Corresijondehc^ • strictly conA-
dentlal.

BOX No. 90
VARIETY, New York

J^nnings' Vs^ude Film .

Iy)S Ang<;le3, Oct. 23.
. • KUI.s LsLirid," scheduled as limil
,J;uiniii;4.i' next for I'aramount, harf
h"en sh"]vf(l. In its place ho will do
rt slory fif the cirfMjs and vaudeville,
tf-rii -'itivi'ly . tillf.d "The Feeder."
Jjf'.wiri Milstijne ^yill direct.

OF ZIEGFELD FOLLIES FAME
RETURNS AS A FEATURE WITH

FANeHON & MAReO

IN

"SAXOPHOBIA"

Now Touring West Coast Theatres

le

VARIETY

900-Hour Maratbsi Dance Does

, Omaha, Oct. 23..

Over a nionth aiiioe Omaha's
dance marathon beeiin.

A f.ike wedding (attonded ' by
about 3,a06) has bebn pulled and ex- '
posed. The affair has nearly thro wri
the ^American ■ Legion post into,
pitched battle with one of the city
commissionQris becaii.se another or-
ganization got the chance to pro-
mote, the marathon ; one Omaha
newspaper has started to roifuss
both news and advertising of the
derby ; the marathoncrs have had to
give.up. the municipal auditorium to
make way for the annual food sl'iow;'
a dancet: has , been .disqualified for
Bocking; his fair partner and knock-
ing, her 6i)t, and families are beinir
broken up .because mother sits, at
the marathon while.the old nian sit;-;:
at homCj hungry.

.And; seven couples, after nearly
900 hours of "continuous motion,"
shuffle sore.hely on.-

Theatre managers cry, and witii.
. cajjse. . For the past three weeks
the marathon has been reported do-
ing, more than. $6,000 gross on a.
Sunday and an , estimate of around
$.25,000 .weekly, more. tha,n- any
house in town can do...' .

' . Fr^e ■ Acts ■

Qrpheum, Publix and Pan. acts
liave been permitted to strut their
stuff before the applauding thou-
Ktiiids, foolishly thinking . that they
arc getting their theatre "publicity."
xn reality they have been killing
business, because the. marathon for
50c put" on a bigger show thaii any
of the theatresj. And you can bring
ypuir lunch and stay all day. .

The fake wedding was pulled after
a real hitch -up between- two of the
combatants had packed the house.

■ Charles . W, Savldge, aged "marry-
ing parson" of Omaha, was asked
to perform the ceremony, and theu.
went .throu.E;h with the mockery
fearing that people would !'tear th^
place down" if the truth were told.
The alleged bride and groom pot
$200 in cash and a number of mer-
chandise prizes. Both left town be^
fore the story broke.

Omaha, which laughed when the
fir.st bunion derby went busted
across the river in Council iBluffs

' has .^pne nufs ovIV thifS thing. It Is
reported that two others a.re being
contemplated.

Oimmick on Auto

Los Angeles, Oct. 23.

Continual discussion of mi-
crophones, amplification and
a '•■ thousand ■ other .scientific
gadgets employed In the nriak-
ihg of talkers, is gaining such
licfidway that a number of
Hollywood actors, are . going
nuts over the timely topic.

Onc^actbr has gone so, far
as tb employ a .sound expert to
devise a gimmick to put on his
autoiYiobile that ,~ v/iU . amplify
his voice tb warn .pede.strians.
in place of .a siren.

Sunday Propaganda Film
Claims a Few Endorsers

Even though, a, twb rcclcr, titled
'Liberty" is said 'to be propapanda
for. ..Sunday opening; the Hay.s
organization considers William L..
Mann, Its accredited promoter, pre-
sumptuous in ahhouncing that Hays,
among othiers, will spolisoi' it.

At the Hays offjces it was said
that'no o.ne had seen the film or had
boc^n informed about it, except, in-
directly, and that an investigation
s now being' made. They will in-
sist upon seeing the film before ex-
pressing an opinion to the pro'
meter,

Mann, who could riot be' found
at 130 W. 46th street, said to be hi.s
address by ilays ofllcials, stated
on a i,nailed typewritten card that
his short . would, be given free of
charge to film houses providing exr
pressage was met. Other organi-
zations which he said will .sponsor
his film include the iSaseball League
of Americai and the American Fed-
eration of Labor.

PI C T U RES

$976,600 Gross for
"Wings" at Criterion

."Wings" leaves the Criterion this
Friday (Oct. 26) to open at the Rl-
alto on a grind the next morning
(Saturday) , after having played to
$976,600 In 63 weeks on the ,44th
street corner.. This allowing the
picturo will do $10,000 in its final
week.- Totaling the road show re-
ceipt.s and the .Criterion the picture
had a gross of $2,424,300 Oct. 20^
for its $2 career. :

The Criterion now. becomes an ex-
ploitation house for '■ Paramourit.
It. will play pictures on tentative
eight weeks bookings to be guided
by business. First will be ."Inter-
ference" opening Nov. 16.

Pictures playing iat the house will
continue to be handled by Albert
.Gr.ay, head of. Paramount's road
ihow department. Following "In-
terference" . comes . "Night Club,"
"Drums of Oudc" (under .<i title
change), and ' then, "The Letter," .

Theatre goes dark to be renovated
and to have its capacity inci'eased,
due to all incoming fims being either
sound, dialog or bot^. Whether the
oversized screen is to he retained
has not been decided. If not, this
will open up certain seats unused
during the "Wings", Tiin because of
tiic big - sheetv

Three, road units of "Wings"
closed Saturday at Dayton, Birming-
harh and Atlanta, witK the last of
the 1 1 compahles out withdrawing
from the field. Nov. 11> at Louisville.

F. N,'s at Warners'

JACI^ WARNEE'S T. N. OFFICE

. Los Angeles, Oct. 23.

First National, studio's direcitorial
conference roorh f ormef ly occupied
by Watterson Ro.thacker is being
refurnished; It will serve as ah
office for Jack. Warner.

lie will divide /his time between
thiere and the Warner Studios ■ i4s
chief production executive:

BACK TO COLOR SHORTS

Los Angele.s, Oct. 23.
After selling its first five-reeler
"Lief the Lucky," to M-G-M, Tech-
nicolor is resuming its program of
short subjects for the same releas-
ing firm.

"Life of Mme. DuBarry," is next.
This is in line with Technicolor's
"Great Adventure" series.

Oyer-CapaCity Party

Los Angeles, Oct. 23.

Demonstrating the informal-,
ity of llollywoodians' when a
party Is being given is the tale
of Phyllis Haver's experience
when she issued 175 invita-
tions to an evening rieccption
at her Hillside home.

Thinking j3ome of the boys
and girls might ask at the .last
minute to brins' a friend, she
made provision for 225. .

The evtSnlngr had hardly be-
gun when she. was - told that
the number of guests had ex-
ceeded 400,

Two emer-gency calls to one
of the local caterers were
necessary before the ' guests
were fed.

J. C. Paper Boycott

Fifteen theatres have slammed a
boycott on the Jeraoy Journal the-
atre advertising .columns ; for the
past week, aa result of continuous
slams the paper has made on the
theatre men,, in Connection with
probe of &xinday -^opening graft In
Trenton, aS: well as other' attacks,
by mini.stcrSj: etc. .

Stanley-F'abian: made up for lost
publicity by putting out th^ow^
iiway tabloid in conjunction with
"The. Terror," also mentioning ail
its other house.«»; ,jacli Keale, of
State, securec tim^ on. .WKBO ,fbr
his advertising, slipping on orches-
tra and .organ selections nightly.
Other houses have been offered
time by him arid will accept.

With the Warner-First National
tie-up barely clinched, the Ross-
hcim cbrripany this week is already
utilizing the Warner, sound -studio
in Hollywood for the first of 37 pic-
turcD, which it no^y announces will
be souhded

Before tiie Warner buy-in. First
National , had planned to sound 3i
pictures in. studios of its own in
Burbank. Of these no number had
been set for complete dialog. Under
the Warner arrangement 26 of the
new schedule have been marketed as
100 per cent talkers. .

"The Barker," is the first of the
First National pictures to go to
work in the Warner studios. It is
claimed at First National home of-
fice that not all of the company's
pictures will go the Sunset boule-
vard way; that the Warner place
will be used only until the comple-
tion of Burbank sound stages. They
expect' this in ianother month.

Film^ 1-Hr. Tab and 50c
Top, New House Policy

Los Angeles, Oct. 23.
. Undier the new policy, Nov, 2, the
Broadway Palace, recehtly taken
over by G. F, Metzger, house will
offer four shows daily, with one
hour tab on stage and «k, fii st run
picture. House has been showing
second and third run filmSt "without
stage acts.. : New scale 25-75, latter
for boxes. 50c top on fioor.

Policy will be to run each tab and
feature for two vveeks. Leo Le
Blanc, staging the muslcali3,' is ar-
ranging the tab versions. Nadine
Wayne, Douglas Keaton, Al Garry
and Ken Brown are principals, with
18 girls iii line.

E.d Ponieroy will conduct house
orchestra of 10 pieces.

MINOLINSV VALENTINO

New

"Speak Easy V N. Y. Scenes

Fox's talker, "Speak Easy," will
have some of its scenes taken in
NcAv York, with most of the in-
teriors made at the Hollywood
studio..

Ben Stbloff^^llrector, le in the
city, casting the picture. Jos. A.
Valentine is on his way east to
camera the exteriors.

Blue, IVIcAvoy, Co-Stars Again

. Los Angeles, Oct. 23.
. Monte Blue and " May . McAvoV
agflin wiir be co-starred for War-
ners 'in "From H-ieadquartors,'' by
Samuel Hartrldge, upon the com-
pletion of their present picture.

Harvey Gates is -writing the
scenario and Howard Brbtherton
will dir<>ct. ^ ' ■

Story is of Central American acl-
vonturc and revolution.

House So Named-^Memorial
Club Buys In

Chicago, 'Oct. 23.
In recognition of an important
stock purchase by the Chicago Val-
entino Memorial club, Mindlin
Brotiiers are naming their proposed
new sure-seater on Chicago Ave-
nue the Valentino Memorial the-
atre.

This .300-seet house is to.be con-
structed by George Farr on the
Ansonia Club site. Mindlins have
signed a 20-yoar lease effective in
February, Theatre will have a
small projection room with a com-
plete file of Valentino films which
niay be . utilized by JncUviduals or
parties for a nominar fee to cover
payment for the operator. '
: Ternfis governing the stock pur-
chaes by the Meniorial Club stipu-
late that the house must present at
least one Valentino film a month,
also a . perpetual light in honor of
Valentino will be outsidte the thc^
atre. Bon Mindlin originated the
idea.

Wednesday/October 24, 1929

Some Talk About Many
Film Things at Toronto

Toronto, Oct, 23.
Opposition to picture censorship, .
continuance of amusement taxes in
Canada and music taxes in the
United ' States, ; declaration that
sound pictures are here to stay, arid
the warning that an effort wduld bo
mad© to have the United States
Government cbhtrol the ent;ir€i plc-^
ture industry were made before the .
Motion Picture Theatre Owners As-
sociation at its ninth annual cpn-
verition here, Oct. 17-20.

The suppression off sex liyglene
films was urged by President K. F.
Woodhull, who insisted they were
but thinly veiled cqninnerciallza-
tions of unpleasant subjects mas-
querading under the head of in-
struction."

W. Grove Smith; Canadian fire,
marshal, read a long pa;per on safe-
ty in picture houses, - cpridemning
the present type « of fire escape as
unsafe.

- < ' ■ " ■ ■

In giving the report of .tlie board
of directors an'd national legislative
committee, A. J. Brylavyski, of
Washington, warned the converition
that Federal control of the industry
would be attempted in the .United
States by . October, 1929; Brylawskl
got cheers when he told the po.v
wow the Lord's Day Alliance .cam-
paign to close all picture houses
on Sundays had been . temporarily
checked. He said- this effort was
backed by $700,000 in real cash.

George Harve.y, President of the
Association of Motion Picture Ad-
vertisers, declared that from the
producers' standpoint nc> better me-
dium of advertising was. possible
than through the theatrical trade
papers because the appeal was, di-
rect to the interested party.

Fred Desbcrg of Cleveland urged
the srhaH-towh exhibitor to get his
house wired as . quickly as possible
because the sound picture was here
to stay and would eventually be
perfected.

M. A, Lightman of Eldorado, Ark.,
said sound pictures. were the great-
est weapon ever placed in the hands
of the industry and urged that
written titles be abolished, but that
dialog be kept to a mininium. He
felt that the "Main street mind"
would be the most benefited by
sound pictures.

Kalford Firm Takes Over
Young- Whitney Houses

. Utica, N. Y., Oct, 23, .
Capitol, Ilion, pictures, is now be-
ing operated by Kalford Theatres,
inc. Latter firm has just taken
over the operating of tiie theatre
and the building and other inter-
ests of Young & Whitney, Inc.
Officers of the new merger of Kal-
Ict and Connefort interests, making
a 200 chain theatre outfit in New
York and Pennsrylvania, are : presi-
dent, F. C. Walker, New York;
vice-president, Robert Pierce, Ilion;
secretary and treasurer, M. J. Kal-
let, Oneida; director, F. C. Whitney.
Real estate of Young' & "Whitney is
not inyojved, still being held by the
holding company; . . • ■

LUCILLE PAGE

IICATI'KKD IN

FANCHON and MARCO'S "HAT IDEA"

with CHARLIE MURRAY

ARABIAN WHIRLWIND

X'liArUftKU IN
FANCHON and MARCO'S "NIGHT CLUB IDEA"

^^ET.T.TS ISLAND" OFF

Los Angeles, Oct. 23.

Paramount has rejected "Ellis Is-
land' as. an Emil Jannings story
and is : trying to obtain another
script. It is possible they will re-
rnako "The Montcbunk," in wliich
lOrno.st.Torrencc starred about throe
years ago.

Lewis Milestone . borrowed from
Caddo to make the Jahnings picture
is drawing salary on a pay or play
conlraot while the story himt goes

Oriontai, Portland, Running

■ l\)rtl;ind, Oro., 0cl. li.'i.

Tpbhot's Oriental l.s continuing to
bi><vato Indofinitoly on a (irst run
itulopciulont policy. Mixed n'i)ort,-:
Slated the Oriental would close, but
this applied to XTnivor.'-\al's Colum-
bia, whi^•h closed here a W(>(>k ago
an('. i-oiuains dark.

Oi-l'-nlal has been enjoying steady
busino.'^s.

BOSTON STRIKE SETTLED

Boston, Oct. 23.
An agreement has been reachecl
between Boston musicians, union
and Uic New. England, "Theatres Op.^
orating Corp-.; over mi.sunderstand-

iie. ■

A week ago Saturday the Union
ordered its members to withdraw
from, the theatres operated by the
corporation. Since then they en-
deavored to ascertain their status
in the light of the innovation of
talking films, and sound effects be-
ing introduced into the theatres.

Exterior. Installation
. Newark, N. J., Oct. 23.
Capitol is making an , Outside in-
stallation of Phototone for bally-
hooing. ■ It wlll be used for "Ex*
posing the White Slave Traffic."

A. Johnny Mack, formerly man-
ager of .the Empire here, is ahead
of this film. ■

Charles Althoff

"VARIETY"

"As perfect .a characterization as
was ever portrayed on any stage."
Add. Care Jerry CarglU, 1560 B'way, N:T.

ADELE

FLORENCE

"Campus Caper^"

W ITH "CO.ME ON, KIOD," A i'l KI.I.V I NIT
VR01)V< KO AM) STA(il.I) UY .1. lIAUKI.»i -

THIS WKKK. OKIKNTAT,, rillCACO
Ayc<.U Oyt. 27, riiRullso. (■lii<'ii»:o Wwk N<>\. JO. Norsliorr, <'hlr4«f:c>

MooU >ov. 3, Ilardmj;, ('lii<«K<) AVofk Nov. 10, N«)«-!.I»orf,. CIiicaBO

\Vi(h Ifciluiuo «if riildix Circuit lo IVMUw
Ulrootlon AVIM.IAM MOUItl.S ai'I'lCK

Wednesday, October 24, 1928

VARIETY

17

i Her^s A Tip-off To Something Hot

«i r.ture caiJ-e<i v+ • c< so real ^ „ ♦v,pm was ent-i*"^"^

ple.e of sooas. ^ A^^^. <^ the ^^^^ . ^^^o

illB has things thav eve^ . . ^ ^^^^d^^^^^^^^ ^ ^

Ther is„a t^'=''3„rh a regular |^^;^^%st a Pieoe of . <=%^^, his day

by letting one «^ . . gets isj^"^^^^^ they feature ^^!v,b

f U'l call him by ^xs^^^r ^'"""^ the mails. , ^, , „oUs into ,

larto.send woras^lx^e t^^^^ ^ ^ Cly sh*e ^l' ^ g t-d

law. nine times' « is SO mean ne ^j-^ Tiarv Astor, o"^^^^. cried, and U *

•'^/aight l«e? Xhi, broad xs "^^^eoially «l>^»,f ^er"the 'n.a.est
leading a s"ai6n^ ry for that_ ]a

broad, I s"'!i|"hen she «as xn trouP , „va tries *-o S^^f*

been thers .myself^^«he j,^^^ ,uy arid this P?'.l»''''\ \redit to his

«flllet handy to h^^**^ . ^,h» right gw ,33 dip. *

""^^^^^ When she^Barr^/ .V,^„„ a diP^^^^^ ^OU, .,v like "Romance

Why am X SP^J*;^ I tipped o**
.-tne underworld^ ^^Vo» Brabbed me.

Hedf rmv meat, dartng, true to life.

WIHUM FOX

ROMANCE X UNDERWORLD

K -

Irviitg Cttmmlngii liliiiliiiii^^

Robert Elliott Ben Bard John Boles

Scns^ti ^iov^ Sydney t^mfietd and t^ougtas potyt
Sii^gested hy Paul Atm^trong^i play. Synchr0tA%ed or SlleHt prinU

iox cmci TOuciircwN

WITH the co-operation of every recruiting station of the
U. S. Navy, ''ANNAPOLIS," the spectacular picturization
of midshipmen life, is all set to crash through for a Box Office
Touchdown,

Every main station and every sub-station in the U. S. has been
ordered by the U. S. Navy authorities to give all assistance in
their power to exhibitors showing "ANNAPOLIS."

The U. S. Navy is posting thousands of one-sheet posters adver-
tising "ANNAPOLIS'V

The Navy is giving the use of every "A" board in the coun
to exploit "ANNAPOLIS."

Captain F. H, Poteet, in charge of Navy Recruiting Service
at Washington, D. C., is instructing every recruiting officer in
the U. S. to co-operate with Palhe Branches and exhibitors
on "ANNAPOLIS." —

MemborH of ^otlou Picture Producore and Distrlbatore of Amcrlcar-'WIL>Ij U, UATS, FtvaiOcMt

Wednesday. October 24, 1028

PICTURES

VARIETY

19

Dembow Suggests to Publix Mgrs.
How t6 Hold Trade Election Night

Below to a letter by Sam Dembow, Jr., appearingf In . Publlx
Opinion last, week, addressed to the resident managers of th*
Piibllz chain. Publlx Opinion is the confidential house organ of
Publlx Theatre*. Mr. Dembrow's letter is reprinted by permission.;
- The purport of the DemboV letter da to hold business on
Election night It reads: ' ,

It has been decided after discus^on that unless something la
done to overcome the competition of. radio on ; Presidential
Election night, business in our theatres will in all likelihdod
be at low ebb.

. Toi remedy this, the suggestion is made that Publlx Thea.trefl
furiiish election returns to patrons,
You are requested to' contact the promotion manager of yoOir
. best dally newspaper, and make an agreement With , him to
furnish you FREE; with election returns. Make sure his service
, iis EXCL»USrVB to your theatre. He will receive advance pro- .
motion o'n your screen, telling, patrons that election returns
will be furnished in your theatre, at brief lriterva,is, with Im-
portant liewa bulletlhs; through the .courtesy of The Daily
Newspaper. The newspaper, will doubtless print several pro- :
motion-stories ahd promotion display-ads on the stunt, as it lis
a mark of enterprise on their part— and you cash in o'n .lt.

We" want. to know what theiatres wiU make this tie-up. There-
fore, wUhln the next few dayig, you are urgently requested to
visit your leading newspaper, and make this deal, and to notify
A. M. Botsford whether you succeeded or not.

If you succeed, pf course you'll , advertise, the fact
-In advance. ■ '

If you fail, you may be able to make the deal with the . ; "
secondary newspaper. Or install a radio to get the .
news to furnish the audience the information. Serve - .
the returns to the. audience ,ln . such a manner as not
to be a nuisance, or constant interruption* Do it in slide
bulletins between each program-unit.
: In either event, please let us have an immediate

report on the matter. ■
On the last elections in most big towns,' the newspapers
engaged In a. bitter competition to get their returns In the
theatres, as a- newspaper promotion stunt for the effect the
enterprising Eiervlce has on circulation. Therefore, if you sell :
the Idea correctly-^by asking the newspaper If they don't want
to beat their, o'pposition to it by settling it definitely this far in
; advance — ^ybu'U put it oyer. Make sure It Is free and exclusive.

Sam Dembow, Jr.

Whiteman in U Talker
For 40lof Profit

Paul Whiteman takes his orches-
tra, entire BtaJt of arrangers headed
by Ferditt Orofe, and Ii. Wolfe Gil-
bert and MaJbel Wayne, songwriters,
to Universaj City witli him Feb. 16.
to star in a Universal super-spe-
cial 100 per cent talker, titled "The
King of Jazz." Whiteman is re-
ceiving 40 per cent of the net profit
on the: picture, with a large guar-
antee.

The talker arrangement between
Wiiiteihan and Universal may be
permanent. Fox Movietone has
been also interested In the Jazz
king for. similar duties.

Grofe will score and synchronize
the talker and Ollbert and Miss
Wayne, authors of "Ramona,"
"Jearinlne," .and other Feiat picture
thenio sbng^, will contribute the
special ditties.

James -F. Gillespie. . Whiteman's
business arid personal, representa-
tive, closed the deal with Carl
Lacmmle and Nat Goldstone at the
Harmony Club, New y York.

• Whiteman Is on a concert tour
under F. C. Copplciis' dlreetion and
is due back In . New York Dec. 17

B. & K. Engineers Walk
Out in Jaiiitoi* Dispute

Chicago, Oct. 23.

A dispute between the Operating
Engineers, Local 629, and the Chi-
cago . Janitors' union caused the
engineers to walk out of all Bala-
ban and Katz houses. Argument
between the two labor organiza-
tions involves the operation and
^laintenahce of ice "machines^ cool-
ing plants and boilers in theatres.

Both organizations were brought
together through Tommy Maloy,
motion picture operators union,
wQlo called in Ja^es Grahaim, in-
ternational vice president of the
engineers. Graham got together
With Tom Burke and Con Shea of
the Janitors. Meanwhile, the engi-
neers, who have had men picketing
theatres with a sign reading "un-
fair to organized labor," have
changed this to' "unfair to engi-
neers union. Local 629." Pressure
:was brought to adjust the reading.

AL LYONS

AND

NEAL CASTAGNOLI

Teatnred in

FANCHON and MARCO
IDEAS

. XOEW'S STATK TIISATRE
LOS ANOEUBS

INDEFINITELY

. Hitting on All Sixes for

FANCHON adn MARCO

Regards to Our Friends :

Cooneys May Be In 0^
New J. & B. Co. of Ind.

Publix Retaking Coast
Houses and Direction

Arrangements for the resumption
of iPublix direction oyer it« west
coast and northweat houses are now
pending, .alwaiting the arrival of
Harold B. Franklin, president of
West . Coast . ^ Theatres circuit,
Franklin Is due In New York early
in November.'

Publix will take back its Los An
geles, San Francisco, Portland and
Seattle houses': but on what date
haa not been . determined; iR. E
Crabill will become general _ man
ager for those houses, with it re-
ported that Ed " Olmstead will
handle all advertising and publicity
from the western end.

Indianapolis, Ind.j .Oct. 23. :
Previous reports that Cooriey
Bros., deposed heads of the bank-
rupt National Playhouse circuit, are
serious in their plans to make an
import«.nt comeback In show busi-
ness are substantiated in the in-
corporation under Indiana laws of
the "J. & B. Theatre Company"
last week. . State records list the
ipapltal; common stock at $10,000.

Cdoney Bros. are. not named In
the corporation, papers, with Harry
P. Munns, Jack Dwork and A.lbert
Goldman apparently the. heads.
Messrs. Muhns andyDwork are of a
Chicago law office and not interr
ested in theatre operation, while Al-
bert Goldman formerly ; was asso-
ciated with the Cooneys when they
operated Niational Playhouses. "J.
& B Theatre Co:" titlie Is explain-
able In that the first names of the
Cooneys are Jack ahd Ben. •

Over a month ago Cooneys
leased the Drake . theatre In Chl^
cago and are reported doing, mod-,
erately well' with It. Last week
they took over the Gary theatre In
Gary, as the second . of a contem-
plated string. Both houses are well
above shooting gallery classification,
although not de luxes.

Cooney Bros, are the founders of
the National. Playhouses circuit of
10 theatres, including the Capitol
and Avalori. They were oiisted by
stockholders because of alleged mis -
management and the circuit was de^
clared bankrupt. At present it is
being operated in receivership by
the Chicago Title & Trust Co.,' with
James Cbsten managing. . Bonded
indebtedness is estimated at
?3,500.000.

Marks- B. & K. Trial Nov. 27
Chicago, Oct. 23.
Date of trial In Marks Bros.' re
straint of trade suit, brought
against Publix-B. & K. and 24 other
defendants, was set last week for
Nov. 27 by Federal Judge James
Wllkerson. : ..

GRACE

MARIE

in "SUNNY SPAIN," a PUBLIX UNIT

IStaged and Produced by JACK LAUGHLIN

THIS WEEK— HARDING, CHICAGO
NEXT WEEK— NORSHORE, CHICAGO

Dlrectlob WIUIAM HOBMS OjmCB

Pushing in Sunday .
Shows at Utica, N. Y

Utlca, N. Y., .Oct. 23
Sunday vaudeylUe, by that or ah
other , name, may soon be a reality
In - this , town. Syracuse, BO miles
away, has had It a long time.

Sim Allen, manager of Schlne*;
Gaiety, just reopened, began plug
ging a Sunday "concert" in addi
tipn to the. picture. :
. Possibly to counteract the Schlne
vaudeville draw, which la heavy;
the . new Stanley began using 11
lustrated apace in the papers to an
nounCe a stage, attraction, the
Farasof Dancing- Girls. These pre
Mentations will show Sundays, too.

Quiet Sound

Los Angeles, Oct. 23.

Jiist to show what thia en-
trance of sound, with lis un-
settling reverberations will .dp
— ^ind the general lassitude-
here is ascribed to nothing
else — a Culver City, studio
woman remarked;

"It Is so quiet here I am get-
ting tired listening to my own
heart beat^it's such a change
from Universal City."

FOX-PAR'S WISCONSIN
THEA1M BLDG. BATTLE

Midwesco and Fischer -Par
Erecting Throughout State-
Michigan Sites Named

Decision About Ready
In W. C. Trade Matter

: Washington, Oct. 23.
iSaul is. Rogers, representing
William Fox as how having control
of the West Coast Theatres, yester
day (Monday) asked, the Federal
Trade Commission to reopen Its
case against those theatres to en-
able him to prepare briefs and- pro-
sent, oral, argument.

Rogers niade this request during
the hearing granted Bruce Bromley,
for Paramount, now in control of
Rothchild, namied with West Coast
In the Government's proceeding;

Without leaving the rostrum the
bommisslon vetoed Rogers' request,
Stating that the agreement entered
into with the former counsel for the
theatre chain would stand.

In arguing, the Rothchild charges
Government counsel centered its
fight on the interstate commerce
phase from the Binderup case and
several letters from the West Coast
files tending, It was stated, to show
an uriderstanding between the two.

Bromley's answer was about as
In the Paramount proceedings of-
the jpast five, years, . that the Bin-
derup decision was not the final
word and that Governmentis counr
sel only hlad letters from West
Coast in which it was constantly
complained that Rothchild was not
adhering to their agreement indi-
cated to Bromley that Rothchild
wouldn't conspire, though West
Coast wanted the company to do so
Final arguments required less
than an hour with the only remain-
ing step being the , commission's
ifinal order of dismissal or "cease
and de.sist." . . ^

Chicago, Oct. 25.
Planned building campaigns ol
Fox-MIdwestco and the Fischer-
Parambunt independent circuit of
the.atres points, to a.; heavy battl*
between the two circuits through-
out Wisconsin. Circuits already ax%
hot after each, other, in opposition,
with the. battle for Fox led by Jo*
Leo, ■vice-president and general
manager, and for Paramount by
Fischer and Sam Miller.

In .the proposed theatre building
campaign iPar seemingly, has the
edge, having . already awarded con-
tracts on all the hbuses to Hooper
& ' Janusch, Chicago architects,
while thus far Fox has awarded
contracts . on only ; two . houses.
Building campaign, as announced,
will establish Fox and Paramount
opposition houdes in at least 'eight
new towns including Appleton,
Green . Bay, Marinette, Stevens
Pointi Marshfleld, Monroe; Antigo
and Wauaau;

Outside of the . oppositfon spotis
Fox-Mldwesco is planning Wisconr
sin theatres ifor Merrill, Mahltowbc,
Rhinelander, Milwaukee and Wau-
kesha, and In MichlgTan for Sault
Saint Marie, Ironwood, Ashley, Es-
canaba and Marquette. Proposed
theatres for Par,, exclusive of Fox
opposition spots, include Beloit and
Menasha,. Mis.

HAEDING'S AlWOUWCEMENT

Chicago, Octp 23.

First sound program ^t the Hard-
ing this week* was preisented with
official announcement that the
house Is now under direct manage-
ment of ; Balaban &; Katz. Pre-
viously It has .been identified as a
Lubliher & Trihz house, a subsidi-
ary of B. & K. ^

No changes In personiiel. Wiring
is not replacing the sta^e band pol-
icy, with Al Morey continuing as

•in. ft. :

FOX'S XMAS NITE PREMIEEE

St. Louis, Oct 23i
Plans to open the new Fox thea-
tre here Christmas night have be^n
announced. .

-Harry Greenman, twice manager
of. Loew's State, Is reported chosjeji
to manage the .new house'.

Wiik at N. Y. Exch.

Ralph Wilk hasj been made, man-
ager of the New. York Exchange
for Vitaphone.

' Jack Keegan, formerly in charge,
has gone on- the road for Warners
to check up on the Vitaphone ex-
changes nationally.

Canadian Film Ready

Washington, Oct. 23.
" Canadian Intornatiohal Films— ir;
about ready to release its first ifea-
■ture,_|'Carry^on, Sergeant." Nov. 10
fiaJ~been'"^eP1f6r

says Asst Trade Commisslonor
Wm. P. Sargent, Jr.

. Dave Loew's Coast Trip

Los Angeles,: Oct. 23.

Dave'Loew, film buyer fo'r Loew'H,
arrived here this, week from the
Ea.st for a threc'month.stay.

He made the trip across country
by automobile.

Brooklyn and Bridge

E. E. Long is the manager of the
new F^, Brooklyn, N. T. Theatre is
dolng-'rairly. A personality draw is
belrig scouted for, although show
men believe downtown Brooklyn
is considerably over-seated. The
Brooklyn natives. If they travel out
of their neighborhoods, would like
to go over the bridge into Timeia
Square.

The opposition, Mark Strand,
with an all-talker policy, -has been
holding- up •strong. Joseph P'lun
kett Is now managing director of
both New York and Brooklyn
Strands. Charles McDonald, who
succeeded liJcl ward L. Hyman, now
a vice-president of the Stanley Co.,
headquarters In Philadelphia, last-
ed about four weeks. McDonald
may . switch to Keith's.

Keith's Albee in Brooklyn bias not
been affected by Fox,

100 Wired Houses in
Western Division iby Nov.

Los;.Angeles, Oct.' 23.

With the installations that are
scheduled for completion this
month, Nov. 1 should • see an even
100 houses wired on the Coast and
east to Denver. This figure in-
cludes only those houses completely
wired for Movietone, Vitaphone and
Phototone.

A nuniber of houses are equipped
only for Movietone and a . lesser,
number for Just Vitaphone. Instal-
lations by March 1 should bring th«
total to approximately 200.

Columbia's 1st Dialoger

, Los Angeles, Oct. 25. '

■ The first talking picture that Co-
lumbia Will -make with Victor syn-
chronizatibn is "The Donovan Af-
fair," written fbr the stage by Olln
Davis.

Jack. Holt Is to be starred and
Frank CapVa will direct. Picture
will, go Into production about
Nov. 16.

ft

Pathe's '^Missing Men

Los Angeles, Oct; 23.
Pathe will make Its first all-talk-
ing picture in ';The Miissing Man,"
from the stage play by Benjamin
Glazer and John Posner. Glazer
will adapt, and direct.
' " Pri n clpal s' h a ve n of " "be^n scTecled .
In ca.st are . Robert St. Angelo,
Claude King, Mary Forbes and
George Earraud.

Firnatone, Trade Mark

Washington, Oct. 23.
First National has been granted
a trade mark on "Flrnatone" tol
cover .that company's sound pic-
tures.

NO CHANGES BY METZGEE

With the new regime In Univers-
al's hipme oflflce under Lou Metzger,
general manager, just getting
underway, it i.'j waid .Urilver.sal will
make no changes in its ."aalcs sys-
tem. . • ■

NO .succos.sor to Van Praag, head
of the western divl.sion who wa.s
brought in for Metzgcr's Job, has
yet been named.

Six Months at Coconut
Grove, Ambassador Hotel,
Los Angeles, Cal.

JOHN

FRIDERICK

and

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DABNEY

DeLUXE DANCING TEAM

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Circuit of Theatres

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VARIETY

PICTURES

Wednesday, October 24, 1928

Inside Stuff-Pictures

Discs for Theme Songs

The terrific Importance of music In. relation to sound pictures pn the
various sound devices, has three of the most prominent picture, com-
panies affiliated with music publishing

Paramount

music publishing organizations.
Famous-Players Corp. Is Its own music publisher as the ^^imout Mu^^^^
Co., operating through Harms, <Mai and Louis Dreyfuss firm) aa .celling

'^M-^d-M has bought In on half of the Robbins Music Corp., with David
Bernstein of Loew's, and J. Robert ilubin. the Loew-Metro attorney, on
the bojjird 6£ directors; of thfe music firm, . ^

Last week William Fox closed with Bobby Crawfotd. head^of ^DeSylva
Brown & Henderson, for that firm's publication and exploitation of a
number of . Fox.' film theme songs. One of th^. biggest P ct«re_ song Wts
"Angela Mia." is a DeSylva-Brown-Henderson publication, linked wim

^*?SamS itSing Its music business still furtl^er. plugging theme
Bongs of its various Publix units for possible sheet music sales and
Jhom,g?aph record and piano roll royalties, ^am Katzjikes the Idea . of
this new source of income and has become conscious of the music men
using his theatres fot super-plugging purposes,
A song spotted in a Publlx unit means "*

The neighborhood picture
houses along Ist, 2d, 9th and
10th avenues are beating the
wound picture epidemic by
running disc records of theme
songs with their pictures.
There la no legal restriction
and as every theme song has
been canned by two or three
companies It can . be played
over and over with varlatlonB
In the medium.

The kid cuatomerfl go for It
and sing along .with thei rec-
ords.

Picture

•I

"Olympia" — Unfavorable
OLYMPIA (Mlller-Comedy-Empire). , ... ^w. « i ,

Actionless play, relying on smart dialog, limiting thia Molnar play^j

screen appeal. .

•The Common Sin"— Favorable
THE COMMON SIN (Melodrama- Wlllard Mack-ForreBt).
Story of a; wife who doeen't stop even at murder, but there Is a; moral-*.

the law geta her.

LITERATI

at least 38 weeks of solid.

plijgglng ln the choicest key . cities of the co^^t'-V ,^,^1=' 'T"i,n.^h
Sith the thought of his staff boys turning over their ditties to his sub-
cSporatlon, the Famous Music Co.. ai»d thus reahzme some

^°"Blosloms That'^Bloom in the Moonlight," from a recent . Publlx unit,

«'Tnft<!.»nms" now en tour, is being exploited with lobby sales tierups in , .

tS Ses Xe'" the unit plays, and special local exploitation at the Varlety^for ^oPP^d^^:;:^
mus£^^. radio st.tlcms, ' tc. I^dor^ Halperln tl^^I^
office, has this branch in charge. This has created the situation wher^
Ben Black,, composer of the above song, for example, although himself
a music publisher as ah officer and partner in Villa Moret, Inc., must
turn the song over to Faimous because Black is also in the Publlx organ-
*,.r,*i^'„ "Wonriprfni Rifl." bv and from Joe Santley's Publix unit of that

(Continued from page: 12)
tire Macfaddeh organisation groan-
ing." ••

If. the Graphic really InslstB va-
riety's name shpiir not be used. It
will have to forego giving credit to

"Mr. Moneypenny"— Unfavorable
♦MB. MPNETPENNT" (ChannIng Pollock, Authpr-ProSducer, I4b^rt3% ,

New Tork).- ■ ' ■ :■ ' " ■ 1^- - ■ ^ ' ■ ■

Symbolic stuft and philosophical theme together with absence of ac^
tlon all against screen use. Film fans wouldni't react io play about evfl
influence of wealth. Principal role is that of character old man. Rush.

*The Grey Fox"— Unfavorable

'•TKE GREY POX" (Brady and Wiman, Playbouse).
CpBtume tragedy of old Rome, sordid, unromantio, talky;. nothing herq .
for silent Or spoken filming.

Izatio'n. "Wonderful Girl," by and from Joe Santley'
hame, is another similarly plugged Famous Music Co. publication.

Primarily, however, the jplcture theme songs are the thing, as it forces
ah almost immediate 100 per cent mechanical recording since a demand
is bound to be created through this Intensive exploitation campaign.

When Jack Robbins works ou the details with M-G-M, the Robbins
Music Corpototlon's publications will be similarly plugged and sold in
the thea.^re3 and lobbies In the key stands where the pictures play.

The Motion Pictures Theatre Owners" Association of . America held Its
annual convention in Toronto last week. It was representative of the
picture exhibitors as Toronto is of America. Its just a chain -distributor-
Hays controlled body, as may be seen In almost any move it makes, and
it seldom makes one. About all it did In Toronto was to holler about
the Brookhart Bill, and re-elect R. F. Woodhull president.

Just why they couldn't have eiected Woodhull by mall is probably
because Toronto is over the border.

The M. P. T, O. A. ainnual meeting formeriy mleant something, even
outside the nOn'-prohib dominion. If it means anything anymore, Wood-
hull and Hays ai-e the only ones aware' of it.

Pete Smith, who draws a salary for getting the M-G-M name In
print, comes forth with a yarn stating that the company has established
a linguistic board fot "Mysterious Island." There are, Filipinos, Hawai-
lans and Polynesians in the cast. ,

■Respective linguists or interpreters are Joe Domlnguez, for the Fili-
pinos'; N. Pa yo, for the Polynesians; Jim Spencer, for the Hawalians,
and Smith ifdr the newspapers.

Sound brings its griefs, too, and a new manager of one of Los
Angeles first run. house found it out during the first five days In office.
Imbued with an ambition to save money and establish a rep, he ran
foul of the union flcale w|th its overtime for this and its additional
man for. that. Overtime because the show ran 10 minutes too long,
.but It. chalked up a half hour, overtime all the way through.

The manager tried to tighten Up but folind he couldn't cut his sound
pictures. Then he found another Item: Overtime of an hour a day
bjjfore the show Opened— over^haulinjg and testing sound equipment—
and no way out. But the high spot was when he was told h© would
have to add another man, full time. If he used the nori-synchrono'vis box
installed with the rest of the sound equipment. Tho box is simply used
for extraneous sound effocts not connected with sound. pictures and Is

. (Continued on page 49)

never has given Variety or any other
paper credit for what news it has
printed, so the omission won't be

missed. . ■ ' '

But one publisher suing another
and one great big tab barring a lit-
tle theatrical weekly- make a fun-
nier looking picture than some of
those Graphic's phoney front page
composites. : ^ — .

Kayton Sues on Contract
Alvin J. Kayton, . group theatrical
advertising agent f9r suburban
newspapers, has flied two separate
damage suits against the Standard
Union. Brooklyn, and Pa,ul Block,
publisher, in the Supreme Court,
Kings County, one for breach of
contract and the other for $10,000
which Kayton claims to have suf
fered when, relieved of his post as-
theatrlcal advertising manager of
the Standard Union when the Pa,ul
Block interests came into control
some months ago.

According to the complaint filed
Kayton states that he purchased
the unexpired contract of Fr^d
Rooding, predecessor on the Standard
Union, last June for $2,750. Contract
runs until March 15, 1929. He claims
that through subsequent transfer of
the paper to Block and assfociates,
he was ousted Sept. 16, . Since and
before filing current suits Kayton
says he was approached by Daniel
Nichols,: "general manager of the
Standard tJiiion. as to a settlement
arrangement In buying back of the
contract. Kayton asked $10,000 for
a release with the S-U Interests,
according, to Kayton, willing to re
imbuTse him. for the $2,750 he had
paid for the contract Kayton re
fused arid entered the double suit
through his attorney Abner J. Ru
blcn, 1440 Broadway, New York

*'JeaIou«y"— Favbrabie

"JEALOUSY" (Dralma, A. H; Woods, Maxine Elliott's).
Dramatic novelty In that but two persons comprise the east
straight pictvu-e could hardly be done but should ihake a talker.

■ Ibce.

Ail;

apartment houses represented by a
certain number of real estate
agents. It was a selected list only
In so far as the names secured were
from those agents.

Survey was by questionnaire with
answers received from 1,676. The
ad stated the query was sent to
apartments renting from $700 per
robnx to $22,000 tinder the co-opera-
tive scheme. .

In .the list as printed In their
order of popularity amongist this
class of readers, no tab is men-
tioned. The titles of the papery
may have been included on the
questionnaire with the tabs left out.
The journal, with the largest eve-
ning dally subscription and the
largest of- all standard size dailies
in New York, bottoms the list^

The Sun's announcement men
tloned that the survey was held by
order of the Herald Tribune, call-
ing It impartial for that reason.
It follows:

The Sun, 1st.
Herald Tribune, 2nd.
Times, .3rd.
Post, 4th,

"World (morning'), Bth,

Wall Street Journal, 6th.
.> Telegram, 7th,

.IS^orld (evening), 8th.,
. Ainericah, 9th. .

Journal, -10th,

Inclusion of the Wall Street Jour-
nal , will better indicate the class of
families the query was submitted to.
The Wall Street Journal iis solely a
financial paper.

it beyond recognition. The talking
picture with its dialog will change
that, the scenarioists . claim.

Fornierly a. scenario was merely
frarhe on which the plcturel was
hung, in - a picture . with dialog,
drastic changes can not be manipu-
lated. .

In the transition from scene to
scene in a dialog picture it will de*
pend entirely upon the. dialog writer
to make the changes and effects in
his written material. Formerly the ■
director or supervisor ripped things,
to bits.

Nothing now starts in the talker
studio until the script is obtained.
Now that the script is so' Important,.,
the writer steps forward.

Broadway
Theatre
Portland
• Ore.

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DIAMOND

(DANCING nARriST SCFREME)
F.oaturocl with
Fiinclion and Miir.ro'B
I>KNVKH BEAtTTIKS "Irtoft
Now SEAMXE TH., SEATTLK
Dlroctlon:
.fVuItcr .Moyerfl, of Wm. Morris Agency

NINA

PEARL

HINDS and LEONARD

JCii Tour with rubllx

"XVlOPHONIA REVUE"

iect to Ontario

Censors; Too Tough

Toronto, Oct. 23.

Censor ofllces are being wired for
sound pictures.! Where cuts are
made in synchronized pictures an
awkward br<5ak occurs, as no means
have been found he.rq to link up at
tivc proper miisical beiit. . One
such break appears in "Street
Angel" at the Tivoli.

IDeclaring that Ontario censorship
had become the toughest in the In-
dustry to get around the Toronto
distributors went before .the Ontario
treasurer and sought .i-elief,.

They also asked that vacant posts
on the censor board be filled and
pot the usual answer of considera-
tion.

l^e same day a bunch of women
from a reform outfit told the treas-
urer how much th<? quality of pic-
tures had Improved.

Recently the censor board has
gone In foi'. complete abolition, of
subjects it dislilces.

TIIANKATO I'Arr. Asfl FOR MY Ifltli EX(!AG10MICNT

AT THE ORIENTAL TiiEAtitY';, cnimoo

•llio Joy Volcoil Olrl"

•With "llowory WluoB." A rubllx Unit

WKKIC OCT. 13, ORIENTAL, CIIICAiiQ

Woclt Oot. 20. I'liriHilso, riiionpro
W'oi'U Oi't. 27, UiirdiiiK. ChlciiRO

\yiHi Ibiliinco of rubllx Circuit lo T-'ollow

Plrcctlon WM. MORRIS Ol'TK ll

City.

The second suit for $10,000 Is for
damages .Kayton alleges he suffered
by the abrogation Of the S-U con-
tract, explaining that he had a group
rate on I?roadway theatrical adver-
ti.slng.for the Brooklyn,, Times and
Citizen In addition to the Standard
Union, less than the individual rate
and that through being relieved of
his post on the S-U he. automati-
cally broke existing contracts for
low rate and . consequently lost
plenty of business all around.

Kayton still represents the Times
rind' iTitizen flS" well as another chain
of suburban newspapers in New
Jersey; .

. Ganna Walska's Story

A European and an Amoricjin,
working together, have bepn offcr-
ing at price (asked) .oC $15,000
Ganria Walska's oWn story of her
life. ' "the wealthy and sensational
Mrs. MacCormlck is in New. Toi-k,
living at the home on East 91th
street willed her by her second, hus-
band (she has had four), the late
I>r. Fraenkcl ■ nerve specialist. She
refuses to be seen, even to deny or
verify that the agents have her aU
tliority to place such a story.

The same situation has come up
a dozen time?. Every time a news
paper or syndicate got really Inter-
ested. it turned out that the repre
aontatives couldnt deliver. This has
not been so proven in this instaneo,
for Ganna i-oCers" all Inquiries to
nft"r1dwyersrWdTtlTey^^n:y"^^^
not di.S(m.'<s the matter — but will
convoy any proposition to their
client.

AVoc'k Nov. 3, NofHlioro, rui«n(jo
AVook Nov. 10, 'l"o\vor, CuicnKo

Early But Late

A Coast writer recently received
back from a producing company a
stbry he had submitted. Criticism
offered • was that the story was a
steal, or so it would be considered,
from a play produced about 1926
and from which a picture had been
made a year later. The author
quickly replied that his story had
been written and copyrighted in
1921.

Retort was that although that
might be true if the producing
company were to make a picture
from the 1921 story the makers of
the '27 picture would start legal
proceedings and a lawsuit was
ppmetKlrig' in the 7n£^ta^^ of 'an urT-
desiraible purchase '

^, Co-operative,

The 'entire editorial board' of.
Better IJomes and Gardens, who
were thrown out of jobs when the!
publication was sold recently! have
acquired Sunset Magazine, the
western magazine, on a co-opera-
tive ownership basis. Lawrence W.
Lane, Louis F. Richardson and
Genevieve A. Callahan comprise the
editoiriil board. . '

Expects Studio Story Scramble

r A novelist and motion picture
writer, recently forming a cbllabor-
atirig agreeriient, have . found the
buying market so slow and prices
offered so far below those -usually
quoted that they have decided, to
remain idle for the next few
months. Both nien are top In their
respective line^.

The scenarist suggest^ that the
total of completed pictures gKadu-
ally but surely is being lowered, and.,
that by the coming February or
(Continued on page 47).

. VVriters for Talkers' .

Scenario, writers are now coming
foi-th to proclaim themselves the
really Important pioneers in talk-
ing pictures. . The •writers feel that
at last their moment has come and
that as fkr as the rivalry, always
existing between scenario ■writers
and dlrectora, is concerned, the
writers now have the edge.

No longer can the writer be con-
sidered a negligible quantity, they
say. No longer will the director
or supervisor be able to slash the
writer's script to pieces and change

if

NOW IN SECOND TEAR

Da Bi Da

n

More Than a Mnstor of Ceremonies
At COFFEE DAN'S; Loa Ani^eles. CuL

DANCERS

Complete Units Apjpeaiing In Fdnchon
. . and Marco "IJous"

STUDIOS: DENVER, COLO.

DAVE GOOD

PRODUCING M. C.
3 years with West Cpast Theatres

NOW INVITES OFFERS
Address Variety,
Los Angeles

Dailies in the Home
A page advertisement by tli(> New
York Sun gave the result oi' a sur-
vey made by the Iluber Hd^e Ad-
verti.«;ing Aponcy of "Which- paper
do you reiid regularly," addressed
by the ngoncy to a .';e!ect list of
I 'liSTS faiuiiios living in lirtti- class

Completing My Sixth Consecutive Weok
At iVl ARKS BROS. GRANADA and MARBRO THEATRES, CHICAGO
For whichj want to thank MURRAY BLOOM and BENNY MEROFF

for their cbroperation •

Wednesday, October 24, 1928

VARIETY

21

three
come!

BLOCKADE

Colosisus of Sea Thrillers!

CIRCUS KID

Biggest Circus Smash of the Year!

TAXI 13

Wildest Laugh Ride of the Ages!

ALL IN SOUND
AND DIALOGUE!

A Nation's press again blazes with front page
news on FBO!

Striding into the public eye with colossal de-
velopments, FBO rivets the keen interest and
arouses the unparalleled admiration of the in-
dustry's shrewdest and most forward-looking
showmen!

March forward to ever- pD/^
greater profits with JT JD

Synchronized with

RCA Pho t o phone

I A

BOX OrriCE GIANTS <n

SOUND W

rom

it

HnoftheSHOW

riot!

PERfECT CRIME .

Three Weeks Rivoli, N, Y.!

GANG WAR.

SOUND SILENT Record Smasher!

PR O VING BY NATION WIDE
PERFORMANCE THAT IN SOUND
AND DIALOGUE, AS IN SILENT....

FBO ALWAYS DELIVERS!

VARIETY

Wednesday, October 24, 1928

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Wednesday, October 24, 1928

PIC T U R E S

VARIETY

23

WEST COAST NOTES

Al Rogell win direct Hobart Bos-
worth In "Hurricane" for Columbia
upon completion of "Lone Wolf's
Daughter,"

"The Flood," with Patsy Ruth
Miller and Malcolm McGregor, goes
Into production at Tlffany-Stahl
Oct. 22.

George Duryea has completed his
contract with Pathe and will free
lance.

. Upon his completion of his part
in "The Madonna 'of Avenue A" Lee
Moran will do one niore for Warner
Brothers, with Lloyd Bacon direct-
ing.

Wade Boteller added "Leather-
necks" (Pathe),

Fred and Fanny Hatton titling
^•Applause," directed by Eddie
Cllnia (TS),

Noah Beery added
(Broughton).

"Linda'

Jack Oakle added to "Tpng War,"
Par.

Sdward Everett HortOn and
Betty Bronson will head an all-

ALFRED

BROWER

World's Fastest Russian Dancer
Be-enKaged b7 FANCHON & MARCO
Direction WILI4AM MORRIS

COMIKO EAST SOONI

BABE MORRIS

Qiieein of Tap Dancers

Direction FANCHON nnd MARCO
Tonrlns West Coast Theatres

Featured in "ARTISTS'^ Idea

DOROTHY

CUT

CROOKER BUCK

specialty Dancers

. In FANCBON ud BCARCO'S
"NIGHT CLUB IDEA'^

Jolson's Sale Advance

An advance sale of $60,000 Is
registered at the Winter Gar-
den, New York, for Warner
Brothers' talker, "The' Singlrig
Fool" with Al Jolson. .

If Is one of the largest ad-
vanciB sales ever recorded by a
Efroadway theatre, any policy.

star cast In Warners "She Knows
Men," by-Leon Zuardo.

Blliy Dooley resumes his picture
work In two weeks in "Gobs of
Love," .

M-G has changed title on Novar-
ro's "Gold Braid" to "The Flying
Ensign."

Harvey Gates, writing continuity
on "Alimony Annie," WB. Dolores
Costello , wlU be starred, Michael
Curtiz starts production early next
month.

Nora Lalne and Lucille Powers
will be leads In Adolphe Menjou's
"Marquis Preferred," Par.

Eva Southern to star in ''The Girl
Who Came Back"' for T-S.. Miss
Southern then leaves for London
to make stock shots for VHelen of
London," also; T-S,

Vloia Brothers Shore, scenarist,
signed to a new contract by Par.

U has signed Eld. L Luddy to
direct Arthur Lake in his first fea-
ture length picture, "Campus
Kisses."

- Weiss Brothers resume produfi
tlon Nov. 15 on three series of two
reel comedies; featuring Ben Tur
pin,: Snub Pollard and Pooc\,les Han
afprd. Two of the directors are Les
Goodwin and Jess Robbins.

Cossar, Leo Maloney, liorry Steers,
Bruce Gordon, Floyd Ames, Carlton
King,' Bertha Reed, Chaxles Wesv
and Jean Diamond.

Alice White's next tar W. N.,

"Bluffers."

Claude Gillinewater and Gertrude
Olmstead added to "She Knew
Women," Warners.

M-G will produce Ben Hecht's
"Doomed Regiment" as a 100 . per
cent talker.

Same firm has purchased the
screen rights to "False . Faces" by
Louis Joseph Vance. .

John Loder added to . "Sunset
Pass," Par. . •

Alma Bennett added to ♦'Squads

Right,'^T-S.

James Flood*, directing: "Girl Who
Came Back," T-S. Principals are
Eve Southern, Malcolm McGregor
iind Patsy Ruth Miller. ,

Eulalie Jensen added to "She . Goes
to War" (UA). • '

joe Jackson, Warners, Is doubling
in silent and sound. He Is titling
"The Greyhound Limited", arid
writing dialog for "Alimony Annie.'

Billy Bevan back on the Sennett
lot: for one picture.

St. 'Elmo Boyce has started the
.sixth of the Toots and Casper series
adapted from comic strip. Thelma
Hill, Bud Duncan, Kit Guard In cast,
Darrpour-FBO.

John Farrow adapting *^Wheel of
Life," Richard Dlx and Florence
yidor", for Par.

Frank Butler writing screen story
of "Five d'Clo.ck Girl," M-G,

Jacqueline Logan, Starred In
"Jazzland" for Quality. Starts at
Tec-Art Oct. 25. Dallas Fitzgerald
directing.

Arthur Lake's next for U, "The
Boy Wonder," written by Matt Tay-
lor and Clarence Thompson.

Louis Stevens aissigned to title
"Scarlet Seas'? for F. ,N.

Cast for Pathe's "The Fire De-
tective," now in production. Includes
Gladys McConnell, Hugh Allen. John

Tom Terrlss collaboratlhg with
Bayard Veiller on screen treatment
for "Trial of Mary Dugan,^ M-O.

Craig Hutchinson Productions
has completed the sixth, of Its series
of 1,500-foot color subjects, ■'Ro
mances In Colors,'* for FTi-Pathe

foreign release.

Colleen Modre'a next for FN Is
tentatively named "That's A Bad
Girl." It's from ah original by Gary
Wilson and W. A- Selter will direct

Mrs. Wallace Reld, at. the Met
studio. Is producing and directing

2 P. A/s Did It

How two press agents gave
the "Toronto gathering of ex-
hibtf their gnSitest kick ami .
tied up 16. radio stations for a
number of valuable nunlitos is
the most, potent memory of a
few who attended the conven-
tion, George Harvt^y of Patiie
and Mike Simmonds, Go tham -
ite, are the two boys who
pulled this one."

They did It, they say, to
prove to the world the film
community love betweoh the
two countries.

Ben llooht's "Regiment of the
l>oomed." directodJjy Rupert Julian
(M-G-M)..

Leslie Pearce signed to direct dia-
log version of "Carnation Kid"
(C|iristie), .

"The Gliost Talks,'" new tltlft for
"Badges". tFox).

■Russell Sinipson added "Noisy
Ncighlvora" (Pathe).

John Farrow writing continuity
'"rhe AVhoel of Life" (Par).

Richai*d Tucker in Hal Roach
comedies.

Jack McHugh, Tetsu Komal and
Frank Chew added Par's "Tong
War." ' :

'Linda." Cast Includes Helen Fos-
ter, Warner Baxter, Noah Beery,
Mitchell Lewis, Kate iPrlce and Al-
len Connor.

Marlon Davles* next for Cosmo
will be "Mary of Vassar," an orig-
inal by Sarah Y. Mason. This will
go Into production following com-
pletion of "Five o'clock Glr'l "

William Austin, Wheeler Oakman ,
and Charles Sel)on. added '"The Big
Scoop," Par. -> .

Ahn Brodio added Par's "The Ca3e
of Lena Smith."

Fiances Marlon's first assignment
since returning from EuropQiwill be
the screen treatment for ',:i((ttteriy,"
Lori Chaney's next for M-G. .

Alex Mellsh added Par's "Mar-
quise Preferred," Adolphe Menjou.

Clarence Badger assigned to di-
rect next Taylor -Hall for Par.

Louis King, FBO director, has
resumed production on "The Little
Savage" after being held up- six
weeks by a broken arni of Buzz
Barton, the star.

Par will make "rnnocence of
Paris" as Its first starring" picture
for Maurlc5 Chevalier.

Lewis Stone will support Greta
Garbo In her next M-T. picture, as
yet untitled. Original name • was
Heat."

Raymond Hatton added to
Office Scandal," Pathe.

'The

Title . of FN's- "Changeling"
changed to "Stranded in Paradise.".
Gladen James, Jed Prouty, Blllle
Eagen and Doris Dawson added to
cost. .

Titles of "Masquerade" and "Pas-
sion Song" are being considered to
replace "The Love Song," recently
completed by D. W. Griffith UA,

Leona Lane added to
Lena. Smith" (Par).

"Case of

Dorothy Farnum doing adaptation

Mrs. Natalie Kalmus, art director.
Technicolor, has gone to New York
and Boston;

BROOKS TRIO

SINGING BANJ0IST8

Now with
FANCHON and MARCO'S
"OP IN THE AIR" ID^A

J

Michigan Vandc Mgrs. iathi
Charlie MACK

Booking the most ertenalve clrcait
of vaudeville and presentation the-
atres between New York and Chlcafo

Michigan Th«atr« BIdg.

DETROIT

Sta n dard Aote, Write or Wire

HELENE HUGHES
ROY SMOOT

Featnred wlth ^^^
rANCHON ud MARCO

to

PAUL WHITEMAN

AND

u

WE ARE MOST GRATEFUL TO PAUL WHITEMAN FOR SELECTING US TO WRITE THE
THEME SONGS FOR TH&^UPER-SPEGIAL SYNCHRONIZED SOUND^PRODUCTION

THE KING OF JAZZ''

IT IS OUR HOPE THAT OUR MELODIC AND LYRIC CONCOCTIONS MAY PROVE WORTHY

OF HIS SUPER.PRODUCTION AND HIS FAITH IN US

ignedrjr L.

Writers of "RAMONA," "CHIQUITA ^ ^UEANNINE," and -IN A LITTLE SPANISH TOWN"

p. S. We are also most grateful in the knowledge that we are ^to have the co-operation of that arranging genius, Ferde Grofe.

FILM REVIEWS

Wednesday, October 24, 1928

Talking Shorts

MOVIETONE NEWS REEL
Week Oct, 20

At Roxy and Strand, New York

Tiiis review combines the current
pox Movietone news reel fis exhib-
ited,/ at two Broad\y'ay houses,
. Strand and Rpxy, because of ■ two
shots being omitted by 6/»e, and two
otliers included in the other.

Both . theati'es. featured Mr.
Hoover's address In Boston. Dr,
Hugo Kckener, commander of the
Graf 'Zeppelin, making si' lirief
speechlet in quaipt broken iOnglish,
along with a jungle lion's primitive
roar, aiid the scenes of an inebriated
gander staggering about the lot,
■were also shdwn by: both. The
hungry king of the beasts was.pre-
ceded by a scare-heiad litlo whicfi
had it that this was the most ter^
rifying sound, in th<^ world.

In the comfort of a seat, one re-,
fused to become feazed by thi^
warning, although Leo looked like
he wouldn't be particular whom and
what he had for breakfast, This
shot is probably ope froni Fox'.s
recent Movietone expedition to
Afi-ica where a silently grinding
camera and recording machine were
rigged up and kept running auto-
matically to pick up ..whatever it
could. Some of. the -lion's close-ups
are remarkable, ■ .

Roxy thought enough; of an open
air German military drill to retain
that along with a Brooklyn baby
contest, with the kids' crying mu.^ic
always good stuff. .

Joe Plunkett gave these two shots
the Scissors, and favored,. Instead, a
flash of Annette Kellei-mann doing,
a. how-tOTkeep-fit exhihition bally-
hoo. While no .bathing beaut any.
more, the diva of divers, istill in a
onie-piece, looks physically trim and
.breezily spieled her littre spiel on
how to keep! tha,t girlish perfection.
Another good shot Plunkett retained
w'as a darky jazz band in Kentuck-y
doing Its stuff in the open, with one
ban jolhg a doleful ' blues and an-
other of the troupe hbt-footing a
jazz dance.

., Because ot Jhe combinatipn re-
view, actual timing of footage is
only estimated at 15 minutes. A6eZ.

FLORRIE LE VERE and
LOU HANDMAN
VITAPHONE NO. 2131
Songs; 9 Mins.
Clirtton, New York

This singer-song' writer combo,
dishing up a quartet of songs that
.are new or; possibly specially writ-
ten for this turn by Handman, will
fit in neatly on any talking , sliort
program, ■
. Opening , on a draped stage, has
Afiss :Le Vero aml Handman at the
piano warbling '•Hi^yen't lBcen Right
Since You. Left,":

■ Stepping ■ down front, . Florrio
heightens the favorable eye and
ear impression with "Clap Hands
Till Papa Comes Hbnie," with Hand-
man supplying harmony for the sec-
ond.' chorus, Handman then puts
over ''You're Simply Marvelous,"
while Florrie is changing to a boy-
ish velvet costume and is back for
•'Little Old New York": and an Irish
reel ifinish, as a clincher.

Both work in big league style and
can ''repeat with a new lineup of

songs that
plugged.

haven't, been over

Summer Attraction
Film Road Show

UNWED
MOTHERS

Percentage

Booking Anywhere — Send Dates

SAMUEL CUMMINS
Publix Welfare Pictures Corp.

723 Seventh Ave., New York

BIFF and BANG
VITAPHONE NO. 574
9 iVlins.

Giinton, Nevy York

Just so much negative and posi-
tive film and recording . wax wa.sted
in this early e.fjfort of the talker.

Set is a boxing, ring witH a pair
of palookas tossing gloves at one
another. . Each ^ of the so-called
fisticuff funsters, Kddie Biff and
Tiger Bang, takes a turn at doing ah
Annette Kellerman during the first
two rounds. Voice of the referee,
announcer and shouts of the un-
seen crowd are worked in, but that
also has been done better since this
boxing burlesque bit wais canned. '

During the third and last round
both fighters call a halt to toss ^ags
instead of gloves. A fair sample of
the alleged clowning is when one
of the fighters asks, "Are you a
vegetarian?" ' with his dancing
partner replying, "No, I'm an Ara-
bian."

Finish has both boxers kissing the
canvas with the Hebe fighter de
Glared the winner "by a nose.
Strictly suitable for the hideaway
wired houses, where : any talking
short ca:n get by at present.

DORIS WHITMORE

World's Youngest Prima Donna'
Toe Dancer and Violinist
Now with
FANClIO:iS and MARCO'S
"UP IN THE AIR" IDEA

VINCE SILK

WASTER OF CEREMONIES

Golden Gate Thfatir e

Los Angeles

Says

*'0 KAY, PAL"

ETHEL MEGLIN'S

FAMOUS WONDER KIDDIES

JFEATCRKi) WITH
FANCHON AND MARCO

MARION HARRIS
M-G-IVI-MOVIETONE
Songs; 8 Mins. .
Capitol, New York

This Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer talk
ing short makes a fairly successful
screen turn. . Its merit is that it
shows a supreme specialist in hoi
own specialty, simply presented and
unhampered with pretentious frills

Miss Harris' delivery of "blues'
songs registers flawlessly .. on the
sound device, but her camer-a per-
sonality loses vastly in conveying
that something of intimate contact
that is an essence of her f«tage per-
formance. In tills subject th«
screen art runs second to the new
sound science.

Reason escapes analysis. Per-
haps it is the tlat . "salon" back-
g);ound; maybe the inflexibility, of
the sight-sound recording . tech-
nique. Anyhow the song comes
through warm and Vital while the
■scTfcn : vlsiorr 'tyf tire, sircgui- is jlafn-
fully Just a machine reflection.

Miss Harris ; does two numbei's;
"I Wonder," with a bit. of dramatic
reading interpolated, arid "-Moro
"Than Satisliod," nicely paced, well
rolindcd Interlude, with the latter a
perfect number for the disiilay of
this singer's . knack of torrid jazz
suggestion. If the flicker impres-
sion only, matched the tonal Quality,
it .would be' a gi-oat short, ,bu.£ the
camera shortcomings mar it. sadly.

it's • .among the oarUcst of the
M-G-M talkors. ' Itush,

THE REVELERS (5)
VITAPHONE, NO. 482

Songs at Piano
10 Mins.; Two (Interior)
Mark Strand, New York

This short is one of the earlier
Viiaphones; .ca,ught on; a Broadway
program tlieatro' for the first tiine.
It is by The Revelers, an eminent
radio and Victor recording quintet
(■(.mprising ih-anklyn Baur, Lewis
James, Kllibtt Shaw, .Wilfred Glenn
and Ifrank Black, the latter , the
pi;irii.st-arrariger. Each, individual is
lamed as ether :and record soloist
>n the Victor, Brun.swick, Coli]mb,ia
and- , other disk makes. Short is
fir.st .rate and ean't miss, anywhere.

They do three ■ numbers in a
drawing room sist, formally, attired
nd showmanly staged . for a club-
Toonl atmosphere. Their selections
are"Sing," "Just Around The; Cor-
ner," and "Oh ' . Miss Hannah."

Baur and James are seated up
front; .Shaw, and Glenn, the Basso,
ire draped around the piano, with
Black at the ivories. Bat . is a sort
of choir-master, using his hands to
direct, at first subtly and later very
openly, without pretext at cannou-
flage. , . '

While the choirniastej- appellatiOh
is employed for explanation, the
quintet (actually a singing c(u,artet,
with. Black vocally silent, but for
his piano accompaniments) is any-
thing but choral - in . its unique
hythmic vocializations.

What di.stinguished The Revelers
from the start were their -synco-
pated Vocal arrarigements. One can
almost dince to their rhythinic
tempos. They sing in dance or-
chestration fashion, although, since
it is, primarily a vocal exlvibition,
the dance teihpo is by no means
strict. This quintet, coinciding with
the tempo of. .the times, modulates
its lyric sequences in a fashion so
distinctive that, for a tirne, they
were quite a record -sellin;: sensa-
tion. ■ ■ ■■ '.' ■

"They are persOnably Impressive in
appearance. None is a stripling and,
as a group, might pass, for staid
business-men., . Yet they . are not
stlltedi although the rhythmic vo-
calizing is the more striking in di-
rect contrast to their personalities
However, when deprived of person-
al appearance, as on the air and the
records, they were none the less ef-
fective, and have since also clicked
in the smart cifes in London (Kit-
C^t) and New Yoi-k . (Mirador).

Baur, by the manner of direction
and incidental expression, aside
from his vocal prowess, is a cork
ing talking-screen, bet. The tenor
last season was in a Broadway mu-
sical and; now impresses anew for
the screen. With his vOcal arid talk-,
ing ability already as.sured, as evi-
denced long since on the disks and
ether — it's of the' same microphonic
sound, transmission principle. Baur
particularly happens to be fortu-
nately, fortified for that type of
talker wpi-k. He is of. the Conrad
N'agel-Wally Reid; personality cl-i.ss.

Abel.

Chaney from the role in the first
place. Therefore, a. misplaced star
turns what might have bieen a stir-
ring meller into second grade qual^
ity program output, wholly dopen.-
dent on Chaney's ntime.

The spectacle of a middle aged
cop with fallen arches and uncouth
manners, even ' if he has the heart
of a Hon, getting himself Into a sen-
timental]© ve affair with a , flighty
flapper. Is dreadfully hard to take.
It would be hard to take if Herbert
Rawlinsdn, say, essayed it, or Mil-
ton Sills. They've both done things
quite as exaggerated and gotten by
with it because Qf the romantic a.uria
that by grace of screen , tradition en-
velopes them: But Lion Chaney-r-
Help! ■

Picture is. a strange medley ot
i^renzied gang war on one hand and
plodding, everyday characters on the
Other, These two elements do riot
blend plausibly. : There is the vet^
ei-ari plain clothes detective Dan
Callahan, chroriically nursing feet
battered by years of pavement
pounding.: There Is his landlady,
relict of . a dead cop, with a widow's
cap Tset for Dan (Polly MorAn plays
her with her unfailing flair for such
types). ■ ,

On the other side is the glamorous
master crook, young, handsome,
audacious.: . '

Say what you like about the. moral
aspect of the case, it's laborious
to build and hold sympathy for the
agent of Ir.w and order When the
two forces clash fOi- the girl. , The
girl herself didn't help much, being
a flabby minded kind of jazz addict
cfver V . whose ultimate fate you
couldn't get really excited. She
is wildly in love with one of the
gangsters, but reriialned, innocent, a,
type the pictures have made famil-
iar since the gangster' voguie..

She leai-ns too much ' about the
master gunman. When he threatens
to bump her -Off,' she runs to. Dan
for protection;: While living in his
rooming house for safety, Dan falls
fOr^. her, deppitie the fallen a,rches
and hard rbolled disposition, -

Out of gratitude she agrees to
marry Dan, and thus builds the
climax: of Dan vs, gang leaders. As
you might surmise this leads up to
a grand gun battle and housetop
pursuit. As far as dramatic
mechanics are concerned, that's
dandy sequence. Gang war pictiires
have disclosed, no better incident
than this running fight of police
against cririiinals, ending with a. tear
bomb attaclc arid a revolver duel on
the roofs..

In the end Dan, of cOurse, learns
that the girl really doesn't love him
for himself alone. He brings the
two young lovers together, resum-
ing his dcifensive maneuvers with
the artful widow.

The comedy twist almost saves
the story at the end, but not quite.

, ■ ■ Rush. .

style of the prose serial, excerpts
from the story, form the titles in
recounting the evolution of a sym-
pathetically shiftless criminal, his
arrest, conviction, reformation, and
final ■rehabilitation. Th.e film con-
cludes with another hand script
title, in diary fashion, to the effect
that thC; anonymous Me, Gangster,
hopes his screen autobiography .will
serve sonae good purpose in teaching
the errant that you c.an't beat the
law. ■ . ■ .

Don Terry, as the incipient crim-
inal, l3 traced from babyhood,
through adolescense. as a street-
cbrrier loafer, into young manhood,
where his gangland ci-onies lead
him In and out of a couple of hold-
ups and a murder, only to be tra,p-
ped when playliig a. lone wolf in a
$50,000 haul. ;

With his mind warped by the
thought that since he's paying for
his booty with a . two-year term,
there is no reason for returning his
plunder, hiis mother's tragic, death
and the good influence of Mary Re-
gan decide him to roturn the money,
upon his parole;

With this effected, the flnal puncii
is a hijacking; a'ttenapt by his for-
mer gangster pals, who seek to in- ,
tercept Dariny's ' returri of the
$50,000. • .

'■Me, Gangster" isn't wanting for
action, but after a repetition or two
of the same formula of dodging the
gendarmes, planning arid executing
a larceny or stick-ur> the rputihe
becomes tiresome arid the iinpres-
:sion is negative. ... . .

Walsh has striven hard to inject,
little niceties. A couple of his defter
touches still . evidence : a master
hand. One such is the prison visit-
ing room with, a fellow-inmate de-
terred from passing a chocolate bar
to his baby, brought in .by the con-
vict's wife, because of a placarded
warning against the exchange of
articles between visitors and pris-
oners. The guard comes over when
signalled, and from the direction of
the prisoner, passes, the harmless,
confection to. the baby, creatirig orie
of the. all too few heart-throb mo-
riients which a frank morality thieme
such as that in "Me, Gangster"
should possess.

Thrills, too, are few, The crimes
committed are machirie-made, effl-
ciently' expedited affairs. Only real
thrill is in the finale, with the pa-
roled Danny atteriipting fight off

0^

HARRY and DAN DOWNING
VITAPHONE NO. 2127
Comedy and Songs; 9 Min.
Clintonj New York

These boys, last caught accord-
ing to Variety's yaudc , files about
six years, ago, were rated as fair
dcucers in • the pop priced vaude
houses. As talking short they are
still just fillers,

L- sing much of their old material
herc,..but:.a.. new tag,. "High "Up and
Low. Down," for the act. Opening
on draped stage set, Harry makes
an inaudible announcement aboujt
his absent girl partner. Falsetto
voice heard off stage and Dan en-
ters, dressed as house janitor, After
an exchange of gags, mo.stly shop-
worn, janitor agrees to double for
the missing soprano'. While comic
is getting into travesty, female im-
per.sonation garb, straight warbles
"Because!, ! Love You." Witli both
on for moi-c comic chatter of the re-
leased brand. Pair then double
"Lay Me Down' to Sleep in Caro-
.line," for mciger results.

ME, GANGSTER

(SOUND)

. Fox production- ana relcise. From. Sat -
evepost story- by Charles Francis- Co"e,
adapted by the author/ Directed by Raoul
Walsh, and titled by William Kernell. At
Roxy -week Oct. 20. Bunnlncr time,' "70
rninutes,

Mary XlCBan . . . .

Jimmy. Williams....
Huss Williams. . .. .
hl7-zlc Williams....

Danny. ..

Hill Lane, Boss. .-.
VoUco Capt. Uodds
Factory Owner...,.
Sucker. . . . .. . . .' . . . .

I'hllly Kid.........

Joe Brown , .

Dan the Dude....

-Danish I..aole. . . . . . .

Blonde Ho.sle

.'.June CoUyer

Don 'Terry

....... .Anders- Ilandolf

. StuUa Adams

.M Hill

....... .Burr Mcintosh

..... Waller James

. Gustav Von Seyfterlilz

.Herbert Ashton

..' Harry 'Cattle

Joe Brown

........ . .Arthur Stone

...... Nlecl De Brulie;-

.Carol Xoiiibaru

Tuxedo Georg.e. .Bob I'ci .'y

The full introductory screen title
is "The Diary of :Mer , Gangster,"
although the. last two words fornied
the title of Coe's originitl Saitevo-
post serial. Coe himself ad^^-Pted his
novel, said to have been founded
on fact, for Fox filmization. , Under
the guise of a moral preachment, a
rather- -obvious iand.~ banal point is
stressed for an equally obvious pur-
pose of circumveBting the scissors
of the censors. If^s a wired crook
program feature having the advan-
tage of a Satcvepost serialization, :

There is some rough stuff, detail-
ing the conception and completion
of crirne, both of which are among
the paramount taboos of the cerisor
bodiea. Raoul WalsTT" had full op-
portunities for a crook epic, but
whether it's the fault of the director
or Coe's owri screen transrriutation,
the yarn read better than it; screens.

In diary fashion, adhering to the

West Coast Motion Picture
Directory of Players, Direc-
tors and Writers

' Titles by

MALCOLM
STUART
BOYLAN

FOX

WINIFRED
DUNN

.SCISNARIO OF
^SUBMARINE'

N o IV Brcnkint;
Kccords nt Km-
IvisHy . Tliciifre,
ttt $2 Ton I'ricos

ORIGINALS ADAPTATIONS

HOWARD J. GREEN

Management, ' Edward Small Co.
TITLES CONTINUITIES

LICHTIG

.\NI>

ENGLANDER

TEN YKABS IN HOLLVWOOD

■ IteitreNentlngr' ■ .
DIRECTORS, ABTIS'TS, WRITERS
WARNER. BLDG. HolljTilood 1008

While the City Sleeps

(SOUND)

M. lio-(!olilwyii..\[iiyer ino.luctlon. and rc-
oase. _ Dlrcc-loil by Jack Conway from orlR-
Inal story by A. P. YoutiKcr. I.on Ohnney
sl;irnM, I'hoUip apliy . l.y llimy Sharp;
lit.cs by .Too Krti'nhain,- .Synclinmi/.od vii-.-ian

^ow lork, wcfk Oct. l!0.

V,''" ■• ' ' • * • • • ' 'Lon Clianpy

-J'V'lc .....Anila I'aKo

Mar.ly l"arn-ll Nyo

Skci-u-r ....... Whio'i'T Dakinan-

•"••-'XII' ..Map. lUi.^i'U

.Mrs. .Mi (;;iir.li). . . IVIly Moran

,Mi>-. t?uHivan., IjyJla Ifuainans 'i'llus

To begin will), T.on Chaney doesn't
d(i at all in a soini-horoir. role. You
can't disassociate him frouv some-
thin.i; nu.intJtrous and all the. bizarre
(•h;'ii-acl(M's ho hft.s over played ronie
up to confront the Rpc'ctator. CiOod
judgment ought to have barred

JESSE CRAWFORD
ORGAN CONCERT

PARAMOUNT THEATRE

- NEW YORK^

WEEK OF OCTOBER 20th

"MY VARSITY GIRL"

(Famous Music Co.)

"DOING THE RACCOON"

(Remick, Inc.)

"ROSES OF YESTERDAY"

(Irving Berlin^ Inc.)

Wednesday, October 24, 1928

VARIETY

2S

exliibitor's
d i s e o T e i* y

b* 6« ^iarl

Recpmmmded by S. C. Andrews,
Gem Theatre, Qlathe, Kans.,
Charles ^^Buddy ' ' Rogers sighed1>y
Paramount. Featured in "Fasci-
nating Youth," scores instant
hit. Leading man for Clara Bow
in'^Get Your Man;"Mary Pickfbrd
in "My Best Girl.'* Hero of
Wings.-' Becoines sensation!
Demands for Paramount to star
him pour in from exhibitors
and fans. Fan mail leaps to
20,000 letters a month. Starred
by Paramount .

^meriea^s Boy Friend stars in Paramount^ s

"TARS

t

The first real^ authentic college
picture eVei? made. Filmed on
the Princeton University campus,
with undergraduates in the cast.
Produced by Frank Tuttle and
written by Wells Root, both Yale
men. Available silent or with
Rogers, Mary Brian, Ghester

C H ARLES R OG E R S
and one day's mail

in important sequences. Jazzy
cbllegiate synchronized score
throughout the picture. Score
supervised by Ken Clark, Prince-
ton ^ '05y famous glee cliib
leader, with real Princeton songs
and singers. Ideal for autumn
college season. And starring a
popular-new-sereen-personaUty!

AMOU

%e vifiMjl stars!

MEET THE

THIS IS MR. SAP!

WHY is Mr. Sap
SOsad!

MAYBE his ushers have
HALITOSIS?

MAYBE it's just that

HE hasn't got
THE product—
WHAT product?

M ETRO-Goldwyn-Mayer
OF course!

MR. Slick, his opposition,
IS doing dandy business
WITH M-G-M.

GOSH, how Mr. Sap
WISHES he had
'''OUR Dancing Daughters"
"EXCESS Baggage"
"WHILE tbe City Sleeps"
"WHITE Shadows in the South
AND air those M-G<M hits!
WILL Mr. Sap ever let
THE M-G-M salesman
GET away again? No! No!

Seas"

MR. Sap says "Never
NEVER again will 1 be
WITHOUT M-G-M!
AND he means it!

»»

THIS IS MR. SLICK!

HAW! haw! haw!
MR. Slick is laughiftg
HE laughs regularly
EVERY day.

AINT he got fun!
AIN'T he got M-G-M!

AINT he got

"OUR Dancing Daughters" ,
BABY, how the folks
LOVE it! ■
AND isn't he nourishing
THE old bank account!

WITH "Excess Baggage^ and
"WHILE the City Sleeps"
"MYSTERIOUS Lady," "Cossacks"
"TELLI NG the World," "Four Walls,"etc.
AND now comes

"WHITE Shadows in the South Seas"

MR. Slick is sitting pretty!
THE M-G-M parade of hits
HAVE just begun! Wait! Watch!
M-G-M Sound Studios full blast
EAST and West !
M-G-M News sensational
WITH Zeppelin scoops I
M-G-M Hal Roach Shorts and
METRO Movietone Acts
THE best on the Market !
YOU'RE not lucky Mr. Slick-
YOU'RE just
SMARTl

ASURE!

Ma»b«t U Mode* Vkim PtedMcn »nd OlMilbMor* of Amctkt. Inc.

Wedri^^ay, October* jJ4, 1028

FILM RE VIE WS

VARIETY

37

the hijaokinET gangsters. Here,
Walsh exercised restraint In the
scenes where June CoUyer la man-
handlecl by her attacker, while
Terry Is held captive in the next
room. Bnt it Is this very restraint
and deliberation of action which
• makes f6r the gripping momenta.

Although the titular player, Don
Terry, an engaging nevi^ comer,
was overshadowed by Anders Ran-
dolf, the bhly other prominent male
assignment, who played his father,
9, vigorous, forceful character. Ran-
dolf stood out Individually, Burr
Mcintosh In the small bit he had
^s the political boiss alsj made his
appearance iiltra-impresslve. Miss
. Collyer, in a light role, handled it
nicely. Stella Adams as the mother
was as passive as her character
called for. The rest of the cast
were bits.

"Me, Gangster" has a synchro-
nized score. Without or without
sound, it makes no difference, none
of its values being enhanced or de-
tracted either way. : Abel.

Stuart Holmes signed by Rlchai'd
Talmadge to make two. pictures at
San, Mateo, Cal. Barbara Bedford
alstf signed by Talmadpe for one.

There Is No Subistitute for

STAGE-BAND
ENTERTAINMENT

Known, as tb«

"PAUL ASH POLICr

ORIENTAL
THEATRE
GHIGAGO

Limited Engagement

'EXCLUSIVELY COLUMBIA
RECORDING ARTIST"

WATERFRONT

(Sound)

Plrat National release of William A.
Salter . proiluctlon, made, by Ned Marin,
with Dorothy MackalU and Jack Mullinll
co-starred. Story by Will Cbappell and
Gertrude Orr; titles, by (lene Tow.ne and
Casey Robinson. At M.irk Strand, New
York, week o£ Oct. 20. Hunnlng time, 00
minutes.

Sadie S<>oatrom ...Dorothy MackalH

Breezy O'Connor....) Jat-k Mulhall

Uncle Petie ' James Uradbury, Sr.

Captain Scastrom. . . ; . . Knutc Erlckson

Oilcan Oleson, Ben ■ Hendricks, Jr.

Slip Mulllns. Wm. Norton Bailey

An Oiler..:.. 4 .....Pat Harmon

machine. Olican exhales and the
colored liquid barometer rises only
halfway. Oilcan then exclaims,
"Now I'll use both my lungs," and
on exhaling once again causes the
liquid container to burst,

A couple of huch niftier punc-
tuate the picture, but for the main,
while innocently diverting, "Water-
front" lacks punch and leaves, no
decided imore.s.qrion either wnv.

• ■■ AbcU

"Waterfront," as the title implies,
comes under the current cycle of
naiitical flickers. This F. N. has to
do with a San Francisco dock ro-
maiice. Miss Mackaill as tlie hoy-
den with the seagoing yen, and
Mulhall as the gob, both do well as.
the featured pair, althouglr in toto
It's just a good , program feature,
saved by the players, the titles and
the .good musical synchronization.
"Walterfront" is a sounder but no"
talker, having iaplely a synchronized
score.

Of light texture, the featured pair
make the most of none too ambi-
tioug assignments. It's the usuul
dockyard flirtation, rotnance, dance
hall brawl, and mild "menace" for-
mula, bolstered by Miss Mackaill's
unusual Impression in sailor's uni-
form. It shows off her boyish
blond bob to personable advantage
and wins aiidible remarks from the
f emmes that she. lopks "cute."

Mulhail makes himself wiqsomely
sympathetic, yessing himself . in
with her old man by aapirlng. to a
little farm. Sadie Seastrom, with
a nautical heritage from her father,
Capt. Seastrom, differs from the
latter in retaining her love for the
sea, while the old boy hates every-
thnig about , it, particularly sailors.

After frowning oh Mulhall ; be-
cause of his occupation, the farm
yen puts them on a. common foot-
ing. Both conspire to dishearten
Sadie of the idea through a phony
ahanghaing, fake mutiny, etc. It
works out well, • although the
planiied details go awry. The 65
minutes are made merry with some
effective comedy by-play.

Along with, the stellar, duo,' Knute
Erlckson as the captain was capital,
and James Bradbiiry, Sr., in a char-
acter part also registered. Ben
Hendricks, Jr., as Mulhall's screen
buddy, was the . comedy relief. For
want of a more convincing villain,
William Norton Bailey became the
light menace, despite no real .dra-
matic conflict being in evidence.

•Like most of the Mulhall-Mac-
kaill releases,. "Waterfront" is in-
nocuoiis stuff, held up by the inci-
dental hokum. The musical syn-
chronization, through intelligent
scoring,, served its. purpose well.
Such pop ditties .as "Jealous" and
"What Can I Say After I Say I'm
Sorry?" and kindred familiar Tin
Pan Alley ballads fitted in well to
further color some particular emo
tional interpretation. Considering
the general batting average of the
histriqnics, the implied' lyric motifs
of the songs employed did more to
get the idea across than the actual
screen dramatics.

Some of the titles, credited to
Gene Towne . and Casey Robinson,
were wows. The captions did much
to sustain the comedy tempo, the
production proving a credit both to
the editor and title writers. One
particular guffaw was in the dance
hall with Oilcan Oleson, among the
others, patronizing a^ lung-testi^ig

TAKE ME HOME

ParhniQunt production' and' rele:i6e.' Star-
ring Uebe. Dflnl^l3 and featuring. KpU Hani-
llton. Directed by Marshall :.N(»ilan from
Harlan .Thompson and Grover Jonps' story..
Screen play by Ethel Doherty with. J. Roy
Hunt at the camera and H. J; Miink'iovy.lcz
titling. ' At ■ Paramount, New York, week
Oct: 20. . Running time;. (W Mlns. ..
Pa.ggy Lrine. . . . ... ... .Bebe Danfels

David Jdorth. . . . ... ..... ..... . .Neil Hart)lIton

Derely.<! Devore. .Wlyan Tashman

Alice Moore. .............. .Doria Hill

Bunny . ..Joe K. Brown

MR. B. P. SCHULBERG.

General Manager,
Paramount-Famous-Lasky Studios,
ETollyWood, Caf^

Dear Ben :

Just beginning tq^appreciate what a pleasant and
beneficial experience I enjoyed while a writer - at
the West Coast Studios.

Strange as it may seem, I haven't a single kick
to register and that goes for your entire
organization.

Gratefully yours,

George Manker Waiters,

JOE and WILLIE HALE

riiTTING THE I>AT:(JIIS IN

FANCHON and MARCO'S "SAXOPHOBIA IDEA

THIS WEEK: LOEWS STATE, LOS ANGELES
Direction, WM. MORRIS AGENCY

the exception of Gertrude . Astor
there's not a real performance in the
film. "Skeets" Gallagher looks okay
and troupes in an acceptable man-
ner, but as a supposed smart aleck
kid he's as sober as Coolidge.

"The picture had laughs, but the
supervisors wouldn't believe it.

Bige.

STOOL PIGEON

Columbia .ijrodui.nl6n and rolec*se. ' Olive.
Bonlen and' .Cli.irles Dolahey fo«ftiired. At
Rroailw'iiy.' Now '.'i'Ork, weok Oct. 21. >^uii.-
nlng ilme, til! miniities. • ■ ' .' :

Lightly seasoned backstage pic-
ture void of a definite punch but
stimulated by Mankle\yicz tttlCs.
Strictly a conTcdy. effort jjUis an. in-
serted touch of pathos for the
chorus girl who guides a .country
boy into the line apd. then stands
by as the star develops a liking
for apples, knows her orchard and
extends invitations to. the youngster
to move in. Shouldn't have, rhuch
trouble pulling moderately wherie
they like Bebe Daniels: but doesn't,
indicate drawing strength where,
they're indifferent to this girl's
name. Just a program picture.

: Harlan Thompson knows his
backstage ■\voll enough not to have'
written in the weird happenings
-■similarly located films have held.
Mar.shall; Neilan. directing, has also
refrained from piling it on and only
goes to oxtremes for a laugh se-
Quence in wiiich the .chorister and
tlie star hit tji'e.- mat over the boy
in the latter's dressing room as. the
show is on. ; Climax of this has
Peggy chasing the No. 1 dressing
room inhabitant onto the stage and
threatening her from the wings as
she .works..

Pictiiro is nptable for the pcr-
fcirmance turned in by Lilyan Tash-
man as the upstate luminary and
the burying of .Toe Brown in a minor
role. Miss Tashman,. formerly a
chorister .her.solf, comes- pretty close
to stealing this one.

For Miss Daniels it's just a romp
from an effort standpoint but pos-
sibly not too happy a gambol as
her chorus assignment prevents any
splash on clothes.. No denying. that
she doesn't look so well here, de-
spite that J. Roy Hunt is apain. In
charge of the angles. Miss Daniels
generally needs smart costuming
and she long ago proved that she
can wear gowns. The obvious
thing is to dress her up If the action
lacks pace and is inclined to be
short winded.

, Neil Hamilton foils nicely as the
light juvenile, opposite the star, arid
will impress the flaps as the simple
rural representative. The. girls in-
variably go for this boy's appear-
ance and he's still a pretty clean ana
wholesome looking youngster. This
leading cast trio comprise an. asset
to the film despite that Miss I:)aniels
isn't as strong aa she occasionally
and previously has been.

Other items In "Take Me Home's''
favor list some laugh probing
through a hiccough bit. and the
Mankiowicz titles. ,

Production is standard, in running
the lisual gamut- of backstage, re-
hearsal, opening night,, boarding
house and lavish apartment . home
shots. None of the; players leaves
a mark beyond the named principals
and Brown, who could have stood
building for added strenigth.
. . Neilan, or somebody, has cut It
to an even hour on; running time
nnd it helps. If weak It at least
keeps moving even though It never
fully develops its tendencies to
frolic. ■ Sid.

Gang .stuff of the machine guii,
*ra. ;.-V young. e.hap . gets .involved
with the racket boys ami is- In over
his head before realizing. His de-
sire to provide his mother, with a
nice home is his excuse;

Story won't starid close Inspec-
tion on plausibility but (Jirector has
keyed up the action to a nervoiis,
senvi-staccatp tempo that will grip
ordinary audiences. Production does
not warrant de luxe bookings but'
apart from that, picture can play
anywheire:

. Olive. Boi,'d(?n gets almost no .'op-
portunity to- ti'dupc or display hoi;
celebrated. lingerie. Charles Dclanoy
is the pivot character, with two
other male chara ctors, Butch, the
chief gunner, and Shield-s, the fiy
cop, much in the camera eye:

. The, ciistomary cinematic magic
.nrots the hero off .ill .the linale when
the cop tiirns. .fioftie and the hoy,
girl and . mother 'pack off to .Cali.-
fornia, suiiiShine and a hew deal. ;

a dame who knows enough to keep
her face closed in order to assure
her son's niarilal happiness. To do
this she has to go through, the' ti'r-
tures of a murder trial, althou-;h
she knows that actual' killer of t;,*.'-
man who. was her " common-l av
hui'band was,. Iter daughter-in-law.
She refuses to take the stand in
her own defonso, hut. when her.
'diary is introduced a.s evidence sliO:
is acciuitted of the crime. Frequent
llashback .''oiiuencos a.s her lawyer-
is reading the events, in the life of
his client,' make the story ring true,

Fo.ll<jw.ing the acquittal, the son
bring.s hfs n'iothei' to iiis home. A
mother vs. .wife batl.le eii.^sues. \Vheii
the wife in.sLst.s tliat an in-law take ■
air the. blow-off comes. The )n6ther
gettihg- the tough d;iu,i?hter-in-law
alone, toll.s her that she (the wife)
Vvas respo'nsihle for. the death of the
wealthy inan who: had invited ^he
daine up to his' apartment to pro-
tect her lienor.

Filled with adnviration for the
woman who had suffered in silence
for loye pf her offspring, the moth-
er and wife get together and decide
to forget t hi? past,, in order to save
the boy they both love frohv fur-
ther remorse. . : ,:.
' lOireOtoi- .AS'or.sloS'' iias, turned
out a smooth, intereistfrifr story,-
aided considerably , by the HattOns'
■ titles. .- - :' . .

Gwirdians 6f the: W

■U.nl\'''i'KiiI we.^tem fehturinR: .TiioK .PcrHn
and. ricN (hor.soV, .>^^ltb cast.' IriclutUnir
"S.lai-liKht," Ktlilyne' Clair, .\1 '. rorfrii.son
ftn'l . JU'fitM-t I'Ionmii.<); ' .Story by Hn.'^H
Dickey. . K.onrv M.i<;Mand, .director.; nn
double bill nt. r.;oeWs. New. Voi-k one day
(Oct; ."5). rtunnlng tlnif, one hour :; ,

. For tilose whb . fancy hor.se.s, thi.s
one has ' two performing, .and both
very smart. • On . top of that,
"Gu.ardian.s" is manufactured of inT
gredients . that the public this type .
of fVlni is aimed at always enjoys.

Saving of the old homestead as.
well as a forest fire for an added
kick. The usual giin battle some-
what unexpoclodly, but there nevet:-.
thelcss.

On two occasions Rex saves the
gal by racing to the guy and caus-
ing him to. follow. Perrin's per-
sonal pony, "Starlight," nods yes or
no when queried. Lucky the picture
doesn't talk so the boys couldn't
hear the. questions. Both horses
are niagnificent,. with, one pure
white arid the other ebpriy.

No one In the cast has a chance
at any thing , notablp. Bige.

FRANK

AND

JOHNNY

POWER OF SILENCE

TtfCiiny-Stnbl production ' and release;
'Featuring •. Helle Hennctt. Story by
Frances Hylarid.: Directed by. Wallace
Worsley. In; cast, John West wood; Marlon
DouRla^, Anders Jtandolt; John St. I'plla,
rtaymond Keane. Jack Rlnpleton. Tit Ic3 by
Frederic and Funny' Ilat.ton. A* Ijjcw'a
Now .York, one day,' Oct;' 10. .Hull double
bill. Running time, 05 inlnutc.i.

Stocks and Blondes

F.B.O. release of: 'William I..eHardn .pro-
duction. Titles by Jack Conway. .Story
and direction b'y Dudley Muxphy. At the
Hippodrome, N. Y,, week of Oct. 21. Run-
ning time, 60 mlns:

Tom Greene. .. .Richard "Skeet8"Oallagher

l'at.sy . .Jacfiuellne' t^gan

Goldle .Gertrude Astor

Powers. v. .... .Albert Cpnt!

This picture should go ddwn In
historys Not as a Dlcture, but as a
sample of what a supervisor, or a
flock of supcjfVl.s,ors, can do to a set
of subtitles. " " . .

.Jack Conway titled "Stocks and
Blondes." The Job must have been
a pu.sho.ver for Jack. The. story
was in his lap and it was a plp/i
for .lack to word the mouths of
the characters. But those supers
wrote and rewrote, and blue pen-
ciled until only a spotty sot of titles
is left. Some are typically Conway
and the. rest are decidedly foreign to
C6nway|s sense of comedy. Tt'.s a
libel on .Tack.

In describing Ooldie, a fr-mm''!
rharaoter, Jack said .she crjuM "make

Funny and 1hf» es.sr-nce of hri'ff d"-
.^icription. Jjatcr on fJoldie, In ad-
! vising her kid sl.ster, cr.ack.i, ."Vou'v*'
had enough trouble with your fff-i ;
, why marry a, pain in the nrek'?"
■An entertaining <''hara''.t.f'r, the only
; one in the )jlcture, and Conway
'made thiH wi-sf-r-rapldnc' d'ime Ih"
kick of thf prod'jetinn. 'V\.:- .'-i.ip'-r:
wo'ild have hr-r t.'jlk W^'t ;i. j.'r;ir.<i-
: tn<')ther.

J Film itself Is lightweight. With

Strong story of mother. Jove with
neatly handled murder trl.al tossed
in makes this first gr.ade screen
stuff for the'' grinds. Slight cutting
of the running time would make
it accept.'ible for the better clas.s
houses. Several of the flashback
scenes during the murder trial se-
quence are unimportant.

Plot centers about Mamie Stone,

POPULAR SINGERS
Of CHARACTER SONGS

COME ON RED"

A I'l'IM.IX UNIT
rrodured by WII-T. J;.IIAnKIS
• ^ ■
TIiIh WiMik:
ORIENTAU CHICAGO

Weolt Oct. 27:
PARADISE, CHICAGO

wWk Nov. S
HARDING, CHICAGO
Wook Nov. 10
NORSHORE, CHICAGO
. Week Nov. 17
TOWER, CHICAGO
' AVe<>k Nov. 24 ■ '■ '
MISSOURI, ST. LOUIS
VVeiek I>ec. 8
CAPITOL, DETROIT
. Wock I>eo.. 11? ..

, FISHER, DETROIT

■ ■■ -S-'
DIrectloiii

WILIIAM MORiftlS OFFICE

BILLY SNYDER

THE JUVENILE PRINCE

POINO TIME IN

FANCHON and MARCO'S

"HAT" IDKA
Kn Tour West flortitt Thcntreu
Dlroctionhr-WM. MOllBIS AClJfiNCY

ehmged as' w, FEAnmni MERTtna

REPLACING "TEXAS GUINAN"

IN FANCHON and MARCO'S

NIGHT CLUB w

Entouf Fourteen Weeks over the West Coast
Circuit of Theatres

VARIETY

Wednesday, October 84, 1928

€ O Li O R ii^ » O

s « en F i r § t Mali on a 1

unanimou

100% Ki:€OR]> OF RFC-*
^RB-BRFAkllVO \m

ll^iESTEirW .KEY ESTATE!

FIVE OTT OF FIVE
COI.OR ABO ROOKIHrOJS
HA y E S H A T T E R E B
HOiri^E RECORBSl . • • «

|IVEW HI«H MARKS AT THE
jDEIVYER, DEJVTER— THE BURIVS}
<DOIi. 1S;PRIIV«1$^THE MAJESTIC^
,«RA]VD JlJ]V€TIOl¥ — THE PALIUj
PUEBLO » THE REX, C^REELEY.^

m^nd SiiU {Fheff Cornel

f

i;ni:w.pAy^iii:€obd

In ninth week of its $2 Broadway liiiv
•*L1LAC TIME" set another new JiigK
mark for a single day's business, break.;

ing its ^wn ' record ^which it_had setl

• r •

earlier in the rttni

iTHOROVGHl.T' jSATISFIED

^ Just finished the fourth da y's business
^and cannot refrain
to tell y6u how thorr
'Ouebly satisfied we are with the bu^si^
fhess that this picture is doing." .
r-A.C. Stolte,' Manager Strand Theatre,
Waterloo, la:^

> 'J ust nnisnea tne ic
io? 'LILAC TIMEill
from writing you tc

■ : JOHNWiss^ia,,,,,,

Colleen

AUL' RECORDS BROKEN

'LILAC TIME' breaking all knowrf
ecords Orpheum, Sioux Gity.^ On ac-J
count their two changes A'audeville
policy, picture was booked for only four
days, but business Was so big manage-
ment arranged: vaudeville bookings so
as extend picture three more days.".

^■—W. C. Brimmef

k>OIliiO;TIIE IMPOSSIBLE

JjThe" impossible 'accomplished wherf
jfLILAC TTIME'^breaks all records for]
Qyiain Street Theatre both in dollarsand
5ittendance^!'|LPatent Leather Kid' did!
greater I thanVcapacity business bu^
JLILAC TlME^beat it" over six hun3
. dred dpllars'> opening diay. ,

^'^Wm. Warner^ Kansas City,i

CAN'T SAY^O<VlttUCH

^,.' tiLAC TI ME^ built u^p from "da'y to
day showing that it Was very popular
with the public^Not many pictures
do that these days^We cannot say too
m u ch ' for ^1 1 h is " prod uc t ion . 'i— C.^i P.
Pfisterilf Manager _ Mayflower ^TTteairet
Troy, Ohio/

CLILAC TIME''^^ ioew'e "SJoad:
Theatre, Colum^uSTOhio^OctoSSTsix
to^ record-b rea kmg Jjusmessn^nsurmg
two" weeks*run!ftjExhibit^rs^reJnow
convinced jthat we^ ha ve biggest money
maker ever released^and "are "crowd ing
s for bookihgs./' ^Favl E. Krieger^

TIME

WUh or 4vuhout SO irj\*ni

i

UtsabOi f Motion flctum ftoduoen W Distributors of AmerlcA bic,<>>WUl mfaysTWest

Wednesday, October 24, 1928

V A U D E V I LL E

VARIETY

29

Sairnotf-Kennedy Direction
Of Keith s Reorganizatioii
May Mean Many Changes

Keorganizatlon of Radio-Keith-
prpheum under the supervision of
David SarnofC and Joseph P; Ken-
nedy, albngr with John Ford as
Keith's general . manager, is quite
fipt, from report, to freeze out of
their present Keith circuit posi-
tions, those malcontents, remaihlng
over from the Kelth-Orpheum mer-.
ger an4 i^ef erred, to "the. Inierfer-r
©nee." ■, .

About the only Orpheumite to be
retained, from reports, Is Ben Ksi-r

' hane, former counsel of the Or-
pheum Circuit and now in the New
York ofUce of Keith's. Another ex-
ception is E. E. Albee, himself, who
ia hanging on to his job as un-
cfncial president through a contract
held by hini from the Kelth-Or-
pheum merger. It calls for a salary
of $100,000 a year »nd is for Ave
years, from teport. Albee Is presi-
dent in name only.

John J. ! Murdock walked Into
Keith- Albee-Orpheum. ofUce in the

.Bond building Monday for the first
' time. That office had been await-
ing Mui-dock for several months.
Murdqck'S advice is 66 highly
thought of by Kennedy, and, also,
likely, Sarnoff, that Murdbck iriay
be frequently consulted as an ad-
visor by the heads of the new con-.

. cern.

Pat Casey has not been men-
tioned in connection with the reor-
ganization since the R. G. A. deal
was closed Monday. It appears .to
be known to several that Casey has
. repeatedly declined to take official
charge in any department of Keith's
while certiain executives remained
with that institution. With the
clearances predicted wheii the R.
C. A.-Keith deal shall have been
closed by Nov. 15, Casey is apt to
consent to Join' in the reorganiza
tlon, to which he can lend inval
liable assistance.

In the middle west Ike Libson, of
Cincinnati, head of that group of
Keith theatres, will continue to. gen
erally represent the circuit In the
middle west.

Streaks Not Wanted
It is reported that those of the
present Keith . admlnistratlori who
have liandled their positions with
fealty ^o the organization, are fair
ly, secure if their- work nieanwhile
has warranted retention. Others
Vho have shown a streak or have
Vorked against the successful op
eration of Keith's under the Ken
hedy-Murdock direction are due for
felr.

The "Albee-Orpheum faction" ap-
Jjeaved to have been under the im-
pression for the past few weeks
they would be returned to authority
In Keithls, upon R. C. A. complet-
ing its deal. Accounts say they
failed to figure in Sarnoff on that
Speculation, and his information on
them. The report is that Sarnoff, in
fconfercnce with Kennedy,, quickly
ligreed upon whom they wanted.

Vaude Stays In

It Is understood tha t w hile R. C
jA- Photopliond will wire all of the
Keith houses available for It, that
there is no present intention of
flooding the circuit with all-sound
fehows. The latter would necessarily

. include talking shorts, excluding
Vaude acts. Keith's is pretty well
booked up with acts for the. body
bf its bills for . several weeks to

■ tome. ; .

. . In the formation of the new com-
pany and Its title as selected, Radlo-
Keith-Orpheum, the word "Albee'.' of
the present title is dropped. Albee
hyphenated his name with B. .P
Keith's some years ago, about the
time of th.e tremendous quantity of
personal publicity given to him by

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B. F. Keitb— Alone

"Founders' Week," to cele-
brate the opening next week
of the B. P. Keith Memorial
theatre in Boston, niay act as
a publicity plug for the Bos-
ton house or the Keith circuit,
but it sounds like an Injustice
to the memory of the late. B. P.
Keith. .

There was but one founder
of the vaudeville that America
has known — U. P. Keith.

Helen Tees and Steel
Worker Gulped Gas

Chicago, . Oct. 23.
In her years on the road, Helen
Tees, acrobat, forgot some of the
fine points of cooking. The result
wiELS almost fatal.

Meeting a steel w;prker in a beer
joint across from her apartment.
Miss Tees was so impressed she
asked him over for dinner. While
the steel worker sat on the sofa,
Miss Tees went to the kltciien to
cook some eggs and things.

A few hours later June Collins,
partner in Miss Tees' act, tame
home and found both the steel
worker and the acrobat unconscious.
A pulmotor squad was called and
revived them.

Miss Tees admitted her mistake
when regaining consciousness. She
had turned on the gas, but forgot
to light it

E. j. Lyneh's Divorce

, , Bridgeport, Oct. 23.

Ernest J. Lynch, former manager
of the Lyric, Poll house, was grant-
ed a divorce last week from his
wife, Liila Burkhardt Lynch.

Lynch charged .his wife with
desertion. According to his testi-
mony his wife, theatre organist,
refused to settle down and make a
home for him, but preferred to live
in hotels. They were married In
1908 and she deserted him In 1921,
he said.

UinT SHOWON SHOET

Whiting and Burt will sing and
Charles Irwin will monolog a lit-
tle and act as master of ceremonies
for Pox Movietone shorts.

As far as known, Irwin will be
the first sound screen m. c
Leo Morrison placed both.aots.

Decker-Murray Skit

Paul Decker and Marlon Murray
haTo formed a vaude combination.

Dorothy Webb and Joe Allenton
will be In their support

CLARA HOWARD

K-A-O
East: QHAS. WILSHIN
West: WM. JACOBS

Stan Stanley Not at Carman's Drag**;
Sues News and A. P. for Damages

FLORENCE MAYE SUED
FOR DIVORCE IN B'KLYN

Husband, ■ Realtor, Names
Wife's Stage Partner,
Ed Hopkins

the press department when the
Keith Clrcalt celebrated for some
months its Third Of a Century. The
name of Albee also crept onto the
fronts of some Keith-built theatres,
notably the. $6,000,000 Albee In
Brooklyn, which is minus the name
of Keith in association.

Albee personally owns vaude the-
atres in Providence, Pawtucket and
Montreal. Other Keith theatres,
booked and operated by the Keiths
hilt not wholly controlled, are scat-
tered throughout the country, with
several of them In Llpson's terri-
tory.

Another Group

The Proctor Circuit of 12 theatres
Is also distinct from Keith's, though
booked by It Negotiations are re-
ported underway between the
SarnofC-Kennedy coterie , and Proc-
tor. These negotiations may extend
to other Keith-b66K6d but not 'con-
trolled houses.

In the picture section of this Issue
is reported other negotiations to
start between the WarnfTs or Fox
with Keith's. If with Warners . It
will .'be with a view to merging
Keith's with Warners' Stanley Com-
pany chain.

Murdock ani Kennedy took over
Keith's about five months ago. They
have solely directed it since* with
S^imoch interference from the inside.

Hopkins, and Maye muffed the
opening ' iw at the Wilson, Brook-
lyn, Monday because of a prior en-
gagement before Supreme Court
Justice Burt J, Humphrey in the
Supreme Court, Kings County..

The court appearance was for
trial pf divorce proceedings insti-
tuted some months ago by James
J. Murphy, husband of Florence
Maye, against the actress, which
named Ed. Hopkins, Mrs. Murphy's
stage partner , as cor cspondehty

Both were served last week while
playing the Willis, New York.

The team hung around all .after-
noon Monday only to find that the
case would go over because of long
calendar and were served again for
appearance, tomorrow (Thursday).

Hopping to the theatre they
found they had been supplanted
by Appleman and Kent' 'With post-
ponement the team cancelled the
last half despite a play or pay con-
tract, figuring it *bettcr to wrangle
the matter out with the V. M. P. A.
than the Supreme Court.

Murphy," real estate opierator of
Bath Beach, Im L. has been estrang-
ed from his wife for the past year,
the split said to haVe been precipi-
tated through his Wife's desire to
return to the stage with her former
partner before marriage.

Murphy's complaint alleges mis-
conduct between his wifi3..and stage
partner on diverse dates last August
in New Tork City and Atlantic City.

In addition to the divorce suit
Murphy has also served Hopkins
in a $25,000 alienation suit.

Mrs. Murphy has filed a general
denial to the charges and has coun-
tered with a separation suit on
grounds of Incompatibility.

Osterman Dinnered

By Wise Crackers

The only bachelor dinner thrown
to a married man happened Mon-
day midnight and lasting untir 3:30
in the morning at the Hotel Astor,
New York.

Jackie Osterman was the victim
of the last supper "before he re-
ports daily to Daly," referring to
Mary Daly of ."Three Musketeers,"
the present Mrs. Jackie Osterman.
They were sot last Tuesday In City
Hall, a week .ahead of schedule.
Since Chick Cohen, of the City
Ilall a'nd other picture theatres, and
also known as backer , of several
revues, had it all planned for Mon-
day midnite they went through with
it.

Cohen elected Osterman his own
m. c., but Jackie turned things oVer
to Eddie Cantor and Georgi© Jea-
sel, although. Lester Allen and
George Pi-ice seemed to take things
out of their hands.

Cantor struck a serious keynote
on playing the Matrimonial Circuit,
For a bunch of cynical Mazda Lane
muggs it was somewhat of a shock
and surpriise how staid the play-
boys, nifty-purveybrs ■ iand ex-of-
ficio comics coiild. be. Allen's
comedy obbliato was nonetheless
relished. ■

Eddie Buzzel, himself a recent
benedict, was remini-scing about his
past performances with Osterman
in the old Capitol apartments. Ed-
die recalled that after a particularly
tough night .Osterman told him to
stay up so he could get Variety
early then issued on Friday.

Cantor said, "you can tell a man
b,' the number of beneflts.he plays."

About 200 were present. The tariff
was $25, Including everything,
Everybody in hard-fronts as a
compliment to Jackie excepting a
couple newspaper guys who don't
know better.

. Through it all, reverence and
respect for the actor's late father,
Jake: Rosenthal, and his charming
mother, Kathryn Osterman, was a
dominant keynote.

Stan Stanley has filed damag*
suits of $25,000 each against . the
Associated Press and Dally New*
Publishing Company (New York)
upon defamation of . character
charges.

The premise of the . complaint
hinges on stories published by the
News and broadcast by the A. P,
making Stanley a defendant in a
raid two weeks ago oh a lawn.dragr
staged at the summer home of
Frank "Barry" Carman at Brlelle,
N. J. Nathan Burkan is attorney
for Stanley.

Stanley's complaint In the libel
actions alleges he was not a parti-
cipant In the lawn orgy or was not
the Stanley held in $2,500 ball.

Check-up on Brielle arrests dis-
closed that the Stanley, defendant,
was Leslie Stanley, playing a minor
part !n "Pleasure Man," and not
Stan Stanley, ♦ho had also been in
the same show, by Mae West, Both
Stanley and Carman are at liberty
under $2,500 ball awaiting trial In .
Toms River, N. J.^ . scheduled for
next month.

"The News carried the story of the
affair with Stanley's ninme ahd the
comic's pictures, which the vaiide
actor cIai!Tis has damaged him to
the extent of the amount asked in
the action. It was subsequently
through A. P. printed in a num-
ber of other newspapers.

.Sailors, Too

An Inside on the Brlelle affair
has it that Carman had been stag-
i-ng a series of nocturnal lawn par-
ties, where members of. the useless,
sex had been appearing in the al-
together, much to the annoyance
of neighbors of . the fashionable
south shore colony.

At the recent raid a number of
sailors w^re also taken to the
hoosegow with Stanley (not iStan)
and Carman, with the naval men
released before booked and turned
over to supei'lors for. disciplining.
They will be called as witnesses
when Carman and . Stanley are
brought to trial next month.

Stan Stanley, who is out under
$500 bail . for his participation in
Mae West's "Pleasure Man," lias re-
turned to vaude pending trial, play-
ing nearby dates.

3 Yrs. for N. G. $5 Check

Convicted of passing a rubber
check for $6 on Manny Smith,
vaudevlllian . and pianist, Albert
Stein, 31, no home, was sentenced to
a term not to exceed three years. In
Special Sessions,

Smith told the court that he ha^-
given Stein $5 in cash for . a piece
of paper supposed to represent that
amount The transaction occurred
Sept 20 at Smith's home, 3 Bast
119th street

Talker Travesty

Los Angeles, Oct 2$.

"Spoils of Lust," the sketch In
which Fannie Erlco will open at
the Palace, New York, Nov. 4, Is a
burlesque on talking pictures writ-
ten by Joseph Jackson and William
Erok.aw .Jutta,,

Both are . fUm' d kilog /iWrlt6ra_of

Number

OF

Will be Issued in December

Hollywood, Jackson la with War-
ner Brothers, Jutta with Pathe.

Jimmie Quinn, Smith Booster
IjOs Ancceles, Oct 23.
Jimmlo Qulnn, boa-sting "tho only
brown derby in S'outhorn California,"
Is campaigning for Gov, Smith in
this territory.

Qulnn flays after tho election is
over he is going to New York to re-
enter vaudeviUa.

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* Announcements at regular ad' *

% vertising rates may be left at or ta

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* forwarded to any Variety off ice *

******* **************

BEGS TO ANNOUNCE

^ That he is no longer affiliated with any theatrical booking
office.

^ That he is now booking through his own office.

^ That he would be pleased to have all communications ad-
dressed to his own office.

41. Thank you.

BRYANT 8070 1560 BROADWAY, NEW, XORK CITY.

JAMES F. GILLESPIE

Personal Representative

Wednesday, October 24, 1928

VAUDEVILLE

VARIETY

31

Greatest Act-Booldng Bureau
By Exchange of Talent for
Vaude, Radio and Pictures

Formation of an indlyldual bu-
reau to handle all talking picture
and radio work by Keith acts under
the new R. G. A. Photophone con-
trol of Keith's probably will begin
within the next couplfe of weeks.

Since the R. C. A.-Keith-F. B. 6.
deal was not completed until Mon-
day, no steps had been taken to-
ward the forriilng of such a depart-
ment, but its establishment under
the merger is natural.

With Keith's large booking inter-
ests at its finger tips, the bureau,
when formed, will have a greater
source of material to draw from
than any vaudeville talking film or
radio organization now in existence;.

The 250 odd,, theatres now op-,
•rated and booked by Keith's are
playing from 2,000 to 2i,500 acts,
with probably five to lO per cent,
of that number new on one of the
circuits weekly and about the same
percentage finishing.

Circuits playing acts available for
RCA Photophone's exclusive use, be-
sides Keith, are Orpheum, Proctor,
Interstate and the Assn. (Chicago).
In addition are several smaller
chains and numerous single thea-
tres booked by Keith or a. subsidiary,
•this group varying in number from
time to time.

When formed, the vaude, filrn and
radio bureau will be the chief con-
tact between the vaude and pic
ture interests of the organization.
Considering the control It will have
over acts in all directions, the de-
partment .. will eventually over-
shadow the vaude booking division
In importance.

Practically, all details advanced in
regard to the . bureau to date are
mere theory. Only the great in
fluence it will have in the future
.. looms up.

To acts the bureau, made possible
by the merger, is bound to have

treniendous significance; It will
mean that all acts and players
under contract to any of the organ-
ization's various departments, in-
cluding vaude, radio an<J . piGtures,
sound or silent, will be held ex-
clusive in an fields but the legiti-
mate. ;

It Will, probably riiean that all,
acts playing Keith's vaude theatres
Will make their talking pictures for
Photophone and do their broadcast-
ing, for RCA if doing either at- all
while, playing for Keith's, though
both the. film and radio, work will
be optional for vaudeviliiaiis. RCA's
radio stars and entertainers, al^o
will be available for vaude or films.

Keith agents will likewise be
limited to their own organization
in the placing of talent. L^p to the
present time, with no radio or talk-
ing picture relations at home, they
have managed to book a consider-
abl<i- number, of acts with other talk-
ers. The Photophone tie-up will not
eliminate their picture bookings, but
rather aid them, although at' the
same time limiting the field of op.-
eration. .

The bureau, when established, will
be similar to the present vaude
booking depjirtment, with a cliief
and individual bookers buying the
i.alent. In all. probability it will be
in conjunction with the Keith vaude
division..

MISS PATRICpLA

has just signed contracts with Mot -
ro-Cioldwyn-Mayer Talkies through
her

Personal .Manager ',, .
JOHNNY COLLINS
ICO Wo.st 46th Street

Kennedy Taiks to Keith Agents
Urging Co-operation and Good Will

VAITDFILMS IN BOSTON

Intention to. revive straight vaude
in Boston w'ith the new B.. F.
Keith Memorial Theatre have been
dropped. ..The house will open
Monday (Oct. 29) with vaudfilra.

In the vaude. siection of the first
show will be Jack Pearl, Rastelli,
Foy Fanily, : Frankie Heath, Alber-
tina Rasch Ballet and Mitchell and
Durant.

Lowry at $1,500 Weekly ;
YearU Contract in St. L.

St. Louis, Oct. 23.
Another contract, for a iyear, has
been given to Ed Lowry as m. c.
by the Skouras Brothers, it calls for
$1,250. weekly for the. first six
months and $1,500 for the remainder
of the term.

Lowry came to the Amba3sa.dor as
m. c. about two years ago at $700 a
week. He has been , there since.

Frank Fay, reiported at the broth-
ers' other house, Missouri, for 18
months, is rumored . due to leave
within a month. Fay's presence has
not affected bu.'^lness at the Ambas-
sador.

HERBERT ON PAR. STAFF

Loa Angeles, Oct. 23.

Hugh Herbert has left Fox after
ivritinf;- Movietone shorts. It. is un
derstood he will Join Paramount.

iiLTbeit is one. of the pioneer
writers for talking shorts. He
started with Vitaphone more tha.n a
year ago. .

Yt'.storday (Tiio-^iluy V aftornuon
J O.SOP li P. Ivon n od y va 1 loil a ni ocl i wa:
of the Keith ollice . agoiits. llo
apologized for disiiurbing thom. but
said he felt it nocoss.;n-y, on behalf
of Mr; Sarnoff and himsolf. to in-,
form them of the :pro><ont operating
ooiulition of Kadiq-KuMllv-Orphcum.

Kennedy infornVoil tlu> agents that
John Ford ryniains in full charge
(if Keitli's. unilor Savnoff and him-
■<elf, and, tliat they should refer to

Gorman's Mission

Tom Gornian, a.ssistan.t district
manager for Keith's in liie east, ha.c
I)eon granted, a six weeks' leave of
aliscnce, starting tliis Friday.

It is said that Gorman will leave
New York. on a special mission for
Jp.'^eph; P. Kennedy, of Keith's F1>0
and ' Pathe. The nii.s.sion is sus-
.pected of , rel;i.lipn to -Kennedy's
picture ventur(\s,

.Gorman has' .shown a inarlicd
aptitude in tlie . direction of vaude
houses since joining the Ivoith staff,
lie Avas the instigator of the. Sunday
opening in thiB New York Keith
house.s. It has decidedly increased
the Sundajv matitiee grosses of that
chain;

Kurd for inst rui'i inns or advice
wiien necessary. . He asked the
agents; to cb-onerate- witiv the or-
.Lva'nization in action and good will,
to. send it along as an- institijtion
as.soeiafed with the Radio Corpora-
tion of America slibuld be sent
along.

Tile Kennedy, iiniiression with tiio .
agents, as always, wa.s exceileht.
One of the agents, following . the
meeting, said : '

"If the old Albee bunch had been
like that guy (Kennedy), the Keith
circuit couldn't have fibpped under
them." •

NVA Economy

; ;■ Chicago, Oct. 23!

An economy wave has swept over
the NVA Club in Chicago. Acting
upon orders, the club has cut down
to a minimum ^ by letting out two
matrons, two «dbormen and special
elevator man.

Left in charge of the club rooms
is Walter Hawley.

Al Abbott's Short

. Al Abbott (vaude) will do a short
for Vitaphone under Bryan Koy's
direction.

Walter Nilsson

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AMERICA'S SUPREME COMPOSER o/
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"WINGS"
''ABIE'S IRISH ROSE"
" WEDDING MARCH"

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COMPOSER and CONDUCTOR
TenYears Musical Director to D, W. Griffith
Mfisical Director

"WINGS"
"WEDDING MARCH," Etc.

Associate Composer of
J. S. ZAMECNIK and
WM. FREDERICK PETERS

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V A R I E T Y

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the DEAN of the SCREEN

Interpreting Musically
D. W. Griffith's Masterpieces

"YOLANDA"

"WAY DOWN EAST'"
ORPHANS OF THE STORM"

»HEN KNIGHTHOOD r FLOWER"
Etc. Etc.

At. Peters as a disciple of Wagner has
given to the Motion Picture what
Wagner has given to Opera

EDWARD KILENYI

COMPOSER and ARRANGER

Vhose Practical yet '^Artistic Musical
Synchronized Settings have received
much favorable comment

Conductor of.

"ABIE'S IRISH ROSE"

during its New York run

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VARIETY

VAUDEVILLE

Wednesday, October 24, 1928

Keith's First Sound Film

The first of the Xev.' York houses
on: the Keith list to start with
BGund films will be the Jefferson in
iiafvt l lth slrfot. Its initial sounder
will be hoard next Sunday (Oct. 28)
when- ';The Patriot'' (Emil Jannings)
■will -be on t'iie screen. .

V. M. p. A. WARNING

Bobbins, Indie Agent) arid Bound
Brook Theatre Named

Following the filing-: of several
complaints against John Hohbins, In-
dependent ■ agent,- and. the Brook
<hcatre, BoundTjroOk, K. J., the "V.
M. P. A. has warned acts playing
that iheutre, or any other engage-
ment for. Hobbins, that they Will do
so at their own risk. Neither
Robblns nor the house is a member
of the association. The V. M. P. A.
therefore ha.s no jurisdiction. ,

One complaining act charges that
after fulfilling the engagement it
was paid less than.- contracted .for
with Robbins.. Manager of the the-
atre, according to the complaint,
told the adt to see Robbins about it,
Robbins later pa.ssing the bag on to
the manager. That, the act contends,
was the start of the run-arotand. .'

In another complaint Robbing is
alleged to. have booked four acts
for a one day show at the Brook,
but after reporting at the theatre
the acts were informed they were
not wanted.

ANN GARRISON
Co.

ln"THE CIRCUS*'
Iritroducinp My OrlBlnal Dance Creation
"Stniripiiifr It Down".
Oct. •21-24, Englewoodi Chicago
Oct. 25-27, Palace, South Bend, Ind,
Toiirinn; Kcltli-'Orplieum Circuit' ■
Ulrection JOItN SCHULTZ

Sound May Drop 150
Acts from Loew Books

Hoyal for $15,000 Job

. '/Cleveland, Oct. 23.
Persistent rumors, have it that
John . Royal, Keith representative
and late manager oij Keith's local
Palace, is to get the $15,000 plum
managership of Clevpl; d'. civic
auditorium, recently held by Lin-
coln Dickey.

VERSATILE ARTIST

I Open for good proposition. I play the pluno accordion (Victor Artist oh
Isame), accordion and trumpet tOBClher and accordion and "Belcophohe," iny
I own novelty, very flashy and beautiful music. Good tenor voice. Sing in Eng- I
lllali, Italian and French, also play sa.xophone, clarinet, piccolo, banjo, guitar and I
llwo trumpets at one time. Also do Wop and Scotch characters. I have more
I than $2,000 worth of the best instruments. I have the goods. What can you
I offer ? •■ Can also offer above . as an act (two males). Partner only accordion '
Land a little -dancing; Full p.irtlculars sent on request. ■ ,

PAT MARRA, 577 Ville Marie St., Montreal, Can.

Loew booking department has re-
ceived no information to. date on the
efiect the wiring of th©' clrciiU's
houses wlir have on vaudeville
bdoks. While a majority of Loew
theatres aro now undergoing wir-
ing, opening dates of talkers have
not been announced or set except
in one or two Instances.

Indications are thait with the first
general introduction of sound fllnis
Loew books will carry in the neigh-
borhood of 100 less acts weekly. It
Is fiirther estimated that everit-^
ually, with practically all Loew the-
atres talker-equipped, the reduced
number will surpass 150,

$7,000 Judgment Against
Agents on Contract

Having guaranteed Anna Duncan,
single act, aeven weeks' employment
at $1,000 a week on a written con-
tract, the actress sued and recov-
ered judgment, by default, for $7,-
954 against Johnson & Loewen-
stein, independent vaud© agents.

A. Bi Johnson aiid Max Loewen-
stein have since dissolved As co-
piartners, each continuing as an indie
agent in the Bond building.

i:heir defense was that Miss Dun-
can's act was not satisfactory, but
at trial, judgment went by default,
through not being defended.

LANGDON'S FINAL 2 WEEKS

Los Angeles, Oct. 23.

Harry Langdoh will do twoi more
weeks of personal- appearances ii
the picture houses.

Ho opened at the Michigan, De
troit, Oct. 27, and the following
week plays, the Missouri, St Louis
Prom there lie goes to New York.

Loew Gives Notice to 11 Orchestras,
But Later Reduces Number to Six

PAN BILL WORRIES

A. Houses Aidbed Act»— Jimmy
Wilson III

Los. Angeles, Oct. 28.
The Pantages theafr© had its
troubles keeping full vaude linetip
on th© bill last week. Four acts
and a talking filrti short Of another
vaud© team did not satisfy the
crowd as a full variety bill, Renee
Tumanova and her Troubadours,
added Tuesday, Wednesday night,
Jimmy Wilson of Alton and Wil-
son was stricken with pneiimonla
and the act had to cancel.

Harry Cooper, headlining th© bill,
then divided his turn into two acts
to finish the week. Wilson was so
ill at his hotel that he could not be
removed to a hospital.

Consternation hit milisiclans local .
802 when the Loew offices served
notices on H orchestras . that fol-
Ipwing the expiration of the cus-
tomary two weeks' notice their
services would no longer be re-
quired. This on account of the wir-
ing of Loew houses and supplantingj
the orchestras with sound accom-
paniment for the film's. ^

Local 802, via Eddie Canavan, Its
main , spokesnian, held oohferencea
with th© Loew offices. Following'
the meetings the Loew offices de-
cided to retain six, but that the
othfer five wpuld b6 released;

■There was another report that
LoeW had sent out two weeks' no-
tice to 30 theatre orchestras, but ac-
cording to the union story only il
were served at this time.

Two Publix Units

"Miniatures of 1929," the Publix
unit featuring the Singer Midgets,
opens in New Haven, Conn., Nov.
8. This is practically the same rou-
ting the diminutive performers did
in vaude except that the effects and
background will be elaborated.

Another Publix unit in preparation
is titled "Just Kids," based upon
Ad Carter's coniic strip cartoons.
Carter will pfersonally appear with
the troupe, flehearsais arc scheduled
fpr this one very shortly.

Forman at N. Y. Palace

Lou Forman, musical director of
the Riverside, New York, was shift
ed to the Palace Sunday, Forman to
wield the baton there indefinitely.

Dirt Show Notoriety
Gets Stanley Booking

Stan Stanley, one of the indicted
group of "The Pleasure Man," has
hopped back to vaude pending dis-
position of that show's case. He
was a last minute addition to the:
last half bill at the; Fifth Avenue,
New York, last week. , ,

Attendant publicity of the raids'
on "Pleasure Man" cinched the
booking, Stanley reviving his for-
mer audience act. Like his asso-
ciates, Stanley Is at present at lib-
erty under |500 bond.

To the Common Stockholders of

Keith-Mbee-Orpheuiri Corppration

Hblders of pv^r 40% of. the outstanding Common Stock of Keith-Alhee-Orpheum Corporation have
entered into an agreement for the organization of a New Comfxany to be known as Radio- Keith-Orpheum
Corporation, which will issue shares of its Class A Stock, share for share, for, Common Stock of Keith-
Albee-Orpheum Corporation tendered for exchange, and which will also issue 500,000 shares of Class B
Stock in consideration of certain contracts to be made with the New Company by Radio Corporation of
America, R.C.A. Photophone, Inc., and National Broadcasting Company.

Mr. David Samoff, Vice-President arid General Mariager of Radio Corporation of America, has
accepted the office of Chairman of the Board of Directors of the New Company, and Radio Corporation
of America will have substantial representation upon the Board.

It is contemplated that shares of Class,A Stock of the New Company will also be issued, share for
share, for capital stock of F.B:0, Productions, Inc. a corporation engaged in the production and distribu-
tion of motion pictures, and additional shares Of Class A Stock may be issued for the purposes set forth
in the Plan.

Copies of the Plan containing further details and of the Deposit Agreement, may be obtained from
Empire Trust Company, Depositary, 120 Broadway, New York, N. Y.

Holders of Common Stock of Keith- Albee-Orpheum Corporation desiring to deposit their stock for
exchange under the Plan, should immediately deliver or forward by registered mail insured their stock
certificates to the Depositary. Stock certificates should be endorsed in blank for transfer and the
endorsement witnessed and guaranteed by a bank. The Depositary will issue transferable ^Certificates
of Deposit. All tra^

The group of Keith- Albee-Orpheum Corporation stocldholders who have entered into the agreement
believe that the association of Radio Corporation of Arherica, and its subsidiary, R.C.A. Photophon>,
Inc. (controlling the Photophone devices for the synchronization of sound and motion pictures), and
its affiliated company. National Broadcasting Compainy, with your Company through the organization
of the New Company will create a combination of vaudeville, talking moving pictures and radio with
vast possibilities of expansion in the entertainment field. The inclusipn of F.B.O. Productions, Inc. will
add to the busineiss an establishedi Unit for the production and distribution of moving pictures. The
undersigned deem the carrying out of the Plan exceedingly desirable and beneficial from the standpoint
of your Company and invite arid advise all holders of the Common Stock of Keith-Albee-Orpheum
(Corporation to join in exchianging their stock for stock of the New CompM^

Lehman Brothers and Blair & Co., Inc., who are holders of substantial amounts of common stock
of Keith-Albee-Orpheum Corporation and have taken an active part in the negotiations for the organ-
ization of the New Company, have approved and agreed to the Plan,

Attention is called to the fact that in order to declare the Plan operative, the consent of only 51%
of the Common Stock of Keith-Albee-Orpheum Corporation is necessary and that over 40% of such
Stock outstanding has already consented. In order to insure participation in the Plan and the full benefits
thereof » Stock should be deposited on- or before November IS, 1928.

E. F. ALBEE,

• „ _ _ J WALTER P. COOKE,

Loew's Time South

With the dropping of Birmingham
from Loew's southern tinie, acts
will, in the future, return to New
York after flnishing in .the south
before starting on the western time.
Heretofore, after playing the south,
the route has been dll-ect to Evans-
ville, Ind., the opening stand in the
west.

Loew's southern time now is com-
po.sed of Norfolk, Atlanta, Mem-
phis, New Orleans and Houston,
all full weeks. The flve-day lay off
between Memphis and N. O. re-
mains, due to the Saturday open-
ing at N. O.

The week between Atlanta and
Memphis formerly . occupied by
Birmingham has been dropped, with
acts now going direct from Atlanta
to Memphis.

TWO COAST SPLITS

Log Angeles; Oct. 23,
Imperial theatre, at , El Centro,
Cal., and the Brawley, Brawley,
Cal., both "West Coast operated, in-
troduced new policies o'f vaudfilm
Oct. 15.

Houses use .five acts oh a split
wcok.

Keith's in Memphis

Keith's new house- in Mem-
phis, opening in about a month,
probably will be booked with the
Orpheum string out of New York-
A meeting to Settle the booking
question -will be held this week. ;
Vaudfilm policy.

October 22, 1928.

MAURICE GOODMAN,
MARCUS HEIMAN,
B E. KAHANE,
JOSEPH P. KENNEDY,
J. J. MURDOCK,

Committee.

RAJAH RABOID

The New Havon "Union," New
Haven, Conn., carried the name

page stories nine consecutive
(\i\yn before his opening at I'oli a
I\il;ice Theatre, Including two
soiisational black type streamers'
acro.<?3 the top of their front
paPTO, on his outdoor stunt, and
omlod thpir n'viow of hi.+' Ktape
iHTforninnce by saying, "It's tin.'
woolc before. Christmas and not
a soat in the hDu.'^e."

Direction IV1ARTY FORKINS
JACK WEINER, Associate

Wednesday, October 24, 1928

VAUDEVILLE

VARIETY

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Reade Loses K-A Suit
h New Jersey Court

In tlfe Court of Chancery In New-
ark, N. J., yesterday (Tuesday) the
adjourned application by Walter
jieade for a receivership for the two
Jersey theatres in which he and
Keith-Albee are jointly interested,
was dismissed. This is expected to
end the Reade litigation over there,

A report has been that the actual
object of Reade's action against
Keith's was to force Keith's Into a
settlement with him whereby Reade
could proceed with his William Fox
negotiations to sell his holdings to
Fox. . "

An action still pends in the Nfw
Tork courts, brought by Keith's to
recover from:. peade moneys alleged
to have been advanced by Keith's
to operate the Jersey theatres, and
for which, it Is claimed, Reade and
his partner, StorrsI are responsible,
An application to enjoin Keith's
from pursuing its New York action,

Burt on K-O Floor

Glenn Burt, former Keith western
booker and lately an agent with
Tommy Burchlll, Chicago, has been
granted permission to represent
Harry Rogers on the Keith (New
York) floors.

Requests in Burt's behalf were
twice refused recently. He finally
received permission last week after
Rogers claimed that during a recent
out of town trip none of his acts
were represented on the floor.

Stage Hand Accused

New liondoh, Conn., Oct. 23,
Tony Lericer, a stage hand, has
been iarrested on a, charge of steal-
ing from the dreissing rbdntis at the
Garden theatre.

brought by Reade, was dlsmlssied
at the hearing.

.Maurice Goodman, counsel for
Keith's, states that the New York^
action against Reade, et al., will be
pressed. .

MARGAEET MAKJN'S ACT

Lios Angeles, Oct. 23.
Majrgfaret Manh's contract with
Pox expires next month and will
not be renewed. She leaves Holly-
wood for: a three. months' trip to hex-
home in Scotliand and upon rctui'n-
Ing will take up a vaude tour for
Keith. .

Miss Mann niade her screen im-
pression as the mother in "Four
Sons."

Mort Downey's Offers

iMort Downey had hardly stopped
oft the boat Monday; after six
months abroad, when he was met
with several offers for talking picr
tures.

One is said to have, been fb/ a
full length talker by Paramoun-,
and others for talking shorts. He
is undecided as to future engage-
ments over here.

Downey, wfille abroad, played the
class spdts of London and France.
He remained over there for almost
I seven times as long as his original
I contract for London called for.

Billy Van Retires

lUlly B. Van h.is retired from the
stage and gone to his farm in New
Hampshire to recuperate from a re-
cent breakdown which precipitated
his withdrawal as featured comii-
of ''Sunny Days," current at the
Century. ; .

Van withdrew from the show laist
Thursday, with Fred Hillebrandt
substituting. .

Reports that Van iiad suffered
illness were scouted by. intimates
claiming that Van had been In gen-
eral good health, but .claimed he
was a, bit tired and wanted to quit
the show business, temporarily if
not permanently. That Van had
definitely made ujp his mind on re-
tirement is vouched for by the
Shuberts, wiio' had attempted to
annex him to a five-year ct)htract
some weeks ago, with Van refusing
to sign at that time, claiming he
wanted a rest, but telling the Shu
torts that should he desire to do a

Fisher in N. E.

Arthur Fisher, New York inde-
pendent booker, is going after New
lOngland and Mas.saohusetts stands
as opposish to the Walters-,Danish-
I'-rlsco Agency, Boston.

F-isher has opened a Boston
branch in charge of Charles "Doc"
Breed, former Keith booker and
later associated with the W-D-P
Agency. Brijed has swung over
two of the formerly booked W-D-P
houses, these being the Embassy,
Waltham, Mass., and the Strand,
Portland, Me; Both play five, acts
on a split.

Gilpin Talking

Charles Gilpin, of "Emperor
Jones" fame, is coastward bound
for a future, in Fox Movietone.

comeback they would haVe first call
on his services.

Van is reputed wealthy, having
derived most of his coin from farm
implement \ inventions and soap
business.

EMPIRE NEWS, JUNE 17, 1928

LONDON CONQUERED BY BETH GH ALUS

Summer always brings an "American in-
vasion" of our music-halls. While business
is slack over there. New York stars like to
combine business with pleasure on a trip to
England,

One of the first to arrive this season was
Sophie Tucker, and one of the last will be
Ann Suter, who returns toward the end of
next month. In between comes a stranger
of so much liveliness and charm that I must
acclaim her as one of the trio.

Her name is Beth Challis, and she labels
herself on the programmes as "The Pint
Size Mistress of Song." She pours us out a
quart of delight.

Pure Personality
Modern taste on the halls is all In favor
of "pure personality." Humorists who ex-
press themselves by way of acrobatics, jog-
gling or a sketch are esteemed far less than
those who take the stage unaided by any
apparatus, properties or scenery whatsoever.

That is why I feel sure of Beth's success.
She may be small, but she has room enough
on her face to illustrate any song from
"Henry's Made a Lady Out of Lizzie
to the tale of a girl whose figure was
artificial. Her eyes are large enough to
make every man -jack of us think he is being
ogled, and her smile embraces us all.

ALHAMBRA, LONl

With her little, lithe figure, hV all-em-
bracing smile, her knack of • hitting~af£ char-
acters with a gesture and her friendly eyes,
Beth Challis was certain from the start of
English audiences' friendship. Even at the
first performance after the Bank Holiday,
when Liondoners were all a trifle disp.lrited,
she aroused a ready response to her lively
antics. She was at her happiest in the song,
of the maid who neither liked blue eyes nor
curly hair until she met a young man with
both and accepted them ever after as her
"weakness." On making this confession,
Beth Challis la overcome with shyness and
sprawls through the air if} gain the pror
tectlon of the piano. How the gallery yells
ea<^ t*me she did this, or expressed still
greater embarrassment In other , poses or
gestures. She 1^ a llghthearted way with
her that brings everybody's affection.

-THE ERA," Aug. 8, 1928

"THE OBSERVER

(By St. John Ervine)

tf

Victoria Palace

BETH CHALLIS

Summer always sees an "American in-
vasion" of our music-halls, and as long as it
brings newcomers of the quality of Beth
Challis, we shall not grumble. "The Pint
Size Mistress of Song" is how she describes
herself on the. programme, but she outpours, .
in sheer liveliness, more than a quart.
Though small, she has plenty of room on her
face, with Its gleaming rows of teeth and
eyes large enough to make every spectator
think he is being personally ogled, for all the
emotions of the universe. She merely stands
by a piano and sings about the new Ford or
the girl whose figure was artificial. In her
expressions, however, there is more qualnt-
ness than a stage littered with pantomime
^•props," \

Originally booked for Four

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V A U D E V I L L E

Wednesday, October 24, 1928

Old Timers at Opening

Boston, Oct. 23.

Announcement is m.Tide by Henry
'.li. taylor that the, new B. F.
Keith ..ilemoria.l theatre' yill have
Its format-opening Oct, 29. ,

Atnong those expected to attend
are George M. Cohan, Lew Fields,
Joe iVeher, Maggie Cline, Al Joliion,
Julia Arthur Cheney, May Irwin,
Raymond, Hitchcock, James Mcln-
tyre^ Tom Heath and Eddie Leon-
ard. Most of them appeared at one
time in the old Keith theatre, which
the new Memorial replalces.

It is to be a two-a-da:y vaude
with reserved seats. . .

Harry Browning is resident man-
ager;;.

Wiring American

The reported, delay in the pro-
posed ,wiring preliminaries of Ixiew's
America;n, New York, led to the
report the house wouldn't . be in-
stalled for sound films at all, as it
was, to be torn down to make way
for a. new commercial building.
When . asked about ,the report, Joe
Vogel of the Loew offlc6s said the
American will be wired but be late
in getting its installation.

Vogel said the, Loew lease on the
American property. had several years
to run.

MANAGERS

SAMMY LEW

SINGING — DANCING

Commodore, TJtica, N. T.

ORIENTAI EOUTE SWITCH

; Chicago, Oct. 23: ,
A few switches have been made

in the route of B. & K. Oriental

units out of town. . : ,

Following the Tower here, the

units will go to St. Louis instead of

Detroit, coming to the; latter city

after an open week.
The Fisher theatre, Detroit, has

been added to the; route. With the

Capitol, it gives that town two

stands.

General &ceci4tive Offices

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Afterpieces

Afterpieces may again form
a paj't of some of the Keith
house bills this fall, with even
,Xew York to be given atteh-
tion In this respect. .

By way of injecting more
comedy into the shows the
afterpiece or travesty Will be
:used by some of the new. units
that ,are being, prepared for
v^aude presentation.

bne of the first of the tra-
vestied, pieces is "The Sad
Case of Mary Duggan." pre-
sented by the. new Mosconl
Bros.' unit.: It Is a take-off on
"The Trial of Mary Dugan."

COULDN'T DOUBLE

Eltinge Theatre Refused PermiMioh
to Bill .Robinson

Leon Without License

Lawrence Leon, independent agent,
whose appiica;tlon for renewal of
license was recently held up by the
commissioner, is reported in another
jam; this time as head of the L. &
M. booking ofTlce, Hammerstein the-
atre building, •.

Accoi'ding to Information received
by the license commissioner's office
in its present investigation into
Leon's affairs, the L. & .M. agency
is alleged to be operating without a
proper license. ,

Leoix's personal permit was with-
held due to geveral complaints filed
and pending, considerable litigation
resulting from his representation of
vaude artists.

HOURLY MUSICAL SHIFTS

Stagehands and musicians are out
of ]Nrike Calderonne's Rialto, Hemp-
stead, Long Island. .Vaude is booked
by Arthur Fisher.

The house employs a substitute
orchestra which changes personnel
about every hour or so from re-
ports.

Acts went in there to work, re-
hearsed with one band and a little
later were requested to rehearse
their music all over again with a
newer orchestra.

Bill Robinson, of "Blackbirds,"
was billed at the Palace, .New York,
this week but did not appear. The
Eltinge theatre management aid-
viaed the Keith office that if the
Palace attempted to play Robinson,
an injunction would be sought. :The
theatre's right to do so 13 In. Its
booking coYitract which denies , the
right of any actor In the show to
appear in another theatre during its
run at the Eltinge. An exception
in Hoblrison's case was requested
but refused.

It appears that a contract for the
Palace date was signed by the Keith
office but Robinson did not affix
his signature. The dancer said that
if the Palace Insisted on his appear-
ance he would refuse but was will-
ing to pa.y pVer an amount equal
to his salary, to be . applied on a
substitute turn. .

Winstroni Leave* Meriden

Meriden, Conn., Oct. 23.
Albert E. Winstrom has resigned
as manager of the Palace (Fox-
Poli). He is succeeded by Howard
"Waiigh of the Palace, New Haven.

Houses Closing

With the West End theati^e. 12Btl^
street, New Tork, and the Cross
Bay theatre, Brooklyn, swinging
into straight pictures, these houses
cut out their two- day vaude billa
overnight last week-

McCaffrey Booking: Boston
Bill McCaffrey, of the Keltli
agency, will book the new B. P,
Keith Memorial theatre, Boston.

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STOIX SUDDENLY EESIGNS

H. H. Stdll, with Keith, offices for
many years, first in the picture de-
partment and, then later as technical
director, resigned as the head of the
service department.

StoU's sudden withdrawal was.
surprising. Keith people regarded
Stoll's connection as for life.

Peggy Hoover in Show

Buddy Doyle and Peggy Hoover
(Mrs. Doyle) will discontinue their
vaude act. Miss Hoover joins George
Choos' "Hello Yourself' (legit).

Doyle will continue as a single.

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VARIETY

Wednesday, October 24, 1928

Mutual Show Owners Warned in
Strottg Letter Against Any W

Herk, Wheel President, Says Last Chance— Bur-
lesque All Right; Filth All Wrong

I; H. Herk, presldciit of the Mu
tuiar Burleisque wheel, on Monday
Bent the' following strong liettor on
■filth in buHcsque to the producers
ind manager of Mutual attractions
■ New York, Oct. 22, 1928.

Dear^ Sir: ••

It ha& been brought veryforcl-
. bly; to my attention: that some
of you fellows, regardless of
the riepeated instructions that
I have given you both in writ-
ten and verbal form, still do
, not understand the kind of show
that: I want over this circuit.

This is the last and final
warning. If you cannot give an
absolute burlesque show, full of
low comedy and hokum, with
pep; ginger arid speed in your
nuntbers, ydu don't belong .on
this wheel and I will tolerate
you no further, ■

It seerna a pity that the "lack-
of int6lligehce so blinds you
.. that' you cannot realijie that a
show given along any other lilies
but these cannot last.
I will not permit for one day .
; longer any filth In ".any show on
this circuit.

If you consider this letter as
a form letter and put it to one
side without . following same
implicitly, the peril is yours, and
I warn you riow and for. the last
time that disregai'dirig pf this
letter means a .revocation of
your frajichise. . ,

If you are a paid manager and
own no part of the show, read
this letter thoroughly and then
send it to the mtin that owns-
the show you are managing.
If the owner of the show tells
^r you to disregard same, ypu had
' better advise me of the fact and
protect yourseilf, because if I
revoke the franchise, it not only
means your position at . present,
Isut your po.sition at any future
time on tills circuit.

I have tried to make this let-
ter as strong as I know Jiow and
I repeat to you, this is the last
warning,'

Mutual Burlesque Ass'n.
/. If. HERK, '
Presideriti •

WITHOUT

A byline appeared under-
neath Ruth Darling's picture in
the Columbiq., New York; lobby
this week, "Pu^s . Puss" (Mu-
tual), reading,

"Now playing without."

Mutual Shows Lose

On Columbia Week

Mutual shows, hitting the Goliiixi-.
bia, ; New York, are burnpirig into
jouncing cohditions for having
played it . on a guarantee. ,

Mutual&..a.i'e not miking any
rtioney playing the Cblumbia. A
big week; recently . was when the
Columbia interests cla.imed to have
done so well that after the Mi^tual
guarantee was paid, the house had
around $10,000 for its own.

The show's; guarantee was $1,670
and the show Ipst or was out aii
extra $120 on the . week's, engage-,
ment.

A list pf where the $1,670 gpes is:
Show salary, $1,476; -$165 to Mutual
headquarters; $10 for props ; ahd
$140 for transfer,; total $1,790.

If Reade throws out Mutual shows
withput sufficient i-eason. In 60 days
or Herk pulls out his MutualSrWith-
out a similar reason, pne or the
other must forfeit a *$25,000 bonus.
So the. Mutuals stick notwithstand^
ing that they are not making any
money but spending more than the
guaranty to play a house on Broad-
way at a $1.65 top at night.

STEP ALONG

(MUTUAL)

This is a bad burlesque show..
Dirty and bad. After what has been
going on in' burlesque this season,
bad shows are nothing new. liut
"Step Along" is a new kind of baa.
Nothing in it to redeem the dirt.

For one thing, excepting Lena
Daley, "Step Along" lacks tint
which has been the wheel's Mst leg
this year— women. Excepting Miss
Daley, not a female in the troupe,
chbrus as well als principals, who.
can make cveii such a not too par
tlcular mob as that attending, the,
Irving Place .fake a secpnd look.

If not for Miss Daley, ; hca veri
held '!Step Along." . Nothing elsa
could. But Lena is the. star of th^
company. Her ndme is featured
above the title..; So why shouldnt
Lena have something?

Lauretta Lee is too large. FIP
Troutman has nothing. beyond a so-
so talent at quivering the hips and
t;»r:io. Aiul havdly .'4o-.so. She went
to the extreme of unhooking her
brassiere and then couldn't get
enough attention for a' legitimate
encore. She toPk one any way but
did not go the limit. And if ; she
did it would have been no mpr^
than . Just a laugh.

Won't be long before the- chPruf
will spot their own grandsohia here
and there, in the audience. •

Lew Lewis is an unsatisfactory
Dutch" comic. He resorts .to the
limit in purveying dirt and gets nP
results. He has nothing bijt an
average dialect. On one occasio:i
the juveniie of the company muffe-'.
a line. He was severely whip-
lashed by an lihanswerable crack
from Lewis. / Yet when later Pn. the
juve slipped in a fast One himself,
Lewis, could tliink of nothing better
tiian tp roll an R. .;

And so ;Ori, with not another oi"
the outfit above mediocre.
- "Step Along" has been a. gOiid
title in burlesique, usually .meaninq;
a good burlesque sho.w.^ It's;, tucked
onto a bad one this season and thac
won't do the title any good.

If they want to know what's
wrong wirh burlesque, why don'i
they look j^t some of the -shows? . .

Business was, bad at. the Irving
Place,, the show worse and the
candy concessionaire's spiel . overly
Ipng and not so profitable. On top
of that it v/as raining. . Running for
cover, this reporter, slipped and
•fractured his ankle. Maybe that
made him sore. But he'd rather
bust another ankle than sit through
another "Step Along." Bige.

Censor Agitation Over
Mutual Wheel House

Minneapolis, Oct, 23.
Local newspapers are; opposing
editorially a move by Alderman
Victor Johnson, chairman pf the
license committee, in the city coun-
cil, to establish full theatrei. cen-
sorship here. The move has been
started in, coniiectipn. with efforts
by Alderman Johnson and John
Swanson to revoke the license of
the ,Gayety (Mutual wheel bur-
lesque), because of allege<i indecent:
performances.

m editorials, the dailies say: it
Is unwise to enidow. one individual
with powers likely to be unwisely
used. They point put that the sit-
uation of immoirai theatrical per-
formances can be dealt with by
laws now bn the statute; books.

Entirely Unsympathetic with the
city councirs plan of partial cen-
sorship by the license inspectors
who lack suiticient time to investi-
gate theatt'es. Mayor George E.
Leach as police department head
fiatly declined tP set himself up as
a judge of vvhat the local amuse-
ment-.seeiting publip may ; or may
not see.

Organized labor canie tP bat for
the Gayety at the council license
comrhittee hearing.
. A- telegram asking a postpone-
ment: of the hearing until Oct. 25
was received from W. Aw Steffes,
president of the Northwest Theatre
Ov/ne.rs' Association, attending _a
convention in the. east. He said
that he and I. H.' Herki president
of the Mill tual. wheel burlesque, de-
sired; tp be present. Continuance
until Oct. 25 .was granted.

Burlesque Changes

John Quigg, with Gayety stocit,
Buffalo; Smith arid Walters, with
Tssy Hurst Stock, Gayety, Philadel-
phia; placed, by Ike Weber.

Henry. (Gang) Jines, National
Winter Garden stpck, N. Y.; Alma
Montague, Academy, Pittsburgh;
Lillian McNiel, Palace, Buffalo;
Fred Nceley, Gayety, Philadelphia;
placed by Nat Mortan.

COPS SIT IN TO WATCH
COLUMBIA SHOWS

There is a i-cason for Rube Bel-n-
stein hanging around the Columbia
this week, 'Tig said that Rube Is
there with sealed orders from Presi-
dent L H. Herk of the Mutual cir-
cuit to keep close , tab and make
sure that the Mutual gals do not
shake everything loose but the the-
atre roof.

Seems the runway gala have been
almost wriggling; themselves pff the
d isplay avenue a,nd talk , got : but
that thinjgs were pretty raw and
loose Pver. at the Columbia. Any-
way Inspector Bolan's : assigned
sleuths have been sitting in and
taking closeup observations. And
the tip off is that the Columbia
shows must temporize or abide by:
the consequences. ;;

The Incoming Mutuals. are tak-
ing no chances, although word has :
been : passed back stage several
times by house Interests to let loose
a little and give it redhot to. the
customers for their ni'oney.

MARRIAGES

Lewd Women Fined

Los Angeles,. Oct. 23,
Frances Davis, Ada Bryantson
and Mrs. Jean Guimond, players in
a Main street honky tonk, were
fined $25 apiece in Municipal Judge
Northrup's court after p^leading
guilty to presenting, a lewd perform
an CO at the place.

Snm Landeman and John R.
Ward, tlie produc(5rs, pleaded not
guilty and demanded a jury trial.

Police ofTlcors, who .said they paid
$2 apiece to got into the show, tes-
tified that the glvls marched
through, the aiidience in the nude,

Inspector West

Mutual show.s, now playing' in the
west, arc to be given the clo.seup
by Enimett J. Callahan, assistant
president, with Calahan expootcd .to
apply the scissors. ' ; "

Callahan departed for Washington
during the weok.-ond following a
conference with President Herk and
other execs. Pf the circuit,. :

Sam Weston Divorced

Chicago, Oct. 23.
Sam Weston, burlesque comedian,
was granted a divorce here from
Bessie Weston through Attorney
Irving iElschman. Grounds were
desertion. . ,

. Hyperion Dropping Mutual,

Mutual ^hows will be dropped at
the Hyperion, Now Haven, Conn.,
, Kov. 3., ,

'V' 3:)ramatic Stock supplants the fol-
lowing week. .

Chi Burlesque Deal Off

--==Iron3 -&-Glama po-ha rVoU.akcn^oiieE
the Gaiety, Detroit, formerly the Co
lumbia, and Avill opon Avith continu-
ous burlosquc and pictures;

Ne.ijotiations for the Pantheon,
.Chicago, arc off.

Royal's Stock Continues

Stock buvlosquc reported closing
at the -Royal, :Howery, Now York,
, last wock, is . clicking indormitoly
with new liuaiicis' rcporled Intor-
\v ested.

Thelma Saulter, screen actress,
to Edward Kaufmanh, production
manager of Educational Films; and
Georgia Saulter, sister of .Thelma,
to Harry Edwards, filni director, at
double wedding at horiie piE E. H.
Allen, of Edvicational, Oct. 19. Judge
Barrett Pfficiatod.

Billy Perch, corriic in Shaw's tab
revue, to Mary Hayes, chorister,
Oct. 16 at New York City Hall.

Earl N. Neu, owner and managed
of Earle and Royal theatres,^ Car^
roll, la., to. Harriet Allen in Car-
roll, OPt. 16.

Ken Howe, director of the Col-
legiate Band, playing vaudev.iHc,
and Helen Wcscott of the Keller arid
Mack Co., Oct. 18 in Champaign,
111., where the bandwas at the Or-
pheu'm.

Ted. Leary, stage band leader
Stratford theatre, Chicago, to Auri-
cle Griivcn, singing and dancing
violiniste, at Chicago, Oct. 10.

J. Leslie Swope, general manager
West Coast Holly woo.d Theatres
to Lorraine Beyer, attorney, in Los
Angeles Oct. 21.

■ J^ime.s. -Mvipray, screen actor, to.
Lucille Mc Names, extra girl, atiTia
Juana, Mexico, Sept. 16.

Houses Opening

Raymond Snyder will Pperi the
new St. .Albans theatre,. St. Al- ,
bans. Long Island, around the holi-
days, Pictures.

Termirial, Brooklyn, has scrappetl
its stage band policy.' Five acts, on
a split, booked by Jaik'Linder. .

New Rockland, Nyack, N. Y., a
two-day stand, goes to five acts as a
tri-weekly stop*thi3 week. Walter
PHmri^cr booking. ' •

Brighton, Pittsburgh, Pa., adds
vaudc to its picture policy Npy. 10.
Five acts on a split go in, booked
by Lawrence Loou out of. the L. & M.
Agency, New York. .

•Capitol theatre, Williamsport, Pa.,
opened Oct. 22, It Is a 2,500-3eatcr
in the Coinorford chotin. Ilouftc is
•wircd^f oi*^-fll msr

Vaude goes in at the Opera House,
New iMl.lfonl, N. J., Nov. 12, Will
boi)k ' indopondontly.

COLOBED SHQBT' :.i:iVUE

-Lv^s Angeles, Oct. 'Jft. .
Ceorglo Harris, pint-size English
comedian, is m.c. in the "Interna -
llon:J Roviow." title. of (Jus YA-
wardtV lirst color talliing short for
M-G-M,

PUSS PUSS

(MUTUAL)

Strictly a way station, gobble -
gobble Ppera arid that includes all
departments. Burlesque shows like
this make jprohibition a hardship.
There were moments in the halt
dozen preceding weeks , when it
looked as thougli. the Wheel racket
had duff up somewhere, a fev/ come-
dians who had . the knack of rPugh
gleam ready fun. that promised a
gleam of hope for this negligee
style of recreation.
. But along comes this aggregation
of frescoed crepe and the betting
shortens to even money the game
won't survive long. From 8:30 to
10:10 when this eye and ear weary
leviewer figured he had done all
that loyalty to hiS: job called for,
there hadn't been a legitimate bur-
lesque laugh nor a bit of i/rind-
tfiate-and -strip that could po:;sioly
interest a sober man above the
mental grade of a sub-normal Chi-
nese cook.

That doesn't go for the runway
group. Erin Jackson knows her
trade, and there is a new worker,
Connie St. Clair, who comes from
the older school of wheel shows and
commands a certain technique. The
other worker is Mara Brown, ter-
rible .. to listen . to, . but. _sppthing to
look at lay reason of gracious if opu-
lent proportions. These three did
four or five numbers, using a brand
new 16 recruits who do not meas-
ure up to the last collection, but
serve to fill in the picture.

Without going into wearisome de-
tail;?, the traveling unit is utter
blah. The three principal woriien.
haven't the faintest idea what if s
all about. Principal womeri who .sell
this wriggle stuff must have some-
thing. A shir.ill soubret w:hO weighs
about 100 pounds, Including the
brassiere arid beads, has difficulty
in working up a burlesque mob into
frenzy, even If she has the all inr
pinuating art of a Cleopatra. Wi>cn
she groes to it with nothing but
mechanical routine, it's dispiriiin,-;.

The comedy is as bdd or worrie
Tl'<;-. bits, foil Hat from end to end.
Jim Bennett stf'ps out . of the cast
at the end of this w eck, replaced by
Jack Hunt, who comes in from the
Charley Waldron's stock in Boston.
Maybe he wasn't putting his. bo.<<t
into his la.^t week.- Len J^icc had

he can dance very well and his i>an-
tomime stcMipinp specialty was one
J of the best thinijs of the porfonn-
arice. That h^ft the show up to Jack
lloynolds. fairly capable slrai'.rlu,
and Goorgo Sullivan-, who just sings
ballads v/ith a throaty tenor thai
the boys upstairs adored, Wotta
Inirlesiiuo show.

Columbia ihi.s week besrins new
scheme of rinmlnc: iifi" a lilin fmiUn-c
after (ho niu'ht show. This woclc it
Is called "Guilty," liufih.

Burlesque Routes

Weeks of Oct. 22 and 29

Bare Facts-H. St 3. 12Dth 3t.,. N. T. C.
29, .Erhplre, Brooklyn,

Best Show In Town— Howard, Boston; ;'.0,
Columbia, N. Y. C

Bohemians— Gaiety, Montreal; 20, . How
a'rd, Boston.

Bowery Burlcsquera— Lyric, . Bridgeport
21), H. & S. Aiwllo, N. Y, C.

Burlesque. Review— Grand, ■ - -Akronr 29,
Gayety, Buffalo.

Chicken Trust— Colonial, Utlca; 28, Gay
ety, Montreal. .

Dainty Dolls— Garrick, St. Ixjuis; 29, Gay
ety, Kansas City. .

Dimpled Darlines— Plaza,- Worcester; 20,
State, ■ Springfield.

. Dixon's Big nevl'ciw- Empress, Cincinnati;
'1'), Gayety, I..oulsvllle..

li'lapper FoUlcs— Empire, . Newark; 20
■JTlar, Brooklyn.
; French AroiUl.'i—Crysl'al, St. Joe; 29, Gay
ety, Minneapolis;

Frivolities— 22, Lyric, Allenlown; S3-24.
Orpheum, .Ke.uling; 23-27, Palace, TronfJn ;
20, Emplrf!, N-3\\;.i-k.

Ginger Girls— Gayety, Wllkes-Bffrre; 29,
Lyric. Allentown; ;W-31, Palace, Trenton;
\-^, Empire, Nrw;irk.

Girls From Happyl;ind— .Strand,.' Washingr
ton; 29, Af:i(loniy. l-'lllsbiirgh.

Girls From the Follies-Irving PI., N, Y.
C ; 29, ..-Emiiire, I'rovidcnce.
1 Girls In l'.lue— C.vlillac, Detroit; 20, Em-
pire, Toledo. ■ ■

Girls of the U. S. A.— Trocadero, Phila-
delphia; 29, Gayety, BalllmorS.
Hello Piireo- Gayety, Kansas City; 29,

-Cti^stal,- -St.. JQC . . ...

High Fiyor.s— :-\cademy, Pittsburgh; 29,
Lyceum, Columbus. '

Hlndii Helles— Mutual, .Indianapolis; 29,
Garrlck. St. J^ouis. • -

Jazztlme Ileivue— Star, Brooklyn; 29, Or-
phcum, Paterson.

Kuddltng Kutles— Empire, Brooklyn; 29,
Trocadero. I'hilrtilclphla. .

I,aftln' Thru— Gayety, Scranton; 20, Gay-
ety, Wllke."!-narrc,.

-Merry Whirl-:Columbla, Cleveland; 29,
LV O.

Mischief Makcrs.^Grand, HartCofd;. 29,
Hyiierion, New Haven.

Moonlight Mnlda—L. O. ; 20, Grand,
Alcron.

Moulin Rouge Glrls^Lyrlc, Dayton; 29,
Empress, Cincinnati. .

Naughty- Nifties— Empress, Chicago; 29,
Cndllluc. Detroit.

Nite Club Girls- Hyperion, New Haven;
29; Lyric-, Drldgeiwrt.
Nile Life In Thrls- Majestic, Albany.
.Parisian. Flappers- Gayety, Boston; 29,
Plaza, Worcester.

I'uss Puss ..Columbia, N.. Y. C. ; 29, Gay-
etv, Urobklyti.

lUdlum Queens— Gayety. Tluffalo; 29-30,
CiMieva; .11-1, O.swego; 2-1, Schenectady.
. Hcrord I'-rertkcns-State, Sprlnglleld; 29.
Strand, Hartford.

lied HotH-r22-2.1. Geneva: 2-1-2.'), Oswego;
2B-2.S, Scherieotady; ^9, Majestic, Albany,
Hound the Town— Lyceum, Colninbu.s; 29.
Lyric. Da;, ton.

^ Sni.jnL^ M;ii-ls~-Gay(»typ^Ii.->Ulmorfr;====29..
i^trand. Waplilngkm.

Speed' (Jirl.s-tiiiycLy, Brooklyn; 20, Gay-
clv. PcrablDn.

Kj-drty WI.|(Vws -G.aycly, Milwaukee; 2!>.
Kmpro.-is, . Chlcairi).
Step Aluni; lOinplre. Provldeiu'e; 29, fiay-

iMV. llci-il'iii.

Slep Lively G I rl'= -Umpire, Toledo; 29,

Cleveland. •
t^lop On II Gaycl.v, Mlniieni)oll8; 29, Guy-
1,'ly. JlilwaaUe",

Slolen Swcel.>4 .Hu.ljson, iJnion City; 29,
.Irving PI., N. Y. C,

SniTMr Val'le.c- ety, TynulsvUlo; 29, Mu-
tual, Indlannpi'Ha.

Wine, W.iiii.in and S'ung i'>i i^hcuni, I'al-
erson; 29, Uudrfurt, Union City.

ILL AND INJURED

John Dacey, Pathe film exchange
executive, operated upon last week
for an abscessed right leg. ■> He is
in the French hospital, Now York. .

Georgia .. . Adanis (Mrs. James
Francis-Robertsoh) was operated on
at the Memorial Hospital, New
■York. Although in critical condi-
tion there is a slight chance for her
recovery. • . ■•

James Doyle, who operates stock
n Norfolk and Richmond, Va., re-
covered from a severe illness.

Edwin Ludig, Belasco's musical
director, convalescing after appen-
dicitis opertttion.

Mrs. Andrew Tombes underweiit
a minor operation at home in For-^
est Hills, L. 1. :■

Billy B. Van, out of 'Sunny Days"
and gone to his New Hampshire
home to recuperate. . "
■..Edward G. Cooke, general, man-
ager for John Golden, at the Lex- ,
ington avenue hospital for stomach
operation.

Violet Carlson, with "The Red
Robe." in Chicago, while dancing
with Barry Luplno fell and broke
her wrist.. Despite the advice of a
physician she. quit the stage for six
weeks. Miss Carlson has continued
dancing with; the member in splints. -
Harry Reiners, out for a week or
so, with , a severe attack of sinus
trouble, returned to Lean's press
department Monday.

BIRTHS

Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Quann at
their home in San Diego, daughter.
Father is manager of the Balboa
theatre of that city.

Mr. and Mris. Norman Carroll,
Oct. 21, at Woman's Hospital, Bal-.
(imore, daughter. Mother was pro-
I'cssiohally Frances Merchant. Fa-
ther is general manager for his
brother. Earl Carroll.

Mr. and Mrs. Aaron Kessler, in
N,ew. York, Oct. 17, son: Father is
yaude agent..;*

■ ^ — — ' — ' : —

JUDGMENTS

Natacha Nattova; William Hor-
lick; $2,123.

- -^Home^ - Mot. Pets; Dist. Corp.;
Chauncey Holt Co.; . $422..

Jack and Lillian Curtis; p. Mc-
Govern; $240.

Geo. Graham Rice arid Wall St.
Iconoclast, Inc.; D. M. Lion; $14,-
856. •

United Color . Pets., Inc.; Goulds
Pumps, Ihc; $520.

Johnson & Lowenstcih, Inc.; A,
Duncan; $7,954,

Filmland Players, Inci.; P. Gov-
ernale; $7,328.

INCORPORATIONS

NEW YORK
M. O. iVldor Sftlod Co., Manhattan,
pictures: Pauline .Shtrax, Matthew w.
liubin, Samuel Landow.

IJttlo-I.<swU & Co., Manhattan, scenery,
costumes, $20,000; Ira W. Little, Walter
S. Lewis, Ivan C. King.

Ceorpc Ucbie Tlientrlral Co8tuine».
proOucilons, $10,000; Oeraldlne U. llaa-
ner, Folix H. Cohen,' Isldor li. RoHman.

AMKCCr/lUeli, New Yorlc, pictures, the-,
-al r lea 1 s.;-- Ual P h. W^.. JiQlxn , -JjOUl3.^ hw_n.rt..s., _^
Jos. Stanle.y.

I.ndy Lies, New York, . pictures ; KalpU
A. Kohn, Loul.4 Swans, Jo.s, rflanley.

I nlted C ivic Thentrcs, Manlial tan, pic-
tures, plays, $75.nC0; Kdniund Keane,
Li.iiis ll.-illelt, tieii.'. I'Viini-ols.

Inleinnlionul ItrlHlolphoiie IMslrlbutors,
N.'W York, nioiion picture film or .m
Uiiid.o, ^..loii i-b:ires no imr; Win. n. iv"i>-
.-rtyon. Lillian I), Werner,' An.'^ti'll'i
Si->uval.

Hit JTopklnti Vroiluetlon, ';!,'';
nm -i.-aW v.TS,..n oC ".Sl^' IIlpU"'**.
sli:ir.-xHo par; Minoa J. N icliol i-v, l'-''^^-
C. LiUoy, Percy NVonrich.

I

Wednesday, October 24, 1928

FILM HOUSE REVBLWS

VARIETY

99

BRANFORD

(NEWARK) ;
Newark, N. J., Oct. 20.
Harry Crull has done It again,
♦an Araby" is one of the best things
he has ever staged. Without any
great amount of outside talent and
none of the tiresome routine stuff
that often makes boresome a' pic-
ture house production. He com-
bines originality, youth and gaiety
into an admirable concoctioin.. It
Is no succession : of acts— it's a
phow.

Opening Is . a startling novelty
that must have taken lio little care.
Announced as the debut of Melson
and Moran In talking pictures,
Charlie "appears oh the screen and
eings. As the house ii3 not wired,
presumably this is done by Charlie's
singing through a megaphorie or
horn behind thie; screen. Eddie' is
In the auditorium and laughs at th3
singing.

The screeji Chai-lle stops and has
an argument with Eddie. Finally
Eddie leaves and appears on the
screen. The screen Eddie starts to
sing and is interrupted by Charlie
in pierson down below. Another
ergument ensues between the screen
figure and the real Charlie arid
Charlie leaver, appearing' oh: the
screen. The argument continues on.
the screen with the manager ap-
pearing on the iscrecn and. the
■whole ends with a gag; Uncannily
Well done..

Screen up Grace Teager sings in
low light ^ith draped figures, pass-
ing across the. stage.. Nice. Pull
stage shows the band raised in a
striped tent against the blue sky.
Iri oriental garb, Charlie and Eddie
Bing at length a rollicking song
with much; business and a constant
change of . turbans, PYank Morris
sings and then the Edgecombe boys
dance. They're lively arid go ov6r
big. Glover Club trio, singers, fol-
lows. Good voices, neat choice of
fresh material, arid they sell them
selves.. Too short. Miss Yeager
displays a flrie, rich voice with a
ballad . and clicks. Ed.d le and
Charlie amuse with good comedy
arid then Eddie sings, followed by""a
corking eccentric dance, during
■vvhich he gets- the crov/d clapping
Its hands with. him. They insist
on Qn encore.

Next Charlie, who has been doing
great work throughout, rises to the
smash of the show, singing "The
Spell, of the Blues.". This Is Chairlis
at his best and his best Is top-
notch. His rendition : is dynamic
•with life. Ben Hassan Troupe, six
tumblers, finish In a whirl with a
burlesque pyramid, for the second
curtain. Forty-seven minutes.

Interesting news ta,kcs 14 mln
ntes. Jim Thomas at organ for
eight minutes uses an old Idea ol'
"Blondes or Brunettes" and, doesn't
get either ,to sing much. Feature
. "The First Kiss." Orchestra plays
but part of feature. HoOyer- Sriilth
applause even. House has pretty
new blue and gold curtain,

A terrific jam' with endless lines
at both doors until after 9 at least

Austin.

Another audible bit was the "most
terrifying sound in the world,'' which
turned out to be the roar of the
Metro-Goldwyn lion. Closing with
some beautiful silent shots of war-
ships In. maneuver with airships and
destroyers laying a smoke screen,
always a kick,

The ballet is a beauty. The stager
turns firom Undersea to overhead
for this spectacle, showing a fan-
tastic fairy tale of the eternal Pier-,
rot being transported by Romance
into the. Land of Dreams. Opens'
with futuristic setting in black .and
white, showing fairy sprites gath-
ered on ■ Mother Goose house tops,
with Pierrot astride a- silver moon
singing.

Cloudland is excellently suggested
iri secohd scene by the ttse of loosely
draped net drops hanging in. mul-
tiple series with the; girls In a sort
of floating riiovement each tangled
in a mesh of stiff veiling like a ■whisp
f cloud. Bbth of these scenes called
for dim lights, a factor that has Inr
jured a score of fine Capitol, ballet
effects. But the finale was- In a
burst of bright light with the girls
In Pierrot costumes of black and
frilled white'and rhakihg a fine shoSv
in a: precision routing, in two groups
of 16 each, differentiated by 'costunie
details. .

The Chase comedy Is a grand low.
comedy scream, built upbri thie good
old custard t>ie, but intensified by a
polite society background. Here's a;
great idea. Take all the slapstick
hoke In the world and plant It in
a drawingroom, make sure that
there Is enough real straight fash-
ionable society atmosphere, and It
cari't go .wrong. This one's a pip
and Chase is Just the comedian to
put It over. "Image My Embarrass-
nient" is the title and It should be
noted that Hal Tates directed It.
The Capitol program, doesn't: credit
him, though the main title does.

CAPITOL

(Wired)
(NEW YORK)

New York, Oct. 20.
They are making quite a billing
ballyhoo of the Capitol's second
■week of sound program. The artic-
■ulate features are more In the bill-
.Ing than on the stage.

All they have to show on this pro-,
gram to sustain the billing Is an
eight-minute specialty of. Marion
Harris in her delivery of ultra blue
numbers, likeable enough " Item In
any program, but scarcely the fea-
ture to Justify a "policy" in a lead-
ing riroadway flicker palace.

The feature, M-G-M's "While the
City Sleeps," has been sounded, but
In an extremely cautious way, as
though it was fiHished some time
back when the trade sentiment
toward sound had not yet crystal-
" lii2red"irito"its ■go-the-^llmit phase; It
has no dialog and Only a few effects,
besides the musical accontvpaniment.
The feature's sound elfects are en-
tirely incidental, A well-equipped
trap drummer could have done air
most as well.

A Chrirley Chase comedy running
. 20 minutes is innocent of audible
accessories, but the news reel Is
about half sounded Movietone serv-
ice. Add a 12-minute ballet by the
. 48 Chester Hale girls with very
agreeable vocal contributions by
Sylvia Miller arid Paul dayman,
and you have a very mixed enter-
tainment as regards the sound side
of the program.

In short, the Capitol seems to be
In the same position as the whole
trade. It wants to u.se tlie box ofllce
advantage of sound show, while It
.ihasn't the material to make good
on it.s- billing. News reel, for In-
Bt,ince, was half Movietone and half
pilont shots from the Motro-Gold-
■vvyn-Mayer service, the combination
running 12 minutes. Starts off with
dandy M-G-M silent views of a dizzy
"='?rmTi;h"^raiirojia=^"W""tho-=AfipH--^thenT=
."williout pause, plunges into shots qt
the Graf Zeppelin's commander say-
ing a word or two info the miko
amid the confusion of his reception,
thi.s being, of course, in the Fox
Movietone, Bit was the best of the
news reel with the struggle of the
Gorman air commander trying to
make him.solf heard aboVo the roar
of his greeting and at length suo-
coeding in making a brief speech in
charmingly broken English.

ORIENTAL

(Wired)
C^Gome On Red"— Unit)

\ (CHICAGO)

• Chicago, Oct. 20,
While the; appearance of Red
Grange la a picture house at this
time is timely, the composite unit
built around the football star is not
satisfactory entertainment. Doubt
less the heavy overhead on this
show made it necessary to hold
down on talent.

Inexpensiveness of the latter is
noticea;ble, though, the . production
alone, counting scenes and settings,
must have cost a pretty peririy
Will J. Harris produced it and Leo
Stahr set the stage. Both have done
a neat and .craftsmanlike Job. on"
their respective ends. Howfever, the
showt lacks speed, pep, hurrah and
probably a. good many other minor
essentials one would , expect in a
c6llegiar.e idea. \

Gra,nge, personally, may be let
down as a performer. Histrionic
talents not usually expected of ath-
letic heroes, especially of those
whose stage experience Is as llm
ited as that of Grange. Considering
thISi Grange makes a well fortned
Impression on general conduct
while not scoring any touchdowns
with his talk and a few light steps
with a girl. He does not attempt
vocalizing. . .

As a drawing card Grange's name
should attract. In his first appear
ance at the Oriental, no question
but that some edge must come off,
with Paul Ash the kingpin . In this
house and also a red head. Ash
gave a great showmanlik^ perform-
ance with this show and did hl-^
ut mos t to put Grange over, while
not forgetting the others. He left
little for himself but satisfied.

The Gould girls, as pretty and
capable a set as the best there is
around this town, were well spotted
and routined. They were held down
on numbers though. In the Grange
cast, picked in New York, are
Evelyn. Zambrlno, Jean Gaylord,
Billy llutchlns and Pete Purcell.
Latter just on briefly as the trainer.
Of the'lbcartalentrGa'FTOll and Got
man, two harmony boys; Wally
Jackson, dancing comic, and Kel-
logg and Lewis, two acrobatic gals
who also talk.

Opening vvas by the Gould prirls
in front of a single drop, with Miss
Zambrino and Hutchlris exchanging
dialog, leading^^ to Ash's entrance.
Campus .set in the back reveals the
band with Ash swinging the boy.s
irito a fa.st number and iDringing on
Wally Jackson. This boy Scored
with his eccentric, hoofing and came
back later for more. Carroll and-
Gorman delivered two tunes at a
pianOi riieriting an encore. Kellogg
and Lewis, the gals, fitted Iri nicely,
with gymnastic dancing. '. Grange
and Ash exchanged t-epartee with
the footl),iller doing a. few ballroom
.steps w^ith Miss Gaylord, after she
did Pomf^ singing.

No outstanding flash scone In the
show until the finale, preceded by a
.screen trailer showing Gr.ange scor-
ing touchdown after touchdown,
therohy .savinpf' £ game that wa."
"I ol^r^'Str "fo'^0"-be f oFe" ttnf "^pal 1 o
.gho.st got started. Curtain rung
down on a scene similar to the
touchdown flash in "Good New.s,"
, Preston Sr-Uers at the organ en-
tertainod with story tolling songs,
reviving some of thQ old. ones, Oke.

Parnmount newsreol on the screen
with the arrival of the Zep.

Picture, "Docks of New York."

Biz average Saturday afternoon.

Loop.

LOEWS STATE

(Wired).
(LOS ANGELES)

Los Angeles, Oct, 19.
Traffic is mostly, one way—dam.'-,
ing— -in lOanchpri and Mart>os
'Saxophobia" Idea, a quiet sort of
affair, Pleasing enough, but with lit-
tle outstanding enough to give much
of a thrill. ■ Rudy Wiedoft, saxo-
phonist, and a particularly . good one,
has the big letter .billing.

Idea, opened with orchestra behind
film screen scrim, playing "Minne-
tonka,": followed by Ai Lyons, ni.v:,
doing "Freuhlingsrayschen" ,on Uu-
piarib, with the band piclying up the
"Mlnnetonka," tlieme at tlie eivl.
while a heavy spray , watierfall film
was thrown on tlie scrim. "

After six mmmes of this, scrini
vanished arid .Muriel, otryker sang
and stepped to , "Crazy ■ Rhythm"
without panicing. Followed by Jero
Coe, dancing accordionist, who went
over. big. Orchestra' theri playf.i
"When You and I Were Young.
Maggie," first straiisht, then a la
interpretatioB by hick band, merry-
go-rofind mechanical orchestra and
by hot Ja:zz band. Given okay. .

Joe and Willie Hale's Juggiir.i;
turn is mixed with fairly funny pat-
ter. Got plenty.

Blonde girl came on in "one" and
warbled an Introduction for Wie-
doft, who soloed with, the orchestra
accompanying behind the drop. . At
end of number/ curtain up and .Wie-
doft retired to': pedestal, upstage
center, from which he played con
tlnuously for the. next 12 minutes,
leadirig musicians tor ali sucbeed
ing numbers. Six saxophone girls,
nifty, who actually played their in
strumentSj; came on, continuin.5
Wledpft's solo melody. As . they
pffed, dance series was renewed:
iFirst was Rahda Heatherly, aif, an
Indian; then June. Knight, slim
bioiide beauty In a white scanty for
spnie nifty steps, followed by Na-
talie Harrison in purple briefs un
der flowing green robe for a Cliine.S(;
turn, and finally Miss Stryker back
for oriental and acrobatic steps. Art
backdrop 'upped to show six sax
girls seated on huge sax behind arid
above orchestra, while Wiedoft so-
loed 'do»rsta.ge for ..Jazz, number,
girls and full orchestra helpi.ri?, a
principals on for pleasing flnisifi.

J. Wesley Lord at organ pla^
opening flash for show, followed hy
10 minutes of Movietone news, »=ix
minute Chic Sale talking short,
"They're Coming to Get Me" ; three
minute Vitaphone trailer and three-
minute "fashion revlf w in color, ■with
the feature. "The Night Watch.'

on the corner of 47th street and
Iroailwiiy, • '

The .Aloviotone news reel cvi-;
denc«'.^ liiverso idea.'^ of soreen vaUio,-".
by RothatVl ttt the Roxy and
lunkett at tlie Sti-and. Roll.v re-
tained the Hoover Boston address,
the Zeppelin oomnuuuler's spoechT-
let, the jungle lion's roar and , the
druiikeTV gandor scones, .loe cut out
the. b;.tby- (.-ontest anl the tlorman
army m review. He substituted in-,
stead a Kentucky colored band and
Annette Kellerm.'inn on kocping tU
as extra suivjeots, Avhioh may or! may
not have booiv retained f i'onv prior
releases and dovetailed with tho
rest. V .Ticking It by and. large,
Pliinkett'.s ■selection^ of the. Movie-
tone shorts topped Rox.v's, alUiouglv
the. , s.ilcnt news .reel at ', the Roxy
has ;the sliade over tlio Striuul'.s;

■ ■ - v ■ ;: ■ AlicL. ■

STRAND

(Wired)
(NEW YORK)

New York, Oct. 21
Ttie . all-sound thing has been
clicking pretty at the Mark Strand,
biz holding up with three talking
shorts. Fox Movietone news reel, the
silent news reel (only flicker sans
synchronized sound) and First Na-
tional's sound .feature, "Water
front." : The latter, not particularly
strong, and with Its edig:e taken off
by "The River Pirate" and "Docks
of New York," both stronger fea
tures In 'themselves, seemed to
please generally.

Of the Vitaphone shorts, Reginald
Werrenrath, baritone, with two
lumbers, and the riotous low-com-
edy "Amateur Night" sketch with
William Demarest, running five
minutes, provioijaii_.^caught. . The
Revelers, the third subject, easily
the best of the trio. (Talking
shorts).

The American baritone, for all his
superb singing, did not register with
Mandalay" . and "Duna." When
Rush caught this short at the
Strand, 'X'onkers, he was highly Im-
pressed. Here, Werrerath missed
out, as he did last ■week when the
subject played the Mark Strand In
Brooklyn, N. Y., one of the rare oc-
casions when a short showed at
the Brooklyn Strand prior to the
MahhEittl,n StTahTdV" "A's"' a' geneTa)
booking rule, Joe Plunkctt sends his
current week's shorts to Brooklyn
the week after, although the foa-
tures, of late, play day and date
alike . In the sister house On both
sides of the bridge.

The Werrenrath Impression ex-
emplifies the uncertainty of a short
pleasing In certain locales. Prob-
ably In 'Yonkers befbre a neighbor-
hood house, the vbcar accomplI.''h-
ments of the talented young bari-
tone might have repristered bottor,
although In this instance the theor.v
Is refuted by the Brooklyn .Strand
impression a week ago which, too,
.ilthbugh It's a downtown Brooklyn
hou.se, draws a type, of patronago
comparable to that of Yonkers.

DLscardirig the audience reaction,
Werrenrath also brings up the
question anew of gauging the ap-
plau.sc and bow value of a solols-t,
He took four bondf?, two too many
here, and then aocnrdod ono to his
pianist, when the aTi'llenf'o. noom-
Ingly In shcoplsh di.«<comfiture at
-t he=^ll gh t r--eam e>=t o= Jl f n==.a«alii..
give the accompanist a few srat-
tering handolap.i.

On the othor hand, tho low-com-
edy, "Amateur Night," with Its hokf
nonsense showing the candy bntoh<--r
vonding overripe vecotablo.s to h'lrl
at the "talont," neoms suro-firo.
TAtnd caught It nt the Clinton in fho
Ghotto of New York and the noI;?h-
hors howled as tnnoh ns Ih"
swankier (ah! there, Bob!) fans did

STANLEY

(Wired)
(JERSEY CITY)

Jersey City; Oct. 22.
Prolog to a presentation . makes
its debut here, with some pleasing
esuHs thi.s -Week. , Unit is .titled
'Star Dust," ceiitered about the .bid
a.n.d new of show biz.

Opens in "one," with drop having
six 'sheets pf .Lil Russell and Anna
Held painted on, and old doorhian
at theatre entrance. Does . song
about other stars, ithen iniilatioris.
Follows another of Eddie Fby bV
Charles Daley. Then Al Belasco,
m. c. comeis on and offers to show
"Pop" , what today's ' stage Is like
Bebe Barri Girls follow with tap
dance. " .;

Drop lifts on stage.rba.cked scene
on shining istar-cui'tairi, orchestra
lined up and Belasco appears, Intro
ducing Constance Klaxton, who so
pranos sadly. Belasco brings pn
Ethel Dallbn, sure-thing: bet , for
.ch arm , wh b s i h gs t wo riu mbers wit h
as much coyness as Gertrude Law-
rence.-; . .

Follows the ifirls In a neat ballet
nurribei', with Charles Brugge sue
ceeding to the "spot," doirig . his
barijo-mandplln sPlbs and muigging:
The . m. c. build c u p Br-wgg e nicely ,
teasing along the customers.

BielasCD direct a barid riumbei-
whlch met nice response. Girls did
another, toe specialty. Then . the
Hud.'son Wonders, , Introduced as
"world's champion juvenile dancers/
appeared. TWo little girls, blonde
and briinet, skilled In every type of.
acrobatic work and limber as rub
ber bands, they , brought dbWn the
house.

As usual, finale a flop, an anaemic
trick lighting effect, with the kids
coming out for a weak applause; re
peat, ends up a show that should
have been given a smash close. Or
gan pick-up here would help, too.

On organ subject, Hy C. Gels of:
fers "The. Stanley Theatre." weak
and back-slapping Idea,- with music
to poor words and llliistratlons, and
custoriiers no like. Orchestra offers
"Lohengrin" In pit, William Oscar
conducting.

And "The Terror" brought th
charge of the heavy-dough brigadf^i
upon the b- b. They're cuckoo over
talkers here. Fitz-

EASTMAN

(ROCHESTER)

Rpohrster, N. Y., Oct. 19.
After two weeks of more or loss
mediocre stuff, iOastman theatre
sprouted fortiv ;i natural .for its pre-
sontatiDn this week. "Dutch Mix-
;nc" is the natne.' given by. l.Mrector.
Jay no Halpli. Bunker. Ho further
denotes it as a muyioal roinp, no
half-truth. , ;

.\ct is dished up in fovir "ingre-
dients." Opening is "Tulip Time
n Holland,!' sung by Albert Ncw-
omb and Kthol Aroiier. ; Use of;
Ights in- this bit, as throughout, .
moi=it ■ effective. ■ . . .' - ■ ;' . . ■

"Li ttie Miss "Wooden Shoe"' is siirig
by Dorothy Deane, who also leads
out two 4-ycnr-olds. Eunice Lissori
and .lane August, dressed as Dutch
boy and girl, do a bit of pantomime. .
riioy are the big thing. . Despite It's
their debut, no niore amateurish
th.-tn tlie more experienced perform-
ers. Thelma Biracree and Ivan
Triesault, aceompariieii.by the East-,
man ballot, do a wooden, shoo dance
with comedy effects. •. ;,- '

Harold Singleton. Eugene Locw-
cnthftl and John Ilead stop, out of
a huge Gpuda .cheese, to sing: "A
Dutch Choose," riibblirig the while :
on .huge bits.

The comodj' hit is "Katerlna.**
Marie ^Wilson, made up, as a buxom
ju'gevrow frprii Rottei-darii,- first
sings that comic song of somie four
yeaT.<5 a;gOi iialf the ballet padded
to look like fat Dutch maidens, Join
in the clioriLS arid a humorous wad-
dle dance that had them laughing '
out loud. Ends with "'I'he Sleepy
Canal," sung by' Jane Barblers and
LeRoy Smith in the moonlight/,
while behind them the windmills
turn lazily. Ballet appears oh top
of dyke at the curtain, each lass
mounted on stilts, but still dancing,
as the entire company sings "Tulip
Time,'' a: favorite nine years ago .
and still tuneful,

"The Night Watch," film feature,
whlje the Eastman orchestra plays
for ian overture Strauss's ; waltz,
".Wine, WPman and Sopg." Ne^s
and a cbriiedy, ;'I.s. Everybody Hap-
py?'' coriVpiete wcll-bialancod hill. \

Ooodinff. ' .;:

TOWER

(CHICAGO)
. Chicag'O, Oct. 20.
Fate has smiled most fctchihgly on;
this south side hbuse bf over 3,000 .
seats. Built two years ago by
Lubliner & Tririz, and leased to the.
Orpheuni Circuit for yaude, . Or-
pheum lajrt summer dispensed vyith
its own acta and brought - In the
McCall-Rridge musical comedy
stock.

The tab players grew tired of
listening to their own echoes and
back to ?/rinneapoll9. That left an-
other attempt at vaude in the
Tower. Orpheum Circuit again
abandoned, the house, and it Is now
operated by Balaban & Katz, of
which L. & Tvlsa aubf>.ldiary. , .

As one of the five houses on the
chain using IMiblix units produced
at the ..Oriental, Tower is showing
fair signs of life. Location is poor
and then^'fi anbthter B. & Y.. stage
band house -within a mile, but fair
business is good business, at the
Tower; .

; Frarikl.e MaKter.s, who created .a
following' as m. c^, at the ncjirby
B. & .K. Tivoli, Is being relied, iipon
to m.ako the MOUth side aware of the
hou.se. A.s a furthfr trade Inducer.
Henri Koatos Is at the org.'in with
the .singing bees that m.ide him a
city-wide favorite.

M.a.stors is very young, has tho
looks, pIlnkH a banjo and frings vvlth
well oilod pipes. Wbrklng thi.s' wv-ck
in "Crf-ations In Jazz," a Jack
.Tjaiighlln produftlon reviewed sev-
eral .weeks ago at the Oriental, hf'
Impre.'^Kfd as very pleasant ap-
pln.ii«p creator. "Creationft" unit is
a futuriiwlif Kcenory fl-a.^h carrying
Eddie TlMl. TA'dia. IT.an-is, 'Borjilo
Bros, and SiizMte and Jo-^e and a

ti>T.l ' hor.T n.« at fho OTrorifalT^wlTiy
all arf!f ollfklng. 71111. 1.s a .«t,andrM)f
sinplnrr comio for plf:tiiro )ipiif.-,oH.
n.-sing his own comedy lyrio.'^ and
dollvorintr fh'-in with clar.s. Fnffod
Into a upoooh.

"tVaforCroiu," "Our Gang" cbm-
ody and Paramount nfws com-
plotod. C)v/'r 1,000 porsoDf In tho
■ hciii'to thlfi fSntiirday) t>ftorn<V)n,
which Is somf'thlng, Jiino,

PARAMOUNT

(Wired)

("Bars and Stripes"- Ohit) :
(NEW YORK)

New York, Oct 21.

Publix has brought east, another
of Its scintlUatlrig m..'e,'s In the pef-
son of Eddie Pcabody, former danbe
band banjoist, ^yho has been strurii-
ming his way up and dbwn the west
coast tor Publix, West Coast, ;:and
then Publix again; Peabbdy plucked
himself a cordial reception oh this
sii-ie, a. house that no m. c. arid few
performers have riiade fall out of
their chairs. The Paramount Isn't
that kind of a theatre. If Ash, Piea,- '
body, etc., expect the; .flaps to sigh,
and have the delivery boys and^
.salesmen . call them by Uieir first
names, the :43d street corner is a
good spot on which to watch tae
other fellow work.

Looks as , though Publix Is pet-
mltting Pcabody a few more liber-
ties thart Ash. Yet the diminutive
blonde boy is not straying far from
the ncccs.sitles and Is relying upon
his banjo playing to send him In on
tile Initial week. Acting as chalir-
man for. "Bars and Stripes,'* i»ea-
body la, given the next-tb-shut spot
In this 42-minuto unit. It. is here
ho does "Rhapsody In Blue'' and
"St. Louis Blues," both exceedingly
well plunked^ No denying this youth '
knows what a banjo Is all about.
For the fir.st week he's not showiner
much else other than a brisk man-
ner, of getting the acts on and oIZ
and the band iatarted.

As a unit "Bars and Stripes"
dpesn't threaten to become the guld-!
ing light. It's following route 22
with the . customary bear left at
crossroa,ds. Troupe consists of a
fcmme vocal trio, pair of hoofers, 10
,un wired but;, synchronized,: dancing .
girls and a ; comedy xyiopKbriist..'
Title is derived from, a jail set, the
band in prison garb, LambertI act-
ing as the red -nosed warden and
Pcabody ori friendly terms with
everybody.

Janton Sisters started off by an
explanatory lyric which had Pea-
body sliding down the neck of ft
marnriioth . bunjo to Intrbduced the
Gould Steppers, 11 girls, who sub-
.«iefiucritly dwlndUid to 10 in- their
other numbers. King and. King are
the male dancers, cllckiitg much
better on their secoridU contribution,
consisting of intricate taps as each
lak(;.s. hi.4 turn. Dennl.s Sisters Vo-
.callz<! inside a ca<ii and Hhould stay
there -for. Ih^.'ir second number, as
the trio Lsn't overly strong on fuU-
length appe.'iranccr: Sitting down'
it's not Ho bad. L-iniborll .rnado 'em
giggle for some rea.'<bn and is show-
maii. enough to .'jcir his , xylophnne
playing through the simple vaude-
ville trick of sayin.T ".N'ow", to Indi-
calf aiJi)lausc spot.s. Audionce as a
wh'.'ic. w nt for it.

"-==B^Tl^n VI m b('i's— ape--c ui=to-7a =aolo
.spot bor a u.se of I'l-uhody's own . In-
Ktriir/iont-il prolii-iMicy, Churlc?
Njgger;i'-yt;r is progriirn-crcdited for
ha ving -put on thi.s .<.-<-ri«H of speclal-
ti<-.«<, Willi h total a-H average and
whifh i'f.;il'0'ly:. bolsters by his own
offorls, .S'-t and lig-htl/ig arc at~
traotivw', alfhoiigh there's noticing
parlioiil.ir i.faut<'tnis about the cos-
(Contlnufd on pago 4'1)

40

VARIETY

VAUDEVILLE REVIEWS

Wednesday, October 24, 1928

PALACE

(St. Vaude)

Gurrerit bill at the. Palace may be
okay wlVi .r organized, but fiir frum
jelled at the oponfr Sunday alter-
npon. The attempt to blend Ken
Murray's revue with routine acta on
the bill, seemingly threw a monkey
wrench intb back .stage arrang?-
mentiii Gccasionlng : waits between
at least three acts ^vhieh would
have queered the show more , thaii
it did had nof Murniy clowned and
■wlse-crapked to coyer up the back-
Btagb deficiencies..

.Difficultlea which walloped the
.matinee sihowing started at re-
hearsal, whien Bill JRoblnson, coir
bred . dancer, looked over the mob,
noted .plenty of dancing oni the
show and exited with "Boy, you
don't need me here." John Steel,
tenor, was rushed , in to fill, which
also changed the running without
.the pit musicians being taken in on
the" switch. Josephine Harmon, No.
4, had to walk off after walking on
When her music had not. been prop-
erly shuffled, coming back In the
after intermission spot When things
had been adjusted. " :

Murray didn't, seem : to nitnd the
obstacles that bumped into his iinit
or elsie he may have taken French
- leave • also. . Plenty of provocation
the way thinigs broke for hiniv but
he was gaine, . stuck and saved the
show. . The boy deserves oceans of
credit and got It from the wise mob
Sunday afternoon.

l;es Gliezzi, assisted by brothier,
opened with corking hand-to-hand
. balancing and gymnaiitlcs,. handled
in their usual masterful way.

John Tiller's: Gocktails, femme
dance ensemble, under contract to
C. B, Dillinghahi for "Jingles,'' in
Va^ide pendirigr rehearsal call,- were
delightful deucers . with their pre-
cision humbers...

Murray made his bow after the
Tiller outfit, for a clown introduc-
tory and announcement of the fol-
low up,, Kenneth Harlan ia "The
Hoheynioon," in which the star got
a .greater reception than hla sketch.
(New Acts.)

, Jack Peiarl. and Co. cracked the
first hdwls thus far in next niche
with the "lemon trick" gag, which
the comic did in "A Night in Paris."
''i»earls' dialect humor got them, and
kept them roaring throughout.
Three men and girl in .the support,
With the bit considerably elaborated
eince serving as a burlesque and
revue blackout. It rang the bell for
yella.

John Steel, with ma^le piano
player, . followed with four songs
and got over on "Danny Boy',' ia,nd
•"Eli - Eli." ■

Miss Hariiaon, assisted by .Flor-
ence Newton, saiig and clowned her
way to returns in next spot.
'■ Murray, who had been clowning
In and out of the bill, as m.c.^ and
acceptable, was spotted now in next
to shut for 10 minutes of even bet-
ter cut-up stuff than before, flanked
by Helen Johns, nifty looker, for a
hoofing throw-off that, knocked 'em

cold; •. . : .

The preceding duo were part of
Ken's unit which faded, from "one"
iiito full stage for Harry Webb's
Harmonists (11), band outfit,, with
]yi.uvray. Miss Johns Tiller .Cocktails
and four: additional unbilled princi-
pals j()ining in the whoopee mak-
ings of the revue.

Ken announced that his unit was
In the throes of construction and
promised several added starters for
it. before act. The band is there
from an instrumental viewpoint;
; Miss Johns lends charming presence
for a vocal and couple of dances;
the Cockt^iils handle cnscml>lcs to
queen's taste; hick comedy tearh
aid the laugh chronometer, not
• overlooking Murray, who ia all over
. the place, but never tiresome. He's
a good comic and one that wears
rather than- annoys.

Biz good up and down, with boxes
having the only vacaricTes at"''thc.|
Sunday mat. Edbd,

STATE

(Vaudfilm)

" Plenty of laughs on the bill at
the Slate *thi3 .week, , with, all siX'
acts from the acrobatic opener to
the biind ensemble clo.ser, going in
for comedy. Also a brace of show
istoppers in Pat Henhing, No. 4 and
Bob Nolaon, follow up, with the
. latter hJiving the edge. Capacity
as usual Monday night.

Carr Brothers ■ and Betty pace
made to good returns with the boys
■unleashing some clever acrobatics.
After a comedy introductory the
. girl spotted a contortion dartce that
Is' c1gvoi*« ■

- Seymour and Cunard deuced with
.'an aeceptiblo piano and harmony
act with man's vocalizing getting
over better than the gaT.s.

Clo-yton and Leon.ard started the
.c pmody .bee ab^zzing with ^thelr
""^'''''iOnFncan'Tsbaa'"^

Leonard has replaced Lonnle, de-
ceased, as comic and handles com-
edy adeptly as the foppish T-unrion
iSoda dlsponser. The act got all that
. wa^5 coming to it horo.

Itcnning, as.'^i.sted • hy pa and ma.
Trioppod up with his variety of
Clowninf^, dancing and In.struniontal
stuff. Pat gave th.cfn everything,
but they hollered for more.

Ncl.«on. singing light rnmcdian,
to]))ii'd llenning in follow up ;i.s far
as show stopper honors wore con-

cerned with his clown chatter and
songs. Altiiough leaning tinvard
comedy numbers, Nelson.'.s forte, he
took a liing at a couple of ballad.'*
and got thoni over in a recitative
wuv instead of trying to warble
thorn. Nel.son could, have, moved in
for the night but left after two en-
cores. ■

Eva Shirley and: Harmony Ri;vel-
lers, clo.-^ing, arc a ver.siitile buhc'ly
Band outfit numbers 13 and with
most there Avith bells on a.s step-
pers, vot.-aH/.'n's and comics. Miss
Shirley had three numbers, all. over
acceptibly and ' with the band .boys
turning In plenty on their own. Mlsj;
Shirley has had bund acts ami band
acts but the present lineup is her
best. Can't miss as a class .clcser.
"The Fleet's . In'' Screen feoturc.

. Edha. .

show

Fisher and Honey Hurst stayed over i the entertainment off on an asccind-
"0 minutes with a revised version ing curve that never- sagged tliere-
of their talk and song x-outine, now after. The islx chorines are used iti
titled "Headaches of 1928." Miss the Ora. turn, but being da,ncer.s and
Hurst does some expert feeding of ^not acrobats, they seem rather silly
gags arid her singing carries the | after the opening: flfish and the au-
tiirn. Talk is bright and has smart
twists, but 20 minutes 1$ a lot of
time in second from closing. I-as*
five rriinutes lagged.

Joe Darcey was. briefer and snap-
pier with his blackface! singing
monologue. Has the talk trimmed
down close and gets his best ire
turns with a parody that tells a

ACADEMY

(Vaudfilm)

On paper , the ' Academy
looniod up a variety bill. It whizzed
along smoothly to excellent results,
with plenty of comedy.

An cl^ht-act show with some of
th'e oldtime "big time" aspect and
tlie "Movietone news; featim;,
••Heart to Heart." ;. .. . .

lousiness seemed as big. as usual,
allhoiigh it was a late, pickup, Mon- _

day. .That the 14th street audience ^^^^^^ ^^^^^ ^ ^

is tolerant, was plainly- sho\\jv when burlesque story In . a medley of a
the Movietone . offered ^a | ^bzen or so popular numbers, ring- |

ing in "chow mein" for the "Char-

FIFTH AVENUE

(Vaudfilm)
Main floor clean 'Sunday nif-'ht at
$1 top. Sprinkling of standee.s..
Averageiy fair bilh .

Jean Spertce and Lloyd Sister.s,
assisted by two iinmentiohiHl male
hoofers, opened (New Actis). Act
engages the attention reasonably
well, and get.s by .for vaudfilm serv-
iceability. ■ .

.TOm and Dolly Ward (New Acts)
having dropped their former skit
are now doing straight nunibers
with woman at piano. Thomas, well
into the old grad division, is essay-
ing a collegiate Impersonation spmo-^
What peculiar and unique under the
circunlstances. They started slowly
but built and when encoring with
a sentimental rhapsody on- the xld
cot-netl beef and growler days had
the audience in a purring mood.

. "Amateur . Nite in -.London," pie
for a hoiise. like the 5th , Ave., was
devoured with evident relLsh. Wil
liam Mack, stooging in .the box, gets
a bow in the spotlight after the act,
his heckling being ddcme.cl worthy
.6'' artistic recognition. .

Ar.othed case of starting, slow but
building was Jerome Mann, now as-
siiming morc of ah adult stature anrl
mannier. Toung Mann began his
theatrical career about four- years
ago and has worked steadily as a
No. 2 act, I-Ie Is now about 20, with
poise, aplomb arid showmanship
enough to offset a not-so-fbrto
voice. He continues with his im
personations; The act has not been
changed since his, debut save in., the

Herbert Hoover in Boston; at the
close a man stci>ped to the front
offered three cheers for the
next rresident, etc., not a single
raspberry aUdible; this right al-
most oh the very doorstep of tho
yld Tammany Hall site. One almost
expected a shot of Al Smith to fol-
low to even matters, but Herb got
tiie break...

Vaud got off to a pretty good
start with tlie dancing turn of
Marryn Bellett and Go. (New Acts).
Royal Gascoignes hit the deuce spot
with the juggler getting m.ore from
his gag quips thaii one would an-
ticipate from such a huge audito-
rium.

Loiiis and Freda Berkoff have
Nick Sannln's Cossack band. The
Ijoy and . his sister ' have developed
into a: corking pair, of Russian
dance exponents. They loom up
like production timber. Joe Brown-
ing had ah easy spot, and scored all
the way. More cohiedy unfolded by
Charles Ahearn and Co., with the
hoke stuff by the tramp band and
the midget comics.

James Barton, alone, did his
characteristic drunk, and then put
over "A iSlight for a Day" with or-
chestral accompaniment that de-
serves' special mention. He put
more into the leg stuff than he does
generally.

Closing were Gaynor and Byron,
roller skate acrobatics. Circ.usy
routine; with the elevated skating
surface a.nd lighting • giving the
white outfits a colorful effect, mak-
ing a standout that would look good
in picture, houses. Mark.

86th ST.

maine" refrain and the like. Per-
fect for a family audience.

Then the fur party and for 35
minutes plain vaude was forgotten
while the women reveled in glad
rags that run into phone figures like
Smith's plurlty south of the Har-
lem river. Rush.

AMERICAN

(Vaudfilm)
An overabundance of mixed two
acts— five of 'em— makes the cur-
rent bill of eight none too good.
Three are of the comedy type.. Dif-
ferent In construction br not, live
guy-dame turns are five.

Gordon and Manners, opening, and
the Radio Chums, deucinjf (New
Acts) were Without the services of
a pit orchestra the Monday last
evening -show (7 o'clock) down-
stairs. That's always a handicap
for the first two acts here, tougher
than the gallery wolves can be oh

the whole bill on the roof. What

the house musicians can be doing' tomer

dience realization that they are
strictly ornamental.

Eddio Parlts and Gene Ford (Now
Acts) are in- the 1938 . mode and
tempo, a mulligan stew of cliatter,
songs, prixtt frills and danciu};. '
There, are netitral moments and
mirthless ga;gs, but a high general
average is ,ri.chi*ved, .

The Mbscpnis were spotted third
with !thelr dancing augmented by
the six chicks aforesaid and two at-
tractive fbirime specialty, .'■•top-
pers,: names hot billed. Louis ,M69- .
cbni's endorsement of the wearing
durability of a pair of pants ought
to have a. commercial value. Ills
perambulatory dusting of the stage
must be just too bad oh mere cloth.

Lester Crawford and Helen Bro-
derick, a team for .years, are doing
the same tyP9 of act with which,
.they have been identified continu-
ously but with new material. This
tea.m has become classic in its line
and epttomlc of slick cross-: barrasje
and ll^ht banter. They wowed the
Sunday matinee crowd.

Miss Broderick returned to play
Mary Dugain In tlie afterpiece, bur-
lesquing the melodrama of the,.:
sweet and Innocent, if sugar daddy-
sUpported, show girl. Crawford
district attorneys while, the spiffy
show gal flirts with Louis Mosconi -
as hizzoner, the judge. Smdrt
satire, furiny hokum and clevar ,
handling make this an outstanding
afterpiece. It didn't lose' a eus- ,

while two acts are , struggling With
piano accompaniment — and bad ac-
corhpaniment at that— isn't known
As bad for the audience las for the
acts, that piano business

Nelson and Knight (New Acts),
man and woman in a low comedy,
gem, were third and the first to be
blessed with some union tunes

Berkoff Dancers (7) (New Acts)
supplied: the "only notable dancing,

Business; it 50c top , on the, sab-
bath afternoon was alinost three-?
oiia.-tors of a iioii.se, ','Man Made
Women" (Pathe) on screen.

HIPPODROME

(Vaudfilm)

One . of those bills without . one
and"wilcorne enough for, that on | really ' bad act, but running as
top of proving worth

Thirty-five minutes of a de luxe-
fur fashion pageant like this ouvi
under the auspices of the New Yor.'c
Retail Furriers' Ass'n, "in conjun.c
tioh with Keith-Albee-Orpheum cir-
In"cidentar*dekVl''of T^^ the l-cuit," would pale a strong Palac.,o

nnmherti vaudeville layout. What it does to

" ,i . • . , ,^ v.„^i„„„ Uhe 8Gth St bill of intermediate en
Despite their tendency t,o prolong, tertainment is a pity. That "in con
pieces, of business endlessly and the '

gbnerai turtle-pacing of their mate-
rial AJiderson and Graves had no
trouble, and wrung a full quota of
gltrgles, ' Casting Campbells closed.
. Screen held "The Water Hole."

Land.

125th ST.

Vaudfilm)

Sunday openings have helped at
tendance imrtic:asuriably at this up-
town stand. Even the current bill
routine small time show, had them
standing several rows deep Sunday
night,

From the lineup it seems as
though the uptown: house is pinch
hitting for thie 58th Street,, under
course of reconstruction, frorn call
brc of bills at least. The "Mammy"
singers and sob balladists whose
efforts made the handkerchief de
partment a big success at Bloom
Ihgdale's have shifted their often
sive uptown

Perhaps it's the family audience.-'
the house hais been getting since the
.'ihift of shows. "The old man may
belong to the poker club Saturday
nights; but he's gotta lift the checks
at Proctor's Suna.i v.'s" is the . new
battle hymn of Harlem.

Bickford Family, opening, did

nicely with a musical .ofi'.iTi-ing con
rtributed : by dad, ma^ son and , two
daughters. Over On rrierits but a
>perfcct wow with the lieigh'iorhood
-trade.-

i Helen Maycox and Nolan Boys,;
next, Whooped it up with fast .danc-
ing, featuring buck and taps. Mis.s
Maycox alternated with the boys in
solos with all joining .in a snappy
threesome finish. Nice dancer. ■

Fox and Rowland, m.alo team,
comic aiid straight, successfully
spotted small -talk and warbling
Avith an - -old-timer gctaWay that
graibbcd everything with the family
groups. The boys have a line which
.small time audiences understami
thoroughly.

Hap llazzard, wire walking comic,
has harkoned to the bookor.s' de-
mands for dress and has conyortod
his former solo into a twosome, with
unbilled girl. Hax'/.ard has im-
proved on his chatter delivery, mosi
of which he monologs before g(>t-
,ting down to business with tho Wire
walking. The change also rates liim
better than opening or closing spot,
whirh"-hp= gnt=here.^=^=^"""^="="=":^
Ni.\on and Sands, mixed duo In
high yallor and cork, .. started un-
steadily but made up half way down
and got away nicely with their
Ron.ur.s and hoofing.

The ]">e (latcnos, two gii-is and
man, clu-'^ed with, a dance rcvuc
Tlic tcani's apache and ,M(la(.Tit) wi>rl<
is the mainstay, making it an ac-
eept.tble opener or cluser for.inler-
miMliary bmis(\s of this S'U-t.
"Tho" 'Wilier Hole" on scrc'ii,

K'lhn.

junction, with" probably mieans that
Keith's let the conimercial show in
because it cost pothing and prom-
ised a box office.lure to the neigh-
borhood women.

if this sort of commercial ex-
ploitation ever could be excusable,
the show the furriers have put oh
takes the curse off. It tops any-
thing of the kind ever for its shoW-
manly handling, its scope and ita
shrewd staging. But it makes the
rest of the show look sick. ^

Outfit carries : 12 mannequins to
wear a: staggering amount of rich
looliihg fur garments, a ballet corps
of eight Anita-Peters Wright gir'.s
and four specialty people, Gautler
Sisters, harmony singers and danc-
ers, and Benny and Western, boy
hoofers. A total of 25 in the stage
personnel.

Revue has five scenes; the finale
having a .set that would do credit
to one of the filcker de luxes. Spe-
cial music riins through it, with
lyrics poetically favorable to the
fur business and the fashion dis-
play confined to three or or four
clothes parades with specialties and
ensemble dances Interspersed.

Each of the scores and scores of
fur costumes is numbered like a
football player. Women can find
out whore it is for sale by referring
to a printed program listing two
score or more retail furriers. Not
a very '^ubtir Tsaies'^CTtoacH w
a boxofilce background and not .so
tactful for show business, but prob-
ably a pip for the retailers.

Program credits the staging to
Macklin M. Megley and he has done
a first-rate job, from the showman
arigle. The sales approach is neatlv
canioufiaged behind the. on-the-level
revue atmosphere, provided by the
bailiet and specialties that build up
the parades. Whole thing moves
fa.'tt. Outside of tho raw program
sales contact, it has entertainment
value. Frankly, the exhibit takes
possession of. the house. There is
scarcely anything else billed In the
lobby, fill the important stands going.]
to the fa.shion revue.

No wonder the bill sinks Into Inslg-
nincanco by contrast. Balling .say?
the furs on view are worth ?2!)0,-
000, believable. The regular bill. Of
which the fashion erui)tion was the
finale, was made up . four, acts in-
stead of tho UHU.al five, loading off
with r.rown and LaTT.n.rt, girl and
boy skaters, who go In for sensa

while. It's

a "Russian layout with everything
in the Chauve-Sourls manner, con-
cluding with a fast finale that Im
presses mostly for the females'
screeching. Mixed vocal team serves
as excellent background for the
footwork and' scores on its own in
a straight singing number.

George DuFranne, French dialect
baritone, has eliminated 'his mus
tache and acquired a swell blonde
pianiste. Having a finie voice and
a concert personality, DuFranne
sells both with two popular ballads
Balance of repertoire means noth
ing for vaude.

Billy Zeck arid Ann Randolph, to
gether after Zeck's short spell in
the Middle West as Zeck and Stew
art, were a comedy m.bp up in the
sixth - hole. Making it tough for
Donovan and Leo, another mixed
team to follow. Donovan is an Irish
comic of the stout, gray-haired type
His partner has the knack of youth-
ful makeup and looks like a kid
against Donovan. She sings a good
lowdown number to open, does a
competent straight and practically
sells the turn with a well timed jig
toward the finish. Now running
much too long, about 20 minutes
They could slice to 15 or less with-
out missing a laugh
- Chew Hing Troupe, speedy and
very clever Chinese acrobatic com-
pany but not mounted as preten-
tiously as others of the school,
closed. Fine act of Its kind and
might Improve . considerably with
more expenditure on appearance, if
big time is what they're aiming
at

Usual , frail attendance down-
stairs Monday evening, with the
real business sacrificed to the roof.
Upstairs held, near capacity

"Excess Bag'gage," film. Bige.

the westward trek over the . Or-

4innal---wh Iris.^Gl H
95 pound.i ringside, start.s out with

RIVERSIDE

tVaudfilm)

Out-Katzing Publix, the River-
side now refers to its orchestra as
a "salon ensemble." Stiir another
idea borrowed from the movie par-
lors is the. four-page VNewsette"
replacing the old programs. The
"newsette" is filled with press stuff
on Keith acts, fashion talks, and a
vaudeville question column, a la
the Loew Idea. .

These are the latest reported de
yolopments in the current policy of
bringing, the Keith Circuit up to
date. The augmenting and ritzlng
of the musical department, the
fancy art work in the lobby dis
plays, the West Point snap of tl}e
newly mobilized service staffs, the
new main titles for the Pathe mag-
azine, all of these may be signs of a
forward-looking policy.

One of the strongest, funniest
and classiest units ever framed for

(lyirur stuff, ending with an odd
twisting recovery, never b e f o r <?
noted. For the finish she hooks one
foot belilnd tho . boy's enr and i.<;
wliirlcd. around by one-leg IidM.
doing ;>n aerial split. A sl.artler iind
!in ;i i>pl.T.u.<-'e gi'tter.

Moore tind lOv.ms got something
with lhf>lr tinu«nal cotm'dy mnsicMl
turn; the eccentric stuff with nnisi-
i>:il s;iw.-, and the b-'illooji tri'-k put
thoni fn for. a comedy score, (leori:"

Charles Mosconi in suocessfiil asso
elation with Crawford and Brod-
erick, Parks and Ford and Ora, the
aerlallst. . '

Many, In fact niDSt, of tho Or-
j)lieum-pointod units of former
.srjisons la(ikcd everything from
ordinary merit to an excuse. lMii.'<
(ine Is iiliis on ev<^rylhlng the p.aluka
troupes were minus in.

(»i';i.'s porformMnci' (ii-.^t on ;i tra-
vi'-M'. aiiil jjilcr oil !i siiiLTlo hoi'i7,oiil;il
bar, compelled gasps and started

though none is good. Just a bookr
ing break. In spite of the vaude, it
is suggested to all Broadwayites to
run pver to the big house for a few
minutes this week, and get a load
of sonie of Jack Conway's titles in
Stocks and Blondes" (F.B.O.).
WitKout Jack's readers, not much of
a picture, however.

On top of the stage division ia
Dr. J. Robert Pauline, With th©
Dr." now unnecessarily dropped
from the billing and for no reason.
His illustrated and pretentious lec-
ture on the "power of mind over,
matter" is in the form of a well oiled
routine and, just about ready . for
any kind of playing. That was -
clearly demonstrated here.

Pauline has forsaken his former
hypnotic or mesmeristie work for
development of the newer thought.
Change means little, with Pauline
still at his best when convincing an
audience he is right beyond contra-
ictlon, no matter what or how com-
plicated for comprehension the topic
might be. Since, the passing of the
one and only Harry Houdini, Paul-
ine seems to have replaced the late
marvel as the foremost conversa-
tionalist on the stage. Not that
Pauline ever approached Houdini's
class, but Pauline is doubtlessly in
a Class by himself in the variety
talk department right now.

At the Hip Sunday afternoon
Pauline created less scepticism and
more interest than any magical or
mental performer has since Hou-
dini's day. He may be all wet in
theory and not so legit in construc-
tion, but there's little or no arguing
with him.

What Pauline needs is a 12-cylin-
der advance man. He has the rest,
everything but a big coin rep.

"Stop, Look, Listen," dance revue
with eight people, opened, exhibit- '
ing fair improvement over past per-
formances. The dance oh the stairs
by--the - company, ■^climaocod by the
featured member's. (gir\) hock step-
ping downward ori her toes, remains'
an excellent, finale. The chorus'
novelty opening muffed in tiiis big
house, but shpuld do better else-
where. ■

Reed and Lucey, mixed singing
and piano team, are billed as Mr.
Reed arid Miss Luccy. As usi'd,
that's nut billing, and this )S far
frorii a nut act.

Falls. Reading and Boyce (New
Acts) followed Pauline. TWO boys
and a girl, acroba tic dancers,- who
look as though they might have had
a picture house past. IC not. they
should have that kind of. a future. '
They are a p.h.. natural.

Burt and Rosedale, another mixed
team with the woman at the piano,
filled the next to closing spot with
the bill's first comedy attempt.
That's one reason why they re.!;is-
tered. otherwise through the m.'ui's
comic manner and attire (New
Acts).

Kik'utas Japs, typical acrol)atic,
risley and ju,ggling turn, were ex-
-l^loltcfl"^a^^rruple"O^:yr!aTs,=^rg0=.^s=IIll'^^
ported ' especially for the Iliin>o-
drome. They're back now for a
week in the clo.ser at the sanw
house; But if you a.sk them, it isn t
the same house. .■.

For his organ solo Walter \\
plaved three picture theme songs,
finishing and featuring tlie new .1"1-
son picture's ballad. A . slide , an-
nounced a chorus "a la Vitajihonc
and some one turned on a phoii'i-

,'raph backstage. It was Jolson him-
self, tliough not in per.snn. Tinn«''i

Wednesday, October 24, 1928

NEW ACTS

VARIETY

41

UP the organ number and the the-
atre to restort to the synthetic, but
urobably worth it with Jolsbn.

Early- Sunday afternoon business
pretty low, as usuJil. The Hip
chasers don't rtilgrate all the way
' downtown so early on the Sabbath
* iuat to hit* the Hip, and there's
plenty of ropm on Broadway at that
hour. V Bige.

BROADWAY

(Vaudfilm),
Nathal (New Acts), when caiieht;
in a legitimate revue a couple of

. years ago by Variety's London cor-
respondent, was noted to possess
that which would stand up under
heavy exploitation . in American
vaudeville. N6w over here, and in
yaude, following that suggestion,
Nathal probably Will receive the big
billing; He's getting it here ^is

. week.

Nathal is a monkey impersonator.
He spends most of his time climb-
ing: in and around the boxes and
loges sind among the orchestra
chairs. His cdntact.with the cus-
tomers la severely close, but never
offensive. Closed the. show.

Another impersonator here . this
week, earlier in the bill, is Blbrbvvn,
male (colored) (New Acts). .

A third New Act, though Includ-
ing faimiliar personnel, is Arthur
Petley ahd Co. (4), casting turn with
comedy relief. Petley can open
anywhere as well as here and pos-
sibly could have fVUed a. spot at the
B'way. .

Betty and Jerry Browne, with
their 'special Paul Gerard • Siiiith
material, found No. 3 a soft spot
In spite of the players' youth: and
the paraphanalia at hand the
Brownes do not progress with, the
greatest possible NSpeed. -Pace is
needed to make the act unquestion-
able for any time. It has about
everything' else.' :

Followed three successive acts
fairly well estiablished ai-ound town..
Weston and LyoQs have played
around this district^ sp has . Billy
Chamt's "666 Sycahiore;" "Perhaps
to make It sound- a . bit newer.
Champ has eliminated the litreet
. number from the biHine. When
starting out in the middle west the
- act was known just as "666 Syca-
more.'.' "That was about three years
ago. Since then nothing: changed
but the title. Still good vaude for
virgin territory. His is the kind of
act that can hardly double. . barrel
the initial success.

Wcston-Lyons remain arnong the
topnotch mixed comedy acts, mainly
through Miss Lyons' clowning^. That
and the table. scene with which they
encore cause the distinction. Still
losing a lot of ground and time by
permitting the girl, announced for
no reason as . the . ^'feni.ale Nick
Lucas," to sing two numbcts suc-
cessivelyw A verse and a chorUS
should be enough of that, then right
■ Into the table bit, That second song
might encore if Mis? Lyons must
sing. . . •

Jack Pepper, with a picture house
past as half of Salt "and Pepper,
should find con.siderabl© material
now undeveloped in tlie two eccen-
tric musicians forming the "Co." The
little guy at the piano and the larger
one's goof makeup, if nursed along
properly, might be made into an-
other and equally effective act. Pep-
per is okay him.sclf with his falsetto
crooning, at time a ia Cliff Edwards,
and ukelele. Following his comple-
tion of practically an entire vocal
.•single, the playmates come on for
a crodileci imitation of Whiteman s
Kythm Boys. Tlie Whiteman trio
arc greater harmonists and lesser
comics than Pepper and the boys.
That makes the impersonation, more
digcstilile than if attempted straight.

"Stool Pigeon," first run, the fea-
ture. . , .
Uro.'idway is one house where
Sunday night capacity is .normal
business and whore vaude usually
predominates all week. Few picture
devotees, for there's seldom any-
. thing here for them.- For the vaude
— ; thTjT^XvTf €"~l^R'gin g "-throTi ghou t the
final stage performance Sunday
■ night. : Bige.

KENNETH HARLAN and Co. (3)
"The Honeymoon'' .(Comedy)
15 Mins.; Full (Special)
Palace (St. Vaude)

Kenneth Harlan, from pictures, is
making his vaude bow under Albert
LewlSi Inc., In "The Honeymoon,"
by the late Aaron Hoffman. The
pkit has heen around to Indifferent
suc'*es.'= with producer evidently fig-
uring upon the HarlaTi name to pull
jt through.

At the Sunday matinee Harlan,
preRUm.ably suffering with a' coU'-
reaia his lines In raspy .voice, . but
ethorv.'iise carried, the act, .which is
a good set-up for hini to heavy rer'
turns, leaving'it as a tpssup whether
the ' applause . was for the star or
Skit, or. both.

The piece is just a hit of fluff, in
which the male W -the honeymoon
diio turns like the proverbial \yorm
and assert? himself as, boss. Not
new in thenie or. treatment. Some
laiighig -but .widely spaced. The act
is Harlan's thrbugbput, with some
Of the sjpeeches running to mono-
lOET proportions without Interruption.
If nothing else that convinces Har-
lan need have no qualms over the
talker thing. The support ingenue,
and character man are merely props
but essential.

Spotted in trey got over here one
way or ySLnother as stated above.

■■ Edl>a. .

RADIO CHUMS (3) /
Songs

12 Mins;; One
Artrerican (V-P) ^ v ;

Not , recalled to haye^ been , of
prominence in radio circles^ Name
should call for a; micrpplione" on the
stage, even if only a prop. That
would" provide an opportunity for
some business. ; . , : '

At present, just a "istralght male
singing trio of questionable value
for even intermediate houses. All
ublished numbers usfed. . The biie in
dialect is the • only suggestion of
comedy in the act, but n^eans noth-
ing as handled.. ;

They need material and' a •rou-'
tine. Without either; no go.

' ■ ■ — V . ■ Bige- .

NATHAL

Monkey impersonator
11 Mins.; Full Stage
Broadway .(V-P) •

. tmpoj-ted novolty that offors? a
chance for somo busiin>s.'<-l.<;ruing
exploit.'Uion. On top of that >jalh:il
ontertalns., . Ile'iS .a . freak, a rarity
and perhaps the mos^t .conviiu-iu};.
monkey impersonator ever seen on.
the .American . stage.

; Of his. 11 minute-s, Nathal spend.s
seven or eight; with (he auiliiMicc.
Flits amrng the or»^'hestra custiim-
ers over the backs of .''eats, with lit-
tle i?ffor.ti then climbs around the.'
top of the house, along the balcony
.and. Iqge railings and down to the.
stage again by a .rope. He makey
a pass or two at women of the au-
dience,: but not enough to frighten
anyone; arid never becomes obnox-
ious; ^ Considering his grotesqiU'
makeup, the pleasantry of the very
close contact is. extraordinary.

Nrtthal. opens in "one" in full
dress With . masked, face fqr a short
spiel.. He disrobes behind a .."ioriin,
with the fur dressing under the
street garments. -Making i.ip con-
sumes about two minutes, all in-
teresting.

Returning to. the rostrtim-, Natlial
stunt.s on a taUt. web. His cliiiih-
Ing is near perfect, with the rope
grasped between his bare toes. The
toe work is' also accentuated by the
manipulation and picking up. .of a
'P'iepe of . paper.

Nathal is an unusual and play-
able. 'novelty, plus the ability to
support a lot of ballyhoo. When
playing to. juvenile audiences it
may be ■ necessary, to eliminate a
srnall ..portion, of the ;balcony stuff .
Though that. 'Will probably be the
real kick for kids; ,

He, should also come in for sorric
lilm work oyer here. liif/c.

PARKiS and FORD
Comeqy

12 Mins..; (Special)
Riverside; (V-P) ;

Eddie, rarlvs :ind Oene Kiu'd. man
and. wenian . team, .ble.ivilin.i,' talk.
sohRs, knoekabout daneing a^id gen-
eral eiewniii.c into a total entertain-
ment v.iliie that ' nuikos .the turn
tilrnMg for tlie >so.' J2 spot-. as here
used, a.n^i ekay for next to closing
vn ayerafre bills.' . :,
• Pa rk. wi'ir Us .«.eiiii->;otir but olean-
eut in make-uii and dress. Mis.s
.Ford, a nive". looker, competent
trouper, iuid high'-rangO soprano;
foils neatly,. Opening talk aneiit
tht' gal; trying, to ' sell a houye . to
the goof.' Lots of double meanings,
but not offensive. / .•

Few weak points that call . for
.smart lines now Jaeking. biit in toto
act is tliero and.^in the up-to-the-
mini.ite .vaviile style; Land,:

TOM and DOLLY WARD. -.
'Songs

12 Mins.; One
Fifth Ave. (V-P) ;

Man and wonian, • pr.obal>ly old
timers, doing a song and piano act
with femnie' at . keyboard. .Man
dresses c;inn)us style with trivk hat,
( )xtord bags, etc, -This is somewbat
out of focus as man is old enough
to h;ive ta ken his I'.h. I ). . 'long ;>gp.
Howevpr. not an in.surTnountable:
.haudic-ap; .' . .

■ Numbers arc half pop, half topi-
.cal witii poetizing about the happy
era of lie<'r and i)retzels. No' par-
ticular' sock but couple eritertaln-
itig and do not. sti*ain for laughs.
•Tlieir per.sonalitles 1 . are quietly
■pleasing . and the tiirn sliould get a
lireak for the- deuce spot. Land..

BERKOFF DANCERS (7)
Dancint) and Vocal
18 Mins.; Full (Special)
American (V-.P) .

Company apparently a." IvU^'sian,
I'.sual hiH-k stepping, knee' dropping
.and sj)iiining. present, but of high
stanilard. 'For extraordinary rating,
there's a' Tuixed , singing team. Lat-
ter .splendid wb.en o.p.ei'atie as well
as with folk , sing.s. . .

Opens' with a ballet nnniber by
the three da'neing. gi.rl.s. Follows a,
darb dovihle adagio, with the two
niaseuHne steppers making their
tlrst. appearance In this. Liter on
they twirl alV over the place.

f^hoidd be capable for big time
with .soipe work lirider its belt.'
'';.■' ' Bige,

FALLS, READING and BOYCE (1)
Dancing ;
9 Mins.; One •
Hippodrome (V-P)'

■Three neat .looking youths, with
a ipretty giirL \ Their ybuth predomir
nates,

Straight dance opening, gradutite.s
intaj acrobatic leg work, with some
hand to hand work by the t^'o
boys changing the pace. All jOin
in a speedy acrobatic dance finish
tha't's a pip.. ■ :

Everything in! "one." Girl changes
twice.

iPerfecf for stage band frontage.

Bige.

81st ST.

(Vaudfilm)

Built for variety, the six 'acts
this week aren't bad selections for
tliat particular viewpoint, but aS a
playing critertaiiimerit it (Jocsn't
knead, lAcks co-ordination and. runs
as-you-like: it. The acts are ditto —
ais-you-likc-it. .

Five Jan.'^leys opening with their
standard risley stuff were followed
by Primrose Scmon, dragging in a
pseudo-trainc cop from the audi-
enee for an audience Interruption.
If he must be .retained in the fam-
ily; he's not exactly- built for song
and dance, and the -crosss-talk
sliould end that then and there.
Miss Semon is a peppery songstr.cs.'?,
tipping . off .her burleycue antece-
dents from the start. What- she
might kick in "cla.ss," she balances
=i\iilJi=.to£Ei d . J yia G=dliliiffiri:.. ^iftc^
ating the collo(iuiallsrhs with un-
!-:Mbtle mannerisms. For • a deuce
turn, she made it a lively Interlude,
froiu which .standpoint there can bo
no complaint.

In the ti-ey l.s Adeline Bend(m
^v^th a quartet of males, doing one
.of those overly famili.ar frame-
ups of sharing her charms four-
ways and showit.)g ncJ partiality. The
boy.s— Eddie Mack, Jo.scTih Brad-
slifiw. Croorgo Horn and Fred Heck
- in West Point unies belle their
Tniiitary garb when in vocal ensem-

ARTHUR PETLEY and Co (4)
Casting

7 Mins,; Full Stage
Broadway (V-P)

Practically the same turn as the
Five Petleys, importation of several
years ago, with Arthur Petley still
the chief member.

Aside from the presence of the
usual thrills in casting acts, I'cl-
ley's has ah added virtue in real
comedy inserted by the principal
hiriiself. .His lean and long build is
accentuated in bounds on the tram-
poline, v Petiey tries for comedy
whenever po.si5ible,' which is almost
always.

In isupport aro two casters
perched at either end of the net and
a not too young woman who wa.s
present with , the flyer in the • other
act. She tumbles and walks on her
hands on a. mat for a change of
pace, and stays off the net.
. If casting still is big time, so is
Petley; Bige.

ble. A quartet of tenors, One of
them, the spinning dancer, is too
adagio for anything suggesting the
])0int. Miss Bendoji is: oke on the
dances, but should issue a personal
Injunction against her singiiig: She
showied up poorly in the getaway,
"Fancy you Fancying Me," melo-
dious operetta number and one with
which she cannot cope. That goes
for. the other warbling, althOugh she
talk-sanged the preceding stuff and
faked through okay.- Miss Benson
goes -in for fast musical comedy
song numbers, not a bad idea for a
class act attempt. .

Of the boys; the first, probably
Eddie Mack,. ^ does a . fair . double
dance number \yith the act's star.
They all do Individual ferp solos,
with the usual buck, whirls and
acrobaitic specialties, the fourth
confining his solo efforts to the
ivories a.3 accompanist. " Act is
credited to Harry Roye for produc-
tion. .' _

BObbie BrOOks and Edna Rush
(New ; Acts) were bright; followed
by. Ray iind Dot Dean, wiUv the
same routine formerly Identified
withrRay and Edna Bean. The man
does a Boob McNutt comedy char-
acter; Bucdhc comedy stuff. The
woman flashes a terrihle looking
gown in cbtt.ige exterior session, but ;
in the olio bit was in abbreviated .
shorts, and better: Pert comedy
act, stopping the show here,

"A Night at the. Club" with Hoi-,
lis Devany, both sharing- the an-
nunciator and program billing, is a
male octet plus Devany, Closing
intermission, some walked. It's thai
kind of act. If you stick, it'll grow
on you; if you're fidgety it's a
cha ser., _ As Jjtle ■ implies, ._the -.njno
male warblers aj-o cTuRTTy in their-
vocalizing. Devany . m.'ikes som+'?
mention of having been in "Blos-
som Time" and features the Schu-
bert "Serenade" from the SlniberU^-'
Operetta, A routine eneore ia the
comedy "M;i.«!.«arhu.';etts" ditty, a
fav with vocal choirs.

With the "hew era in vaudeville
manifested only by the sub.'--titution
of Publix-patterned u.sher.s. in pa.«h
az-ure unlen, biz l.q still n. g. "The |
Water nolo" (Jack Holt), feature, t

Abel. \

BURT^and ROSEDALE
Comedy and Instrumental
14 Mins,; One
Hippodrome (V-P)

Look, and work Hke veterans, yet
not in file. M.an is a comic in ac-
tion and dress. An odd hair comb,
probably painted on the bald dcioe
but looking real from the back of
the house is the laugh. Woman
does a fine straight, with her part
mostly calling for laughing at the
gee's antics.

; Musical touch added with the Wo-
man at the piano once or twice and
doubling at the guitar to accompany
her. partner's comedy piccolo num-
ber>

FIVE JANSLEyiS :
Aprobatic .
8 Mins;;. Full,
Jefferson (V-P)

Two risley workers In evening
clothes use threa bOy flyers .all uni-
formly costumed in, bellhop get-up
\Vith close littiiig jackets, and. full
tights in gray and. blue. Dandy ap-
Doa-rance, «o right to work with
fast risley ; feats' and keep it up
without j)ause. ■

Feature's are extliahge of flyers,
one being -tossed in horlzo.rital posi-
tion while other does back somer-
sault; two boys travelirig 'f roni pni;
pedal balance to the other. Ail pol-
ished work in nawless acrobatic
style. Feats of boys being tossed
from sitting po.sition into . somer-
siLuit and L'Ouiing in single foot-to-
foot balance. Three boys are con-
stantly doing' fust 'ground tumbling
l)e( ween i i.«ley' stuff; giving added
speed.

One f>C the lie.st turns of the kind
u-ound. Ojjened show in impressive
style. ' Htiah.

JOE WONG AND CO. (1)
Songs ■

10 Mihs.j One
American (V-P)

Chine.se .•icts essaying a song rou-
tine in vaiido come and. go but few
.stick around fOr subsequent boolc-*
iiigs. .loe \Vong by reason' of his
Ainl-neiinl'/eii routine gives indic.a*
ti.ons .of survivirij^ the' skid.'^.. There ,
are reas'otis.

' Joe.-is a go'od. looking young rnan .,
anil- when he ehangejt from the. long
evinibersiiuye native rObe at the.opcn-
ing.. to a deeidedly collegiate Amer-
ican ouilil, he comes close to b.einiff
a rear Chinese sheik. And a good ,
voie<' in .the birgain. It Isnlt as ro^-
hust as some Of our deepehested
Atheriean ten'ors but it is musically
sweet...' "

Young Wong does a nifty I'kolele ,
Ike ihiitatiort, uke and fill;, sings
several American topical numbers
Syith eajie, his English diction being .
unusually clear and distinct fOr a.
Chine.se entertainer. He tackled a.
"vo do-de-6" numlicr with a, par-
ody twist that was . well received',
arid well put over.

lie has ia pianist who remained
garbed in his native coilntry'a
f;imiliar Occidental garb. Mark.

Strong enough, for next- to closing
on the sriialler big time and okay
for lower spotting higher up.

' ,-. Bige.

NELSON and KNIGHT
Comedy '
11- Mins.; One (Special)
American (V-P)

lO.veellent light number • for the
better pop Ikjuscs. Lots of comedy,
all of it low, but all .snappy and
within the under.standing of .anyone.
vSoirie spots may find the gab a bit
suggestive here arid there.

Man does a wise guy sailor to
(he girl's straight. Both pleasant
in appearance 'and clear in diction.

.SiKcial "one".' drop of a water
scene-with=- a -lighted . '-^hip. effect, _.

Bige.:

BILLY BARNES and Co. (5)
Comedy Skit

16 Mins.;. One and Full Stage
American (V-P)

There is a familiar jingle to tills .
little comedy .skit in which Billy
names ai)pearH, with, three women
and two men. Its theme concerns
the nerve of two. young men who
palm themselves off. .as B; V. D.
Uird and liis general manager, Own^.
ers and operators of a perfumery
establishment.

Barnes as the flippant, wise-
eraekirig Bird keeps some pf his
talk poli.shed up to the minute, with
a quip about the Zep and another
;ibout Cliicago that got- a laugh.

Halt here .and there fpr a Hiong
or two,, with some dancing steps
that didn't mean much,
. . No . punch other than the breezy,
flippant r-iownlng of Bnrpe.s. HIS
(?o. Is more cornp.any thabi talent.

A iMJeai'ed to entertain the Ameri-
can audience. . Marki

MARYN BELLETT and Co. (3)
Songs .and Dances
10 M ins; ;' Full' Sta ge
Academy (V-P)

A. quartet in songs and dances,
latter the m:.iin Support. . Two . men
arid -the tsvo women werf; .well , re-
ceived. . Diversity to the. dancing
with the feature the acrolKitle.s of
one of the men.

■ Some' fast whirling pojv 1 advan-
tageous, XoL un imusjial ,'ift, but
passably aceeptablo. ' -l/arfc..

SPENCE; LLOYD SISTERS

and Co (2).
Dance. Revue
.15 Mins.; Full (special)

j^h Aye ( ViPjL .

Three girls anTi^wo m<'n. m;iie;i"
not lilil'-d. .Te;m .'-^prrice bignli^^l:!
wil h .str(,nK {"e d.-ini-r^ and i:.r''\< --'\-i'--
sijecie.lty. IJ'ij'd giil^- fir" Tii!"i-
lijondej wlio perf(;rrn eajiaM.v on
. the cl'-akr-d sii<j<-s.

Two guy.-. pa.^'Hal-1" but ump<'-''ii
hundred fith'-r h'.'.f' rs e.va'-!!;. Ilk''
llu-m. Ai-'t f-;itri' ■ or:e ."•■'■t ai.d iv
meip'St. (iri prorluc'i'.n (/li'.lay.

Pretty good for iiitcrrn.'-di;:i>'
use.s. Laud.-

B ROOKS A ND RU SH

Comedy and Songs

15 Mins!; One and Full ■ ;

81st St*; (V-P) ;

l}(ii/))ie .];iV;ok.s a:nd Edna 'Hush
ojieri in sl;i vvy 'iittiVe as scrub-
women, tn'ir)jj.ing up the st;igc and
eomnienting on, tlieir , like/) anfl
dislikes . (ff actors and aetre.s.ses.
Oi»inii)n.s; diff'-r. One likes the J'uvs,
the otlif-r the ;u-foI*;its; -

So the .i-oul ine run.s, while they're
:-criibbing , 111'.! lloor htuI getting in
.-I little (-(imedy .tbrou^rh <;l(-arilng the
pi.-iii.o. bench by sliding' aloiig' it,
Tti' o(l,er Vlfp>j.';it;; the duslpari's
i-ontfnls in fbf b;iby upright.

In • perw-ive' jnoo.d, btit- still in
• Ijjir.jcfer, Ihcy eiicl: off ji good h.ar-
r/.'ifiy ri'unb'-r.

A 'jjuick sf.a;-;e . cli;,.n:,'e, tlirougb

DV r- ::i.Z" .'-•iioc.s ;irid h<-u:;c-c.]f;inirif;
t(ii| i( ■: di.- '!'i;-cn lo'il;itu'.
'i,>-.' .-iiid ' riifty in ;'I;id ; (>r)i-

ELBROWN and Co. (2)
Male Impersonation
10 Mins.; One
Broadway (V-P)

The sex of this male Impersona-
tor (colored) , is a conjectui-e from
the moment she walks 'on, and the
impersonation should hardly fool
many today. The girl's femininity
is deflnitely established when sho
falls to remove or tip her hat at
lTj?rwUTif~th©'T-fli'Bt'Ttinnhcr: :- She
(ioesh't let. her hajr fall until the
second bend, then dons the chapcau.
again for. the encore.

Sijsperiae created by the .wall
until Mis^ Elbrovirh identifies her-
self overshadows somewhat her
singing, Yet the vocal _Btuff proves,
siilticiently ciip.able in the one en-
core after revealrii.ci t.

Oorit pi.anist is a fine aiccompan-
i»t, only. He also solos.

A, suggestlori for Miss Elbrown.
would be that sho carry a, can©i.
That would give her ladylike hands
a more masculine perch, Bige.

1 lli'-V' >•• • ! off t W.fi

f 'iTiL','^, c()ri{ iTidi ri;^ • wi' it

•Mel-

' ].-• r.li-i l.v
t:' ' • r.<<-d '-.y
•11 i' ',), ci.rr:' 'I ■■ :> 1 ' '
■ ii.:- - •.'.ill III ill

"1;'-'(d ;ind
;:)>' -. I' 1 : :
!. . [v. :!r -
■V.I. . - ■

PUR DY and FAIN

Comedy

11 Mins.; One

Jefferson (V-P)

.Man and woman in familiar stylo
i,i hrike talk and .song. l)v<)\i in on©
i-i-jirc.'.enls he'atity .shop, althou;rh
notlri mc^h.a pi)"m==^^alonrf tha i^linu.-^^
h' routlr:'-, "Vou ((M;.I.i'.to bo

with ("iiiu'-'i," ;iililre.';se(l to woman

V. i;' ri .-I.' : .n.' -.

M.-i'i if'-'.i .'.one I'lW efijoeihy 'l.i u '.h's
■(,nt fif v.'i-it t r.il!-'. iind nenr the
r-iri- :; ;•'■' !- to tl.-<' ; l-i.-f n '-'irt by
I";!!!);. ■ i'.fo I';" p:?; 'J'i. -t ' ' : t '." k ind

1, .fii

1 iiut ine

ii'' ;.-> ' :' I - .

P"i' i<;t . i .\:> I ii-: ';•) 'li ' rti .."Lvtic

;. . ;.f), Z li' H-, V\l;ii-:i i-^ about

n^■ol. Jiush,

42

VARIETY

Wednesday, October 24, 1928

PRESENTATIONS— BILLS

NEXT WEEK (October 29)
THIS WEEK (October 22)

. Shows carrying numerala such as (28) or (29) indicate oponinB next
week on Suiiclay or Moncla-y, as date may be. For this week (ai) op. ^U)
with spilt weeks also indicated by dates.

An asterisk (♦) before name signifies act Is new to city, So ing a hew
turn^ reappearing ai^ter absence or appearing for first time ; ■ ^

Pictures include , in classifleation picture policy, with, vaudeville . or |
presentation as adjunct ' ■ :■ ;-. •• - ; ■ -■ ■..

GERMANY

Month of October

BERUN
■ Sc^Uk
Mad Athea.
. 4 Ortons :
Achmed & Tyber
Daphne
H Ko)»ibrandt
Santiago Ballet '
.Oklto

Theremin .3 . '
Powers' Elephants
Wintersartea ,
Vasq'ufez
J Swifts

Horace ^Qoldln • .
Johnson' &■ Johnson
S Bennoa'
Rebla

Puyro Sis
PoUey & Pt.nr -
John Olms Co
12 Dana Girls ■
Ernest & Ivonno
4 GUmaa

UA>rBDRO
Ilansa .
Victoria Tr

Myrlc Deaha *
NathoInO' Bros
Horam & MyrtU
Rayrriond . Cer.ea
Oaroa
Celtner Tr.
Raftalcttu.
Nonl & Horac*
Noni'8 Seir

PARIS

Week of October 22

. Apollo!
ZM Mazzel '
Toddy " Brown
Blanco-BachtlUi
Mary & Erllc
Roxane

Pitt & Pott .- .
Geo Janny .
Matlasen 2 .
Farebohl .
Fluhers-
Theo M
Roth & Shay.
Oracle , Field
Empire
Rlvela 3
Chariot
■ John Marone .■
Alfredo La Coata
Ahdreii 3
.Chef alp
MouBsorsky 4
Lynel

. MaoNortoii
Tom Paylea S
Braztne;

Olym'plA
Orlentus'
Fernandez

Cellna Korska

Maurice KoBet

Renee Dcvlldtoir

Colette

Serge- Max

Eve & Jean Fazlt

Roldick .

Mutl Bros

Palao«
Edmondo Guy
Van Duron
R B Irwin I
Henry

Georges Etiianne .
Tina Meller :
Plzarro

Aliha de Sllv*.
Doumcil .'

Jean J Levalilere .
Manleys 3
Renee Vlllars
Lydla Byzantl
Llilanc Luceir
Andrewskl •■
Xandra Deleanl
MalatzolT Boys
BlglareUl Tr
Floyane

Cherry Kobler ..
Sarglus-Bradea .

Chester Hfl,le Glfla
I "While City Sleeps"
Parumount (27)

"Step On It" Unit.

Eddie Peabody

Ralph Rogers '
I .Helen Wright

P ■& K. Pearson .

Paul MftU

Felicia Sorel Girls

"Varsity"

(20)

"Bars & Stripes" U
[Eddie Peabody.
' Gould Steppers
Janton Sis
King & King
Dennis Sis
Ijambertl . .

"Take Me Home"

R4)»y (20)
32, Roxypttes ■
Patricia Bowman
NMcholas Daks
Alex Kotphotovsky
Kiddon & Tmaroflt
Kathryn. LuEyles
Rose & A Boy Ian
>'Me Gangster"
CHICAGO. lUi.
Avalon (20)
Del Larhpe Bd
Clerh Dacey

DuCallioh
HelenHonan .
Sally Starr ...
Gamby-Halc Girls
''Tempest".
ATLANTA, OA.
Ilowitrd (20)
"Hey Hey" Unit
Jack Powell
Gibson Sla .
Foster Girls
BALTLMORE, RfD,

Century (22)
Ted Claire
Handera & MilUs .
Nino Facile .
Bryant Ranla & T
Gamby Hale Girls
'While City Steeps'
BIBM'CH'M, ALA.

Alabama (29)
"Rio Romance" V
Joe Penner
Amata Grasse
Lcn'ore Girls

BOSTON, MASS.

Motrolopltan (19)
"Step On It" Unit
Gend Rodbmich
"Docks of: N T"

State (22)
A AVhUe'is Sqandals
"Battle of Sexes"

LONDON

Week of October 22

ALF T. WILTON

1 1560 Broadway Bryant 2027-8
Has Placed

BEN BERNIE

and his
Hotel Roosevelt Orchestra
I toie tlie PRINCETON SENIOR from
PRINCETON UNIVERSITY
November 9th

EDGAR ALLAN WOOLF

. To Avrlte the proloirae for
"TliE GANO WAB" for. the .F.B.O,
I MARGIE COATE — I>>x'a Academy —

thl8 week Crotona;
I MAN-KIN .— IxMW's FliishinK — tlUs
week. "The Fro|c," .Fairmont.

FINSBVBT pabk

' . Empire -

Juno Rev ' -
UACKNET
Empire

> Eddies'

Olllettes .

Anna Louis 3 .

Cbrlstiane & Durcy

'Jock McKay.

Barry Ono

I^ONDON :
, Alliiimbnk

Egibert • Bros ■

Teddy Moirrls Bd .

Lily Morris

Bert Hughes Tr

fi'rank Fay & Ptnr

Dancing Dolls . - .

Joannys
. Harry Moore .
. Coliseum.

Layton. & Johnst'ne

Irish Players

Fields & .RoBBlnl

Charles Hayes . '

Alva Bros' . ■

Percy Val

victoria Palaeo

Hetty King
Burns . & BurchiU
Dick Henderson
Victoria Girls
Rosle Lloyd
Henry Hearty
4 Blumenflelds .'
Renda Rudd
NEW CROSS
Empire
Abie's Irish Rose
SIIEPH'RD'S B'SH

ISmplre
Dream Birds Bev:
STRATFORD
■ Empire. '
The Croolccd Billet
WOOD GREEN
Empire

Amac

Ann Suter :
■Tamara
Fyne & Hurley
Ho-ward & KloK
George Hurd
Lee & Tesnlt
Larry- Kemble

PROVINCIAL

ENGLANI)
Week of October 22

ABDWIOK GREEN

Empire
Nixon Grey
Fred Waimsley
Dolores ■&■ Vyvyan
1 Bradleys
Zr. .;nl .
. Birchallfl ■ .
ItlKMINGIIAM
Empire -
Who Said That? R

■ tintnd .
Tonls & McSweeney
Harry Tate .
Hale Sis
.Bob Gandey
Paull & Buchanan
Welch Miners'. 4
Facory Sis ' •
Bert . Erroll

BLACICrOOI.
Grand
Silent House .

Opom lIouM
The Tjad

BRADFORD
Alhambru
So This la Love
BRISTOL '
Hippodrome
NorvcjU . '
Arnaut Bros
-■ June Dancers
■ EVahs & Wolf
Morre & Martin.
CARUU'F
Kntplre
Funny Frc<? .
CIIATIIAM
Empire
Spice of Life
Oil KS WICK
Empire

Coram
Junestroa
Pawaon Bros
, Jack Martell
' • Brennaha
Patti Lot tu9
EDINBURGH
. Empire
Oh Kay _^
GI^iSGOW
"^-=^Allmmbn
Lady Mary

. Empire
2 BobH
Van Hovcn
Osborn & Por)

Spyras

Conrad's Pigeons
Texo .

Norria Girls Si Max
Ayr & Chllds '
IIANLEY
Grand
Desert Song •
BULL
Paln«e
The Girl Friend
LEE1>S
. Empire
Aloma

Royal

Hit the Deck
LEICI<)STRB

I^alaco

Side' Llnca

MVEUPOOL
Empire
Desert Sorig
MANCIIKSTEB
.*' Hippodrome
Gay Dogs
George & Butcher
6 Herd Laddies
Billy J)anvcrs. ;
May Henderson
Carr Lynn
3 Remmos '
P4klace
Mister Cin(ler.<»
NEWCASTLE
' Empire
Show Hoat ;

NKWl'ORT
Empire
Tipperary Tim
. NOTTIVGHAM

Empire .
Billy Blue Rev

Royal
Vogues & Vanities
PORTSMOUTU
Royal

Sunny

SALFORD
' Palace
All at Spa

SIlKrHELD
: Empire
Blackpool Follies
.=^^SOl.'TIlSIiA«-=

Kind's
Lucky Girl

SWANSEA
. Empire .
Un Vent do Folie

Brown. Se Bailey
Werner & Marian

Capitol (20)
Roy Detrlch Bd
Stndler & Rose
Myrtle Gordon
Milla & Shea -

ChlcAKo (20)
"Pow Wow" Unit
H L Spitalny Bd
Ed & Morton Beck
Harry Losea ;
Horton-.Spur
Helen Packard .
Art Dickson
FeUcla iSorrel Girls
'■'Show People".

Granada (20)
Charley Kaley Bd
F X Bushman
Ardlne & Tyrell
Billy Gilbert 3
Bcrlnoff & Eutalle

Ilardlns (20)
"Sunny Spain" U
Al Mbrey Bd '
G & M Ellna
Harm & Noe
Boyd Sontep
Walters & Russell
"Lights of N T".

Marbro (20)
Benny Meroff Bd
DIehl Sis & McD
Marcella Hardle .
liou Sands
Roy Dean
Harry Uerrle St tit

Nornliore (20)
"Bag C Tricks" XT
Al Kvalo Bd
Stanley 2
curt Nazarro
Lucky Boys
Johnny Payne
"The Patriot" .

Oriental (2)
"Come on Bed" U
Paul Ash Bd
■Red Grange
Wally Jacksxin _
i-Tenogg '& 'Xc wla "
Carroll & Gorman
Paul Small
"Docks of N T"
.I*oradlse :(2)
"Bowery Blues". U
Mark It-lshcr Bd
Al & Gusslo Bloom
Lytell & Fant
Jack LaVler
Ilomay. Bailey
Oriental Ballet
"Lilac Time"

Rogal (2)
Fe.ss Williams Bd .
Marshall . Rogers
3 Blacks'
Wilton Crawley
Prince All '
•Waterhole"

niiilto (22)
Billy Carpenter
Leo & Gi-acf
Charlotte & Eddy
' Straliford
2d half (25-27)
M Hillblom Bd
-Trtd I<eary
Win Cowan
Holon Bach J
Wallace Sis
lamplre Comedy 4

Tlvnil (2)
"Harem Scarcm" U
Vcrn Buck Bd
.^Tiimbl In^-Clowne
Harry Savoy
Hm7,o1 Itoiiialne
3 Horsemen
Fo.Mter Girls
"Tempest"

Tower (2)

"nz:

Hd

BUFFALO, N. T.

Buffalo (22)
'•Bloasbms'' Unit
Herb & Gang
Lewis & Moore
Arthur Hall
Paul Klrkland
"Wedding March"

lAfayette- (21)
Otis Mitchell Co
Countess Sonia Rev
WlhehlU & Briscoe
John Lyona Syn
"King of Kings'

CLEVELAND, O.

State (20)
"Parisian Nltes" U
Novelle Bros
Anita La Porr* '
Juan Duval
Mme Andre
Henry Mack
Foster Girls
"The Crash"

DALLAS, TEX
Palace (27)
Flapperettes Rev
Billy Gcrber
Ruth Denlae
Foater Girls

DENVER, COL.
Denver (25)
"Xylophohia" Unit
Jack Joyce
Prosper & Marot
Leonard & Hlnea
Musical Johnstons
Foster Girls
DES MOINES. lA

Cupltol (27)
"Seeing Things" U
Chilton & Thomas

IX>S ANGELES
Bouleviu-d (19)
Spangle Girls
LeCMair Sc Carlta .
Muriel Gardner
.rimmie Hodge*
01 lie Hodgea .
Sawdust Paradise"
Carthny Circle
(Indef.)
Carll Kllnor Orch
Mother Knows B"
'Criterion
(Indof.)
Bakallcnikoff Or •
."The Patriot"

Kgyptlan (19) ^
P.cntiy Rubin
F)o & Ollle Walters
Bert Prival "
Frank ipterllhg
'Dancing D'ghtera*'
lA)ew'» State (19)
Saxaphbbla Idea
Rudy Deldeoft
J & W Hale
Muriel Strykor
Saxophone Beauties
'The Night Watch"
MetroiwUtan (19)
"Step This Way" U
Henry Biisse
The Dictators
Bob . Bob & Bobble
Bee Sarche
Francis Wills
Nat Spector
Foster Boys A Girls
'The First Kiss" .
United Artists
(Indef.) .
Atmospheric Prolog;
The Rangera
Sally & Ted
Williams & Ollmore
Armlda ' .
"Woman Disputed"
Warner Uroa.
(Indef.)
Leo Forbstetn Or .
3 Brox Slstera '
Barnum & Bailey
The Singing Fool'?
OMAHA. NEB.
Blvlera (26)
"Sunny Kiss" Unit
Willie Bobyh
Maurice Colleano
Bobble Gilbert
Georgl'e Hayes.
Pedro Rubin .Co
Branch. & O'Donee
NEWARK, N. j:
Branford (20)
Charlie Melson .
Eddie Moran
Clover Club S
Frankle Morrla
Ben Hassan Tr
Graoe Yeager ■
Edgecomb 4 .
First Kiss"
Mosque (20)
C Henry Baflo
The Terror"
NEW HAVEN CT.
Olympia (22)
Blue Revue" U
Bobby Henshaw
Irene Taylor.
Pelle & Cbla
Prank Stever
Small Bros
Garhby-Halb Tr
"2 lK>ver8"

Sherman (22)
Manhattan - St'ppers
"Midnight Taxi"
NETW ORUt^ANS

Saeng-er (27)
"Knick Knacks" V
Lee 2 . .
Foster Girls
PHILADELPHIA

Carman (21)
West Lake & Hatae

Buddy White
Adams 4c Roach
Melvin Sis
IP Malybelles
Power of Silence"
Pay's (28)
Watson & Cohan
^^aryl'nd Collegians
Gloria S.eamoro
Willie Smith
MimI Rollins
Warren & Whitney
Plastered In Paris'
PITTSBURGH. PA.
Penn (21)
Houseboat" Unit
Dave Apollbn
Battle of Sexes"

SAN AN-TONIO
Texas (27)
^meo" Unit
Ray : Paige Novelty
Band Idea
Tommy Wonder
Coscla & Verdi
Lett Sis & Louise
Foster Girls

SAN FRANCISCO
Granada (20) .
Frank Jenks Bd
Jack Joyce -
Evans & Mayer '
Hinds & Leonard
Eddie Magiil
Prosper & Maret
Musical Johnstonii
•Water Hole"

Warfleld (20)

Rube Wolf Bd .
Robt Stickney
Walter Nllsson
Brooks 3
Doris Whitmore
Show People"

ST. liOUIS, MO.
Ambasisador (21)
Bd Lowry
Deszo Better

DeSylvla's Vanities

2d half (1-4)
LaWton

C & N Fletcher
Grlndcll .& Esther
Sonny HInes Girls
(One to nil)
40th Ht.
1st half (29-31) .
3 Castles
Juno & Jo
Morgan & Sheldon '
Glenn '& Jenkins .
Naro Lockford Co.

2d half, (1-*)
Maximo
John Walsh
Alfred Latell Co
Donovan & Lee
Joe Fejer Orch
Gates ' A ve<
1st half (29-31) .
Wills Sc Holmes ;
Elsie Huber Co
Coogan & Casey
Pat Henning Co '
Frldkln & RhodciRv
2d half (1-4) .
Plotz Bros Sc Sis
Nancy Decker
Archer & Belford
Carl McCuHough
Radio Fancies
Metropolitan (29)
Roma's Tr
Cook & Rosevere
Leo Bill

Bob Nelson Co' -
Clinton & R'ney Bd
(One to- All) .
Oriental
1st half (29-31)
Lawtoni -
Kit Kat 3
Alexander & PeSKT
Palette Dancers
(One to flU)

2d half (1-4)
Kate & Wiley
Joe Wong -Co

Wilson & Washb'rn I Frandela Carroll&M!

Wells & Winthrop
Melody of Love"

Missouri (21)
'Icy Hot JazJt" U ,
Frank Fay
Roy Shelton
Bonnie
Bob La Salle

Take Me. Home".
WASH'GTON. D.C

Fox (27)
Jos La Rose Fres
Meyer Diavla Sym
Leon Bru'siloff
Women Talk Ab't'
(20)

Jos LaRose Pros
Blsa Ersl.
Castleton 4: Hack
iSpanglerS' .
Joe Turin
Clay Inman '
Olive Enriersoa'' •
Rosalie . Erck^ .
Meyer .Davis Sydi
Leon Br'usllolt - -
Mother Machree'

Palace (27)

;Bar & Stripes" U 1
Wesley Eddy -
King & Kinff
Lambertl
Dennis Sis
Roy Chaney
Gould Girls
•Take Me Home"
(20)

"Blue Grass" Unit
Wesley Eddy .
Coleman Goetx
Griffin & Rosetto
Slate Bros
Irene AVolfe
Foster Girls
."While City Sleeps"

Bobbin's Co
(One to All)
Palace
1st half (29^30)
Hicks & Hart
Carl Emmy's Pets
Donovan '.& Lee
(Two to All) .

Victoria. Tr
Cowan & Gray
Kelly Jackson Co
Jean Grancse Co
Billy Doss Rev

2d half a-4-)
ifalermo's Canines
Marcus Berta
Abbott & Blaland
O'Dunne & Daye.
Royal Welch Co
Pork
1st half (29-31)
Palermo's Canines
Marcus Berta .
Abbott & Bisland :
O'Dunne & Daye
Royal Welch Co

2d half (l-4> .
Victoria Tr :
Cowan & Gray
Kelly Jackson Co
Jean Granoso - Go -
Billy Doss Rev
CORONA, L. I.

Pluza
1st half (29-31)
Cortellb's Circus
Singer & Lightner .
Morgan & Duiin
Seym'r Putnaih & B
Paris Creations

2d half (1-4) .
Norman TClman
Glenn & Jenkins
Crazy Rhythm'
(Two to fill)
KVANSVLE. IND.

Loew's (29)
Evelyn Phillips Co
Romalne & Castle
Keller' Sis & Lynch
Boas Wyse . Jr Co
Private Slack
HOUSTON, TEX.

Houston (20)
Worden Bros "
Billy Day. •
GosB & Barrows. .
Dooley & ' Sales
White Way Gaieties
JAMAICA, L. I.

Hillside
1st half (29-31)
Kate & Wiley;
John Walsh
Peggy • Mackechnle
White & TIerney
Sonny Hines Glrl3

Slst St. (29) '

Lang & Haley
Lloa AbarbanelU
Frankle Heath
(Two to fill)

(21)
6 . Janslcys
Pirimrose Somon
Adeline Bendon Co
Bae & Dot Dean
Night at the Club
Fordlukm
Ist halt (28-31)
Max & Gang
DeMarcos
(Three to: nil) ;

Kikuta Japs

2d half (.25-28)
Margie Halllck Co
Felovin

Alexander & f'eggy
Rae Samuels
Al Mbbre's Tars
. BROOKLYN
Albee (28)
Dig.ltanoa
Buck & Bubbles
Foy .Family ■
Fur Show .
(Two to nil)
(21)

Geo D'Ormonde Co

OFFICIAL DENTIST TO THE N. V. A.

DR. JUUAN SIEGEL

ISSA Broadway. Bel. .46th-47th SU.. N«w Yeit
■ ■ This Week: :. :

The Nairyfyij — ^Marcelle • Fullote

LYONS & LYONS ^

Ininhulc Cliats sf^;

DUKE YELLMAN

Long ' recognized at. a
maestro of eyncopatlon, Mr.
Ycllman,'. as head of. our
Orchestra and Nlte Club
departmoDt, .lends a practical
touch to cafe Inokln'ga.
Uind leaden, niu club tal-
ent, radio artists, et al. are
urged to see Mr. Tellman
for Immediate boohiogs.

LYONS & LYONS

rASAMOOHT SUCMCWYOtE

Allen . Raymond
li.cs Kllcks
Sammy Cohen
Sorel Girls
DJmtOIT, MICH.

Capitol (21)
M'l'dy a. la M'de' U
])ol l>clbriaB0
Tfcn' Bluer " ..
Donna Damor'al
Emily & Romalne
Samuol Bonavie
Charles Jollcy .
Waterfront"
Michigan (21)
"High Mat" Unit
Art Frank

.1 " " V '(^'roiU'ns of Jazz'i:

. / ■ I Frankle Maalors Hcl

Pichire Thealres ^;,i^„,:^;iV

1 J Eddie Illli

NEW YORK I CITY

CitpHol (*^7)
"JewclH" Unit
Walt Rnesnor
Capltolhins
Harry Rose
Zelaya

Chester irulo Girls
"Tho Wind"
(-•0)

"In tlio Clouds" U
Joyce C'dIcs
Sylvia Miller
Paul Claymaa

Suzetlo Jose
Hussar Girls
"Water Front"
I'ptown (2)
•Babes on IVway' V
nnnny Knii>K:er Bd
It'recMIe liiM'uurd
Collcltc Sia

NEW YORK CITY
: American
1st halt (2»-Sl>
Kardo Bros. .
Chris Richards
Marino & Mona Rv
Welford & Newton
Watts & Hawley
(Three to All) .

2d half (1-4)
Lea Jardys
Doherty & Breen
Buzzington's Bd '
Natalie Alt Co
Dale & Wendt
Alexander & Peggy
Banto Tr
(One to All)
Boulevard
Ist half (29-31)
Fitzge'ralds
Nan Blackstone
Fred Weber Co
Lew.la & Dody
Unlv of Penn Bd

2d half (1-4)
RafCln's Monks
Welford & Newton
Bo/.o Snyder Co
Watts & Hawley
Naro Lockford Co
Commodore
1st half_(29-31)
'TA'y Jiack ."
I' Wedding Ring
Seymour &-Cunard
Jimmy Lyons
Brandeil .
(One to fill).

2d half (1-4)
7 Daredevils
Hicka & Hart

Bobby Van Horn
Saxton & Farrell
Joe Howard
Buzzington's Bd
2d half (IH)
Wills. & Holmes
In Wrong
Lew' Wilson
Lew Wilson dans
(One to All)
Unobln Sq.
1st half (29-31)
Campbell & Brady
Packard & Dodge
Prince Shah Bar bar
Walton & O'Brien
Doranda &. Gilbert

. 2d half (1-4)
Stubblenelds
Mitchell & Mlnch
Meet the Wife
Wllkena & Wllkens
Unlv of Penn Bd
National
1st half (29-31)
Gorgailis 3
Mann & Stone
SaranofC Co
Marie Stoddard
Carr Bros & Betty

2d half (1-4)
Lolise & Sterling
Hazel_ Crosby Co
Carl Emmy's I'eta
Welsh Sc Hills
MoCoy'a ^Ramblers
Oipheu'ni
1st half (29-31)
Norman Telman
Carle^ton & Bellew
Arthur DeVoy Co
Bobbins & Jcwett

2d half (1-4)
Joe Mandis'-S
Bud & Elinor Coll
White & • Tleriiey
Brandeil
(One to nil)

• Premier.
1st half (29-31)
StubbleAelds
Natalie Alt Co
Grindell & Esther .
Rome & Gaut
Nellie Arnaut Boys

2d half (1-4)
3 Orantos
Rose Rosalie
Bristol & Belle
Weber & Cooper .-.
Rooney Sis Bev
'■ Prospect
1st half (29-31)
Baffin's Monks
Nancy Decker
McLaughlin & B
Lew Wilson
Lew Wilson Gang

2d half (1-4)
Hubert Dyer Co
'Ryan & Moore
Hamilton Sis & P
Rotne'& Gaut
Lies Geilla Rev
ATLANTA. OA.
Grand (29)
Boyd & Wall In
Clark & O'Neil
Vox & Walters
Bmll Boreo
Gibson Frish & S
BAY RIDGE
Loew's
H & M Scranton
Parson Sc Hawkes
Wilkens Sc Wllkens
Bobbin's Baltim'he
(One to nil)
BOSTON, MASS.
Orpheum (20)
Peters .& LeBufC
O Butler Co ^
Mason & . Gwynne
Frank Dobaon Co
Sid I^wis Co
Riot of Rhythm
L ..CANTON. .O.

lioow's (29)
Salma Braatz
Henry .Regar Co
Wilson Bros.
Johniiy.. Marvin
Low.e S: .Sargent Rv
CLEVELAND, O.

Granada
lat half (29-31)

Tuesdays
723 7th Ave.
New York

JACK L. UPSHUTZ
TAILOR, 908 Walnut Su Phila.

Ginger Rogers
Arthur Gutow
"Boggara of Life"
EVANSVI'LE. IND.
Victory
2d half (2G-27)
Jack & Jill
Russell & Ha.ggorty
Aloore & Shy
Winmar Uev
Barbler Sims & Co
ft. WOUTII. TKX.

Worth (27)
"Kat Knbaret" U
Bert Naplo & Omar
i Ua tterso n-^2=T^i^^A-=;.-^
Kerenoa & Maree
Ray Walnian
Waach Girls
IIOi:STON, TEX.
Hotro|>ollitin (27)
"Uah U;Ui Hah" U
.lolinny Perkins
l..ui>Ma LcO
Al tlale
Md CiilleKintea
lltVlNGTON. N. J.

Suiiford (H)- ,
Lea. Si evens
Itiiy . Nioliola Bd
Na/.arrii .)r
rulvel-t His
Uerl (Gilbert
l.Doniis lln>s
'Man Made Woman'

N. & W St Clair
Cahlll A. Wells
Olga MIshka Co
(One to nil)

Delaneoy St.
1st halt (20-31)
Winnie & Dolly
Rose Rosalie
Ilondr'Us & B'dwin
Stulz & Itlnghain
Bee Jonea Steppers
(Ono to All)

2d half (1-4)
Alex Barlo X
Kit Kat 3 . .

i.Q.o.ulbbtt.i&iFerro,r^-
I'eRgy Maclccchnio
Van & Vernon
<'ortello's CIreus
Fulrmount
Ifit half (29-31)
I.oh.se iS: Klerllng
i'lirinno Arbuekle
llrooUs St- Nnco
Wtn .t .Toe Mandci
Mi'.ler Sis Hev .

lid liiilf (1-4)
3 (':mlle.i
lloliby \ an ITorn
Ciiiilo & Noll
Hotibliis Jcwett
Mai'inu Xr Mona Rv
(innid
1.«t h.-ilf (25-31)
Hubert Dyer Co

Joe FeJer Bd

2d half (1-4)
Winnie & Dolly
Packard & Dodge
Saranoft Co
Joe Howard
Carr Bros & Betty

State (29)
Vardell Bros
Borhlce & Pansey
Seymour Sc Howard
Harry • Hiiles .
Gautchl Sc Ph'lpsOr
(One to nil)

Victoria
'^IBt hiirf "(W-H ) = "
Les Jardys
Mitchell & Mlnch
Alfred I,atell Co
(.^ahlll ft Wella
Radio Fancies

2d half (1-4)
Campbell * Brndy
.Van Bln(>lcst()ne '
Arlhur IJe.Voy Co
Win .t Joe Mandel
Nelllo Arnaut Boys

ItKOO K LYN
itoilford

1st Jralf (20-31)
3 Orantos
nrlstul fc Uullo
In Wronc
Carl MuCullougb

2d half (1^4)
Gorgailis 3
Carleton & Bellew
Coogan Sc Casey
Pat Henning Co '■
E Clark Blue Boys
UCmiPHIS, TENN

Loew's (29)
Bob Anderson Pony
Myrtle Boland
John Barton Co
Kemper '& Bayard
Gracella & Theo Co
MONTREAL. CAN.

Loew's (29)
Franklyn & Royce
J & R LaPearl
Raymond Wilbert
Lillian Morton
Dolan & Bonger Bv
(One to All)
NEWARK, N. J.
' State (29)
Man-Kin
O'Connor Sis
LaVarr. Bros & P
Jonea & Rea
F & M Brltton Bd
NEW ORLEANS
State (29)
NIobe
Restlvo

Clark & Bergman
Bd Sheroft Co
Lorraine & Mlnto
NORFOLK, VA.
State (29)
4 Kadex

Ed A Lou Miller
Leon Sc Dawn
D Harria & Frankle
D Harria Girls
TORON-rO, CAN

Iioow's (29)
3 NItos
Duel de Kcrokjarto
Brown &■ B'm'gh'm
Olcott & Lee
Leonora's Steppers
WOODH'VEN, L. I.
Wlllard

lat half (29-31)
Plotz Bros Sc Sis
Joe Wong Co
Dalton & Craig
Welsh '& Hills
Rooney Sis Rev

2d half (1-4)
Julius First Co
June & Jo '
Morgan & Dunn
Ijewla & Dody
.Palette Dancers
YONKERS, N.

1st half (29-31)
Bob Fisher
Cardo Sc Noll
Brandels, C & M
Los. Gellia -Rev
(One to nil)

2d half (1-4)
The Fitzgeralds
Elsie Huber & Co
Morgan & Sheldon
Seym'r Putnam & B
DeSylvla's Van

2d half (1-3)
Brendol & Burt
Margaret Young
(Three to All) ; -

2d half (25-27)
Krazy Kats
Olive Olsen
Hooper ' Sc Gatchett
Busaey & Case '
Buck & Bubbles
H" Leonard Orch
Franklin
Ist half (28r31)
Walter Walters Co
H Waiman's Debs
Gebrge Beatty
Kikuta Japs
(One to AH)

2d half (1-3)
Ken Murray:Unlt -

2d half (26-27)
Ruloff & Elton Co
Petter Hlgglns Co
Manny . King Co.
Art Henry Co

3 Sailors
Oscar Stang Co

Hamilton
1st ha:if (2»-31)
B & J Brown.
Walton & O'Brien
(Three to All)

2d half (1-3)
Foray the & Kelly
(Others to All)
2d half (25-27) -

4 Casting C'mpb'lls
Mary Cook. Coward
Geo Teoman Co
Hal Nieman
Olivine Johnstone

Hippodrome (2^)
2 Ghezzis . .
Harry . Burns Co .
H Leonard : Orch .
(Three to All)
(22)

Stop Look Sc Listen
Reed Sc Lucey
Billy Wells & Fays
Kikuta . Japa . . '
Fenton & Fields '
Dr Pauline

Jefferson,
Ist half (28-31).
Ken Murray Unit

2d half (1-3)
Cortinl

Waiter Walters Co
Vannessi Co . ■.
Watson Sc Cohen '
(One to nil)

2d half (25-27)
Frakson .
Qulxey 4
Mel Klee Unit

Palace (28)
Jack Pearl Co
Fannie' Drlce
Ray ■& Dot Dean
Al Trahan .Co
(Others to All)

. . (21)
8 Cocktails
Z.'Ghez'zis
Kenneth Harlan.
Bill Robinson
Jack Pearl Co
Edith Clifford
Ken Murray.
Webb's Ent
Begeiit
1st half (28-31)
Elly Co
Art. Henry Co
(Three to All)

2d half (1-3)
Bobby Barry Co • •
Qulxey 4

Mikado Ramblers '.
SnoOzer Jr
(One to nu)

2d half (26-27)
EMy Co
Slier & Ford

Primrose 4
DeMarcos
Hyde & Burrell
Sophie Tucker
(One to All)

Bunhwlck
. 1st half (28-31)
6 Musical Chapiha
Bobby O'Noil Co
Forajrthe & Kelly .
(Two to All)

.2d half (1-3)
Carey Long & M
Viola May Co
B & J Brown
Versatile Girla
(One to All)

2d halt (26-27)
3' Comlques -
Kono San
Dewey & Rogers
Swor A Gbode
Waiman's Debs ..

Gireenpoint . .
1st half (28-31)
Polly & Wally .
Jackson Sc Newman
Frank Salt Co :
Jack Wilson' Co
(Ono to All)
. 2d half (1-3)
Dunn Sc Brand,
Botrand & R'ym'nd
Toney &;Norfnan
(Two to All)

2d halt (25-27)
The Aleicandera . '
Lewis Sc Winthrop
Krafts & Lamont •
Lloyd & Allen
Musical Chapina '
. Kcnmore . .
1st half (28-31)
MosconI Bros Unit

2d half -(13)
George McLclinon
(Others to nil)

2d half (26-27)
Max .& His Gang
Sheer Boys
Lang & Hnley
urn Billlea
Lydia Barry
M & M GIbbs
Madison
1st half (28-31)
Largee - & Morgner '
Wylle & Toung
Qulxey . 4

Herbert Faye Co
Osqar . Stang. Co •
Vannessi Co

2d halt" (1-3) .
KIcfer 3
W D Pollard
Billy Arlington. Co
.Primrose Sen)on
Meyers A Hanaford

2d half (25-27)
Danse Bits
Garry Owen .
H Arden & 3 M'k's
Al Trahan Co
Frankle Heath Co
O'DonneU Sc Blair
. Orpheum

lat half (28-31)
Variety Girls .
Allan Reno
Viola May Co
Faber & Wales
(One to All)

2d half (1*3)
Polly .& Wally
Jackson Sc Newman
Bobby O'Nell Co
Lew Kelly Co
7 Stylish Steppers
. 2d half (26-27)
J. Sc B Loater
Banka St Burhatp
Irving Edwards
Roslta

Nick Basil Go

EXCLUSIVELY DESIGNED
GARMENTS FOR GENTLEMEN

BEN ROCKE

1632 B'way, at 60th St.. N. Y. City

NEW YORK CITY

Itroadwny (2H)
T/Cwla Sc Winthrop
Tobey Wilson Co
Casper A O'Nell
Night Bt the Club
Irene Vrmilllori Bd

(Oric to =i\ 1 1) -

m)

Arthur I'ctly Co
El Brown
11 Sc J Brown
Jack Pepper Co
Billy ' Cliamp Co
.■Wesfon & Lyons'
Natahl

Clieslier
lat half (28-31)
Kiefcr 3
.lauk Uyan
Hat) Tla/ard
WatHon & <'()hen
Intern'l llythn)
lid halt (1-3)
Mji/.ola H

11 Arden & 3 M'k'a

Wylle Sc Young
Al Moore's Tars
(One to AH)

2d half (25-27)
Klefer 3
Jerome Mann
Bobby Barry Co
=RoBorfl^&==W-ynne-^
Irene V'rmUllon Co

Collneum

lat half (28-31)
Margaret Young
(Others to nil)

2d half (1-3) ;
Chevalier Bros
lloojier Sc (Jateliett
llUHHoy Si Ca.Ho
Henry Santry Or
(One to nil)

2d half (25-27)
Klly Co

Sargent Sc Irf^wls
Tobey WJUon Co
1 Cnmerons
Boyle Sc Delia
Chancy <& Fox

George Beatty
Doc Baker Co
(One to nil)

Bivorslde (28) .

Josephine Harmon
Alma Nel Irion Co
(Three to nil). '

• (21)' .
Moscb.nl Bros Unit'

Royal

1st half (28-31)
Carey Long & M
Lew ICelly '
7 Stylish Steppers
(Two to nil)

2d half (1-3)
Fondell 4 ,
Allen Reno
Bimgle. Love. -
Faber & Wales
(Ono to nil)

2d half (25-27)
Phillips & Sheldon
Jack Ryan .
Sol Gould Co
Stanley. & Quinette
A Talbot & L'cky 4
CONEY ISLAND
Tllyou

Isl halt (28-31)
Maitqla 3 ■
George McLeniion
.Mann.v King Co

Primrose Somon
(Ono to nil)

2d half (1-3.). •
Largee & Morgner
.Tack Wilson Co .
(Three to All)

2d half (25-27)
Per'z A- Marnuerite
Tlinh Hat Stoppers
Wi:ey it Young
Hid Moorehouae
I^es tlalenoa
FAR BOCKAWAY
Strand
2d half (1-4)
l''r;ik.-iOM

O.scar Slanff Co
(icorKe Ben It y
Manny King Co

Prospect

1st half (28-31)
Prakson

Bobby . Barry Co .'
Rogers & Wynne
(Two to nil),

2d half (1-3)
Jack , Ryan
Interh'l Rhythm
(Three to nil)

2d half (25-27) .
Hanimer Sc H'nim'r
W . D . Pollard ■
Bungle Love
Derieiison Sc Brown
Amateur Nite In L
AKRON, O.
Palace

lat half (39t31) .
(Same, bill plays

youngstowtt 2d

half)
Tinova & BalUoft
Barry & Whitlcdgs
Reed & La Voro
Princess Pat ,
(One to nil)

2d half (25-28)
Colonial 6
Murray & Maddox
Toto

MeKav &J Ardlne
"5" Tlrdcris

ALLIJXTOWN. PA.
Colonial

l.st half (20-3l.y
l'''or No Good Hcas a
Jack l.'sher Co
(Three lo' nil)

2(1 half (1-4)
niildio * Cook
(Others to nil)
iVMSTKKn.VM. N.Y.
Itiiilto
Dd hair ' (1-4)
Hayes.* May
]>;i\0 Vine
Cnn'.eo (■■ii>er.i
(Two to mil

Wednesday, October 24, 1928

V A R I E T Y

43

ATLANTIC CITT
Kelth'a

ist half (29-31)
WcOroth & Travers
6 Brown Bros
(Three to fiH),^
2d half (l-O
Ada Brown
Miistc Conservatory
(Three to fill) .'
MAl.TIMOKK

HliH»odrome (2»)
Nina & Norah
Pierce & Porter
ehlsholm & Brecn
Frank X Silk
Miisoa Dixon Co

NcwGurdens (29)
Curly Burns Co
DericUson Brown
Trahnn & Wxillaee
(Two to fill)

Music Box ProUcfl
lJIN<rH'MT'N, N.Y.
I5In»l>ami)ton

jst half (29-31)
. Bobbc Johnson"
Felovts ■
Dave Vine
Sub Deb Danccris '
(One to nil)

2(1 half
Moroctio .: Bound

CollCBlatoa
Gol(1'>n Drenm
II R Jloninine
id halt (1-4)
l)ttunton ShifWB
Allecn. Cook
Geo Broaahurst C6
Summt-rs & Hunt
Sid M6or(?houae
P'vl'y O'rsky Bal
2d half (25-2.8)
5 DeCardos .
Pearson Uros & B. .
Drew & Dow ling
Francis Renault ;
Medley & Dupree
14 Briektops . !
DETKOIT, MlCn.
HollyAvooU ■.
1st half (29-31)
Wyoming i
Ella Shields
(Thr<}e to 1111) .

2d half (1-4). ,
Mlll«rd.:& Marlin
Frarn-ls Renault .
(Three' to JUl) ■ .
• 2d half (-S'28)
Paxton •
Ciiurtncy Sis ..
(Three to nil). - ■
Oriental (29)
Graeme Dfiagdn Co.
Tilltfl ^ LaRua

CREAT0RE-LENET^5KA
& MARTIN, Inc.

1560 Bi-padway, N. Y. C.

6ryant 6525-6-7

Frances White, Mnreuerit*. oiWl GIU
and Marietta .at Gene Geigcr's Ren-
dezvous booked by us.

■. fiOSTON;:'-%AS8. ■
. >few JIoNton (20)
Aussi«.'& Czeck
Kranz & Kaufman
Edna yf Hopper
.Johnny Hyman. ..
Along . B'way
6<^ollay Square (29)
Johnny. Herman' •
Bobey & .Desrijond
Jean Boydell
Adelyn Bendon Co
(One to fill)
BUFFALO
Shea's (29) :
Schlctll's W'nd'r'tes
Foley & -Liatouf .
Ethel Water's
Shapiro & O'Mall'y
Hoslta'

. . (22) . :
Mnngean Tr
Hilton & Alniy
, "Walsh & Ellis
Jack- Benny ■
G & P Magley . . -

CANTON, O.
' Palace
1st half (23-31)
"Winnie Llghtner ■
6. Brffcka,' .
(Three to fill)

2d half (1-4) •
Colonial 6
• ' Paxton
Boy Frliehd
Francis Kennedy.
(One to fill)

2d half (25r28)
Caul Sis :
Jerome & Evelyn
■ Enchantment .

Claude & Marlon
'-. (tllemens '.BelUng's
01LARIX>TTE, N.e.
Carolina ■ ' .
2d half (1-4)
George Moore . .
Halligan ft Edw'ds
'. Combe &'-Ncvins -
Kay's Kutups '.
Nonmn ft. Violin
CmCINNATI
Albee (29) •
Enchantmehf .
Koun Sis ■ ■
B & E Newell
Jim McWilllams
ChapeUe & Carlton
Ray Hullng Seals
(22)

Rhea & Santora
Ray & Harrison
. J ft K r«e
(Two to fill)

Palace (29) .
B De CardoB •
Delvey Sla
Chas Red Marshall
Claude & Marlon
Scrambled ■ I^egs
McManus ft Hickey
(22)

Graduates ;
Ashley Paige
Wilson ft Dobson
Morton ft Thomas .
■Lane & Byron
Alt lioyal's Dogs
CLABKSlt'G. W.V,
JtoblnKon Grand
. 2d half (1-4)
Jarrow

Ray Shannon Co
Gypsy 4 .

. CLEVa:LANP. O.
; lOStii St.
Ist half (29-31)
Payne ft Hllllard
TllHs ft La Rue
L Rich. Friends
(Two to fill)

.2d half (1-4)
Paula Paciuita ft' C
Wyoming 4
Jim ■ Lucas Co
(Two to fill)
2d half (25-28)
• ' 6 Crackerjacks
Frank Cohvlllo .
:Shone & Rich
. Irene Ricardo
Tinova ft Baikbft

Palace (29)
Rae ft Harrison
Mario Valentl
Cliff Edwards
(Two to fill)
(22)

P'vl'y Q-r'sky Bal
MIchon Bros
Frank Kecnan Co
Barry ft Whl Hedge
Princess Pat

COLtl.MItnS, O.
Keith's

1st half (29-31)
Colonial 6
Francis Kennedy
•Paxton
Frank Keenan
=^-(One--lo--nil)

„ 2d half (1-4)
Klla .Shields
•B Bracks
Rich ft Cherle
L Rich * Friends
(One to fill)
^ 2a half (25-28)
Hyan Sis

Frank MeGlynn Co
B.F ft Murphy Er's
v^nns Irwin
Colleglates

DAYTON, O.
Keith's
1st half (29-31)

Murray ft Maddox
L&ne ft Byron

Larry Rich Friends
Rich ft Cherle
Ernie ft . Ernie

■ (22)
Hayes Mar-sh ft P ,
Morris' & Shaw-
Rich ft Chcrte
Larry Rich Friends
(One ttt 1111)'
.Uptown
1st half .(29-31). .
Boy Friend
Ewing'. Eaton ■
JUn. Lucas
Francis Renault.-
Sheldon Heft.'ft L .
(Two to fill) .

. 2d half (1-4)
Ann Garrison- Co
(Others to fill)

2d half (25-28)
An Girl Rev

EASTON, PA.
State

1st half (29-31)
Riddle ft Cook
(Two to fill)

2d half (1-4) .
No Good Rea.<!on
•Jack Usher Co
(One td fill) '^
EI^AIIRA^ N. T.

Kepne.v'.<«
1st. half (29-31)
Cook &. Vernon
(Two to nil )

2a half. (1-4)
Padlocks

EHIE, PA.
Erie
1st half (29-31)
Rlcoro. Bros .
Talent ft Merit
Glairo Vincent Co
Magi eland ..'
Rhythm Boys' -

2d half (1-4)
Turner Bros -
Charlotte -"VVorth •
Rny. Shannon Co
Geo Armstrong
Jenn Rankin 'Bd
FORT WAYNE

New*' Emboyd
1st half (29-31)
Fried land Co..
(Others to fill) ;

2d half (1-4)
Atcs & Darlffig
'Winnie Lightner

Ussese'oms
Tlllls ft La Rue
Medley ft. Dunree

2d half (25-28)
That Charm 4
T ft R Romalno
Old .Fiddlers vs J'z
(Two to nil)
GLENS F'LS, N. Y
Rialto
2d half (1-4)
Rnxy LaRocca
(Two to fill)
GL'V'R.SV'LE, N.Y.
Glove
2d half- (1-4)
Winchester & Rose
(Two to fill)
GRAND RAPinS
Keith's
1st half (29-31)
(Same bill - plays

Toledo 2a half)
All Girl Rev

2d half (25-28)
Horace Kola Co. _
Wy6mTng'~f
Renard ft West
EUa Shields
Johnny Berkes
Morrell ft Ellnore
GREENFTD. N. Y.
Victoria
2d halt (1-4)
Wyeth ft 'Wynh
Nell O'Brien
(One to fill)
UAKRISR'1^G, PA
. ' iMaJcstic
iB.t.half (29-31)
Hal Nelm'nn ..
(Two to fill)
. 2d half (1-4)
Senator Murphy
(TWO to nil) . .
IIOLYOKK, MASS,
' Victoria
' 2d half (1-4)
Stanley ft Elva
Purcll & Klnpsley
Maurice Samuels Co
Will ft L Kaufman
Jean Schwartz Co
HORVELL, N. Y.
8hat(urk's
2d half (1-4)
Bobbe .Johnstone
Coolc ft. Vernon.
Earl Lindsay Rev
HCNT'GTON, W,V.

Ori>henm
=^1 st--h a 1 f ^-(2 3-;3 1)
Smith & Sawyer
Prank McGlynn Co
4 ArL^tocrats
Blomberg's Dogs
(One to nil) -

2d half (1-4)
Remac Co
C^lara K Young
Uyemo Tr
Ctwi, to nil)
JA.MESTOAVN, N.Y,
Opera Houoe
iBt half (29-31)
Chaa Frinlc
(Others- to fill)

2d half (1-4)
Stlckney'B ClrcuB
Talent ft Merit

Tampa

Henry J Kelly
Twists ft Twirls

JER.«<EY CITY

State
1st half (29-31)
Coriini

Uusaby .& Case
Mrct.del & Burt
6 Jnnsleys
(One to fill)

. 2d half (1-4)
Mayo ft Lynri
(Others to till)

2(1 half (25-28) .
F.ills Reading ft R
Just I..ll<e a AVuin'n
Neal Sis ft Eileen
(T'-wo to nil)
JOHNSTOWN, PA.
Mxtjcstic
.1st half ('.'0-31)
Schwartz ft, Clifford
demons. Eel lings Co
(.One to nil)'

2il half .' (1-4.V
Little, (."lub Boys '
Stanley- Oallihi Co
Levan 'ft Bo'les
LEXINGTON
Iten All
. .l.st half (29-31). ;
Fitch's Minstrels-
LIMA, O.
Slilno'e Ohio
1st half (29-31) -.
Victoria ft.'Djipr.ce
Ch.-irlotte Wbrth
Harry HolmeB
(Two to fill)

.2d half (1/-4) .
Blanch ft Crel^hlan
(Others to nil)
LOCKPORT, N. Y.
Palace
2d half (1-4)
Talent ft Merit '.
(T3^Vt) to 'fiU)
LOUISVILLE, KY.
Keitlt's
1st half (29-31)'
C Daunt^iii ■Sha'wq
Alleen Cook
Geo .Brbadh'urst- '
Summers ft Hunt,
Pavl'y O'r'nisky ' Bal

2d half (1-4)
Ryan ^.Sis .
i>ane 'ft . Byron
■CoUcgiates
Golden Dream
H R Romalno -

2d half (26.-28)
Dan Fitch's Mlns
MARION. O. .
Palace . . ,
istvhalf (29-31)
Stems

Blanch ft Ci-elghton
Old Fiddlers

d half-' (1-4) .
Victoria ft Dupree.
Harry Holmes
(Oiie to filH

meadev'IjE. pa.

Park
2d half .(1-4)
Barr

Rlcoro Bros
(One to. fill) . ^
MIDDLETO^VN

Keith's
2d half (1-4)
Harrison's . Circus
Ruth Fon\
T ft D Ward
Jackson ft Taye .
Egan ft Redheads
NASirVILLE
Princess (29)
Ruth Sis ft Moore
Sherman ft M6Vey
14 Brlcktops
Jack Clifford
King Bros

Golden Dreams.
Harris

1st half :t29-31)
Silckney's . Circus
Ijoring & TA'S^iig
Janet of Franco -
(Two to fill)

2d half (1-4)
3 ITnuiscr Boys
('arol ft. James
Arms ft The Girl
(■:irams
(One to fill)
Slie.rtdun S<iuiirc
iKt halt (29-31) '
Stanley Galllnl' Co :
Little Club Boys
Le Van ft tJolles. ■
Arms ft the C»irl
_d-half (1-4)
Claire Vincent Co.
Oyi^Ey'.4

("apes Capers . ■
Schwarti} ft Clifford
C Jiellings Co.-
PITTSVLD. MASS.
Pal:u>*r
d half (25-28)
Jtifk I-Jlrchlcy -
Barton ft' llavon
Dclany . (:reed.oh & C
Barr ft LaMarr
Little Pipifax. .
PLATTSIVKG, N.Y .
. . Strand .
2d half (1-4)
Polly ft Oz ■
(Two, to nit) ■
Toil'XSMOtTll

Ixs.-Roy
2d half (Irl) .
.Siems

jjmith: ft Sawyer -
4 Aristocrats '
Blomberg Alaskans
I^OIGHK'I'SIE

' Ayoii'
1st' half (29-91) '
Banks -ft Burnhani
Nalhal ■'

Olive Oliseri Co .
(Two to fill) ■

2d halt (1-4) ^.
Brcngk ft Be.lla D
Holly

Barrett ft C.uneen
Dance- .'iHvirls
(One to fill)

d. half. (2B-28)..:
Fondell 4.
Lucy Bruch
D ft G Ahearn
Danny Small Co -
7 Variety Girls

READING, pa:
Rajali

1st half (29:31)
Senator Murphy
(Two to fill)

2d half (1-4)
HaL Nc.iman
(Two to nil)
lUCIIMOND, VA.
. National-
.'2a half (1-4)
Leo's Singers
(Two. to fill)

SANDilSKY.
. Keith's
2d half (1-4) . .
Ken Howell's Co
SARATOGA .
CongreHS . :
2d half (1-4)
Drew ft Do.wllng.
Convey 2 & Johnny
(One to nil)
SPRINGFIELD, a
. Palace .
i2d halt (25-28)
De' Kos Bros
Baiter -ft West
F Stafford Co
Emma E . Harvey
B'way Revels

WARREN, O.

Robbin's
Id. halt (1-4) •
Arnold ft Fl.orenz
Lossig ft Loring
Gladys Joyce Co .
Krank De Voe .
MiiKicland
W'SniNGT'N, D.C-

Keith's (29)
Mosconl Bros . "Unit

• (22)
radioclo •
WHIPK PLAINS
Keith's
2d half (23-28) .
.*;;Khoo & Lloyd. Sis
W>y Arlington Co
Thompson ft L'gf'd
'Fabcr ft' AVales
(t).ne to fill)
WINSTON SALEM

Keitii'H
-. 2d half (i-4)
Bernard &■ Keller
Roode. ft Franci-s

Fein ft' Tonny.'jon
Four Jolly Corks
Lunn. ft White

YORK, PA.

York O. II.
. Ist halt (29-31)
Nat Chick Haines
tTwo to nil)

2a half (1:4)
Clovel'd ft Dowery
YOlNGSTO^yN, O.

Jllppodrome
lift half CJS-Sl)
(Saiiie ■ bill plays
. Akron 2d half)
Joe Nifeiucyer Co
C('>urlnt-y Sia
Harry. 0 Conley
6 Craokerjacka .
MIclii.n Bros -

2d half (2or2S)
Pedro Kubin Co
Lehr ft Belle : .
Mhrie Valcnii,
KlKle ft I'liulsen 3
U ft- E Newell

Orpheum

CALGARY, CAN.
Grand (29)
Olyn Lnndick
Davis ft- Darriell
lUcke.y Bros .
Hublfe Blake- '-
Grubei-'s Oddities
Yvette Rugel.

(?2) .. • .
Benny ]>iii/ls Gang
Powers, ft. Wallace
Ho.lj ilair ■
Mack -& Rossltcr
Manuel Vega
tOho to"' fill) •

cm C. AGO, ILL.

'. .Pnljace <29)
The Mc'yaltos

TotO -

Bert Hanlon .
Johnny Berkt^s.Co
Allen ft Canfield
Txjyal's Dogs- ,
(2.2)

Muriel Kaye Co
Koun Sis
Rene RIano Co
Ted Lewis Bd
Mitchell ft Durante
4 Ball Bros

State lAke (29)
Tjarlmcr ft Hudson
Brown McGraw Bd
JOddie Conrad Co.
Ted ft Al Waldman
Wilson ft Dbbson
Rene Rfano Co .
Scott SauTiders
Ruth ■\Varren Co
Moran ft Wiser
Cervo ft More

(22)'
Lou Tellegcn
Ship Ahoy ' " ^
Hayes ft (.'ody
Jack ■ Maj.or-
Dainty Marie . -
Seed ft AiLStin .
Tillis ft La Rue
("has .Wilson
4 Mountaineers
. DENVER, OOL.

Orpheum (29)
Mary Haynea
Rosalind Ruby

OAKLAND, CAL

Orplieiint ('39)
Donald Brian
Bobby Folsom
Rose ft-:'rhorno
Nonctle. -
Ann t'odeo
Uevbor-'.s .Gaieties
(22)

Irene Franklin -
Grace Ado! phi
Ryan ft 1-eo
Kelso & JJemondo
Edwin Georgo
Jones ft 'Hull
O.MA1IA, NEIL
Orplieum ('^9)
Hector ft' Pals
Hayes ft Cody
Jack Norworth Co
Florrle D'avcre
Ncwhoff ft Phelps
(One to .;nil)
' • (22)
Monroe & Grant
Tt'ller iSls ft Ackl'd
Morton ft Stout'
Jay Visile
Ch.T.3 Slim Tlmblln
lllinoljs State Bd
SAN FRANCISCO
Golden Gate (29)
Dave Bei-nle Orch
Fisher ft Gilmore
Irene Franklin
M'lr'y McN'ce & B
Jones ft Hull
Yates ft ' LiiWlcy .

; . -.(24)

Joseph Regan
Ky- -Mountaineers.
Rose ft Thorno
Gamble Boys, ft B
Samaroff - ft. Sonia
Harris Bros

Orplieum (29)
Tlmberg l.'nlt
Trixle Friganza ■
.Dot Adelphl
(Others to nil)

(22) ' . .
Llta Cray Chaplin
Ann Codec .
Tork Murdock
:Od)va ft Seals

WESTCHESTER
New Rociielle

l.st half (29-31)
Jazz .Boat Rev

2d half (1-4)
Peter Higgins OO;
Herbert Faye Co
Stop Look ft Listen
(Tvi'o to . nil)
Mt. Vernon
let half (29-31)
Clayton ft Clayton
Myers ft' Hanaford
Koran

(Two to fill)

2d. half (1-4)
7 Variety Girls
Montana
Kuran

Fashion . Show .
tOne to fill)
Yorikcrs
iPt half ('J9-31)
Bl B.fown t:o ' .
Raymond Bond Co
A Talbot ft Ij-iicky 4
(Two . to fill) .
. • 2<X half (1.-4)
Clayton ft Cliiyion
n;ip lla'/.ard ft M
Art Hohry Co
lOiUlio Dale Co
(One to fill) . '
NEWARK, N. J.

Proctor'H (-^9)
Ervi-l ft Doll
Amateur, Nile Lon
3 Sailors -.

Chaney & Fox
(One to ml)
ALBANY, N. T.
lirand

1 St . ha If (29-31)
Moroci'O Bound

2d half (1-4)
Falls Reading -ft ^
I'lganb .I.andau
(t)ne. to' nil)
linrninnus Hall
ist half (29-31)
Howard Thomas '
Orlg Cotton Plck'rs
(One to fill)
TUOY. N. Y.
Procter's
1st halt t29.3n
Conviy 2 ft- Johnny
Oonithy Taylor
Falls Uoading ft B
. AViniht^stcr ft: Roes
(Ono to nil) , : .

2d halt (lr4)
Jiitimy Aliard
Howard 'I'hoinaa
Oy\k COtti.tv I'ieUers
iTwo to fill)'.
'SCIIKNKCTADY
I'roctor'H
- isl halt (2'1'Si)
Wyeth ft- Wynn
Koxy LaRoCca
JUnmy "Allard Co

- -Jd half (1-4)
Dorothy Taylor
Jimmy AUard Co ;
1 (Oue to nil)

(22)

Paiila Paqulta & C

GeO^Broadhufst Co I STEUBENY'LE, O

Rhythm ftpys ■ uS*5,'™V

6 Dftunton Shaws; , 1st half X29-31).
NEWBURGH | Arnold: & Florens!
Academy .
Ist half (28-31)
I.Brengk & Bella D
Holly : .
Barrett & Cuneen
Dance Twirls
(One to nil)

2d half (1-4)
Banks ft Btirnham
Nathal

Olive Olsen Co
(Two to nil)

2d half (25^28) .
Perez ft JjaFieur
Jackson ft Newman
Colenaan ft Blake
Taylor ft Bobbe
liovey Lou
N. ADAMS, MASS.
Empire

STOPPING SHOWS

GRACE PU FAYE

with PUBLIX UNIT

*'BITTERSWEET BLUES*'

Direction .

Joe^LEDDY & SMITH— Ed

220 West 47th St., Snlte 901

AMARILLO

(29-30) '

(Same .hlir plays..
Wlehlfa Falls, 31-1

'Scminiile. -2-3)
Bob . ft M DuPont
.Mike Ariios
>V W' McGlnty '
•'Thos J Ryari - Co
Parisian Art
ATLANT.VGA.
Georgsa .(20) :
The . Agemns
Hewitt ft Hall
AngiT ft Fair
Bi>n Turpin
Ripoletto HroB .
AUSTIN. TEX..
Hancock's O. 11.
Ist half (29-31)
ffjame. bill plays-
Waco. 2d half)
Lester Irving 3
Co E.ds •
Roscoe Ails. Co
(Two to fill)
DALLAS; TEXi
Majestic (29)
Ray Vaughn
Ki ll el -Da via
Side Kicks
(Two to fill)
EMI), OKLA.
Aztec (29)
Rodrlgo ft lilla Or
(Two to fill)
l!Ti WORTH. TEX.

: Mujcstlc (29)
Ras'so Co
Ruth Muse
Fiilton ft Parker
Ward ft Van
Janics. J Jeffrl'ofl
(;A1A'EST'N, TEX
Majestic (29-30)
(Same blU plays
Lake Charles, 31^1

Beaumont, 2-3).
Frank Viola Co
Irving ft Chancy
Senna ft Dean'.

2d half (1-4)
Danny Small
Estes Bernice
(One to fill)
NORTHAMPTON
Calvin
2d half (1-4)
Zeller ft Wilbur
Playes & Maye
Bobbed

OIL CITY. PA.

^Drnke
Igt hivlf (29-31)
Geo Armstrong
Tampa .
(One~to""nil)"r " ■
2d half (1-4)
Stickney's Circus
Fantasie . Parisehne
(One to fill)

OTTAWA, Can.

Keith's (29)
Marty Dupree
(Others to fill)
PHILADELPHIA
- Broadway
Isf. half (1-4)
Frank Hamilton
Paul Howard

2d halt (1-4)
8 Tiller Cocktails
G'uS Mulcay
(Three to fill)
. Cross Keys
let half (29-31)
Hal Sidare
Gus' Mulcay
(Three to fill)

2d half (1-4)
3 Good Knights -
Geo Herman
J ft J Walton
(Two to nil)

Earle (29)
Mel Klee l^nlt
Grand
let half (29-31)
Ada Broen
Whether or Not
Toney & Norman

Carol ,& James
Jean: Franklin Bd
Frank Do Voe
(One to fill)

2d half (1-4)
Gladys Joyce Co
Gypsy. 4 -
Jarrow

Janet of France .
Old Fiddlers
SYRAC USE, N. Y.
Keith's

let half (29-31)
4 Usesecms
Danny Sm.all
Lowell B Drew Co
Happiness Glrla
Caiheo Capers ' •

2d half (1-4)
Sargent ft Lewis
Irene Ricardo
4 Camerons
Will Mahoney
Yong Kee Trio
Pedro Rubin Rev.

2d half '(25-28)
4 Sidneys
Fred Heider Co
Ervel.ft Dell
Ma-son ft Keclcr
Shapiro ft O'Mallcy
Rdnita .

TOLEDO, O.
Keith's
iBt half (29-31)
: (Sa-mo -bVl I- — plays

Nick Lucas
' 'Koss ft Duross
HOUSTON, TEX

Mcrtini (29)
Thr.C0 W or CO. •iters
Kohn. ft pepinto •'
James, ('ougliliri Co
Dcniarest. ft Poland
(One to nil) '
U'LE ROCK. ARK.
. MhjcKtlc
Ist halt (211-31) '
Austral I a'ri AValte?
A'rmslr'g ft Bloiid'l,
BiiKtor ft Midgets

2d half (1-4)
Dare ft Wahl
Mack ft Thrasn
(One (6 fill) -
NEW ORLEANS
Orpheum (29)
Bury's Dog Stare
IValnes ft ; A'vey
FX. Bushman Jr
Texas Comedy 4
Orvll'le. Slamm Co •
OKLAHOMA CITY''

Orpheum (29)
Lomaa Tr
Frani'is ft. ■Wally .
Noree - -
Bob Murphy
Gyi.llerini Sis

SAN ANTONIO
Majestic (29)
Eddie Pardo Unit
TUr-SA, OKLA.
Orphouin dU)
Aerial Defiroffs
O'Connor ft Vaughn
Labelle Pola :
Hurst ft Vogt
Wedding Gown
WICHITA, KA3i.
MnJcNtlc -
1st half (29-31)
Rodrlgo ft LUa Or
(Two to nil)

2d half (1-4)
Nelson . Family .
(Two to fill)

MILW'KEE, WIS.

Riverside. (2K)
Claude DoCar Co •
Hoillngsworth ft O
JloiinliiBtcn's Bd
Krnost lliatt.
(Three to fill)
P*X)«IA, ILL..

Palare
let h.itt 129-3.1) '
Orlg itftiey 'Boys
l.oe Ia'O ft Louise.
Ch'mberl'n ft Earle

(Two to nm

. 2d 'half i;i-3) . .-
Dnni'.in's ' CoUios
Mnile'lipe ' ' .'■

Girl \Yanl*\d,
Frunkel ft Dunlcvy
tOno to- fill)
, OriNCV. ILL.
Wiuihington

I'st half \2>>-3n ■
Alaullo -ft- Ray ;
i\lvin. Bri>9
Chjirioe »'o'

ROCK FORD, ILL.'
■ I'ulaco.

. 1st ha:f t:;9-3l)
Gilbert ft )''r>'nch
TclltT f<ls Ackl'd
Clara' Howard
llliuol.s Stale. Bd .
^One to nil)

2d bait (1-3)
Ship Ahoy.
'Gone Greene
Frsinklyn.- n'Amor'e
• tTwa to fill),

2d half (25-28).
1.1'C Giile Kns
Si'ott S.-iunilci's ■
The MeyuUns

UrOOks ft' 'R(.i.S3

l.ai-imcr I'i' Hudson,

SIOl'X CITY, lA.
OrOheum

'1st halt (29-31)
Meehco ft RubycllC
Music Art Rev -
.Morlort. 'ft St.out '
I.uliln i/nrry ft A
(One.lo.fill)

2d. halt (1-3)
F livers ft Gretta
Lcplio ft V'nd'ig'ft.
Miirley ft Anger
H ft F Soamnn,
Ro>viI Gascolgnos
2d iiulf (26-28).
4 Husbands
SO. BEND. INI)
I'ulace .
1st half ' (29-31)
P Renins 'ft M idgets
Stewart .ft Ollvo
H ft N Leary
Frank ConvUle.
Joe Daley ft- Co-Eds

2d halt' (1-3)
T^ob Hope (^)
ISvan.s ft Mayer -
Uastt-lll Co
(Two to fill) •

2d -half (25-28).
Ruth AV'ari-en Co
Krnest Hlalt
Brown ft McGraw
M:irshall ft. Lc Rue
lOne to fill)

SPRING F'l.D, ILIw
On>heum

•1st halt' (29-31)
Bi>U I lope Co ' •
KiistelJi I'o
Kvaiis ft Mayer.
Shaw ft ChumII R'^
t(.inc to.:, till) .

2d halt (1-3) •
Suvwart -.v Olive
Pon Humbert
V.inlshlng Maid
Hunter ft I'erolvaV
Jiran Fuller p'nc'ril
- iM- haif ('25..2S)-. .
H.iy - (.'unjinjntis
Master J. \y Ward-
It.ft F .Psher
U\ run ft Willis
,Va.i-!--iiy S • . .

ST. .iOSEPH, MO.
Electric

. l.st. halt (29-31) - '.
Hunga'ria Tr
Sjhmu-c ft -True
tTwii to iV'il)

!d half. (1-3)
r'Kl'r ll'rriett ft- H
liail.il All
(Two to- nil)
ST.' LOI IS. MQ.
Grand (i!9)
Cook ft (latman -
Hatt.ety- to Bronx

Jizlor -Worth
(Kour to'llll) . .
ST. PAUL. MIN'W.
Poluce-Orpheum '.

1st lialf (29-31). .
i ltusiiand.'« •

2d half (1.-3) -
Beebee ft Rubyelt«
Music Art Rev -
.Morion - ft Stout .
l.ulijii Larry, ft A -
(One to fill) •

.2d half .(.26-28)' .
Bfhninplun ft Co . \
I'.ert Hivnlon •
Alien ft Cnnficld
Valif ft Ciard -
(One to. fill) '
T RE HTTE, IND.
; Indiana
1st half (29-31) '
Krlanle

Medley ft - Dupree
Varsity 8
(Two to' nil)

2d half (1.-3)
'Lawrence Bri^dy
Shaw A Carroll R'f!
(Three, to fill)

TOPEKA. KAN.
Orpliexim

1st half .(29-31) '
Cliu.s F Semori
Nelson Fanilly
((mf< to fill)
. 2d halt (1-3)
Siionce. ft True
llunga'rla . Tr .■
(One. to nil): -
W AUK EGAN. ULU
(i'cnoMcc
2d half (1-3) '
Orlg Honey Boya
Ch'mii'rrn & Bairle
(One to nil)

Association

I^aul Yocan
Jack Hanley
Uiidercurrent-
(22) .
Eva .Tanguay
Jack Norworth -
lyubin Lairry & A
Rodrlgo & . Llla Or
Wolff ft . Jerome

LOS ANGELES
Hillstreet (20)

Miss Juliet
Ryari ft Lee
Kelso & Demonde
Gamble Boys' & B
Joseph Regan
George Wong. Co
(22)

Arthur Byron Co
Jane Greene
Rainbow Rev
Al Abbott
Revel Bros & Red
Fantlno Sis .

- Orpheum (29)
Max Fisher Orch
Odiva

Teck Murdock
Joe Marks.
BcntcU & Oould
Tjcan ft Mayncld

(Two to fill);

. , ■ " ( 22)-^ :

Grand Rapids 2d i^an ft Mayfleld
half) . , ' ix>u Holtz

Loma Worth \ \ Keene ft. Whitney

B F ft Mtirphy Br | puth Eudd

Baycs ft Speck
1 Ruth Robinson CV)
Pallenher'g's -Bears
2d half (2-5r28)' .
Tyler ft - St. Clair
Senna . ft Weber
•Toe Minemeyc'r Co
Summers ft Hunt
Jim MeWlUiams
Zelda Bros
TORONTO. CAN.
Hippodrome .(29)
Mangean Tr
Hilton ft Almy
Walsh ft- Ellis
Jack Benny
G ft P M;.gle.y

Shelton ' Heft, ft L.
Rn.sa Hamilton
The Jihy Friend
Olsen ft- Johnson
(One to nil)
UNION CITY, N.J.
Lin<'6ln - -
iBt.half (29-31)
Melvln Sis
Bungle Love
(Three to fill)
2d half '(1-4)

Marion Wilklna
BesMcr ,& Balfour
Kaye ft Sayre
Georgo Wong

milwAi:kee

Palaco (29).
Roy Rogers
Mann ft Ue)-.nard
(;-im.H wilBon
Pearl Regay Co
Ted Lewis. Or
(22)

Harrv Carroll Rev
MINNEAPOLIS
Orpheum (29)
Harry Carroll Unit

' (22)
Wilton & Weber -
Jerry ft B'by G'da
Roger Imhoft
W'tch this Rhythm
Don Cummlngfl
Wheeler ft Sands

Joe Marks'
Benicll & Gould
M'lr'y McN'ce ft R
SEATTLE, WASH.

Orpheum (29)
Robert Warwick
Al K Hall
Ruiz & Bonlta
Hope Vernon
Burns ft Allen
Aileen ft Marjorle

(22) .
Weaver Bros.
Bekcfi - Dancers
Jarvla ft Harrison
Block ft .Sully
Norman Thomas B
Paul Nolan

ST. LOUIS
St. I»uls (29)
Muriel Kaye Co
Seed ft Austin -
I.1OU Telleg'-n Co
Wolff ft Jerome
(One to fill)

(22)
Seamon Bros
Florence Brady
Eddie Conrad Co
Henry Santrey Bd
(One to fill)
VANCOUVER, B.C.

_Prpheum (29)
Powers "ft Wairtice '
Bob Hall
Manuel Vega
Maclt ft RoJfsller
Benny Dn vI.h
(One to fill) •
(22)

Robert W.'irwlek .:
Al K Hall .
Hurns ft AMen
-Ruiz -ft Bonita -
Hope Vernon'
Alleen ft Mar.l.orle
WI.NNM'EG, CAN.

Orpheiim (29) .
Don Cumnilnits
Rogor Irnhoff
Wilton ft Weber . -
Jerry ft' B'by '(i'lls
W'hfrcler ft Hands
W'lch Thrs Rhythm

- ■ (22)
Eiible -Blake Rev
Yvelto Rugel
Iiavls ft ParnoU
Hl'-key Bt'ib
Olyn Land)' k ■
Grubcr'a Oddities

-Music=.(:iMMiaiii.torx-| Mus1c»il_Jj)i.a^^
(On^to nil)

2d half (.1-4)
MeOrath ft Travera
Kitty Doner Co
(Three to fill)-
PITTSBUHGIf, PA.

Davis (29)
Ann Gold
I The Gaudfimlthfl
Morris ft Shaw
Po'wn Homo '
Tyler ft St, Clair
(22)

Rodeo Boya
Ernie & Ernio
Talent * Merit
Curly Burns Co
iReed A lifiVere

6 Jan.<iley»"
Walton ft 0:Brlen
(Two to. fill)

2d half (25-2$)
Dagmar

Frank JTamllton Co
Horb'-rt Fayr <'o
Porsytlie ft K'-i;y
Petri 4

UTICA, N. Tfr

Gaicfy
let half (29-31)
Texas Guinan
Padlocks of 1928
2d half (1-4;
Felovlfl

Ed I.iavlA ft Olrls
(One to fill)

NEW YORK CITY
6th Ave.

iBt half (28-31)
P.llly Champ Co
lidith B'llilmnn
(Three to fill I
2a half (1-3)
. Luf-v Br'jeh
F Sinelalr Co
'Hv<le ft Burrill
A Talbot ft Lucky 4
(One to fill)

86th Ht.

let half (2h-31)
filyou ft Rogern
Hyde ft Burtlll
Sophie Tucker

Ard<>en & 3 M'nk^t'.f
(On" to fill)

2d half (1-3)
Ora

I'arks ft Ford
Mfl^"-(l^-, lii'i.M R^v
Cra-JvCd ft i;r'-'l>^r k
Case of M I.'u'g'.n

rs.-itii fit.

jBt 'h:»!f..(J!>-31)
Itciy M.i.T liev. -
2d half (l-3j
May ft H Murray
S«,'Vi-n Gcnil'-mt-n
Boy-e ft Ilrirkin.o
M'iran-W;t rner, ft M
Ka«a & Hlchea

BL'MINGT'N, ILL.
Majestic,
let hair (29-31)
Peter the Great
F'Bter F'gen' ft Cox
Diince Rhapsodies
. 2d half (1-3)
Fred Hughes
A. & F Stedman
Lottie Mayer Co :
C'D'R R'PIPS. I A.
. loWa
1st halt (29-31)
F Evera ft Gretla
Lauren & LaDare
liCon-Navarra
Les Gall Ens . .
(One to fill) .

2d half (1-3) .
4 HuHbandB

2d half (25.-28)
Gilbert ft French
LoBlle ft V'nd'rg'ft
P Remos' Midgeta
(Two to fill)
CHAMPAIGN, ILT>.
Orpheum
l8t half (29-31)
That Charm 4 '
. 2d half (1-3)
That Charm 4

2d halt (25-28)
Gixrcla Mex Bd
A.nn-GaT-plHon--3 _ -
Ejvans ft; Mayer
CHlCACiO. ILL,

. Belmont
1st. half (.29-31).
Eton 4

r;arcla Marimba Bd
(Three Ui fill)

2d half (1-3) '

4 Hubinl Sis .
Sn.nha ft Weber .

5 .Vloilnt*rfl .
(Two to. nil)'.

. Englewood
l.«t h;ilf (29-31; .

4 Rublnl Sis
S'-hria ft. Wcb'-r-

5 Mounters
(Two I o Oil )

RUieru (2(1),
Mar.'OiHll ft I.auue
Harvey

Val Harris Co

H. 'ill ft Dexrcr
Julian Hall Bd :
D.WENPdiHT, lA.

C^ipitol
.1st halt (29-31) :
lA-.ulie ft. V'nd'rg'ft
Jivron 'ft WiMi.s

I. 'uh'm 'Whltn<-y R'v
H *., F f«h<»r
Ren" RIano Co

2d half fl-.r)
Monroe ft Grant
,ray Vel,e

-G rirdij'ates— -="-—==-—
KvfT'-lt Sanderson
fjoi) ('a>i:i-r'in

:•-) half (ir,-2»)
.".t',; f< ft M.'inr, log'
T: m Mi-Aollffe Co
ci-.'-.w, K- M'lro
('J"vv(i to fill;
•DKCATt.'K, ILL.
Lineoln S<(tinro •
];t ;ialf
Fn-ii Hiighi-H
A ft V S'iMlm'in
Loit> Mayir <'o

2'1 h.ilf (1-3)
I'<-lf-r th': Of-'-:it
J-"oR*'r Fifg'n ft '"ox

DBS MOINES, I a;
Orpheum

1st half. (2.9-31) .
Monroe. ft Grant
Jay Velio.
Morlcy ft Anger
Everett Sanderson
I.IOU Cameron - Co '

2d ha-lf (1-3)
Byron ft WHlIs .
IJph'm Whitney R'v
H ft F Usher
fleno RIano Co -
(One to fill)

2d half (25-28)
Tlmniy Dunn
Vnl HarrlH Co '
Mu.sic Art Rev
Florle Lavcre Co
Boo Heo ft R'by'tto
Tabor & Green

EV'NSVILLK, IND.
Grand

ist halt (29-31)
Don H\i.mbert
V.-inlshiiig Maid
Hunter ft I'creival
Jenn Fuller D'c'rB
(One to nil)

2d half (1-3)
Fr.'ink (.'on vlllc .
VarHity 8
R'ct'r Ch'd'n ft G
Ka-ne ft^ Ellis- ■ - —
(One to nil) .
. 2d half (25-28:)
Battery, to l5ronx
Franklyn I>'Airior<s
Parke Sis ft, H'rvcy
li'ilj Hope f'li
■(<mi; to Jill) '

GALKSliUKG, ILL.
Orpheum

Isi half (2f(-,Tl)
Duni an's Collies .
Kranlu-l ft' Uunlevy
(Jlrl Wanted .'

2d half.d-,'?)
M.:iiflie.ft Riiy
Kifin J)r(/S
(.•harloe ft Co.

JOLIKT. ILL.
KliiKo

: Int hair. (29-31)
AtcH. ft p:(rliiig
(Two to fill)

. 2d half (1:3)
Joe Daly

fl :f,<'wi:t ft Co-Ed."
The Brjantfl
KANS; flTV. MO.

Mainstreet (28)
TioiilMvilln L/io'nH
ilerb'>rt Clifton
Tom Mr-Aullffe
(•hK!». .Sli»n T.-ffihiln
Bob Albr:t:ht '•<>

OrpIuMim

. Ist halt (29-31)

.Sh';. Ah',y

(ii-ni- Gii'-ri"

!'i ant^lyn P' A r.-iur'-

(Two p. :>::. >
. 2d. half -1-:;)

(liMji I ( ft J-'ri-fi' )i
T<';i>T * A> k.".l
' hirii J I I '.varrl •
) 1 in-)-" SI 1 If; Bd
(<ll,<: \'.' f:lp •

2d halt (2r,;2J>)
.'^(iiii Ma-iin I'.i)
I.':u.-f' ft KI.PH •
Sf.-w.-trt ft 'tl,v(,.

NEWARK, N. .1,

Newiu-U . (29)
Gossips of 19.28
BUFFAIX), N. Y.

Century (29)
Jlmmle Roopoy 3
Bin Bcnce Co •
I'antot Rosenblatt -
Cuckoo .
(One to nil)
NIAGARA FALLS

Strand (29).
PoNing Act
Pat ft J Laveila
(;ordon Bd
(Two to nil) .
TORONTO, CAN.

I'anta^es <20)
Ed Luvlne.
Reo RIe.h

Arthur ft Browne
Howard' ft Norwood
Imp Welsh .Singers
HAMILTON, CAN.

Panlnges (29)
4 Kemmys
Shannon ft Cerlos. '
Chas ft J>aTovir
Ward ft Raymond
J Flynn Mln.strul3
TOl-EDO, O.
I'antagCH <20)
Glided Cago
Marty ft. Nancy
Pan (Coleman Co
Trout ft Heff
Wulte'H Family
INDIANAPOI-18 ^
Lyric (29)
,Teweir.<) Manikins
.Moro ft Pedro -
.N'lto fJWlB
llOKH ft (VjRlello
Silver Toes

MINMCAPOLIS
— ^I'anlngcH (29)
Heller ft 1/Orralne
Bay ft Stone .
Jaf:k P.ussell -
Mii"k ft .Sianton
U .MaxelloB. -
REG IN A. CAN.

Capllol
Ist half (29-Bl)
(.-•aio" hill 'jiliiyH
I'Minonlon 2d. .Halt)
Pottle Atherp'in
Ri ddy ft Hyma-n

Ori-eh Drew' .
*J'elarik ft Dean ,
Flaahes of Art -

'rACO>L\, WASH,
Pahtagca (20)

Mltkus 2
Ul.>ia Stralla :
."fllks ft Satlna
Fcrrla ft ElUa
FlRpi)er FreaKle*

POIITLAND, OHB.
Puntages (20)

Dashlngton'a Co - ' . .
Franz Mcl.seV
Jean Barries
Hickman Bros.
Phil Philllpa Bd

SAN FRANCISCO

Pantages (29)
Stanley BroB & A
4 Caddies
NIblo ft Spencer
PIxon ft Morclll
Revue' Unusual

1.08 ANGELES
Puntages (29)
AuUiu His ft Carter
Jack ft Sol Freed
Po Torcgos
Brady ft Mahoney
E Turnham Bd
SAN DIFXJO, CAIj.

PantuKCS (20)
Marcel ft LaSourco
Tohi Kelly
Harry Uaydcn Co
.^r.oit Bros ft V
Fantasy Ki-v •
L'G BKACIf, CAIi,

I'antiiRus (29)
Kratn'T ft I'aullno
J(!!in de RImanoczy,
Alton ft Wilson
-1 In rly- Cooper- Co • •■
•SALT LAKE CITI

Pantages (2.9)
M'azle Punelte
Morris ft Ward
rtolls. Bros ft fllnBcr
G/'han ft GiirroilBon
' (One to fill)

1X>GAN. UTAH

I'an'lageS '
Int half (29-31.) .
(Samo. bill' plays'
Ogdeh :2d half)

hTavV A R D S LXJ AT

:.vBi>NpS FOR INVESTMENT

A.BrLejch & Co.. Inc.. 57 William St.. N

,1 Elllo'ttB Co-ede
Hiitt W'ood ■ J

l''ii.;'k ShiiW .
CALGARV, f'AN,

' PunfagcM (29)
.Marine ft. Bobliy
Kd ."elwyn
.MasterH ft C.rfi'-f Rv
Mff'all ft Keller
ll('p,'iH ft Wallace
.SCOkANE, WASH.

I'iii<liig«-H (29)
. \Ui r- tn^ JiiUi ko.^0 - -
K)i:i rum

,M.'ir<ii'; S.-! ft C
Kr 'i)'"-; ft Jt'>Ii'''K'
j I)< h-rio 'ft Mon-.tio

Kmil Knoff Bro
Kdilh Vorke '
'Mogers I'ev . ' , ^
MiirnH * -We.it
Ale,xti.n>lr:a ft. OlseO
OMAHA. NElt,
Pantages (20)
Jlli-liKra VIntour'
Sii-rling .Sax.o 4
.If'" lif-rnard
Erma I'owell

jO'U-._ty...G!JL., '.

Puntages (29)

?, f li vr. I i.i DM •
I-..:, y K.il"

,KK\TTLE, WA.SJI. I Ye.. |,h..nv Troubles
raoiagcfl (29) , j;,,-;.,n H-rhert

Dance RhapBodifeB I (-'I'wo lo filW

P. - kill-

I'ct'TS'in .
'. I I ■ M'- S<''i';'erH
M.jrj.v Jiii'.f/
]••)•• Mi'-ar'H.e Co ,
VAN(H>I VJCIl. B.C.

Pantages" (29)
I'.r'.i',' 'I 'I "/>'
Art (J,llliaij:

(;-;:y I-':iii:-jy .

Mr.MI'HI'^. TENN,
PantngcH (20)

fi rne'lK

I'M •••,.n Gregory
I If ivtli.n 3
I Ji.,:v Uwiiont 4
I Mnie to Mt)

(CoxiUnued on page 59)

44

VARIETY

TIMES SQUARE

Wednesday, October S4, 1928

m

STEANGE BEDFELLOWS

the inini,nture'mo(iel installoOl, short^
iy ufior tlio original's arrival ■wont
on the blink. "I^ilac Times" similar
ballyhoo in front of thie Contra! still
running. ■ ; ■ ' , \ ,' _'.

]iob1)0 Arnst squawked to thr- PoJit
Onico sonve Iptlers were cpminj; in-
to her that «he d icin' t care iot. Dirty
letters; .. - ■ v ,

Kussell Grouse, the I'osi's col-
umnist who thinks he's acting in
"ThQ OcntlGm:en...of. the. Prdss." is
going- to . press the. acting end liy
playing .he. same role for 'Para-
mount, in -its . talker repraductipn.
oC that play.

.A chorus girl said.she hud been
working steady for fouT: years.
Asked where,, the daniisel answered:
•.'Rehearsing at Bryant Hall."

Mark H&lUnger dragged himself
back from Paris, last week, .loaded
up with a cane, Spats, monocle and
adenoids. lie looks fiatural but
is. still tired of it all. ,

Dick Dix slipped onto Broadway
quietly last week; , .

Percy Burton, th^ Ehglish play--
Wright,, attracted by the. talker,
movement, ia in New York with ia.
couple of trunks full oi scripts.

The team of Hyde and Burriil is
really Mr. and Mrs. Herman Hyde,
and Sally Burrlir is homesiok for'
liOndon.

Ruth Garldnd gets her pictures
in the papers. . Her husband hap-
pens -to be Robert Sparks, press
agent for "This Thing Called Love."

Florence Moore started' as a de-
partment store cash girl. She lost
her job when the.: flbor-wilker
caught her doing . what is now
knOwn as the. blackbottom behind
a counter.

Because Jack Curtis knew Vina
Delmar, when sbe was a tot, , the
author of I'Bad .Girl," is expected
soon to haw a yode date.

Arcady Boy tier, German film
actor, has a wife who looks like a
twin of Pola; Negri. Carroll Pierce,
demon publicity, agent of the Palace
theatre, wonders whether the Smith
College girls pre for Hoover. Or
if they will use . the Hoover adding
machines to count the Smith vote
Take your choice of those terribles —
both are Carroll's— damn him.

M;oa;na Gale, who won Sa.mmy
Goldwyn's contest for the girl who
jcst suited Vilma Banky's "Two
was ^extracted at the hospital by .1 Lovers" .costumes has obtained a job

The y.junAPst ..sciiilcnt ever In
Mornau ' l^ark ^I'ilitai'y Academy. Is
Albert Woinbcrgi 8; son of .Hilly
WoJhberg, the. booker. He holds an-,
other rocoj-d by being in fifth grade
at Ills age. • OfTlcors almost pass
out when IJert -salutes in full uni-
forni.

Critics Jii-o engaged, in their an^
nual prolost , against the manner in
.Which, press agents .'q.uote them in
.ads. .' IClinVinatioh of a few' words-
"to make a Jtotic? read more favor-
able is stili; common, practice, de-
spite' the a nnual squawks.

Sain . Zo.lotow;. the Times legit;
data compilator, was the hero of
a "profile" .sketch' in the New. Yprker
by Alexandor 'WbollcOtt. Quite an
honor, Z.oml- . ' ' \

. .Alice llpuld^h of "Hold Every-
thing," and EddiO Ward, pianist of
the Yaolit Club Boyia, are thinking
of each, other. Arthur Gordoni, the
m. c, spilled the neWs and Ward
gave out his new ditty, "Beautifui
liddy,". dedipated to the blonde
songstress.- ,-

The useless" seX riiade merry last
week at a black-and-tan .drag at the
Siavoy ballroom in Harlem. The
wise mob gbes for this one regular-
ly. ; It's an Arabian Nights* masque
tall, rivaled only by a drag at Rer
halssance hall arinually.

Juhe Ilolbrook Is back In New
. York after a world tour.
. Marguerite White, dancer, has
changed to Peggy as a. front
monicker. • • . -. . '

Josie IntropOdI, famous actress
of anpthef day, reiivea oh the stage
In her daughter who is lead in "The
Trial of Mary Dugan." . •

The vode team Of Shaw a.n<J Lee
have adopted a baby girl.

Dorothy Worthington of the JJeW
Yo.rk World has taken over the
■ bid iHenry Ward Beecher house oh
Columbia Heights, Brooklyn. As a
side line she is j-unnlhg the place
as a; retreat' for writers and krtists.

Alice Foote . MacDougal Is re-
ported selling Jier chain Of atmos-
phei'ic, and effeminate tea rooms to
a New York syndiciateJ .

Entertairiihg friends In a restau-
rant at Mindeh, Neb., Louis pink-
hani, former sword swallower, .com-
pletely downed a knife by accident
It

operation. Pinkham felt telleved.

They're gagging about Mrs. Anne
.li. Stillrnari's permanent picture In
hci new ''Panorama*' weekly -which
she's bankrolling. As style • expei-t*
Mrs. S." has her full-length likeness
in as a standing feature

Mrs. Gerson has on display in her
Times .Stiuarie fudge shop a con
yenience she labels "for better ap
preclatjon pf modern movies." It's
a pair of ear-mufts*

Abe 'Adler, son of the la1;e Jacob
P., eriiinent Yiddish actor-manager,
Is doing ^publicity for George Jes
eel's "War Song,", ballyhooing the
Yiddish trade

■ Walt K. Hill, p. a. for Vitaphone
pictures, had his membership, fee
for the A. M. P. A. retunied to him
because he had not been in the pub
licity racket long enough. Walter's
enly in the racket for 20 years

Four Notre Dame university
men .on Broadway: James Dwyer,
who writes Vitaphone publicity;
Lou Smith, Mary Pick ford's repre
resentatiye; Waltei': O'lvpefe and
Charlie Butterworth, now in "Good

Boy.^' v;

John. Cohen of the "Sun" . had
lunch at the Motion Picture Club
and found nothing to 'criticlf.e.

Warren . Nokan of . United A.rtlsts
. . .Is preparing; a vitriolic essay on
.. press agcn.ts. .'•■--'.

Denius -Kinh' is huhtihg foxes with
the Millbrobk liounds. in Dutchess
Coui-ity, as a yaria.nt.fi-om high C'S

Brona Boris quiti'T-Ioid Every
thing" to go oVi road .with "Rosalie."

Caryl Borgnian sto'ppcd intb Marl-
; lyn' Miller's rdle. last Saturday
matinee on thirty minutes notice

•Al Siegol, uia.no ivlaying husband
of Boe Palmer, is now ai)i)e;tring
solitaire, in vaud with Antonio and
Nina J")cAl.arco

"Pop" Cameron of Cameron Fam
ily has a di.'^colored eye, and some
one asked . him how it happeiicd
_ "My boy gave it to mo trying to
"^pot'"1tT^in1'gIr"anrtli^"'l^^r^
■Pup explained !

Among Sophie Tuc'kiU''s recent
back-stage • visitors^ record Lord
IMclehett, of I^ondon.

The host iiumbef of the political
. iMoyietone broadca.st in the Square,
both from .audience reaction and
general opinion, is Willard Mack's
speech in Al Smitli's behalf. Three
moments in the playwright's talk
Invariably elicit considerable ap
plaHse,

The Oraf Zeppelin broke down in
the Palace theatre lobby. That Is,

Sigma Chi. chapter at - Co-
lumbia has / the . fonner ...Kip
Ithinclander abode -on. Rivor-
.siac drive as - Its .fraternity.
hpu.^6. The boys claim they've
spent most of .fall trying tp
train the mice tp. speak.

.got a letter back and he's still in.
Sydney where he stands as. high a.<i
ci would have stood.lpw; so far away
from the- home lot.

the ranks of the male nierries. .His
big puli is 6)at he will always come
to the. rescue of the lads In desper-
ate situations; for which, reasons
the boys stick to. him. They are
glad when, flu.sh to kick In a hefty
margin for the favor.

Vic Shapiro's Numbers .

Vic Shapiro is broadcasting his
horrio removal to M2 West &4th'
.street, apt. 1.401; phoney Circle 5825.
That's the Garnegie Plaza,

Vic doesn't say where he moved
from or whether by request, biit
anything with Carnegie In it sounds
like the money>!

Loueil la's Daughter Set

Gradtiated from Wellesly College
last June, Harriet Parsons, daughter
of Louella Parsons, pibtiire editor
of the Universal News service^ Is
now a full fledged sceiiat-Ist on; the^
M-iS-M lot at Culver City, earning
$75 a week.

The yOuhg lady was brought to
the Coatst by her mpthier. last sum-
mer; After the latter did consldei:-
able studio canvassing, It is said,
the daughter fOund herself on the
M-GrM payroll. Out at the studio,
they say the l8.-year-01d girl is
going to make a screen treatment
of an important - stage play spon.
That is rather a record fpr a novice
I;, the picture business. As .a rule
it takes considerable experlehce In
other branches Of scenario -preparar
tibn be f pre a screen treatment is
given to a writer. ■; .

M-G-M has a. niimber of "ghost"
writers on the payroll whose names
never appear on the screen, It is
reported.

Poinciana Not Opening
The Royal Poinciana, pioneei'
hotel in Palm Beach and the stamp-
ing grou ntl'.i . for the shp w .mob that
makes the annual; wlntetf migration
to the. Florida ace resort; -w-ill not
oi)cn th is year V due to da mages
caused . by the recent hurricane,
"Those' who niade reservations ' for
this / year before ; leaving for ' the
nrtrth la.<5t seaspn will be taken care
of at the Breakers, operated by the
jiame..interests as the Ponce--

Osterman's Late Dinner

Broadway friends, of Jack Ostet--
nian tendered hinri a bachelor party
Monday night at the . Astor, start-
ing at midnight. It was one of those
belated affair's, Jackie, a Broadway
bouievadier of parts, nia^rr led Mary-
Dolores Daly, showgirl with Zieg-
feld's ""Three Musketeers'- laSt week.

The qtiiet ceremony was per-
formed by judge Louis BrodSky In
the Municipal Building with Mrs,
Katheryn Osterman and Ciairence
Cphen as attendants. .

Objections to the marriage raised
by Miss Daly.'^s fan>ily were played,
up by the tabs with considerable
publicity retiirns fon Gstermari, who.
is finishing up . a Loew engagement
around New York before going. Into
a Shubert' musical, and Miss Daly,
who continues with the Ziegfeld
operetta.

Joy Joint Freezeouts

: Broadway, experts have been feel-
ing a hew cold-shoulder around the
night- joints, due to the recent un-
favorable editorializinMr carnpaigh.
The. boys who write about the joy
joints are being invited to lay off
and thanks for no publicity in the
spots where material used to be
wide opehi ' ' •

"Too many news tips In columns'.'
is given as the reason for. the cur-
fent .freeze-out.

with the: "Vanities" on the strength
of her publicity.

Fred Sykes now on the World.
Martha Drieblatt is off the Tele
graph, of her own volition. If "vol-
ition", isn't ditty.

Eddie Peabody introduced a novr
elty Sunday night at the Paramount
when the new m. c. came out Into
the jammed theatre lobby he en
tertaindd "the waiting standees with
a medley of pop ditties on his banjo.

Arthur Briliarit is manager Of the
Colony, New "York.

Regular medicine sbows with hon-
est to goodness redskins, tom toms
nd magic show ballyhoo have begivti
to appear around Gotham. One of
hem makes regular stands Saturday
nights near the street market along
Second avenue in the Yorkville dis
trict. It Is on a motor truck and
is labelled "Iroquois Indian Remedies
Co." Another has been noted in the
tenement districts about San Juan
hill, 10th avenue above 59th street,
Wagon i.s labeled "Famous Indian
.Herb Co" . ..: .^^l,. ^1/

T. Joe Cahill, chuck wagon, boss
of the Rodeo at Madison Square
Garden, chucked a free chii.ck last
nite ■ ('Tuesday ; midnite) to the
new.spaper bunchv

The VVMSG announcer ballyhooed
on the air that llerbort Hoover
drew an over-capacity attendance
of 2(5,000 in Madis»pn Square Gar-
den and that 100,000 more -were
storming the gates. According to
Times Square cyp-Witnesscs, 8th
avenue around tlie Garden was, no
more obslructed than the board-
walks of New York usually are, and
that capacity did not obtain within
Judging by the Square's visitoro,
the Long Island, peasants, Klnzers,
etc., comprised the majority of the
altt'ndaiice.

Boarding School Play

Arthur Hopkins' second production
of the season, "These Days," wrlt-

|t_en _,by_KAith .^Cliii^tj)nj_n

Installment Reviewing

Russel (Buck and Wing) CrOuse,
New York "Evening Post" colunin7
ist, who has " ah Equity card and
everything and thinks he's a regu-
lar legit, because of his eight-line
role In . "Gentlemen of the jPress,"
is the "champ dasher In-and-puter
at firist nights. Crpus'e comes In at
premieres with his wife, . AliSpn
Smith, the "Morning World" re-
Viewer, stays until 9:30, when he
dashes back' to his public at the
48th St. and returns just about in
time for the final curtain.

Croiise to date has seen 17 pre-
miere first-acts and 11 finals.

' Talkers, and Dress
Girls from legit who have been
doing odd jobs in eastern produced ■
talker shorts are complaining about
the dress problem.

There is, no fasi^Ion advisor who
knows, photographic values of de-
signs beyond the simple stage of
red and white impracti allty. The
girls sometinies have to lug an en-
tire wardrobe to the studios in order
to have one costume selected.

The girls have to learn for them-
selves that brilliants get too much
light and that Stripes are . not slen-
derizing. The make-up men in the
various.: shops ..have .been fiillng in
as hit or miss fashion advisors.

Erich's Rewards

Erich von Stroheim's recent cam-
paign among the local spbbies bore
luscious fruit when "The Wedding
March" provoked unanimous per-
sonal raves among, tiie scribbling
girl -.friends.

Erich had thie gals hooked on his
recent visit by discoursing on the
amoro.us possibilities ot his Inter^
Vie\vers. He gave every caller an
O. K. and niade stauncher ftriends
than vanity cases, bbn bohs or
scotch h.ave ever achie ^^d.

The system is simple enough to
be copied by any Hollywood guests
courting newspaper support.

has- to

SCllOQl

of "CTUsll(>s'*

atmosphere.

do with a girl's boarding
It is frank on the subject
and . boarding school

Chorus Boys'. Financier
. A funny angle of the Broadway
show stuff is the chap, bearing
evry mark of nuM\dicancy, who
goes the rounds back-stage during
intermissions. He makes loans to
tb.e cluirus boys, ehronleally strap
ped. While Rrabliing off big usury
ho is swampi'd with .(.'uslomers Crom

Australian Dropt, In

Frank E. .Hansen, exploitation di-
re tor for the Union. Theatres
(chain) Australia, looked New York
I and its theatre promotion methods
I Pvcr"fbr"tw6"'WeRlr^Ii€'ir^]?l\^
Coast another look and then get
home (Sydney) at Xmas time, when
it*s red hot on the under side.

Ilensen was sent in over here by
Eric Gorrlck, dranmtlc editor of
Society irj^ Sydney and Variety's
Australian correspondent for sev
I oral years. About three years ago
Gorrick wrote to ask what was
the prospect of picking up a good
newspaper job in New York. He
wanted to hop over. 6,000 miles!
And Munsey then making two go
into one ove'ry other weekl Erie

Fam HOUSE REVIEWS

. (Cpntlniied from page 39)

turning. The m. c. effects, those e^t
tra wide trousers while bounding
around, and will bounce bn this spot
for six weeks. He may thereafter
alternate , with Ash ; between this
house and the new Brooklyn. Para
mount. However, anotlier .Story fs
that Peabody's Publi.x contract ex-
pires at the end of these six weeks.
He figures to have a pleasant stay,
Best bit of showmanship; connect-
ed with this week's bift hinges on
Jess CraWford*S playing- of the theme
song, "Varsity Girl," for next week's
picture, "Varsity" ■ (Par). This is
accompanied by wOrd slides backed
by. stills of Buddy Rogers'and Mary
Brian, who are in the feature. It's
a break for the film and the music
publisher, besides being among the
few smart ideas developed for these
supposed song . fests in a house
which never sings. . A follow-up
melody on the organ carried a kid
ding lyric bn raccoon coats, strictly
appropriate for the Incoming film,
but probably a published number
Mrs. Crawford joined for the finish.
Which -was a ballad that didn't be-
long and couldn't follow the inter
est In the stills of the theme tune
nor the . smiles for the raccoon
wording. • .
. Weekly sound short has displaced
the orchestra production. This week
it is Fox -Movietone's "The Honor:
System," with Clark and McCul
lough. - Short was previously at the
Gaiety, where they liked it less for-
$2 than here at pop prices. How
ever, in neither house was, anybody
overcome with hysterics.

Newsreel : went 'hine . minutes, in-
clusive of a two.-mlnute Technicolor
style insert for Barbara, .Kent, Sally
Eilers and Anita Paige to display
millinery screen credited to John
Wanamaker, Actual news shots,
flve^ were all Parambuhti !"rake
Me Home" (Par), led a program that
-was 12 minutes over the regulation
two -hours'. .

Sunday business excellent and no
press section any. more on the Sab
b.ath. See it Saturday or be your
self— "Usher, call me.at 3.15." Sid.

COLONY

(WIRED)
(NEW YORK)
. New York, Oct. 21.

. Bally hooed . as _;;the ^rst lOO^pr

cent talker," "Tl^e Mclody'of Love*"'
(U) drcxv buisiness Sunday after
noon, probably, supplemented by
Ben Bernle, now a fixture at Uni
versal's . Broadway . hangout, and
working up a following aniong the
alley's: stroller^.. .

"Melody . of Love" (discussed In
Variety of Oct. 17 on its ■ West
Coast release) is better on its lobby
promises than in Its screening. This
is the hurry-up film rushed through
with a sound apparatus borrowed
from thd Fox plant A title run in
connection with the screening, ex
pressing Mr, Loetuftile's appreci&-

llon of the Fox aid in making th«
sub.ioct, is not without its coniedy
angie.

I'icture shows its catch -as-caLch-
cdn . making. It has sevci'al good
comedy bits, such; as a dice gam*
in the hold of a troopship iruer-
ruptod by the . .sergeant,- and a
hokum -.sijiuud, drill with the same
hard boiled soldier in charge. Story
is just an -excuse to string along a
number of songs,, mostly popular
durii: . the war; and it has war ef-
fc -'s as a backgi'ound. Songs rog«
istor splendidly, but the talk ia
sometimes terrible; .,

.Seeking to build ,.up tiie . sound
side of the program, they offer one •
short of Barnum and Bailey, blabk- -
face pair in songs and talk. Maia
title does not specify the sound de-
vice as usual, br.t tl.e siibject ap-
parently is Vitaphbne No. 2558«
'The Globe Trotters" (Vita made
three with this pair); It's just a
light, early ■ Spot number, . <.h©
mammy aon^a of Bill Bailey bo-
ng its strong point. Talk is vaude-
ville hoke and' does not reg^ister well
in the mechanicals. Both men dresa
in silk hats . and frock coatis. and
Barnum plays, the banjo and 'cellp,
besides sprlng-ing. the gags as they
are fed by Bailey,. - iNo sound maker
has yet been able to time talk, ex-'
changes: naturally and the . laughs
are : mild . because: they ; sound
canned.

Ben Berrtie .filled in 35. minutes
-with four band nunibers, his Own
particular brand of joshing and a, ,
group Of specialty people, two of
them introduced : as \ new. Th iss
are Mildred Roselle, a; young singer ■
and- dancer, and Empgene Coca,
even younger,: ditto. Both girls did.
nicely/ thanks more to : Ben's per-
suasive . introductory than to any,,
thing special In their Style. Morris
and Rapp, Berriie's dancing . boy
proteges, helped vastly; espeGially
a. kidding, interlude between tha .
leader and Morris, who has comedy .
possibilities. The Six Ifolony ; Kit- .
tehs tapped tiirough two numbers,
fresh frbm Mr. Wayburn's training,
and still over anxious and a little
scared. .

Newsreel was straight inter':na-
tiOnal, il rhinutes of_lt. Some good
shots of the Graf Zeppelin in the
navy's Lakehurst : hangar, with mob
leaving all matches., at the gate.
Series of bits from the day Is news,
such as Princess Mary in Ireland,
the Socialist candidate for. pres-
ident. A spirited record of Jus-
tiniain winning the feature at the.
opening of Empire City track and
series of inspiring views of U. S. .
submarines in maneuvers, climax-
ing; with tl^rilling shots of destroy-
ers at full speed through heavy seas.

There is In addition an animated
cartoon short of the usual sort, thie
whole show running twp hP.urs and
20 minutes; V . Rush.

ROXY

(Wired) .
(NEW YORK)

New York, Oct. 21.

Pretty fancy Stage stuff at the .
cathedral this week, with the eccle-
siastic, touch featured in the "Cav«%
aileria Rusticana" overture presen-
tation. An impressive sacred flash
haa heen developed from the Mas-
cagni operatic motif. It's 'a colorful
conception, transpiring on a plaza
in front of a cathedral.

The other feature presentation is au
"Autumh Leaves" ballet with Patri-
cia Bowman and Nichplas Daks
as the dancers; assisted by Alexan-
def Kbtchetovoky, George Kiddon,
Aaron Tamaroff and Kathryn La
Eyles, the Roxy ballet corps and
Russell B. Markert's 32 Roxyettes
In the background. As the title im-
plies, it's a seaspnal interlude, clev-
erly developed and interpreted, par-
ticularly by the Columbine, Harle-
quin and Pierrot dancers..

The Markert Roxyettes -figure in
a snappy "Practice Hour" dance
flash, showing, with more or less
realism, hOw the gals limber up and
then are paced through a couple of
routines by a number leader, It.,
brings into display the Markert
style of precisipn ytepping.

A silhouette,, featuring Rose and
Arthur Boylan, is the prolog to
"Me, Gangster," a: not overly strong
Fox program: feature; The silhou--
ette makes use of the "Sidewalks of
New York" motif, topped off by a
highway robbery with a silhouetted
huge hand degcendihg from above
to signify, the grip of the law as
the prolog fade-out Into tlie picture..

The news reel (silent) employs
what may or may not be a new-
sound effect to lend mob. reality to
scenes such as those of Smith's
presidential ballyhoo, the Bi-itish
Queens* review of English troops
a,hd New York's tumultuous greet-
ing to Dr. Hugo Eqkener, the com-
mander of the Zep. It almoat ap-
proaches a Movietone sound effects.
TPr^ro^airsrar"Pi^n>abiy=ar^
backstage gadget for the re-enac-
tion of crowd noises, cheers, swell-
ing rumble of mob voices, dull roars
of . crowds, etc., this mechani9al
contrivance sound idea is further
developed with a realistic airpla.ne
motor, swishing of water waves,
etc. In the cm-rent hews reel, al-
though these latter are no novelty
embellishment ' for the Broadway
picture fans.

The Movietone reel is reviewed an
detail elsewhere, as a combination
of the shorta shown here and .nt
the Strand, ^f"^'*

Wednesday, October 24, 1928

TIMES SQUARE

VARIETY

45

Stories by Jack Conway

From 1920, onward, Jack Conway wrote a series of stories appearing
In Variety. Mostly the stories dealt with baseball and prize fights, players
and puds* In them, Jack, writing in the first person and letter form to a
mythical *'Chick," was the manager of the ball teiam or of a fighter Jack
named Tomato* ■

This Series, without sequence, since there was, no continuity to the
different articles, will be reprinted weekly for several months.'
'The first, below, appeared in Variety of December 17, 1920. Each rtory
«Yi|l carry its original single column head.

CON'S LOVE M
DEAL GUMS THE WORKS

All Has Gone Wrong Since
Cuthberrs Wife Joined Out

By JACK CONWAY

Rorne, N. T., Dec. H.

Dear Chick:

Balzac ivas right when he- said
love, and friendship was apple
sauce. Evier since Cuthbert's wife
Joined u3 out, things hiEive been
breakln' tougher and tougher. .

. i told you about that, iaghtei- I
grabbed. Well, I thought it would

be a ^reat idea

to stick him in

the: act and see

if we couldn't

take the nut ofE

for the hot meat

he s u r r o u n ds

daily. .

I suggested to
the manager
her e that he
might bill my
porcupine and
let him offer to
forfeit a hun-
dred berries . If
he didn't stop
any of the local «rkM
pugs within ftye . COl^^
rounds. The local manager thought
it was great stuff and shipped it to
the daily In this burg and they ate

it up. .

Everything was rosey up to
Wednesday night. I had it fra,med
with the spot-light guy to shine the
light in the eyes of "Tomato's;' .op-
. potiehts. This blinded them and my
sockologlst would then bury that
right wham of his on. the end of
their chins and they kept floppln'
all week.

Wednesday night the spot-light
bird sticks me up for dough and I
told him to hold his horses, ; that I
would pay him off at the end of the
date. He didn't look tickled, but I
never dreamt that the beef was
goln* to wind up the way it d;id.

A local lightweight called Stock-
ings Kilroy '. jumped on the stage
after X had made the usual an-
nouncement that '"Tomato" would
stop any 135-pounder in the vicin-
ity or forfeit a , hundred bucka
This bird looked tough, but t wasn't
Worryin'. none, for I knew that my
pork and beaner had his odds with
the lighting effect and everything.

The slab was .packed to the doors
with a mob of rooters all pUlling
for Stockings to knock my pug's
brains out. . They stripped down
back stage and got busy. Stockings
showed a nice left jab and seemed
• to know his right ha nd from his
left; which is more thaii a lot of'
• these so-called box fighters do. .
I had arranged with the spot-light
gUy that when I pulled a handker-
chief out of my kick he was to put
the spot . on the other pug and To-
mato was to let his right go from
the floor. .

I let the thing go a round, fer my
battler didn't seem' to be in any
danger, and i wanted to give the
clever kickers a run for their jack.
. At the middle of the third round
I flashed the handkerchief and
yelled for Tomato to. pop. Can you
Imagine my feelings when the sap
in. the gallery turns the light on my
ogg plant and Stockings slams To-
mato on the jaw, knockin' him as
cold as one of Campbell's slabs.

I was goin' to take a desperate
chance and throw -.vater on him, but
the wolves was almost on -the stage
and I ligured I wouUl have to run
=^.=rf oK^th f^ri\i\ road -.fita tion- lf.i J;Ei£d=it...,
.^Voll. to make, a serial shorter, I
had to- hook my. hoojih' to niake good
1hd hunOrcd bucks, for I had prom-
Ispd the manager that I would take
all thp risk if he. wouUl put Tomato

I haven't lost faith in my battlfi',
b.'it 1 hayo in hiinian nature, for I
j'l^t ilis-covei-ed that the spot-liRlit
fjuy is Stockiri.i^H' brother.

Your old pul,

Con.

DRIVER APOLOGIZED

Misi Rhauit then Withdrew Lar
ceny Complaint .

After he had at)oU!glzea to La,url-
ette Rhaiilt, 209 West 87th street,
hostess, Jacob Newberg, 26, taxi
chauffeur, 1611 Nelson avenue,
Bronx, was released . by Msigistrate
Sllbermaii in West Side Court,

Newberg "Was arrested by Detec-
tivei Townsend of headquarters
after the young, woman had report
ed that Newberg had taken her two
suitcases cohtainingr costumes . and
wearing apparel and checked them
at the Hotel. Endlcott, refusing to
give her the checks.

iShe said she engaged, Newberg's
taxi, at Liberty street and . asked to
be ' driven to an address in West
84th street^ When arriving there
she had but tl, while the meter
read $2.40. She told this to New-
berg, but he insisted on. his fare.

They went to the Endlcott, where
she called" friends, but failed to re
ceive ah answer,, It was then she
said Newberg took" her bags and
placed them In the check room, and
announced she could get them back
when paying the remaining $1.40

Newberg, at first charged with
larceny, explained hie had no Idea
of keeping the baggage and said
he thought he was within his rights
in checking the bags.

Free Tea Readiiig

New restaurant stunt being
tried out in Brooklyn. Tea
room using the Personal Col-
ums of the dailies to announce
free reading of your fortune in
the tea. leaves...

The rhyme In ad reads
thusly: ■

A diaihty lunch, a 6up of tea, : .
Yottr future to}d that you may

. ■'■ see ■ ■
Tour fortune in the grounds of
' tea,

■ CHfted readers v>iil read your ted
■ cup free.
Crowds are falling for this
stuff.

Slot Machines Bring
Storekeepers to Court

Greenwich Village

By LEW NEY

There Is a feeling among thou-
sands of' young free spirits and cre-
atiyo artists all over Amorioa that
th'oy need the Village and that the
Village needs thorn. Sonicwlvere or
somehow they have read or heard
about this queer quarter around
Washington Square; deeply and
expectantly thoy sense that hero
they shall find atmosphere and kih.-
ispirUs. ' • ■ ' -

When these .eager ones arrive
they . are mostl;;'^ lured to' the same
commercialized tearooms . and res-
taurants that exist for the slum-
riier. Many linger on for days and
weeks without meeting any one
who masters in their idealistic
scheme^ things. They eventually
leave, disgusted and disillusioned.

Seaside Beant Secured
Loan on Car; Arrested

Said to have been the popu-
lar beauty of Gerritsenis Beach,
Sheepshead Bay, for three yearS,
Mabel Boehle, 20, phone operator,
of 104 Hyman . Court, Brooklyn, in
West Side Court be|fore A^agistrate
Sllbermann on the charge of grand
larceny was held in $1,000 bail for
the Grand Jury. Ball was fur
nlshed.

During the court proceedings, the
former popular beauty chewed her
fingernails with nervousness. She
was arrested by Detective Frank
Harkins of the West 47th street
station, charged with swindling
finance companies. The complain
ant, Harry Shelsy, treasurer pf the
Hood Commercial Corporatloii, 1775
Broadway, testified that she had
obtained a loan of $925 on an auto
that she. is alleged to have stated
was f reC; and clear. SheTsey stated
that the car was not clear of loans
that had been taken out on it.

: Edward V. Broderlck, attorney, of
29 iBroadway, cross -exaniined Shel-
sy and elicited that despite a. fee |
paid by Miss Boehle for investiga-
tion purposes they gave her the
loan. Broderick . scored the meth'
ods Of the .finance companies when
he made the usual motion to the
com-E^foF a" dismissal; "'T ~ "

Hai-dly a wieek goes by that de-
tectives under Deputy Chief Inspec-
tor Janies S. Bolan. f all to bring tc
West Side Court a. dozen ppsse.s.s.ors
of slqit machines. Invariably the
magistrates hold the defendants for
trial . in Special Sessions. The de-
fendants are chaged with having a:
gambling device in the store.

The sleuth, testifies playing the
machine and getting slugs in re-
turn. These are cashed for mer-
chandise. The machine is seized by
the police and the tradesmen ar-
rested. Not only are_ adults gypped
but numerous complaints have been
received by parents of school chil-
dren beipg victimized out of their
nickels.

Storekeepers are. chary ' about
placing . them in their stores. But
whieh they are told by the owner
of the machine that their share of
the . Income is 50. per cent, they take
the chance. .

A theatrical . delicatessen . dealer
was amazed to learn : from ^somc
friends that the machine, was a
/ambling device and that he was
stibject to arrest.

'Why," said the sandwich dealer;
"the agent of the machine concern
offered to leave $50 with me for my
bail in the event that 1 . was ar
rested. . He said, 'Take this 50
dollars if you fear that you are
going to be arrested. This will be
ybur bail.'":

Many of these machines arV
parked in stores on .8th avenue.
"Tradesmen of eviery kind have fallen
for the chatter of the loquiacibuiB
agent of the slot machines.

Eugene Scheer, 42, restaurant
owner, of 701 West liSOth street,
with a store at 106 West .71st
street, was arraigned before Magis-
trate. Jesse Silbermann chargeil
with having, a slot machine in his
premises. He was arrested by de-
tective David Smith of P.olan'n
staff and held in. $50 bail for
further examination.

SIR JOS. TELLS WHY
HE WANTS PUBLICITY

To Help Variety Sell More
Papers— Can Print His
Picture, Too

Tobacco^s Early Start

Two hiindrod arid fifty years ago
the Dutch planted tobacco here-
abouts. The Washington Square was
theii a swamp in . which Mirietta
Waters wiggled its way in and out.
The Indians were spirited away by
rum and. warfare.". The advcnr
turous Dutch, settlors called this
section Boasen Bouwcrie, meaning
the farm in the woods..

■Tho English occupation, begin-
ning in 1604, brought about early
changes... Tobacco had probably ex-
hausted the scant though fertile top
soil. The large Dutch plantation
was divided Into several estates
which became the -property of those
who had the power to get them,
riossen Bouwerle becarne Green
Wich, meixnlng Green Village, and
pronounced Grlnnich. Redundant-
ly it soon developed Into Greenwich
Village.

Lanes and Streets

Epidemics of- yellow fever , ca,me
to New York ooritinually. Gradual-
ly its alarmed citizens developed the
habit of finding refuge on the un-
congested a,nd. hearhy ^o.'itatcs in
Greenwich Village, mo.stly immune
from .the scourge. . ' .. „

. The last great exodus from New
York had occurred in 1822. At that
time the population nvimbeicd 135,
000, and 125,000 . moved north of
Canal'.Stroot over night.
. The chanfc thoroughfares of that
day- and .night arid those established
earlier became our streets arid jive-
nue.s and- courts and places and
lanes of today. The city planners
could not move hundreds of well-
buiit houses to fit their: scheme for
an orderly layout.
- Artd thus we have to this day
scores of .short streets running In
all directions. A fo\v turn at odd
angles, one at . a right angle and
another ends' in a fork. NO wonder,
thf-n, that it is so difficult to find
your.sclf in Greenwich Village.

Man-Wife's Income Tax

Washington, Oct. 23,
Man and wife when engaged in
business together may file separate
returns for Income tax purposes the
board of tax iappeals has ruled.

Attorneys here believe ruling is
broad enough to cover professionals
working together.

Decision was handed down in the
case of Charles Brown vs. Commis-
sioner of Internal Revenue. Docket
numbers 27780, 31428, Board of Tax
Appeals.

Noisy Taxis

As a re.sult of complaints re-
ceived hy Captain Edward Lennon,
.•\\:cs.t^4jjth^atre.et^iation^.^Pi^^^^
dents' In tho vicinity of Zio.trfel'l
Uieatr<3 relative to chauffeurs blow-
ing tlioir horns infe.s.«antly. almost
nightly. Policeman Duii.<;ton wa.s a.s-
.signed .to make an inve.«ti;^atlun.

After standing near tho th'-atrc
•for two nights as the ahow was
l.roakirig, the noise made by taxi-
cab eliauffours was so tcrrinc the
cop served a doxen ,summon.-;es on.
ha^^kmen. Most of th'-m pleaded
guilty and were fined $2 <«ich.

Westport's 2 Sensations;
Bill Hart's Sister in One

Wcstport, Conn., Oct. 23. ' .
This.httlo town completely revo-
lutionized in the- last few years by
the coming of many, actors and . art-
ists to make their home here had at
least two vivid experiences thi:;
week occasioned throuf,h the pro-
fession, that set. the place on its
ear. . ; ■

If^plcture fans think that" William.
S; Hart, idol Western two-gun man,
Is good on the airn, thoy Khould see
his -sister,' Mrs. Francc.s Hart::
Biorck, who lives here. in thi.s siim^
town where her brother makes his
eastern .home. • Mrs. Bicrck heard
someone breaUlng into the ground
floor of her home, located in ' a
spar.sely settled . section of / to^vn.
After, calling police she set out to
perhaps citch the intruder herself,
She . fired a. shot with her revolver
just as .a policeman drove irito the
estate. The huUet whizzed r-'iKt the
o'fneor, .mi.ssing him by but a scanty
few- feet...

The second .shock camo when Di'-
board .of selectmen wont lnt.6 c'oii-
sulitition to see whether or not
they, wpulf] permit, Virf-'iriia . Morti-
mer, show girl and. nio'lf-l fer Art-
i.st; J-:verett . Riinn'.s ."nude pasl' l."
whi'^h was barred from ihf l"'-:i!
Y. M.'C. A, as "indfCfn*," rvr to
come to W';str'Ort a:'ain. .The t'>-.yii
..f-f ^.h^..l-r^..(.1 f.<ii tl.cjl.^tliJtt=, tiic ■'^^ 'ir,:^ V. h i <li
tho New York M'rr'.r piiri''il
they had. hanrird tlie (-'irl- fp'.'J.
\yf.'-lr"^'rt was. "ri.dlnilou'^." f-'orn'-
onf in the villat-'f; hall off. .-od t!.'-
infor'L.'ition tliat it rni.'h' ]■■.>'■■<■ I 'c rj
ori>- of "(hem there! pri.ss <;t n o I
1 X' V-rthelr-ss \Ves't'''''t ■''
,iri;; n,«r'- soi.histie.'ilr d. '/!.<• I;.'"- '
Ijh tl.'-- W'T-tport Ti!' :i'"- < 'H I.

Hallowe'en

Next Friday night Ilallowc'cn is
anticipated by. the lir.st 'Village ball
of the .season at Webster Hall. It
is lOggpla'nt Arcns semi-annual af-
fair with costumes or evening dress
obligatory.

lili-s. .le.'olno Cook has settled In
her remodeled stable on Morton
Street to be near her tempera-
M'.ental tenants, if any.

l<'o.r two yars Galjriol Vincent,
lieUd\vail<-r of the Tjafayotte, had

hidden ^ . a^ "T^'O^lng — melancboly

caused by the death of two brothers.
Vinrent ended it all last week in
(he'l-'airview Cemetery, in New Jer-
sey, when his brollifrs were buried.

.Tlve tyiihoid (jiidc mic of the past
month, c(/rifiiir:d to the northwest
c.orni-r of the Vill,'i«e, has- developed
over r/O esiyc'S, four of them fatal.
..MO.'^t of these have b'-eti fracf-d to a
"carci' r,"- Fre'fcrick Motrsch, now
j.sol.itf'd In the Uivcrsid<- JIdspital. .

Sir Joseph Glnsburg, the last of
his race and refusing, all dares -to
marry, stuttered Into Varitgty's of-
fice, tp urge niorc publicity for. him-
self. ■■

"You. can't shut off on me this,
way," said Sir Jos. "I've been only
once In Variety in three months and
my friends are disappointed.. I'm .
a national charadter, the King of
the RaldOt me. The Great Sir Josr ,
eph Girizburg." :

Conflderitially informed that he
had an enemy on Variety's start who
tore up o'very story written about
hirin for . the paper, Sir Joseph
heaved a couple of slgha.

"That makes me feel better," ho
said. "I thought it ivas prbfossional
jealousy by someone, and though I
hate to rnentlon his name, I sus- .
pected j;ohn -McCormaok, Jr. - ' .

"You fire that eneniy of mine and
It whl help Variety," Sir Ginsberg
continued. "He.'s an enemy of. the
paper, too, because when you don't
print a story about me my, friends
don't buy the paper."

Sir Joe wiis told he's "an awful
bust as an amateur press agent. It
seemed to. hurt him. He claimed ho
did not want his name nientloned
except as a apur.for.Varloty's clrcu-
latjon. He disliked to see, .said Sir
Joe, Variety go on the fritz just be-
cause it didn't kncw eriouph to write^.
aomething. every week about the
Great Sir Joseph GInzburg. .

Sir Joe's System.

If his friends dldn-t buy. the paper,
how would they know , whether it
had anything about him, Sir Jos.
was a.sked. Sir Joseph replied tliat
when anything was In Variety about
him, he phoned his friends to buy
.and read' .

"That costs me nothing," added
Sir Joe. "I use Mr. Willie's phone
when Mrs. Willie Is at the butch-
er's/'. , ' .

Sit Joseph started to figure on
his fingers when asked how many
friends he had with 25 cents to .
spend on. hlni. As he held up his
hands the same diamond ring
flashed as It did some months ago.
It had a fresh plede of garlic In U.
Sir Joe explained that the old piece
of garlic had grovvn dusty and the •
ring had been In storage oyer the
summer.

"I know of seven . people who
would buy Variety If I told them
to," said Sir .Toacph. after labori-
ously finishing his count. "That
doesn't take in Mr. Willie either. Mr.
Willie doesn't like some of the
things Variety writes about hl.s pal,
the Groat Sir Joseph Ginsherg, so 1
told him to buy but one paper and
let Mr. Gene read it. See, that cheats,
you out of one .sale rightaway.

Public kept Waiting

"I'm a national character and the
public wants to hear about rne." Sir
Joey repeated, "If you want . to
print my pletiire,, that . wlH J!J?--?JJ>
right," and Sic Joo Hnrtllod, again
exposing the .gold tooth he is carry-
ing around Iri case he goes broke.
Sir Jo.seph' had a picture. It waS
taken 15 ye' rs ago In San Francisco
and there was a girl alongside of
him In It. -She was either trying to
kl'.ss. or sock. him.

sir Jo.seph denied that was the
wife he Is alleged to have deserted
In Frisf.o wh/»n she nsk^d for some-
thing to eat between meals. "Don't,
.say I ever was married," said Sir
Josei)h, "or I'll sue you and get some
money that way. I'm never going
to marry< ..I'm a national character,
;ind I -won't split my rep v/ith any
.woman." .■

Kir Josejih laughed riff a iriueslion
about tli'' la.**! of his raec ■ "I shouhl

3rd Party on Scene;
Betty Randolph Absent

f ;)'f-c.riwich, Conn., Oct. ."3.

Wedding h'-\'.H have failed a;<ain
i.o ring f'T K-tty Ua.ndtilph. She ,
W...S- s< l,...lu]ed to be man led hr.i e '^^^o over that, he .said hat
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46

VARIETY

T I M E S S Q OAR E

Wednesday, October 24, 1928

A Night in a Yiddish Tiirkish Bath
Where the Floor Show Never Stops

"Don't get excited, Sam, use con-
trol.. . : Ten vaudeville acts^they
aay, all stars. . . . .

"Not in the Water, you dope, that's,
no place for a gin flask. . . ,

"You warina eo Tight away to the
MUslc Hall? . You can't. - . ,.
jT^hy can't you ? Because it's a strict
rule they wOn't allow nobody in
the Music Hall unless you take a
bath first. . You don't believe
me, ask the boy. Walt, I'll aak him:
^£ty, boy, this is LIbby's Baths,
no? • . '. We wanna go Into the
itiusic Hall, . ; Oh, . we gotta take
* bath first!'

' "They won't let us In before we
g«t one of those white sheets, Sam.

"These club chairs are comfort-
able. . . Your head hurts? I told
you to lay off the poison in the last.

Don't get .fidgety, Sam, you
make me nervous. The. show starts
ahy minute now. . . , Goes on all
night, Sam, until Ave in the morn-
ing;.. . , ;■

"You think all those guys in white
sheets makes it look like a meet-
ing of . the Ku Klux Klan? But
the accent, Sam, the accent . . .

''Don't, Sam, don't holler at the
man that way .. . . No, of course
not, that's the master Qf ceremonies.
> . Yeh, the fat- little man who
looks like he's goniia .start crying
all of a Sudden. Maybe , they' owe
him money. ... Why does he
wear a silk suit? ^

"The master of ceremonies has an
accent? They wouldn't underistand
him- here if he didn't, Sam. . . .

"I'here'.s the orchestra now, Sam.
The. guy with, the , fiddle is Kortch-
Kortch-Kortchmaroff. . . . . You
don't have to sing, Sam, they have
singers coming out later. . . Nice,
peppy, Russian music. .. . .

"Quick, Sam, whattsamatter! you
got convulsions? Oh — ;heh— heh,
you're laughing. . . . Ah, from the
signs. . . . The One on the right.
. . . 'Guests are respectfully re-
quested not. to go to sleep on the
floor'— '

"Don't , be so rude/ Sam. If the
boys in the band wanna smoke
cigar butts between numbers whose
business is it? . . .. Awrl£[^ht, Sam,
don't take it to heart. . . .. Of
course I'm your -pal. ... Sure,
sure you're, a great guy and I'm
your best pal. ...

In Yiddish

"The show's starting, Sam. The
m. c. is gonn^. Introduce the first

act. .... Look, Sam; he's Sore be-
cause the men in the ba,nd are hold-
ing a convention behind his baick-
(ind . arguing so loud he can't hear
himself. . .. . ■ ■

?'He was .speaking in Yiddish Sam,
and he asked the audience not to
create any "dlsturbiinces. . ; You
feel undressed with only a sheet to
cover you? Don't worry, Sam, this
audience Is strictly st^g, nO dames.

"Don't be, so critical, Sam, what
if the boys in the band work In
their shirt-sleeves, should you hold
it against .theih! "They mean well.
. . . . So it's only a . four- piece or-
chestra, Siani, but as long as they're
enthusiastic. What they . lack in
volume they make up for in ve-
hemence.

"Here comies Adolph King, Sam,
the m. G. says to give him a hand.

. . No, don't cheer, it isn't neces-
sary. You are showing too much ex^
uberance, Sani. . . .

"Whattsamatter, you don't like
A. k.'s sorigs , about love, courtship
and marriage ? Don't forget he made
thehi up himself. , >. . Now that
wasn't very kind, Sam, the boy may
have hidden talent. ...

"Daye Meyrowitz, Sam, is this
guy's name. He's singing Yiddish..

, i It's a song claiming the Jews
wrote the Encyclopedia Brltantiica.
. I don't care either, Sam.

$2 Lambs

..»■■■

"Did you hear that, Sam, two
Broadway stars the m. c. said.. .. .
You never hea:rd of the Brown Sis-
ters? . . .'No, you're rlgh,t, it's,
kinda hard to Imagine a couple of :
stars coming down t6 entertain in
a two-bit joint for a stag, audience.
.. i . Guess you hit it, . Sam, looks
like a couple of Ely Sobel's $2 lambs
strayed from the beaten path. . . ^

"Don*t be impatient, Sam. it's
liable to get better . . , They save
.the. best acts, for the finish. . . .

"Hear, that? The m. c. says he's
got an 'artiste' named Leonid - Sam -
atoff who got $2,000 a week on the
stage in Russia. He's gonna put oh
a skit called 'A" Night In a Bar-
room.'

"No; Satn, not very good. . . .
I don't think he got $2,000 a week In
Russia, either. There isn't that
much coin In the whole Russian
show business, Sani:. . . . You
wanna walk? . . . They got some
more all star actors, Benl Feldman,
Herbert Rosenbald, Max Goldln. .
Awright, Sam, don't burn, I'm go-
ing

Chatter in Loop

Iniac.curate Biographies

Carol Frink

Carol Frink la picture critic for
the Herald-Examiner.

Little Carol's life has been Just
packed with this and that; When
other babies were learning to crawl,
and to keep nasty things out of
their mouths, our heroine was leg-
ging a beat for the St. Nicholas
magazine, between bottles. The
Exanilner found her hoofing the
Loop one day arid advertised : her
in the lost and found column. When
nobody claimed her, they put her
to work aa "Our Little Girl Re-
porter" and. told her she mustn't
stairt a story with a, an or the. ,

Ring Lardner was on the Tribune
at the time, and scooped her witli
an article titled "Our Little Girl
Reporter Takes a Drink." This so
unnerved Carol that she took up
picture reviewing for a rest. She
is still resting.

As her folks may have noticed.
Miss Frink is the most accurate
critic in Chicago, according to.
Variety's box office score. She
achieves this accuracy by asking
herself each time If she likes the
picture. If shia -says no, she asks
hei^self why and then writes What
she says to herself. Thus she Is
able to write a comiplete review
without thinking.

Miss Frink has copyrighted . that
idea, so lay oflt. .

BROADWAY GUIDE

(Changes Weekly)

Ashton on His Biog

One of the best breaks "Variety,
ever had here occurred when Ash-
ton Stevens, drama , panner for the
Hearld-Examiner, reprinted the bi-
ography of himself first printed in
this department and called it the
most accurate and concise -piece of
history ever written about Ashton
Stevens.

Stevens ate supper at home last
night.

Steve Trumbull is the new cafe
reviewer for the Chicago Journal.

First goofy hoofing . contest In the
Loop, on Randolph across from the
Oriental, was quite a flop and blew
suddenly. Owners of the/ building
are attempting to convert the first
floor into , a concession hangout,
with a silhouette artist aind. orange
juice stand already in.

Ai L. Burkes, p. a. for United
Artists, is still talking about start-
ing something like a Cheese Club
for local scribes and scribe mole-
sters. Trouble Is In getting every-
one interested at the same time.

With the hyphen off his type-
writer, Frederick Donaghey of the
Tribune would be unable to write
a notice. Even New York IS New-
York to him. Comic strip readers
think his stuff has been censored.

For show peoplie, as well as laymen, this Guide to general amusements
In Now York win be published weekly in response to repeated requests.

It may serve the out-of-towner as a time-saver in selection.

PLAYS ON BROADWAV

Current Broadway legitimate attractions are completely listed and
•ommented upon weekly in Variety under the heading: "Shows in New
York and Comment."

In that department, both in the comment and the actual amount of
ths gross receipts of each show, will be found the necessary Information
•s to the most successful plays, also the scale of admission charged.

> NEW FEATURE PICTURES OF WEEK

Capitol— "Whiio the,City Sleeps" (Chancy) (.sound).
Colony— ^"Melody of Love" (Unlvprsal's second talker) and Ben Bornie.
Paramount — "Take^Me Home" (Daniels) and Eddie Pealiody.
Rialto^D. W. Griffith's first Par sound, "The Battle of the So.xos"
Rivoli — Von Stroheim's "The Wedding March" (sound) (run).
Roxy-^"Me( Gangster.''

Strand-^" Waterf r.oht" (F. N. sound feature).

SPECIAL FEATURES WORTH SEEING

Al Jolson's "The Singing Fool" (Vitaphone) "White Shadows"

"Four Devils" "Submarine" "Lilac Time" "The Home Towners"

NIGHT LIFE

With the new season In full swlnj?, ami weather breaks all right, the
public Is becoming more cafe-minded. I'li? has been off generally, be-
cause of weather, general conditions and bad publicity, and the wise mob
is. picking its spots. As a general thnig, the closed door places are
favored.

Of the open door nite clubs, there isn't much novelty around. Mo.st of
it is ol: familiar pattern. Gene G-eipor opened the Casa Lopez under the
name of Gene's Rendeivous in tlib Winter Garden building with a variety
floor show headed by Francis White. Lopez himself is the feature at
the St. Regis hotel which, with the Lido, Montmartre and Embassy are
the smart rendezvous this season. Club Mirador has gone pop. The
.Monterey and Club Black Birds, another upstairs garage room, arc hotay-
totsy-wlth'rbiaGkr.and^^tan^Oiieras^ ^

Harry llichman, back at the Club Richiriari," with ^'hlnceS "Williams
and Irving Aaronson's Commanders, got the great upper middle-class.
Silver Slipper, Frivolity and Chateau Madrid continue per usual and the
new Vanity Club, just opened, is .similarly patterned. Down in Green-
wich Village, the Club Barney is the .sole hlghlifjiit,

IFotcls are plugging their band attractions, aiming for nlte life bu.si-
ne.ss. The Pennsylvania'has Phil Spitalny; lien I'ollaelc is at the Park
Central; Arnold Johnson, Paramount; Hemic Cummins, Biltmore; Tom
Gott; Astor; Yacht Club Boys at the Ambassador.

RECOMMENDED SHEET MUSIC
"My Blackbirds Are Bluebirds Now" "That's What Puts the Sweet in
"Paradise" Home, Sweet Home"

"I'm Sorry, Sally" "Up in the Sky With You^

"Was It Love?" "My Old Girl's My New Girl Now"

Arthur Sheekman, Journal col-
umnist, shaves between his nose
and mousta<^e. This Is good for
eight or nine startling effects but
may mean total elimination some
day when he's nervous. Friends
have warned him.

R. H. L. (Dick Little), conductor
of the O' Type de-
partment, plugs Al "gmiW dalTjr
while his paper cheers Hoover on
the same page two columns away.

Props Held by Theatre;
Dr. Loaned Furnishings

"That Is what I get for ^ being
kind," said Dr. Samuel Friedman,
of 67 East 93rd street, to newspa-
permen when Magistrate J esse Sil-
bermann, in West Side Court* dis-
missed the summons aigaihst Rich-
ard Herndoh, director of the Bel-
mont theatre, charged by Dr. Fried-
man with retaining unlawfully an
oriental rug. Imported Chinese rug,
two lamps: and some other house-
hold furniture of the psyslcian. The
Court in dismissing the summons
stated that he believed the. actibii
a civil. one.

The physician was accompanied
by hit son, Leo. The lattet had
been one of the officers of the show
"He Understood Women," that h&d
a four-weeks' run at the Belmont,
where it opened;; The show closed.

young' Friedman said, because thby
opened in the liot Weather,

The doctor's soh stated that the
show lacked the household- furni-
ture supplied by his father. The
Frledmans opened their summet
home at Long Beach. Young Fried*
man got thie consent of his parent
to borrow the lamps, etc. When the
show closed it is said that the thesi*
tre was owed money for rental

About $207 IS said to be due the
theatre. Dr. Friedman explained
that h<i had had nothing to do with
the show, and loaned his household
stuff. •' :

Sliiebler's Film Ballyhoo

The idea for using Movietone lu
Times Squa;re as Smlth-Roosevelt
political propaganda originated with
a fornrier newspaperman, Howard
Shiebler, noiw - secretary to the
Transit Gommisislon. Shiebler waa
fornierly connected with the Brook-
lyn Eagle; '

sa

NEW YORK THEATRES

There's a doc with a nurse who's
a hot necker even for the Loop. . It
all happens daily opposite the
Woods theatre building, and it's In-
terfering with the regular routines
of the tenants; They're hopiiig the
doc decides to get married or a.
new nurse, or something, but not
to pull down the shades. Many a
dame around reports She has
noticed new methods by her shiek
of late. It's from studying doc.

BUI Pine, B. & K. p. a., is, back
from a 10-day vacation spent in
gaping at the tall: btiildlngs in New
York.

While the Governor received dele-
gatiohs in Chi last week, Mrs. AI
Simtli""vrsited the "Chicago" 't
and heard herself and family via
Movietone. Bill Hollander, B. Cc K.
publicity chief, thought of the gag
and crashed l)bth morning dallies
with big human-Interest yams.

Kay Davidson, one of the Club
IjiUo's "personality gals, claims to
have mopped up $26,000 in manlpu-
' liition of $1,000 worth of motor
stoek. She threatens to bUlld a
liome for mother.

GILiQERT MILLER attractions"

PMPIRP THBA., 40th St. at B' way
tifirinu Evenlhffs 8t30

Wednesday- and Saturday Mats., 2:30

"OLYMPIA"

A New Comedy by FEBENC MOLNAR
Fay Ian Laura Hop*

COMPTON HUNTER CREWS

HENRY MiLLER'SMS

124 West 43d Street — BvonlnEs 8:30

HEAVY TRAFFIG

with

MARY BOLAND

REfllNALD MASON — ST ANLEY LOGAN

In association wltb E. llajr OoetE

MII^IP ROy • «th St. w. of

mUOlU QUA Br'dway— Eves. «:30
Thursday and Saturday Matinees, 2:30

IRENE BORDOm
in ** PARIS"

A MUSieOMEDT
With Irvlngr Aaronson's

"THE COMMANDERS"

JOE COOK

'RAIN OR SHINE'

COHAN

MU. Wod. A Sat. 3:30

EARL CARROLL

Wr FIFf n*^ In America's

EARL CARROLL VANITIES

with HAT DOOLET— JOB FRISCO
DOJlOTHir KNAPP and 66 BEAUTIES
VINCENT I^O PEZ (nimself > & Hla BAND

CnARI.ES DltLINGIIAM Presents

The

fligh Road

A New Comedy by Frederick Lonsdiile

FUITON Jr"^^*; ^ed.-sat. 2:20

j:uxixvi« w.ofB'y) Nleht8 8:20.

2 Z I EG F E LD MASTER P I EC ES

LYRIC l^^^^^^S^^^Bw.
DENNIS KING

In the Musical Version of THE

**3 MUSKETEERS"

, Vivienne S«if;al. lister Allen
Vlvlenne 0«il>orne, .foH. Macaulny
RofflnaM Owen, Harriet lloctor
and Yvoiine d'Arle •
Music . b y Rudolph Frlml

ZIEGFELD jf^ea . B4th St., 6th Av.
J^l THURS. & SAT.

"SHOWBOAT"

Norma Ten-Is, Howard Mari»h
Eva^Purk. Snmmy WhJte
Helen Morgan, Edna May Oliver
and CHARLES WINNINOER

.The Theatre Qulld Presents.

FAUST

GUILD 52d; Ev. 8:30 sharp

UUIUU Mts. Thur. & Sat. 2:30 sharp

SiyNGHIITEIIlUDE

John /^AlHon "T'*- E. of B'way

UUIUcll EV03. ONLY at 6:30

MARTIN RPHK-I^h.' . 45 St.-8 Ave. Eira.

"THIS, LADIES ANP OEfTLiSMEN,
IS A PLAT !"^t John Ervine, World.

By Philip Dunnlner*
Staged, by Wlhchell Smltb.

mil

7 th Ave. &
50th St.

Another Thrilling Sound

' Picture
WILLIAM liX>X Presents

IE, GANGSTER"

^ with JUNE COLLYER

IWr. Roxy and DON TERRY

A lUasrniflcent bperatio Spectacle

^AUTUMN LEAVES," A Rallet

FOX MOVlirrONE NEWS

CAPITOL

B'WAY and
Slst STREET

LON CHANEY

Midnight piotures Nightly, 11:30 — 8EE & H^m

In the M-O-IC;
Sound Picture
"WHILE THE CITY SLEEPS"

CHE»TER HALE Gini-S
MARION HARRIS — CHARLIE CHASE
CAPITOL GRAND ORCHESTRA
Oavid Mendoza Conducting

I HARK

ITBAN

D

BROADWAT at 47th ST.
Midnight Show Nightly, ll;M

to

"L^aXir" 10 ;30 A. M^t^ts 35c I

*^^"S(ftT»f-S* DOROTHY 'mACKAIU.
&SEB FRONT" JACK MULHALU
A First National Picture

Fox ' Movio>
tone New*

Warner Bros. Vitaphone
Presentation

MIDNITE SHOW
EVERY SAT , 11 :45

ALSO ON ELECTION DAY

AL

OLSON

' The SInglnff Fool

TWICE DAILY

2:45 and 8;45

SATURDAY:
3-6-8:45-1l!45

SUN. 3-6-8:45

WINTER GARDEN

Ifway ot

botii St.

3 SHWV3 3 AT. and SUN.

3 - 6 - 8:45 .
TWICE l)AlLy-^2:4j-8:4B.

SEE AND HEAR
WARNER imOS. LATEST^
100% ALL TALKING PICTURB

GEORGE M. eOHAN'S

WARNER

BROS. TliEATRB
B'way at r>3nd St.

NEW, EAST
TH EA ■

5^

ORCH. ZS* I

Thun. t* Sat. Oct. 25 to 17
Hero of World Series

WAITE HOYt
(The Yankee Pitcher)
IN PERSON
Photo^"Man Made Womiii"

KENO &. GREEN 4

LITTLE MITZI
Walter Walton Co.
. Pho tarrM L B. W A R N ER
In

Man Made Women*'" "

\m

A $3,000,000 THEATRB
Rapidly nearing completion. P •J'
orations under way. Will opeii »e««
FOUR MODERN LODGE
ROOMS NOW RENTI Ng

MYERS & HANAFOBO^
HENDRIX &. BALDWIN
Photo— LEATR ICE JOY
& H. 'B. WARNER In
"Man Mado Women"

SUPREME VAUDEVILLE— PICTUnES
ALL THEATRES. NOON TO ll-LOW PHICES

Wednesday, October 24, 1928

SPORTS

VARIETY

47

Gridiron favorites comprised the
main upset, last week by accpm-
tlishlng what they were expected
to do; it's unusual and probalaly
won't last long. Nebraska just nip-
ped Syr-acuse by a lone point but
the Salt Lake City admirers still
claim a moral victory on a safety
they W 'wasn't allowed arid the
Cprnhuskers won't . give in because
they finished the game holding the
bail oh the Oraiige sixryard line;
Wisconsin :and Purduei workied
themselves into a lather rolling up
19 points apiece and then trying to
break the tie. the Batigers: had
their hknds. full but whatever mor-
al aatisfactlon can be .probed there-
irom belongs to ; Purdue as Phe-
ian's squad'was tiie doubtful pEirty
before the whistle blew.

Tiiis Saturday will see tlie annual
fall hysteria at flbod. There'll be
plenty doing on practically every
.tieid, sand-lot and in machy a parlor.
A. guy sitting at a radio trying to
lieep track of three games at once
is worthy: of a Goldberg, cartoon
or a thorough ' examiria-tiph. It's
gotten so that the football public
is only sure of one thing— the week-
ly odds alWays'-ifaVor a headache.

TFor the current week the Army is
doubly iniportant. It^ has a formal
date to k6:ep : 'ln New Haven , and
what the Cadets brough h out at
Cambridge has a bearing on Dart-
mouth. The .Soldiers >re, going . up
agalnsl .what is probably the tough-
i est team they'll have to face In '28.

of football behind them. If a young-
ster has. played four years of prep
school football, has broken into the
college game via the freshrtian team
and then has spent three years oh
the varsity squad he's got a lot of
Ingrained ideas about the sport
which ■ it's almost, impossible for
him to forget.:

Yale men who have played against
the Cadets state that the Pbinters
play Individual football and believe:
that that's an important reason why
the Blue has been so successful in:
this annual fray. It's logical rea-
sbning and certainly . has its points.
"There's been many a player at the
Point who has thOugiit he know
more than the coach. Those ideas
have made it hard on the rebt of
the team and the Cadet, corps but
great for ' the opposing side.. It's the
same line of deduction which makes
it more than probable that a ; good
college teani can' take any .. pro
eleven in the country. •

Yale Is. superior in .second string
material and the Soldiers can ill
afford to take but a varisity man
this Saturday. .Harvard's line gave
the military all it wanted for. one
Afternoon and that's still.; whpre
most of these games cpnio and go.
eagle isn't going to find it easy
to get loose or to be able to . re-
treat 20. yards; haVe his picture
taken and then throw a pass. If.
he does he's liable to do a Smythe
and hot be able to get back. This
should be a tezTific game and dose

Probable Football Winners

ler Odds

October 27

By Sid Silvermaii

■, GAMES

Vale-Army . . . , . . • > « • • < • • -
Harvard- Dartmouth
Princeton-Corned . • • • • • • -

Pennsylvan.ia-.Navy . . . . . .

Syracuse-.Penn State. .. . .

PittsbUrgh-CarheQie Tech.
West y irginfa- Lafayette . :
Colgate-N.Y.U. ........ .

M i n nesota - 1 bwa .
Missouri- Nebraska ... . • .

Ohio Sitatfe-lhdiaha . • • • • -
Wisconsin-Michigan ......

Illinois-Northwestern . . ..

Purdue-Chicago . • • •

WINNERS
:..Yale - ......>

:., .Harvard . . . .
. , .P'rinceton . . .
. . .Pennsylvania
...Syracuse .;•

'...'.Pittsburgh . .
. , /Lafayette . . .

....Colgate .....

, . . .Minnesota . .

, ... Missouri . , .

, . . ;Ohio Stiate . ,

, . . .Wisconsin . .

, . /.Illinois . . . ... .

....Purdue

ODDS
. ; . Even
.....4/5.

6/5
......8/5

. . ..Even

........5/6

. .'.L.Jf ven
5/7

. .. .Even.

....9/10

......5/4

......7/5.

......6/5

9/5

(Pr^'diction.s based on fair weather)

That means Yale and a probable
trimming, maybe a tie score. Army
has got a smart, and. smashing line
to face this week besides a set of
backs who outrank them on merit
becau.se there are more of thorn,
Cagier Garvey and Caldwell ^
AHowing that Caglo will be the
fastesPand most .slippery back on
the field, which: many won't admit,
then Garvey must rate, as the mo.st
powerful runner within the same
enclosure. The latter, hafe .proven
that he is shifty enough to take care
of himself once he's .slightly, beyond
the line of scrimmage' a.nd possesses
the knack to get there. If you want
to go' into it, ; take cognzance of
the fact that those -close to last
year's NeW Haven s'l uad weren't
so crazy about CaUUS^oU;. The sport
paKCs worked up the technically
hamstrung Bruce into a; demon, but
he always left ai doubt in the; mind.s
of the Yale .men who kne\y. The.
liiue version is tha.t Cixld well Was
tciQ sio- at 'starling and very hard
tfi sH.nke loose. ; Oiice in the op.en
h" was apt to :run rirrht out of the
county Uut. a'xa.itist a ptiir of snrirt
tjiclvles and ca.u-e'y end.s the chanees
of ..CalilweH i^.iultleriy v lU-veloping
Avlii.L's were nil. Hence the Garvey
. C( miilcx. Tlus cliap harf the ])oU-er
to I'drof his wa>- throutrli a tar-klfr
if. c;in't Ki't ;irfnin(l nr insulo.
TiV. r." jin n't many. hnrUs who pos-
>'>i- ;i£iili!y. to .'^itti'-step, ro-

vi rs...(,f ca n-y on \iy sheer strOnfjth.
li'v ■i.-.-ni-rally ono oir the Cithfr, .

y •■'.>■-. \vmy is . stric'tly ah <.'Vfn
1 ■ l".-'-i.ii('n wrtlv the T'.i.il!'.l'i:^ iii<'kf 'l
ii's sehlnin ymi K'-ya' at a
■•: '::)'! sc'" iliereon a ilunib Yale
•'•'•!.... r,ik--v.l.>^.-. th..: V>\)\i\ plays as
•'. •iVif.aiid tlie .Anny i.s. always a
'•' !!i<'r;:'inn ff I'.i c</a<-'hl.ng .sys-
. . 'I'h.'-t,. ineifl.'-nt.'illy, probably
• -r'^ Ii'i'f Jone.s' (.'iia .-liing. assign-
Ill" tmiphe.st in the country.
Ti.,. r;i. lets ■ come up to him with
■■)::> whore from three to eight years

If tiie score becomes at all one-
sided it's mo.«!t likely- to be Yale
who will do the galloping.
' Harvard's Line
Harvard must have learned
plenty from West Point. Discount-
ing everything the lieutenants lof^k-
ed about one touchdown better than
the Crimson. . IJen Tichnor and
French had the rriisfortune to twice
be concerned in a combination bad
pass and fumble, both of which
errors the Army immediately cash-
ed in upon. The second guesg is
alway.s easy from the stand.*? , and
after the game, but what . might
h^Vg"'lraj5penBd" If Harvard's initial
drive hadn't been suddenly and sur-
priisingly stopped by one. of its own
misplays? That both; teams were
kicking poorly may mean that, eaeh
line' was hurrying the . punter, not
bad for an untried Canibridge line
against a well .seasoned combina-
tion. Horween's boys did thcm-
.solve.s proud' in waging -Sl . stubborn
fight that lacked brHUancy. . It's
a cinch, the . i>artmouth line isn't
going to be. any harder.

Those wlio saw the .f Jrocn against
CoUiml'ia report that the H.anover
forwards are not ail- they sh.ould
be.- That do.sn't hode well for
MarstiT.s, I'.lack ;ind company who
must ho giveri a l)re;ik to pof start-
ed and time to shoot their pnsses.,
IE ll.-irvard starts won-yiiig. X\\cM<-
jl.aekMfld flashes by arriving unin^
' vitod and unexpr-'-teilly anything is
apt. to hapr">n. \\'\\\\ i'll diif respect
iix . 'M;'ir.«t'.'rs; ; i t; s a_ fftet tl mt. . Ya.l< -

kept iiim from Kforing a ycai- ".'igo^
fven aff'r he had rfturnf-d ;in in-
' ttM-ccptt d pa.'-s sonif .'-n yanlK to
wiihin four of fli" goal lii'.". H<j it ,
ean l"^ done and If that Dart-
mouth line isn't th.-re it'll bo a big
afternoi.in by .and for tin.; Charlf.s.
t'p front Uarimouth has yet to
prove H.'self. Harvard has given a
pretty good Indication of what haay
be expected. And th^ise lines are
BO Important, besides which this
to oiw of the days on which Har-

vard would' especially enjoy a re-
buttal. '

Princeton and Syracuse V

Down ait Princeton . til© . Roper
mob go up .against a Cornell team
that'^s been getting ready for two
w«eks.. The advantages -and disad-
vantages of an open date in mid-
October can develop Into one of
those all night arguments, but
Dbbie evidently believes in 'em.
Stilli the chances are th© Tiger is
in a better shape for this contest
than the upstate piayijrS.; . There'is
a lot Of class inside Palmer S'tii.--
dium this year and; Cornell hiasn't
had an important engagement as
yet, " This is the first serious trial
liway from homei, too. New Jersey
has airi . edge.

Syracuse hais one of those travel-
ing schedules going a.Way. again tliis
week to nieet ]penn State. If . Ne-
braska didn't take too much out
of the Orange the Salt City team
bught to be able ; to avenge last
year's 9^6 defeat^ -Sta-te. will also
be on the rebound frotn the Penn
game, a tnatinee in which it evi-
dently rbughtd itself into a' iseven
point handicap in the first period.
Holding .Nebraska to a lohe touch-
down on its owji . field is nothing to
be a.shajned of and there may' be
enough- potent inaterial. amoiig
Andreas' .contingent to knock State

off. ' ■■ ■

Penn and Pitt Look Good.
. Pehhsylvania lines up against a
>Javy ■■ team which has f oUglit the
gim6 fight but hasn't arrived any-
where as yet. The Midshlpnien r'e'^
main the season's dark secret with
perhaps the best explanation heard
to date being that the squad hasn't
yet recovered' from the death of Fox,
a ^ackfield youngster .stricken ' by.
sunstroke before the season opened.
Penn ought to win but it will be a
surprise If It reaches 20 points.. The
Middies; continue to impress as a
strong team laboring urt^er isomc
sort of a handicap but apt to ex
plode one great game at any time.
Whoever: happens to be ; opposite
when that explosion bccurs will
probably find itself oh the short
end.;-

Pittsburgh will: have a civil war
all to itself when pitt and Carnegie
Tech line up. Tech, riding on the
crest of a W. & J, whitewash, Is
going to be far from a pushover.
But Pitt has got a lot of power
and ha.s-n't as yet taken' the blanket
off liood, a Bellefonte Academy
b.ick; from whom much ia expected;
It is also understood the Panthers
have had their best linesman oh the
bench the past two. or: three weeks,
if these two are ready Saturday It
will make a difference, and that ex-
tra, ability favors" Pitt.

Colgate's Gang Tackling

Colgate and: N- Y. U.-are'due to
refTunifr their .series In New York.
This also promises to be a: hot ' and
heavy fracas. Last year a weakly
rated Maroon eleven came down
and held a highly touted Moehan
team, to a no score tie. This year
Colgate Is somewhat stronger and
N. Y, U. would like to have BrKante
again, and Connor - if ;you ihiJlsft.
The Bronx boys have run up 129
iMiints In four taffy Saturdays
lhat has the local dailies going
cra'/y because Ken Strong is lead-
ing the individual scorers of the
east. They'll find put just how
good Strong and N. Y. U. la this
week. It was that way la.st season
and it still goes.

. Meehan can chirp to his pupils
that they haven't been .tackled this
season the Way they'll bei hit Sat-
urday and: he n?iKows. . Colgate
chuckle.i every time it sees pr hears
a crunching tackle. New York will
sec some gang tackling this week
in the full sensd of -the word with
Meeh.m dangling before those up-
'.state eyes. If N. Y. tf. can keep
frorh being scorched by the Ma.roon
flame it's got something. IJut Col-
gate hii.s put. two tough game.'i, one
a defeat/ under its belt and will be
■'i 'mean proposition- If ^N- Y. ..U.
h;is t,li.e offense for which -if has
Wotn Iiei-alded it looks as if both
te.'inis will score. Colgate certainly
<iiould. . More often tlian' the New
Yorkers, beeauf'c of ' its fight and
that it is t)u! underdog:

I.af.iytte and Wf.st .Virginia
liavo a tiv to sliake off with Uaf.-
.•lyclf" favored rnaihly bewiu.se It
appf'iirs to be on tiiC Way.

In Iht' west Purdue ought to. bf

win f>f a yrar ago ami ,'W'isfi)nsiti
."hiiuld enjoy the unique expcri-
enf<' of taking. over Mi''hi>.'.tn. /Illi-
n'nis will havf it'j hands full with
Northwestern but. as Zuppke is
suppo.<*-d to be harboring oik- .of.
the stroT-.gest f-yuads in \.h< <oun-
try tlie Il-lini stand the bfst ^haiife
of finif.Oiing on top.

Two Tough Games .
Minnesota and lowa are some-
thing else again. This gives fevery

0.0.-ING BOWL FOR STEWS

LITERATI

Many Auto Accidents After Big
Games— State Cops'
Canipaign

New Havoh, Oct, 23;.'
. . Acting, under orders of Robbins
B, . :Stoeckcl,.' state . motor vehicle
cpmnu'ssipncr, .state politic are pa-
troling the piitside of the Yale Bo\yl
during the games and picking up
all drunks. The stato:trooi30rs have
also been ordered to. visit inns and
roa,.dlibuses after the gamcsi .and de-
tain all per.sons who .vhow signs of
beliig .under the hinueiVee, Meas-
ures are being takeiii to . prevent
repetltioi'i of the. many auto ixcei-'
dents which occurred 'la.st year on
Saturdays. ' .

Meanwhile local police got under
way their annual erusado against
bpotlegging (III the Yale; campus
with- the arrest of six bootleggers.
Two cop.s phoned the b Dtleggers
frorh . a dormitory,' nivi>bing the
booties when, they appeared with
the:; good's.. One wa.s a. woman, .Mr.s.
Ahgelo De Caprio.

((■"ehtiiuiod fi-oni.iMKc -<|>
Mar. h tliero ^yi^ lu-; a' st '.-.unl'le for
sii>ry materiaj -

Selling Mag By Celebs '

A ;.ree<Mit!y • started nia,i:.\:'.ini'. ;re- •
ported 'uivusually wi'U b;u;kiv\ .:snd
looked .upon as a 'periu^un-ne.y .under
its present- direetion,- tvie.a to soil
itself last' week by a ui-w merh-d.; . ;

Nowspap'ertnen . . in . Ni'W York, .,
more or le.ss Itnowiv to the reading
piiblie through; by-Uiics': weVe .asked'
by. a representative 'oC- the iirag if
they Wotiid «rop in-at its ofliee one
afternoon between' four and ..tive.
"When you eonvc in the , outer' of-
tioe, just give your iVaine aiul the'
boy will, come into ' thi' inside pf-
flee .calling it out;'-

•The explanation as; given was tliat
there would be : prosiiective pur-
chasers of; the periodieal there at
the hour named; It wa.s 'tin ui.uht that
the fact of- w. k. writer.^ ealllng in
a stream might ■ impress them, as-
well as to exiSehd the bankroll. .

CLEVELANI) TRACK SOLD

' ; ; y .Cleveland, Oct. . :;3.',
Edsvard s; Strong, theatre owner,
has purchased the 'rhistledo\yn rac-
ing' plant, located, close to Glevc-
iand. . . ..':..; .

According to ; Strong, his syndi-
cate bought the track from; inter-
ests represented by H. F. Neighbors
and. 1\. It. Alshpuse for $900,000. A
rnortgage of $200,000 is outstanding,
leaving $700,000 in ca.sh involved. .
; Strong declares he intends to
cohd.uct a state- wide campaign to
legalize race betting in Ohio.

Strong, with aid of Edward Pes-
berg, promoted the Ohio, . Colonial
and Alhambra theatres, which he
recently sold to LOeW's Ohio The-
atres, Inc.: .

Lloyd Lewis, the big word uia.n. in
Halalinn Katz Chiea.u'O publifity-
dep:>rtnient has written ;i hicigraphy
t itled "Tlie- Life of .Lineoln.'.'

BALTIMOEE'S ARENA

Baltlniore, Oct. 23.
A sports arena is planned fpr th.e
building how going up on the site
of the old i-yceum theatre. It: will
mean the fir.st real boxing arena
the town :has iiad in a generation
Proposed ring will be under t'l;^
prpprictorship of Aaron George and
Harry Van Hoven.

Fightless Rochester

. Rochester, N. Y., Oct. 23.

There will be no boxing in the
Flower City this , winter, it seems
Nobody has been able- to talk cash
to promote a club here since the
Genesee Valiey Athletic Club folded
lip last spring.

While. Buffalo supports throe
clUb.s; Rochester, ; once a good, fight
town, appears doomed.

NEW ACTS '

Wellington Cro.ss,. returning
single. . • ■

Ina- Alcova and Co. (5), with. Mar-
tin Young, Juanita Mohoff and Del-
mar Sisters.

Hazele Jlai'nion and. Miriam
Smith, sister act.

Nelson and Shaw have dissolved.
Bert Nel.son has formed a new alli-
ance, with Hazel Carr. ("Mrs. Nelson)
while Ethel SH^w will do a new
act with her sister Effie as the Shaw
Sisters.

Street sinifh ovideMlly let I'.er-
hii,rr.\ 'M.'iefadden .put .holhing oyer
.on them in regards to. new publlca- ■
tiohs. For every : onC: t iie phj'sical
CultUro exponent issues. Street & .
Smith go him one better; ' Two new;
ones are' on the • Street Vit ,' Smith
schedule. Over the' Top, monthly
war-story magazljie, ami Fanie and
Fortune, general fiction ^ monthly.

■ Margaret Leech,' who recently
married Rali)h I'uiitzer. pdbli.siier of
the New York World,; has had a.
new novel publlishcd by Horace.
Liveiight. The book is called "The
Feathered Nest."

Nell Martin's third novel, 'Tx>.rd
Byron of Broadway," Just Issued i?y
Rae D. Ilenkle Co., deals with a.
philandering sphg-writer-hero. It
has a theme song, "Little Lost
Lady," written by- Miss Martin ahd .
composed by Harry :Mill.s, Included
in the book publication;

GJr.aham McNarnec has broken
into the Syndicate field. . Tlic ace
radio announcer' Is contributing a
weekly sighed article of "Behind the
Mike" chatter to one of the featiiro
services, i

"Technique of the Love A ff air,"
by "A Cientlcwoman," is a forth-
coming Simon & Schuster publica-
tion.-

indication Of ticlng the outstanding
game in the "initIdlc-'weM"aS
tearn.s have demonstrated abundafit
power and ' when the immovable
body meets the Irresistible force
there's usually lilgh blood pressure.
The affair- shapes up much as the
Pitt-W. & -J. game of a year ago
which resultpd in . a 0-0 tlraw. A
good chance of a repeat here witli.
Minncscit.a favored, boeausc low.a'K
.main reliivnce, lf» MV Lalh and if
anything hoppens to liim, wliat fol-

.10 WS? ' : ■ •

Nebraskit and' Missouri arc not
far' behind . the football promiHC
whieh is in the previously men-
'tioried ■ giinn'. \ Thfi Cornhuskenj
were not . as Iniprcssive as antiel-
pat<;d in .strx.-tching a one point
margin into a victory over. Syrfi,-
cu.sf'. <;n the other hand th<v Ti^er^:
from tlif. r/iidd.le of .tiie eountry put
on a -da\«hiMg rllsplay in overcoming
If»wa Statr-'s 14 iioint I'-ad to foil
up 2S iKjiiit..'-'.. >;'.lirJi!>ka- will out-
-WT^^,^'^=M#^'OUI-i— birt=t lif« la tt'.^r-=ff
tioii in'adf llie hig teain roll ovr-r a
y<-ai- fit'o- and may bf ."^niai't an<i
fast f-nougli to repr-fi.t.

Cihiij K!;it'' '!tnd Indiana pJiy th< ;r
t-fsr>".f<" !it Bltjominglon win re tli'-
Bu'-k'-vf.-- are an.xioiiH t(j kei-fj the
ulato ( I'nn >o a.s to fa'-e. J'riii'-< ion
with an unbleini.'«h<;d Hhe(-.^ti;..Iii(li;"ii:i
bowed to Illinois last week and will
have to bf muob Improvd to stoji
Ohio's knifing boek." who. have a
line that's co-operating.

The biograi>liy of LoH.-i Crabtre©,
thd actrcs.s, is put, pUbli.shcd by
riarcourt, Br.'ice & Company. Title
is VTroupera of the Cold Coast."
Constancc'Roiirke wrote it.

COAST TRACK CLEANUP

.Sari Franelseo, Oct. 23..
Drastic orders have been Issued
by Franklin Swart, district attor-
ney of San Mateo county, to Sheriff
James McOrath for an immediate
clean-up of gambling at the Tan
For.an nice track, now in its sec-
ond week of a 22^day mt et.

Oral betting under cover has been
Widespread at the track, the d, a.'a
ofilce contend.s. Sheriffs arrested
Cyia rlC-s^ Jordj^n,^ of Frisco^ on a^
bookmaking eiiargcTTasr week.'' TT©
was licld in $500 ball.

Paramount's Golf Entries

ilSnti'le.s for -r'ariimoiint's . golf
tournament Include Vine Chandler,
Harry Ensign. W. P. AN'li.ite, Harry
Low, George IIommel, ;T. II. Davis,
William Mudigan,, John Monk Sauh^
der.s, Eddie Sut'h/'r)and, Itoy Downs,
Al ilaljihide, Art Smilh, Clharles
Seweli, (Jordon.. Jennings, Ken Afil-
berg; Ait Ruit, Harvey M.;l*ugh,
W. T. VV'ookey, W. 1'. .Mel'her.son,
J. J. (Jain, .Dr. If. J. ..Strathf-arn,
Hfclor Turnbuil and A! A- K:iuf-
jTian. .Hiu'vey M.'I'ugh l.s the li.yndj-
capjX'r. .,

NOTES

Miss Solomon, who wa" a.«.';o'-iat-.
ii\ uilh th'? Nfw Yc/i-k I'oil ofilrf-B

^iTiT^i.'- iiov,- 7'<.(if i.Tr i^r^iTry ■ for'
;);n k ij<ii \i in tfif h.'.-i: Vi'K v.i'i'h,'
o/Ii'

Dorothy Quinctte ;in'l H.irry
,St.;r.,'< y ■■•'iv«' fii-.")U<-.',' '.. > v v;ii:i!'--
vil!' p.iri'r.'-r. l..p,.of - ir.c yi-j,js'

E. W. Derr, fern,' r niaiiaK«:r,
KmII.'."- Kiveihide, ha> embarked In
r«-ar estate.

VARIETY

W O M E SPACE

Wednesday, October 24, 1928

UncQimnbn Ciiatter

By Ruth Morris

Broadway moved .eastward Friday
night to ' attend the Ritz-y Parjj,-
mouht dinner to Maurice GhevaiUer
—-^.giarnorous- exhibition" of theatri-
cal who's- who iand couturier; whafs-
what, at one of the nicest of such
parties held in New York. .

Mme. Clievalier in simple black
satin. ..Miarjorie Gelrich the samf,
relieving severity; with a coatee dot-
ted with- silver paillettes. ... Fannie

.r>rlce also in -blapk net covered
with square scquirtSi Viery sniart
nd . beconiintj. . .Hope • Hampton
noklng suapiciously. lilce .the first
;ot - of "My Prindess," in pale , sal-
mon tulleV constructed with tight
odice arid tiered bouff ante .skirt.
Hei: wrap of, matching transparent
velvet in a brief cape from which

. c ascaded perfect billows of •, tulle.
Lovely for her style and coloring, . .
Franeine Larrimdre, startlingly pale
ii^ white chiffon and brilliants...
Madame Glyn in white moire .a,nd
it. . .Irene Bordoni also white moiree-
suggesting a .few weeks on pine-r
apple, eto... . ..Irene and Edith Mayer.

daughters of Louis B.; stunning in:

. white- and orchid, satin . . .IVIrs. Wal-
tet" Wnnger ( ju.stirie Johnston) strik^i-
i.ng in Wine colored Irice over isatin
.. !-..Mrs. Lasky's Orchid velvet v^ry

^mart. . ,Ina Claire in biege lacfe oyer
"fsh "Satin, witli .satin ribbons in-
':rrted cleverly at hip-line and
' odice. ...Lady; Mpuntbatten in chit-;
.ton completely covered with Crys-

■ tnl beads.. '■■</■■'/ ' ■ ■

Mauiice m.-^dc a speech that was
a. knockout Of , per-sonality and de-
''rvhtfully acceritod English . , .later

Womenfolks

By Molly Gray

Hymns or "H^y Keys"

Primrbse Semori, at the Broadway,
goWn .of French or(^pe with • Insets L^,^g hair and the pep and person- .
b;f Alencbh . lace. Neatly contrived ^y^^i^- y^i^^i it. Prejudging

and plaited; it's a bargain for $22,50; by the card the audience exppct-
ATore elaborate ones sell as high as f ^^ hymns but got "Hey.Hcys;" Fi-oc U
$95; i;h(?re are also lovely panty ^j^g ^.'hite brepe with large figures
arid slijp sets — the latter bc'lrig made green beads, jgrecn .slippers, ker-
with (newly fayOred 'in Utieerie) necklace,
wrap-around skirts. . Adeline Bendon dances gracefully

"" Domestic -underwear is not yet on .^^ pleasing and . becoming costunieS
view; but Is to be soon shown. Cute u^^^ gj^g jg a picture better wlthoiit
hand-painted pajama sets In deli- sound accompaniment In song. Her
cately shaded crepes. first appearance In delicate yelio\Y

Evening things didn't. Joolt toO In- chlffori, long bodice, lightly beaded,
terestlng with the e.xception of a gi^irt .straight to the hem where
gown called the : Milky Way'' ■ (iipt ggye,.^! ruffieis fluffed it. The. de-
partlcularly hew, by the way, but Uachable cape had a. bead yoke and
lovely) done in white or rolilri's-egg g. dainty bag completed the eri-
blue crepe chiffon over satin with; gpjnbie, abbreviated costume in
a diaigonal cascade of star-shaped shades of violet with close fitting
seqiiins;. Its loose scalrf outlines hai of the flowers wias everything
the decolletage in front and, tying U. ballet costume should be. A bliie
in b.-ick. trails to ankle length, one /whose three tiers seemed to
Another evening model, made have fringed ends was pretty and
simply In crepe, fades fripm rust at her white one of soft skirt and bead
the hem into pale green-— gorgeous bodicb^ W^ practically covered by

RITZY

coloring,

Stern's Theatre Display

Ignominiously: displayed in ■
smallr back, and badly ^ventilated | ^oat wltlT flbwei-" eli^broidbred
room at .Stem Brothers' . is a . fas-

a white furvsca.rf. :

The girl vvith Walter Walters was;
very sweet In white, : a two piece
frock touched with blue matchliig
the scarf around her hair and a

clnating ; Theatre Exhibit, Bhowing
manuscripts, miniature stage set-
tings and personal effects and pho-
tographs of famous actors/ past arid

pockets and sleeves.

SHow for the Ear .

Fifth Avenue show Is all for the
present. Some of the old pictures,- 1 ear, the not too dlscrirriinatihg , or
especially the 1912 and thereabouts fastidious ear or. the one that hasn't
.vintage, are classics. It's almost un- heard vaude comedy Iri a long time.,
believable that the styles of Just Jean Spence and the Lloyd Sis-
a few years , tsack can seem so lu- ters open with speed, . Misia Sperice
i'nging three song.*} that brought the ciicrously out-dated. . ' doing , an especfally fast and dDEIl-

?iiC.sts to their .foet in cheers. I There's a plctute. : of Edna Wal- cuU to dance, but nothing . rery

. _ , lace Hopper that must have been interesting in the costume?. A pink

Yvonne s Turtle the inspiration for "The Bird on satin foundation was used. for. .the

■V\rhen Yvonrie Valle. . otherwise Nellie's Hat.'' As delicately lo>v- green ruffles and the steel beaded.
Mme, Maurice Chevalier, arrived coriiedy It's unsurpassable-r-as are Vjl.ack satins of the sisters. It also
from / Paris the other day she4rnany of the other exhibits. showed urtder the bloiiseis of their

brought with her a new fashion In But aside from scattered comic sailor suitsi (Opening was. in white
pets. . ; "Francia'," a tiny turtle! yallues, it Is a rare privilege to scan silk with colored velvet bolero,
whose shell is studded .with precious the walls lined with the faces.: that yellow for the sisters, blSe for Miss
stones. Maybe precious or niaybe made glittering history In our the- Spence whose closing costumes was
only mock-turile, but ''Francia'' prer. atre^Joe Jefferson, the Ba^^

fers to go tibout strictly decollete. | and rirews, Weber and Fields, Au- Dolly W'ard wore black crepe over

gus tin Daly arid others. pink, the pink showing for a nar-

Colcir Scheme In "Cheers" The sixth floor at Stern's may row hem. Miss Graves (Aridersori

Unusual color scheme in -1116:003- well command yb.ur attention for .and Graves) who got. a fe-^ real
tumes .for the iflnale of "Three an; hour or tvvo. ' laughs,, had on a blue sweater arid

Cheiers,'' arid a very . effective one. . . . • | white silk shirt

A pafSde of white satin gowns of d 1 1 V f *

various periods, some dotted here faiace. imormaiity I A Dimpled Juvenile

•1 rid there with touches of henna arid Informality of Old Hbine Week

burnished' gbld .-^atin. A pity that oVer at the Palace wherb Ken Mur- . and costumes

-^e magnificent, effect of the whole .ray romps in. and out of acts with ^^^^..^Te ^t cirbus" at tJe S
w.'.^ . lost iri bad final grouping. joyous fooleries. Iri addition, the ^ in her ^yi^e

Dorothy Stone's stunning dress of ladles of the Minorah. Chapter of She loo ed, so cu^^^^^^
rhlnestones arid white tulle might the Easterri; Star were preserit at oyLfit huV even ^^^^^^^l

^isj^f^rs^bun;^^

' Josephine Harmon, looking like a failing. But iiuaay got no sym

back drop of fringed beads, was pathy. How could he with two big

well liked for her good hunior and diniples showing In his cheeks? The

Infectious broad Comedy. Florence girls were too 'lusy envying' him.

Ne\vton, assisting at the piano and Miss Dresabr w:ore a smart black

European royaltys looking for a ^j-j^j^^. jo^ked extremely well gov with : small sable scarf and

job again. The hitest iroin- Berlin i^^^^^^^^^ beaded georgette over good looking hat, and her white

confides that the Princess Victoria, fiesh crepe, the beads (sewn la cir- coat had colored striped . border

.sister of the ex-KsLlser. would care ^-^^^^ design on the J^odice) growing down the front and . around the
for a job in the pictures or on the jj^^Q gQj^gj^jp^Qyg gj.yypj,jg |,^^^

stage. One New York agency h.as L.j,,g jjj^red, irregular-lengthed skirt.

prbmisbd her bookings if she'll give Lots of costumes In the Tiller act, | Some Lookout

it thb Crown Jewels for commish. • | well -drilled precision unit. First | T>,^„„pi,n,. Lo<ran was so well

Anitd Stewart and Rudolph Game- I the hands of trustees, Cameron's
rort have been separated for several real name, is Brennan.
years, and for some time past have.

been on the verge of divorce. It . Two Princesses

is now believed that Ariita. as soori , "The Princess Brangarijsa above
a.s free", win jmarry George P.eabbdy referred to is not .to. b© con if used
Converse Jiist divorced, and that with the lady known both as Prin
Cameron, will marry Marjbrie King, cesfs de. Braganza arid as Duchess
Anita, from Brooklyn, is not re- of Oporto who recently retijrnbd ttt
lated - to Anita Stewart, New York New York from her hbrixe in Pari,s'
heiress, 'now the virldowed Princess- Originally Nevada Stoody, of a
Miguel de Braganza, sister of WH- western toyirn, she diyorped the late
ilam Rhihelander Stewart, Jr., milr TAlbert: Lee Agnew, and Inherited a
libnaire, \vho once courted . 'Cori- jfortiirie from her secorid husband,
stance Taimadge. Rillss Stewart has William Hayes Chapman. She then
been in pictures many years, and divorced Philip Van Valkenburg,
was a featured player when Gloria who. like his predecessbr, was in
Swansoh was a Mack Sennett bath- the 70s, and became the' widow, bt
irig beauty, Her... sister, Lucille the Duke of Qporto, lincle of the
Stewart, movie abtress,. divorced former King Marioel of Portugal..
Ralph jnce, director, . and • a few As Mrs. -Agnew she wjis employed
years agb. ince was a.ccused ot bru- in the New York offlcb of a society
tally beating the young Stewart I weekly,
brother. .

Converse is a grandson of the late Effusive Sob Sister

Edmund C. Converse, organizer of A movie editress in Hollywood has
the Bankers Truist Co. of New York; dliring recent weeks printed |n her
and former president oif U. S, Steel, syndicated cbluriins the most ex-
He inherited outright half a million, travagant praise of Ruth Chattcrton,
In: addition to a large trust fund so cxtraviagant, Indeed, as to defeat
established by his grandfather. In | Its own ends. Miss Chatterton,

whbse performance in "Rose- Marie"
Iwas fairly Buccea.sful, is credited toy
this sob sister with having therein
1 dbno "one of the finest things ever
produced in this country."

Miss Chatterton is now in talking
pictures iri ;Hollywood, and her

Along the Line

The flicks who admire Von Stro-
heim are getting the shock of their husband, .from whom she is sep-
lives from '"The Wedding March," arated, Ralph Forbes, is also in jpic-
and they say ho like. Eric himself tures there.. She was formerly lead-
is not only pure, but corpulent, two ,ing. woman with Henry Miller, sue
things the girls . don't care for. And ceedihg Blanche Bates. It was whilo
that sad ending keeps the matinee with Miller she met Forbe.s, .who
mob in :their seats waiting for a I '^as Juvenile in Uie company.

^^Wombn all think they married the I 'The La^ ^rs. Stetson
Wrohg man, and there's no ,kicK in Mrs.^August^ E. Stetson of New
watching a film herbifle do it. Even York died in Rochester. Oct. 19. at
Ihe str Jggle^cenes won't satisfy Ujif home of her nephew H-iro d
the girls with that eridirig. arid that I Stiriipson, whose -wife is in Paris
bay-wiridow on the ■. Idolized Von

They may go out of loyalty to Eric,
but they won't plug "The Wedding
March" in their boudoir chatter.

suing for a divbrce, Mrs. Stetson,
87, was ousted from the • Christian
Sclerice Church in 1909, and since
maintained a radio station to
promulgate her theories, also' to at-
tack Jews, arid Catholics, such pro-
Women Like Boloney I ceedings being diametrically op-
The Battle of the Sexes" neatly [posed .to authentic Christian

Science.

Station :WHAP, of which Frank-
lin Ford wai3 announcer, and page
advertisemeiits in . the newspapers
were estimated to cost Mrs. Stetson
$250,000. a year. \

Prior , to being repudiated by the
directors of the Mother Church in
Boston Mrs. Stetsoii . attracted

dresising room after the "show to
offer congratulations. . .

Worth Crown Jewels

prfesents the girl's favorite theory
that cheating the little woman does
hot pay . and the vamp is only mak
ing a fool out of pop anyway.

Belle Bennett as abandoned mam-
ma gives a woman-hitUng perform
ancC; a3 the crushed, humiHated

deserted wife. _ „ _

,It's a womari's picture; pllosophy, I TaVhYonable' millionlTres and"^
story, character and production. ^^^^ people. Her students Included '
The men riiay label the erring hus- \ j^,.g Eben Jordan, of Jor-

band-blonde vamp stuff as boloney, Uj^j^_j^jarsh, Bostoh; Miss Caroline
but it's cut the way the women gjj.g^.^bridge &. Clothier,

like It. J of Philadelphia, and Mrs. John

Henry Hammond, granddaughter of
Why Ruth Elder? I the late William H. Vanderbilt,

The women all seem to be sore riifece of the late W. K. Variderbilt.,
at RutK Elder and the talk around The late Charles Klein, successful
the Paramount Is all "why Ruth Playwright, at otie time gave Mrs.

, , ^ ^ ^ . I Jacqueline Logan was so

costume.^ looked a little <Jrab against L.j,g^jj^g^j as "The Lookout Girl"- she
the steel gray of the velvet drop- j^^^^ right spot to. fall out of
Smart imports, at Lord & Tay- Robin Hood doublets. and truriks in Lj^^ ^^^^^ j^to a rich arid geri

Smart Things

lor's. One Vionnot is done in what a weak hrbwn, piped /with pale
sounded like "pariiamonls:' velvet, grocri, which mlght;havc. been niuch:
in a shade known a.l "white green," more effective agaln.st a more sym-
The decolletage is low and round- pathetic background.V A rope skip-
ed, with chirfon inserts .rUrining| ping dance had. darling costumes-

midw.ay down the bodice in back: abbreviated overalls .-bf turquoise costume

Aiiotli^r Vionnt^t is described in blue over satin blouses piped in | ^5^^^ V.^^ . ^^^^

fie.sh pan velvet,, with ■ surpliced orange. ;.

bodice back and front, graceful hip Helen Charleston, .with Murray,

drape and long, imposing train, and later in the Harry . Webb act,

Moulds the figure beautifully. : displayed several cute costumes. /fhe

: Boulangcr- is represented . by .a. sriiartcSt was of black satin in one. . _ _ in Vows on the

flowered .notal faille with a snug Pieoe ^atjiing suit . style trimmed ^"^^ t^

hnH «i-irf fi irinff from thc With sunbursts of sllvor bcads and .^i"". ihe oni> jeweiry worn wiin

bodice and sku t tl.ii ing irom tne pno-mou^ bow of norkv white it was a huge pearl suspended on. a

hips with trails of so f-material. " J" enormous bpw^ of pel ^

has the new square, strapped neck- ribuon on the. icrt nip. i or ner 1

line. The belt is of conriectcd: metal | W'th Murray. Jn front of the

ovals over beads, joined with a

erous husbanu. That's expert look-
ing out and falling out. The man-
nequins In this fashion display as
they descended in an elevator
passed a large clock indicatlrig the
was* suitable for.
Jacquclirie chose an ernilrie wrap
with dark coll.' , a bead; 'vn that
had a circular drape back of . one
shoulder arid a . cocktail frock of
black, crepe with crystal fringe edg

conventionalized metal . sun-flt»wcr.

■In addition, there ai'e .any num-
ber of •'cbcktnil jaokots*-— in chif-
fon or velvet studded •with pail-.
ietti'«,. or executed cpmplotely of
ineJLallized sequins;

Her white ensemble, coat, hat,
Webb orcliestra,' Miss ; Charle3tori I foxes? frock, slippers and envelope
appeared in a bouffant© dress of Purse were particularly becoming
pale orange taffeta trimmed with A "lookout" shoyld know better
silver lace. Fullness and length In than to wear striking black and
the back gave It ; a .gracefully white collar arid cuffs that stood
sweeping llrie. out like the gat« at. a railroad cros^

ing.'

Dbbb's New Home

-It-was=ft»ared=^that;-l')obb's=-WGuUV

SOCIETY IN PLAY. I The Cameo has finally added

3Ta y Tieslle,.has. boon se le cted ,*to . .som.et l vlng /. t^^^

get higU-liat and higher priced with
its descent upoii 57th street but a
tour through the new quarters
proved that thi-y have kept both
feet and pl-ioo.s on the ground. The

stage tlie annual production of the with "3 Comrades and 1 Invention,'
exclusive Spence School Alunml at It's simply enjoyable and enjoyably
the Plaza Hotel late in .January. simple. Have to rocpgnize the So

Last year , the .'-ocLety damos put vlet doctrine too, the heroine, Olga
on "Irene," and it Is cxpooted that a Tre.tiakova, was as hu.sky as' the
building itself is beautiful in Italian I similar musical will be attempted liero and did as much of the heavy
Renais.sances style, with authentic this winter. I work

fixtures and enormous 17th century Just about the time the show
tapestry decoratim- tJie entrcsoU goes into rolioarsal the boy friends
Secorid floor has - undies, sports of tho.so participating -will start
clothes, afternoon frocks and eve- learning a polite ycr.sion of the bird,
ning gowns. In tlie lirigerio dis- 1 without which no sooii-ty aliow is
play ia an exquisitely tailored night over complete.

"Singapore Mutiriy" is ari ariimal
picture without the saving grace
of a hor.se or dog.* Estelle Taylor
triod to reform but her wardrobe
wouldn't let her.

Elder when there are so. many movie

Stetson a tenth of his income, his

girls out of work?" Maybe jealo.usyJ son, Philip Klein, now connected
Maybe discrimination.. . with the films in. Hollywood, also

. But the flying beauty Isn't going attending the services. Char ess
to win any flick following with her brother, the late Hermann Klein,
first picture, "Moran of the Ma- I '"Vslc teacher, was also a student.

rines." She looks older than her

and Hermann's daughter, Sybil

hero, Richard Dix, a misfortune the ^1^^"' that time an, actress but

'later, the wife of William Harris,

cats will relish. Her clothes aren't
Interesting, And her lialr Is waved

^^^^msK mti:t t^^ ^""^ cbriductor at.

I Jr., the manager. Also another
brother of Charles, the late Manuel

pumped-up freak movie queens.
Aside from Ruth's fiemme popii-

the Hlppodromei

Mrs. Stetson's, early meetings,
were attended by Jane Cowl, Isabel

larity, the p cture is mediocre and \^^^^^ and Milton Royle, playwright,
more entertaining to the. men, hay- K^jj,^ Lucy Cotton,- actress, later
ing weak romance,, uripretty scenes ^yj^io^. of e. R. Thomas and. wife

and, rib struggles

Dance Hall Aristocra.cy

With all those iadvlsors out in
npilywobd— advisors, on China, pri
the underworld, on the navy, col

I of. Lytton Anient. A frequent
visitor of Mrs, Stetson's ririagriificent
home next door . to First Church,
at 9Gth street and . Ccritr.al Park
west, was. Arthur Brisbane.
One of Mrs, Stetson's practltion-

somebody produced an authority on
aristocracy. Audrey Ferris, in "Wo
men They Talk About" Is supposed
to be an aristocrat.

r+« "lih'..'" I ers, who later repudiated her, was
leges, bootleggers, etc-its time I j^^;^ Margaret. Beecher White.

granddaughter of Henry Ward
Beecher, famous, preacher, and
grandnlece of Harriet Beecher
or- 1 *u *. t,* w* iStowe, author pf "Uncle Tom's

She wears clothes tight enough to. (j^^^j^^ ,. ^ . student was Mrs,
put her over in a sailor's dance hall, charles Isham, granddaughter of
If aristocrats got themselves up like Abraham Xincoln, A reader who
Audrey, society picture niagazlnes ^^^^^^^^^^^,^^5 ^Jy^J.g stetson was Mi^s
would be barred from the mails. ^Wa, Garretson Young, descended
Irerie Rich, as her mother,, shows L-j.Qrn the Wido'w Ciistis, who nftar-
hej.^up a^a^r^Jai^

Refiried and looser clothes would adtaitlon to the nephew above

have helped Audrey arid made . the referred to, Mrs. Stetson is sur-
picture mbre convincing to the wo- ylved by a sister, Mrs. Stella Stirnp-
men, who are quick to recognize Uon, about 80. Mrs. Stetson hailed
aristocracy whether they belong to from Waldboro, Maine, .and studied
it or not- in Boston to be an elocution

The whole yarn hinges on your teacher. She married Frederick
belief that Audrey is class, too. The Stetso'n, shipbuilder. Her students
men won't notice the. out-of char- furnished her homCi giving her
actor clothes and they will like valuable jewels, automobiles a"|i
Audrey's Clara Bow's curves. But every luxury. The great niajtiri >
curves aren't enough for the flap of these adherents droi'>ped awii.
trade. 'during the past decade.

Wednesday, October 24, 1928

EDIT OR I A L

VARIETY

49

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Vol. xeiii.

No. 2

Sa YEARS AGO

(Ftom VaHety a,nd "Clipper")

William F. Cody, iSuffalo Bill, was
traveling with a grroup of Indians as
part of his stage show, . Somebody
complained the redskins, were ille-
gally off their reservation. So the
(Spvernment swore in Buffal6,BiIl as
Indian agent and he cohti.hued . on
his way.

Inside Stuff-Pictures

The Novelty theatre ixi Brooklyn
opened under management of Theall
& Carton. . Percy Williams ran it
years later. : .

The . All - Philadelphia American
cricket team ; defeated a champion -
ship aggregation from Australia in
a three-game series, but dispute?:
over umpire's decision echoed for
weeks. This was the first lnterr)Pa-
tional cricket match in which the
U.- S, were victors. ••' '

Freixk athletic contest in London
called upon John Keen to ride 30
consecutive miles and defeat thrsvi
men, each riding 10 miles against
him. He accomplished the task,
winning 30 pounds. . ■ c

Another international contest was
the rowing duel between Edward
Haitian of Toronto and Charles
Courtney of Union Springs, N. Y.,
won by the American.

Adam Forepaugh's circus was
playing southern territory when the
yellow fever epidemic broke out.
Instead of calling the tour oft, as
most of the other big tops did, he
continued right on through Texas,
moving toward the plague storm
center in lower Louisiana,

There were no less than 15 negro
mlnstriel shows on tour.

College football schedules were
not Important, but one of the lead-
ing autumn athletic events was the
meeting of Navy and Yale oars
men on Lake Saltenstall, near New
Haven.

15 YEARS AGO

(From Tariety and "Clipper")

The Savoy theatre. New York,
closed a contract with General Film
Co., calling for six first run films
a day, daily change,, at a cost of
$375 a week, said to be the heaviest
booking of ohe-reelers made up to
that time.

"Evangeline" closed at the Park
aifter one week, with Arthur Hop-
kins. t aking a rep uted loss of $42,-
Ob'O. "The spectacle TiadT3dna Good-;
rich, former, wife of Nat . (^Ibodwin/
as star.

The Pliotoplay Theatres Co.,
which was S. L. Rothafel, took a
five- year lease oh. the Regent the-
atre, 116th street and 7th avenue,
this being "Roxy's" entrance into
the New York picture house field.

(Continued from liage 20)

played with any phonograph, record; It maiy fit in as 'ft Vocal, refraiiv
from back stage" with the orchestra overture, or as gag with a comedy. .

He couldn't use the non-synchronous as a substitute for hls^ °\^^J^'
or he'd, lose his Orchestra. So that was out.. Yet. if .bemused It .ill ho
must put^n a special man. or else pay .overtime. And if. he. P^t On a
special man from what union should he be.:drawn? Musicians, stage-
hands or, projectionists?' ; ''^ '■

■ Cne up around Times" Square picture circles seldora h^s ot tlie GitV;
Hall theatre, about a stone's throw from tbe. New York City Hall, which
has that section to itself .as a pieturp house proposition. q ^ :

It's a little . place, seats about 500 with. -250, the admish. From- 9 a; n>..
until midnight it: does a hangup, biz. Joe Weirjstock tfwns it. ;

. One' example of the way injection, of sound .^^^s^upset isales de|^

is to be found in the.cases of First T'^^^\i^tS^■i
"The Snieier" The first, completed many, weeks before the latter ^\as
sSteJ may redbh the market . with its ^ parallelingvtltl^ after its com-
Detitor is^ weir on its way. Just now "The Barker"; is bemg held -for
SoSzS arid dialog: ; AS to the lat^r It wo^v^
of sound stages and on Milton Sills and I)orothy .M.ackain finishing in
''Chanceling.'' and tiiey h£ive some time yet to go; . ■. ^ , i^^tr^^

• ^f&r" has been through l^s preview nliU^.^^ now ^s^b^

synchronised and dlaJogvied, To^ ^^'^^'^^''^^^l^'^'^^^
completed. before>Wmber -1 and ready for Its release, at me e.n

of the nioiith.

Co-incident with Uhiversal's preparation of; "The; Five Frankfortcl^."
a iorriSe^ around the Rothschild farhi

^amn7^v^^dK,vered to . be working, on the Universcil-lot^ 'J:'^^;^'^^
of assistant director: His name is Wilfred RbthschUd.. He fulfilled the
traSSon^of the family by working in Wall Street be?ore coming to tho
coast for pictures.

There is. just as miich effoi-t being spent oh the coast td develop ^nd
improve camera technique as there is in developing the recording pf
sS picSjTes •• No dbubt the- advent of sound .pictures has brouRht
Sou? &mfra improvements which have already revolutionized

camSa^sles. It is.:makin6 it more, easy to obtain the unusual effects
that were impossible a year ago. „ ' ., le

One of the most .efficient practices of the new automatic- camera is
being used in the filming of mOvirig...shots. and. is. found ^nof.t P^^^^'^^^^^
?n Sgistering running, automobile scono.- Instead of the- photographed
car being preceded or followed by a spe- ^iKy constructed, camera car the
StomaUc camera is strapped to the ho.-l of , the automobne and b^^
press of . the bu ttoh. the rider's actions are registered untll -the film is all
exposed. :.■ .- . '•.

A Hollywood director is viewing With a bit of glum satisfaction the
disappointments tiiat recently have come to a .fo.rrner. distrlbutor-asso^
ciate in picture making; . The latter, recently has bf«l^ e°*"e^on his own
in the way of serial making and right away ran into trouble with the
invisible censors who always are, on the watch for serial developments
as these may affect minds of children— the women's clubs. As a result
of Incorporation of matter distasteful to the women, 35 accounts were

*°It s"eem3 that"a year or more ago the Independent director and a^Mate
right salesman found themselves without funds, The. director suggested
he could dig up hacking, for a serial. A capitalist friend- put up $10,000
and a laboratory agreed to put up the balance. The .director, was to
have 25 per cent as well as a salary. Through domestic expenses and
mness, tlVe interest was sacrificed for $1,000. The>erlal was «VCcessfuh
So alsV were the two succeeding one, in which the director, was given

wSi?'S!ine to the fourth the state righter decided he did not need
the director, who knew serials and how to meet "le approbation of the
invisible censors. The state righter had profited about $60,000 on the
three serials without the .investment of a dime of his own money. The
director had taken from the association a total of $6,600. j-

Director now is watbhing the outcome of fourth venture, with a huncn
that a part of the $60,000 is on Its way out.

'One of the big studios on the coast has trained directors, to such an
extent they can't take the liberty of making a change in script or dialog
wl hoiit fli-st submitting It to the supervisor. One of th,^ dhectors
found it necessary to work at night to put a few songs In his picture^
The super had left for the day when the director discovered another
song would go better, but he had to get consent of the super before
attempting to film it. That was easy, but when the super asked to have
the actor sing it over the phohe it made the director feel like two cents
in a Hollywood poker game. -

Willingness of a few producers on the Coast. to insert aviation privi-
leges In contracts with the. more important screen players Is not unani-
mous. A number of studios are shy in responding to any definite stand
on the Issue and are ignoring the clause wherever possible. Belief is that
since the development of aviation has decreased the hazard it is npt
necessary to ehcourage or discourage the use of airplanes, and for this
reason-a majority of producers are. ignoring, the . issue as .tlifcy .would. in
permitting or prohibiting a contract player to ride In automobiles.

Fox's ioth avenue studios in New York took "many talker tests .some
mbnths ago. They weren't altogether satisfactory as. tests, but several
are said to have.heen approved in Hollywood. Now the report is that
as the first batch of Fox's options on legits commence to run off. tho.sc
who were held over on; approval from/ the early tests, may be ..called
upon to make their talking, try. . . /

" A picture test is only for the company making It. Other producers
make their 'own tests as required.-; That one test does not show well
is hot conclusive in: talking picture.s. :

Wilkie Bard, English cornic, made
his first American appearance at
Hammerstein's Victoria, scoring a
pood impression. His . salary of
$3,:i50 a week, made a new high
mark in American vaudeville.

Harry Reichehbach wis ahead of
one of Comstock & Gest's attrac
tlons.

==-Joe^If pwatd^TtgiTinrt -ttr^sta r-E m ma
Ciirus in. a musical piece, "A. Broad
way . Iloneymooh."

Pro!ir.c.<'.sivc elaboration of rc-s
tnurant shows was a current do
Vf.l.opmout of Khow bu.'^lnesf?. Percy
Klk(.'lfs sta.ccd a miniature revuo
at Mit.'haud's and had In propara-
tion another similar show with
I'aula Etlwardr.s and Minorva Cor-
<-»'d;ili'. Mic'liaud'K show cost $.1,500
a week to operate.

Inside Stisffr-Vaudeville

Tlji? QuilUin family, rcocnlly oic vaudovillo, are now in llullywood act-
ing iiV a IVitlu' piotwre known' as. "S'liisy .Ni'i.chbors." . Thi>y:aro admiivd-
by WDi-kors of tlio studio fi»r llio; loyalty aiid family spirit thai exists in
the gfoiip ^vliile working. Tlvoro is ii<i attonipt to steal a soeno .or., iio.g
the camera, on the. part of any of tluv Quillans.

Eddie, the oldest lioy. playing.tho foaturod role, will invariably su.irgost .
luHs. of business that will detract from his p.art and add to the work of .
liis youjiijor brotliers aiul sistois-^'; while 'Pad Qiijllan is always ak^rt to
push one of his hoys or Rirl.s to tlio foreground.; •
' Marie. 18-year-old sisttM-,. Is' tlu> little, mother' of the group. ; She
watches her;smalj.sisti'r- as- w.oU as the brothers to see that their mako-up .
ifi fresh, their hiiir smooth and .plothe.s' just right. ; ■ ' '.

Offered a ni.irht club job by liis agent, a," nclorVplityihg Chioago picture •
houses thouRlit it over for a ^vhile.

"Well," he deeidedi "I won't talce less than $700, but if you can't get .
t)5Q .n;^y rock boltam price is $r)ri.O." '. , ;

. bogmatie belief in hts pwn theory of showmanship was expressed by .
a mid-western theatre manager at the wrong, time. Having just played
ah act in whioh the average age. of tiie company was about 55, the man-
ager sent in a report eiu-fying the following, points;

"This act went over great. It increased "'our businestJ considerably.
But what we heed in vaudeville today is youth." . .. ' .

Ileeently the meniherB of a no.vV Hash act, aw.'i.r? something was wrong
with the turlv. invited a supposedly, knowing agent to oflVr suggest lohs, .
Tiigugh the niemhers themselves admit the net wa.s' in liad shape, ' th.e .
only change the aront ebuld: sviggt'^t was for the juvenile to wear a.
square, vest instead, of. a'pointed 0.110.

With the; closing of "The K-Giiy" at the Billmore Saturday, Irving:
Yates, vaude producer,, is undcJrslood to have lost $15,000 in il;s quick ,
flop. :. Oil the on^. sheet Irviiig's. brother, Charlos> appeared sis a co-
producer.'- . ■.

Again does it seem rfeeessary to suggest to acts receiving offers for
the talking shorts not to use any of their present ; stage hiaterial or.
material that may be "In stage use by them in the futurd?. . Stage vaudo
houses, against which the talking short with current material may have .
played, are apt not to want the act in person with the samie stuff;

. in the .wiring contract made by Keith's with RCA Photophone, to
wire. 14 Keith theatres, the E.- F, Albee, Providcn.ce^ went undci* a per?-
sonal contract by E. F. Albee. 'Tha.t means the Albee there Ls his own
property and was, not Included amotig the theatres covered by the rrierger
of the lieith-Ori)houm circultSi

The first theatre Albce ever owric.d was In Providence, Keith's. Given
to him by , the late B. F. Keith.

Lo'ew's hew theatre lately, opened in that city, it is playing plc-
ttires. For years Keith's, Providence, was without vaude opposition. It
was known as a cut town on the Keith route. . Acts were informed with-
out exception If they wanted a Keith route they Avould have to cutt their
salary for Providence.

Phil Jones and Harry Green got a bad break at the premiere of their
first legitim.ate production venture,, "Just a Minute," at the Ambassador^
Delay in" hanging the settings resulted In several drops being fouled, . the
cpuhterrweight system becoming jammed. The re.sult was a 30rrnlnute
wait. ■ "■■'-.■■"• .• ■- '. ,' ■.. "-

' Prodtictlon: of talking shorts seems slowly .advancing, with Warnprs
the most prolific. Fox is second,' of course^ with Universal and .M:C-M
about the.orily others of the; first lino .producers becoming active on the
short.s.

A report that all members of the ''Coquette" company other tha,n its
.star, Helen Hayes,, had been talker tested for the Mary Pickfprd pic-
ture of the same play, Bcems in.ertor; .Up to date none of the "Coquette'
people has taken a test. Miss Hayes and the play :are.: in Providenfie.
this week. ■ .

Mae Murray, rriaking a prolonged vaude tour, got one of the biggest
breaks on front page ev9r attained in Los Angeles during her week :
at the FahtageS (Oct.' 8). .

Riumors that she would be arrested on the stage while: working, the
actual issuahce of a . warrant fo"r her arrest pri a house-breaking charge,
anhouncement of a grand jury investigation of perjury charges against
her in connection with a recent lawsuit In which she wcin . a $32,000
verdict from Jack .Donovan, screen cowboy; all this and more were
broadcast by iccal papers \wlth .screeching headlines. The Pan was
jammed all week.

■The maze Of legal entanglements emanated frpm the DpnoVan suit.
In this case. Miss Murr.ay charged that bpnpvan had spld her a $26,000
hpuse f Pi* $50,000. When she was awarded $32,000, ■ Dpnpvan appealed
fpr a new trial which was: denied. Donovan came back wltb perjury
accusations against Miss Murray's testimony. This gave her the first
publicity break of the week. Next, word suddenly came from Sa^ta
Monica, Cal., that a warrant was to be Is.'jued fer the actress' arrest
on a charge of illegally entering the house Involved . in the. prlglha.1 sUft
Itself with the accompanying threat.^; that she would be taken into
custody at the theatre.

In Culver -City a . couple of femme comics are proving that many a
good showman has come from back stape and that It takc.s a showman
to make a showman. A few years ago Pearl Merrill and Blanche Paralta,
quit their fake sister act in vaude and parked themselves in California. .
Culver City looked like a. good bet and they topk a chance cn acquiring
a piece pf property and putting up the Paralta theatre. They gpt a
lucky break when their pro'pcrty became an. Important factor In a big
realty deal. The realtor promoting the proppsition made them a deal
that r Ciul tcd in. their acquiring a .new th'ciyt rc and efflce build ing which
they cpcncd'as the Culver. ,; .

A ch-mcc came to lease the house to West Coast JOunler circuit and;
the femrhcs look a trip arpiind the, world. Recently they returned to
find that West; Coast .Jounier had found the hOu.se not such a goPd bet
for them. The girls to6k.;it b.vik on an arrangement with W. C, and
are running it them.selvoH. With a policy of pIcture.H and prologs, using
four acts arid one of the fern m.ea acting, as irl. c. they are putting the
house' bacit Oh the map arid, taking It out of the red with good sliow-
mariship.

. Dan Conway, cou.sin pf Jack Conway of Variety, tells pf Con's early
trend as a humorist. Uan and Jack decided to take an examination
.for ..stale meat In.spcctor. Jfu-k h;ul ' not toeh nieal knowledge bf the
points in the fiue.slion.s, so he kidded l.hfm.,

To tlic" ()uery .a.s 16 how an in.^pector would detert a tubercular cow,
he answered: "Listen lb its cougli." To' llie. (lue.'-'.don how ho could tell
olepm.'irgariiie, he wrote: "My motiier uk'-s only the best creamery
biirter."

Tlio examimr was not diifnl). Wh^n Jarl; ;.is'Ked him what about it,
he rejilled :

"Young man, you :-hould .go ii.to llrr' .show busiri.:^;s."
Tliat was a pri'dicdon. . -

Sound means the end of the old style laboratory with It.s familWu .
hiihll-^tahk-^W^dCVGl^i'Ttr^^^a^

machines will ■ take • the pluces of these standby..^, it is concod^.d- h
laborutory men..

It is riot always- the gag men who s.ii.'L'e.«t new twists after th"y b^v».
observed the- first .'••hooting of .?i seene. Al St. John, comif;.. In ■ hha (..(><■>■■
to War/' eontril>uted an effertiv. hit to hi.-J niclure. . \: , .

In doughboy uniform, St, John wis standing in a muddy French sfrret
blowing a trombone. A discont-nted li^ leii'.-r threw an old, slioe. 1 he
soldier slumi'ied into a puddle IH ineh^-s deep. di.'--app'-aring frorn view.

At the conclusion of the seen*- the player .surr^rested. it be retaken, and
he made a s-eond dive to reeover the ir'-tr«m.ent '^'^ ^^^"^'^j^^^^^;^;'^^ ':

Clothes wore changed and the camera against started. I he hrst irn

■ iiix'i'a eorii ih'ii'-(l. f t. Jolin m;ulc hiS;

rir.or)iis''d di"

,„ , .IS if . In f' "t of w:(l"r.- iiis hfiul stuf-k In thf fnnTl,

as was apjinrf-rit to thf many .•.■[x-ciatoi-.s tu'd the 1< n<-'-.ly w.'it<-hing fjiri-
f.)any by tli" .^'I'li' "'ii'J' of. tli'; I't;' I^auf^liin;: ft'.pr.fri.

Jn:-t at. the ijoint v. )i. if a r" ■ iii; y.\t.' to I).- .' l.-ii i'-'I !):'• ( orn'-liMn .'.I'lii"
to th",siir,':<<' f ujth til" ti './iiboni-. wa." /ll th'- 1' ' i'.r :>'r

tho .s( ar(; he liUd. iinwiltingly put into liiS a't.

.•Lou ^,{f\y,(.'<-v l.s said to )i:iv<' f-irrii'd his pr^n ritioti ns >"-'m m! inan.'iL'.'r
f.r 1',-iivM « ;il tliroiK'h f\!!-:M,r<Iii.-ii-v ••!!(■<; : .-• c t.--)-' iit.u. .:..■'.'•.

.Some'of ttie reV,.nt,monU..-^ ur..l-r .M- '/.'. r -.■!•• rr .-.t. i.ir, h.-.v h-^.u n -
r-ort'd at very, hlt-h th'.jn-.s and ihin in Di- t.jc of lalk^•r d.•pl•e^-^,..n
tipon b; ent picture sales. '

50

VARIETY

L E G I TIM AT E

Wednesday, October 24, 1928

Legit Showing Benefit of
is Coast Claim by Hay

•\ • I^os An.^'oles, Oct. 23.

Renewed. ihterost in spoken drani.i
on- the pui-t of the theatre-;,'oin';
public seems to. be one of the cf-
; lects to fo.llow the- introduction, of
• sound .pictures. ■■

Play brokers in Lo.s Angeles aiv'l
Hollywood report, .successful stock
companieH in virtually every south-
ern California oonununity ■ biS
enough ■ to support a cominunily
theatre, whether operated as such

or not, . ,,

With expin-ienced talent available
through' the .<creen colony in^ Holl.v-
wood and with sound reviving in-
terest of stage and screen players
in- anythinf,' th.it will give them an
opportunity to strut, their .stuff, the
community theatres are thriving. .
• .Play brokers attribute it directly
■ >o the advent of sound pictures,
. .claiming that hearing the voices o.f
players coming out. of the. horn has
fltimuiated a desire to both see and
hear them" In person. .

RIVIERA FILM NEWS

(Continued from • pag? .6) •;

new and "is within 100. yarU.s of. the
Riallo and Casino de. Paris. . ..Tt is
m arty little box c.-illed Cine France
uul . w;ll. plug: irrcnch freaky..

All those theatres, • incidentally,
mn.vc' the amusement ncnteu from
tho shopping district to the sea
front, a mile or .so fiii'.ti.un- \yest, nsi
adical as moving Broad way to Park'
iveniu.'. . . ' • ■

I

follo^y "Three PaKsion.s."
may get to work here
months.

Write Your Own Is

Bfll Rogers' Salary

According to inside reports, the
' ihatter of Will Rogers in "Tiiree
•Cheers" at the Globe, has been left
up to the humorist himself, bVv
Charles Dillingham. . The manageif
is said to haye ordfered that Rogers
■be giveli a check signed in blank— ^
how do you do— and Will , can put
in the figures.

, It is presumed that Rogers will
approximate: his weekly salary on
a percentage of the gross, as did
iPred Stone who received 10 . per
cent in previous shows. On that
basis Rogers will , get upward of
$4,000 weekly, the show being paced
over J40, 000. Rogers joined the cast
after Stone was badly injured in an
airplane crash while doing a solo
flight. Salary was never mentioned
Bill wanted no billing but Stone in
.sisted that Rogers be given top
billing^ Rogers' action was that of
one old friend to another;

One' tl^nlg about his success in
•'Three Cheers" is that Rogers has
at last realized an ambition— tha
of becoming a regular actor. Ho, has
ttppeared in "Ifollics" skits in addi-
tion to his speciallies but never
handled a role throughout a show.
; The friend.ship of Rogers.: , and
Stone dates back many years. Fred
caught Bill in a honky tonk doing
a turn for which he received $85
■weekly. They sort oi; palled around,
Rogers teaching Stone how to man-
ipulate a lariat and Stone going on
with Bill at times.

Alice Terry Cancels

Alice • Terry's re.serva.Uon on tjK-
lionu'ric, which sailed yesterday
Was cancelled. She was going tu

Hollywood for a vacation and may- - - . .r...^, j , ui ry^v.^^*

.e pick up a Picture to do 'till Rex | ure Girl" in Philadelphia. Robert

n','ram found capital and story to

PEGGY O'NEILL

iNTow in Aarons & Freedleyrs "Treas-

**Ladder" Sure Closing

Another two weeks will see
"The Jbadder" being :t a k e n
down at the Cort/ There is a
report the showr may be sent
but of town for a time, but
as fir as Broadway is conr
cerned the world's . greatest
flop is flopping out.

"These .Days" is the next at-
traction at the Cort, 4ue

Future Plays

Now she
in three

Ingram had a; contract to da an-
other picture? for LudWlg Blatther
but the gossip, here is that Blat-
tni?r'S money; didn't even finish
'Three Passions." Heiice the for
triation recently in London of the
Ingram -Hamilton Syndicate. Alas
tair Mackintosh, who just recently
married million.s. and Edouard
Corniglion MoHnior, thcf young gen
eral counsel of Franco Films \yho
has always been generous with hisi
money, were pulled into this group
N. IB.osanquet, an industrialist
formed the fifth member of the dir I
rectorate. . "

Public is expected to be so im
pressed 'with these names that the
side bets by.. the kibitzers should
swell the rrioney in the house to
$500,000 at\least.

Coleman in the New York ''Mirror"
recently said:, "Peggy .O'Neill, the
blonde youngster at thfe Palace, •will
develop into, one of our inost popu-
lar light comediennes. She can
dance like a flash and. has an ex-
cellent ;sense of humor.''

DIREpTION

RALPH Gi. FARNUM

1560 Roadway.

"Virgin Mothers," which ti'icd out
as "The Molting Pot,": is being re-
vised and' recast for a New York
entrance in 'three • we(^ks. , Jean
Young Is producer,

"The CaM Girl," by Roland Oliver,
went into rehearsal this week with
J. J. Leventhar as 'producer under
direction of Frank McCoy. Cast
includes' Dorothy Chard, Don Bur-
ro-ughs, Ray Walburn. Anna Chase
and Richard Bender.

"Evangeline," new, operetta /based
on Henry Longfellow's eipic poem,
composed . by Donald Hey wood
(colored), composer of "Africana/"
produced by George A. Stevenson
and Charles P. Davis.

'The Last Lover,*' by Charles Bea-
han, Garrett Fort and John Hunter

BRITISH FP FIELD

(Continued from page 6)

he will be unmercifully exploited,"
About People and Things

Sinclair Hill has been app()inted
a member of the Hollywood Acid-
emy of Motion Picture; Arts and
Sciences, , .

Walter Marks, over here to try
and effect, a Quota arrangei %'nt tot-
Australia, goes on to Berlin in two
weeks.

Despite the violent publicity push
given to Alexandre P'Arcy, he has
been replaced In "The SiWer Rost
ary," just going into productiOh bjr,
Denison Glift for British Interna-'
tiohal, by John Stuart, who was at
one time to have been Mai'y Pick-
ford's.next leading juvenile.

Stagnation

A draught is being felt badly and
will be till the end of the year by
distributors, especially by the sales-
men. Everything; in the nature of
booking is at a 'standstill. This
week only three films were, pre-
viewed in London, and in a couple
of weeks there will be a complete
cessation.

This means the salesmen have
nothing' to offer, and they are in
for a three months' patch on these
Ipnes. Some distributors pay halt
commission, at , maturity of con-
tracts, so some of the field fellows
win still be.drawing .a little dough.
Others , will be pretty fiat till at

''Big Fight" 3$50.O0O in
Red Closes This Week

"The Big Fight" will cloise in New

Haven Saturday, It haa played I ■ , „„„o,v,<./s la r-ii

„in. weekMn aU, A route f6r, (h. I Mau.^^^^^^^

Booth, next on Edgar Selwyn's pro- , . * -^u

duction list. Now casting and due any rate after Christmas. What with
for rehearsal in two weeks. this and the producing slump, things

"Strike Up the Band," musical; I are not a bit . rosy except in the ex
scrapped after an out-of-town show-
ing last year, again conterhplated
by Edgar Selwyn.
"The Sacred Flame," w; Somerset

hiblting end, •Where on the whole,
they are doing fine.

"Venus" Water Sports

Dancing scene.<}- aboard a yacht,
aquaplaning and water sports are

ritire season had been arranged.

Although the show, fell down on
Broadway and Boston, It -was ex
pected to be a cleanup in- the mid -
die west. Last week In , the Huh
1 about $40,000 could have been gross
ed but the takings were more like

featuring the location work of $15,000,

'Venus." Troupe is at Vrllef ranche.
picturesque bid harbor . east of Nice
British warship "Queen Klisabeth,"
anchored in the harbor is being
used as atmosphere, though it
doesii't know it. -

As soon as Leonce Perret is fin
i.^hed with interiors of "Possession,",

Jack Dempsey starred a,lone after
the New York date, is said to have
requested a release from his con
tract which called for $5,000 weekly
and guaranteed him, 20 weeks mini
mum. Illness of his wife Estelle
Taylor, said to be in a sanitarium

'"\'enus" will move;, into the. l-'rancO. suffering with arthritis; la the rea

l''i)m studios.

Dorothy Hall Jumps

Into "Girl Trouble"

"Girl Trouble" originally sched-
uled to open Monday at the Bel-
mOnt, New York, was set back un-
til tomorrow (Thursday) because
Of a sw'itch in fommc leads.

Dorothy Hall \ycnt In Saturday
supplanting Mae Murray v.not
screen "actress) to get up in the part
ln; .six dftys for the Bclinoiit_ pre-
miere.

Miss 'Hall's induction maikes the
third femme lo.ad opposite Allan
Dinehart, since the .show opened oh
tour two weeks ago. Georgette Co-
han, daughter of George M. Cohan
was the first, withdrawing in favor
of M i.-^s Murray after the. Phila-
delphia break-In;

Guy" Later On

"The K Vtuy" Which closed Satiir-
day after but one week at the. P.ilf-
moi-e. New York, will be put on
around the Cliristmas holidays in
a. smaller house, and under a lower
stop clauso.

Irving Yates, vaudeville agent,
•Vi'ho ,d<'l)Ulcd as a losit producer
with "The IC G uy" believes, a new
hook-up will get the shows across
or at Ica.st e.^tabli.sh the- picture
and stock rights.
__JjXh£j\„.(li!..V^ LVlf\^^l.iJi_.^.t 9P je 1 i^i-.use ._o f
"'$9,"000 \\^ir"t lie'"'iiou.s(r guiff
$4,000 ami tlu- first and only week
Crro.ssirig Ics.s than $3,000.
. Yates has a road company of
"Dracula" now out playing Worceis-
ter and ppringlii'ld this week.

In Rep Company

Los Ani^ch's. Oct. 23.
K'jnm-lh Thouip.^on, added to Hep
cast and will phiy oppositi' Nance
O'Neill In '"I'he .<^ilvcr Cord," open
Ing play, Xov. lU.

Snicker at Fairbanks' Idea

l'''airbanks' new original, telling
of the further adventures of "The
Three Musketeers," is giving the
Ifronch a laugh. He must have
picked up the title while visiting
Cannes la.st suminev. • 'Thi-ce miles
off the coast is the isle of St. Mar-
guerite whore "The Miih in tli# Iron
Mask" was imprisoned. There arc
a lot- of yarns about him — in fiction
legend and tradition— but the best
hunch is he was the , twin, brother
of Louis XIV. ,

Being born so close to his brother,
even if a little lato, made him po
litically dangerous. So they put him
in irons. A few minutes eai-lier in
the world and "The Man .in the Iron
Mask" would have been king. The
moral is; be on. time.

Whoever he was, lie was rt some-
body. Qn one occasion a fisherman
picked up a note "The Man in the
Iron Mask" had thrown out of his
island prison Window ' and brouiffht
it to the authorities. They qiiizzed
him until they di.scovered the salty
couldn't read. Had he been a
-Trader-, Horji ., or .a .Gene . Tunpey
they'd haye put him in the torture
ch.ambeir and. then thrbwn him to
the .^jharks. There are times when
even tho absence oE a tab educa
tion has its advantages. :

son statbd for his desire
Miss 'Taylor : was co-starred
'"The Big Fight" went on tour, but
it was repeatedly reported she •was
on the verge. of stepping out of the
■cast.

Four managers are concerned in
"Tlie Big Fight," figured to be more
than $50,000 In-- the red. Sam H.
Harris presented '—it, with Albert
Lewis, Crosby GalgQ and David
Belasco participating. The latter
directed.

the season. Now in rehearsal with
Miller staging.

"Brothers,'' , drama by Herbert
Ash ton, to be produced, by John
Henry Mears with Bert Ly tell fea-
tured, goes into rehearsal this week
'.'Companionate Miarriage," which
played Chicago is .being recast, for
Xew York by J. J. Leventhal. It
goes into rehearsal this week

"The Lady Lies," produced by
Santley, Barter & McGowan, opens
in Allentown; Pa., Nov. 1. .Cast in
eludes William Boyd, Shirley Warde,
Eloise Stream, Frank Elliott, James
.ne Tea- 1, j^y^ Betty Lawford, Cordelia IVTc

to quit. I ,^ tro....,r T.niPnvH Anini

until

Musical Writing Trio
Splits— Fields Alone

A split in the Fields-Rodgers-Hiart
writing combination, for several sea-
sons the Tinkers to Evans to Chance
of the musical comedy stage, occurs
with Lew Fields' a,ctlve come-back
to the stage as the star and producer
of "The High Cost of Loving" from
the German fare© In which he ap-
peared in at the Republic in 1914.

Herbert Fields, the actor-mah-

Donald. Harry Lillfovd, Anna
Thomas, Henry : Wadsworth, Irene
Blair, Charles Cr oner and Olive
Burgoyne. 'David Burton directing.

:,Katherine Kohler, one of .the
principals in "A Connecticut Yan-
kee," is leaving the show to . pro-
duce under her own name during
the season.

"Her .'Unborn Child," with a new
cast,: produced by , Payton-Burns,
Ray Payton managing, starts road
tour in the east Nov, 5.
. "Major Barbara", which has sup-
planted "Wings Over Europe" in
priority on the Theatre Guild's pro-
ductiort list went into .-ehearsal this
week. Cast includes Winifred Leni-
han. Dudley Digges, Percy Waram,

Levey's Deal

Arthur Levey, fllm broker who
was at one time sweet on an idea
for an AnglOrArnerican , Amity
League, is to go oh the board of a
ne'W company now being formed as
Lancashire Screen Productions.
This concern is to have a capital of
$1,000,000, and will issue stock to
the public. It has bought some old
hydroplane sheds at Lytham, near
Blackpool, at one time 'used by the
Parkstone Film Company for the
making of advertising shorts: As-
sociated with the enterprise are
George Pearson of ; British Screen
Productions, and a director, George
Dewhurst. ,

Levey comes into it through a
tie up with Rayart, whom, he . rep-
resents Over here. The layout is to
Arrange for joint production with
Rayart and British Screen Produc-
tions, for 12 films a year. It is
claimed Dave Mountain and others
have already signed, and George
Pearson is leaving on the "Levia-
than" Oct. 11 to close the contract,

Lytham is not ah ideal center for
a studio, but do ideals matter in a
promotion way?

P. A. Changes

Meantime, though not necessarily
arising from this situation, several
of the Press reps, are out. W. H.
Batten, who left the Sunday DIs-

Ellipt Cabot, Helen Westley, Charles patch to join Herbert Wilcox's

Cortneidge, Gale Sondergaard and
r>ouglas Montgomery.

"The Yellow Jacket," now re-
hearsing in New York, opens a four
weeks' engagement in the Coburn
theatre. New York.

Mrs. Fiske, reliearsing her all-
star cast of "Much Ado About

ager's son,, did the libretto to a score , No_t.h.ing,''^.opens, her.^r^^^^^

by Dorothy Fields, his sister, and G .under the' direction of Harrison

lyrics by Jimmy McHughl Miss Grey Fiske.

Fields and McHugh came to striking "Gander Sauce," a new comedy,
attention with their clever songs in produced by F. & M. Productions,
Lew Leslie's "Black Birds" revue, I with Mary Young jnd Taylor

British & Dominions Company, has
gone back to the newspaper end,
on the staff of the Star, afternoon
paper; J. Peet Leslie has left Fox;
H. Lewis goes from the Stoll
Studios because the plant is no-w
devoted to letting floor space and
the hirers have their own pub-
licity ^ hp ujnds;.,

without a press manager after
many experiments and changes.

Weds Bathing Oueen

M. Isriai'don, manager ■ of Franco
l''ilm. studios,:, has mdirried Mile
Hertho Delccrot, last year's bathing
beauty queen of Nice. Isnard.on wa.^.
capt.ain of Senegalese troop.s In thf
l''rench Army before taking over
the jol) v.acatod. by Harry Lachman^
when he joined British Interna-
I ional.

Animal Trial Scene

M. Macliin .'it; the Turin Studios,
milking "Beasts Like Men,'; nn all
animal pic.t.xire, has changed titl'.^ t;i
"Krom' tho Jungle to the Screen."

Production h.as a trinV sconoi in
which ciiiihpanzeo.s, monkcy.>5, doo'j:
;uid cvon chick.cns .act role.«.^

Stock's-^akacliance

Minneapolis. Oct. 23,
The"take-a-ch;ince" week at the
Sluihert with the Bainbridgo dra-
matic stock, doing an unnamed
mystery thriller by an unknown au
thor, did not turn overly profitable
in the face of a large amount of
stiff oppositioii all aroiind the town.

About $4,200. A gain over pre-
(M'cding week when "SoviM\te(ni"
held forth, but nothing to brag
about.

and priorly with the several Cotton
Club revues-,

it was deemed . inevitable tha.t
Herbert and Dorthby, Fields Would
align •with their! fatheif, and thus
break up the former's triumvirate
writing: combo with Ty?renz .Hart
and Richard Rodgers, The latter
team continue as a songwriting team
and will dp shows with Herbert off
and on, having a couple in work al-
ready.

Lew Fields' own starring musical
goes into rehearsal Nov. 6, and will
have Betty Starbuck arid Constance
Carpenter, contract players, in gup-
port. Both closed Saturday with
"Chee-Chee," the. flop Fields' show
and one of the Fleldsr-Rodgers-
'TTar£'s^^Tv'efy"^"few"^'i^^
musicals.

Holmes as principals, opens next,
Monday, in New Rocheile, N. Y.

bahey trying again

Oliver D. Bailey will shortly t.ake
another fling at legit producing.
"Crashing Through," by Saxon
Kling, and with Eleanor Woodruff
featured is the piece.

Support cast now being engaged,
with show due for rehearsal next
week.

Censor in Queens

As a result of the i-ecoil from
"Pleasure Man," which played a
week at the Boulevard, Jackson
Heiglits, prior to its opening and
raiding in New York, Queens'. Coun-
ty is now fa(!:ed for the first time
with the menace of censorship. .

Assistant District Attorney Bill
Robinson of Queens now. attends all
plays at the Boulev.ard . Monday
night. He sits with pad and pencil
to note objectionable matter.
^;Jllka=^£L«iiily^.=jil£iBicnt.-.Ql^Ji^^
Hoig-hts • «and environs • squawked
plenty at "Pleasure Man," with
many coiipios wralking out of the
I heal re.

Parmon apd Lady, small act
playing picture dates, took one at a
httle. East End dump. Lord man-
ager wanted them to put on a cur-.
rent song which they hadn't got
Then the stage wa.sn't set so they
could play. - Then they wouldn't go
on. Then the manager bawled
them but, so they said, in filthy lan-
guage. Then there was a bit of a
scrap. And in the Court hizzoncr
said he didn't believe the manager
and awarded the vaude duo $25
d.amages.

This Jackie Hoo Ray, scime time
agp admitted not to be a. member
of the Otir Gang groiip, is still pull-
ing his juvenile star-finding gag
here. Last week he was operating
in • Scotland, where exhibitors Ih
|-iAberdecn"-felhfor"^it.'^"^ -"^^

DAVID TOBIAS DIVORCED

Ansonia, Conn., Oct. 23.
Mrs. Blanche Tobias lias been
granted a divorce from David To-
bias, an actor. ' Cruelty and deser-
tion were charged. The couple were
married in 1924.

MILTON'S FIRST

Los Angeles, pot. 23. •,
Robert Milton, former. New York.
I .stage director, will make his lirHt
picture for Paramount starting
Oct, 29.

It is "The Dummy." with PJvely"
Brent. Mickey Bcntiett and Von-
Idell Dar.
A talker.

I «

Wednesday, October 24, 1928

LEG IT I MAT E

VARIETY

61

TALKING COMPETITION

AMATEURS' "TOMMY"
OPPOSISH TO DUFFY'S

Coast Producer in Court to
Protect Road Show Rights-
Unique IVIatter

San Francisco, Oct. 23. .
Henry Duffy, Pacific Coast pro-
ducer, through his counsel, Elmer
E. Robinson, Is taking legal, action'
against a number of iamateur pi-o-
ducing crganizationsi In the North-
ern California territory, alleging an
Infringement by their local produc-
tions of "Tommy,'' during the period
he controls the Pacific Coast rigMs
for the comedy.

A situation /unique in the annals
of. road shows has developed.

In half a dozen of the ismaller
cities -where "Toinmy" has been,
booked during the past two weeks
amateur organizations have like-
wise presented "Tomfny," either on
: the same night as the regular road
show booking or at a. near date. In
Reno, Nev., a .school organization
gave, the comedy the same night it
was at the legit house, with the re-
sult Duffy's business was hurt: con-
siderably. The same thing occurred
at Vallejo, where the comedy was
played the sarhe night at Mare
Island, suburb.

In San Francisco, whCi'e "Tommy"
©nly recently completed, a long run
at Duffy's . Alcazar, the Order De
Molay Drama Club advertised the
comedy for p'esientation at Albert
Pike Memorial Temple, night of
Oct. 13. Robinson secured a re-
straining order, basin$r his aetlon on
the fact that Duffy leased "Tommy"
from the Century Play Co. of New
Tork for sole production in the
territory west of jDenyer, and which
embraces the entire Pacific coast.

Investigation revealed that Samuel
French of Los Angeles, who supplies
plays to amateur organizations over
the state, hals been leasing "Tommy"
. for the opposition dates. It has re-
Bulted In. cutting the receipts of
Duffy's organization front 25 to 50
per cent, while on tour.

"Tommy" , was sent en the road to
ftll in the interim between Its Al-
cazar . closings . and opening at
Duffy's new Dufvvin, Oakland,
which will be two weeks hence.
The "Tomniy" company on tour . is
headed by Sidney Toler, brought on
from the ieast.' Others in the Cast
are Gay Seabrook, Emerson Treaicy
and other coast favorites.

Mae West Billing

Heralds" for "The Squealer"
appearing . in the suburban .
opera house."? carry this
thought;

"Produced by the man who
produced . 'Diamond Lil' and
written by the man who gave
Mae West her ideas."

The producer is Jack Linder,
the author, his brother, Mark
Linder, : • .

Talking Rights Contest
For "Desert Soi«''

mmnm

Talker P r o d u c e r s Now
Ready to Book Broadway
Houses for Next Season-
Raiding Legit Ranks for
Actors and Authors-—
Stage Show M a k e r s
Unahle to Compete

Ervihei's Opiriibhs

Road Shows and Stock
For Broadway, Denver

Denver, Oct. 23.

J. M. Mulvihill,. owner and opera-
tor of Elitch Gardens where noted
metropolitan stars appear as guests
each summer, has taken over the
.lease of the Broadway together
with the Erlanger a[nd Shubert road
Bhow- franchise. / .

He will Install a resident com-
pany headed by guest stars which
will play In addition to traveling
attractions.

The enterprise sets up opposition
to Oberfelder & Ketcham who run
the Denham theatre on the vlaiting
■tar system. Mulvihill, who Is now
la New Tork» lis said to be prepared
to plunge In "names," making It
tough for the 'Oberfelder-Ketcham
enterprise.

The Broadway has been under
the mainagement of Peter McCourt
for yeairs playing only road attrac-
tions during the winter*

SmGEB'S GEOCEEIES

Des Moines, Oct. 23.
■V«ma Rider Renner, professional
■Inger, knows her groceries. She
la going into the grocery business
bwe, the only fern member of
""lihV"lh1ael)eirdent

Her store Is located at 16th street
tod Mondamin avenue.

Somewhat of a test case is. that
which Max D. Steuer, on behalf of
iJillian Albertson (Mrs. .Louis p..
Macloon), has brought against
.Warner. Brothers, the Vitaphpn.c
Corp.' and Vitapraph, Inc., interlock-
ing interests. It' concerns the screen
rights to ."The Desert . Son'fe," the
operetta a:uthored; by Laurence
Schwab, Frank Mandel, Oscar Ham-
merstein II, Otto Harbach and Sig-
mund Romberg, and originally pro-
duced by the. first two.

Schwab & Mandel^ through a. sub-
sidiary corporation, Malem Corp.,
ceded all production rights to the
operetta to Mrs. .Malcoon fOr the
U. S^ and Canadian tierritory west
of Denver and Winnipeg, resplec-
tively; Mrs.. Macloon (Miss Albertr
son), as owner: of these rights,
deems Vitaphone's forthcoming
talker production of "The Desert
Song" as a violation of her rights.

She would restrain, » by court
order; Vitaphone's intended, producr
tion and release of "Desert Song"
in her territory and asks for ah inr
junction to restrain Vita from so
doing.

Miss Albertson jadmits that when
she made her arrangements with
Schwab & Mandel the question of
talking pictures did nbt figure^ She
values . her rights at $75,000, and
holds the western territorial pro
duction privileges for as long as^
she produces the operetta at least
10 weeks each season. Her first
presentation was on Dec. 29th last.
Mrs. Macloon pays 10 . per cent of
the gross plus $500 a week royalty
for the rights. ■ .

Miss Albertson Is In New Jork,
seriously in at the Park West hos
pitai, attended by Dr. M. R. Am-
sel. The actress was operated on
last August and has suffered a re-
lapse, although the nature of the
malady is not disclosed. It Is be
lieved to be acute peritonitis and
the attending physician regards the
actress-producer's condition very
grave.

COMPARAtlVE SAtARIES

VOICE DOUBLE COSTS
LEGIT MAN SOUND JOB

Actors* Fund's Talker
Showing on Broadway

; " ^Pusher in 'iS^^ race," 'the f our-
' reel dialog and sound feature made
at the Paramount Astoria studio for
the Actors' . Fund and Authors'
League, Is slated to open in Novem-
ber at the Criterion, New York, In
conjunction with Paramount's first
all-dialog feature, "Interference."

Robert Florey directed '-Pusher"
from F.. Scott ■ Fitzgerald's story.
I Actors donating their services to the
picture Include Lester Allen, Estelle
Taylor, Lillian Walker, Raymond
Hitohcock, Carroll McComas, Reg-
inald Owen, Amelia Summerville,
Lavinia Shannon, Harry Stubbs,.
Julius McYIcker, James Harper,
William Rlccardl, Jean Del Val, Ar-
mand Cortez, Albert Royal, Muriel
Finley, Ja.cob Frank, Jack Hartley
and Madellene Fairbanks.

' MAY SOUND "THE CT.TMAX"

Los Angeles, Oct. 13.

Universal Is negotiating with
Renaud Hoffman to do 'The Climax"
which Hoffman owns.

Plans call for an all-talker ref-
slon starring Jean Hersbolt. Hoff-
man would supervise;. ^

AEilSS ILL ; PLAY HALTS

^.^:=^^Bt«-Loulsr-.Oct,^ 23..^
George Arliss was top 111 to open
I at the Rlalto In "Merchant of Ven-
jlce" last night Doctor^ had ordered
him to bed until Thursday when he
fainted Saturday evening after the
performance in ClnclnnatL

On the trip to St. Louis he be-
came worse and In spite of one of
I the heaviest advance sales of years,
the first three performances had to
be called off. Trouble to diagnosed
acute laryneltia.

Actual corripetition of talking
pictures with regular Broadvtfay at-
tractions iis dated as early as Labor
Day^ of next season. The outlook
is that of talkers invading the legit
in ai most every phase.

One of the leading picture pro-
ducers has offered to book a neW
talker, not adapted frpiri any pro-
duced play, into a Broadway house
of moderate capacity, the date to
start late next August. The pro
posed admission scale 'will |}e $2
top.

Indications point to the passing
of the average dramatic production
and smill capacity theatres. New
producers with short bankrolls will
find it more and more difficult, nor
will It be riiuch less so for the rec-
ognized manager. The predicted
evolution of the talker for Broad-
way will aid the actor and drama-
tist to a, greater extent than has
been anticipated, since there will be
higher salaries and mote produc
tion of talking dialog pictures.
Picture Salaries •
An idea of why the legit producer
win not be able to compete with
the talker producer may be had
from recent contracts given Broadr
way actors. A $500 per week play-
er has been engaged by a major
picture concern for talkers at $1,600
weekly for the first picture. An
option on his services for the fol
lowing six months calls for a sal
ary of |2,000 a week and for the
succeeding six months at $2,500. A
somewhat similar proffer has been
made to an actress now receiving
$550 weekly. ,

The competition of the talking
picture makers extends to the au-
thors, with similar assurance of
high remuneration. Competition
with the legitimate producer Is dis-
cernible, 80 much BO It Is antici-
pated the authors will naturally
seek to do business with the pic-
ture makers fir3,t,_r.?>.ther than with
Broadway stafe'e producers aa at

present. ■ ■ -fi-- — - . , _

It will be no trick at all for the
talkers to offer authors terms simi-
lar to those of the producer, with
indications the picture , people will
make their bids so attractive no au-
thor will likely refuse.

Road ComebacK
it. is th(B apparent aim Of the
talkers designed for Broadway
competition to select new plays in
the sa.me manner the 6tage pro-
ducer does. But the chances of
turning a profit in talker form Is
expected to be greater. In fact as-
sured, because of the exhibiting
territory to be opened uip.

The real comeback of the road
may be found in the talkers. That
would mean not only more chances
of authors selling their scripts and
higher compensation for actors, but
it opens fui avenue to agents and
eoznpany managers. The collapse
of^the-road has Jeft many .olJth*.
latter high emd dry.

It hB not thought talkers will
eclipse or eliminate show business,
as now constituted but It Is ex-
pected to be a competitive factor
of no small proi>ortlons. Legit mu-
sical productions may not be as
much affected as dramas and com-
edies but the amusement horizon of
coming seasons appears to throw
a contour much different than the
present.

Tlie morning World's critic,
St.. John iSrvinc, brought, over
from London to review' Broad-
way, witnessed throe now
productiojas last weok. lie
thought:

. "3 Cheei-s"— Good.
"Olympia"— Bad. : ^
"Mr. Moneypenny"— Bad.

"G.V.F."AasCo50-50
In St. Paul and Minn

Minneapolis, Oct. 23.
St. Paul newspapers i-efusod; the
initial; nevyspaper advertising copy
submitted . by the "Greenwich Vil-
lage; . Follies*' advance agent and
compelled a revision. Local news-
papers, accepted .the s.ame copy..

The ads^ hotlex' than any ever be-
ifore used for a show here, not ex-
cluding another Shuborl attraction,
"A Night in Spain,", proclaimed
"TONIGHT ! — A ' ShOck Absprbor
Under Every Seat." It also declared
that the "Follies^' ''outstrip all 11)28
I'evacs in beauty, dai-ing and. ispcc-
tacle" and that "never before .any-
thing like it seen in .Minneapolis-
more rejuvenating than a barrel of
monkey glands." :

The sho\y failed to live lip to
these advance promises. Business
big here, but just fair In .St.' Paul.
"Buzz" Baihbrldge, new lessee of the
Minneapolis and St. Paul Metropol-
itans, had the . show In . the Twin
Cities on a $35,000 flat guarantee
for the fortnight and came out a
little ahead fi.nahcially on the ven-
ture, due to the fine turnout of Min-
neapolis theatregoers.

Equity I nvestigating ^ Claim
Stage Actor Didn't Have
Chance

Los Angeles. Oct. 23.
Al.loged unfairness of - lilm. pro-
ducers in using voice doubles when
tho original actor has the stage
oxpcrionoc and ability to speak the ,.
lines is to be . niadc an issue by
Equity, accordins to the A. E. A. .
Los Angeles oflloe. : .

Instance upon which the issue is
to be" made eoncern.s a Avell-kn.own
stage actor whoso narne . has been
withheld. The player was .ohgaged
to make a silciit film J^y FBG, no
niehtion of sound being made, When
the picturo reached New York It
was decided to add sound sequences
and voice' doubles were used. Situa-
tion came lo a head when the play- ;
er was considered for a sound part
and tlio FBO picture was run off.
He lost the booking because of the
double's . YOicc.

Another phase of the talkers sa:id
to be causing grief Is the tendency
of the studios tO use jfilnyers for
certain sequences arid then lay them
off for several weeks until ready to
complete the picture. Meantime all
other studios and the Central Cast-
ing are tipped that the actor is to
be kept on Ice until needed at the
first studio.

MoFley's Hoboken Comedy

Next week, all of It Christopher
Morley's comedy, "Pleased To Meet
You," with. Jerome Kern's Inciden-
tal music, will play at the Rlalto,
Hoboken, just beyond the tunnel.

The Morley - Throckmorton-Grib
ble-Miliken group has been amus-
ing Itself with the old Rialto
over there, and. so far to the enter-
tainment of the natives as well as
the foreigners from New York.

It takes a half an hour to get
there, says the announcement, with
choice of two routes. Also choice
of two Hoboken rcsaturants if one
prefers to eat on the other side.
The announcements mention "" both
by name with phone number for
each, thereby playing perfectly
square with Hoboken. Same places
are also recommended If one can
still feel like food after seeing the
play.

Helen Ford in Nite Club

The foririer GeOrge oiseii Clvlb; en
West 49th street will, be re-opencd
by Tony Shayne Oct. 30 as the
Helen Ford Club.

Miss Ford, of legit; starred In
'Chee-Chee" which flopped and
closed last week. She will partici-
pate in the fioor show, which bias
Wellington Croas as m.c.

Mrs. Couthoui Uncovers
Undercover Stuff

Ch Icago, Oct. 23,
Couthoui Ticket Agency, largest
in this city, controlling 22 hotel and ^
club stands* is reported to have had
a shakeup.-

Mrs. Florence Couthoui, ovvner
and actively in charge Of her busi-
nes.s, is said to have engaged de-
tectives to Investigate her own of-
fices d.iirihg the past month in. an
effort to uneartti a leakWn her busi-
ness that has been growing stead-
ily. ... ■

Durinisr the Investigallon It is said
that employees of tho Couthoui
.stands were. found playing with and
h(;lping out the independent brok-
ers in town, making up extra com-
missions arid burning up the sur-
plus of their stock. The Independ-
ent brokers were found to be un-
loading fully 50 per cent, of their
stock to the Couthoui omployecH,
and thereby making a showing to
the theatres.

As a result a cleanup in the Cou-
thoui ofUces i.s promised. It will In-
volve stands in the Woods building
store, Hamilton Club, Chicago Ath-
letic Club, Stevens Ilotei, ' with
seycr^il- other stands threatened.. . ..

Body of Belle Applegate,
Suicide, Unclaimed in Chi

Chicago, Oct. 23,
Body of Isdbelle Grant, profes-
sionally known as Belle Applegate,
one time ..opera star, lies in Cook
County morgue, awaiting a clalmr
ant. Mifis Applegate committed sui-
cide by taking poison Oct. 19 In a
local hotel. Sh© was despondent
over ill health and following unsuc-
cessful come-back attempts.
^ Dcceased^^ Js^bfilieved^to. . Jiaxe..Jbiflcl
a mother, brother and sister resld
ing somewhere In Kentucky.

Title From Contest

Boston, Oct. 23,
"A Tree for Two" was the win-
ning title In a: contf'.'-t Kpon.tored
here by Me.ssrH. .Shubert for a new
name for tlie "Qu'-cn s Triste," a
musieal comedy now playing at the
Shubert.

v ■

Defied Superstition

Cleveland, Oct. 23. .

A typlt;al old-fashioned stage jinx
hit the Little theatre on the open-
ing night of its revival of "Ten
Nights in a Barroom." It started
when a violinist, in defiance of an
old theatrical superstition, played
"Home, Sweet Home'' before the
.«Iiow opening.

In the first act o. player was
accidentally hit by a nail,, but kept
acting while thc.blood poured down
his face from a cut In hi.s head. A
little while later the- villain, went
into a dead faint, falling on his
face. Then a girl usher pulled a
faint in an alf;Io.

The throe catastroplics l'>roke the
Jinx, for afl'T that tlie performance
werit on without another accident
and- bc»:amc -a."=lacal" hiti-"^

"DAGGER" OPERETTA OFF

"Tiie I);i;r:.i'r and th<> Ji'.f-c,"
Iloraee Liveri;')U'.s fiperetfn. imisi-
calizod from- '"rix; Firebrand,': is off
for another season.

A new book is nccef-'sary. The
r.'iaMc Lelghton-Fr.'incis Kdwarda
\'':iiuf!i>h libretto' is laeklng.

Guy Bolton may do the new book.

VARIETY

L E Gl t I M ATE

Wednesday, October 24, 1928

Shows in N. Y. and Comment

succe

Figures estimated and comment point to some ^•'"j;
isfyl, while the sjime gross accredited to others m.ght suggest
mediocrity or loss. The variance is explained in the difference in
house capacities with the varying overhead. Also the_8ize of cast,
with consequent difference in necessary gross of profit.^
in business necessary for musical attraction as agamst dramatic

play is also, corisidered.

Admission tax applies on tickets over $3.

"A Connecticut Yankee," Vander-
.bilt (52a week) (Mr88^-.$5.50)..
Final wdek for "Yankee"; ''Tlu-
Bevolt" next week; business
supged badly on Broadway; gen-

• eral coni plaints;, Indian, summer
blamed. . :

"Animal Crackers," 44th Stfcet (1st
week) (M-1,323-$C.G0). Preaented
•by Sani H. Harris;. Four- Karx
brothers starred; opened Tuesday.

•'Biilie," Krlaii^er (4th week) (M-
l,520-$3.85). . Tepid weather prob-
ably holding this one . back, aic-
cepted idea of sub-normal condi-
tions; Cohan's musical highly
rated in ticket circles; over
$25,000 Claimed. ; '■

"Blackbirds,'/ Jiltinge . (23th week)
(R-892-$3.85). Moved from lib-
erty last week, continuing sell^oyt
pace; sctile increased' to balance
lesser , first floor capacity; over

. .$2b,0().0..

."By Request," Hudson (C-1.094-$3):
Suddenly went to Boston after
withdrawing Saturday; played

• four weeks.
"Chee Chee," Mansfield (M-1, 050-

5^5.50). ' Stopped suddenly Satur-
day, playing four, weeks; good
business at .start but riot conceded
winner; reports of police scrutiny
discounted; "Americana';; • next-
wieelc.

"Courage," Rltz (3d. week) (D-945-
$3). Management conlident oi
Sticking this brie over; hasn't done
much to date; took healthy jump
last week, bettering $8,000.

.**Cross My Heart," Knickerbocker
((ith weelt) (M-l,4l2-?4.40).
Agency buy expired and not re-
newed; fairly good business first
fourAveeks; last week $16,000 esti-
mated.

""Diamond Lil," Royale (^9th week):
,(Cb-l,ll7-$3).. Around $11,000
last week; figure considered good
flLt this stage of run; probably pick
up again/
"Elmer the Great," Lyceum (5th
week) (C-957-$3). Business no th 7
, ing tb brag about; around $6,0.00,

liridcr previous pace.
"Exceedingly Small," Comledy (1st
week) (C-682-$3)". Presented by
Actors Theatre; written by Carp-
line Fraricke; opened Monday,
"Faust,'? Guild (3d week) (0-914-
$3). Six .weeks will let this one
out; around $14;000 claimed, by
Virtue of subscriptions; "Major
Barbara" to be revived next
month; with "Wings .Oyer Eu-
rope" latcf on.
"Front Page," Tlmca Square (llth
week) (e'-i,057-$3.85). Fast mov-
ing drama, continues clean-up;
a bit off last week but $23,000
estimated^
"Gang War," Sam H. Harris (10th
, weclO (C-l,057-$3.85). Final
week; moderate grosses for lim-
ited period; about. $8,000 with less
last week; "Luckoo Girl" moves
in frorii Casino Monday^
"dentlemen of the Press," 48th
Street ■ (9th week) (C-969-$3).
Much better here than at Miller,
but slipped with others last week;,
claimed over $7,000, .
"Girl Trouble," Belmont (1st week)
C-515-$3). Presented by Richard
Hefndon; written by Barry Con-
nors; opeiis Thursday (Oct. 25):
"Goin' Home," Masque (-1 0th week)
, (CD-700-;$3) . Final week "here;
must find another house or clQSo;
/ good fihow gone wrong; "YoUng
Love'' due next week.'
"Good Boy," Hammorsteln'a (8th
, week) (M-l,40Q-$0.60). , Took it
- on chin, , but other musicals, a.s
: badly affected last wieck; slipped
more than $6,000 for approximate

• $2;»,ooo.

^Gods of the Lightning/' Little (1st
week) .(D-530-$3). Presented by
Hamilton McFadden; a drania re-
ported to be exceptional; written
by Maxwell Anderson and Harold
Hickerson; opens tonight (Wed-
ne.sday).

"Good News," Ch.anln's 46th St.,1
.(60th week) (M-l.-U3-$5. 50). Still
riiaking coin; based off last week
but rated over $20,000; expected
to stick through November or bit
longer.

"Heavy Traffic," Henry Miller's (Sth
. ■ w-cok) (CD-946-$3. 85). Final week,
moved hero from Empire last
week; ti-ndo further .•^h.ading off;

A. H. Woods; adapted from
FiThch by Eugene Walter; highly
~ touted ; only two persons : in cast,
Fay Balnter and John Halllday:
opened Monday.
"J list a . Minute,"' Ambassador (3d
week) (M-i,200-$4.40). Booked
Into wrong house; productl.6n
cannot be properly set on trian-
gular stage, which handicaps perr
fbrmance; $12,000 not enough, for
a musical, ,
"Little Accident," Morosco (3d week)
(C-898-$3), Figures to make dis-
tance to fairly good grosses; sec-
ond week quoted a bit over $9,000.
"Luckee Girl," Casino (6th week)
(M-i.477-$4.40), Moves, to Harris

Family Biz Picks Up;
Treasure GirV $33,000

Philadelphia, Oct. 23.
' fheatire managers have th6lr
fingers crossed. Last week showed
some indications of an end to the
terrific slump.

Leader for the week was "Treas-
ure Girl," new Gertrude Lawrence
musical. With $3.85 top, $4.40 Sat-
urday^ It reported a gross of about
$33,000, ■

Big disappointment was "Animal
Crackers," moving from .the Shu-
bert up to the Erlariger, Smash hit
in Its first three weeks, this Marx
Brothers' shdw dropped : to around
$24,000 last week after its move,
something like $12,000 less than its
high mark.

Among the drama;tlcs, no isriiaohes
but Friday and Saturday business
pulled several up from the dold-
rums.

Last night saw three changes.
"Congal" with Helen Menken, at
the Adelphl; '^Mair ©ugan" at
Keith's and "My Maryland" Into
the Erlanger for a single week.

Next week will see five openings,
"Macbeth" at Broad for two weeks;

Lyric," four

LA. Grosses

, Los Angeleg, Oct 23.

"Tho Marriage Bed." produced by
Felix Young, ' started, strong at
Mayan, getting $13,500 , oh six per-
formances including, a $5 opening.
Title is decnied box office here-
abouts. ! ':

"The Squall" at the
fourth week, clicked

Dempsey's Show Did
$15,000, Capacity $40,000

Bbston, Oct 23.
Grosses ot the legit not very en-
couraging last week. If It hadn't
been for the business turned In by
a couple of dramatics (thrillers), th©
Belasco, I story would have been very sad,
better than I The Jack iDempsey show, "The Biff

$15 000. Majestic tilled $9,400 on Fight," flopped badly, and eveu
the' 19th week of "The Desert Sorig." "Americana," of which considerable
Henry D,uffy's local attractions I was expected, did not come through
and grosses were: "Shannons of 1 very strong, falling by about $3,000
Broadway," El Capitari, '$5,8()0, to touch $20,000.
fourth week; "Be$t People," Holly- Thfe flop of the Deriipsey show was
wood Playhouse, $5,700, second rather a- . shock. , Booked Into the
\yeek; "Wooden Kimono," Presi- biggest hbusie in the '.towii handling'
derit, eighth week, $4,200. These icglt, its topi could have given $40,-
gro.sses based on $1.25 scale. 000, but the business^ was estimated

"On Approval" hovered around at not much better than $15,000.
$7,000 on second week at ,yine "Dracula." which finished up a
Street Music Box with Tarriish U^ree weeks' engagement at tho
was around $3,000 for fourth week, uolli^, Was one of the nearest ap-
"Jazz of Patriotism" at tiny Egan ppoaches to a real hit the town has

reported $1,100 ori wetik.

"Ywing Love" Folds Fast;
Chi Critics Did It

"Royal Family" for

;S Mond^rhadi;^ ave;^^ I ^Sow" "^S^^iit) %.e£^S
$16,000, but probably less last |..R^,»^Dow ^^^y at For-

h ad and one of the big monety mak<
ers that this house has seen. . It did
$17,000 on the flnal week.

"Take the Air'' on the fehal week
at the, Wilbur slid off about, $1,000
last week, flgured as a normal slip
because of the extra business the
holiday brought to it the preceding
week. Grossed oyer $17,000 last
week, pretty fair business consider-
ing the length of time it has been

week; an in-between musical;
"Hello Everybody" follows next
. week, ■

"Machinal," Plymouth (8th week)
(D-l,012-$3). . "Tepid feather Iri-
terfered with steady increase In
business; ovei" $12,500 last week
and will grow again.
"Mr. Moneypenny," Liberty (2d
week) (D-l,202-$2.50). .Favorable
/ indications; opened Wednesday to
fair business,; with, attendance
picking , up; downstairs draw ac-
cording to agency sal6s.
'<Night Hostess," Martin Beck (7th
. week) (CD-1.18d-$3). No doubt
about Phil Dunning's melodranrta
being liked; while not among the

"Olympia," Empire (2d week) (D-
l,099-$4.40)i Distinctly mixed
opinion about latest Molriar play;
doubtful of lasting naoro than a
few weeks; $8,000 to $9*000, In first
seven performances.
"Paris," Music Box (3d week) (C-
1,000^$4.40). Class draw, with
business among the be&t of sea-
son's new shows; last •week esti-
mated over $23,000.
"Possession," Booth (4th week)
(CD-708-$3). While under stop
limit should! stick for ,a time;
must move because house book-
ing, and goes to Henry Miller s
Monday; paced at $8,000; "These
Few Ashes" next week.
"Rain or Shine," George M. Cohan
(38th week) (M-l,37i-$5.50). Long

Music In May'
rest. '.

Estimates for Last Weel<
. "The 19th Hole" (Broad. 2d week)
return only $7,500 last week, nothing
like what It did before. Tyler's
"Mdcbeth" Monday.

"Treasure Girl" (Shubert . Zd
week) Gertrude Lawrence musical
easily, led town last week With $33,-
000. ■

Thurston (Garrlck, 2d week)
Magician , playiing three weeks.
Usual $1.50 top. After Theatre
Guild.

"Golden Dawn", (Chestnut 4th
week) . Operettq, hot flop on return
visit, but not as big as hoped. Last
' around $20,000 only. "Rain-
bow" next

Chicago, Oct. 23.
"Rio Rita" out-rZiegf. elded recent
Zie'gfeld attempts in this towri, last I here.'
week. The momentum back of the;
advance sale for the Illinois occu-^

"The Queen's Tastje," at the..,ghu-
bert (new hiuslcaDi . is on the final

ities .for "Young Love," Curiosity vious week by about $^oyu.

for the hot lines in the Wbods new In; the next to tho^ final week , at

show was sidetracked by the news- the Plymouth the Madge Kennedy

papers.' "Lovfe" diea this week-end, show, "Paris Bound/' did $10 000 last

making four brieit stays for new at-' week. Its weekly gross h.Jis run

tractions at the Woods since the along at about^th's^ figure , since it

season started. "The Five O'clock opened here. Satisfactory for, this

Girl " after uncertainties," will type of show under the prevailing

open Sunday. conditions. ,

House raanagers 'Were frank in The Tremont, which has been

admitting the ovations extended closed for a couple of weeks due to

Gov»- -Smith— Thursday and Friday the lack of any attraction , for the

1 J"^w^iw?- Sfok4nS"bfrllE^^^ showed: their 'effects at the 1 house, -^pencd Monday with "By Re-

1st week). Booking atr^ignt snow i^s narticulavly Fi'iday, usu- auest.'" Booked in for two Weeks

into the large ^1^}^^ aUy 1 strong ^ross pull Cofonial seems fated for a couple of

"^"gS Street FoUies" (W^^^ week dark weeks after "Americana."

2d we^k) cT^s revu" got gteat were normal, everything depending ^Shree to open next Monday-"Red

««ti^la hnt ^^oh «t the m^^^ upon the , advance strength of the j^te" at Shubert, "Connecticut

"^^^^^^tJ^^^ 52de? $15 000^ af $3 respect! shows' "Good News" is ?^^b.ee' for Majestic and Helen

over heads,
top. ■•

"Hello Yourself^ (Forrest 5th
week). This collegiate musical
holds long run record of season to
date. Last week, ott to $24,000.
"Music in Miay" next '

"Interference" (Lyric, 4th week)
Excellent British melodrama, after
juiriping. lip in second'week, oft last
week to $10,000. "Royal Family"
next : ' ■ : .
"Congai" (Adelphl, 1st week)

now out to establish a full yeiir's jj^yes . jn "Coquette" at Wilbur,
run at the Selwyn, making it 16 Estimates for Last Week

rent' aTll40° creafeTn^^^^^ "American" (Colonial, 3d week)-
^eSJd Jor localTegit?'"^'^ ^ fn^OAa^, wek. Not ui. to^ expec-
The most substantial pl.iigglng tatlons./ Final week. ;
for shows, viewed from a box office I "The Bachelor . Father" (HolUsi,

value standpoint Is going to ''Com.-
mand to Love," "Queen's Husband"
and "Burlesque." Of these three,
"Burlesque" needed attention the
most. "Command to Love" can't

run attractions took the slump _ HarrlW fifth try-out of season fatten the halcony business, yet the kipht along,
slap hardest last week; estimated [ ■"^ Menken starred, in I lower floor is solid, and this play Is |
gross here about $25,000; had been weeks. "Squealer"

Ist week)-^Opens after "Dracula"
turned in threfe weeks of very good
husiness, with final week $17,000.

"Paris Bound" (Plymouth, last
^eek— $10,000. Doing about same

bettering $30,000
"Relations," Wallack's (10th week)
(C-770-$3), Has stuck it out much
longer than first Indicated; get-
ting some cut-rate money, and
still hopeful. . ■

"Rosalie," New Amsterdam (42d
week) , (M-l,702-$6.60). Final
week; goes to road, -with Phila.
the first stand; has a long run to
its credit and a goodly profit
claimed; house dark unttl
"Whoopee." , . >ry

"Scandals," Apollo (17th week) (R-
l,168-$6.60). Grosses have been
held to high level via long agency
buy; brokers reported stuck with
pU'nty of tickets; $44,0.00 esti-
mated.

"Straight Thru the Door," 49th
Street . (4th week) (C-708-$3).
Business better than estimated;
paced around $7,000, which Is
satisfactory for show of the kind;
personal draw of William Hodge
credited.

"Show Boat," Ziegfeld (44th wpek)
(M-l,150-$6.60). Drew fresh pub-
licity by entertaining Graf Zeppe-
lin bunch; still the outstanding
riiusical attraction on Broadway;
over $50,000 weekly.
"Skidding/' Bayes (23d week) (Cr
861-$3). Does riot demand riluch
in gross to operate ; mari'agernent
claims some profit: husiness on &,
cut rate basis, riiaybe over $4,000;
"Strange Intierlude," John Golden
(39th week) (D-900^$4.40). Busi-
ness for the slx-performance-
'wcckly attraction not affected by
the newer productions; Is set for
season; $16,000.
"The ■ Command .Performance,"
Klaw (4th week) (D-830-$3).
Doubt about making the grade;
last week's takings estimated,
around $6,000.
"The Common Sin," Forrest (2d
week) (D-l,50-$3). Fair notice
drawn by new moUer; also doubt-
ful of hcing a money show; first

Helen Menken starred- In | lower floor is soiia, ana viis piay is 1 ^y^o Silent House" (Majestic, 3d

got drawing the ^strongest attention of ^eek)-Last week at this house. At
any non-musical attraction In town pjyjnouth next Week. About $14,000.
for acting. ^ | ojhe Queen's Taste" (Shubert,

about $9,000 last week.

"My Maryland" (Erlanger, one
week only). Stop-gap booking fol-
lowing week of "Animal Crackers"
which ifeU to $26,000. "Rosalie"
Monday. .

The town did a total gross of ap- 1 ^^^ —^^y^ About $17,000 last week,
tlons last week, iboul* ncSS | StiU being; worked j)n.

proximately, $283,000

trade for this period.

Estimates for Last Week.
"Rio Rita" (Illinois, 2d week).
Leads everything, thorough sma,sh.
Nino performances, midweek mat-
inee at $3.85, gave $43,0(«\

"Manhattan Mary" (Grand, 7th
week). Three varied prices on
lower floor. Around $32,000.

"My Maryland" (Great Northern,
Sth week). Moderated triflo, but
$29,000.

^ "Mary Dugan" (Adelphl, 9th

weekrrM -T.Vds - VsTeoy.'iLnoth^^ Gem of non-musicals; $23,-

(CD-l,094-$3). Two weeks after
this; ho flowers; cost enough al-
ready; house wUl get "These
Days" Nov. 12.

"Tho New Moon," Imperial (6th
week) (M - 1.400 - $6,60). Went
through warm days last week
with very little drop fpr. even the
matinees; a real hit; $39,000,

"The Three M usketeer-s," Lyric (33d

clasa oi>eretta with a record of
holding over into new season,
spanning the summer; somewhat
aiffected last week; $30,000.
"The War^ Song," National (5th.
week) (GD-l,164-$3). Numerous
benefits figured to keep this one
going Into December; business
. fair; the climated pace $9,000.
"This Thing Called Love," Bojlu
(6th week); (C-606-$3.85). Moved
here from. Maxine Elliott Mon-
day; one of the newer shows that
. have done well ehouigh down-
stairs, but plenty oif room for im-
provement; $8,000 last week.
"Three Cheers," Globe (2d week)
(M - 1,416 - $6,60), New musicail
smash due to Will Rogers; first
week, with $11 premiere, $44,000,
"Ups-a-Daisy," Shubert (3d week)
(M - 1,396 - $6.60). Doing fairly
well, most business coming from
agency support: balcony trade
can improve; second week slightly
off, $22,000. .
"Vanities," Earl Carroll (12th week)
(R - 968 - $7.7(>). Some perform-
ances off, but on the whole has
been, getting excellent money;
pape figured around $34,000.
"White Lilacs," Jolson's (7th week)

"fflJnu1^=^$-77000;-^Posaesslon^-movea -weolc=.$6,DM,=cati^^^

over frdm Booth
"Hold E^vcrything," Broadhurst (3d
week) (M-l,llS-$r).r)0). ' I^okslike
this n(?w nui.'^ioal is In money; In
second' week, against weather
hantlicaps, over $2r..r)00; full ca-
psicilv .«aid to bo $3:;,000.
•Jarnegan," Longacre (5th week)
, (CD-l,019-$3 85). Rated having
good chanco to go through sea-
son; business holds to good fig-
ures and profitable both ways;
$14,000 estimated..
"Jealousy," , Maxine Elliott (1st

"The Grey Fox," Playhouse (1st
week) (C-879-$3). I>remlere post-
poned from last week through.
lead'.«! Illness; opened Monday
"The High Road," Fulton (7th
week) , (C - 913 - $3.S5). Agency
.sales point to a run for EngU.sh
comedy; class draw; was getting
$18,000, and claimed more last
week,

"The K Guy,"Biltmore (C-li00O-$3)
Taken off last Saturday; played
one week; $2,500; "Tin Pan Al
ley" next week

week) (D-924-$3). Presented by ' "The Ladder," Cort (lODth week)

000, with long run ahead,

" G o o d N e w s " (Selwyn, 36th
week). $23,000. Not to toe sneezed
at for stage of run.

"Command to Love" (Studebaker,
8th week)^ Splendid lower iBboi:, but
balcony call spotty. High $16,000.

Burlesque" (Harris, 6th .■w:eek).
Present striength figurds around
$16,000 or close .to it.

"The Sileiit Houes" (8th and final
week). Oiit this week, never satis-
fying for longer stay. Around $10,-
000; and lower recently.

"Queen's Husband" (Cort, 6th
week). Getting valued publicity in
right .spots; approaching $12,000.

"Volponie'' (IBlackstone, last week,
fifth week for "Theatre Guild en-
gagement). Capacity pace con-
tinues, with exact gross subtrac-
tions for subscription, charges
aigaihst gross of $23,000.

"The Red Robe" (Majestic, 4th

"Take the Air" (Wilbur, last
Week)— Long and fairly good money
1 making run. Better than $17,000

"By, Request" (Tremont 1st week)

1 In for two weeks.

Film Stars and Champ
Fail to Excite Prov,

Providence, Oct. 23i.
Two picture stars and a tennis
champ provided Interest for legiti-
mate theatergoers this week in th«
persons of Viola Dana, Marjorla
Daw and William T. Tllden, 2nd*
doing only fair biz as against ca-
pacity for the moviei. , .
- Miss Dana's reception at th«
Modern where she' was appearing
as a stock guest star was -warnv
and the petite screen favorlt*
clicked well. "What Every Woman
Ivriows" used around $9,000. Okay.

Miss Daw and Bill Tllden ap-
peared In "Dracula" at the Opera
Hou.se, bringing out a large portion
of the elite who knew Tllden when
he made Providence his home som*
years ago. Poor at $5,000.

JINX STOCK HOUSE

Des Moines, Oct. 2S,
After two weeks Don Dixon's D©*
lineatlonS company, opening at the

and final week). On its way, not Princess here, has suffered the same
registering at $14,000 (nino per- fate as Paul Foley's company,
forniances). "The Gang War" toLyhlch attemjpted to bpcn the hoas«
follow. , , _ . , for summer stock.

^ "Young. Love" (Woods. 2d and 3,^,^^ companies felt the jinx that
final week). Critics saw tb, length rtn +Wo house for stock

of this one for the town, "-the ITive l*^" J^s.

o'clock (^irl" next,

Nice profit worked up vyjlth flr'srl secon^^'week
presentation and another week to
go. Around $5,0001 at low scale.

American Opera ("FJrlanger, 4th
and final w*ek). Spotty trade,
never high.

- - (Q^l,77.6-$5.50). ,. Thea tre parUeB |,. '!Broadway'l (

will probably keep this operetta
going through fall; avorage
.around $20,000.

Special Attractions

"Surt- Up," revived at Princeaa, re-
named the Lucille Laveme.

Civic Repertory, 14th Street; reper-
tory.

"Tho Light of Asia," Walter Hamp-
den's (3d week);

"When Crummies Play«d,*' Qarrlok
(4th week).

"Sunny Days,* Century; repeat;
flnal Week.

presentations "the paat- few years,
week). I n-"d both closed after the first ot

Boston's Benefit for Fund

Boston, Oct 23.
A special matinee performance of
"The Silent House" • was given at I
the Miijostic Theatre Friday after-
noon for the benefit of the Actors'
Fund..

Coburn's Revivals

Charles Cobum haa taken over
Daly's 63d Street New York, oh a
year's lease. He will apot a series
of revivals at the house.

Cobum takes possession Nov. *•
The house will be renamed the Co-
burn theatre, with a revival of "Tho
Yellow Jacket," featuring Mr.- ana
Mrs. Cobum, as the first attracUon.

Wednesday, October ?4, 1928

L,E G I T IM A T E

VARIETY

53

Weather, Election Knock Down
Grosses; "Cheers' Big,

JNiiml>er of Attractions Nearly Normal— Off oh Tak-
Ings-^Some Musicals Drop $7,0pQ

10 Shows Olit

Broa-dway is getting cloae. to nor-
mal as to the number of legitimate
theatres in operation, for the first
time this season but business is
considerably under noriiiJtl. Indica-
tions point to the most sluggish
autumn period of a decade.

Drops last week when complaints
slip off more than $7,000 from the
were general, saw. some, musicals
level of the previous week. Others
took it on the chin for . $5,000. The
dranias eased downward as a- rule,
with several -managing to. pick up
through Saturday's business, when
It wa,s SI bit cooler. Warm weather
undoubtedly militated against show
business. It is doubtful If Srpadway
hits its stride until, after the presi-
dential electioii

Last week's hew shows brought
In a musical smash In "Three
Cheers" at the Globe, Using a $6.60
; top and icountinig the $11' preii»iere.|
the gross was estimated over $44,-
, 000; "Olympia,*; at. the Empire, wis
socked by the critics, and is in
doubt; it got less than $9,000 in
. seven performances ; "Mr. Money-
penny" started Weidhesday at the
Liberty, with a downstairs, draw in
dicated; rather gocni reviews; "The
Common Sin" opened mildly at the
Forrest, getting around $6,000; "The
K Guy" was taken off Saturday at
the Biltmore, getting less than $3,-
000 on the week ; "The Grey Fox"

cehtage of return in mo.st caseis.
But the brokers state the buys arc
too niq,ny . in proportion to ticket
sales and the general trend of
business. ^ The list;. .".Just a Minr
ute" (AmbassELdor), "deorge White',?
Scandals" (Apollo . "C5irl Trouble"
(Belmont), "Hold Everything
(Broadhurst), "Vanities" (Earl Car-
roil), "Luckee Girl" (C a s i n o),
"Blackbirds of 1928" (Eltjnge).
"Oiympia" (Empire), "Billie" (Er-
langer's), "The Common Sin'!" (For-.,
rest) , "Animal , Crackers" ( Forty -
Fourth St.),' "Straight Thru ; the
Door" (Forty-Ninth St.), "The High
Road"' (Fulton), "Three Cheers•^
(Globe), "Good Boy" (Hammer-
stein's), "The New Moon" (im-
perial), "White Lilacs" . (Jolson),
'The C o.m m a n d jPerformance"
(Klaw), ^ V'Jarnegan", (Longacre),
"Elmer the Great" (Lyceum), "The
Three Musketeers" (Lyric),. "Heavy
traffic" (Miller's), "'Little Accident"
(Morosco), "Paris". (Music Box)
"The War Song" (National), "Rosa-
lie" (New Amsterdam), "Ups-A^
Daisy" (Shubert), "The Front Page"
(Times Squa're), "Show ' Boat"
(Ziegfeld).

23. Shoves Cut Rated
In the bargain list :therie are 23
attractions listed this week. 'The
list: "Sunny Caiys" (Century),
Cross My Heart" (Knickerbocker),
"Good News" (Chanin's 46th StO.

Shine'' (Cohan), "Con-

Thls week's outgoing list acUloO
to three additional closings layt Sat-
urday makes a total of 10 with-
drawals from Broadway's list.
. "Rosalie" presented by Flo Zieg-
feld at the New A:msterd;trn with
Marilyn Miller and Jack Donahut-
starred, leaves for the road after
a run of 42 weeks. , The attraction

• ROSALIE

Opened . Jan. IQ. Lit.tell •
(Post) : . "Glass A musical com-
edy." Notices all favorable; .

Variety (Abel) said: "Not
satisfactory $6>60 entertainment
and will not approach by sev-
eral months the run of "Sunny."

was among ,the leading gros.s get-
ters last season, holding over
throug:h the summer to a Pace of
over $30,000. In. the early months
the gross was around $44,000 and
more; Always received strong
agency support.

"A Connecticut Tankee," pre-
sented: by Lyle D^ Andrews and
Lew Fields, will tour from the Van-
derbilt ■ after a run of 52 Weeks.

CON N ECTI C UT Y A N K E E
Opened Nov. 3, 1927. "Tuni^-
ful and. amusing/' said Atkin-
son (Times); this the gist of
reviews.

Variety (Sid) figured: "Ought

to ease along to moderate
money.**

Shows in Rehearsal

"Major Barbara" t'lMu>atn>
Guild).

"On Call" (J. J. lA'vonthal)..
>Tin Pan Alley" (Henry
Forhe.s), • ■

:^'Age of Innocence" (C»iU>ert
Miller). ;■ ,

"Cpmpanionatie' Marriage" (J.
J. Ijovonthal).

"Thou Shalt Not" \Hrady &
Woods). ■.

. "An Immoral Lady" (Brady
&:Wunan).

"Crooks Convention". (Lylo
Andrews).

"Hotbed" (.Brovk renUK^i;-
ton).

Frisco Grosses

- ■ - 1 Rain or

was. held over , at the Playhouse K^g^jticut Yankee" (Vanderbilt),
until this week. "Just - a - Minute" X Ambassador),

"Show Boat" commands , the lead « q q q ^ B o Y " (Hammeratein's),
in the musical group and probably "Skidding" (Bayes), "Relatiorts"
will not be headed;. $50,000 and (Wallack's) , "Gentlemen of the
:o.ver, rernarkable for a holdover • | press" (48th St ), "This ' Thing
"Scandals" rated next iii gross, pos

eibly $44,000, but with the agency
demand dropping fast; with "Three
Cheers" among the leaders, "The
New Moon" is in the big money,
getting $39,000 last week; '^'Vani
ties" figured around $34,OO0; "Three

"Gentlemen
"This

Called . Love" (Bijou), "When
Crummies Played" . (Garrick) ,
"Courage" (Ritz), "Heavy . Traffic"
(Henry Miller), ""The Common Sin"
(Forrest), "Gang War" (Harris) ,
Goin'-Home" (Masque), "Posses-
sion" (Booth), "Exceeding, Small"

The yeiar's engageinent was con^
tiniiously. profitable; ' La;st S(feason
the pace was $22,000 and better
for months and during the summer
and early this season the gross was
$15,000.

"Heavy Trafhc," preseiited by the
Charles Prohman office, will close
at Henry Miller's after playing eight

Beck), "The War Song" (National),
"Diamond Lil!' (Royale), "The Cpm-

Musketeers" slightly less; "Rain or | (Comedy), "Nlte Hostess'_'_ (Martin
"Shine" eased down to $25,000;
"Hold Everything" showed promise
at more than $25,500; "Good Boy"
slipped down to. $23,000; "Billie'
held up well at $25,000; "Blackbirds"
still excellent, over $20,000 (moved
to Eltinge) ; "Ups-a-Daisy" slipped
a bit .but got . around $22,000; "Good
News" $20,000; "White Lilacs" about

I mand Performance'' (Klaw),

Union Agents as

Labor Delegates

JNews" 9zu,uuu; "wnue xjuacs iiuuuL i ^. \ ^^i^il^r<nf.n^^f

<Kof *>r>^^<,a \/r,r woai-t" nnfi Central Trades and Labor Council

that figure; ' Cross My Heart ana l,^,^^.^^^ M.fA^;^!! «nrt MUton T

•Xuckee Girl" $16,000 estimated;
"Just a . Minute" $12,000. .

"Paris"- Goes to Front ■

"Front Page*' was reported off a
bit but claimed $23,000, the best still
among the non-musitals; "Paris"
proved a contender for leadership,
if it did not top the field last week
at more than $23,000; "The High
Road" easily third at more than
$18,000; "Strange Interlude" ca.

Theodore Mitchell and Mlltori T
Middleton, on the board of govern-
ors, of the unionized Associa,tIon of
Theatrical Agents and Managers
were elected as member delegates
This is the first step of the union
agents and nianaget-a in their
struggle for recognition by the Or
ganized Legitimate Theatrical Ma:n-
a:gers' Association.

Previously the A. "T. . A. M. had
received a letter from Sam H

v.io,vvv, .*..o- : :. receiveu a. ictmi ».iv/»,i ^^.^i.. . —

pacity at $16,000 (probably the only jjj^rj.jg as presidcsnt of tiie O. L.- T.
drama that actually sold out last a., in which it was stated that
week) ; "Faust" $14,000; "Jarnegan" U^e producers could not. reconcile
about the same;. . "Ma,chinal" $12,- the fact that men employed as per-
600; "Diamond Lil" $11,000; "Night gQu^i representatives of the man-
Hostess" $10,000; "Little Accident" | agers should be affiliated with labor.

$9,000; "The War Song" the same;
"Courage" and "Possession" a bit
over $8,000; "Gentlemen of the
- Press" - and -"Straight -Thru. - the
Door" $7,000; "Elmer the Great"
$6,000; same for "The Command
Performance."

"Chee Chee," "By Request" and
"The K Guy" vi'ere the added clos-
ings last Saturday, two of the
house's, going dark but relighting
next week — ^^" Americana" at the
Mansfield and "Tin Pan Alley" into
the Biltmore; "Rosalie" lea^ves the
New Amsterdam this week; "A
Connecticut Yankee" toxirs from the
.Vanderbilt which gets "The Revolt ; ''
"Heavy Traffic" closes at the Miller
which will get ."Po.<^.session", now at
the Booth ; latter house . will offer
•These Few Ashes;" "Gang War'
leaves the Harris which gets
"Luckee Girl" now at the Casino,
the latter hou.se offering "Hello
Everybody;" >'(?oing Home" quit?
the Masque which will get "Young
Love." Also opening next week are
^'Tlrashing Through" at^the Republic
and ''"The "Final BaraWe'^'^ar th^"
Provincotown Playhou.'<e. "The
Lido Girl" was taken off at the
Totten which thi.s Friday of£.<^rs a
colored .show called "Colored Scan-
dals." "Sunny Days" playing a- cut
rat<5 repeat at the Century moves on.
29 Agency Buys
The jin niium ticket agencies are-
handling 29 attractions on the. b.l.«i^^
Of • buy-out, with the usual pcr-

M. J. Flynh, who read the letter to
the Council, regarded it as a .slight
upon the A. F. L

^Thc stand of the. legitirriate manr
agers, however, it regarded as
strong argument against the agohts
union. It is po.ssible the A. T. A. M
may eventually secure the support
of the stage hands and musicians'
union In , a possible sympathetic
strike. For the present, however,
indications are such support will be
largely moral.

In managerial: circles the opinion
against recognition appears too j^eh-
eral and if forced to an issue may
dlspGhso with advance agents, ac*
cprding to reports,

Alien Actor Rule

Changes Guild's Plays

. The Theatre Guild ' has . shuffled
plans in which it wilT tempofai'ily
sidetrack "Wings Over Europr;" for
a revival of George Bernard Khaws
"Major Barbara." It went into rc-
hearsa:i this, wfeck.
''""TM"tH^ffStro'f."nuTl(T'.^-=^^^
.schedule is said to have ha-n oc-
casioned by Equity's recent ruling
on alien actors. The Guild hfid sev-
eral Engli.'^h actors penci.lr.fl In for
IhP cr.st which had to he evenHi.'illy
scrapped through their not h.'iving
made the grade of 100 porfurnirm-
ancps in America, within the tinu-
limit pet by E(iuity in its han r.'-^rj-
latioris. .

HEAVY TRAFFIC
Opened Sepit. 15. .Mantle
(Nevvs): "Honest proletariat
will have little or nothing to
do with it." W i n ch e M
(Graphic) predicted: ♦'Prob-
ably will not endure.".

Variety (Ibee) said: "Not
last three months;"

weeks. It opened at the Empire,
getting around $12,000, then easing
off to $8,000, with less at the Miller.

"Gang War," presented by Willard
Mack, with the Shuberts Interested
will go to the road from the Harris
Friday night, openine In Chicago

GANG WAR
Opened Aug. 20. "Misses
fire," verdict expressed by
Gabriel (Sun) with other re-
viewers mostly concurring.

Variety said: "Should have
no trouble enjoying healthy
stay."

Sunday. It played 10 weeks to mod -
erate business, starting around $10,-
000 and slotted at $8,000.

"Goiri* Home," creditable effort by
Brock. . Pemberton, closes at the
Masque. It opened, at the Hudson

GOING HOME

Opened Aug. 23. Anderson
(Journal) said: "Long-winded,
slow iand only occasionally efr
fective." Critics divided be-
tween lukewarm and cold.

Variety (Abel) stated:
"Leaves one cold."

and in iill played 10 weeks to light
business. Paced undei- $4,000 but
deserved better support;

"Chee Chee," presented by Lew
Fields at his Mansfield, was taken
off last Sattirda-y, ' playing • four
weeks. It was claimed that the po-
lice were rubbering because of book

San. Francisco, Oct. 23
Away off last week, conaiderablj,
below the previous Sveck. Only
house to show any appreciable up
.ward trend was Green Street, where
"Easy for Zoe Zee," naughty "Fjrench
farce, is pilaying to heavy limousine
trade. "Good Mews" is slipping
rapidly at the Curran and looU.'J
like about three, more weeks will
wind it up for a total of Aight; At
the Geary, "The Royal Family" is
another disappointment, arfd fifth
week eased off anothor .grarid or so.

Guy Bates Post brought his Capi-
tol engagement to a finish, holding
iirm on final week. Henry Duffy
opened "My Son" at his Alcazar,
but initial wreck . did not break any
records. At Duffy's Pr^Sfident,
"Daddies," in sixth week, held tc-
minkably strong, though somewhat,
off, in keeping with rest of town.
Cblunibia remained dark.

Estimates for Last Week
Curran— 'Good Nc\vs.'* With lEd
die Nelson out . of ca,<Jt again
with attack of flu, and general de-
pression, musical sagged down to
around $17,500 on fifth week.

Capitol-^'The Play's the Thing."
Fourth and linal week ; little b.ettei
than $13,000; "Kongo" followed,

Geary— "The Royal Family." Re
tirement of Charlotte Walker from
cast may have cut last week's in-
take, though the sophisticated com-
edy, never did click right, here.
Fifth week, at around $8,000, qultie.
disappointing.

Alcarar— "My Son." Rushed in
when "Antonia" was hurriedly
pulled, this. Duffy drama will re-
main two' weeks longer, and then
make way for Henry Duffy and
Dale Winter in "In Ix»ye With
Lbve," moving over from the new
Dufwin, Oakland. "My Son" on first
week not over $4,O0o.

President — "Daddies" continues
to hold firm and clicked to around
$4,300 oh fifth week. Figured for
about 10 weeks.

Green Street— "Eaay for Zee Zee. '
Nothing very meritorious about this
one. but it's a winner. At present
speed, ought to last until Chrjstr
mas. Sixth week hit, $2,600; im
men.sc there.

MARIE DANE ABBITttATiaN

Arbitration in the case of . Marie
Dane for whom there are two con-
tracts, one with the Shuberts and
the Other with Flo Ziegfeld; will be
held today (Wednesday), Miss Dane
Is appearing in "Rio Rita" having
secured the engagement through
her agent, Lew Irwin who signed
for her.

Mi.ss Dane signed a per.sonal con-
tract with the Shuberts, explaining
the mix-up by saying she did not
know Irwin had made the Ziegfeld
agreement, said to be dated prior
to the Shubert, contract.

Lambs' Indie Ticket
Overwhelms Regular

Fi'it?: ^Villiams. ini1eT« .nom-
inee, .defeated l.etMV IvV.vivll. v.. 't:>!''ar,
for Shophevd at tin. auf.'i.il "'lecuon
at the LaiiiVis Clul^ \' w' Vurk c'ily,
last' w'cok; ■ ...

The election was ;i » I> .m. .^^wi-cp
for the .irulepehdem Ui''.^ei ^\ilh all.
of \Villia»n."<' . runnin.u: i.n.ues steam
rollered. ii\, dolVjvtin.tv the. entti'o reg-
ular tiekct^^leoted liy the noniina- :
tion oomniitteo.

Bortim .Cluu-ohill was eleoted Bey,
Charles Winniii.irer, ODrresponaing
.see.; Joseph Santlev:, r<.>e^'V.<)ii).- =^^0.; ,
Walter Vincent, treasurev. and Wal-
ler Catiott, librarian.

Directors elected for .vi.roe years
are K. H. Burnsido, Jose.ith Bieker-
ton, Jr., Harry SomnUTi!, John
Ooldoii ' and Priestley Morrison.
Lynn .OVernian was eleeted for one
year to lill the'iinexpirod term of
FritZ ;Willlains. ' ■;

The ballotuig, caused eonsidorable
excitement amoiig the. nvembcrs
with result figur.ed a vietory for the
conservatives over the pnigce.ssive
group.

It's. the. first lime in histury of the .
ciiub that an iiVdependniit ti.cket has
entirely' overridden the regular
tieket.

Goodman's Overdue Shovir
Ps^ingfor Rehearsals

Considerable extra expense Is.
mounting up in the production ot
"Rainbow,". Philip Gppdman's -new
musical which hits gone beyond the
flve^week rehearsal period. As a
result the chorus ban been under,
salary for the past two weeks and .
some of the principals arc being
paid. Others were engaged after
the. show st.arted TOhearsIng but
may also . come within the. ffaiary
i-equireinents before the show
opens. ' '

It appears that, the jiianager. was
jammed up originally when Ilfirry
Fender failed to appear. Up to the
time the show started to get ready,
he' was expected to Join. Louise
Brown was a week late in iarrivlng
back from Europe, but she states
Goodman knew of that beforehand.

Up to this week .Miss Brown
claimed $3,750 due after tliQ rehears-
al period expired. Half that. Is
said to have been paid the actress.
She is reported leaving the show
after the first Broadway pertorm-
ance, the exact date of which haa
not been set, It Is undierstood sal-
aries payable because of the ex-
tended rehear.sals are more than
$.S,000.

CHEE-CHEE
Opened Sept. 25. fiad notices
predominated with "tedious"
the word of condenmation In
most cases.

Variety (Abel) said: "Leth-
=a r g i c^ a n d b o r e 8 onie v^-

well thoUKht of. Likewise expira
tion of .igeney buy. figured.

BY REQUEST

Opened Sept- 27. Moderate
notices general with dcRohn
(American): "Mild but none
the less certain hit." Gabriel
(Sun) recommended it: "With
no misgivings but with no vast
raptures, either."

Variety (Ibec) thought:
"Should achieve moderate suc-
cess."

VThc K Guy," offered by Irving
and Charles Yate.s lasted' one Week
at the. I'illtmore, also closing sud-
di"nly la.st Saturday. The. show lost
about Sl.'.iiOO. It. got about $2,500
and tli'j n);mager.s de<adf!d to go no
furtlier.

Frank Lyon Suspended
By Equity for 6 Mos.

Frank Lyon has boon suspended
from good standing In Equity for
six months by the Council. Lyon,
a young and well liked actor, was
in tiie cast of "The Final Fling." It
was charged by Rosallo Stewart
who. produced the show that on the
second performanco at a try-out
date, Lyon could not pldy his role.

Lyon admitted the charge, merely
stating he was sorry.

Harry Mestayer who started re-
hearsals with "Jarnegan" and was
dismissed on similar grounds, was
awarded two weeks' salary by arbl-
tratibri. Mf Ktaycr ^had"arTun of the
play contract,

DENNIS KING ON SCEEEN

. Los Angeles,, Oct. 23. :
Deimis King, now in "Three .Mus-
kotc-ers," will ehtet talkei s: via Uhi-
vers.'il. .

That company has signed him ini-
medlateiy the run, of the play cori-
tract expires.

but the attraction appeared to have
little chance after tlie agency buy
expired.

"By Request," presented by G'-orge
M. Cohan at the Hud.son, was .sent
to Boston, taken oft last Satuni.-iv
after four weeks of moderate bii.'-i-
ness. Business moderate but show

. THE K GUY
Opened Oct. 15.
stringers liked it.

Second

Closing lliis week too is ".Suiiny
r>;iyK" In at the f'enfury on » re.-:
pe;.t date, f^ist S;i t :j. da y "The
r>Mo fJirl,'' a sle'i-'-r jir tiw little
Totten theatre, KlJiij((d riff..

DEATHS ABROAD

Paris. Get; li; '

Leon Jue, former stage m.'fnager
of Theatre Sarah Berrihai-dt, Paris,
died, at Ecouen, Frariee. l)eee,'i.sed
was ,an. unelo of .Yyonne d<- I!r;iy.

George • .Bouard Streny, Freneh
impresario, died at Vineenries,
I'arlH.

^pped=Di=S ut to nr-C),-^ A tuxu..!
ti.st, died at Aineriean i:
Paris. Jtem.'/inK sent Id -V' '■■
Paul Moreau, French .i'>,i.
flied at l{(,r(le;tn.\: Jjcimm- < ■!
brother of Ia <<i\ More.-ni, I'a. i- i
l>(>y<:r. ■

M, Gilson, stare ii .-in «' r
It(..v;il Ih'-ali e. Arilv.i ip, Hi Igiiiiii,
died in that elty.

of

54

VARIETY

L E »G tI in i M Ar t jE i

Court Word Soon to Clear Way
For Equity-Agent

, . Friday the first phase of the court
. contest . between the . legitimate
casting agents and Equity over the
latter's new rujes and ; permit sys-
tem, 'was argued before Judge God-
dard.

Nathah.Burkan on behalf of Wil-
■lie Edblsten,: had secin-ed a tempor-
ary injunction restraining Equity
from enforcing the rules. Prior
to a hearing for a- permanent in-
junction, Equity, through Justus
Sheffield, raised the point of juris-
diction, .seeking to throw the case
Into . the jSTew York state court. •

The court instructed attorneys
to exchange affidavits and coni-
■plalnts and to present briefs to-
day (Wednesday) the indications-
■ . ))eing that, the ruling- as to juris-
■ diction will be handed down, later
- in. the week..- • '

Equity argues ori the point that
,^uits between aliens must be tried
n state courts.. The contention is
•hat Edelsten being an alien is pro-
■•eedihg against Equity, the mem-:
'lership of which has about 11 per
; . ,Vent. bf aliens, including onie among
.. the olTlces and council.

The rnain purpose of Equity in
attempting to place the matter in
, the state courts is that there is a
:. New York statute which limits
the fee of an employment agency
to .five per cent, for 10 ■vreeks.
Though the United States Supreme
. Court ruled . a sjmilar law (New
Jersey) to b6 uiVconstitutional be-
.. cause it Is price fi:{ing, the .expecta-'
tion is that Equlty.'s case would
have a bietter chance in the state
courts.

Permit

The agient's permit as gotten up
by' Equity is below, verbatirn. , ■
A footnote says that the permit
is. for dramatic agents, with an
■xception for those agents claiming
io be persoTial representatives of
actors,. Representatives sie:n the
t^i^'orm with an additional clause that
hey shall guarantee :at least a sea-
son of 20 weeks' work to the actors
represented.

PfiRMIT NUMBER..... . of .

A.ctors' Equity Association

Issued to. . . . . . . . . (calledl" Licensee).

This iiei-inlt -covera the . right of the
.licensee to be chiijloyed by, and act us an
employment agent fo.r, members of the
Actors' Equity Association; which Asso-
: elation Is herclnalter called "liquUy,"
when the place ..ot organization .or enKftge-
ment of the company in ■ which the actor
Is en^raged 01'- of eivga'eement of the. actor
l3 New Yorlc City or. Its environs.

(A) In grunting this permit Equity agree.';
with the licensee that should any o£ Its
members employing the licensee.' fall to
pay him any amount lawfully 'owing to him
as an employment ngont, such failure shall
' subject the offending member (upon charges
- being preferred by the licensee) to such
disciplinary action, as the Council, of Br,ulty
may. determine. . It Is a rule of ' the As.<>o-
flailon that Its members shall not accept
employment throuprh agents, not holding a
permit, and each member has agreed to
obey such rule.

■ (B) In accepting this permit, the licensee
agrees with Equity and each of Its mem-
i)6rs, present or future, that: (1) the charge
I'or obtaining any engagement tor ' any
j''(iulty member ahull not exceed S per cent
of bis weekly salary for the llr.st ten
- weeks of- employnjont In the engagement
•secured, atid no member shall pay to the
licensee, and the llooiisce shull not' accept
from any member, dlroctlv or Indirectly,
any form of bonus or gratuity; (J) this
permit may be revoUod by lOqiilly at any
time by- letter . delivered or n-inlled to
. licensee at the .lildress given by him here-
inafter, but only after the lloensoo has
been given an opportunity to be hi.'ard. and
that the llceri.-<ee may give' up laaid penult
by like notice to Equity ; -(3) If the licensee
shall enter Into, any written agreement with
any Equity member covering commissions
or pnjTiients. s^Gh airrcemffri t3 iiiraii~b6"?nT-"
bodied In a . printed , form apiiroved by
Equity, and sui^h A-rm shall no.t . be inrled
froni, " and, any and all employment con-
tracts secured for members ,by cr through
the, licensee sh.UI be on standard Equity
forms and that the approval, of Equity
shall be obtained to any '•ldei'8 or VBria-
tlons therefrom;, (4) any exUilrig- agree-
ments .as employment agent with E(;ulty
. niombers calling for a larger, .payment than
above provided are hereby' modlflfld to .cbn-
I'orm to the amount above 'stated, and no
.'nore: .C5) llcense.e shall- not act as- Per-
.isohal Kcpresentative without a.pennlt frorri
ijqulty to BO. act; .((}) • any breach of this
rigreomeht on the part of the iicensee ahali
at the. option of Equity, release iny and
All members of Equity from any and all
payinenta due cir to become duo to the
licensee on - account of any employment
contraots In e.xlatenre or any engagements
..secured or:to be -secured; (7) the licensee
la free to act ,aa aji emj>loymcnt agvht for
persons not members- of Equity, but should
he act as such employment '?igent for. Equity
members In nold.<j out.«lde of thoso covered
.- by this .permit,, he shall be entitled to re-
. cclvc arid collect' no more than the usual
customary chnrKo or foe for obtaining slicb
employment; (8) no p.xrt of any commis-
sion paid or contracted to be paid to the
llocnlsee' sh.'ill bo dirootiy or Indirectly paid
to any employer of nny Equity nioinber, or
other person, -and llcen.soo ndmils .knowl-
^cilge.;Of „th o. .f.'\('.t _tlj;it iyiy l^iiul!_y^_iiioju!)i.'r^
who connives with Tiio Tici'ii.'Ji'e " In ;-,tl-ic'
breach of any agroetm.'nt herein made Is
guilty of an act pi'0judU'l;il to Equity and
Is liable to both au.-<!)en.«l<'in -ancl line; .(!i)
this permit Is por'aonal and no person, flmi
or coviionitiun otiior tb.in tile tuie ai'copiing
It shall' be fnlllli'd to any ,iiilv;in(!\>:f lhei.-i»-
froni; (10) Eijulty miMnbi-i'.s .shall bt^ cbiii'g'cd
only fur the arlii'iil si-curliig of (he on
gagemcnt or eniploytnent on which con>
nUssliin Is I'l.-ilniod, .-inl .-^liouM nww than
one nffont flniin to have wei-ured any par
tIcUlai' engiiKi mi-niH or emi)l(>ynie.nt for iiny
tnember, or .'tliDiild Mi<iri> lhan . one ilKi'nl
claim the .pmi'!');. nii>iit feo or charge ihci'c-
kfor, the Itlquity n\'-'niber shall bo relieved

from liability by depositing the amount of
the commission accrued with Equity,; (11)
suc-h conllicting claims or isuch- disputes
shall be arbitrated In accordance with the
rulea of the American Arbitration- Associa-
tion, and the decision, of -the arbitrator or
arbitrators shall be flnal .and Equity shall
be rcileved of all re.sponslblllliy by making
payment of • the aforegoing deposit In ac-
cordance therewith; (12) any and all dis-
putes between the licensee and any Equity
member arising by, through, under pi; on
account of this permit or any of the terms
thereof or . under - any emplbyment agree-
ment, of. or regardlnir ' any claim against,
any I'kjulty members, shall bo arbitrated
by the Council of Equity If It ad elect,
otherwise in accordance with the rules of
the American Arbltratloi> Association and
In either case the decision of the arbitrator
or arbitrators shall bo final;. (1.3) Equity
may change or modify or add to the.-con-
dltions 'of this permit.- and; ot . Its . con-;
tinuance and- upon written notice thereof
being mailed or delivered to the . iicensee
at the ollice address hereinafter given, said
cli.inge:v'. additions and ' modifications, lie-,
coh)© binding ur)on the licensee with the
same, eiffect as though now Inserted herein;'
(14) ' the right of the licensee, to give up
this permit or the right of Equity to re-
voke it Is absolute arid Is not. arbitrable;-
(1,')) this permit shall be posted In the office
of the licensee where It may b^ .seen and
Inspected by Equity ' members; ; (10) The
Licensee shall at all times comply with all
onllnanccs arid laws of the -United 'States,
arid the several statt*3 thereof, arid any and
all • political subdivisions ..thereof, relating
to employment agents or thp business' of
such agerits. ' ;

Dated, New York, .......... . . . . . .10 . . .

Actors' Equity. Association
By,:

Leblang Tests 2-for-l

To prove his contention that .
the distribution of two fbr qna^
ticket coupons had attracted
little business Joe Leblang ex-
perimented.

He sent out 500,000 of such
tickets which palled, for
"Sunny Days" at the Century
or for any other show listed
in Leblang'S cut rate ofUce. -
The first w.eek 220 of the bar-
g,aln slips w-ere presented and
the second week a[ little more
than 300 Carne. to the Lieblahg
counters^ . .

The cost , of the distribution
wag $1,700. and it was ' discoh-
tinued.

Inside Stuff-Legit

The reorganized New Playwrights' Theatre will not exhibit publicly at
their Cherry Lane playhouse as last season but will strut at the
Provincetown theati-e on Macdoligall street for fpur weeks at a time.
Only after their experimental workshoip at 133 West 14th street produces
something deemed worth -while will the plays bie publicly presented.

Em jo Basshe Is now executive director of the group; Paul ; Sifton,
labor writer on the New York World, and Edward Massey are on the
board of dirisctors. The original founders of the New Playwrights' will
serve as an advisory board. They are John. Dos i>assOs. Francis Edwards
Paragoh, iHchael Gold and John Howard Lawson. ,.
; Dos Passos' play, "Airways, Inc.," will be the group's second production
to follow Upton Sinclair's "Singing Jailbirds," which opens December 1
as the New Playwrights' first presentation of their third season.

Otto H. Kahn waai the group's principal backer last year but after a
lampie of Slf ton's radical . pl?iy, ; "The Belt," with its reflection on Henry
Ford and his autpmptlve industry, the banker was reported souring, on
the New Playwrights' theatre.

PLAYS OUT-OF-TOWN

THE JEALOUS MOON

-. iJpJtimore, Oct. 20. '
Play In three acta by. Theodore Charle-s
and June' Cowl, starring' Jane Cowl. Pro-
duced by William A. Brady, Jr., and
bw'ight Ueerc Wlman. Staged by-PHeStly
Morrison; production designed by Jo Mlel-
zlner; music by Dr. Hugo Felix. Prcicnted
at the Maryland, ■Ualtlmore, Oct. -10,

It Is an open secret In the ','Jarnegan" company that Richard Bennett,
the titular star, is virtually the sole author of the play although two*
others are programed as the dramatizers of Jim Tully's novel. In re-
hearsal, Bennett' constructed, and re-oonstructed, . Improvised dialog,
wrote sequences, and fashioned the play to suit his own idea?. It. Is
alleged that hardly a line remains of the original "Jarnegan" speeches,
all of : it being Bennett himself. So'me. of the flaming language ..was
reughier out of town than It premiered on Broadway and It Is a belief
that Bennett changes pace in keeping with the tenipo of his audiences.

Sc^ne Makers' Incrtase

Washington,. Oct. 23.
Makers of scenery and; s.tage
equipment judged the value of .their
output 6Q.9 per cent, in -1927 over
1925, says a report from the Depart-
ment . of Commerce, compiled from
data collected at the biennial cen^
sus of mamrfacturers taken in 1928."

.Survey covered every pha.se of
productions for the theatres, dis-
closing 39 such .establishments as.
against 33 in 1925.

Value placed by the makers was
$3,415,094 for 1927 as compared with:
$2,045,676 in 192$.

Peter Paerot. .
Desti r.... .....

Judy ............

Papa Louis.'. :
Harlequin .' . .'..
Pantaloon .....t;

Pierrot • • ■
Coluinblrie ....'.

Scaramouche '. ; .
.Ophelia ........

Harrilet <
Punch '■. .
'ermiHa- .......

he i'ierMan...,

Hag .......

ag

Bcib-Tall .. , . . . .',
rimaldi . , . . .
Jpe'y. , . .

Young. Flunkey.
Oown-Bby
Gondolier ......

Horatio

Princess Glulo de Caravodossl,

Esther Stockton
Prince. Gulllo de Caravodossl . .Robert Lowe

IJuchesa dl Carllone. . Katherlne .Wray

Duke di Carllone. i . ,^ ..... .Lionel HogaKh

Oontcssa Flora. ..'.....-.., .Marlon Evanson

Doge of Venice .■William Randall

ENGAGEMENTS

Henrietta Grossman, Rose Ho
bart, Eleanor Woodruff, Albert
Uruning, Frederick Truesdell, Marie
Haynes, Judith Voselli, Gavin Gor-
Ipn, Alfred Helton, G. Lester . Paul
. Crashing Through.''

Helen Lynd, "Rainbow."' .

Mildred McCoy, ; Helen Freeman,
May Buckley, Katherine Hepbtirn.
Mary Hall, Gertrude Moran, Gladys
Hopeton; Suzanne Freeman, Ruth
Reed, Ada Potter, Marie Bruce
Mary Hiibbard,' Nellio Malcolm
George McQuarrie, William John-
stone, Bruce Evans, John Clements
"These Days.*'

Bradley Page, ''Relations." '
Olih Howland, "Polly."

Edith Sheldon, Club Mirador
New, York. •

Shirley Richards, "Ned Way
buvn's Gambols."

Bert Lytell, "Brothers."
• Charles Bickford, Horace Bra
ham, Leo Bulgakov, Sylvia Didne.v
Eva Condon, Sam Sllverbush, "Gods
of the Lightning."

: Walter Glass, "Night Hpste.ss.'.'

Al Sexton, "Hello, Yourself."

.Mary Young, Stanley Ridges, Gola
T;ilma, "0;iiul<>r 'Sauce." -

Emily Graham, "The Final Bal
ance."

Stanley Logan, "Heavy Trafflc.

Claire Toy, "Rosalie."
_ J,o,s.c!phine. . Hull, -Carl Anthony
William Ingor.soU, Leigh Level
Charles Abbe, "Hotbed."

Jean Merrill, Selma Althan, May
Marcus, Kay Duffy, Jean Arthur
Betty Garst, Rae Carroll, "Rosalie.

Natalie Kesislcr, Flora SheiHeld
William JelTroy, "The Squealer."

• Mona Gale, "Vanities.':

Beebee Joy ner,, Clarence Foster
Emmet Anthony, , Allle Ross and
Ilis OVch. "IMuckbii'ds" (Boston Co)

Olive Brady, "Whoopee." .

Martha Patersori, Stanley Crable
Ata Ravel le, "Americana."

Charlotte Hunt, "Tin Pan Alley.

Mary Murray, "Girl Trouble.'?

Solly Ward, Greek Evans,' Charles
Lawrence, "Music In May."

Cast Changes

Frank Conway loft "Hefivy
TratTlc" Monday. Stanley Logan
stepped- in.

REPLACES ADA MAE WEEKS

Chicago; "pct^ 23^
Marie Day ne, signed to a three
your contract ' by, Zio(;fel(l, roplaoo.
Adn Mao AVooU.«; In "Rio Rita" whe
thc.'^how opened at the lUi'nol.s.

.Philip Merivale
. ,.,i...auy Standing,

Jane Cowl

Harry Davenport

. , . Guy Standing

...Harry. Davenport
. ... , .Philip Merl.valo

; . .-. . Jane Cowl
. . . .Hale ' Koroross

. . . iMarlon B.vanson,
. ; . . .Richard NIcbols
4 . .'i . . . . i . .Leo Slark

........ ;Joyc6 Carey

.Lionel Hogarth
, .-.George H. Graves
....Beii Lackland

.... . . .Lewis Martin

.....William Raridall

.Robert Lowe
.......Ben. Lackland

.....Ben W. Harnett

,....'. . .Garner- "Weed

.Cobiirn <jO0dwlh

An actor-authored play, is.ustially
box-oflice long shot. An actor-
authored designed for the stellar use
of'the a-a is usually akin to 4 miid
lark running on a dusty afternoon.
•'The Jealous Moon*'' doesn't live up
t6 its scenery, costumes and lovely
leading lady.

The plot concerns the love advert
tures of a. Pierrot who deiserts i
brunette Columbine for a ! blonde
only to return repentant -to his first
love in time for her cosmic exit
Then once more takes to the road
of amoro.vts vagabondage, lured oil
ward by a jealous moon.

This trite and illogical plot is. pre
sented in a form of a play within a
play, the dream of an itinerant
trouper with an early 19th Century
marionette theatre, whose thotights
are addled by the fear of losing tlie
girl o£ his heart to a fellow mum
mer.- '' -

The ba.sic trouble with the work
is the playwright's failure; to prop -
ei:ly vi3ua,lize .the character of the
Pierrot.. To his inconstancy there
is added inconsistency. A moon
struck and fickle lover in the first
act he becomes a penitent In the
second while in the third, after the
.authors have . rather arbitrarily
killed off . the heroine, steps bad
into his first characterization once
more.

There is an idea in the pla,y and
the first act is on the "whole meri
torious. It has many moments of
quaint humor and lyrical loveliness
In the . second act it blows up with
a .«?pectacular bang, filling the be
wlldered spectator's vision with i
confusion of reyiie backgrounds,
is no longer the dream of th
marionette man, but Miss Cowl'
own nightmare in which she pre
sents herself, a la the- two-a-day in
big moments from , her pa.st por
trayals. It is: all there. Including th
balcony .from - "Romeo and Juliet
and the tears, froni "Lilac "Time."

Philip Merivale Is a believable but
mature Pierrot. Sir Guy Standing
is a fatherly Harlequin who gives
the impression of a major retired
from , the ColOniial. service In cos
tiime ifor Some charity, masquerad
at Queen's Hall, Harry Davenport
revels In the fat part of a kinclly
ancient. Raymond Sovcy's costume
would get a hand in any. revue. Jo
Mlolzlner's .sets are mrusslve an
boantiful in a conventional way.

Ml.'ss Cowl reveals that .she is sti
one of tlio most eharmlrig and tal
ented of our romantic aotrfts.ses
She would do well, however, to lenv
the Writing of her plays to one Wll
fthakospearo,
----'Ruti-^to^p.qp.i nhrn -=a^l ln.e--f r(nri
"The Je.'ilovis Moon," aetre.s.'tos hr
inp aotre.secs mu.st do what the
niii.st do. Tnl!

It

George F-lasst;ll for Talkers

George IIa,s.sell, nui.sical roniody
ooinlc, h.as pa.s.sod up his' iiroposiMl
viuule Oxoiirtjion to appear for
Movielone,

"ABIE" SEQUEL XMAS

"Abic'.s Childrch," .Antic Nicliols
sequel to "A1)Ic'h Iri.sh Rose," w;\
.slated for f.'Ul production but ha
been Kct back until the Clirislma
holidays. '

Musical plays hdve a better standing now it Is said for pictures with .
the talking, attachment. At one tlme^ musical show:s'. stories were not
any too strong for the camera, With' dialog and sound pictures : th»
successful musicals with their sonis hits may find a market. A. couple
of those turned down by pidture producers in- the past are reported
sbught by makers of talkers.

It is costing Frank Mills,, restaurateur and bwher of the. La Salle,
Chicago, around $150 daily in lost rental on the theatre while he awaits
an bffier from a tenant who WQuld re-establish the house as a .rlegit
stand/ ' - . • "-■■:' .

The La iSalle preylously leased for $50,000 yearly. . Mills has tiarned
ddwh a:n offer of $52;000 from a burlesque syndicate and $50,000 from v
a picture company. Lately the house has been playing sex pictures. ..

It is an Ironclad rule Vbf the three scenic artists' unions throughout
the country, in New York, Chicago and Los. Angeles, that - any stock
n^anager .or producer mtist put up .d bond with the s. a. This' bond is
for two weeks' salary and railway fare. It is held by the artists .as. long
as the. scenic artist is under sto'fck supiervision. The stock men, are nitik-
ihg ah effort to have this bond posted with their newly formed associa-
tion instead of. with the scenic artists, r

A unique squawk is made by. a discharged Lambs dub employee.
The latter states that each employee is given a, questionnaire to fill but.
One qtiery Is: "Do you consent to disrnissal. without notice nor cause?"
The. one let out complains that pro'ceedure does not conform With the
rules the: actor-members of the Lambs demanded through Equity, i. e.,
two weeks' notice.

When John Pane^Gasser made his appearance in opera recently at
Verona, Italy, picture operator buddies in' Chicago rejoiced. Pane-
Gasser was formerly a film projector, holding a card in the Chi Local 110.

He came to this country from Italy in 1903 at the age of six, attend-i-
ing grammar school ill. Chicago.

Basil Sydney and Mary Ellis' difficulties this season are nearing an
end. They will probably go into talking, pictures and together, the Inx-
portant point to them.

With Sydney and Miss Ellis it is that neither will leave the other,
for sotnetime they have been doing nothing together. Miss Ellis re-
ceived ah offer to go to the .coast but refuised, not wanting to leave
Basil. She was offered a role in Gilbert Miller's "Olympia" but again
there was no room for both. Each suffered a bitter blp-W when they
discovered that the Shuberts were not artistic; an offer from the Guild
might have appeased them but they made no effort to get anything. :

Miss Ellis gave up her singing for deeper things but when in the
'Talkers she may have to chirp a bit.

Some of the independent agents, who. rely on their act placements
with the indies to pay their office rent, are hollering their heads off
that favoritism by the indie bookers is putting them in the red on the
Weekly, budget checkup. Several alleged favored bookers are now
a-v-eraging, eight to 10 placements a day, while some of the Indies are
lucky if they get one every other day or so. Several declare booking'
chances were never so bad as they are how in the independent field. It
is the more cluttered up by ousted Keith agents and others who have
busted in| expecting to pick up some easy coin.

Because of an. extraordinary, sense of fairness, Al Lewis Is paying
E. Richard Scheyer, scenario Writer, 10 per cent of the royalties on !'The
War Song." Scheyer having written a story, "Private Jones," which
George Jessel, star of "War Song," wanted developed as a play, Lewis
decided to compensate Scheyer because Jessel and the Spewacks (Sam
arid his wife, Beila Cohe^h^ 'iised a
independent of Scheyer's creation.

"The War Song" is stuck at the National, New York, although having"
a chance to move to the Ambassador, because of a system of benefits,
whereby organizations take over blocks of seats on the attractions at. a
25 per cent cut. Jessel states the American Legion, for its Christy
Mathewson Memorial Fund, paid full price for the entire house, planning
to re-sell the diicats at $10 flat.

The coming to Broadway of "The Undressed Kid" will mark, among
other things, the firjjt appearance of Sue MacManamy (Mrs. Otto Kruger)
since the birth of . a. daughter. The child accompanied the mother oh
the tryout tour of the play, frolicking about during rehearsals. Its pres-
ence With the traveling troupe was good for some publicity. Miss Mac-
Manamy is one of the principals In VThe Undressed Kit." Her husband.
Otto Kruger, Is the leading man.

Dixie Carroll htts replaced Thelma White in the eastern; company of
"Good News." Miss White being out through illness. Miss Carroll is
new to the proi;e.ssional stage. . Ralph Farnum saw her In an amateur
show in Chicago later spotting the girl with "Good News" where she is
.reported making good.

Brady and Wiman's production "The Jealous Moon" which will .star
■TaiLe :r.o.>y l . Nva.s. b o

ncces.s.'iry. P.ccause of the delay the nianngcrs.must pay rent, the amount
being $7,000 for the two weeks.

Beatrice Blinn, who -appeared in "The Song Writer," sailed la.st week
for London whoi-e.she l.s to wed (Jrane Win)ur. Tlie author-actor went
tlicre to.appo.'ir In "A. Woman Disputed," done here originally, by A. II.
Miss Blinn was formerly married to a Seattle business man.

Woods.

Scvcral of'the Yiddish attractions on the East Side's rialto are making
ii bid for touri.'St trade through o-S-lcnsive English .daily and periodical
advt'i'ii.sing.

Wfedncsd^y, October ,^4,. 192$ >

L E G'l T f M ATE

vAnrETY

65

Plays on Broadway

JEALOUSY

Drama In thrfcc. acts- adapted by EuBPnc
"Walter from the French of. LrOuls Vcrntuil.
Presented by A. H, Woods at Maxine lCl-
liott's theatre Oct. 22. Staeed by Gulhrlo
McCllptlC.

Maurice. ^ . John HalUday

':ValCrle. . . ; . '.Pay i3ainter

Perfection in productibii from a
commercial standpoint is an abso-
lute minimum of actors, one .set and
virtually nO' stage Hands; Two pei--
Bons as the complete cast is that
minimum, since only; one would re-
isult in a mpnolog. The idea has
been a sort of mirage for mariigera
for many years. Two-person plays
have been tried, but with little real
success. But "Jeilougy" has arrived
and A. H. \yoods, who presented a.
play with twp characters before, has
found what should, be a winner..

"Jealousy" is dirama; in fact,
tragedy. Even with another topic
it could hardly be anything else. A.
comedy with two characters could
hardly hold an audience for ah eve-
ning, in other days vnudeyille has
offered two-person sketched of no
little dramatic power and succes?,
but they lasted but a quarter hour
or so. The Grand Gulgnol has re-
peatedly done the same thing for a
grisly 15 minutes or so, and. perhaps
Louis Verneuil started his Idea from:
a tragic thumb-nail sketch o. the
kind. • ■

Mr. Woods, took his little play out
In the nearVby sticks several tlme.s.
Originally Pay Bainter had .Guthrie
McClintic playing the other lead, but
when "Women" was, taken off, John
Halliday stepped In, ,' The pair are
starred, and are stars in ''Jeialousy,"
which earned perhaps a dozen cur-
tains at the final Monday nfght.

There are unseen eliarjicters In
**Jealousy". and they are felt in the,
atmosphere of the play.. The phone
cbniiects them with ' the lives and
deeds of Maurice and Valerie, They
have just been married, but before
that Valerie . was his mistress. There
was a great love between them, but
there were things he could hot un-
derstand. At midnight, upon their
return frohi the wedding supper, he
demands to know; Of: course, she.
lies.

The existence of the deep love be-
tween theni is made actual despite
the conditions of their- existence.
Maurice is ian artist and Ignorant of
business. She is conducting a shop
until his work receives recognition.
There had been a former lover,
Henri, but that wag before they met
and dismissed from their frequent
violent discussions. But the intrud-
ing presence of Lamberti, banker,
wealthy, and past 60, forces. Itself
Jnto the mind of Maurice. Valerie
Inslisted time after time that she
Vfas his ward. ,

Only the murder of liamberti
brings out the truth. Under his
gruelling iquestidning she admits she
called upon the banker, had given
herself to him and then declares she
killed him. . She excuses thie visit
because of financial need, and
swears she would do anything to,
help Maurice. When he denounces
her, she concedes It, if it will help
the man she loves.

But Maurice Is the. murderer. One
Clement, an employee of the bahk-
er, had visited the man and depart-
ed after an argument. He Is arrest-
ed. Valerie is questioned. When
She relates the examination,, Maurice
decides he must confess. Gomes a
new.spaper that Clement is freed on.
an alibi. But Maurice has called the
police and he leaves after exacting
the promise of only truth from Va-
lerie. The play ends with Valerie
making the sign of the cross, believ-
ing her evidence will free Maurice.

It Is a logical conclusion. No
tricks to bring a happy ending,
which would have spoiled the play.
Maurice In phoning the prefect that
"hT3" is the murderer merely says the
cause was Jealousy. •

Eugene Walter in making the
adaptation seems to. have wrought
so well that not one drop of the
essence wais lost. Guthrie McClin-
tic, though stepping out of the play,
■handled the direction splendidly.
For -.such a play to carry sustained
Interest, every factor' must be of
hish Order, and that seems so. ,

Miss Bainter arid Mr. I-Ialliday
give such sterling performances that
theirs will, probably be i-ated ariionp
the be!5t Of the season.

"jealousy" Is so serious a plairy
that it figures to draw class patron
age, but in enough measure to carr;
It for a run. • /beef.

OLYMPI A

Ollbert Miller production of Ferenc Mol-
nar'3 new comedy in .throe • acts (slnKlf.
sol), tran.<!lated by Sidney Howard,
fitapred by. the producer. At Empire, New
Vork, Oct. 10.

Countess Llna. ......... ;Cora "Withcrspoon'

Count Albert........... Grant Stewart

I'rlftcesa Eugenie PIata-I5t'.InKPn,

=^Ijaur*-Hone=Gn5Ss^

Olympla, Princess Oraollnl, ho.r dauprht-

■ ter ; Fay Com.pton

Captain Kovacs, of the Imperial Hun

p.arlan Huasars..,. V.'.Ian Hunter

Colonel Krehl, commanding the Dl.Mr

trict Constaliulary lOchle Ling

Prince Plata-KtHngcn, Adjutant.--G»>n-
erul of the Au.'trlan Imperial
Cavalry Arnold KorfT

adaptation into Engliyh'^by Sidney
Howard, is by no inoaris a "PJay's
.the Thing" nor a- "The awuh.'' It
bristles with smart dialog, , brilliant
satire and important people. Under
the Gilbert Miller entrepreneurship
it po^iesisesi ah air -of idealism a^nd
authenticity; further fortified by
faultless casting, which completely
creates the illusion of the prole-
tarian auditor peeking behind the
scenes of Austrian nobility, but, de-
apite all thOKO positive virtues, it is
negative tlieatrical fare. ,

"Olympia" is too loquacious a
dramaturgy; too obvious an. enter-,
-tainment, such as it is, and too uri-
syinpathetically peopled with un-
sympathetic people. Besides, but
for Olympia : boiiiff of the. nobility
and Capt. Koyacs 0£ the peasantry,
there ax-e too many local: counter-
parts Ini heires^-chaufl'cur- rela.tionr
ships to. nuake the entire thesis ar-
resting or , particularly , distinctive.

The aura of regal formality, the
impressivenc.<Js of the gaudy gilt
and tinsel of military, uniforms, the
repression of stiltedly polite dialog,
all need something besides these
intrinsic qualiflcationa to shape up
as good stage fare. If cotiiJled with
a highly romantic situa.ti.ori, it ' is
generally sure-fire, particularly if
an element of spice also figures.
And while almost all of these points
are dragged in in thiJi ne\vest Mol-
har play, there is ; still somethihg
lacking. ,

There couldn't be a more im-
pressive titular player than Fay
Comptoh, British imported; She is
riiajestically impressive as . the
haughty Princess, Orsolini, whom a,
romantic captain of the Irnperial
Hungarian Hussai'S bends to his
will. There couldn't be a more
roma,nticaliy appealing , male lead
than Ian Hunter, as the captain, a
player also brought over from Eng-
land: by Miller. And Laura Hope
Crews, . as the nervouisly proud
mother: of Olyrnpia, . who sanctioha
her daughter's supreme sacrifice for
the sake of the family honor, all be-
cause she has a. dread, of prying
newspapermen "who are forever
making notes in their notebooks""
at this fasThionable Austrian water-
ing place during the summer before
the war, couldn't be surpassed. But,
with it all, "Olyrnpia" lacks.

It can't last long at the Eriipire,
With Miller having switched
"Heavy. TralTic" Into, the Henry
Miller, . he'll probably keep the weik
sister "Olympia" in orily until the
new Somerset Maugharii play he's
doing Ig ready to succeed it. . It's
not unlikely the present incumbent
at the Empire will fold up even be-
fore that. A&eT.

feeling itself acute in searching out
deep meanings, when there really
isn't a'nylhirig profound in the play
except its mechanicism.

Pi^ce is beautifully staged and
some shrewd scenes. have been writ-
ten in. One is a fantastic niglit
club episode "played jri .semi-dark
with a wealth of, half-naked; girls
in a floor show and a strident im-
personation of Tex G 111 nan presiiU
ing. , comedy here that wlll pass fOr
keen satire, disembodied Voices
breiaking. through from the mob with
llash observations , of the jazizy
spenders. , .

' All the satire Is rather .heavy
hianded. A, rifiarriage ceremony is
carried out with all the real effects,
wherein, the biide iagrees to take
"all . this man's goods. j chattels, in-
dents and properties;" and the bride--
groom iSwears to have and to hold
"this, woman's warm care.sses*"' etc.,
an pver'elaborated travesty upon a
jazzy marriae;e of material people.
Similarly a romantic ceremony goes
to the other extrerine of syru py sen -
Inient, . everything /being oversealod
and exaggerated. .

In the end, of course, Jones goef
back, contented, to his garden-tend-^
ing wife In Floral Park, provirirj:
that wealth is an Illusion and, as
one of the characters is niJide to
say, '!happiness is a way stiition, be-
tween too much and too little."
. A detail that contributed to the
gaiety of the premiere was the evi-
dent relish with - which Otto H.
Kahn followied' the argument of th<?
futility of riches from an aisle seat.

THE GREY FOX

WIlHaLm A. Brady; . jr., and Dwlght Deere
.Wlman prettent a drama of. ancient Roman
life by Lemlat Esler, staged by the author
and , Mr. Brady ; 8ettlng£i by Jo^ MIelzlner;
at the Playhouse, Oct. 22; ^S.W top.
Blagio. . . ....... .......... .... .Andrew Lytle

Francesco Vettorl.... JL M. Kerrigan

Arturo Robert Buckncr

Nlrcolo Machlaveni. ....... ....Henry Hull

Jeffro. . . . . i .Warren- Hymer

Caterlna Sfor^a;.. ........... Chrysttil Heme

Ottavlanoi ...... .f ....... . .Mai lih Berkeley

Da Caaale; . . . . . . ; ... ...... .Reynolds .Evans

Pergeant of .the Guard.:. . , . . . George Tobias
First Soldier:............ ,....Mll«i Flanagan

Second Soldier. .............. ; . Lewis Milne

Pretty Pletro. .Denis Gurney

The Captain SavelU A 1 fied Webster

Don Mlchelotto... ..Nat Pendleton

Ollverotto DaFenna. Norman St. Clair Hales

Ce?are Borgia, Kd.wnrd . Arnold

A Blond Girl .I.,a:vlta. Miller

A Nun; Mallory DaVl.s

The Borgia's Womeri-^The Misses Qulgley,
•Goodwin, "Ware, Elder, Hamlll, Payne,
Day, Paula, Cortese and Fernandez.
Aes.'isslns.— The • Messrs. Marino, Sardlsco,
. Marston, Dua:rte and Freed ley. , .
Noblemen— The Messrs. Row, ' Packer,
Wrowley, Bowers, Murray, . Morrison.
Kemp, La Moree, Barrle, Deane, Lion-
heart and Wright.
Soldiers— The Messrs. Centervall, snienway,
Baker, Tibbetts, Leavltte, Hilton, Mea-
charo. Clifford, Alden, Hill, Clark, Mc-
Carthy, Howard and Torollo.

Molnar's new comedy of before-
the-war snobbery among the Aus-
trian aristocrats, for all of Its
shrewd conception and Bklllful

MR. MONEYPENNY

Channlng Pollock's "verbal rartoon,"- In
three aiits and nine scenes. Produced by
Richard Boleslavsky. Designed by Robert
Edmond Jones. Incidental music by Kay
■Warburg. Forty-nine characters programed.'
Scaled at $2.f>0 and $3 Saturday topi At
the Liberty, Oct. IC.

John ■ Jones ................... Donald Mieek

Junior Jones... ..i.... ...Evan Heflln

Mr. Moneypenny.. .'.Hale Hamilton

Glory. .........Catherine Dale Owen

Molly Jones. Ruth Nugept

Carrie Jones.. ....Margaret Wycherli*

Hostess. .Betty Brenska

David Jones. Albert Hayes

Others are: Charles Blattery, Lyons
WIckland, Edward De Tlsne, Stanley Zlpr
set-, I>onald Campbell, Jlobert Vivian, Lee
Smith, Helen Spring, Marlon Morehouse,
Audrey Balrd, Douglas R, Carter, Frank
Sylvester, Hamilton Mott, Edith Babson,
Grovcr Burgess, . JAhn D. Seymour; James
Coyje, Clara Everett, George Parker.

Ohannihg Pollock has made a play
out of the not very profound idea
that even in our jazzy age money
isn't everything and the homely vlr-
tuess still make- for happiness and
contentment. To the illumination
of this theme he brings every known
trick of stage symbol, so that the
auditor gets a rather confused Im-
pression he Is sitting in on a sort of
Hanlon Bros. "Voyage en Suisse,"
done Irito a problem play. .

Result is a theatrical freak, but
so. full of naive, stage' Burprlse,
startling spectacle and unexpected
incident that , the, proceedings take
oh a certain fascination.

Two elements that will attract
attention .are . the fantastic stage
pictui'es and a remarkable ispeed of
episode. Fantasy takes the form of
such symbolism as became notable
in "The Adding Machine" and used
in more subtle manner In ''Machi-
nal." Here, the story takes on a
"Faust"-like complexion. Mephisto
in thei guise of- Mr. Moneypenny ap-
pears before Jones, discontented
bank clerk,' and promises him riches
if he will renounce God and the doc-
trines of his class.

Jones is Iristantly transported to
a sort of musical comedy world of
Big Business, where symbolic fig-
ures shovel gold from a r chute ani
routine treadmill goes ori to a chant
of "Fifty thousand, half a milllcn.
Make a billion.". Workers faint ana
odEO-op.=^trying.^aJ5_e«JB^_pacc with a
giant metronome that tlcRs We TfiU"-
ing pace, while Mr. Moneypenny,
obviously . the Spirit of . Soulle.ss
Business, cracks his whip over tho
exhausted stragglers.

It,'s all pretty childish, pretty
baliwy-obvious, but it has a certain
Interest, like a Brisbane editorial
that hammers home a truLsm with
frenzied emphasis. That's the qual
ity that makes the play a popular
prospect. It tricks the mob Into

In these strange days, when : bio-
graphies are best sellers, it is dim -
cult to rate a play like this one.
In no event can It be a flat failure.
In scarcely any event can if be
foreseen as a financial success of
outstanding grade either.

"When the same firm of youngsters
produced "The Road to Rome," and
found treasure • In a dissertation on
the classic dayis when men were
women's, the Bkeptics sneered ; and
the skeptics lived to chew their
sneers. But In "The Grey Fox,"
dealing with the life of a! diplomat
of Italy instead of a soldier — a
double- dealt- with business man of
state instead of a sturdy conqueror
conquered by a lusty and luscious
dame of ancient Italy— there is only
distant analagy.

Costume plays are always pre-
carious. But some get under the
modern hide and penetrate sub-
cutaneously Into those emotions
which know no periods— know
scarcely any commas. "The Grey
Fox," admirable, artistic and ex^
cellent is not Invested with such a
quality.

It is the tale of Machlavelll; whose
name Is a byword through the ages
for craftiness, cunning, strategy.
He has skinny legs (In the person
of. Henry Hull), and, his hair Is gray
and his form Is of the counsel cham-
ber rather than qf the more pop-,
ulair chamber pf romance, , The only
woman, he is .seen to touch gives
In, but to save her little principality,
and not because sh^ wants' him.
He is a rather loathesome figure,
patriot to Florence that he dumbly
if shrewdly and honestly is. He
finishes by having her and her son
(not his) atlUettoed to death. He
is *i brilliant boob. H© know?5 not
how to live.

Arid we find him at the close In
the antl-cllmax fitting his; disposi-
tion, a broken old goof blabbing
about the Injustice of existence and
the futility of devotion. ;

Great successes are not made of

sueli fabrie. Critics niay jjriiisi-,
audionoe.« may appi-eoiaie, but lift^-
weary nit h and wonn-n craving
thrill.s in t.lvolr brief hiiliii.^ between
toil and . .^-l umber, tin- littli> inter-
lude wlun folks ;uv tlieir ow'ii nvis-
ters. dt) not hanker for tliis braml
of. fare. , . ' '

■ Tlie settings are ina.c:i\,ilieont!.s
tine; The eastiiniinp:. the ]i;4luin;i,
the direction, all bi.i; ImiKuc. The
easting, • rather foi-tunaio.. Xotliinc.
about the. ■vs-liole. of it spv-liin.u: less
tiiah the best, and th'at Uars nobody
who'.pre.'^eiifs play.^.. ;

Chryjital Ilcrne, as tlie re.aral snilill-
fime (jueen, of ..-i little. Iialiaii co.r.nty
delivers: perhaps- the- liiu'st. truest
.and most ringinf? pei-ronnanee ■ of
her life— not for.ireiting "I'rai.trV
Wife", and "The lloss." ' .IVcautifiil.
Aigoroiis, ,viV)raht, slio is .coinniahil-
ii,ik, eonvpelling and ;tdtnip:iV.le, JOd-
ward Arnold, in aiv inspired bit,
stands with her. in a startlin.c: per-
sonal- hit; ■:

lIvU,, playing the piinoipal and
thro.wn j)rnetically a numologne in'
the seript, is brilliant in spots and
heetieully liysterie.-ii in otlicrs. Jl\ill
is inclined t<) act, Tl-iere arc .act in-;
moment.^, and . in them lie is stellar.
Hilt . there are calm, uiid.'rt o'ned i-e-
lief . .spots, and- in. them ho is stella"
too^often .too stclUir; At times hi -
overplay intj. is nlil-rasliiinu d and ex-
aggerated. .Piit he has his mi n'.>ut;'
and .sonV' of them .ire tivme:i(itius
PeorKc .Ariiss, L'O' yea.vs .a.sro, Avoiilc^
have done it to .perfection. TIull
does- it how quite well; but at timc!-
far too we'll., . , '

. It i.sn't nin'eh by wiiy of a "storv;"
It is opisodle .nn'd • tlicvo is ■litVle
,progi-o!=;s and le.ss plot.. .. It reeUr
with ancient love of count; y. 'off-
sta.Qo . intri.crue .ind vicariVuis nioti-
-. vation which is not stirrin.T . half
the time, It is .never stupid an'^
rarely pul.s.atin.tr. ■

Chnnot he looked forward to as
a long-lived mone.y . show. th(<i"^.i->
an nrtistic. candidate' for -. nu'<!ie
grat'.tiKlo.'. . '. . ' , J i;-,/^

THE COMMON SIN

MeloiJr.Tin.T in thrfp nct.s liv .A>,-lliii- d Mnok
preeertrd.by the author (wiih reputed hack-
ing, of rhe Shubprt.^) at the Forrest, Oct. 15;
st:iged by Mr. Mack.

Jim Stpole. . . . ... . . ; . , . . . , . . . ; jThur.fton Hall

Helen btoelc ............ ;M.lIllcpnt Hahloy

• .Kfen'ncth l.«-iw-ton

Bobo" Aster;.. :.-Lvti i>utri(:U

Blfml.ng-. -.Frank' Joynor

Henry Banloza ........... ;Fj.eclprlc Worlopk

George .Craliam . -. Harold Elliott

Nellie Baxior. ...Iteglnh Jtrowh

Donlln . ..... . .'.Frii'nU ;miiinnon

Poy I'klward H;icoy

McCracken ...I'erclv.il Lennnn

Marie .... . . . . .... . . . . .Justinq Smith

''The Conimon Sin" as Willard
Mack might put it, is the murder of
a husband by Jiis wife. That occur-
ence is in liis new play. . He ai.so
has this, woman assume the .action.s
of a "tavt" wliile reluining the man-
hers. of a lady. That doubtless is
the rriore comrrion sin. Perhaps the
plot is not burnished with ne\yheas.
Interc-iting melodrama, without be-
ing especially exciting. Indications
are agaih,st ah .agency demand,
which means a limited engagement.

In actorial strength "The Common
Sin" is not to bo challenged. There
are at least five players of high
ratlng^Thurston Hall, I^e Patrick,
Millicent -Hanley. Frederick War-
Jock and Frank .Shannon. However,
it -would seem that plays of this
type need novelty to get them acro.ss
iri tho moat sluggish Icglt autumn
season in a decade.

.The story begins Jn the elaborate
home of Jim Steele who is facing
firianclal collapse. He has been wed
two years to a selfi.sh, cheating
woman, Helen, who has Just gone
on what was to have been a night
at her sister's. Actually it was to
be with her lover, Henry Banloza.
Jim is deterred from shooting him-
self by the sudden entrance of Bobo
Aster who had. been his mistress
and a great girl. iDifference; in age
Was the reason they had not wed.
Bobo had heard of his trouble and
came to offer her je-wels and a house
he had given her. He refu.ses but
she leaves with his promise that he
do no rash act and scowls to raise
the rtioney. - - — - - — ^v.

Bobo goes to BanlOza's flat and
confronts him with Helen. She de-
niands he furnish the coin. Fol-
lowed, there by the boy she Is eri-
gaged to wed,; Bobo risks happyjess
but is willing to go the whole dis-
tance for Jim becau.se of his past
kindne.sses. Helen return,'! home.
:discovers the crumpled suicld*,' note,
which Jim had thrown Into the fire-
place. She , retrieves It, takes hie
gun and slinks to his bedroom. A ftei-
killing the sleeping man; she phoney
for the cops and exhibits tho nolrv
Su.spicion is thrown on JJobo, then
upon her yourig man. But it is liobri
who gets at tho real truth, tellinv,
the -story of the killing as .sihe
dreamed itj -vvhlle dciteetivH arc lis-

tening in the next room. Helen r
sw,i.>ons- and. when taken off by the
hulls, blurts, out enough to convict
her. .

-Miss I'atrick a.s tho thoroughbred
lUdn), is sweet, earnest and clever.
I'rett'ndiiig to lie slewed .she hatches
the sclieine that brinj^s out the.tru.th.
.Vnd. she suiv does do the diMnken
tii'vl well. 'i"h.it is what nuiUcs the '
final act so inueh hctter liked than
ihe Ih'st two.

l.'ut the perforniaMce of-.\Ii.ss Han-
ley as the ciaiel wife, is ainiost as
outstandingi if not ciiually .so. She
is suppi'J^od t(^ he a. ^very correct
person as to spot cli. .and bearing,
rif/y-, but a elu-iitcr. Her line ap-
pe.nnnu'e aiid clear dit li.ori cannot
fail to attract attention. Hall, was
not on; after th^ lii'st act. Ills Jim
Steele looked .authentic. tfliannon
played , tlvo part of a liuUy-ragging
detective. Worloek was IJanloza, a
dilletalitewith his woman;"

"The Ctininion Sin" may stay for .
.tl month or two, because there a^"^
t)ear.s to he no rush of new plays
on haiid liy grace of cut rates,
Douhtfiil of tiirning a -profit.

lii-e. .

GOLDEN DAYS

Oi-.i'ivtia . in two . aci.s ju-i'sontod by
.lav iili..-. .v.- : .-'l.-ijti'd liy A;i'n>n Iji'licdov. ■

llocli- liy Wili.iam Sii'Kol. Mu.sie by - Alci-'
mvili'i' Olylia'ui'C.'.li;/. l.yrlra by J acub- Jacobs.
l.iiiiUTS liy liuiiny .Wi-iiloii; At ihc National,

.Now y,i!ii<., (><-t. iii, !;:;.r>o toji. .

Ktiiniiinui'l .Vravdi-. .....Ui'nny Seldman

l>iiiah-, hl.s ilnu^hicr... Itolla Mciset

l!:>ili' I.iNili, lUK sisUT, . i Hotty Jacobs -
Millio, -liiM- diuiKhU'r. . . .'. .-. .-Ooldic lOlseman

t-'ollx . •'. •' ; ....;.. . .Muni Si'irebrov

Dr. (.;i,co,iwalil. -. . . . Abe Gross

Ml-'-ha- . v. , ; ... , .Ariron r..ebodov

•■^tisii'.' , .... . Yctta /^wcrllng .

-•niMij.iinlii Coldiii. . . . . . . -, . . . . Max Hodln

l-'nim-cs, his ilaugliler. .Sarah Filler'

lii'ilalye. . .'. , ,-, .. -....Jaooij Jacobs

I''iuiik.. ; . . .Philip Maltz

BliivUle... .-. i... Arthur Winters '

This musical suffers too greatly
I'lom injudicious, inexpert direction
to create muehOf an imprea.sidn. A
trite, insipid stor>;, coupled: with
shallo.w, ine.\-pre.s.si ve characteriza-
tions in the principal .roles, absurd •
perforinances in tlie love scenes,
and ihei'feetivc tunes,! represent a
conibin.'it ion which cln result In
only .slight attendance.

Aside froni Bella Meisel, an allur-
ing songstress who delivers with a
great dca;l of charm,- the production
is not burdened with any display of
concrete talent. The .star, Aaron
Lcbedcv, lacking clever material
and without any pop lyrics to put
over, is dull and flat. Not pos-
.scssed of a good singing voice and \y
hoofing of -no consequf nce,
; Last .season with S.amucl Gelden-
burt,', a powerful dramatic actor
wifit convincing vocal delivery,
IjCbedev showed to greater effect.
Here, in; addition to the difficult as-
signment, the star I.s relegated to
one of the le.ss important roles, and
is kept off tho stage too much to
get a chanec to recover his standing;
through a display of versatility.

Miinl ScrebroV, feeble vocalist
who.se work Is marked by a distinct
ab.sencc of vigor and cultivation, Is
entrusted with the heavy love and
dramatic interest. He contributes
.generously to the depression.

Locale, is in France during the
war. • The heroic figure, Felix,
swears eternal love to Dinah,, the
e.antor's daughter, :by the holy light
of the Sabbath candles. After the
end of the war he cannot find the
girl, who.so home had been de-.
stroyed meantime. Felix beeomea
engaged to Frances, daughter of a
wealthy wur.Mt manufactdrcr.

Comedy Interest is shot at from
six different angles, each proving
unprofitable. The inclusion of a
blaekfaee comedian, Arthur Win-
ters, in a production of this kind .
seems tactless; an idea probably
derived from some uptown musIcsJ
and unproductive In this section.

Lcbedov, Jacob Jacobs, Betty Ja-
oohs, yetta Zworling and Goldle
Kispman comprl.sc the quintet also
trying for comedy relief, mainly re-
lief. Yctta Zwerling shows some
promise as a nut coniedienne'Of an
unusual ,v£u;^[cty who^ should do well
with proper sporting atrd ^directlo'h,'-^^^-' ~

MorL

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VARIETY

MUSIC

Wednesday, October 24, 1928

Inside Stuff-Music

Judson-Wplfsohn Merger

The movpov of the Arthur. Judson and Wolfsohn musical bureaus brings
to'gethor' not aione two of the most prominent concert bureaus, but also
commercial broaacastins companies, in the fields. The- Judson Radio Pro-
gram Corp. simultaneously absorbs the Adams Broadcasting Service,
'■which was Wolfsohn's subsidiary company.

John T. Adams and ' Calvin M. Pranldin, the heads of the Wolfson
and Adams companiGs, . will continue with Judsp'n as sales managers,
to concern themselves with, selling talonf to radio: and concert manage.-

"^T^e'wolfsbhn ljurcau, founded. In 1884 by iJenry Wolfsohri, was bought
by .Avon P. Adams When the founder died, in 1910. . It has been con-
• ducted In recent years by John' Trevor Adams, a son. - ' .

Aiier's Grandson.

Misha .Auer, 26, employed. by raramount for a part In "Mai^quls Pre-
ferred," is a grandson of Leopold Auer, violin teacher. ,

Auer tutored Heiftz, Zimbalist, Elrhan and Cecelia Hansen.

Publishers and Ihterchangeability

Because-^of the intei-chahgeabillty questioTi, the music intefests do. not
care if independent 'taU<ing shorts , or features are projected on Movie-
tone, Vitaphone or Photophone equipment. The music publishers have
served notice to, this effect on Electrical Research Products^ Inc.,
licenses of Mpvietone-Vitaphone equipment, and the RCA Photophone,
makers of its own Photophone talker.

Th6 proviso that any talker can be played by the ERPI or Photo- „]
phone providing the indie talker,, in turn, has been duly licensed by^ the
music interests.

The purpose^ of this is to clarify the music men's stand on inter-
changeabilityi So long as the talkers not manufactured by Movietone,
Vitaphone or Photophone are licensed by the musical copyright owners,
they may be exhibited, projected or reproduced on any of this trio's
equipment, as far as the Interesting music publishers care.

Boris Morros* Escape

The expression, "a 1 most
killed with kindness," came
close to becoming an actuality
last week with Boris Morros,
associate general director of
music for Publlx.

Morros was seriously ill fol-
lowing an operation on his
nose.

He received nearly 1,000 wire
and phone messages at his
home, with countless, flowefrs,
fruit, books end personal calls.

The doctors finally isola.ted
the patient.

"One more day . and' his
friends would have caused his
death," the ' physicians told his
wife. Afteir he recovered and
had returned to his. desk in the
Paramount Bulldlner Mrs. Mor-
ros told him what the medi-
cine men had said. \

What a great way to die!"
was his answer. "Rather that
way than on account of ene-
mies or neglect."

GOODWIN'S CAB BILL

HERE AND THERE

Bob Donaldson and Lincoln Quar-
berg, both press agents, wrote the
words andjiiiisic for a theme song
to accompany "The. Divine Lady"
recently produced by First National
with Corrine Griffith starred.

Zez Confrey W^IU be featured at
the Chicago Opera Club for the
winter. He starts Oct. 31.

Johnny Johnson's orche.«Jtra, .Vic-
tor reciordirig unit, started its first
cross country tour Oct. 31 opening
at the Schroeder hotel, .Milwiaukee.

Reached $33 and Chicago Station
House

Southmbdr hotel, Chlcag.o, now
operated in rec(?ivership, is making
a strong play for. south side cafe
trade. Fr?d Ham lin's orchestra has
been brought Into the hotel's Ven-
etian Room on an indefinite en-
gagement.

50 Sloughed in Chi

Chicago; Oct. 23.
Federal Judge jam.es Wilkerson
in one day issued permanent in-
junctions against 60 cafes and
restaurants in Chicago. Included
were DInty Moore's and Two Petes'
cafe. ■ ■

B New 1928 Earl Carroll's
"Vanities"

1 ^'Blue Shadows"
j "Once in a Lifelnne"
"Raquel"

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I Buy Them

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More Days to Observe
Wesley Eddy's Menace

Washington, Oct. 23.
Wesleiy Eddy, m. c. at Loew's Pal-
ace, was again in court last week
to follow up his charges against
Aubrey Miller, a government worker.
Eddy testified that Miller had an-
noyed him for weeks ending with a
threat to throw acid in his face
Miller admitted the threat but said
he didn't mean It. He did, , how
ever, inform the court that Mrs
Miller admired Eddy and that "it
nettled him." Miller has been Un
der observation and an additional 10
days has been granted for the same
purpose.

Chicago, Oct. 23.
Seeking fresh air as an aid to in-
spiration, Jo6 Goodwin, song writer,
ran up a cab bill of $33 and was
hauled to the lockup when he
couldn't pay. .

Goodwin claims he was atteniptr
ing to write a. campioiign song and
decided be could do it better in
fresh air. After wfearing out one
cab driver, he -^yas transferred to
another cab. Iiate he borrowed $14
from the drivier and put- him in a
hotel room while he sat up : and
tried to finish the hymn.

When the driver awoke in the
morning and found Goodwin still
trying to write, he took him to the
station.

Goodwin's last staff Job was with
Milton Well Music Co. Lately he
has been free lancing.

Radio "Trust" Alleged;
Indiie Makers After It

Chicago, Oct. 23.
Members of the Radio Protective
Ass'n, Independent radio manufac-
turers, at their annual meeting in
Chicago last week voted to Insti-
tute dissolution proceedings against
an alleged radio trust comprising
the RCA, American Telephone &
Telegraph Co., Generar Electric and
Westinghouse Electric. .

AttOwieys for the Ass'n were told
to seek; Immediate action from the
Department of Justice against the
alleged trust.

McDEEMOTT CLUB PADLOCK

George Walsh and Loretta Mc-
Derniott are 'hamed, co-defendant's
with Bniy Walls in a padlock .suit
against McDermott nlte club at 135
West B2d otreet.

Miss McDermott since has be-
come inactive, figuring in a divorce
suit reciehtly. Walsh is baclc with
the Yacht Cliib Boys at the Hotel
Amb"assad6r, New York. - ■

Radio Star Chats

Cleveland, Oct. 23i
Interviewing stage stars before
the microphone is a new feature of
locki broadcasting. It is introduced
by Manager Earle Ferris of WTAM
and consists of having a stage star
In tdwh tell the story of her career
over the radio, while a member of
the station's staff asks her prepared
questions like a newspaper reporter.

Ethelind Terry of "Rio iRita" was
the first to be radio Interviewed, and
May Ward,, feature of "Wooden Ki-
mono," second. WTAM plans to
feature a stage star each week in
this fashion.

Lower Priced Organs

As Sound Comes In

Sale of theatre organs, notably
of the cheaper variety, has fallen off
perceptibly since neighborhood ex-
hibs have become interested in the
various devices for synchronizing
films with amplified phonograph
music. ■

One ipf the organ compianied, Kra-
mer, is In competition with Itself,
having established a service which
rents phonograph records to exhibs.

Lenzberg at 81st Street

Julius Lenzberg, the Hippodrome
director, was shifted to the 81st
street temporarily. Lenzberg's as-
sistant is handling the Hip musi-
cians duiing Julius' absence.

AND HIS ORCHESTRA

. Formerly Herb Wiedoeft's
Now at Cinderella Roof
Los Angeles, Calif.
EXCLUSIVE
Brunswick and Vitaphone
Recording

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LAWRENCE

WRIGHT

THANKS

MORTON

DOWNEY

for being first to feature
England's Greatest Ballad Success

ii

MY INSPIRATION IS YOU"

WORDS BY EDGAR LESLIE MUSIC BY HORATIO NICHOLS

American Rights Sold for a Record Sam to De Sylva, Brown & Henderson (Ask Them About It)
MORTON DOWNEY WAS LUCKY TO ME SINGING MY "AMONG MY SOUVENIRS" IN AMERICA

HE DOUBLED MY LUCK WHEN HE SANG "MY INSPIRATION IS YOU" IJ^ LONDON

Lawrence Wright.

LAWRENCE WRIGHT MUSIC CO.

19 Denmark St. (Charing Cross Rd.), London, W. C. 2, England Cables: VOCABLE, London

Wednesday, October 24, 1928

MUSIC-RADIO

VARIETY

S7 --"^

Radio Rambles

By ABEL

■ • Mags

Taking its ciie from the good work,
done by radio . in the interests of
eeveral periodicals, notably Collier's,
which credits its jump in circulation
to radio, the.v Theatre Magazine is
now a regular broadcaster. Belle
Baker and - George Houston were
this week's 1jartioul£lr featv)res. . An-
other delightful radio hour regular-
jy each week on the. Golumbia net-
work is ' tliat of : Life, the huriior
weekly.

Kerry Conway's Voice

Kerry Conway referred to Hanneh
Swaffer a;s the Big "I" inan of
Variety during his Fx'iday night
Broadway chat on WABC. Conway
is giving "Variety generous rnehtibn
and also. j)lugs Winchell's Graphic
column gags verbatim. Between
the two sources, C o n w a y has
enough introductory, ballylioo- to fo-
cus the interest prior to the. com-
nxercial.; plugging oif the several
plays which payroll the radio sta-
tion for the ether exploitation.

Conway reads the Items from Va-
riety and th.e GraphiCi building , up
Interest . with psychological antici-
patory titters and comment. He-
- sides which, as always, Conway has
one of the best mike voices on the
: ether. It's a shamo the announcer
can't be annexed by a major league
station f of this sort , of theatrical
comment. He'd prove a very popu-
lar feature in short ordeiv having a
compelling something in his voiicc
which . would dtify nervous ; dial
twisters who become usually, bored
at the ordinary address.' Radio and
music being what they are, the fans
go strongest for the bands and vo-
calists, with the conversatibnali.sts a
poor third, generally speaking.
Ellington Subditied
Duke Ellington and his heated
Jazzapators from the Cotton Club in
Harlem are not as "dirty" as they
are of midnights, such as Monday,
when broadcasting during the din-
ner sessions.. They lean more to
the "sweet" type of syncopation but
can't refrain from, slipping in a real
wicked ditty off ancl on. '

Among the other WHN (or its sis-
ter station WPAP) nite club enter-
tainers, the Silver Slipper and Fri-
volity clubs are pleasant regular en-
tries.

key statlon.s WOR and WABC,
Husing Has Carlin and McNamee ,
skirined a mile tor sports' ballyhoo
and would be quite an a.sset. to SBC
if they again corralled him. Hu.sing
was with them in, Washington at
WRC and later in New York for. a |
little While, Avhere his voice and
radio. personality quickly established
themselves. ' '

Velazco's Organ [■
Eniil Velazco in a variety orfean
recital on WOR Saturday night
must have given the Lucky Strike
dance orchestra- (Rolf e's) some
serious competition. The organist,
particularly in popularly appealing
programs of this type, is arresting,
although the crack Rolfe dance or-
chestra is hot to be denied. .

Since one has an hour of Lucky
Strike and half that time of Velazco,
one doesn't mind tuning out for a
number although Rolfe had the best
program of the cifiaret exploitation
series on the air this week. It was
well-balanced, rhythmic, melodious,
ultra-danceable and' consistently en-
gaging.

Plenty ; . . ; '

A brief recital by the Twin Pairs
of Harmony, two pianists and two
vocalists^ preceded another crack
band, .Ben Pollack's from; the Park
Central, while at the. same time
Bobby Ber.<5had was making steppoe
from the Mirador with . a Meyer
Davis orchestra.

Borshad mixes his stuff up .with
tangos and since after all is. said
and done they don't exactly dance
to dance music, with the great ma-
jority just listening in, a touch of
the Argentine is a happy idea.

: Paul Specht from the Jardin
Royal . was also clustered! around
that .10:30 till midniight dance
marathon, giving the fans plenty of
great variety to choose from.

WHN Staff Chang©

George Nobbs, whip has been as-
sistant announcer to >i. T. Gran-
lurid in the WHN station, bowed
out last week.

Nobbs, working afternoons, found
little to do with ■the Littman hour
providing its o.\vn announcer and
Peri-y Charles back on WHN as-
signments/" .

4 Picture Theme Songs Lead

All Metropolitan Song Sales

Although the Al Joison feature is but throe weok.s on Broadway,
the "Sonny Boy" theme song lias swamped everything. It is No.
1 in metropolitan sales,, displacing "J eunine, I Droam of Lilac
Time," now second. "There's a Rainbow Round My Shouldei-;.". al-so
from Jolson's /'Singing Fopl," rates No. 3, and "Angola Mia," from
"Street Angel," is. the fourth biggest seller..

Tills makes foyr film theme songs, two frorivtbe same piotitri', a,s
the best sheet music sellers ardUnd Greater Ne:w York.' ■ It .portond.'?
a similar national rating. .

The success of the Jolspn Vitaphone (Warners) film has -bocMV
sensational an'd is worklns wonders for everything, connected, \vith
Joison, For this reason, Brunswick'.s recordings of Joison are sen-
sational disk sellers. Getting $5,000 a "side," Joison, for the lirt^t
time, is out of the red for Brunswick. The company carried Joison,
figuring his prestige worth It, although, the phenomenal $10,000 a
record (two sides) was .prohibitive until now.

Mills' Sellers

In sheet. music sellers. Jack Mills has the fifth and sixth best
sellers in "Girl of My Dreams" and "I Can't Give You Anything But
Love," the latter from '.'Blackbirds','' recorded so many different ways
by all coinpahies that it threatens to becpmo a "St. Louis r.lues"
for the variety of its recordings.

Waterson's "Memories . of France,'' Remiokis ''King For a Pay"
and "Old Man Sunshine,". Sam Fox's "NoopoiHan Nights" (from
"Fazil")- and Feist's '.'Chiqulta" follow In order nanu-d.

Berlin's "10 Little. Miles" iand "Roses" are next; yhaiiiro-IViTn-
stein's .VTh.at's My Weakri'ess "Now'' after, followed .by "Sidow.all^s of
New York," tremendo'us around New York because of its political
significance; \Feist's "Ramona" arid "It Goes Like This"; Witmark's
Victor Herbert hit revival, "Ah I Sweet, Mystery of Life," and the
sensational "New Moon'' operetta music (Harms).

MUSIC SOURCE SET UP
AS ROYALTY DEFENSE

t<t. lA.uis, (lot. 23,
A court baltlo invoUin;; tlif <]\io';-
tiim Of whoth'M- Irving l)erlin's
"Uustiian l.ul.'.al'y" u.nnibi :• is a
plagiarism .'of. ;i . Jewish t;l>;iii1 is ..
aluuit to be fou.i;ht out ill ili>> 1-Vd.-:
oral court in. i-'-.ist St. T>ouls. It is ,
llio lu-e.sont i>ta.n of tli<^ a(ti>i-ni\vs. for
tlio. deftMidhnt. thoalro ni.iiiagor. to
oall iMuiip' ttMU mii-'^ii''i!^U5? Into ,
court.

The coniplain.uu in the suit Is the
Ainorioan Snoioty . of . Coiniiosers..
Author.^ aiui rublL^hors. in liclialf of
Irving Korliii,.- liu'..; Tiie 'di i'i-ndahts
are Klnior and Harry Klie, Jr.(
owners of till? Columbia Theatre.
The. oliarge of pl.-iRinrism Was niade
by tlio attorney for the two dofond- ,
ants,. Louis Tien.sley, in an answer
f led. to the suit. The cli a rj:e against '
the theatre owners is Iiifringeniont
of the eoiiyriiilit of "Viusstan Lulla-
by." Attorney J'.easley s;iys he will
rail oompotent. witnesses to demoh-
slrnte the .similarity V)el^yeen the
V.erliii number arid the .'Jewish ritual
musie.

The iiiaintiffs' Orlnluai petition
chai'fxos that the. "Russian Lullaby"'
number was jilayed in the Columbia
Theatre for profit without; remuner-
ation to the publi.^shors. ,■ .

Old Songs Sotind Good

The dance bands are. stepping
heavy on the yesteryear song hits,
hotably "Dardanella," "Allah's Holi-
day," "Poor Butterfly,'!' : "Tea for
Two," et al. Truth to tell they .sound
refreshing, alongside some of the
more recent pop song output.

A smart little combination, Lai'ry
Funk's, Of afternoons on the NBC
stations, has done much towards re-
viving interest in this type of syn-
copation. Ais "the band of 1.000
melodies," th'elr billing, they pro-
duce plcasiintly ' melodious dance
music and should be moved down,
later to a dinner session at least
for fuller audience reaction.

.The Fup Trappers

The Wilson Fur Trappers have a
nice variety hour on behalf of the
Wilson fur ; store. Apt)ropriately
enough they feature "Doin' the Rac-
coon" as their opening and closing

*^^The Wilson hour is happily pabed.
the xylophone solos. Vocal mter-
lude.s, in.strumental ensembles and
dialect comedian all clicking, rue
latter is a particularly funny mime,
whoever he may be, sin.ce he s
merely labeled the Wilson BeaVer,
doing Milt Gross versions of Kip-
ling; the Robinson Crusoe, fable,., etc.

Husing as Announcer

Ted liusing scintillated, again
With his cleancut announcements of
. the Goiumbii-DaftmoUth game .Sat-
urday aft on the Columbia network

NBC Falls for. Stunt

An extraordiriary departure Jpy
the NBC was evidenced Monday
night ori the Xisual WEAF network
General Motors Family broadcast
The Oldsmobile division of G. M,
played' host - that night* and free
copies of ah exploitation song,. "In
My Merry Oldsmobile," were offered
for the asking.: This is the usual
■free mailing, list pull-'em-in and tlie
NBC, in the past, has frowned on
the stunt, "whether it was giving
away catalogs, souvenirs or free
!3ong copies. .

This was the direct whyfore of
some of the lesser stations flourish-
ing, being compelled by very con-
trast to the circulation of the NBC
stations . to makie many concessions
to induce prospective advertisers to
make u.se of their facilities. This it.
a favorite stunt ipn the local broad.-
casting outlets, .where not - alonC
anything and everything can be
gotten away with, but actual sales
prices, merchandising, etc., may be
pngaged in directly to consumer
audience.

Rdbbins Lead$ in

Vita's $100,000 Spfit

The Vitaphone royalty income of
$100,000 annually,- ' distributed. . this
week, fihds the Robbins Music
Corp on top of the dividend earn-
ers with $9,526, or practically one-
tenth of the entire amount, -al-
though some .3Q-odd music flrms
share in this revenue.

On a point system of computa-
ticn. Jack Robbliis' firm tops the
list. By computation, each point is
valued at $30.73, a point represent-
ing a selection as used by Vita-
phone. .

There is $3,718 in escrow repre-
senting trie 121 points on which
Sam Fox as complaining. If Fox
receives an adverse decision, this
amount will be divided pro rata
am.on^ the . rest of the copyright
ov/ners,. otherwise Fox gets It all.
Fox*s point is that he is entitled
to . this income for manuscript
thenaes used in. picture scoring but
which were not published.

44th St. Roof Opening

The Shuberts are readying the
old Little Club atop the 44th St.
theatre . and will reopen it shortly
as the McCarthy Sisters' LHtle
Country Club.

In addition to the girls the Shu
berts are, seeking a male pop isinger
and a name orchestra as features.

Nanette Guilford, the youngest
Met prima, and Efrom. Zimbalist
wore the musical features on the At-
water Kent hour Sunday. Endowed
by the Philadelphia philanthropist
and radio ■mahUfaicturer, ' A"Af water
Kent,' these Sunday night musical
treats not alone have built up. a vast
amount of good will for his busi-
ness, but ha.ve proved a gonuino
public service ,to the. rriasses.
. ^VTieh a' twirl of the. dial can
■b.ring into yoiip. homc on of tlie foror
most violin virtuosi and a Metro-
politan opera star, who can dr-ny the
.public b^hpfi:f of making possible
such facilities?

BERG IN CHARGE

Sam Fox Sound Synchronization
Department

g. M. Berg, the founder with ^fax
Winkler of Belwin, Inc.,' one of the
largest picture music publishing
houses. Is now general manager of
Sam Fox's sound synchronization
department. Berg has been In Ijon-
don for .the past six and a half
years as business manager for
Keith-Piowse, the 140-year-old
London publishing house.

As head of Fox's sound picture
department Berg has J. S. Zamec-
nik and Will Frederick Peters as
his chief composers. The former's
"Weddinfc March" ^icore is current
at the Rivoli, New York, and
"^ylngs" and "Abie's Irish Ro.se"
were other Zamecnik synchroniza-
tions.

Edward Kilenyi and L. E. De-
Francesco are associate compo.sors
in the Sam Fox musical organiza-
tion.

Youhg ShaiJird Married

Elliott Shaiiiro's socroi i.n.arriage
to Dorothy Maurice of "Lovely
Lady" Oct. 15 in Tarrytown,' N. Y,,
leaked out when Loul.s Bernstein, :
president of Sb;»piro, Ijcrnstpin &
Co.. noticed his' usual staid junior
partner beaming all ov.ei- the place,
Bernstein, knowing \vhat music biz
is today, fouUln't figure It out but
forced a yes fri>hi Ellirttt. Judge
AvilHanfi C. Duell performed the
ceremony.

Y'oung Shapiro, son -of the late
Maurice ■ Shapiro,' phmeor' music
publisher with whom Bernstein
was a.ssoclrtted, Is credited with
dlscovc-ring^md fostering two of his
firm's biggest hits, v'Yes, We Have
No Bananas'* and "The Prisoner's
Song."

Central, Phil Spltalny from the
I'ennsy, and Arnold Johnson at tli<
Paramount; for ether popularity.

A late hour Saturday midnight
dance purveyor was Charles Dorn-
berger from the Rosemont, Brook-
lyn, ballroom. iDornberger person-
ally handles the vocal Interludes and
comes through ver.y..nicely._

Norman Hamilton's poetry recital
for 15 minutes . Saturday evening
was quickly followed by Phil Spi-
talney's crack dance band from the;
Hotel Pennsylvania. Spitalny sure
knows how to give out dance music,
mixing it .up with Bymphoriic syn-
con.'itioh. ■ . '

Loitering Musicians
Locked Up for 2 Hours

Eighteen musicians, belonging to
the Mu.slcal Mutual Protective
Union, Local 310, arrested ori a
charge of loitering in front of their
headquarters on E.ast 86tli street,
were dismissed when arraigned In
ilarlcm Court last week for lack of
evidence, when a roprosentativc of
the Yorkvillo Chamber of Com-
merce, said to have, been the com-
plainant, failed to appear.

The boys were taken into cu.stody
when a equad of bluecoatu and
plainclpthesmen swooped down on
them while they woro standing on
the sidewalk in front of the building.
Taken to the East 64th street sta-
tion they were put in the cooler
along with several paBsersby and
held there for two hours. Charles
7^e'ofr"actlve'^

organization, and . among tho.sc
pinched, finally got Iri touch with
Henri Conrad, president of the or-
ganization, who postetl n: de6d to
the union's building,; guarantet^ing
the appearance of the boys in court;
with . each held under $G00 ball. ..

M. Ci'S MOVE

1a).s Angeles, Oct. 23.
Opening of new Oakland theatre
Oct. 21 has caused a general .shift
of West Coast m. c.'s. .Max Biud-
fleld at Long Beach goes to the.
Broadway, -Portland, "ore,.; C.(-or-
gic Stollberg goes from llie Ih-oad-
way, Portland, to the ,5th Ave;, Se-
attle; Heimie King from 5th Ave,
Keattle, to the new house in Oak-
land. ■

Bobbie Gillette

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Rudy Valee is active again from
the IT'igh-IIo with the re-openin.y:
of the Dan Dickorman nite club.
Valee also ftfiflciatps Sunday aftor-
nopns ris a oommereial on belialf ol
Herbert's .iev.-plry .store from WMCA.
His repular' radio. . iirn.i-Tams are
from won when plugging tli'.-
Heh;h-Ho.

The Louit'villp. peasants w< re malt-
ing \viir>oi>.e-' as the aMilir-nce t-f Cnv-
ernor .Vl Smith's presideMti.tl i'mhi-
paiRn spfr'-h in tliat cit:.

Tiv

A CHOP HOUSE
OF EXCEPTIONAL MERIT

156-8 WEST 48TH STREET
East of Broadway — "

^js^C^. J:ii;aad c;uLt^^c;n:^jn <'^wjArfc ■ .
the Ideal aMendanee'.s s.i>r.ntan"iii:-
enthii^i.'i.'-tn f-aine thron;;)! lil'e '-^■'<V:
of thnnd(T via the ether.

Plenty (>t duip suev musical
propaganda on the air the.^-e daw
and all of it .n. t only f-'ood dan^-f
rniiKic but eonsistently wdrth.v^ ti
tortainment,. 1'.. A. Rolfe. T'.-i
.Snecht. Al Lynn niivn- Nayl. r ar.-.
othrrs vie wilh the hotel bandnien
<:uch as P.eh Bernie. T«m riott from
ihe'iL«:tr.r. T!--n Pollael: at the Park

Fellow Performers, Have You Heard My Big BaUad Hit?

The Biggest Hit for Me in Years

^^^^^^OHNNY MARVIN

p. S.— You can get this number ftom

L. B. CURTIS, Music Publisher, 1595 Broadway, New York

58

VARIETY

NIGHT CLUBS

Wednesday, October 24, 1928

I

News From the Dailies

NEW YORK

from Maypr Hague's . administra-
tion "in reprisal for publishing news
of the leBlslatiye investigation of |
, the Hague regi'tine."

Richard Bird withdrew from "A ■ —

Most Immoral Lady" in rehearsal, R H. Sothern, returning . from
due to Equity's rules for alien play- Europe, told the ship news reporters
era effective Nov. 1. "Lady" opens he intended to retire after l>is next
Nov 5 out of town. Bird has played lecture tour. "The kind^of thing'
In stock since the regulationsi were i did has passed away, he said,
Tniiilp and must remain idle six - — - — \ ,

months This will not be up until james Light, former director of
December He has played 67 weeks the Provincetown Players, has been
pecemoer. ne ^i^^j completing appointed coach of the Yale Dra-

A Liquor Error

When the bootlegger friend
sent up a caa© of Scotch to the
doctor his wife prevailed upon
him to have the liquor ana^
iyzed. It had everything but
carbolic. .

The legger was' advised and
duly appeared with ianpther
case. ■

"This Is the real mccoy," he
said. "I'm sorry about that
other case. The duinbbella In
my place made a mlstkke; sent
it to you instead of a speakeasy
uptown."

VANITY CLUB

(NEW YORK)

New York, Oct. 16.
Jack and Chic Goldman, with
Charlie . Aronson of: the Frivolity
and Mirador, .have) the . basement
cabaret urideriieath the Cai-roll the-
atre • building, for the season and
three years beyond. Always a choice
location,, arid, even more so today
when transients along Seventh ave-
nue might be deemed of some asset,
the room' has never .clicked since
Bob Murphy called it his . Cellar,
Originally, as. the AVigwam, Harry
Richmah it was catapulted into nite
life prominence. Ever sinc& the
Wigwam, it had a string of names
and managements. Including the
Rodeo, Ringside, Manger, et al.
With the Frlv-Slipper influence

Berlin Settles Suit

A damage suit of Adele Ixjnke,
11-year-old performer, against Irv-
ing Berlin, Inc., has been settled out
of court for $3,000. Conditions were
agreed to by Judge Nathan Bijur of
the Supreme Court.

The girl sued after sustaining
jack injuries in the music publish-
er's ofHce on April 13, 192.7. It was
claimed a piano . stool upon whlc][i
she was seated In . a rehearsal room
cbllapsed.

Suit was filed by the girl's father,
Matthew Lenke; through . Attorney
GUstav Stelner. •

npoember He has played t)7 wecKs the Provincetown j.'iayera. iici=i » „„a \ WXtn tne r riv-oupper muucin;.?

pecemper upon completing appointed coach of the Yale Dra- Ujiss Prevost says it's all oft and gt^ong in his mind, NTG. has pro-
inn w^eks he will be exempt from matic Association succeeding Doug- permanently. Couple were married ^^^^^ q^^j those great epidermis
inL^ffoverninsr foreign actors. las Ross. in 1924 and separated in May, 1927. ^.g^gia^tlong. The gals wear a . smile

rules governing b I I ' and an air of naivete. They couldn't

Vivian Ellison "Vanities" dancer, I Furnishings and effects In the
la suing the parents of her young home of Fannie Brice, 306 W. 76th L^j^ ^^^^^ ^^^^ Oct. 15 by they tried.

husband for $50,000. charging they street, were sold «^t\a-uction, tne | ^^^^ wife. Helen, on non-support | The kids are all chicks and look

Valentine Otto Rudolph Martin, go much below the Annapolis line if
haled to court Oct. 15 by - '-^

wife, Helen, on non-support

huabarid for $50,000. charging they street, were sold ^ucnon, tm j^^^ wife, Helen, on non-support The kids are all chicks and look-
wrecked her runaway marriage to actre.s3 having gone'^to live in including "Fuzzy" Kane, Kay
Jack Elle In 1925. ' oof apartment at 15 E. estu stre^^ Baker, Jean FayaJ,
. Furnishings worth $75,000. their child. . Louise Allen and Mary Phillips.

-': . Furnishings wortn ♦(o,vuv._ i their child

O'Brien Malevinsky and. Driscoll through with the complications of

are- suing' Philip Goodman for $15,-. keeping house," said she '
000 representiner their legal fees-

Louise Aireii and Mary Phillips,
from several Broadway productions,
, ^ „ V , I but not including "Vanities," which
Adela Rogers St. John Hyiana, ^ould be a natural thought. It is
.Annoiat oTi<4 Qiit-hnr mfl.de defend- I J i-'u^* — iTn.ni r<o<M

!gai I — Adela Rogers St. Jonn would be a natural thought. Jt Is

arlsInK oiit of Goodman's suit Television exhibit at Electrical scenarist and author, rtiade defend- I yjj^gj.gtooci that -^EJarl Carroll
airalnst W: C.' FieWs when he went 2^^^ Industrial Exposition, in the ant In $25,000 personal . injuries p^j^j^j^g^^ l^jg mind after the lease
with Zlegfeld in 1926. He had signed Grand Central Palace, displayed by damage suit, filed by Mrs. Adelaide signed about permitting any

with Goodman at $2,500. and a per- Uvj^jsjY. radioed Images of persons Helnemah. It's the result of an j^jg gj^^^ to double. .
centage. their the opening week. . Danny

.., : — , ^ -d S^ndS'^^&te^^So^i^i^d^^^^^^
^?\b'1oS tSS ha"d"°wTtK N-nettes are the best subjects. |io. . , j .^"^fhiran,' ^^e"-

that 15 local theatre. ,,, ^11

drawn , their advertising and alleged Mayor Walker and other notables
action had been taken under orders i|.j,gj^.^g^ ^ggj.jj^Qj^ja^j pinner to De-

Leading Organist*
in New York

B

ILLY
ARNES

•OBOANISTK
MODERNE"

. — , — -

couldn't start on schedule because
Olivia Converse was granted a dl- of prior bookings. Eyan Burrowes
Tir^'Y*"'^ ^l:.rr'7rTho""V37r.vVpiaza I vorce from George P. Converse, Fontaine, In Fatima trappings,
Snda? evenlrfg m\ ?ri n g ?S sS iLrbara at Reno, I orientated through a^ trlo of inter-

Sunaay .evening, ni dr kimb ^ I^*; , t week. Action will open pretative terps. She Is prominently
S^rlnSs' Ed^^W^^^^^^^ Tor 'eohverse to marry billed as co-feature with Wohlman.

was among tCc who seht^ ^^^^^

gratulatioris. | from Rudolph Cameron.

An fan^OD^^^^^^^ Fox film oompahy was named de-
festival at the Manhattan Opera j^^^^t In a suit brought in Fresno,
House, set for week of Nov. 16, is . . j.taker, for
designed as the first of a scries for Cal J^gt the funeral
other cities. Idea is to ^arouse in- Jflit^el Drayer. screen actress, who
1 terest in a monument to the Amerlr lo'gt her life during the filming of
can dancer. Irma Duncan, daughter, Mosj: "Yrce^! ^^^5^ Rapids in June,
and her pupils will appear. B^^lir Sme? Fox agreed to pay

Other specialists are Alice Lee,
''Bunny" Hill, doing the nude
flashes, Ethel Allis, Berriice Rob-
erts and Jeanne Geddes, with good,
bad and indifferent s. and d. s...os.

The band of seven in the baek-
grouiid Is an anonymous septet,
probably costing a few herring, al-
though playing brisky enough. It
would be worth a couple extrai dol-
lars' investment to the Goldniaris to
stake the pianist for a marathon of
interlude airs on the ivories. Some
of the lulls between sessions and
numbers were bad. That should be;
speeded up.

With the Goldmans' knowledge of
things, they should pace the room,
for pep and speed. Those cuticle
exhibitions are the berries nowa-
days for the rounders.. Chick and
Jack Goldman have enough of a
personal standing to give them a
natural advantage which they can
fortify hy accelerating things. It
can be made a great drop-In room.
Couvert $2 and $3. Abel,

LEADING 0RCHES1MS DIRECTORY

IRVING AARONSeN

Xoew's 8tot« 'Theatre, Times 8q., ; N. T.

PAUL BRASS

Solo Organist

Keith-Albee Theatres
NEW YORK CITY

W. J. GILROY

FEATCRINb

Organ Novelties
PROCTOR'S 86th ST.

NEW YORK

, Talking of his closing In' Boston funeral costs,
in "The Big Fight" to avoid further,
loss to the backers, .Tack Dempsey
gaid he had three film offers and

ana HIS COMMANDERS

Now featured with
Irene Bordoni's "Paris"

.^^^ ~: - - , Claude A. Conlln, vaude magician, , — -

gaid he had three film offers and ^ j^^gxander the Great, was miiqic BOX NEW YORK
probably would take a Warner P^^^^^ defendant in a. divorce suit M^';;'?*^ f "^^V ^^'TZ.

contract to make; a talker. I _. . . — ^ 4. T inion I Aff«f Tkaatpn' Ctnh Richman

[filed in Superior Court by Lillian
Marion Conlln. Cruelty charged.

After Theatres Club. Richman

FROM DETROIT

JEAN GOLDKETTE

Orchestras

VICTOR RECORDS

Office: 812 Book Tower
DETROIT

Eddie Schwartz

Featured Organist

Keith-Albee Theatres,,
New York

Proctor's Fifth Aye. Theatre

JACK SKELLY

At the Wurlitzer
Keith-Albee
WHITE PLAINS THEATRE

WALTER WILD

Feature Organist

AT

Keith's Hippodrome
NEW YORK

ORGAN

, ~ — ^ ^ , .o ftnn Marion Conlln. cruelty cnargea.

Couple of holdup men took »2,000 gjjg ^^^^ monthly alimony for

from the manager and. ticket seller K^^g^jj .g^Q month for their
of the Palestine theatre, an Clinton children, John A. and Glorlana 1

•street, ontorlng a side, olucp while 1. ^ and «. Couple were

they were counting up Sunday r^-^^j^j^jj ^gjg

night. 1 : —

Fire destroyed much scenery Grand jury investigation of per-
belng constructed in the plant of jury charges made against Mae
S Asch. Inc.. at 11th avenue and Murray, vaude and screen actress,
29th street, Sunday. by Jack Donovan, screen cowtooy,

were postponed Indefinitely as the
. I result of the illness of Deputy Dls-

LOS ANGELES • trlct Attorney Ellis Eagan.
^ j-^t^'w.*-.-.—.* I ^^^^ stated he had not found

I sufficient evidence to warrant an
Florence. Evelyn Rice, • former indictment against the actress, but
actress, awarded a |29,000 judgment that the case would not be entirely
against Arthur Guy Empey, author dropped until he had studied Miss
and scenarist. In her suit for $36,000, Murray's testimony in her recent
money she claims to have loaned successful prosecution of a suit
him in New York in September, against Donovan, in which she al-
1919. Evidence brought out that leged Donovan sold her a $25,000
Empey had already paid back $7,- house for $50,000. Perjury charges
000. Money is said to have been I arose over a document In the dam-
loaned to help finance the Empey [ age suit which • Donovan alleged
venture in pictures. bore Miss Murray's signature and

which she is oald to have denied

Leach Cross, former prize fighter, signing.

was divorced by his wife, Alta M.

Cross, in Judge John L. Fleming's Mrs. Vera Sherwood, filing suit
court Oct. 16 on desertion charges, for divorce from George Sherwood,
Five minutes later Mrs. Mae Lee was theatrical producer and actor, and
granted a divorce from Harry E. naming Ruth King, actress, fol-
Lee, boxing referee. Mrs. Cross and lowed that action by flHne a $200,-
Mrs. Lee were the chief witnesses OOO alienation of affections suit
in each ether's cases." The Crosses agiainst Miss King here.

were married 17 years, the Lees 21 . ■ —

years, 6ra Carew, screen actress, was

— awarded $500 damages In her suit
Marie Prevost says she will take ^qj. $3,000 against Benjamin Leffler
her final divorce decree from Ken- over a $4,000 sable coat. Miss Carew
neth Harlan, screen actor, on Nov. testified she left the coat with Lef-
22. She obtained an interlocutory fl^p for dyeing and that, when It
decree year ago. A reconciliation K^yj^g returned It was in pieces and
was effected two months ago. Now | minus some of the fur. .

Henry Schuniann-Heink, son of
the opera contralto, was convicted
of grand larceny growing out . of
stock securities operations In San
Dlegp. Schumann - Helnk's attor-
neys gave notice that motion for
new trial would be filed.

PAE'S AIB TIEUP

Los Angeles, Oct. 23.
The Paramount studio-Los An
I geles Evening Express radio tieup
over KNX, which rfecently went
from 500 to 6,000 watts, will go into
1 effect Nov. 11.

■ A-broadcasting- station -has-been
I built on the Paramount lot iii H61
I ly wood.

PHlLFABaiO I

and His

ORCHESTRA

LOEW'S 7th AVENUE THEATRE
New York City

MAL HALLETT

JOHN GART

(Feature Organist of Loew*s Met. Theatre)
SCHOOL FOR THE

MODERN THEATRE ORGANIST

PRACTICE ARRANGED FREE

Studios: «. .. 11

291 Lincoln place ^^^^^ — For Details Gall
Brooklyn, N. Y. NEVins 0018

AND HIS ORCHESTRA

TOURING N. E. BALLROOMS
Personal Management
CHARLES SHRIBMAN
Salem, Mass.

THE ORIGINAL

DINTY MOORE

now at
ARTHUR MacLEAN'S

HUNTER ISLAND INN
Pelham Shore Road, N. Y.

SAMUEL HEGGEN I

lisadlnf B Great Little Band

Proctor's 86th Street
NEW* YORK CITY

VINCEI^fT LOPEZ \

and-His^RCHESTRA

Exclusive Brunswick Artist
WOODMANSTEN INN
Pelham Parkway, N. Y.

CHARLIE MELSONI

GEORGE OLSEN

AND HIS MUSIC
SOON

F. ZIEGFELD'S "WHOOPEE"
Starring Eddie Cantor
Ofllce: 20 West 43(1 Sti;cct
. New York City,

PARISIAN RED HEADS

America's Greatest Girl Band

This Week, Albee, Cincinnati
Wk Oct. 21— Kclth'8 T/o>ulHviII6 & Dayton

Permanent Address
S8 West North St., Indianapolis, Ind.

WILL PRIOR

And His Concert Orchestra

.at

IJnited Artists Thfe^

L9S Angeles

The Maestro of Ceremony
and His Bands

Stanley, Jersey City
!Branford, Newark

JEllYROLfcMORTOILl

and His Red Hot Peppers

Victor Reoordtnff Artists
The OrlKinutor of. Juzz and Stontps
7th Month, Rose Danceland
125th St. and 7th Ave., New York
Manni^emont M. C. A. . ,_ ^
Permanent Address: Variety, New TorK

PAUL WHITEMANt

And His Greater Orchestra
CONCERT TOUR
■ Office:
1560 B ROADWAY, N. Y. C

Peraonal Direction,
JAMBS F. UlLLESPIK

IF YOU DON'T
ADVERTISE IN
VARIETY

DONT ADVERTISE

SONG and

DANCE

HESTRATEONS

A DAMSMAL AD ANNOUNCING A HELUVA BIG SONG MM V 9

Phica<5o butterfly

■ ■ ■ BYKOIM GAY * I

BYRON GAY. MAJESTIC THEATRE, LOB ANGELES, PUBLISHER ^

SYMPHONIC

SPECIAL

ERDF GROFE^
{ONE ^BUCK)

Wednesday, October 24, 1928

O U T D 0 0 R S

VARIETY

59

Rain Drives Circus In

Toronto, Oct. 23.
Tod much rain has driven Barnett
Brothers motor circtis- into winter
quarters at "Grlpisby, Ont. R, H.
Rogers, manager, said the one ring
outSt had lost $3,0.00 in three weeks
and could not carry on.

Of the 1^7 people carried' ilO were
paid oft.

The . outfit is strictly Canadian,
having originated in the Maritlnie
Provinces. • '. . ..

HON MAULS SHOWMAN

/ r Sioux City, la., Oct. 23.

Robert Atterbury, 62 years . old,
part, bwneir of a small animal show
which was barnstorming this terri-
tory, was badly clawisd by a lipn in
Dakota City, ' Nebr., as he was feed-
ing the animal.' As he approached
the cage, the lion grabbed at him,
drawing him to the bars. Atter-
bury's brother witnessed the at-
tack and saved the victim. .

THEODOEE'S DIVORCE

Chicago, Oct. 23..

Ralph Salt, in "Burlesque" here
arid iprofessionally Ralph Thefodore,
was. granted a divorce: from Lebna
Salt on desertion, grounds.

The couple sieparated in 1919 and
have no children; Salt was repre-
sented by Attorney iPhil R.. Davis;

BlUS NEXT WEEK

(Continued from page 43)

Butterfield

ANN A'll'B MICH.
MlohlffUJi

l3t half (28-31)
B't'rf'ld's Syn Sh'y/

2d half (1-3)
Whlteman's Boys
B'TLE C'K, MJCH.
Bijou
1st half (28-31)
Mldeetlana
Chaa Aldflch
(One to flJI)

2d half (1-3) :
B*.t'rf'ld'3 Syn Sh'W
BAY C ITY, MICH.

• Jst hah (28-31) •
liucas & Lillian
Libby Dancers
(One to nil)

2d halt (1-3)
Chiaa Hill .
Banjoland '
(One to fill)
B'T'N' H'iJ'R, M'H.
Liberty
2d half (1-3)
Rooneys-.
Fish .Rector & T
Ryan ,& Noblette
jrLl>'T, MICII.

'Capit'Ol
1st half (28-31)
Chae Hill '
Two to fill)

2d half (1-3)
CoMeano Family
B & R Gomah
(One to' mi) -
KX'M'ZOO, mcH.
state
1st half (28-31)
4 Ball Bros

Billy Hallen
(One to fill)

2d half (1-3)
Roon'y'p R'deo B'ys
Paul Renifts Oo '
(One to. till)
LANSING, MlCli.

, Strnntl

1st half ,(28-31)
TIeber's Seals ;
Flo Myers' Glrla
(One to fill).

2d half (1-3) '■ :
4 Ball Bros :
Billy: HiUen
(One to. fill)
VONTIAO, MICH.
- Slttto .

Jst half (28-31)
Colleano Family
B & R Gbhian
(One to fill)

2d half (1-3)
Tleb(Sr's Seals
Flo Myers' Girls
(Ore. to ■ ini) . '
OWOSSO; MICII.
Capjtol
2d halt (1-3)
Lucas '& Lillian
.(Two to fill)

SAOlNAW, MICII.

■ . Temple
Ist. halt. (28.-31)
Roprteys •
Ban bj land ..
(One to. fill)

2d half tlrS):
• Midget I^and •.
Chas Aldrlch
Libby lianeers

Terrace Gardens .

Olive O'NoiU •
GuB C Kilwards Bd

TurkiNit Ylllose
Al GauU
Jack Hamilton
Eileen Tanner
Marfrle Ryan
Freddio Janis ild

Vanity Vixlr
Larry Vincent
Gene Gill

noUy Storlin
Johnson Sis
Jane McAlisler
Piitpy Snyder
Keith Botcher Bd

WASHINGTON, D. C,

ABtor

B Dpuffherty Ofch

Clirthteclcr-

"Walter Kollt .
Meyer Davis Orch'

Club. Mndrlllon
J O'Donneil Orch

I.OtllH

Irv Buivrnstein Or
S\viuiee' .•

Al- Katz Oroli
A'cniis

C Wrifrht Orch
>Viu'(ln)nn rark.

Meyer Davis Orch-

NIGHT LIFE WASHED UP

Stanley-Fabian

CARNIVALS

(For current week Oct. 22; other-
wise indicated.)

Alabama Am. Co., (Fair) . Monrjoe,
La.; 29, West Monroe. ' '
, Beaty Greater, Hayti, Mo.; 29,
, Leachville, Ark. .

Benton Am. Co.j.ParRin, Ark.

Bernardi Expo.j Amar-illo, Tex.

Brown & Dyer', (Fair) Louisburg,

.K: C.

Briice Greater, (Fair) Washing-
ton, N. C,

Butler Bros., Parkin, Ark.

Central States, (Fair) Hawkins-'
ville, C3a. . ■

Cetlin & Wilsonj (Fair) gtateS-
ville, N. C. .. • •

Copper State, Hillsbdro, Tex.

Cotton States, Water Proof, La.

Craft's. Greater, Yuma, Ariz.

Cunningham Am. Co., Red Bay,
Ala. . ■

Dixieland, (Fair) Opelousas, .La;

Dodson^s World's F'air, (Fair) Mo-
bile, Ala.

Enterprise Shows, Albia, la.

Francis, John, Anstiii, TeX.

Greenburg Am. Co., (Fair) Santa'
Rita, N. M.

Gloth Greater, Farmville, N. G.

Gray, Roy, No. 1, (Fair) , .El
Campo, Tex.; 29, Bay City.

Gray, Roy, No. 2, (Fair) Carthage,
Tex. ; .29, San Augustine.

Great Eastern, : (iFair) Columbus,
Mis.s.

Hames, Bill H., No. 1, (Fair)
Teague, Tex.-

Hansen, Al C, McComb, Miss.

Hill, Hugh W., No. 1, (Fair) Eber-
ton, Ga.

Hill's Greater, Elizabeth City,
N. C,

Hoffner Am.. Co., Peoria, 111.
Isler Greater, (Fair) Cherokee,,
Okla.

Kellie-Grady, Cordova, Ala.
Krause Greater, Warrenton. Ga.
Leggette, C. R., (Fair) Sulphur,
La.

McGregor, Donald, (Fair) Flores-
vlllc. Tox.

Metropolitan, (Fair) York. S. C.

Miller Bros., Lafayette, La.
■ Miller, , Ralph. R., (Fair) Jackson,
Miss.; 29, Ruaton,

Mississippi Valley, Cotton Valley,
La. . ■

Morris & Castle, (Fair) . Shreve-
port,-. La. ■ . , ' .. ■

Murphy, D, :D., Greenville, Miss.
Page, J. J. E)(po;, (Fair) Easley,

■s. c.- .

Rieiss, Nat, (Fair) Durham, N. C.
.hice- Dorman, (Fair) Flatonla,
Tex. ,.

Rice Bros., CordeTe, Ga.; .29,
Lynn.«i. ■ . ■ .

, Rock City, Mlllen. Ga.

Royal Palm Am. Co., Jacksorivillo,
Fla.;. . • ■;

Rubin & Cherry, (Fair) Columbia,
.^'^ ^■

Snbdgrass, T. L., Qointon. Okla.
Stone, W. t.. Loui.sburp, N, C; 29,
Bonnettsville. S. C,

Sunset, Ruthorfordton, N, C.
Tidweli, T. J., Colorado," Tfx.
Tropical Expo., (Fair) Quantlco,

Wadev W. G., Fitzprorald. Ca.

Wade, Rv L.,.Rrowr)Rvillf", Tonn.
.^^W.estern.^Am.=^C.o.,.=CMlCi!Ed^V;Cj
29. Siior City.

Whybro Am. Co., Pond Crook
Okl.i.

BARNES-GARRUTHERS

Fair Booking Ass'n, Inc.
121 No. Clnr^ .St., Chlcnfiro

.WANTED FOE 1929 SEASON
STANDARD NOVELTY ACTS
SUITABLE FOR OUTDOORS

l^itroet Fair Booking: Agency In Amerlea

BAYONNE, N. J.
. Oporn House
2d half (1-4) .
RnsscU & Marconi
(Others to fill)

EUZABETH, N.J.
Kttz .
1st half (29-31)
Americana .
Tanet Reade Co ■
Mayo & Ijynn •'
Al Shayrie Orch'
(Tne to fill)

2d half (1-4)
Reed - &.'Duethera •
Doc 'F,lashes
Farnell. & Florence
Lillian X.eitzel
(One to fill)

HACkBNSAOK

• Lyric
1st half (29-31)
Paiila & Polly . .
Interviews
Bri.<icoe & Kauh
(Two to fill)
HOBOKEN. N. J.
New F»bian
1st half (29-31) .
Shurr.Boys .
GJbbs Sis
(Three to fill).

2d half (1-4)
Bernard & Kellar
Marie & Ann Glark

Feast of .Spain
(Two to fill) . "
JKKSEY CITY,N.J,
Central

1st half (29-31)
Billy Arlington C6
(Others to till)

. 2d half (1-4)
Brown & Lttvello'
(Others to fill) .

PASSAIC. N. J.
Montauk

■1st imlf (29-31)
Hooper & Gatchett
Freda &• Palace
Sterling. Dancers
(Two to nil) .
. 2d half (1-4)
Janet Reade Co ■
Burt & Lehman ■
Olsen & Johnson
(Two to fill)
TATEIISON. N. J.
Regent
1st half (29-31)
Reed & Duethers
Doc Baker Co
Farnell & Flortnce
Feast of . Spain
(One to fill)

2d half (1-4)
Shurr Boys
Americano
GIbbs Sis .
(Two to nil)

BRIDGEPORT
Palnce (JI2>
Jay C Flippen Unit
PoU
2d half (25-28)
.Tack Kneeland
(Others to fill)
JIAKTFORD
Ciipltol (22)
Paul Bros
Mcl^ellan & Sarah
Honorable . Wu
(Two to fill)

Pnlace (22)
V Ray & Norman
Dumbbells
Dancing PrlncesB
Oscar Lorraine
(One to fill)
NEW HAVEN
I'aXnco (22)
Whirl of Dance

Colo & Synder
Pa.ikman's Mine
(Two to nil)

SPRINOFIELJD
Palace

2d half (25-28)
Ray & Norman •
Harris & Van
Harlem Vanltlea
(Two to fill)

W.ATERBrRT
Pala«e (21)
Tracey & Hay
Coogan & Ca.sey
Carl Freed Orch
(Two to fill)

WORCE.STEK
Pttlnoe (21)
Mario k Lazaren
Avon Comedy 4.
Cahsinos
(Two to fill) ,

Cabarets

NEW YORK

' Chateau' Aladrid
Harold Leonard Or,
Jack • White
Frances .Shelley
Alice Boulden

Ctiib Barney
Walter. O'Keete. .
ilalis nyers Orch

Club I.ido
Rosita' & Ramon
11 Rosenthal Orch

Club KU-limitn
Harry . Richman .
Francis Williams
Aronson'.'j Com'ders

J^lvollty
N T G Rev
Tom Timothy Bd
lIo(<^l AmbiujHador
Yacht Olub Boys
Van Dcr ZandPh Or

Ilolol UiItn)ore
Norihway. & Chiles
B Cummins Or

.Mirador-
Marion. &. Randall
Bee. Jackson.
Evelyn Martin

Page Sis.. ..
Arthur Gordonl '
Meyer Davis Orch '.

Oakland'R Terrace

Will Oakland
r..andau'.s Bd
Park Central .Hotel
CllfC O'Rourke
Thci Carltons
•Ruth Williahis
Ben Pollack Or
.Silver Kllppcf
N T Ci Rev .
Lc.'--lle Stfirey
Francijs ,M ildcrn
Jimmy Carr Or
St. ReglH Hotel
Vinpcnt T.,opr.'z Or
Powlur & Tainara.

AunHy Club
Al "VVohlnian'
Kvan B Fontaine
Alice Lf-e
Hunny IIHI
Eth»:l AlllR
Uernlce Roberts
Jeanne OeddfeH

CHICAGO

A 111 bam

OHIO H.iigbee
]>ci;iie Dale
Z<-lnia .Tcm^nn
Wi'lIn Tyii-r Hd

Bln<'klin\vk
Coon-.S.iU'lors I5d

College Inn
Ray MIlItT Bd
Blow BlDwers

CioUlon Pumpkin
Al Rf^ynolds
Baby Pclra
Ville Nalll
2 Bad Boy.-}
Thoima Terry Bd

Granada
Guy I..ombardo Bd

Green Mill

Tiny (Sr. T>f(inard
=Ail.f-lP_-_iViLlkiit,==:^
Lilii.'in liarns
.\Iiiry t<tiini-
Sn' \ A- JU'tlth
Huildy j":.<"hf-r J!d

KcIIy'.') Stnliles'
Johnny I)od'l IM

: Ortentnl-DatU

Al Handli^r
Ijfc I', Kvp'-"
Sol Wu^'n. r l)d

IJdo

Tex Morrl.ocy
Hank

Myrtle T.«inHing
Gladys Mill!
Kay Davld.«on
Joe Alien

(Continued from page 1) . '.

blooded murder of Alta Bonelto,.
alias Mrs. Samuel C. Welch, alias
Mrs. Leo Gordon fnite club hosteas
in a backroom oasip, known as the,
FobUite Club). . in hor Sunhysldo,
Queens, N. Y., apartment ; the crim-
inal agitation by Diatrict Attorney
Joab H.; Banton and his prosecuting
assistant, ' Ferclinahd Pecora;" and
the politico-federal notoriety kiy
Mrs. Mabel ^Yalker AViilcbrandt,
A§si0tant U. &. Attorney General in
charge of prohibition . enforGement,
not to rnfentipn the local speakeaay
embalmei-, Major Maurice Caimpbell,
who publicly chalrgcs Mayor James
J. .Walker with countenancing pro-
hibitioTi . violations — all these are
rnohbpolizihz the dailies in their
linified . crusade against the spcak-
eaaies and the nite. clubs. .

Broadway places are thoroughly
alarrried. Those of the street know
full well that "the mob" will fight,
things out amongst tliemselves as
they have -done in Chicago, Detroit,
Now York, and else whei^e. .The
"mob" is peace-loving as far as the
laity ia concerned.

If one beer-runner ; poaches on
another territory, that's something'
else again^ They'll settle that feud
according to the primitive laws\ of
gangland. If , a grifter's wife, such
as Alta Bonello was, is alleged to
have "talked" too often, the "mob"
oettles those scores , in .a manner
typical of the fate meted out to
squealers or stools. .

Deadly. Publicity

It is the type of unfortunate pub-
licity such as attendied Miss Poolei
in the Chez. Florence which worries
the Broadway cafe boys the moot.
It shiacks too much of victimizing
an innocent bystander, the iactual
patron and financial mainstay . of
the nite life.

The tabloids' propaganda against,
tlie nite. dubs ..and attenda:nt. as-
sault and battery to the foolhardy
squawkera is beginning to count.
One more liite life scandal, the
"mob" feels, will just about wash
things up.

Cutting a swath in the joints with
a new mamma carries with it the
booze thing. This type of male
patron, escorting a woman com-
panion, ia not the b. y. o. 1. type.
They consider it, by some freak
qiiirk of thought, declasse to bring
your own. He buys where he is. i-Ie
is a spender. He is treated with rela-
tive consideration by the' catering
stall as such. As a spender, alnio.st
anything and everything goes. They
try to protect him, assuming that
that sort of "protection" means
anything, against the "b" grade of
poison in the place, etc. If they
know him, and even if he steps out
of character, he'a protected against
the Mickey Finns, knowing that
-with ~a - clearer^ - consciousiness,; 'on
some future night, heMl make good
and. be all apologies.. If not, time
enough then for that certain bu.si-
ncss.

The last thing the "mob" wantfi
to do is scare off the trade. Un-
w.ittinf^ly, they are . doing the very
thing they fear the most. A com-
petitive vendetta has. it.s usual
criminal, investigation .aftermath;
past performances and past rocprd.'j
drag in th'e colorful nite qlub asr
pects for publicity purpospii. '

Cafe biz has boon none too good
up . until a fortnight ago .and the
(1,'iily, poundings^ in th.e press are
having.an e.vtn wor.'ro effect; Tho
same familiar handful which make."
the. li.aual rounds is insufflcierit for
the Joint.s to thrive on. They tifed
the laymen tc turn the profit, and
the publicity is searing thern away.

The really ni'''^- rooms, and.th'-y
are few enough, have a chanc", .but

ally with the rerrt. ~

WILL CUNNINGHAM

Will Cunningham, 60, Chicago
vaudeville agent, died Oct. 16, of
nipoplex'y. He had been ill several
years and la,<!t May was in aii auto
ficcident ■ which laid hirn ' up for
some time. •

Yj?ars ago Mr. CunninRhahi whs a
stock . actor, and manager in De-
troit and Grand ' R.nipids, later bey
coming mahagtr of the Al Martin
shows; At one time ho was inter-
ested in otitdoor business orgjinixod
arid promoted' White City I';irk in
Pittsburgli., He. e.stablished a yaudf-
ville agorie>^ in Chicago about 15
•years ago and he was still i.'iverat-
ing his ofllee -at the. time of his
death. He- booked thie : Palace and
Grand Rivi;era in Dv^tro'it,. being a
stock holder 'in ; both tlVeatre^.
Among hi.s. : realty ^holdings - is 80
acres of ■■ land between Detroit . and
Pontiac, which he owns ^ with

"Tho Groat I Am," prcduoed on the
Coast.

I. A. DEATHS

Deaths reported from. . Interna-^
tionar A.lliant'e ' IneUule the '. foilow-
Irig; James A. Briggs, loeal 25,
kochester, N. Y.; S. S, Holt,. Nb 457,
Superiori Wis.; R. J. Reppert, ^pres-
ideiit), 21S, Pottsville, . Pa;; Joseph

IN FOND MEMORY
OF

jANECONNELLY

Who Passed On Oct. 25, 1925

Honorable Wu :

IN MKMOKV
of

Will CUNNINCHAM

Charlie Mack

DETROIT

^A/argo, 653, Lorain, 0., F, Wood-
bury, 111, Lawrence, Mass.

Thomas Coffey,. 44, picture operr
ator. enip'oyed for some time in
Troy, N; Y'; theatre.^, died Oct. 17
In Hartford, Conn. :

Loiiis. Foster, 5Gj city salesman for
I>vra.mOunt in Cincinnati since 1922,'
died recently.

Charles Munz; president, palace and
Grand Ri viei-a theatres corporation.

Two bi-others, Henry and John,
survive. His wife died about throe
years ago. , '

Interment In Rosehill cemetary
Chicago. ■ '.

CHARLES D. LANCASTER

Charles D. Lancaster, 51, play-
wright, died in the Pottenger Sani-
tarium, Monrovia, Gal., Oct. 17. 'ot
chronic bronchitis.

Lancaster was born in Shelby-
ville, Ind. !Tirst a. jockey, then a
traveling salesman, he became fa-
mous as a polo player in 1920,
making a world tour. He built and
owned the Lancaster hotel in Chi-
cago, but In 1924 went to Califor-
nia, where he wrote the play, "The
Great I Am." He also authored
some film scenarios. \.

The father of . Mario .P.vker died
last week. ■ •. ■■

The Rt.: Rev." Bishop McLaglen,

77, and father of Victor McLaglen;
the seroeh actor died .ln London, Octi
16. He is survived ^by njnte sons
and one d.-vupllter. ,.All saw service
in the. Kngllsh army, during the late
war-. ■ . ; •

Williie Grahanri,, picture operator,
eriiploycd by the I'ara mount, theatre,
ProVo, Utah, died recently from the
effects of burh.s received while at

In Loving Memory of

JOHN TILLER

Who Departed This Life
October 21, 1925

MARY

work in the booth. He was a mem*
ber of Provo local picture operators.

ELMER BUFFMAN

Elmer Buffman, of the Alhambra
Theatre stock, Cleveland, died sud-
denly of heart disease Oct. 20. He
had played wiith , several stock
ganizations In Toronto before
ing to Cleveland,

Before th«se engagements
Buffman had gained soirie reputa-
tion . In Shakespearean roles, aiid
was Well versed in standard roles.
He leaves a wife and a daughter,
living at 359 - Lauder avenue, To-
ronto.

or-
go-

Mr,

HELEN McCAULEY

Helen McCaulcy, Detroit cabaret
singer, died in Toledo from injuries
received In an auto accident. A
news account of her death appears
elsewhere in this is.sue.

WILFRED G. REYNIER

Wilfred Granville Reynk-r, 76,
actor, died Oct. 16 In the Actors
Fund Home, where he', had. been
living for 13 years.

Reynier, unmafried; was born In
London. He came to this country
where ..In 1876 he appeared in "The
Two Orphans." His final stage role
wa.s in "Little Women" of 1914. , '

Mother of .'.rthur Ray (colored)
died last week ii> New York... Ray-
is with the Levey Pliiyers in Holly-
wood, Cal. Another brother. Tiny
Ray, also survives.

HARRY TSUDA

y/ho parted away Oct, 20, 1926'
Hit memory Ic a blosdne. to 'tliote .who
ctiorlsh It

ADELE PURVIS ONRI

. During his stage career he had
appeared in support of .several st-ara
including Kate Claxtoh and Mile.
lUiea. • . i. ' •■

Interment in Actors'. Fund plot in
Kt'rislrb cenifitery. ..

"AIE CLOWN'S" BOUNCER.

D<:h .MoinCK, ("J'^t. -'3.

"Tak'-n to j-"jll in rlown's . makf-up
from a tlic'itre in <'l;iriiula, l.ow.'i,-
Harry ilan:l.«f.^n of, Omaha, tli<;
"air clown," is now in the county
jail awaiting trial on chargf-s of
forging a check for |C on a doctor
at 'Villisca, Iowa.

CHARLES A. SIRINGO

Charles A. tilringo, 73, author,
oowpunfhor and formrir runwe
sl(-ulh, died ^Oet, 18 at his horn." in
Altad'-na, Cal. P.orn in T<'xas, Mr.
Siringo spent 22 years «f his life as
a rowl^oy, later' be.fomlng a pe.'tee.

\vf.~t for a d';t<ct)ve. agency,

iiis lai.fr years were devoted to
v,;ritinp. .Among his woi-k.M wef;

J.iiMy the
hoy"' and '

Kid," "The Texas Cow-
Itlaia and Sr)urs."

CD. LANCASTER

C. D. I>anr:.'jster. 51, playwright,
died Oft. 17. in a ' Montri)vi;i, Cal.,
.sanitarium. lie had been ill sev-
ei-al months.

Laneasler'.s b»-si kriown phiy wa.'i j organization

$2 MONTHLY RADIO

■ (Continued frorti page 1)

monthly fee will be tacked onto the .
electric light bill for the wired radio
.service. There will, be more drnalte
models, with period furniture, loud
speaker.s, etc., which will fetch a
little higher price. With the mil-
lions of subscribers that the North
American Corp, already, has on its
electric utilities' books, It jiractlcal-
ly underwrites the venture*

For this reason, it will compel and
mako possible ultra entertainment
from New York. It has been the
original intention from the Start to
engage the world's highest-priced
talent, being limited to no budget
for amusement in view of the vast
sources of Income. Four years ago
when "Variety was advocating pjild
radio talent as again.st the free and
relatively mediocre stuff then on
the air, the North American Corp.
was thihRirl^'?irthe".JX5lKorr3,~McCor-
mlcks and Galli-Curcis for their
type of ' entertainment.

Successful Experiments •
Kxperinv'nts in Staten Island have
I been carried on for ■several years
over the local pOwer' llnea and
found very sueeessful. After (.'leve-
land, H. G. Connlck, former film
exeeutive and now similarly as.so-
ciated in .the North. Amerlean Cor-
poration's home o/Ileo, .staites .Roch-
ester and up- New York state com-
munities will bo wired, then west,
and so on around the country.

It will entail an intensive and
protected schedule of equipment
manufacture and Instailation.

Connk k says that a deal l.s pend-
ing with the Amerlean Society of
Composers, Authors and Publishers
for the jiri vlleges . to use pop m.usio
r<jr public perforrnanfc for j^rofit,
along with Wi/ed Radio's se!f:eon-
trolled Associated Mu.slc I'.ubllsher.s:
Tlie latter foi-eign eatalog was a
[ireeautlon to guarantee some type
of music to Wired Radio In the

tht; AiTreri-'

can Society.

When pla.ns are wtjrked out and
installations made, there is another
thought In the xiropo.s.'ils of . the
North American Corp. which will
give them the greate.st arlvertlainK
medium and circulation in tho
World. It will provide that wired
wireles.s subscribers receive their
progr.'im Information on a printed
liulletln l.waued by their local utility
(under thd direction of the parent

VARIETY

VARIETY'S CHICAGO OFFICE

HAL HALPERIN in Chargre

Woods Bldg., Suite 604
Phones: Central 0644-4401

CHICAGO

.Profssftienalii hav« the fr«« um of Variaty**
Chicago Offic* for intormatipiiii Mail may
be addretsaid car* Variety, Woods Bldgu*
Chicago. It will be held subject to call,
forwarded or advertised in Variety'* Letter
List.

Palace .

Ti'j l.c\vi.s broakins the
Pal;ioo iUic'iUlunce record last week
and ' clrasviny i)rac.tkra:ily capaoily
at his opc'njnt,' performance this
\sv.'k, if.s fortunale that a' bantjup
vaiulo' siVow is Krootiilg the numerr
Qus now custxjiiiers . in the house.
The furrofit bill is bound to bring

repeats. ■ ..

One poor spotting idea was the
only defect visible auhday, with
M itclu'U a'lid Durant fourth and
EiUv llallan next-to-closing.' Tins
made the first half overly strong,
t)ut. reversal of positions for the two
acts -probably was effected to give
the bill perfect balance. : ■ _
' Mitchell and Durant, were second
only to Ted Lewis in strength,
woi-ldng an. acrobatic low comedy
tiirn that's atrenuous in routine and
a wow for laughs.

have quite -the punch to balance
that strong, lirst half, although his.
Irish irags delivered >\-ith speech
impediment are reliable and vet-
eran in the yaude halls. Muriel
Kaye. in a , wel.l-drossed dance act,
supported by four , male hoofers,
closed arid induced the usual walk-
outs to remain. On a less impos-
ing bill. Miss Kayo's varied solo
talent merits earlier spotting..

This is a big week in entertain-
ment value at '.he Palace, liing.

State-Lake

Uncertain weather yunday morn-
ing retarded the usual flow of reg-
ulars in this house. At 2 : 30 main
floor was about three quarters filled
while the balcony echoed.
Nothing in . the vaude that could

draw any Kind of money. Lou Tel

'it's the best of l legan with a sketch billed to head
rts tvpe ever seen here. . line, but did not put in ^an appear

For his second week .Lewis ance' the first show. Same , thing
changed several numbers, but re- happened with Charles Wilson, nut
mained the outright sensation he comic. . These two acts put lett the
was last wctik. He and his ' band first performance with not much of
have liroven their record b; o. [ anything on the whOle, though one

■power hel-e in legit; and' picture
houses before, . but ■ previously
haven't earned this pow'er so de-
cidedly in vaude. .
. FoUr Bali Brothers, opening, arc
casters of advanced merit, cliniax-
ing the act Ivith. a harid-to-hand

or two turns did stand out,

Openers were the Five Mounters,
three bpys and two girls, acrobatics.
Fast and tieat with good iind novel
routines.

Jacqiie Hayes and Irene; Cody,
fernme team, fell down on comedy

catch by two of the boys describing attempts but did better with songs
a complete ' Circle around the sup- Miss Hayes has . nice pipes which
porting bar. E.wing Baton, deucing, she should utilize more, while cut-
dresses in male clothes and demon- ting some of the talk,
strates versatility, by fiddling, .sing-. Dainty.Marie, two. weeks off from
Ing ihd hoofing. The act is mainly the Palace, showed her stuff in usual
djincihg, and impresses mostly on interesting and well formed style
the severe su.cces.sioh of acrobatic playing to the ladies oh the physical
and eccentric routines the girl has I culture idea. Marie's figure and

selected.

Third was Ronie Riario,' eccentric
comedienne, in a comedy skit based
on necking activities in a loye;|
school conducted by a Frenchntan.
Miss Riano has thi .^lightly gOofy

gymnastic ability still topics .for
talk.

Jack Major, Brunswick recording
arti.st, followed with good song, talk,
whistling, etc.; good delivery- and
personable. Just a young and good

Markel arid Faun, Johnnv Perkins
and Boyd Sehter; . . . ^

For local B&K units: Meyakos,
Wilton. Crawley, AI Cleve, ' Athlohe,
Aubrey Sisters, Frank Masters,
Paulay Eros., Porla Roche.

All booked by local Morria office.

Cliff Nazarro, with B&K "Ba:g o'
Tricks" unit, has been taken out to
join the "Bgwery Bluea" unit, re-
placing Lytell and Fant.

The Wigwam/ on Broadway, near
Grace, Is the most recent cafe
opened on the north side. The spot
was formerly the old Los Angeles
Gardens. Eddie Perlman, proprietor.

Following revivals to be produced
by the Dudley Players at the Ked-
zie: "Whispering Friends," this
week; "Old Soak," Oct. 28; "Gentle-
men Prefer Blondes," Nov, 4; "Bud-
dies," Nov. 11; "Music Master,"^
Nov. 18.

"'Gang War"' Is slated to. follow
"The Red Robe" at the Majestic
Oct. 28. instead of "Five o'clock
Girl." The musical will go In the
Woods after "Ybung Love" leaves
next week for New York.

Ted Lewis broke recOrds on his
opening day at the Palace,. He is
being held over..

Midway, 63d and Cottage Grove,
pui-chase.d by John Mednikow, Now

can Amusement Co., afliliated with
F. & R., and will become a special
i-epresentatlve in, the territory for
Warner Brothers,

The "Star," comhnenting editori-
ally on the demise here of. "Peg^y:
Ann," declared It villas "a punk
ahoSv" and "just the sort of thing
that has - nearly killed the Interest
of the' smaller cities in traveling
theatricals."

Metropolitan lights up next, week
with '"The Vagabond King" 1st half
and George Arliss 2d half.

MONTREAL

week.

Palace— "Air Circus," 2d
Capitol— "The Tempest," '
Loew'&T-"The Racket,"
Imperial— Vaude.
Princess— "Mary Dugan."
His Majesty's— French plays.
Orpheum-T-Stock.
Gayety— Mutual Bur,
Strjind-^Change,
Empress — Ciians^.

Most managers would be satisfied
to run the second dialog talker pic-
ture ever shown: in Canada without
strings attached and could get away
to big money at that, but George
Rotsky whO- manages the Palace,
has piit in the extra ballyhoo, which
brings in the Odd hundreds in cash.
He is offering a free trip to Toronto

lovelorn character well in hand, her looking chap with a nice way about
supporting man and girl are attrac- I him

tivc,. and the acl^ received good re-
ception. -

Nellie and Sara Kouns, opening
the last half,- appear at the Palace ]
a niiually with their class song re-
cital arfd have been standai'd In re-
sults. Theirs is a dignified aind]
graceful routine, presented beaut.l-
fully, and they make class vaude-
ville.. ■ . ■

: Hallari, next to closing, didn't

GORRESPONDENGE

All matter in CORRESPONDENCE refers to current week unless
otherwise indicated. .

The cities under Correspondence in this issue of Variety are as
follows and on pages:

censor and made pinches on ohm
scenity charge. Men got $200 fine*,,

Ben Ketcham, who with Arthur
Oberfelder is manager of Denhain
theatre, using stoclc-vlslting-stax
systcni, has been in Ne\V- York City,
choosing players for opening <i
Kansas City Oniheum Oct 28.
Har-old Shubert slated to become
manager of K, C. house. Pauline
Lord will be first guest star for on^
week.

Bob West, favorite . organist, re-
turns to the Denver theater, isuo-
ceeding Johnny Winters, transferred
to one. of . the southern Public
houses.

The dance marathon which closed
here recently, after 700. hours ot
hoofing, brought plenty of grief to
contestants. Two divorces have
resulted/ among other things, and
another Is on the way. Mrs, Flora
May Huff, who danced under the
name of Flo Williams, Is sulng hus-
band, Andrew J. Huff, accused of
cruelty.

"Trial of Mary Dugan" will be
first road show of season to play
here at Broadway, in November.

Purely Personal : Jack Hellman,
send your, address at once.

When in Chicago
Visit These Hits

SAM h; Matinees Wcdneaday and

ARRIS . Saturday

Arthur Hopkins Presents

Direct from a year's run in
New York, tlio Grc»t Comofly Success
' Called "liUUr.<KSQUl!:," with

Hal Skelly and
Barbara Stan

wyck

First flash turn in the layovit was
DeMar and Lester, boy-girl, in
"Ship Ahoy," nautical song and
dance affair carryiiig two special
battleship sets. Three girls in the
act are capable dancers while Les-
ter and another youth lead with
comedy spurt^s and eccentric, hoof-
ing. Nothing out of the ordinary.
Slow tempo, with little or no istrOng
comedy sp|Ots, . leaving the whole
works to Dave Seed and Ralph Aus^
tin. next to. shut. Seed's hol^c abet-
ted 'by his partner's feeding sent
the turn over to an outburst of
laughs. . Strictly liokey-pokey but
the kind of pop priced vaude goers
like and want.

Tillis and. LaRue. dance team
with /female string quartet, closed
the frolic with a dash of class at
mosphere. Dancers are well up on
their routines with a good selec
tioh of numbers. Can execute them
in style. The girl musical combo
attracts music lovers.
. Picture, "Take Me Home."

• Loop.

' SELWYN MatB. Th'ira. and Sat.

<te SCHWAB and MANDEL'Brlnu Toil

TliK NKW COM.EfllATE
AIDSICAL COatEDT

"GOOD NEWS"

with an

&LT.,-AMERICAN TF,/tM OF PLAYKRS

FORTY M.ArriSR FREsnres
4n£' LYMAN (Himnelf) & DIS ORCn.

Piccadilly, south side 3,000-seat
Schoeristadt house, started with all
sound synchronized programs this
week. While waiting for comple-
tion of wiring the house had been
using non-synchronized mechanical
music.

A, H. WOODS'

ADELPHl

-MATS.

WED. and SAT.

C. S. "TInk" Humphrey and Wil
Ham Jackson came here from New
York to attend 'the funeral of Bill
Cunningham. Both Humphrey and
1 Jackson were life long friends of the
deceased vaude . agent.

A. U, WOODS'

Ahe Lyman, playing iih . "Good
News" here, denies that ho has any
i^"'"^"fi^^""'<^"t Svith Charlie Morrison
"The TRIAI OF MARY DUGM"|for the agent to handle vaudeville

engagements for him after leaving

By DnyarA Volllcr
with ANN HARDING
(ibd 6rii;lhal Now York. Cuflt

the show, . Lyman states thai it will
be picture houses for »hom.

STUDEBAKER Mat. Today

MAUY BASIL Violet Komple

NASH RATHBONE COOPER] was jammed.

IllONllY FEnniNAND

STEPHENSON GOTTSCHALK

AK.sistoil by OrIf;lital Ciist l.n .
tho 'Cun.tiiiental Comedy. i>4>nttatlo»

The Command to Love

Show people in town were.all in
vited to attend a midnight preview
of "The Woman Di.sputoS" at the
TTntted Artists theatre. The house

CORT ^I'^'^S. WED. AND S.AT.

A HIT

ROLAND YOUNG
Wlra^MAND'

l>ominic Prisolnl, owner of
string of movie houses in central
IHinoi.s, has taken over the .Princess
(l,aOO seats) and the Vaudettc (400)
from W. Walts, pioneer movie
operator of Springlleld. The houses
will be operated by Friscihl Nov. 1
\\'a'tts' houses . have been operated
as non-union for .<?everal year.s, fol-
lowing a light with the operators
union. It is expected that the iinion.s
will return under I'Vis'cinrs man
agoniont. Watts ret.ntn.s live Gaiety
which h.'is. l)C('n used for two sea^

T!crn!T-^n^?=^iivoMvdTive'^)t=ior;cvrGrrroM*^

stock player's.

ILLINOIS

A. Xj. KrlailKor & Ifarry J. I'oivpr.';. Mitrs,
ZrEGFELO SENSATIONAL SUCCESS

RIO RITA

As iir(si'iit(>l 2 Mft.'iDiis In ZlcKfald
Tlioalrc. Xinv York, with tlilii grivit vmV.
Etliclliid 'JVrry . J. llnrDld Miirfny

Hon WhicrtT Jl()liert Wool.say

Vincent Sorriitio Marie l)»yiio

16— Al/HKUTINA JlAKCft DAN<'KUg— 10

lou— ^{iHBfuiii (;i()rinwi itoRuUu-H— 100

.Tack Pavlinglon, I'u"l)lix produo
[ tion rnahagcr, spent a couple of day.'^
here looking over units on the IJ. &
K, circuit and arranging for Paul
Ash's opening shows at the Paf
amount, Brooklyn.

Acts lately signed by Publix for
eastern units are IJayos and Speck
Billy "Ukc" Carpenter. Hannah
Chang, Caffrey; and Miller, Dcnm
Sisters, Lucky r>oys. I5oJ) J.a Sail"
Louella Lee, Maureen and Sonny

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BRONX .....
CHICAGO ...
CINCINNATI
CLEVELAND
DETROIT
DENVER
LOS ANGELES
LOUISVILLE .
MILWAUKEE

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MONTREAL

NEW ORLEANS ..

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PORTLAND^ ORE.
ROCHESTER
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CLEVELAND

By GLENN C. PULLEN

Hanna— "Good News" (2d wk).
Ohio— "Wooden Kimona" (2d wk)<
Little— Rep.

Gordon Square (stock)— 'Broad-
w;ay" (Z'd wk).

Alhambra — Stock.

Colonial (wired)— '■'Simba" (2d.
wk). -

Stillmart (wired)— "Wings" (3d
wk).

Allen (wired)^" Woman Disputed."
Cameo (wired)— "Midnight Taxi."
Hip (wired) — "Four Sons."
Palace — "Red Dancer"-vaude.
State (wired)- — "Crash" -stage uniL
Keith's 105th— "Captain Swagger"'
and vaude.

Columbia — Mutual bur.
Play House — Rep,

straight pictures, Ilouse dark since
E. Froelich's lease expired in July.
He had heen playing stock biirr
lesque.

Eighth S1;reet theatre, dark, re-
opens Oct. 22 with a religious film.
"Son of Man," in hatura,l colors.
'Backed . by Lutheran. Women's
League.

"Broadway" will be held an extra
week in the Central, delaying "JBaby
Cyclone" until Nov; 4.

Standard, "rGO-seat north side pic-
ture house, has been sold to Steve
Logas by Methinatis & Swaney.
John Santos, manager.

MINNEAPOLIS

By LESTER REES
Met.— Dark,
Shubert— Stock.

Hennepin (Keith's) — "Love Oyer
Night"- vaude.

Pantages — "Wolf Fang3"-vaude.
Palace— Tab,
Gayety — Dark.

Minnesota — "Red Dance" - stage

ShOW; - • V —

. state— "Singing FooL" 3d week,
week.

■ Strand— "Wines"— Cth week.
Lyric- Steamboat l3iU, Jr."
Grand— "Fazil," Second loop i:un.

Third Twin City marathon at the
Armory, still going after 1,250 hours,
and drawing, big crowds. Four
couple.'j remain.

Lyi'ic, Publlx-F, & R. first run
house, returned this week to Its
former policy of one show a week
Kplit-wcck policy tried for several
months.

U. of Minnesota dramatic clubs
are carrying the spoken drama to
small nearby towns. On© of thesio
organizations presented "The
I'atsy" last week in several com-
munities that never are visited by
touring professional dramatic com-
panies.

"In Abraham's Bosom," presented
by^=-the-- i^roviiieetown^ Players of
Xcw York, at the Garrick Nov. 4-7.
At this same house E. ,11, Sothern
gave threo dramatic recitals to
good-sized audlencca last week.

New York Theatre Guild has pro
tested the use of the TheatrcM^SuiUl
nan.io iiy a St. Paul little theatre
group. The St, Paul group will se
Icet aplher name.. Maxwell SholCvS,
director.

S, G. Lebedoff has disposed of hifi
llomewood .and Liberty theatres,
liu'ge uptown houses, to the Amcrl

and baLck by air to anyone holding
the lucky number on a program
obtained at any show of "The Air
Circus" in the two weeks it is pic-
tured here. This is bringing quite
a number of fans several times
over to see the show.

In addition to the sound feature,
the Palace is putting oh some
snappy talking shorts, including Sir
Thomas Lipton and Premier Poin-
care of France, good choice for this
largely French . city. But the big
time stuff is the comedy shorts. The
vaude houses are hit by them.

Announcement is expected almost
any day now that the Imperial,
Keith house, will resume pictures.
Imperial is playing Keith vaude.

ALBANY, N. Y.

strand, wired for some time, last
week began showing Fox Movietone
newsreel. Cut its orchestra from
12 to 7 men. Now plays but three
overtures a day.- Management an-
ticipated bigger cut. but union de-
manded seven men be held.

'^Gladys- pTeaney. liT "Shanghai Ges-""
ture." recovered in Albany hos-
pital after an operation for acute
apiKjndicitIs, Miss Heaney was. taken
sick shortly before the opening at
the Capitol. The performance had
to bo called off until the following
night, when Ruth Fallows came on
as substitute; Miss Heaney will -not
bo. able to rejoin for. at least four
niore weeks. * ;

Proctor's now playing' seven acts
instead of five, In addition to feature
picture, newsreel and short subjects.

DENVER

By HARRY FORWOOD

Aladdin- "Singing Fool" (3d wk),
wired.

America— "Land of Silver Fox,"
wired.

Colorado — "Singapore Mutiny."
Denham — "Shore Leavo."
Denver— "Wedding Alaroh,"
Empress— Vaudlihn.

^^-Ckp-b-etiin— - Vau d 11 1 inT-^

Rtalto — "Wings" (2d week), wired.
Victory — "Hello, Cheyenne."
State— "Chinatown rinrlie."

Buddy iMason. Hollywood stunl
nian and double fnr Fred Thoni.son,
is playing U>n'-il;iy engagement in
Consolidated (neighborhood) houses.

Showing of sex film, "Street ' of
I'Vrgotten Women," at HIjou, dime
lioiise on Lorimer street, led to ar-
rest of J. M. Garnett, manager, and
A. r.eldon Gilbert, publicity man for
the place. Police sergeant acted as

Without a day's notice, Univer-
sal's Oriental went dark last week.
Universal dropped about $5*000 In
three weeks before realizing that
Danny Lund's stiock musical com-
pany and a third-run film policy
were strong enough. Local trade
iihiohs helped make the house do a
brody. ■ They forced management to
carry five stage hands and six mu-
sicians, which, with show's regular
payroll, brought expenses up too
high in proportion to the gross at
10-20-30. Oriental may reopen soon
with burlesque. Lund's company
now broken up temporarily, playing
local neighborhood bills. Frank
Greenwall, manager, is transferred
to the Morland.

Isaac and Joseph Silverman, who
recently sold their interests in the
Variety Amusement Company /and
Midwest Properties Company to S.
H. S.tocher, Meyer Fine and Abe
Kramer, with whom they had been
associated, have purchased four out-
of-town houses owned by the com-
pany and formed the Strand The-
ater Company of Akron, O., under
which they are being operated.
These houses include the Palace,
Lorain, O.; Ohio, Mansfield; Strand,
Akron, and Alhambra, Canton.

Ben Truesdale has taken over the
publicity for the Alhambra and Gor-
dinr squafe the'atgi^s; both p
Roberson and Smith stock shows.

Dolores Sherman, Chicago singer
and dancer, featured, is dancing in
Rainbow Room in Hotel Winton-

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' . Imperial

Well lai<i out vauae bill, even
though turns wgre not anything star-
tling. But a.t 15 iand 25 c^nts, with
a good. Bcreen feature for good
measure, the pay customers didn't
have any cause for kicking. And
' business was satisfactory, with a
heavy play at the matiness. .

Brgdttl, juggler and foot manipu-
lator opened. Did some novel foot
juggling, but act seemed to drag.
At that it drew good applause. Betty
and Walter, hoofers with taps, both
dance Well.

Bartlett and Jones, comedy sing-
ing, with- some unnecessary talk.
Femme at the piano. Okay.

Jack Magee. mohologist and com-
edy Songs. Opening , yarn long,
made up entirely of picture titles,
and got laughs. Plenty of comedy
and relished. Closing spot, dancing
turn by four Indians; three males,
one female. Some new stepping, to-
gether with satisfactory adagio.
Billed as "Four Americans," which
ts not a misnomer.

Screen feature, ."Bi'ass Knuckles. '

'E'lwards.

. Barren and Nathan, who recently
opened the new; Marina (pictures),
will open another, Daly City, in sub-
urb of . that , name, around Nov. 1.;
1,000-seater,' with straiight pictures.

San Franciscb's juvenile theatre
opened Oct. 20 in the Playhoia.sc of
the Women's City Club. .Alice Sek-
els Is in charge. Opening attrac-
tion had Chief Standing Bear; Sioux^
Indian, and his niece, who told of
Indian life in story, song and diince.^

,,The mother of Charles Muhl-
mann; branch exchange manager
for First National in San Fran-
cisco, died Oct. 14 in the Golden
Gate city, following -an eight weeks
Illness. Death Was due to a com-
plication of diseases.

Embasisy will start engagement of
"The Singing Fool" with a midnite
pcrforc^ance Oct. 24. $3 top (for
loges) and $2 on the floor will pre-
vail. First advanced price opening
here in several years for a pop
priced house.

Charlotte Walker will co-star with
Sarah Padden in "Fallen Angels" at
the Community Playhouse, opening
Nov. 5. I

Suzanne Cuabaye of tho New York
cast replaces Dorothy Burgess for
the San Francisco opening of "The
Squall," Oct. 28. Miss Burgess goes
Into pictures.

Warner Brothers moved into their
new exchange headquarters at 243
Golden Gate avenue. "

Rube Wolf week at I^ew's War-
field, where the coast m. c. and stage
band 'leader made his 2,400th ap-
pearance. As an added feature to
Fanchon & Marco's "Oricntale
Idea." the Rube had the band play
his latest compo.sition, waltz.-bal-
lad, "What About Me, Alone."

To properly celebrate the occa-
Bion Sunny Perry (Mrs. Rube Wolf)
came out of retirement and danced
a waltz solo, then joining ■ with
Rube for a double.

Henry Duffy produced "My Son"
at his Alcazar hero last week with
Leah Winslow heading the cast.

-. Hermie King will be m. c. and.
stage band leader at West . CJoast's
new Oakland, opening Oct. 27.
Henri C. LeBel will be organist at
the new Oakland.

Horse ' racing in California after
many years. James W. Coffrbth,
operating, racing at 'Tia Juana,
Opened a 20-day rneet at Tanforan.'
San Bruno, 11 mjles south of hero.
Open betting is tabot) in California,
but bookmakers were at the tracki
and wagers ran into high figureM:
Racing dally except Mondays, with
six events daily. Some 400 horsc-^
are stabled at Tanforan.

■ The lid is off at the Tanforan
race track, down the peninsula near
hore. Although Actual cash is n.ot
vl.slhle and the pay off is in down-
tcwn San Pranci.sco, the bookie.s arc
operating openly.. No bets accepted
in San Francisco it.self afior 1:30
p. m., the gag being thoronrtcr for
the marks to go to the traolc ilsoU
n,nd cough two bucks to crr-t in for
JtP^ PllYil .oTjiiacJji'g^ f^^ r bets.
. San Fra.ncisco has had S~T;ti-.i;<"
P"l)ulatinn of horse rn cc followers,
I'Ut until now many of the lads
T'rob.ahJy never saw a horse cxcciit
in picturcp.

Hereafter all broadcasting will be
in private.

Alexander Pantages' opened his
new Fresmb house Oct. 20. Vaud-
fllm.

PORTLAND, ORE.

. Portland— "Four, Walls."

Broadway — "Dancing Daughters."

Pantages— "Street of Illusion."

Qriental^''Hol(,l 'Em, Ya;ie."

United Artists-— "Woman Dis-
puted," 2d week.

M usic Box — "Singing Fool." .
/ Dufwin— Duffy I'layers. ' ■

SEATTLE

By DAVE TRtPP
Met: — Repertory.
President— Stock.
Music Box — "Singing Fool" (3d
week).

Blue Mouse— r "Home Towners"
(wired).

Fifth Avenue-"Wings" (wired).
Seattle— "ir>our Walls"-stage show.
Coliseum— "Baby Be Good."
Winter Garden— "Kelly."
Pantages-^"Farmer's Daughter"-
vaiide.

. Orpheum — "Show GIrl"-vaude. '

Uniyersal's out of date Columbia
has closed with no anriouncement.
Under-stood house will be scrapped
or sold to Independents; Universal
talker bookings have gone to Pan-
tages. . ' ' .

Mike Newman, Universal district
manager for the Northwest, will go
to New York next month as assist-
a.nt to Fred A. Flader, general man-
ager for Universal chain theatres,
it is. reported. Newman's place in
this territory will be taken by K. L,.
Burk, former theatre owner of
Baker, Ore.

Fred Normand has retired as man-
ager for Hamrick's Music Box and
Blue Mouse in Portland. He is fol-
lowed by Lynn "Red" Pete};scn,
house manager at the Music Box.

Mayor Baker opened the new Duf-
win, theatre la.st. week with a dra-
matic talk in which he told how he
had originally built, th© theatre in
the '90's. House v>'as named the
Baker for many years Baker re-
ferred to the new remodeled iDuf-
win as "the culmination of his
drea:m."

Reginiald Denny, Olive HasbrouCk,
Otis Harland, Betsy Lee and o.the;r
movie stars were with the group
coming Up on the"Emma Alcxahcl-
der" steamer last week from .L. A.,
shots for "Clear the Deck" being
taken on board. A personal appear-
ance one night at the Pan helped
get capacity.

Arthur Pierson, Juvenile, - has re-
joined Duffy stock, Seattle.

: H. M, Thomas, western manager
for Canadian -Famous Players, waj?
recently in Seattle conferring with
Ed J. Fisher on bookings in this
high-grade Canadian circuit.

Mike Newman has gone to San
Francisco to take charge of all Uni-
versal houses north of Los Angeles
to the CanadiAn border in the west,
except the 10 houses of U and U
chain in Seattle. Here ic. L. Burke
is in charge, coming up from Baker,
Ore., where he rah tJ houses. New-
man is slated to go to New York a
little later for an executive job with
U theatres, ;

Three months ago they called the
Dufwin theatre in Portla,nd, the
Baker. Before that they called it
the Hippodrome. . In the days when
it was the Baker it was bpex-ated
as: a stock house by Mayor Baker,
now the chief magisti-ate of Port-
land. . . ...

Henry Duffy had a stock, company
playing at the Heileg during the
summer. ■ Pie thought Portland was .
a right show town, for Duffy attrac-
tions.. . , So he got hold .of the ' site,
ripped it but and straightened the
front. On Oct. 14 when the house
opened it was new and the attrac-
tion wa^ "The Bad Man" with Leo
Carrillo as . guest-star and the
cream of the Duffy- players brought
from north and south to support
him.

The front of the house has been
remodeled to conforrh with Spanish
architectuai de ."igns. The tone is
slightly white and gives a Spanish
effect that becomes more notice-
able as one goes into the house
proper. The lobby walls afe done
in stucco, with a huge 18-foot chan-
delier in the center. The foyer,
which serves as a lounge between
acts has carved period walnut
tables, davenports, divans . and
chairs.

Th© house seatis 1,350 on. two
floors. No boxes. It cost Duffy oyor
$100,000 to remodel the house, and
today it is classed with the best in
the city.

Marc Bowman, former dramatic
editor of the Portland Oregonian,
on the Duff. v. staff for the past six
months, is. resident man.'xger. of the
Dufwin.

One of the last big jobs he's put-
ting over prior to his leaving for
New York, following his resigna-
tion, Sam Maurice, publicity head
for West Coast here'. Is the fur style
review. This will go into the Seat-,
tie, opening Oct. 25. Local stores
are shipping In some special pleci-ts
to display.. Affair is fully twice as
big as ^ny of its kind ever atterhpt-
ed here, although Seattle is some,
fur center, due to Alaskan products
coming here. A polar bear skin 8
feet by 7'^ feet is displayed as bal-
lyhoo in lobby of Seattle thca.trc.

TORONTO

By GORDON SINCLAIR
Royal Alex— D'Oyly Carte Opera

Co.

Princess — Dark.
Loevw's— "City Sleeps"-vaud.
Pantages— "Scarlet La.dy"-vaud-.
H i p — "Green Grass Widb ws" - vaud
Uptown— "Sexes"-.stago show.
Tivoli— "Street Angel" 3d wk. .
Regent— Dark. .

Empire— 'Abie's," Keppc Stock.
Victoria- — ^^Cooke Musical Stock.
. Run nymede— "Take a chance week
Pa i a ce— "Card board Lo ver" - vau d .

Canadian International Films has
taken the Regent for first showing
of the all-Canadian 10-reelcr
"Carry On, Sergeant."

Theatre Guild's "Porgy" did good
business at the Prin.ce.ss local Er
langor House.

Formal announcement of three
house Canadian stage unit is mad(
by FP this week. Uptown, Toronto,
will be key house on production,
with company playing Capitol, Ot-
tawa, and Palace, Montreal. Jack

Arthur in charge of production from
all angles. Starts in January, when
new Ottawa house opens.

To meet seat demand since Instal-
lation of Movietone, Tivoli has ad-
vanced opening hour from noon to
11 a. ni. and carried, on until rnid-
night rather th.in 11 p. m. closing.
Gives another complete show.

Walter • Wilson has been trans^-
f erred from yiinoou ver, • whcro lie
was manager . of the Capitol, to Ed-
monton, . reopening the . I*antages
house for FP with a. split .week of
vaudfilm; .

Timmins Theatres, Ltd:,, catering
to miners in the northei-iv gold bolt,
has increased its . . capital :from $lOO,-
000 to $250,000.

Ontario board of censors will have
one vacancy filled Nov. 1 by ap-
pointment—Rev, Robert Pearson,, of
Lethbridge, Alberta. . He is a Meth-
odist, formerly in polities.

Whilfe no release has yet been
made <>n their original attempt,
'Carry On, Serg.oant,'r Canadian Ih-
ternational Pictures Is preparing for
a second attempt. Cost of "Sar-
geant" estimated at $350',0O0.

Eddie Lauglitbn, formerly m. c. at
tho Uptown,. Toronto, has t;ikon a
sihiilalr post at the "Tivoli, llamll-.
ton. .

CINCINNATI

By JOE KQLLING

Shubert — "Gay Pareo."
Erianger — "Wings'. (3d week).
. taft— Walker .stock.
Cox— Stock.

Albee-*-"Take Me Home"^vaude.

Palace— :"Do Your I)uly"-vaudc. .

Empress— Buplo.Tquc.

Capitol— "Weddirig March" (2d
week), wired. ,
. Lyric— ';DockS. of New York."

Keith.'s7^"KingR," wired.
• Strand— "SingatJore Mutiny."

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Belasco (Shuhert)— Dark;- next,
"Shannons of I-lroa'dway."

National (Ei^langor-Kaploy) -/'Re-
volt"; next, "Dracula."-

Poll's (Sliubort)— Jane Ciiwl In
•'Joalou.s Mooh'-'; next, Kthol Barry-,
mbre in "Kingdom of (."Jod;"

,Gayety-^Stock bur. :

■.Strand-^ihituol'bur. . '

Columbia — "Dancing -.Daughtora**
(3d wk.).

. Ear!e--"Night Wa.tch.". . ..
■ Fox— "Mother Machrce."

Keith's— Vaiuimm.

Little— "St. Petersburg" (2d wk.).

Met— "Singing Fool" ~( 4th wk.).
. Palace— ''While Ciiy Sloops."

Rialto— "Melody of Love."

Rialto (ti) on second week after
reopening is aproartin^ on the 100
per cent. ..all -talk or, "Melody of

Love" (U). . ' ■:

First week for .sound pictures at
Keith's. .

Ira H. Cohen, local manager of
Fox. for . two years, transfers . to
Pittsburgh otnce Nov. 5. Succeeded
here, by W. C Bachmevor, district
manager for Fox in this territory.

Strand is being wired. Keith and
local interests.

New booking oltlce opened here
by (Jeorge McSparron. forrner iband-
master on Sells-Floto Circus, tind
his wife, Emily, dau»rhtor of the
late Bob ■; Stickney, circus star of
old days. ■ . .

BRONX, N. Y C.

C. J. McLane, manager of the New
Tremont, stock, has been sent by
Sidney Cohen to open his new play -
house at Pen.sacola, Fla. George
Arvine replaces MoLane at the Tre-
mont.

Two replacements among the per-
sonnel of the America Players at the
America theatFe.. J>wrence Hearnc
is doing juveniles in place of W.
Omer Bri.sbeh" and Jcs.s LoRoy I.s
the new leading man, .succeeding
(Serald Kent. : .

Dramatic editors are having fun
blowing up each other's specials,.
La.-^t week tho Post iMoko one about
the child labor law interfering with
20 odd kids that are in Kthel Barry-
iiiore's now . "Kfiigdoin. of God."
Story bad it looal yovingstors were
to bo substitiilod. Herald. and News
say story was. all. wroiig (hat but
one "ohiid"' of 18 is used and that
the others ar<' cxf ras . pioUed up
wherever Miss Barryinore is play-
ing. ■,

Variety's story on "useless film
critics" reacted on Mabelli? Jennings,
d. e. of the News, to the extent of
a double column spread in her lead
Saturday. Miss .Tenhings interpreted
ihe last lIne"of possible retaliation
from the critics if offended" as
meaning "tliat the reviewer might, ^
after all, have just a . teeny, weeny ■
bit- of influence." .

. Sta'nloy-CrandftU, Mjitown- Tivoli
of large caiiacity, which flopped as
a presentation house when first ;
opened but which has been doing
right well as a sti-aight three-time i
weekly <jhange noighb6rh6o(J, is now
wired. Opened Saturday with "Jazz
Singer." Film ran acvcr;il weeks at
tho downtown S-C Metropolitan.
Trl- weekly change.

Harry McDonald, recently at the
Mark Strand, Brooklyn, has been
made manager of the local Keith
house. . He Rucceeds his. brother,
C. B. McDonald, hei*© temporarily
to relieve Roland S. Robbins, man-
ager of the hoUso for 15 years.

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VARIETY

Wednesday* October 24, 1928

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VARIEH'S LOS ANGELES OFFICE

ARTHUR UNGAR in Charge
Loew's State Bldg., Suite 1221-22
707 Sq, Broadway, Trinity 3711-3712

LOS ANGELES

Profeasionala hav* the fr«« ut« of Variety's
■Lorn Angeles Office for information. Mail
may be addressed care Variety, Loew's State
Bidg^ Suite 1221-22, Loe Angeles. It will be
held subject to call or forwarded, or adver-
tised in Variety's Letter List.

Orpheum

In spite of a .lack of balance, the
new faro at the-'Orpheum' is accept-
able entertainment.' Menu openis
and closes with hooling and has four,
singles, which, are marched out in a
row from four to xeveh. Probably
would have yelled if given any othor.
position, but Dave Bernie's orches-
tra, holding over, could have been
dropped between a couple of them.

Revel Brothers and "Red" opened
with taps, which went oyer okay.
Trio, individually and collectively
gave way to Frank Fisher and El-
drie Gilmore, a . pair with pleasin.7
pipes, who pattered on old Idea of
before and after wedlock. Da%'e
Bernie's orchestra treyed with mu.Mi ,
of the same routine a,s previous
week. -Turn got plenty of applause,
, Donald Brian't, first of quartet, of
singles; ' was next, warbling, ditties
from hi.s old musicals.. The mob,
remembering his former glories, was
friendly. Miss . Juliet needed scv-
eral'minutes to swing the crowd her
way. Big, after she started he«-
steno-ar-;lunch gag, followed ;by im-
personations.

After the newsreel intermi.ssion,
Nonette, singing violinist, rhade the
customers forget her ■ unattractive
gowns. ■ .. ;• • ■. ■ ■

Alternated between throat . . and
bow, finally combining . for a . wow
finish. Lou Holtz was next to shut
and panicked. Borderltned the dirt
a couple of times; but steered away
before stiepplng over. Best was
parody called "Laugh, Cohen
Laugh." ..

"Artistic Moments," another hoof-

ihg turn, closed. Headed by Paul
Yocan, an lExgile and supple acro-
batic stepper, assisted by Eunice
Schramm, Oriental dancer, and.
Miriam Chester. Lynn Burnp at the.
piano. - .

..^'Pahtages ■

Four acts and a sound short here.
Baily and Barnum doing the film
and billed as an act with flash card
reading 100 per cent talker. This ia
first talker for Pantages. Film is
same routine as the turn which
W.oi'l<ed the Orpheum three weeks
ago.

Except for Jean de Rlmanoczy's
concert violin turn, which overed
okay, bill was all hoofing. Kramer
and Pauline opened with shuffled
and taps, and rated a better spot.
Alton and WllspUi next to shut, did
mostly old stuff; but took an encore.

Harry Cooper Co. closed, with
Cooper pulling, his stew gags. Three
femme hoofers £ind two men sup
port.

Sari Bernardino; Carl Narath, from
California, San Bernardino, to Dome,
Ocean Park, as house managec un-
der supervision of Harry VVp.odin.
George Sharp, Fresno manager, as-
sumes management State. Fresno.

Gapt. Cyril Armbrlster. formerly
of Viotoria, B. C, little theatre alc-
I tor and producer, has joined the prp-
duotion stiff of the Pasadena Com-
riiunity Players as associate director.

"Lifers," collegla,te comedy by
Madeline Blackmore, opened at Cor-
dova Play Shop, Los Angeles, Oct.
22 for week's run. Virginia Fiale,
Robert Feiter, Florence Lake, Mar-
jorie Bonner, Warren Washburn,
Florence Everett; Hallene Hill;
James Aye, Wm. Kussman In Co.

test, staged by the Avon, Utlca, In
connection with "Two Lovers"
brought forth Mr: and Mrs, Rlchr
ard E. TerriU of Varrieveld, married
70 years and .7 months.

Brighton, 1,765 -seat . neighbor-
hood. In lower South Sallna: street,
opens Nov; 2. ..

The Brighton is under lease to
Frederick Ullman of Buffalo,
Charles- Gouldiiig, manager, Photo-
phone contracted for. .

Loew's State, fighting for bust-
ness, has switched its film bookings
for next month. "White Shadows"
week Nov. 3. , Following . Will be'
'Revenge," "Show People" and
Mask of the Devil."

The Shi'ihe Civic Auditorium,
after a two weeks' interruption for
the grand opera season, resumed
film activities Oct. 16 with new first
run policy and stage presentations

Scale was advanced, from 25 cents

Warner Brothers are erecting two
large structures on the Sunset
boulevard lot, a sound stage and a
niill.

The sound stage, to be known as
stage 7, will be 200 by 300. feet, a
duplicate of the one just completed.
This gives th© company five sound
stages. Cost is estimated at $500f-.
000. The structure will be situated
at. the southwest corner of the lot

On the Van Ness side . of the
property the mill will cover 100 by
100 feet. It will be of steel and con

top to 25 and 50. V Stage presenta-
tion,- .a la vaude, includes three cii^- I Crete and part one story and part
.cus acrobatic acts. House is get- . two- It will be devoted to miniature

I

Call for—

ting its first run films from AU-Star |
and Supreme, . independents.

Pasadena Community Players will
offer Rornain Holland's.- "The
Wolves," first American presenta-
tion, Oct; 30-Nov. 10; "Devonshire
Cream," by. Eden Phillpotts, Nov.
13-24, and Leo Tolstoy's "The Llv
ing Corpse," Nov. 27-Dec. 8.

work arid to a machine, blacksmith
and carpenter shop.

STEINS^

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Norman McKenzle, film director
seriously injured . when his auto
crashecl with another at a street in-
tersection Oct. 14.

Alec B. Francis opened at San
Francisco Pantages October 20 with
a, vaude sketch, "Scandal," by Oli-
ver White. After fiye weeks Pan-
tages tirne he will return to Los
Angeles to appear In "Angels" at
United Artists studio, starring
Dolores Del Rio. Francis la sup-
ported in the sketch by Dean
Jaeger, William Wagner a.nd Paul-
ine Crell.

■.— .

MarjOrie Daw has gone ■to. Nevf-
York to play feminine lead In the

Joseph W. Farnham (M-G-M)

damaged an :eye when sonie soap , ..r)..j,cula" road comnanv
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hand was rubbed against it. Farn
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Hardee Klrkland forced out of
cast of "The Squall;" at the Belasco ]
by illness. Harold Nugent replaced.

U; Kithnou. European dancer and
former screeri actress with Rex In -
grani In Nice, is in Hollywood seek-
ing screen work..

" West Coast Theatres, personnel
changes: Harold Stetson, mainager |
of Liberty, Redlarids, to West Coast.

Burl Tuttle (Hollywood) wr-iting
vaude sketch for Forrest Stanley
and Margaret Fielding.

Lee Wentz, booker at Pathe's Los
Angeles exchange; operated on for
tonsillectomy.

Leland Hayward has gone to
woifk for Al Rocket as 4tbry scout
■.for FN.. : .. .

ping along merrily at the Dufwin.
It was originally desighed for two
weeks, but will carry on at least
for foiir, after which It nioves to
the Alcazar In San- Francisco, re-
placing "My Son," while "tommy'V
comes in off the road for a run
here. The cast of "Tommy" in-
cludes Sidney Toler and Lloyd Neal
of the . New. York cast, ;Ga,y, iSea-
brook, Emerson Treacy, Kenneth
Garnet, Edna West and Leo J.
Ghrlstal.

Kaufman-Buckland Empire has
reache>i^an amicable adjustment of
its diffet-ences with the Syracuse
union. Margaret Kimball has re-
turned to the 'house's console.

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George Kotsanoros; wrestler, was
located by Universal in Atlanta
winning bouts In fast time and per
suaded to yeturn to the Coast for
three weeks to appear in the sound
version of "Shakedown," in the si-
lent Version of which he had ap-
I>eared.

iSchine's reconstructed Gaiety,
Utica, Which; reopened last week,
will have this house staff: Sim Al-
len, . rnanaper-; Michael Laurio, as-
sistant manager; Helen Weiss and
John Allen, treasurers; . Cla,rence
Mizer; musical director; Charles A.
Thomas, stage manager;: Johri
Narks, director Of service.

Marguerite Fields has opened a
new dramatic stock season at the
Stone, Binghamton, June McAlteer,
managing, is interested with the
leading woman. In the venturj
Company Includes Vincent Cole-
man, Edwin Evans, Rankin Maris-
fleld, Bertram Mallory, Tom Lewis,
Louis Wolfard, Edith Bowers, Bea
trice Anglin, Anne Davis and Claire
Masslin with Earl Mclellan direct-
ing..

OAKLAND, CAL.

Bjt. WOOD SCAN E^

; Orpheum box office held up for
$500 one evening; fall of a laborer
through the new marquiee of the
FultOn with cuts and. bruises; and
the opening of three theatres, Duf
Win, New Fulton and Women's
Club, with the Oakland set for next
Saturday. ;

: The Fulton made its debut with a
new front and coriiplete change of
face Inside costing approximately
$30,000. The fii-st bill wlas, and is
"The Spider" in which Norman
Field did the Halliday role and
Lyle Clement opened his season In
stofck here as the detective. ''The
Spider" . starts its second week
Sunday and looks set for a run.

"In Love With Love" is also skip

Willard Mack arrived here this
week for a three months' stay at
the M-G-M studio. During that
tinie he will write two stories'which
are to be produced as talkers.

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Edward Everett Horton's next at
the Vine Street, Hollywood, will be
"Her Cardboard Lover," scheduled
to open either Nov. 11 or 18, de-
pendent on staying qualities of "On
Approval," current there.

• Ruth Elder's contract with Para-
mount for one picture and an option
for more was not renewed. She will
be opposite Hoot Gibson in his next
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Edward Qiilnn, stage carpenter
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tian theatre, Hollywood, but was
coriit)elled to stop about a year ago.

Tom Mix is laid up by a bad cold.
Production on "The Drifter" being
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"Mother Knows Best" closes Nov.
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first all-dialog picture, "Interfer-
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Christina Montt, South American
screen actress. Is recovering from
pneumonia at her home here.

SYRACUSE, N. Y.

By CHESTER B. BAHN

Wieting— l3t half, "Abie's Irish
Rose"; Nov. 5, "Lovely Lady."

Keith's— Vaiidfllm,
■ Savoy^ — Stock burlesque,

Syracuse — Vaudfllm,
=^Strand— "Scarlet== Lady"^ ( Wlf edTr

Empire — "Mothor Knows Best'
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Loew's State— "Sexes" (wirecj).

Regent— "Tillio's"

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Palace — "Rich Men's Sons,"

Swan — Change.

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Cal; during his . recent stiideht
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Hermie King Is coming fi'pm Seat-
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and Henry Ledel Is to have the
organ chair. House seats 3,800.

Women's Club theatre is a spa-
cious auditorium in the. new Wont-
en's City Club.; It was informally
dedicated ■w'ith "Appearances," the
play by Garland Anderson, negro
bell hop.

Twelfth Street bpehs :on MOnday
with Guy .Bates Post and an O; D.
Woodward , production in "Tlw
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Capitol across the bay. Woodward
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Rumor Erlanger is considering
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Palace opened . Saturday., with
larry Rogers' musical in "Little,
essie Ja.mes." Three shows daily.

"Sinnba" booked in at the Tulane
or two. weeks, but business , the
irst week hardly ju.'Jtified a re ten -
ion. . , . ■ ■

Strand reoponed Monday : with
The, Night Watch." Theatre will
lot be wired.

Little theatre opened iseason with
St. John Ervine's . "Anthony and
Anna." Membership now 3,i500;
theatre's capacity 500, . Ervine's
play came in for con.siderable "pan-
ning'.' and failed to please the sub-
scribers. •

DETROIT

Detroit— Kingdom of God," 2d
(vcck.

Cass— "5 O'clock Girl," 4th, last

UTOk.

Lafayette— "The Skull," 2d week.
Civic— "Escape," 2d, last week
[stock). ,

: Fox — ',;Mother Knows Best''-stage
Bhow.

M ichigan— "Beggars"-stage unit.
United Artists — "Woman Dis-
puted."

State — '-Patriot," 2d week.
Capitol — "Waterfront "-stage, unit.
Madison— "Kings"
Adams— "Docks of N. Y.," 2d wk.
0 r i e n t a I— "Sally's Shoulders"-
Vaiide.

Little— "Ivan, Terrible."
, Cadillac— Mutual bnr.

Stock : burlesque at Broadway
Strand, Loop, Colonial, Avenue,
Palace, and National-. . ■

_ Bert C. Whitney will open hi.s new
Wilson theater Dec. 2 with "Rosa-
lie" House financod hy .Kirs: Alfred
I Wilson, widow -of the late .John
l>od.(?e of the auto millions. Wilson,
jon Madison- avenue at Brush street,
|is on the fringe of the colored sec-
tion and a block away from the
snooty Detroit Athletic, Club. Site
some .distance from the general
theatrical district.' Old New. Detroit
°l^^'!?-_jHyi5S :being„cpnycr ted int(L.a
iSriTTapc' \vas-'the former locaTlihmC
°t Erlanger attriictibns. Alile Wur-
•i^r, as exported, will be. manager
>f the new Wil.*on. The auditoriiini
'If'll hold 2.100 patrons. With 900 on
orcho.<?tra floor, 800 in the bal-
cony and 445 in the gallery, all of
R-hifh will be reserved.

William Scott. Frank N. Soltzei-.
called, in trom . New York U;
straighten out the, publicity tangk-.
appointed A, J. Chamberlain, wht.-^
lasted one week, although specimon.v
of his work proved his ability. Mi.-;;-
Hall is again head of the depart-
ment. Willi.'im, Jieiior has been
brought from Washington to assist.
S. J-." Stehbins ia still general man-
ager and producer of the elaborate
stage shows. ,1

Charles Baron has severed hi,>--
connections with the. United Ai'tists
Theato.r here. He hhs returned to
New York to rejoin tho United
Artists Corp. Baron followed Leon
Friedman, who followed Nellir
Revell.

"Pinocehio" will bo the first play
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Pabst— "Molly: and Me." .
Garrick — German stock.
Empress— Stock bur.
Gayety— Mutual bur.
. Alhambra— "Uncle Tom's Cabin."
Gardien — "Singing Fool" (3d
week).

Majestic— "While City Sleeps."
Merrill— "Sawdust Paradise."
Palace — ^Vaude.
Riverside — Vaude.
Strand— "Wings."
Wisconsin— "Beggars" and stage
show.

Stanley Brown, district manager
for Saxe, and now with Fox, sud-
denly resigned. No succes.sor
named.

Hotel Addison reopened the Flor-
entine Room under the^ new direc-
tion, and pFdpfietorship 0
Rich, previou.sly. connected with
cabarets here. Hy Ste.ed's . boys
provide- music.

LOUISVILLE

By DAN THOMPSON

\Brovyn^"Desert Song" (road
.show).

: Gayety--"Sugar Babies'' (Mutual).

Rialto— "Butter and Egg Man,"
wired.

Loew's ., State— "The Tempest,"
wired.

Strand — "Singing Fool," wired.
Alamo— "Land of ; Silyer Fox,"
wired.

Mar> Anderson— "The Patriot,"
wiredi . ■

Majestic — "Steamboat Bill,, Jr."
Walnut— "I'oor House .Brat.", tab.

The Arcadia ballroom will house
boxing shows. New light club pro-
moted: by Billy Mitchell, brother of
Ritchie Mitchell.

^^A^ stunt to. be .tried with "Battle
of the Sexes" at Majestic io to have
a hidden- Victrola in a screened box
with, the machine playihg"Rose in
the Bud," theme song of the picture.

The Pabst is running the Fi.ske
O'Hara show at cut rates. Top $2.

Police reveal $];600 was -stolen
from- the. box office of : the New
i'abfjt theatre two weeks'agp. Rep-
resented part of , the week-end re-
ceipts of, the, "(jreenwich Village
Follies." Money had, been left in
the drawer instead of being, put in
the safe overnight, it is .said. '

Marge Hall has been reappointed
■"ii.iKiity -agent for the new Fox
;n<;rt,.r here. She bandied publicity
'] iti months previous to the pre-
iilvuT ""^^ resigned on the opening
"Pnt, as did the hou.se manager,

. ■ Th^i first week .of the L<'hr and
Mason Players tahlloid stoZ-k at Ih"
Walnut was so .«uoof.«<rnl Mrs; In;i
Lehr and Mrs. Farjnic Mason, man-
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show.s a day inste;td of the tW'
originally planned.

Little Thoatro si'a.«'>n op'iifd thi-*-'
wr-ek with "TlK.'.Qii'-f-n's Husband."
bv the 1'1,'ivf-rs' Club, and of "Ex-
pressing Wniie," by r of I^^.ulsvilK-
Alumni Players.

"Slim" Lamar and ofi-heftr;:
opened at Ko.«a-ir Hotel.

Happy Ray's Musical Comed.v
Company at the Savoy theatre for
six years celebrated it la.^t week.

The padlocks are snapping in this
old town once more, Monte, Carlo,
night club, opening a f'-w ino-ntli."
ago after its first lock hiid bofn
lifted, is iif.'iin shut.

,Sf;-v'cntf'f>n otlier joint,'! have ha-ii
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245 West 51st Street •
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IRVINGTON HALL

,355 AVest 'jst Street ■ , .
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343 West SriUi Street
Cohnnbus, C0G6

HENRI COURT

312: West -iSth- Sf reet
3S30 Longacro -

HILDONA COURT

341-347 West ,45th' street; 3560 Longacre
l-2-3-4-rqom apartments. Each apartment with private bath,. phone,

. .. kitchen, kitchenette.
$18.00 UP WEEKLY— $70.00 UP MONTHLY

The largest maintainor of housekeeping furnished apartments directly
under the supervision of the owner. Lbcated in the center of the
theatrical district. All fireproof buildings.

Address all communications to

CHARLES TEN EN BAVM

Principal Office: Landseer Apts., 245 West 5 i.st Street, Nevv York

Apariinonts can. be seen evenings. Otfice Ih each building.
- will Lease by. the Wecji. Month, or Year — ^ Farnlshed or UnfunilHlied.

'^'"MONTREAL.Canaila

Make Your Home at the

LA SALLE

APARTMENT HOTEL
Drummond Street

.<?pe< Jar weekly rates to the priifoHslon
Restaurant. Ill cunnectloir

Eastman subsidiary, follows the lead,
of its parent, Eastman, and Picca-
dilly and. Fay'.s, in changing to
Saturday opening. Martin Dryer,
from the I^astman, become.^ house
hianagei- of the Regent, with Arthur
Newberry's orchestra added.

pjastmari organissatiOTi ha.s. finally
signed I'arurnount solid for next
year,- after long diekoring. Doc Itpg-
ers, ,assistant to Felix Feist, of
M-O-M, also was in town tbi.s week
to get, signatures for, entire M-(i-M
output for next year. Both deals
understood to be at top price.

ROOM AND BATH
TWO PERSONS

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WEEK

HOTEL AMERICA

149 West 47th St., New York City
, .Bryant 7690

With a little exploitation Man.-igoi-
Tom Koriero, of the Rochester the-
atre, found over 1,000 kid.s willing
to part with 15 cents to see "Uncle
Tom's Cabin." Coupons were pa.ssed
out to the youngster*} as they were
leaving school, a coupon plus I5e,
entitling bcirer to .see the Saturday
morning performance. When the
doors opened the youngsters lined
the .sidewalk , .th':ee .; r<)w.H jleepj all
down the Rialto and out onto Main
street, nearly half a mile.

, Manager Arch Mc'Calhim, of I''ay'.s;
who had to hold over "Jazz Singer"
second week, and then bring it back
for a, second trip, opened "Singing
Fool" with big midnight pie-shrjw
Friday.. ' ;■ ,,- , - -

Vietori;!. af la.st admits, it's .show-
ing burlesfiue, nO seeret to any(me
e'x(:ei)t the .bill poster.s. .Sfantiger ,Joe
VV<K)d,s i.s' bringing in Some old-time
MutuaT\,vheerf,-!V(jrii<-'S.

ROCHESTER; N Y.

By E. H, GOODING

Temple— Stock.

Rochester (wired) — "Ixtnesnnie"-
v;iude.

Eastman--"Wlngs." ,

Fay's ( wirfdr-,-".>^inging , Fool '■
slpirt.««.

Regent— "DfM-ks of N, Y."
Piccadilly— "Sf-arlet Ividy."
Victoria— .Stock bur,
Gayety— Stock bun

New liexy. (irv the site fif the old
f'ririeess, is the l:it<-'~t rieiirbljorhood
house to fiijen jir-r-e. Morris l'"oge|„
rriari;ig.er.

Two ■ rij'-ri I'iiipi-d ot)<-n. a saf( -al
tin- New Faiiiily tlifatrr', l{al,'ivia,
last \ve>'k; ,'md /,'ot aw;iy witli $750 .in
ca^-li and %f>\ in cheeks, lat<T eati-
ef'llefl,. Ani^l•\■y<)r\. \Va>-.bi-ngtf)n, ne-
gro janitor, dis'-ov' rerl the j);iir
Work jimtiiyini.': ;i, sejrond s.'tfi'.. fl''
r-'i n fi.^ T)Ot if .V^ t h>'^.IJol lee, w li i|e . U Wj^
h i e v7-s TTi TTiTntTi^'"

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off to a •<<(i<\ .--latt af tl;e T<-fiiiil<-
' forrii'-r K'f-illi hou>--e. .Mii'iarri II"!'
Ikirr-' M'iiied in ilie f'-m;il>' l<,i'!

I .'it tli<- l;i' f mirmir. . for f.'h.'irlolti-
' Wyritf r •. <• t t-i> l:eri ill in N<^w "\'ork.

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,Mfirigol(l Club, c;il);ivet. Is tb'
h-iff '-'t on, Clinton avehiif. the loi-al
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VARIETY We dne sday, O c tober 2 4, 1928

25 WEEKS AWAY AND BACK AGAIN!

(EXPECTED TO STAY BUT FOUR)

MORTON
DOWNEY

Of whom a prominent British critic said:

^'Quite the most striking singing importation sent to Ejigland''

PLAYING AND DOUBUNjG IN EUROPE'S MOST NOTED RESORTS:

12 WEEKS IN LONDON (CAFE DE PARIS) AND
HEADLINING IN THE LEADING MUSIC
HALLS

10 WEEKS AT LES AMBASSADEURS, PARIS

4 WEEKS AT LES AMBASSADEURS, DEAU-
VILLE

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MANAGEMENT

T. D. KEMP, Jr.

1607 Broadwjiy, New^ Y
Permanent Address: LAMBS' CLUB, NEW YORK

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VOL. XCni. No. 3

NEW YORK. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1928

64 PAGES

KEITH

LEADERSHIP?

B wap Tango Tea Inspection Brings
Blasted Hopes to Variety's Sobber

Broadway is going for the tango
tea.. .

"While most of the hotels on the
east side find their tea-time busi-
ness simmering down since all the
college kids ha:ve taken to hiding
themselves a,way in speakeasies,
even in the afternoon, Broadway is
coining up in the world and dis-
porting itoelf in a presumably re-
fined manner at the tango tea.

Half-a-dozen dance halls, have
Inaugurated afternoon tea dances
fQF the winter season. Variety's
sobber was intrigued by it.

Scbber first went to the manage-
ifient of a dance hall and made a
few inquiries. Just who, particu-
ilarly What type of gentleman, found
time to trip the light fantajrtic in.
the afternoon?

A lar-ge business, was done eVery
afternoon; sister was informed. .' It
Included a number of : out-of-town-,
ers, mainly buyers and sellers,
reached by circular letters sent out
by the dance hall management and
also, the tauisiness . men who were
regular patrons aiid made a point
of coming one afternoon a week.

"We have a very tony crowd in
the afternoon," said the manage-
ment, "and they demand that we
play tangos all the time. In the
night-time the crowd doesn't want
tangos."

Sister decided that she would go
Into the hair and do a bit of atep-
plng herrelf. The .strains of a
tango floated out and there was
nothing to mar the tea-timey at-
^mosphere of the hall except a- large
orangeade stand in one corner,
some .self-conscious young women
grouped by themselves and a mis-
cellaneous assortment of males
prowling about giyin& every gal
the once-over.

/'You're going to dance with me,
Wen't you?" said a gentlemah to
sister. ■ .

Sister's escort couldn't tango, but
most of the dancers could. Stout
Broadway dowager a wcr^ pushed
arour.d the floor by sleek-haired
Blgolos. Gave quite a deluxe touch
to the .place. Sister had hoped her
escort was a buyer or a seller, as
they seemed to be the butter-and-
eeg men of the tea-time joints, but
she was afraid he was too lean.

"Arp you a buyer?" aifiter ven-
turoa.

"What?"

"Well, perhaps you're a seller?*'
"Naw."

In the Ladies' Room

Escort scenied Inclined to be so
Wyaterious as to what he was that
Bister b(.,ran to get a big kick,
thinking that perhaps she had
erabbed off a gunman for herself*
-But -he -wnr^&hiy 'a
^ithout a job, but with a smooth
"ne. So sobber left him to go to
"le ladies' room and maybe find
^enself a buyer or a K(^llor.whon she
came back.
Jn the ladies' room, ..which looked
•th u*^*^ stage setting of a harem,
^ne hosites.ses v,-erc gathered. They
on.'n't friendly. After looking over
«airl, ■•Bollr.ve mo. I think
> who romo.s to thi.s place

(Continued on page 61)

Speak's Guarantee

A .speak- near Times Square,
one of the few incorporated, is
sendinig out elaborate an-
nouncement cards of a change
of address. The boys Will take
nearly a whole floor across the
street.

Instead of the high bar stools
they guarantee their patients'
cornfort with homey easy
chairs. All this occurs oh
Nov. 12. '

$25,000 Total Cost for
Big Political Plug

Movietone political orators are
now doing their film talking stuff
for Gov. Smith in Yonkers and New;
Rochelle, the free outdoor show,
similar to that on view in Times
Squai'e for the past few weeks.
Josef Israels, 2nd, director of the
division of pictures and radio for
the Democratic. National Committee,
state'd the two suburban movie-
tone installations would stand the
Westchester Democratic organiza-
tion about $20,000. The erection and
operation of the talker booth and
screen in Times Square cost the
National Committee approximately
$25,000 for three and a. half weeks.
The Democrats obtained the Times
Square location rent free through
a permit from the city, according
to Mr. Israels.

About 20 clips of political speak-
ers- and entertainment features ■ ai-e
shown nightly.

Borough Hall; Brooklyn, is also
considered as an outdoor location
for the speakiers, RCA Photophone
having been approached to make
the installation.

]5eIow are those seen and heard
on the Times Square talker:
Governor Smith .
Franklin D.' Roosevelt
Mayor Walker
Senator Copeland
Ben Bernie's Orchestra
Senator Harrison .
Senator Tydings .
Dean Gilderslecye
Judge Mancusco
Willard Mack
Edwin Milton Royle
Albert Conway
Bruce Kremer.
Homer Ropdheayer •
Rabbi Wise
Gov. Nellie Ross

w...Morrl3^^S.^Tremaine. - . -

Mrs. Roosevelt
Joab H. Banton.

NO CHEATERS RUIN STOCKS

Stock burlesque has flopped again,
for the third tlnie, at the Myrtle,
BrookljTi,

A . rioif^hborliood section in which
the house is spotted never gave tin;
bui-lfsque gag a tumble. All home
family men; no cheaters.

s

BK SJRHOFF

Kennedy - Murdock pisin-
clined to Gontinue— Good-
man and Albee Think
They Have Chance of
Selection— No Intimation
as to President of R-K-O

MUGH UNCERTAINTY

No president of the newly formed
Radio- Keith - Orpheum company con-
trdlling Keith- Albeo-Orpheum has
been selected to date. This choice
may be madd by David Sarnoff by
the . end of this week, it is said.

Mr. Sarnoff, president of R. C. A.
Photophone, will be chairman of the
R-K-O board of directors.

R-K-0 is expected to be listed
on the Stock Exchange today,, in-
dicating that the required 51 per
cent, of K - A- O stock has been de -
livered for exchangei. . .

Informed .of the present morale, of
the Keith staff as to the security of
their positions, Mr. Sarnoff said:

.^'It is . not our policy to remove
anyone from an organization if they
have proven their worth. We ex-
pect to, operate Keith's with the
good men from within."

FBO, the picture producer, taken
over by R-K-O was also included
in the Sarnoff comment.

No certainty is ventured by any-
one as to the identity of the operat-
ing leader of R-K-O.

Among the candidates seem to
be Maurice Goodman, general coun-
sel for Keith's, and E. F. Albee, the
non-practicing president of Keith -
Albee-Orpheum; Joseph P; Kennedy,
at present associated with Sarnoff
in charge of the circuit, is IndlfEer-
eht ais to h'^s future association with
it, from the account, while John
J. Murdock prefers to take a long
rest rather than another stretch of
hard work.

Sarnoff, newly in charge of the
(CTontiriued on page 2) \

COLLEGE BOYS A CHILL
ON SATURDAY NIGHTS

College-cut clothes, raccoon coats
and other campus insignia will act
as an automatic bar to coliege boys
seek i I? g to gfdh admittance to New
Yorlc night life in groups on Satur-
day nights following the big foot-
jtall games. It's a sort of unwritten
law w f Ch Head vra'^^^^^
sible for any of the college kids and
their frails who. pass the barrier.

llc-asons for the new ruling
against the college cut-ups are
many , and varied; not the lea.'-'t in
that many of the dry snooper.^, who
holpr-d mop up the nlte club sfotor
last summrr, later admitted roll'-Kr-
oornujctions.

On toj), of that the story of the 10

(Cf>nv.IiiU(;J . on page 2)

as Talker,
Written by New Yorkers on Fox Lot

Hot Pulpit Subject

An advertisement in the
Brooklyn, N. Y., "Times" last
week of the Central Prcaby-
texian Church, at.. Marcy and
Jefferson avenues, announced
that the 7:45 p. m. sernrton,
Sunday, Oct. 28, would, be on
"Why Giirls Go Wrong."
. A "Question Box" and "2,-
000 free scats" also were mon-
tloned» ■v Mle a corner notation
said:

"The young people's church,"

Doctoring Voices May

Help Film Actors

Los Angeles, Oct, 30.

Picture producers are looking for-
ward to science to bring about a
mechanical device that will I'cgulate
the recording of voices for sound
picture. This will save inestim-
able money and time If such, a thing
can be perfected before It becomes
neces.sary to do away with all the
present screen personalities who
have some handicap in recording
their voices.

Engineers now working on the
problem believe any defective voice
can be cured through a filtering
process.

If perfected, the present worries
of securing talent will be over and
permit the producers to retain the
screen personalities already estab-
lished.'

beSylva, Brown and Honderspn.
porsonaily, are going to H^llywbo«l
to do. a musical comedy for the
screen for Fox. The c :ack song-
Writing and production trio will :q-
ceive unusual guai-antee and roy-
alty tei'misj; having been further-
loath to accept owing to prior
m.usical comedy authering contracts
They don't leave for Hollywood un-
til Jan. 10 when their new Schwab
& Mandel miislcal is out of the
way.

The firm, DeSylya, Brown & Hen-
derson, Inc., of which Robert Ci^aw-.
ford is president, already has sen l
another crack songwrlting trio, (Jon
Conrad, Sidney D. Mitchell nn1
Archie Gbttler, to the coa.«^t, to do
picture theme songs , for Fox.

The samfe firm came into afflHa-
tion.s with Fox through publishln.g
several of Ern'o Rapee and I^ew Pol-
lack's theme song hits, notably "M.v
Angel" ("Angola Mia") from "Street
Angel" as well as for "Red Dancer,"
"Four Devils," "Mother Know-j
Best," dt al., all by the sanie writing
team.

Crawford tlien closed exclusively
with Fox to writing origin.'! 1 milslcnl
comedy books and scores, for
talker production and also sent out
the songwrlting trio to work on the.
lot atid create themes for the S'-reeu
as the films are in producllon.

Free Show for Lots

HOSTESS m STOCK HOUSE

Something of an innovation in
dramatic stock showmanahip is the
acrmlsltion of a hostess at the New
Tremont, in the Bronx, Qccupied by
the . riassel Sholton-Ruth Amos
Players.

, Mrs. A. D. Carter, wife of Ad
Carter, Hearst neiyspaper cartoon-
ist and creator of ".lust Kids," has
Iho hoste.ss job. , It's up to her to
.sec that the patrons at .the Now
Tremont are made comfortable at
every performance.

The hostess stunt was engineered
by Dave Cantor, in charge of pub-
licity for the house.

SCARS-BOEBUGK'S FBEMIEBS

Chicago, Oct. 30.

^ ^ScuriJiltoijLUck, _ jviixidJ^
mail ordfr hou.se. Is opening a
.string of rotfili stores In principal
fities on a theatrical basl.s. Pnio-
ticul thfv'ttre proK.s agcntry will b^^
f;mi)loyed for the openings.

Dave Iticliiirfls, former local iihn
fritic and ref-entiy in the Baluban <<i
Katz jn-csH departriif-nt, will tMkc
charge of thfS'; prffinif-rs. He ii.'is
been instrijftf'd to uyt' .«iioi'

• rii'-tho'ls with the'storf-H a.s villi I'ii'-.

I tore theatres.

Los Angeles, Oct. 30.
Romola, Inc.,. real estate firm,
vvhlch -is running free vaude and
film shows at the Orange Grov<^
theatre nightly as a ballyhoo for

its subdivision, posted a couple of
signs .reading "All seats, (J S. cents,"
on the , front of the house, buf it
didn't mean ahythlng^v .
: Members of the firm said ' the
price: sign was up simpl.v to koop
out youngsters and 'when uny.'adult
( omes to the window to buy tickets,
lie is Immediately given a free rltle.

Tlie. .show consists of a feature
picture, usually a year or two old,
•couple of acts and a half iiour of
film showing development of the
conipany's tract, accompanied by a.
lecture.

The overhead is heavy hut the
company claims the results more
than pay;.

The realtors ran a similar bally-
hoo in a small neighborhood house,
for - about a year before coming
;down^horc,=^^-^^.= ^^^^^^^^^.^

B^ROOKS

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r Ix Ci 1 VJ 1^ 6276-6277 Regent Wednesday, October 31, 1928

London and What?

By Frank Tilley

'I'liis .1 ijlioney lifo!

. Buily. Ex.iVi'PHS apologizing Bottonilf>y. . And, H. B.'s once

iBr<'at iiaiior' John i'.iilT, whic-h oupht to be oallod llio Dirt Track "VVookly.
following in the steps of; James Douj^clas! iattack on ' Mif?s, Iiadcliffe Hall
by: taking a slain at D, H. Lawrenoti'S "Jjady^iJhattcvley's Lover."

.H, G. "Wells tryinji; to put his theories for world reforrn and peace on
,1ho st:rOGn; and| his. son Frank .workihfi: at Welwyn.. ( in-onounced ■VVell-in
fi)r no I'oasoii. tlian that it is) 'in a studio.

' IJarohcss. Furhival having iin audition at the Coliseum for. a vaudo
jtnusioal playlet and gottint' no hip time. The Ranee of Sarawak writing
lilm, scenarios. . P/ritish producers all goihs title- Chasing .and . ritzy.
Think . if ;they can't get by on direction, -star or story they may be able
to do it on tilles,: Society ones. Wanted, another Charles Dickens to
'dpscrihe. the. new fuiiiily of Lico Hunters. ;

And when r panned a film which had little or ho entortalnment . value
but got the critics because it was'-.jbacked by princess of color, I got
a .letter by hand saying they had "come to the delinite conclusion that
you have ;iii ulterior motive." '

I have. But mine comes from sense, not dolhvrs.

No Sunday theatres. Nor vaude. Only pictures permitted in holy
London. ' So all. the ladies, of. the night coriie fi-om. east of the Aldgate
Pump Sunday evenings to niake whoopee around Leicester Square,

Airh'ee MicPherson was a flop: Albert Hall fills up for prize fighty
and cabaret balls and "pictures, and Russian singers and Polish pianists
Once in a while the Salvation. Army and Welsh .Jtevivalists play t«
capacity; : But. not Aiince; .Iiul)ert Griffifth, dramatic critic, was iiii-
pressed by her style and iier Grecian purity of profile! : So he said. ;. .

GEORGIE WOOD

Of whom S. Morgan- Powell wrote
in the Montreal "Daily Stat?': "You
laugh with him all the time, you
laugh at X6.e effects his : art pro-
luces, and you enjoy every jnaoment
he is on the stage or before the
curtain,- because he make.s every
moment, even moments of absolute
silence and Immobility, t^ll;" Now
preparing for the Christmas pro-
duction at the Theatre Uoyal, Glas-
gow, Scotland.

Tliere are all soi-ts Of ways of getting publicity. Hcrmiohe ..Baddeley,
whoso non-stago name Is the Honorable Mrs. David Tepnant, related to
the Asquiths'" and all, got hers by landing on Hackney Marshes. in a fog
while flying- liack from . France.

We're a queer lot, we English. I could write an eyefull more, about
u.^ than ever Mareusson or Sincla,ir Lewis has done about you. Sunday
liight a Scots vaude singer, also ■ a precentor of the Scottish Church,
went straight froni the church to do his act at the Stoll picture house
on Kingsway. Two days before, : a University. M. A. who publicises the
house sertt the arti.st and his fern partner down Fleet street, in kilts to
teli the newspapers about switching straight froni church to stagfe. And
got' a big break. , \

. Kathleen Miason; University- graduate P.A.

Did y.ou know Lorna Duveeri was a screen star from Hollywood? And
that most all the British stars in Hollywood are ''home-sick and want
to return?" That's the dope the public here is being fed Just how. Also
.sorfie of these returned "stars" aver the "monopoly which Ajnertca has
enjoyed .over the British screen for so' many years is approaching its
.end."— Vide Press, as the small time acts' billheads say. ,

What a lot of bilge! Are we so dumb we believe it ?^ If a British picr
lures can't got oh without Tomfool publicity of this kind they ought to
quit;

in

London, Oct. 19,
Yiadimir Zaalloff, ex-oflicer in the
Ru.ssian Imperial Guard and until
tlio Red Revolution secretary of the
Legation in London, has tor somt
lime been running a cabaret under

' the title of Balagantschina, manned
by the Russian Strolling Players
both in Lbndon and on the Conti-
nent. Some few weeks ago one of
his leading people approached him.
He wanted to leave to better him-
.solf. Zaallofi' gave his blessing and
self. ZaalloflTf gavo his blessing,
he would;
Returning from a holiday Ziuilloff

. Vjei^an negotiations with I^rince's for
the production of his sho\y, The an-
noyance he felt when he was told
the restaurant had got a cheaper
troupe was nothing to his anger
Wlieii ho discovered his late artist
had indeed bettered himself and had
<?f)l.leeted Zaalloff e.xtrivs who knew
all the numbers TiViBalagaiTtscHiTtit;

chanan Is the possesssoi: of a huge
block of stock in . Television that
bids fair to make him very weialthy
in the near future. The inventor
of Television was a schoolmate of
Buchanan's and Jack helped to fi
nance the experimental stages, of
the invention.

Billic Houston, the "boy" of the
Houston Sisters, is to : follow lier
.sister's example and wed. The
groom is Robert Wilton, non-piro-
fession.'il, and the nuptialls will be
celebrated Christmas Day.

The King's voice was recorded for
the lir!5t time for pictures by Fox
AIoYietone on the occasion of th
opening of the . new million pound
bridge oyer the River Tyne in
Northumberland.

Poiicewar against certain West
End ni.glit clubs has been particu-
larly severe on places cohtrolh'd by
Mrs. Merrick, London's night club
queen, hOw undergoing . her second
sentence' of six months, the last^
arising out of her .nianagenu'iit . of'
the notorious "-13."
. Tlu.s' clulj w.as (lisqualilled somo
time ago, but for some reason or
other nianagcd to keep open until a
few days ago; when it closed sud-
denly. The Lido, wiiich she ran «t
the "Xewman (Jallerit^s, iilso w'on her
six inoiiths in prison and. was closed
a little while a.Uo, bi>ing dLscjualilied
for tlie iiMusu;illy long period oi' five
years. "The- Silver. Sljjiper," which
was . under her management, has
ol.so f]nish(Ml . its e.-ireer. .Another
night Olub, the Winter (Jarden,
Cjiised voluntarily sooner than faee
a prosecution. Reason for this prob-
ably a Home Odlee order that
any aheji convicted In regard t;)
nigiit club offenses l)e di'poried en

t( • r)-=<) f =a li y=i.alluuL=iJiuiMmiiiu. t^-^^,-k^
'.rhe Stage Door is also in 1ri)Uble
;iiid police court proceedings proln-
is(> to be sensational. Number of
Kumnionsoi? i.s said to be exception
ally largo and a good deal of aiiru'e
iiension is felt regardin.g the jjosition
of Jcsso Jacobsen, nian:iger, once ol
Hedgip.M Brothers and Jacobsen. Al-
though here for many years, Ja^ob
son in an American citizen.

Although ho iias an income of no
mean proportion lii the form of sal-
ary us musical comedy star, supple-
mented by a considerable slice of
the profltis of his Bhow, Jack Bu

Fred Asia ire was best man at
racing wedding when Betty Darling
daughter of Sam Darling, New-
market trainer, married Jack
Leach, jockey. .

Phylli.s Monkmfvn is roturhihg to
the West End in "So Long,. Letty,'
a version of the American comedy
"Thy Neighbor's Wife," done Into
English by Austin Meiford. Show
tries out in Birmingham Oct. 29.

INDEX

Foreign . . . . .

Pictures ,

Picture Reviews

Film House Reviews. ,

Vaudeville . . .

Vaudo Reviews

New Acts . ... . . . : . . ,

Rills

Times . Square
Editorial .,.,...<.,,.

Women's Page

Ijegitimale

-Music . .... . . . ... ; , . . .

^ t) u t (1 n ors-^-T-. r ,1-1

Obituary

t'(U'ri;s))ondci^('(> ......

Letter List \

Inside- Pictures
Talking Shoilts . , . . . .

Literati \.,

News of nalliles

L<*git Revi(>ws . . ,

li'oreign Fihn News.,

Burles(iue

Sports

Inside- I.e;;it
Inside- .- Vaude

34

2-3
4-31
2'1
40
37

,. .39

..: . 41-

.. 42-43

, . 4C-4.<!

V . . , 4 1)
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., 50'- 5.')

. . 56-57

r-F w- -SS..^

, . .. 5,S
, .. ri9-G3
03
411
24
2S
44
53

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3S
48

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49

in a panic. Kennedy addressed the
Keith agents and house managers
last week. ' It led to a reasoning
that Kennedy and Murdock would
remain. Concurrently up canie the
former stoi'ios of a Goodman or Al
bee elevation,' with tiie same foyer
i.sh discontent asserting itself upo.i.
the Keith men.

.The two factions in Keith's;. Mur-
dbck's and Albee'si working against
each other for some time, with the
Murdock's side working for the re-
storation of the old prestige of
Keith's on .a theatre basis have
brought about a complicated booking
and^^ ■working condition In the circuit.
With no one positive where and
how they may stand. in the near fu-
ture, the '.'booking office stomach"
is again on the gain. Bookings of
bills seem to reflect this feeling.

|. While the eastern . Keith houses
have shown some increased grosses

|.pf late months, the western houses
(fornier Orpheums) have gone be-
yond the Tows of a year ago, when
the ' situjition became alarming to
the Keith and Orpheum operators
of that time.

the

KEITH'S lEADERSHIP

College Boys

(Continued f rohi page 1)

college couples who crashed
Helen Morgan Club last season has
been widely circulated among night
club operators. On that occasion,
Saturday night, the raccoon bri-
gade, carrying its own gin, got by
the doorman in a flying wedge,
recently formed combine with his I After spending considerable time in
adlo and. talker companies, has | the clyb, the boys started to out
issued »i6 RrK-O statement. Re-
porters oh the dailies hiad been
unable to .seciire ah announce-
ment of plans from that chief
source,

Casey . Goino TpP:
It's' fairly certain that if Murdock

(Continued from page i)

; fumble each other when the check
I was presented, *
When one of the fraternity boys
finally caught it on the bounce he
started to squawk about the cover
I charge. That was finally scratched
I Off . and the tab then amounted to
about $20, for ice and bottled wai,ters
and Kennedy leave Keith's, Pat | for a party of 20. By this time half

CaWey wijl not remain with the
organization. . -

A report is that the Murdock trio
have In conteniplatlon other show
and pictuire projects that will im-
mediately occupy them, If leaving
Keith's. Kennedy and Murdock re-
main, interested actively yrith Pathe,
while Miirdock is a minority stock-
holder in several theatres booked

the male merry-makers and their
femmes had made their way to the
street. The check-grabber foUowedi
to canvass his companions to pay
the bill. Among 10 boys he was
able to collect $15 and was com-
pelled to touch one of the dames
for" a five to make up the aniount.
As a result there was no tip for any
of the club attaches with plenty of

by Keith's but not Included in the '^'l^^^'^f . o^tsi^e.

' Night club operators estimate

Kiel th corporation.

Gopdnian is said to look forward
to the directorial post of Keith's, ■
under SarnoflT,' through • Good-
man's business and social rela-
tions with th6 Lehman Brothers,
banking house. The Lehmans with
Blair and Company were the. pro-
moting bankers of the latest Keith
deal, with Lehmans the bankers
also for the Keith-Orpheum mer-
ger. The Lehmans, who will realize
a heavy profit from their Keith
transactions, were led into . the
vaude circuits by Goodman.

Goodman for years has been the
leading counsel for Keith's, but is
without showmanship knowledge
other than that gained 'by him in
the law department. He is one of
the large Keith stockholders, with
about 40,000 shiares, an evolution of
the Keith stock bequest left him
by the late A, Paul Keith. Murdock
is the largest individual Keith
stockholder, having between 8(1,000
and 100,000 shares, It is said.

— ,..=.^-...._ Albee's Story^ . ; .

Albee, Keith's inactive president,
holding the position through con-
tr.act at $100,000 yearly salary, was
the cause of an article in the New
York World last week, regax'ding
Kennedy's continued tenancy with
Keith's, A story appeared In the
Boston Post froni Albee. It saiid
Kennedy would vacate and Albee
would return to power In the chain,
This, was oh top of Albec's com

that the average college boy has
about $15 to spend. If any of that
is left when Satiirday . rolls around,
crap games' under the grandstand
between the halves get a big slice.
When the boys get set to step out
to celebrate a football victory or
drown the sorrows of a defeat in
bath-tub brew, few have any of the
old ready available.

Stage Door Is Closed;
London Ends Nite Clubs

London,' .Oct, 2].
Things do not improve, in thi.s city
fqi- the keepers of night clubs. .The
last resort of. this sort to go under
is 'The Stage poor, founded by
Harry Adam-s, a figure in London
night life, catering to,profe.s.sional8,
The, club has not been In existence
a year but is now struck off the
rolls and disqualified. Johnny Ad-
ams, the founder's brother, ani
Jtsse jacobsen, once of . i-iedgea
Brotherfe and Jacobsen, were heavily
fined, the girl secretary and other
servants were also fined, as were ^
number of fi;e(|ucnter.s, Includine
the girl professional dance jiurtners.

Owing to the: giving of ficUtiOus
names and addres.ses, the police
found, it impossible to sery(> a. large
number of summonses. .'"

During the evidence it was stated
that on a previous Occasion, wlien I
a raid was intended, ; a waiter told *
the raiders the miinagenient knew |
of their plans.. On several: occa- >!
sions recently a raid, has almost
proved abortive an accoiint of the
club having received ne\ys of policd
intentions. ■ ; '^

This; ■v^as the case with the Lido, a
although the management was not!
ciuicH enough to avalT itself of the
warning.

. A strange thing about the., clos-
ing of these night haunts is that i
although officially closed they ap-'.l
pear to remain open for quite an|l
appreciable period, after they have^j
oflUclally ceased to exist.

Mrs, Merrick's mo..st notorious
club (she is now. serving a .sentence
of six months despite her two
daug'hters are married to peers ol
the realm and her boys are at Har-
row School), the "43" was struck oft
some: .time .ago, .but ,pnly recently
closed.

For sonie time now a strange
story has been current among the
lower dives and so-called clubs ol
Soho. These places are nierely
speakeasies and the resort of the
underworld. • The story is that, as
long as a certain worhiin frequents
the club the pr-emises are safe from ;
police Int-erf crence, but once she |)e« :'
gins to stay away trouble is com-t
Ing. This woman take a, lap-dog:-
about with her, and it frequently!;
helps her make friends with menii
Not a; wpi'd against her morally,:
and her informal introductions ai«Ci
used purely in the hOpe of generous ■
hospitality. Whether- or not .she,';
knows anything of police plans is
unknown; she never siys anythiJigiK
but the keepers of these dives watchf'j
her coming and going 'with a sort,'
of superstitious' awe.

Chatter in Paris

, Paris; Oct. 18.
Michael Arlen is again in Paris
after honeymooning at Antibes.
Says he has been too busy with his
nuptials to write anything.

Jane Maniac will, head cast
the next Casino Paris revue.

of

Sisters Omori, of Nagasaki, Japan,
go to Geneva 'for vaudeville.

Death, of . Sjimuel J^^ilcer, Jather p.I
Harry, caused by heart troubleVw'as
sudden.

Peppy Dalbrew and Fay Haroourt
opened again at the Perroqu^t.
Peppy Is about the hottest male fa-
vorite this popular night rendezvous
I has ever known.

He is the husband of Wilda Ben-
nett.' ■ ' .

On account of so much' Red prop-
aganda circulated througli the pri-
pletTon of the building of the new h'^*-e showing of pictures, police have

issued an . order every film' in the
city must be shown -to the local
censors before flashed on a screen.
The police official asserted that the
Communists throughout the world
are using pictures as their strongest
method . of making conversions to
their cause. :

R. F. Keith Memorial Theatre In
Boston, started by Albee somis
months ago, and opening Monday
night

Albee,' under his Keith -Albce-
Orpheum contract as pi-esldent, may
retain that position with k-A-O,
but the l.Titter corporation will be
come inactive with Radip-Kelth-
Orpheum assuming charge
The World's story carried a quote

Losing Publicity

Aniei ican players, coming abroad

by^Kennedrhe"would'seirhIs si^i^k I l^^J-'f'f!'\^'i^^'^'

=Ai^-==T-^T.=«x~K-*«^««^«*.^=.--.«.-«o<' .-l.?21!^.'neJo the opinion of 'the_ local

scribes. The^tlvealrc people" aro'jusT
dying for publicity hut their method
of getting a flaJSliMs .all wrong. Many
send, someone to the phone, wheii

aW"" Te:iv6 "STiy "=time^r"if""a=='sa tisf
tory figure were offered, with Mur
dock .saying Kennedy .would remain
in the shOw buslnes?s as long as he
does, Goodman in the .same story
stated Kennedy would shortly leave
Keith's, but did not mention the
source of his statement;

Staffs in Panic
Meanwhile, with the uncertainty
.'ind the second change of ownens-hip
of Keith's" within six months, the
Keith morale is low, with the stafle

a reporter calls for an interview
to announce that the player in ques-
tion is tired or some such silly
thing and then ask the news sleuth
to call later. Others try and appear
top busy for the moment while some
will chatter with friends instead of
reporters,

, The answer to all of the ex-
cuses la that the scribes forget and
I go on to •omeone more affable.

Beiting^ in London ^

London, Oct. 30,
One London . bookmaker hai^.i
placed an order for $500,000 wprtlii
of phones throughout England foij^;
the reception of bets into his ofilcea,,'
Phones are all in important towna/!

Kelso Bros.' Roiite ■{

London, Oot, .30. j j
Kelso . Brothers, having beenrj
booked for a. fortnight at the Pal- j
ladium (vaudeville), were im*
mediately engaged for tlie entlrei
tour of deneral Theatre Corporatlong
houses after opening., _

They will top the bill for the re- j
opening, of the Now theatre at Car^
diff as a- vaude house.

SAILINGS

York), I

Nov. 9 (London to New
Fre.d Duprez (Republic). .

Nov, 9, (Londpri to New 'Tort!
Clay Smith (American Banker). ■ ;

Nov. 8-. (San : Franci-sco to Mel';|
bourne) Leon Rbsebrook (Sierra)- •

Nov. 3 (Now; . York to Paris), Al -
Shayne (i?ari's)..

Nov. 2 , (London to New TorKl .
Lawrence Wright (Leviathan),

Nov. 2. (London to New YorW
Ethel Helliwell (Leviathan). _ ■

IStov. 2 (London to South, Afi-i«,
Leon Kimberly, Helen Page {Bti;
moral Castle). ,

Oct. 27. (New York to L(?ndor..
Sid Cohen (Leviathan).

Oct. 27. (Paris to New Yorw
Miehael- J;-.:GourlaixcL=.(.^liLum^

Oct. 24 (PaiMfj to New , YorK-
Jean Leseyeux (i?aris). ' f-

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Wednesday, October 31, 1928

F 0 R E I G N

VARIETY

PARIS REVUE
SCENIC SMASH

. Paris, pet. 30.

JDeon Volterra. presented a new
revue at tlie Casino de Paris under
the title of "Paris ui Jbue" ("Paris
In Playtime")., which is something
of a scenic smash, it wras well re-
ceived. The scenes most com^
mentcd on show the collapse of a
dam in Colorado with. real, water in
the stage effects; a maffnificent in-
terior showing the . palace of the
Borgias, and a scene built around
» festival in a opanish village.

Principals of the new attraction
include Nina Myral, St. Granier,
Henri. Laverhe, Bach, Mitty and
Tillio, Gomez Trio. A TUlor trpup
is also present.

Other Openings

"La Fiancee Vendue" ("The Bar-
tered r.i ide"), ■ by the Czochoslo-
vakian composer Smetana, is the
new offering at the Opera Goniiciue/
meeting a modcr'ate reception. It is
something of a novelty, and a nov-
elty at: the Opera Cpmi.que is an
©vent/ Allard and AJme. Peraldy
have the leads.
. "L.e CiKlavre Vivant" ("Tli.e Liyihg
Corpse") is a revival of the Tolstoi
drama,, offered by Georges Piteoff,
Russian actor wlio has taken over
. the Thcalre des Arts for a time. A-
detail oJI the venture which .attracts
attention is the presence of Tatiano
Tolstoi, son of Count Tolstoi, who
tives a lecture on liis father's life.

Plotless but Brilliant

"Quatiigr,." latest' woric of An-
toine iJibesco, presented at the
fashioniiblc little. Potinierc; wfis re-
vealed as a. plotless but brilliant
philosophical disciassion of ivar-
Ma&e aiut inahners.

It has to do with a sellish phy-
sician, t;i king a vacation near Monte
Carlo and falling in" love with.' his
slster-rin-Iaw. The girl, however. Is
.reaUy in .love with a youth in the
'diplomatic service who has a mild
■flirtation, on with the doctor's wife.
In the end tlie youth find the young-
er woman pt*eferable and they make
"i match of it, leaving the doctor
and his wife miserable;

Alice Cocea plays the girl charm-
ingly, walking away with tfic piece.
Others are Jeanne Brify as the wife,
Debucourt as the doctor, and Andre
•Fouchc as the youth.

Some Name

"Celu . qui voulait joucr avec la
vie" ("He Who Would Play With
Life"), comedy by Lucicn Francoise
came to the Maison de I'Oouvre. It
Is a fantastic idea, not very well
developed, and looks like" a pretty
concliusive failure. Thome „has to
do with an axithor falling in love
with the heroine of his own book
and. going through an imaginary
elopement.. Cast is headed by lie
nee Coroiade, supported by . AUaln
Dhurtall.

London's Digit Mauler

London, Oct 30.

There Is being sccr.etlj-
fprmed in London a .society for
the : protection of legitimate
manicuring. Genuine .digit
maulers, who take trielr busi-
ness seriously, are opposed to
the grafters who use it as a
come on medium.

At a ineetlng of the borta
fides it was decided to form .
a properly constituted corpora-
tion with initiation fees, dues
and reguiar. ofiflce in which-
there will be files of the genu-
ine operators and tho.se classed
as "otherwise."

It is proposed to go even so
far as . employing private de-
tectives to gather data on the
outlaws.

Film 'Terror" Frost

At London Showing

The low-Down on London

By Major E. O. Leadley, M. C.

: , London. .t")ot. l.'i.

Wluit a brofik J'vo got! Jiist a younj;' (.\ihadi;»n pross agont' over liore
trying hard . to grow ■ tip — and this is ^vislu>d on ine.

Royalty Goes Circus

Pari:;;, Oct. .10.
Zoubkol'f, the 20-yoar-old hu.shand
of thf .Gorman prin-^css Vic-
toria Sfh.uimburg Lippo, has .signed
a contract calling for appearance
witli the circus operated by Jean
Houck, according to a report cur

rent Iiero . , ^ -

■ The llouck outfit is due in Paris
shortly, Stpvy l.s rolatt-d in great
detail, Imt tiiere Is some doubt of
its trullr.

American Acts Score

T.iOndc(n, iOt t. 30.
■.Edytho Hakcr, American pianist
Scored, tremendously' on her open-
ing at the Palladium yostorday
(Monclay)i She was the outstand
Ing hit of bill.

Ila] Ji.'rome and Gloria Gray, an-
.otlier .Nnu-rican act, opo.ni d at the
Vic Pal:ii'(> and wore cordially, re
ceivod. When accHmalod to nvusic
halls thi;; act will likely develop aa
an Enpli>'h favorite.

JACK SMITH'S VAUDE DATES

Lijndon.' '( )cl. yO
I'rl'ji- 1» ti'tarrlng in ;l new ruvuf.'
-At,...jLh.o...,P.a la.c. c...,P .at.i.'<. l i.>„ .I:ujjLKtrg,

Lbhdon, Oct. 30. . •
Warners made an error bringing
The Terror" into the Piccadilly,
following, tjie tremendous success of
"The Juzz Singer.". The .rriystery
thriller proved to b^ the biggest
frost of local picture premiei-es. The
audience, invariably friendly, at film
Openings^, filed out at the finish
without donating a handclap. .

Edgar Wallace, author of "The
Terror" in. its novel and play forms,
never attends the pic'turization of
his works. He .sent hisi son to this
first night. The youngster was al7
most in tears when leaving the the-
atre, declaring he . dreaded to think
what "The- Terror," as a talker,
would do to his father's ieputation.
The errors in English* atmosphere,
and the excessive hoke of tiie film
drew laughs.

"Jazz Singer" averaged around
$15,000 weekly in this house, which
seats .under 1,200 and could have
stayed indefinitely. But the War-
ners, to keep faith with exhibitors,
are holding each pictur^ for only
four weeks, iregardlcss' of big
grosses.

WILL MAHONEY

The Bostoii "American" said;
"Will Mahoney is marvelous. He Is
an irresistible comic with an un-
usually expressive* faCe, and he
commivndis it ao well that the
merest movement convulses the
entire audience. ' ■ 'Take the Air' 1^
lifted into marvelous entertainment
by the . talent and personality ,of
Will Mahoney."

Direction

RALPH G. FARNUM

1560 Broadway

miNIA; MUSKAL HIT;
IT GOOD DRAMA

Marion Lbrne, Oratna's Stand
Out-^Emma Haig Hit
of Musical

4aek ^:.riiith will piay a £>.-w wcckf^
for (jcn.'ral Theatrics, o|ieriin.i; Dec.
10 -it l!i(> IL.inuirn Enii'irn (vau'l-.).

l''ri)n! li'^rc Smith mnvi^^s i-iver to
the P;.ll.i.iiiiin.

Roseray-Capella Doubling

. Lomlnn. n -r, 30.

. Pvt,«..l-.:y j,„fj C;,pf,]l,i ,,p„n X'l
15 y <]... I'iceii.lllly hntcl.

Tl:...-y \v;ii auuble in vau-li-ville.

Banker Asks $125,000
For Agfa-^Ansco Deal

Welch Walker, formerly assistant
treasurer of the Guaranty Trust,
has brought suit for $125,000 against
the Agfa-Ansco Corporation, claim
Ing this fee for srevices in merging
the American branches of Agfa,
German producers of raw stock
and paper, arid the Ansco Company.
Papers wore liled in the Supreme
Court last week.

Walker, it is reported,, contends
he conceived and laid out the en-
tire pl.an for. a combination of Agfa
and Ansco. The Goi'man manufac-
turers, with a 40 per Ct>nt. duty on
raw film to contejid .with, wore
either about to bo forced out a year
ago or faced with the necessity of
building a m.anufacturing and dis-
tributing force in Amc'-lca.

Though no contr.act was made it
is .TOid Walker claims he went
over to Germany expressly in the
interests^ of .Aj) SCO to^,bHng,..the .deuL
to a clo.se and arranged matters so
that Agfa put all of it.s me.clianical
and chemical, jirocofjses and $2,500.-
000 into the .^eal with Ansco, the
Germans getting approximately 6.3
Ijcrcent of the new Agfa-Ansco
combine, Ansco ytock, formerly
around- i« in the nei.trhbarhood of
$43 due to tiie. KLofc-kholders getting
share for .«lvare in the new forma-
tion. '

.\ValUer wltlvhcld ac.ti.on. It is re-
Iiorted, waiting until the ..sum of
?L', 500, 000 has actually been paid;
■ The defendants alle;;i:' (hat Walker
did not act as .a .principal in the
transaction and was not employed
by them, liut .took part as an assist-
ant treasurer of tlie Cliiaranty
Trust Company, a post he liH'ld last
j'car wli(!n the transactions were
consiaiimatcd. They liave filed ap-
plication to compel Walker to give
a bill of- particulars.

Londoiji. Oct. 30.
Friday night was lucky for. Clay-
ton and Waller's musical and Wal-
ter Ilacketfs com.edy-drama> The
firm's "Virginia" .stands a good
chance of running for -a long time,
while Hackett's "77 Park Lane"
impresses aa .a certain success.

"Virginia," at the Palace, has Its
book by Clayton . and others, with
the music credited to Waller and
others. -.Although no better than
the average American musical com-
edy, its reception, was splendlQ
Emma Haig acored Uie individual
hit, closely follovired by . Walter
Richardson, American negro, .sing:
ing . "Roll Away, Clouds," a number
designed . along the lines of "Ol* Man
River."

Staging of "Clpuds" Is said by
Americans to closely resemble the
vocalizing. In "Porgy," eopecially
the lighting effect of waving hands
silhouetted against a back-drop.
No question but that the show,
moves f.ast ahd is artistically pro-
duced.

Marion Lorne is a :revelation In
"77 Park Lane" at SaJnt Martin's.
It's impossible to- imagine .the play
without her. This Is the first of a
series of plays starring Miss Lbrne
and Hugh Wakefield.

. Well I'm p. a.' for Charles P. Coohran and . I'n^ going to give- him a
break. Py the tinic this la . being. .hiinjirily . road in' N'vw York,' Cochran
and his revue "Tins Year lU' (>raco"'-Svill have had their week in Baltimore
prior to . their opening at the Sclwyn on Uroadway. In spite of what
most Amci-ican-s over lioco have, said about; the ace-hlghnoss''pf' the show,-
C. B. : isn't so sure.

The revUe. was' made foi- Piccadilly Circiis — nbt Times- Square. Still"
Archie Selwyn would have it and at that will likely got away with- It.
Anyoldiiow, it's been a whale of a hit in London. Not ah unsold scat
at any evening, perforniahco since its first.

'Keeping It Up

Two sweet fiops. "The Beetle,'' near- thriller, sponsored by James
Bernard Fagan, and "Doacllocli," authored byMay .lidgington, English
novelist. Cohsonus of Opinion— "Why do thcy .dtf it?";

Business generally is very good. Half a dozen attractions now; on the
road, ready to couio in. ■ Hut no theatres. The ."underground" says two
or three locals are hitting the slide.

"i3y Candlelight" run by the new acto'r-.management — Leslie Faber
and Ronald Squire — at the Prince of Wales, is a turhaway. Never more
than. $10. difference in any perfdrmancc.

Ernest Truex will likely play .the leading role In "Many Waters" the
Moneton Hoffc success scheduled for Gotham pretty soon. Ho has, an
obliga.tlon to Busil pean to jilay in the lattcr'a next offering, but Ti'uex—
his kids in English schools notwithstanding— has a yen to return to
America. -

Eriiest Milton, another American who has made good over here (It
is practically forgott^^n that he is fi-om. your side) threatens to act in
and produce Pirandello's "Henry IV" in English. He'd likely lose his'
shirt.' • ■ ■ •

Hypnotic Duncans

The Duncans sbem to have hypnotized the peasants with"Topsy ahd
Eva.'' Thoy starved In the provinces and all the wlscnheiiivers prophe-
sied a flop in London but capacity business at the Gaiety. Still they
gave a pass to Challapin on Friday last for a couple Of boxes. Maybe
for advertising.

. One day Alice DclysI.T, was to go into "Cliiirlot's 1S)2S" to help pay rent
and other e-xpcnscs. Next day it was announced that she'd withdrawn
and that Jeanne deCa.s.Tlis was going, in. Low-down la that Alice nego-
tiated , without asking a certain manager with whom, she always con-
sults before contracting, what he thought about It. He said "lay off."
She did.

Beckles Grabbed

Gordon Beckles Wilson who wrote, tlie theatre chatter for the Sunday
Dispatch under the name of "Gordon Beckles" and got Into two or three
libel actions, got the air last week but was snapped up by Lord Beaverr"
brook for hia Daily Exi)re3S. Ho belongs,, that boy.

Noel's Kidding

Had a minute with Noel Coward before he sallbd. Many people like
him, some people hate him but everybody iunnediately forms an opinion
of him. lie's anything but negritlve. Wrote the book, wrote the music,
wrotei the lyrics and will act, sing and dance In "This Year of Grace."
Mets about $5,000, The boy's clever.. "Tell them," ho said, "I'm tinild
and terrified about the New Y"o7'k opening." He Isn't really. He's been
razzed before now and anyhow he's a good dodger.

Jessica Brown Ejrigaged?

^ London, Oct. 30.
Jessica Brown, foi'mer American
show girl, who just divorced the
Earl of Northesk, Is reported en-
gaged to Vivian ComcUu.<», attache
of tlie British Embas.'jy In Brussels.

DUNCANS' KIT CAT OPENING

London, Oct 30.

Vivian and Rosetta Duncan, mak-
ing their. initial appearance In any
cabaret, wowod the Kit Cat res-,
taurant last night (Monday).

Tliey are doubling over from their
sliowr for four woeka '

WANT SCALE BOOST

. . f'aris, 0: t. 30,
l-'iench Exhlbitof:-;' .-!ynd;e;i h;:<
i-econuiK ndei.i a hii?h>T ;-;>'alf: of ad-
tnis.^.iop for all piciiiro li"i.isi-s in tic-
country. The hit is under consi'ler-.
-'ition .nnd ]"uk.« lik- !y.

The Syndieatc is similar to the
MrTf>':V, American exhibitors" or-
gaiiizuiion.

TEUEX FINAXLY DECrqES

London, Oct. 30.
After five , months of reading
;-:i:rij)ts, Ernest Truex ■ has seloctod
and will produce "Out ,She Goes,"
by Lillian Trimble Bradley.

iea'ling ladles, one for each act.

CONNOB TWINS -WILL DOTTBLE

<Jhlcago, Oct 30.

Connor Twins, Vclma and Thcl-
;i.a, aftr.-r completing a Publlx tour,
iio aijioad to open at the Jjontlijh
Al'i.'iifiiia (■vandevlUe), Dec, 31.

riiey win double at the Mayfalr
IlotoL

Archie de Bear, revue producer, co-founder o'f the "Co'-Aptlmlst,"
press agent and good fellow Is In "stick." Somebody has put him
through it f(}r $25,000. However you can't keep that squirrel o'n the
ground. He'll, be doing something big very soon.

Koml.sarjevsky'3"Thc Bra.ss I'apcr.wcigiit" will be liurlcd onto the
Apollo, stage this week. It has been ada)itcd by him.self fifter a Dostoiev-
sky nOv(>l. Maurice Browne, actor and playwrlglit, will play the lead.
Browne has had a play accepted by tlio New York Thcatie Guild,

Thanks for the u.se of the haLlL

Poland Bans Players

* .• I'aris, (J(;L. -.iO:
By government edict all foreign
vaudeville performers are stopped
at.the border and unless they assure
the custom agents tbat they will not
engage in profc-ssional woi-lc, are
oxciadod; ■•' r--T--- -

Reason i.s. .a.^simved to be hack of
stage ernployment for nationals.

"TWO RASCALS'V REUNITE

. London, Oct: 30.

Eddie Fields and Charlie; O'Dpn-
n'cll, kn.owji for.y.e.'ii's as "Two Ka.s-
cals'' and wiio .^I'pa.rated three ycaf-.s
ago, h.ave. reunited.

Team win op'en at Birnringliam
Nov.' 5.

"Burle3C|ue'* in Vienna

London, O'et.' ;{0. .

"Arti.'^te.n," the iia.jiic for "Bur-
lPSf|Uo" as proili|fr-fl l/y Max llein-
hardt at tlie J )eiit';lii-,s. BerUn, hojoc
oight rnonUis ago, will be trans-'
ferred iriL;n-t to V'ii-nria, v.'x-rc It
opens Nfjv, 2.

0)enn lollyn Is the <tn1y onfv ""'f
the cast v,-iio \vill rint m.-iko the
migration, .'-^ii" is . e)i;?.-i:.'i-d to njr-

.and .Ki.'vpt,

Berlin's New Vaud House

I'ei lin, ()■ t. 30.

fivieeeV"^ rif the S' IjI.'j as a Vailili--

vill^^ house lias pfomiit'd (J.-oi-j."
hl'.Wf., ow;i'er, to build f).noth' r jM)' ii
thealr" noi tli of Hiis eif.y.

New boU.^e \viM be i-.-.'oV »'>0'Jt

Act Placements

London, Oc:t 30.

Acts for nc:tt summer boolied by
General Theatres Into Its vaude
liouscs Include Mitchell and Durant,
Barry and Wliitlodge, and Danny
Srn a 11^ 1 Icnry Sho rck negotiated
corUracts. • ' ■

O'Connor. Twins open at the May-
fnir. hotel Jan. 1. for four we<;ks and
will 'double into tluv Colis<'Uth and
Alliambra (vaude)'. This is also a
Sherek arrangement,

Fe»-,rii,'<ry "nnd I i-
P.a/.a.

■I the

NAUGHTY JMELO TOO LONG

London,. Oct. 30.
Ri'pf.r'o.ry l'l;iyer.s' Sund.ay pcr-
fonn.iiH'o. was "'J'he Broili'Ts," a
iiielf)'lr;.tina de.'iling \\lth a father;
ar;d ii.oM \yho unkriowln.tfly li.'ive the
y.tt (lie riii:;tress.

• If thf't .sounds iritri;,'iiln;< it doesn't
!;o. The . situj.il lort l.s hii- nMii'ienL to
suK(!iin lfi'."re^-,t for a lull -pl iy.

LONDON'S "NEW MOON"

I/mdoi), ( M t. Z'r.
. "New ,\foon" li is 1m en .i ijuir'-d
iiv J!uit-f;illi . i)i'.--Iij)''r,ii;ii ;.iid will '
I lil.;'-!.v be Die < ding atiriietion

|-?i.t.l-the^ Hi.; ■ po'.l yu un: :

'■'rii.i: :i a fi'ood (iilV i:* eiiri»>nt
ari l '.vill 'fn'ib-i ;.!y f-ild in lb'- • pring.

Van and Schcnck Sound Offer
Loti'li'Ti. .';u.
I \':. :r .'iri'l li-'ii Ic ii > v-- i • i '-.;v<-d
'.-Ji o.'j ;■ 'r.'-ii, Mctni-';-.!'! .'. ;. ri -.M 4y-

j 'T I'J I/i.'L?:'; a (href -l-i'i'l .-:oliI-d .'illll.

I '('"ir'i .ehi.>--"rl at Iho 1 I'l'.'i.'n
. .'^rifurday nlgi.t to- ciuiti- a
I U'.i:i'jij ;'.i'ution.

VARIETY

P I C T 0 R E S

Wednesdayj October 81, 1028

Schools Cannot Be Commercially

Salf Lake CitVi 6ct. 30.
■ Use of. iniblic . school- buildings for
■niotion lilc'tiires foi'. commercial en-
. terta in m ont -pur poses is clearly out -
Bide the law, according to an opinion
handed down by District Judge M.
.L; Ritchie recently In. the case of
. George Beaird of 'Cejalville against
the Summit county .board of educa-
tion, •! V ..

The case was one in which Board,
theatre owner, objected tp the "use
of tiie county high school for show-
ing j-i'-tures in. cpnii)ctltioh \yith his
shows.. .. Accdrdiris to., his allega-^,
tioris, admission w.ls Charged and
the. pictxir'ca shown 'were, not for- ed-
ufiition.al purposes.- "

in hi.s opinion,- Judge Kitohie dc-
'clares ft is doubtful if . student or- .
jganizatlons are re?».lly ipart of' the
public school system, as the schools
by law are . free and- fees .ai'C
charged for membership In such
studeht body groups. He avers that.,
it is unfair to use taxpayers' prop-
erty for commercial -entei'tainments.

Tho court held that Beard was.
entitled to recovery of damages
from the board .6f educiation arid also
that a commission should be ap-
ipoirit,e'd consisting 6f a represienta-
tive from each party, to ■ the suit
to determinihe whether or not fu-
ture entertairiments planned at the
school Would be commercial in na-
ture.^/.'

In event of. the. coirimisslon dis-
aj<reol ng, the op i n ion ' declares, that :
the ma.tter: will be settled by the
court. - ■

Weather Forecast

Frarikl ill's New Book

Loa Angeles, Oct. 30.
V Hoi-oid B. Franklin, of . West
Coast Thcatrea .circuit, ■ Is
writing a book on .sdurid to be
published by Uoubleday-
Dpran.

Pranklin is dealing in every
■phase of sound effects, taking .
in cbntingcrioies that confront
them in the making at the
studio "and .into the theatre
.where acoustics, and other-
problems haridicap th« man-
agement..- ...

Franklin is devoting a num-
ber. Qf chapters to Television.
He figures it is only a. question
of time i.when that device will
be added to the theatre, pro-
grams.

FRANCES MARION NAMED
IN AUENATION SUIT

Wife of M. C. Ross Brings Suit
for $200,000— Accused Is
Mrs. Fred Thomson

Washington,- Oct. 30.

Weather Bureau furnished the
following outlook for the week be-
ginning tomorrow (31).

Fair and warmer Wednesday.
•Showers. Thursday^ .Mostly fair andi
colder Friday;

'. Rain , probable Saturday or Sun-
.d;iy. . ■ • . -. ' '

King in Davies Talker

■ liOS Angeles, Oct. 30. •
Charles King will play opposite
Marion Davies in "The Five O'clock
Girl." Alfred K. Green will direct
It for M-G-M. ■

Miss J^avios will have: three songs
and considerable talk in this pic-
ture; ■ - *

SURATT SEES Bx\NTON

, Valcska Suratt- called on District
Attorney. j;oab 11. Banton: and en-
deavored to start criminal action
against Cecil B., DeMillo BiVJ
others, whom she alleges "stole"
the scrli)t of the movie "The King
of King.s." ■

Tho prosecutor -told Miss Suratt
the niaLter was of a civil nature
and not Svithin his jurisciiotion. Tho
actress has a civil siiit ft(^nding.

Lo Angeles,; Oct. 30, .
Frances ; Marion, scenarist, and
wife of Fred Thomson, western star,
was named defendant in a $200,000
alienation of affections action
brought in Siiperioi: Court by Mrs.
Genevieve RosSj wife of M. CRoss.
Latter was formerly connected with
the Thomson organization at FBO.

uit.was filed against Marion Owens
Thomson, the legal name of Miss
Marion; ,

Complaint charges that MLss
Marion ingratiated her.self into the
conlidence a;nd affections of KoSs
/ith the intention and design of dis-
rupting the rela,tions between him
and his wife. . ..Further, the, scheme
worked so well that slve estranged
Ross from his wife and enticed him
away on , Oct. 27, 1927., Complaint
also narrates that evei-y thing was
okcy in the Ross family until Miss
Marion interrupted. The Thomsons
have one child.

Ross, before going to woi:k for
Thomson, managed the Frances
Marion building in Hollywood. He
is said to be in the east. He left
th€! Thomson employ when a law suit
was instituted involving an account
ing of funds.

Miss Marion sayss she will fight
the action which she characterizes
as ridiculous.

CORrNNE GRIFFITH , ILL

. -;' Angeles, Oct.

Ccjrinric Griflilh attended the
Stanford - Cali f onvia football game
at- -Berkeley ; rind when, reaching
home wa.s^ stricken with the ilu.

She will be confined to her bed
iat least another ten' d.iys. Produc-
tion .oh. ."Saturday's .Cluldren," at
Firj=t Xntiorial,: is : held up riieari-
while. '

yOUNG MORRIS' DEBUT

Los. Angeles, Oct., 30,
Chester .Morris, draihtilic juvenile
and son - of - William Morris, the ac-
tor, ha.s: arrived .on -the' eoa.st to
make liis debut in pictures under
United Artists . spon.sorship.

ITc will fli'st be directed by Roland
West in "Xightstick."

CURTIZ-MEREDYTH WILL WED

Los Angeles, Oct. 30,

. . . RLi('lTii^M'iTfTIz""ri?"<^WKe^^^^^^^
B(>Ks\M('redyth, seenarlo writer.
. L.-iitf-r has not yet obtainod her
-final pajier-s in divcircft aclinn from
her previous iiuhby.

Lois Moran's First Dialog ,

"F.'ilsc Cnlot'S," with George
0'L!ri(Mi and Lois Moi'an, direction
of .Tames Tingling, has. been started.

This will be Miss Moran'a .first
etteni|it in a talker, She has had
previous stage experience.

24 Hours on Talkefs

Los Angeles, Oct.. 30.

Paramount sound studios are
working to such capacity that it
becomes necessary to utilize every
minute of the 24-liour day.

The. time is divided into two eight
hour .shifts for . actual recording
with the remaining eight hours
divided equally, for time to erect
ahS^^lrlk6"%^S fOT-each;:^
shift.

Thla sehedule is worked with
such prccisiph .tha,t no time is. lost

BERNSTEIN'S SCRIPT

Los Angeles, Oct. 30.
Irene Rich is starred in "Daugh-
ters of Desire," by Isidore Born
stein, for Excellent. In support arc
.Tune Nash, Richard Tucker and
Wlliium Scott. Burton King super
vi.s.es.

Berristeiin was a former Universal
City geh. mgr„

Y. to L. A.

Ila.rry . Warner
Sam Behrandt
Jacob Wilk
Albert Benham
Al Jolson -
Arlliur Stebbins

Bill Mehlhorn

W. Ilamnions
Kay Hammond
B. P. .Seliulberg
W. S. ITart ,
Bonny Fincman

L. A. ttoN Y.

ITan-y Webb
Henry (Joldstono
Harry Delf.
Herbert Brenon

Glazer's 1st Direction

Los Angeles, Oct, 30.

Cast for "The Kisslhg Man," now
being produced by Pathe as an all-
dialog picture. Includes all players
with previous stage experience.
. These are RusseU Gleason, George
Serraud, Frank Rlker, Claude King,
Mary Fbrbes ajid Robert S. Ah&elo^

i?enjamlh Glazer, directing, al.<50
was a former stage dlrectbr, biit
never directed a picture. His pre-
vious picture training has been env
ti rely in the •wrltihg and siiporvi-
sibn field; . • ■

DENISdM CLIFT "FOUND"

Waited Long While Btit Had To
First Leave Hollywood .

Lioa Angeles, Oct. '30,
Denison Clift, forme?, Hollywood
film writer and director, has com-
pleted .his first picture for British
International in. •Ehglahdi .He. has
been engaged to makfe a, series with
Betty Ralfoiir starring. The first
vvill .be "Silver Rosary."

After graduating from Sta,nfdrd
University, Clift became engaged In
t;he i)icture business as a writer and
later, on' direicted a few pictures. His
talent alphg both lines wt^s. not fully
appreciated until after he left Hol-
lywood/ iaijid wrote a ..number of
books and; plays, ainong which was
''The;. Womiin . Disputed," : recently
produced by United . Artists and
''Guns of Cralt.'f. which Miae Murray
has jiist bo.ught.

Clift is . now in England and has
t\vo plays in rehfearsa.l in addition
to his present job of dlriectlng En^-
iand-s mo^t popular screen star.- ;

Tax Claims on Fairbanks
Over Half a M^^^

; Washington, Octi 30. V
Visit here last week : ot Mary
Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks lis
to bring quick results in the tax ar-
guments with Uncle Sam, with Miss
Pickllord's conference with Treasury
officials stated to have already
brought a ruling which will be an^
nounced within the next Veek. •

Fairbanks has had . his case with
the board of ajjpeals held up pend-
ing settlement of the- Pickford
Treasury proceedings because of the
fact that both cases involve the
same principle In the orga.nization
pif stock companies to produce their
pictures.- •

Proceedings hinge.: on the dis-
allowa.rice of the Fairbanks clairri
that his corporation was a personal
service one under the Revenue Act
of 1918. It started with the dis-
approval of an It6m of $49,500 good
will item . -which Fairbanks set up
as, his personal value as a star to
the corporation. He included this
$49,500 and the $500 he put up in
cash in the capital of the copora-
t ion, with the revenue agent who did
the checking setting the capital at
the last figure— $500. This dis-
closes . a cliaimed deficit due to the
Government of $30,15'7 from the
Douglas Fairbanks Corporation.

From Fairbanks personally the
Government is trying to collect ex-
tra taxes as follows: $112,937 for
1920;, $101,417, 1921; $203,989, 1922;
$189,583, 1923, and $7,814 for l025.

Record discloses, according to the
Government's view of it; that of the
13 pictures made for Artcra'ft, orig-
inal distributors, that, .eight cost
$926,23.0 and a profit of $191,77.9 .^va-s
realized. • '

Case. Is in several dockets, .with
much . repetition of argumentative
data in each.'

All .come under the same per-
..spnal service phase that - has cost
amu.sement enterprises so rhuch in
disallowed classifications under it.

An odd an^le ^o the . Fairbanks
proceedings is the stated conference
with Daniel C. Roper, then Commis-
sioner of Internal Revenue, wherein
he approved the Fairbankis plan
of or-ganization, only to have this
become of no value with a . change
in administration.

Tax proposition was' forgotten
long enough toT the Fairbanks to
have luncheon with the President
and Mrs, Coolidge; at ■ the White
House.

HBORZAGE-BANGED^m

. Los Angeles, Oct. 30.
Frank Borzago will be confined
to liis home Ci'om four to six weeks
under the doctor'^ cat>^ as the re-
sult of Injuries. He has a basal
fraoturo of the skull, a ruptured
ear-drum and a cut over his right
eye as a result of being tlirown from
a horse.

Borzage was playing polo at the
Upllfter.s' Club when the nii.shap
occurred.

Twa Hearst Coast Women Chatterers
Rivals for "Exclusive'* News Items

Paying for Notice

A former picture star, ..In his
day one of the biggest, and
now- in yau.deyille, gave Va-
riety's Chicago ofljce ah order
for. an advertisement costing

"$110. '■ ;

On the surface of the order,
inserted in lead pencil, Is this:
'"Payable if review is favor-
able." ■■■

PAR-MIRROR CONTEST
FOR COLORED BEAUTIES

Harlem Gals Will Get Film
Contracts for Christie's O.R.
Cohen Series-^Details Unse

Negotiations are unci eir way be-
tween the New. York ''Daily Miri-or"
and Paramoiint for a contest for
colored beauties In Harlem by
means of a tiieatre, .dance hall or
night club hookup. Winners are to
appear In thC: Christie series of pic-
tures dealing with Negro life based
on stories by pctavus Roy Cphen.

.Plans are not. fuHy cdmpieted, as
no confirmation has yet been re-
ceived from the Christie studios on-
the Coast by either the local Pai-a-
mbunt or "Mirror" offices.

Length of contracts tor, the prlz6
winners, salary and nature of: the
roles to be allotted the various
grades of participants have not been
definitely decided On. pending the
final okay. ,

Laemmle Returiis West;
Ft. Lee Property Set

After effecting several important
executive changes in the home bf-
fico Carl Laemmle returned to
Hollywood Sunday. The impiression
prevails in New Yo'rk he will be
absent but . a; few weeks when a
number pf smaller , let-outs in
various departments, Including
sales publicity aTid auditing, will be
arranged.

Laeminle left with ah understand-
ing, his Fort Lee property will not
be converted into sound . studios.
It will continue to house the U lab-
oratory. There is no chance of its
being placed on the market.

Prior to' the U president's, de-
parture It was learned that although
Universal City, now has completed
work on sound studios, Western
Electric has been so slow in ship-
ping equipment In piecemeal style
that Universal does not expect to
be able to sound its own pictures
before New Year's.

War DepVs Aid

Los. Angeles, Oct. 30.
The United States Army is ready
to co-operate with picture pro-
.du.per.s\,a.ny time in jpiiaking war
pictures that are a credit to both
the service and the picture indus-
try. •.

This wjis rnade clear by . Major
General Charles P. Summerail,
commander of the First Division
who Visited the picture, capitol In
connection with the war veterans
convention of the First Division
hold, here last week.

Lot "Locations**

- Los Angolcs, Oct. 30.

As a result of dodged iexpenaive
location trips,, the. Universal lot was
landloard to five outside production
companies list week.

United Artists has several aorea
devoted to an alpine scene, match-
ing stuff taken In. Canada. .Other
companies represented Within one
week were Warners, Pathc, Ken
Maym'ird -First. National afid Sparta,
-latterijijiayjjuli^nendciit..^^.-.,^-.,

Hitch Over Split

Lewis J. Selisnick, Morruj Safler
and ti syndicate of picture men
have (jinother talking device called
Picture-Tone. A' hitch has de-
veloped among the partners. They
are debating how the profits shall
he divided. Until the ratio of tlie
divvy Is settled, nothing Is being
done.

: liOs Angolcs, Oct, 30.
Some rivalry In the film colony
between Louella . Parsons, . who
scrlbl)leS for Universal ' (Hearst)
Service, and Reginit Crewe, oh a
similar tjiiyk for Kings Feature's
(Hcarsti ■■ \

•Miss Parsons, who had a jump on
the coast of three years bve^ Miss.
Crewe, has. meimbers of the film
colony .sold on the fact tliat she can
give bigger circulation oh her
articles 'than any other syndicate
writer.

Many of the film colony people
have been under the impression, that
the Parsons articles circulate in 300
dallies. Laboring under this idea,
people have been holding out ex-
chisivc stuff for Miss Parsons and
sort Of slighting Miss Crewe.

A • check-up discloses that the'
Parsons articles appear In about 60
newspapers, Including air of the
Hearst papers, morning and after-
rioon. Parson's stuff lands in the
afte- .loon- papers, where there is no
morning Hearst pubUcatldn.

The Crcwci articles appear, in 18
papei's, which include 16 ..Hearst
afternooh papers; Kings Features
have been making a drive on the
Crewe stulT, and it Is understood it
tnay be syndicated.to some 100 but-^
side papers by Jan. 1.

Most of the papers publishing
Parsons articles , dp lipf use them
in their entirety as sent out by the
writer but as a . number of para-
graph, fil lei-is. Sometimes occupying
three sticks, while a check-up on,
the Crewe stuff shows its use gen-
erally in its entirety.

Bo}ia]i's Sound

. . Los Angeles, Oct. 30.

Fox studios are building a pri-
vate sound projection room for: the
personal use of Malcolm S. .,&oylan,-
editorial supervisor.

This will he one of the first min-
iature projection rooms to be. wired
on the coast.

Bill Hart's Disks

William S. Hart has been in New.
Yorlc for about l6 days splitting his
time between - business offices and
Camden, N. J.

The jaunt actoss the Hudson was
to record cowboy poems on four
disks, for Victor. Whether these
will be released back to back has
not been decided..

Hart returns to the Coast early
this week and win mull over . a talk-
ing picture- proposition oh the way.
He is a former legit actor.

TEIXEGEN DIVOECE ACTION

Los Angeles, Oct. 30.

Mrs. Lou Tellegen, In her divorce
complaint, states that she has sus-
pected the actor of consorting with
various women since 1926 and tliat
his conduct made it necessary for
her to leave him on March 20, 1.927.

The Tellegens were married in
1923 and have one child, Rex, now
four years old. Mrs. Tellegen,
charging" cruelty, says - there - is no
community property.

COLLIER MAKES TALKER

William Collier is going to the
coast to direct a talker version of
"A Pair Of Sixes" a farce in which
he starred Some yeai-s ago. Johnny
Hines- avDI feature. ' The produc-
tion •will be .made by Charles Burr,i
released through First National.. .

JEFF McCarthy m town

J.. J. McCarthy, head of all sound
productibn for Fo*x, arrived In New
York Monday and will remain a
week or ten days before returning
to the Coast.

McCarthy Is east to look oyer
possible talker, material and drop a
vote In the box next Tuesday.

LeBarrp.n^ Eye Strained ^ ^

; Los Angeles, Oct. "5(1. "

Due to eye strain William Le-
Baifon has developed a condition ih
one optic requiring, constant medi-
cal and some minor surgical at-
tention.

Madge Bellamy Very 11!

Los Angeles. Oct. 3".
Madge Bellamy Is thrpaten<'d with
pneumonia at her home in Santa
Monica.

Wednesday, October 31, 1928

PICTURES

VARIETY

PUBLIX'S DISCOVERIES

Daileys School for

Investigation;
, Old or Young

Lo3 Aiiigeles, Oct. 30.
State and county authorities are
again on the trail of tJ. M. Dalley's
Clneina Schools, Int. At the pres-
ent tlnie the state corporation de-
partment and the district attorney's
office, through Deputy District At-
torney Donald MacKay are investi-
gating, the entire corporate struc-
ture of the Dailey enterprise. They
■ay it still continues to milk hun-
dreds of sucker aspirants for film
fame of any sum that, they will give
up, usually from |180 to |1256, for
a "course" of 36 lessons in how to
become' a film star.

In recent weeks a new seriies of
coni plaints by students has been
lodged with the district attorney's
office. These complainaiits have
been informed that there is little
hope to recover any of the ca^h
they shelled out. The astounding
new contract' which the. Cinema
Schools has concocted and which
the students sign, mostly, it is said,
without giving, a glance at the con
tents, gives the school crowd prac-
tically complete immunity from ac
tion by the students, regardless of
Jiow they are treated by the school
The angle from which the au-
thorities believe they have the
greatest chance to reach Dailey is
on the sale of stock. Cinema School
was granted a pex'mit to sell stock
Officialdom is making a thorough
probe concerning the authenticity
and reliability of the documents on
the basis of which the permit was
granted.. .,

It was a number of the stock
transactions rather 'than the com-
plaints of students which started
the new probe, although the in-
creasing .array of student com
plaints : has led the authorities to
push their Investigations.

The complaints are almost iden-
tical in their tales of woe. "The stu
flints avet" that they saw some rep
resentative of the company, who
ushered them i to. the sanctum one
Ht a time,' with no witnesses pres-
ent, while the school representative
. dilated upon the screen possiblli
ties of the prospect.

All claim they were promised
<iuick results, a sure job, with lead
Ing parts a certainty and stardom
Just around the corner. While they
were still hazily visualizing the
glories to come, the school repre-
fientatlVe read, or purported to read
the prospect the school's contract
then pushed it across the desk and
*aid, "Sign here."

One-sided Contract
Not until they had visited the
school a few times a? students and
passed through a few of the muni-
meries thxtt are called "instruction'
did they decide , to read the con-
tract thoroughly, to discover the
school promised— In writing— noth
Ing, and could even cut off their
high priced instruction at any m
ment, without rodress for any rea-
son the. school . decided . was ; "for
cause." At the : bottom, in bright
ted ink, is the additional proviso
"No verbal Trcomertts or prom
Ises will he rcci.sjnized."'

Cinema Schools rents its $tudio
for" use,, usually ;by "quickies/' and
with the rent of : the studio goes
the use of the students as extras
"J^hieh the student, elated at work
at last,, tries to collect for the. work
he or .she is again referred to the
feontract, which provides that "all
productions made by individual pro
Queers in the school's studio in
which I jippear or participate will
be for niy practical experience only
ind wiLhout compcn.sation, during
==_..ihe-^eourso "of"-my-"tTrtininf,^='-^^
^ The school trades In heavily on
. ^be name of John E. Ince, the
plant's nume . having 'been changed
to the "John E. Ince Studios." Ince'
.name in also used conspicuously in
fhe school's ads, which have re
oently produced a copious new crop
"stuf.lents" by alluding to talking
pictures and their possibilities.
At 70.

Tho school l3 cosmopolitan in
picking its victims and almost in

Duiiib Dora Star

Los Angeles, Oct. 30.
. Wishing to Improve a fair
box office picture, one .of the
leading producers injected a
couple of theme aonga. These
were added in New York, with
some one singing for the star
who couldn't sing if she had
to. ■

After the picture was . re-
leased, fans started to write
the star letters expressing ap-
precIa.tio.h for her voice. The
actress didn't know what It
was all about until ' she . in-
quired and was told- that when
seeing the picture,, she will
hear herself sing two aongs.
The. . dumbbell can'J; see itow .
that could be possible.

She still bellevess It's a gag.

Before going Into pictures
the young woman was a steno
and script clerk.

Insists on Stage Work
AVith Little Rehearsal

Lbs Angeles, Oct. 30.
Patsy Ruth Miller, under contract
to make a series ' of pictures tor
Tiffany-Stahl, wanted some stage
experience, so she accepted the
leading fenvme part in "The Night-
stick," Henry Duffy's next produc-
tion to go into the -President here,
Nov. 4. -

When the time came to rehearse
for the stage piece, Miss Miller was
in the midst of making "-The Girl
Who Came Back'.': for T-S a:nd was
not permitted to attend all the
drama rehearsals.

Determined not to miss her first
chance to a.ppear on the legit stage.
Miss Miller declared she will open
at the President with the few re
hearsals had. ;.

Cameron Pr.udhomme, Stanley
Taylor, George Lefllngwell, Helen
Keers, Mike Donlon and Elmer
Ballard are in the cast of "Night-
stick."

Sam Katz Decides Chain
Should Not Be Operated
from- New York— More
Leeway for House Man-
agers— Operation Made
More Intimate Through
Key City Centres

MODIFIED SERVICE

Women-Made Film

Washington, Oct. 30.
First film to be entirely pro-
duced by women Is now ready for
distribution in Switzerland, reports
George Canty to the Department of
Commerce.

It Is a 6,000 meters agricultural
film produced with funds secured
by public collections.

It is said to be an exceptional
scenic of the Swiss niountains.

0 1. BAERYMORE, DIRECTOR

Los Angeles, Oct. 30.

M-G-M has assigned Lionel Bar-
rympre to dir'ect "Confession," one
of Its first short sound Subjects.
Cast Includes Robert Ames, Car-
roll Nye, Yvonne Star-: and Chris-
tlnei Yves.

Barrymore Is on contract with M-
G-M as a player;

Sam katz made a swinging circle
of the entire PUblix chain, return-
ing to New York last week to in-
form his confreres at the Publlx
headquarters that tiie operation of
a large theatre circuit from a
swivel chair is all wrong.

Ka.tz, president of Publix, is said
to have frankly expressed himself
when . calling his start to give his
observations en route. The pres.
did not hold out himself frOm
blame and he did not blame any-
one else. In sum inary, his talk
said that the rubber stamp system
of . running Publix theatres is
through.

.Katz' main angle of infornriation,
from the story, waa the house man-
ager. More leeway will be given
Publix resident men, it is reported
They will be put on their mettle
and allowed to exhibit their show-
manship, if any.. From Katz' re
marks it could be adduced he be
Ueved a system should bo devised
to urge and . encourage the local
man to show something.

In this connection Katz is said
to have , picked up Ideas on billing
and advertising that may be placed
into effect, dlso on salaries and the
type of man to assume charge of
a- large deluxe Publix theatre.

Another point Katz appeared to
think important Is a centralized
manner of operating Publix the
atres from key city centers rather
tiian the paramount building in New
York. Publix has houses In about
every key city. It could act as
the hub for the district radius.

Service Muffler
Another muffler Katz will order,
from account, is the high-hat ser-
vice situation inotalled by him In
Publix houses. It may mean a
change In the military uniform, and
tactics ordered ' adopted by house
staffs, particularly ushers. The
servility haa been overdone, it Is
said. In many Publix houses. Katz'
conclusion Is that to make house
service pleasing and uniform, the
staffs ahould place themaelvea on a
par with the audiences.
. , Katz, is said to have admitted ;he.
has dlsplayecl some obstinacy in the
past on any proposed change In
Publlx theatre operation, preferring
to give the current mode a full teat.
While there have been no de-
crea.<3ed grosses through the present
Publix style of operation, the Katz
idea seems, to be that there Is the
opportuity for an Increase, with
more authority granted locally and
less rubber starhped Instructions
from New York. ■

Keped^ Laughs Of f Retiremeiii
Report-Going to Coast, RCA-ing

variably tries, the stock sale racket
in addition. One Of Its complaining
victims is an elderly w-om an, near
her 70'8, who makes her living
scrubbing offices and sewing. She
gave up $2554

Another was a man, 6C, who In-
vested $1,500; another, a middle-
age d-^w 6 ma n ,-^=^wh o-=-w as ---to 1 d--Kh <»
would be the .successor to Mary
Carr. Another. $255.

In the detective bureau's office is
the transcript of an. alleged phonr
conversation between Dailey and a.
man Who was publishing articles
nntagonlstic to the school. " In . It,
Dailey Is alieged to have wound up
wfth the ay!3crtion that he beat the
other man with money, because "I
can always raise plenty of It from
the suckers."

Accent Costs Role

Los Angcics, Oct. .30, '■

After six weeks' work In making
"Old Arizona" for Fox, It was dis-
covered Maria Alba, Spanl.sh, coulfl
not got her lines across without
brokf^n lOn^li.'^h. She was rnplaccd
by Dorothy. ^Burgess of the local
"Squall"- =stage"show.:^=='-'-^"=^=^^

Noah Beery After Dark

.Los Angf'lo.'v, Oct. 30.

Noah Bocry, called back" for thf
talking and sound sequences of
"The Godless Girl," walked off
when kept too late one night. lie
refused to participate after dark.

A number of sequence.^ were cut
out oX the pictura.

Bootblacks* Chance

Los Angeles, Oct; 30.

Studio bootblacks are at' last
commanding., recognition for
their' talent as potential screen
actors. This is made possible
by the present vogue, of negro
pictures. ; ; w

Five shiners fronri as many
different, studios have already
been requested to ' give up the
lowly brush : and rags . to
appear before the camera,
which they, claim Is less la- "
borlous and more certain In
remuneration.

PRODUCERS OF
INOUSIHIAIS
FOR POOL

In a two-minute interview Joseph
P. Kennedy laughed off reports pf
his retirement from pictures or
continuing with films and working
up hiS: Ow:n unit with United Art-
ista ^

No, he declared;; He hasnt
signed up John Gilbert nor did ho
get Pola Negri's . signature while
in Europe.

About Pathe? , Well, Mr! Ken-
nedy's contract with that company
is not up tmtll- February; If they
ditch it, • the execution will 'thus
have to.be. set for some time after
St. Patrick's bay.

Just before the next reporter
cqume in, Kennedy had time to knbek
,anpther rumor in the liead. No, ho
la. not grabbing a liner for a re-
turn trip to Europe. He: waa: in
Boston Monday and before the end
of this week will be RCA-ing on a
train for Hollywood; not to take
care of personal business, but to
get a line-up of things under the
new regime.

The new regime Kennedy referred
to is Radio-Keith -rOrpheum. Ho
added that Variety's story of last
week that David Sarrioff and him-
self will direct* that new combina-
tion remains the correct version.

Nine Co.s Represented in
Wash.— Involves $2,000,-
000— Ediicationals, Too

Washington, Oct. 30,
Makers of industrial and educa-
tional films are to merge into one
company. Representatives of close
to a dozen of the larger companlea
met here yesterday (Monday) at the

Mayflower hotel . to set details;
Actual merger will take place when
papers arc drawn up creating the
one conipany.' Deal involves over
$2,000,000.

Those here • for the conference
were W. A. Lucy, Worcester Film
Corp.;. Robert K, McCurdy, Mc-
Curdy Fllma E. F. IIowo, National
Film Publishing Corp.; R. H, Ray,
Ray-Bell Filrn, Inc.; Irving R.
Rehm, Atlaa Ediicational Film Co.;
Maurice J. Caplan and A. B. Jewett,
Metropolitan Motion Picture Co.; A.
Harrison, Jr., Harcol Motion Pic-
ture Industries, Inc.; George Lane
and F, G. Goldman; Carpenter-
Goldman Laboratorlftf?, Inc., and
Francis Lawton, Jr., General Busi-
ness Films, Inc.

Several of the far west com-
panies are to be asked to come in.

Eva Von Bern Going
Home; Talkers Did It

Los Angeles, Oct. 30.
Eya . Von Berji, imported frorh
Austria by Irving Thalberg, returns
next week to her native land, She
appeared in one picture "The Mask
of the Devil" wikh John, Gilbert.
Studio! officials told the young
woman they had no further pictures
for her, as all of the M-G-M plc-
ture.s would, be talkers. Ttioy In-
forrricd her It .she became proficient
In English they v/ill again glye her
a chance.

BIDDING FOE KING

■ With Ilia talker oPj'rcfMncnt. with
Universal unsigned, th'TO is' a pos-
sibility i;onhis King rriay drop nrigo-
tiations, with that ' C'^mpjiny and
Ki;jn with Paramount.

Both (;onipaniijs have b','On: bl'l-
tlin.^' for .K'irig.'-U Jiaviii;,' l.Tridi-d hini
^firs t-^o rF"?x^t'-n t a I i ve^- wir t i-.'jte tv ^ ■ ' --^

ACADEMY RE-ELECTIONS

Los' Ang'-lf'S, Oct. 'ii>:
Aoad'-my of Motion Picture Arts
and .sciences re-ek-fteti Dowirl.i.'i
Falrbank.'* prr.'.Hidont; Frank Woo'I.-^,
secretary, and M, C. Love's, tr^a.-.-
urr^r.

William r. D<-Millf' snf.'f^.f ris Ki '"1
Niblo as vice-presld'^nt.

Gotham's Talkers tine
Up for Next Season

Gotham will attempt the produc-
tion of the first feature length out-
door talker on Brlstolphone acObrd-
Ing to a statement emanating, from
Charles Rogers, new president of
the Gotham and Aschcr, Small and
Rogers interests. ■
. Rogers now intends 20 feature
lengtli talking pictures for next sea-
!3on,.ln addition to 54 talking shorts,
among tiiom to bo a Western; pro-
duced outdoors, it is claimed.
; According to the schedule Gotham
and Ascher, Small and Rogers will
produce approximately 44 pictures
while five or six producers unaflSl-
lated with the major producing com-
panies, or not tinder contract, will
1)0 licensed to produce the balance
of about 10 talkers which will be
released through Gothami

Under the arrangement v/ith Brls^
tolphono Rogers has the right to
license other producers to use the
equipment for production purposes,
this arrangement differing from that
botweon Western Electric and the
producers using Movietone, where
W. E. has retained the right to issue
the license.

2 Sets of Actors

For Talking Film

Los Angeles, Oct. 30.
In addition to, the cast of players
hired for the silent version of
"Leatherneck," now being produced
by Pathe, it was neces.sary to cast
a separate group for the dialog BO-
quences.

Added playct^s are Jo.seph Gerard,
Philo McClilIough, Lee Shumway
and Lloyd Whytiock.

McCollom Flies Plane

Chicago, Oct. 30;
A. B. McCollom, owner, of, the-
atres In central Illinois,, fiew from
Iloopslon, In his own p.lane.

■Ho made it In 67 minutes, 11«
miles.

SERIAL STABS AGAIN

Hli'-I'lon V-'Wi.s and (:r(;i;;hton
4 f .tI <-M' > t->'> *• I- =S" 1-1 • 1 1"-»^ ' irit;-^V,--Or(i-T0^
>jfiiif'<l AV/M-n l-'ir.--t .VatloriJil signed
•li.c/fi for till' ol'l-tirric; s(!rlal hokum
b), he iis'-il in "ri'-vt-ri J'ViijLiniritS to
.S.'iiftri."

SAM SPKING'S LAW

• Lo.s Angi.'Icy, O'-t. 30.
■ Sam Sj)riiiir, forr'n'T First National
{ <'\< !•, Ii'i.; nrrivi'fl out horc.
! T'r:'i-r.-,ti«iil lif will sot up a pri-
jV.'ii'! law pra.'lli.^y In the film' colony.

Wednesday, October 31, 1925

e

VARIETY

^y; Frank Tilley

This week has S(?en:th(a:oiVPiiin£J of
ihe . •Benson in which somo of t^e. 67
British nims inadG sjnOe the Quota,
bepah- are i-flea-sed,; ' .: ' . ■

: ; Five go out -at . once. The iriost
prctoniio\iP and- oxr>onsi.ve is :"A

• tittio. I3it : 6t Fluff.*' ;W'ith Sid Chap-
lin and Betty Balfour. Callecl. some
othor title in America, and reviewed
in Now Yorlv; ais not being so much.
U is the best ^of^-the iive, :all llie;
sr.m.-, though -Quinnoys;' should

. iVavc been;- As.it is, it is a nice,
qnlot, . olean i)iciure, and that s all.

. Though that's a lot. . .. , .

■- ■ '•Huntingtowor," the first -ipaudei

. film and a .. Paramount . release, is
not making any stir at; the box-of-
fice 'Of the remaining t\yoi con-
fetti;' directed by Graham Cutts for
First National, and "Land of Hope
and Glory," made by Harley Knoles
—the latter is th6 worst. The Gutts
film . is pretty bad, but the "Hope
and Glory- thing— well, if,it doe^
r eprescHt- .the British ' . Empire, no
wonder the s'ln never sets on it,

Ireland- sProducef

■ Washinijton, Oct. 30.
Ireland is to have its- o.wn • prq-
^ucirtg compa-hy . reports George
Canty to the Department of Coni-

mcrce. •• . . , r ;

• As.sbclatod Irislv J'ilms (Ltd.) is
the corporate name, ; with studies
in Northern Irela-.nd and a capital
of $1 «5,Q00, ■• ,
Without giving the name Canty
adds tliat an Irish prodiuvor who
has made pic'tiires both in Holly-
wood and I5erlin is inter^'-stod in
the project,-

Hi- Hat Stuff

. A. E. Bundy's studios at Wolwyn
—British .instructipnal— are getting
ritzy. It's all on account of- this
Anthony Asquith complex. ; They
have the Honourable Ian CampbeU-
Gray as art director, and • Frank
Wells, son of H. G,. Beaufpy Mil-
ton and Aiarn Campbell, two youths
jiist down from Oxford, are con-
cerned with the young Asquith in

.direction. ;

Bundy, not satisfied with being,
managirtg director of this company
and of Pro Patria Films, its releais-

■ ing subsidiary, has taken a jump
into story -writing,' with ^a. yarn
called "Introspection," now . in pro-
duction. . .

Four German Sound Co/s
Merge; Known as Tonbild

London, Oct. 30.-
Fotir GeiTiian. sound film .systems
known as Trlorgon, Paulsen. Kuoh-
cnmeister and IMe.s.ster have been
linked irito one unit. A. demonstra-
tion will be hold here shortly by this
syndicate, called Tonbild, of which
Hani3 • BDhm, of Berlin, is the head.

I'^irst three . devices had .sound
tracks .iin the film while the la.st
named .was a di.sk- system. .Thi.s is
believed . to be the group trying to
jicquire ioo theatres in England 'and
to have a capital of $3,000;000.

Gil r.oag is reported to hfiv.e.inade
a bid for TrUTgon but missc-d be-
cause of the merger. ,

Films

Pre-Quota M^fe Worries

French Pfoductions

• ^ ; . Paris", Oct. 30.^

Pl)itzen organ Iziitiori of ■ G crmahy
has come forward With a rifev .plan
to Jimit foreign producers .on a basis
of liie number of picture,*? they make
in toto, and not oh -the present
quota ratio- system. .

Germany's idea is to throw a
mantle of darkness over the film ini-
port b.u.<unes.=!. rnder the quota
method they claim. American pro-
ducers knew- too much abotit- their
business.

"Musicians' Trouble
Thiis same man owns theatres.
Recently he rebuilt the West Eal-
iiiy, Kinema, and opene.d it this week
with the aid of Jack Buchanan. But
the niusicians' union had a grouch.
Said non-union orchestra was be-
int. . employed. Tried to get the band
to Walk out. Couldn't; Then brought
along a' band of their own some
saj'dwich men and paraded th.
sidewalk, trying to. sstop folk from
. going in. . .
. The urtion says it opened 'nfegotia-
(C.oiitinued pn page^ GS) .

'» ■

B. L Stock Jumps Up
On Am. Releasing Report

London, Oct. 30. \
Reported deals for American- re-
leasing negotiations sent the stock,
pf Britisli Instructional from $2.25

.• to $3.^5. ■ :

Alfred Bundy. head. of British In-
structional, refuses to say anything
hut- it is believed Fox is oh the other
end of an inipending deal.

Paris Film Shows

Washington, Oct. 30.
China with all Its other troubles
I now has a strike in . Canton of . all
picture operators. The walk out
I has been in existence for . several
w-eeks reports Douglas Jenkins,
American . .Cotisul ' General, to the
Department of Comnierce.

Among the demands was that the
employees get a percentage cut. of
the gross. Theatre owners said
this was unreasonable. . .

Bureau of Civil Affairs is en
deavoring to straighten oiit the
matter. .Meanwhile the Canton
I public is reported with no amuse-
ments and. the striking employees
as occupying the theatres as liv-
ing qufirters and claiming . they are
still on the payroll.

Germany's

. i'aris. Oct. 30.
CurrtMit pioturc shows at the main
■cinomas-^irc as follows:- . ..
Paramount, "Chicago."
C.aumont Palaco, f'.Bcn Ilur."
Madeleine^ "Garden of Allah."
Max Llndcr theatre, "Steamboat

Bill."- . ■

Electric palace, "Garden of, Eden,

Using Old Newsreels

In Rusian Mades

Moscow, Oct. 10. ,
Digging up old new.sreels f rdm
the Czarist and Kerensky archives
and inserting these ancient films
into new Soviet productions is the
most recent idea of some Moscow
and Kieff directors.

Esther Shub, the fii'st woman di-
rector of Soviet Rti.ssia, has found
in the archives a feSv hundred
metres ol film i-ecording Moscow
street: scenes of 1906-1910, Tolstoy's
and Czar's doings of the same
period, and of Tolstoy's funeral in
1910. Adding them Jto scenes she
lhad directed on the grounds ofi' Tol-
stoy's former estate recently, and
"Russia of Nicholas II and Tolstoy"
is the feature resulting. It has
been just released and to a huge

vogue. -

Mogilevsky, of Vufku, the Soviet
ITkrainian film company, has made
"Pages of an Epoch," a film com-
posed of old . newsreels showing
Nicholas II, Kcrenslyy, the r.crmaii
troops occupying thO ITkraine, and
other, events, of u decade or so liack

; 30% SETTLEMENT^:

- ■ ■ ■ Washingtbni .Oct;. 30.

IntOrhationalG Film A. Gi, of Ger-
many, in financiar diinculties lor
some time, Is arranging to settle
on a 30 percent basis, reports George
Canty. ■

Trouble is said to be traced to in-
ability' to ma.-ket. last soycral \V\c-
turos.

MISS WONG'S CONTRACT

Ixmdon. Oct. '30.
. Anna ' May Wong, Chinose film
actress, his signed an 18 months'
contract .to make four pictures for
-Bri ti.sh. I n t.er iva tlonal.

L-J n.TH. J !■ t.s ■■ ; v--j- r r~'"

Featuri^s will bo directed by .raeh-
ai\l Eichherg, German, with a coii-
tlnjrent release, in. Govinany throu,i:li
the Siidfilm com])any.

30.

Austrian Combine

Washington, Oct
Hungarian Filmfund and th(

Filin-lndusVrio' A. G. .( Fla.a) of

Au.strla liavo. combined, reported to

the Dep't of Commerce.

Report states tiio get-together i.^

n valn.able one for both producing

companies.

24 Sound Films a Year ;
B. L Contract with B. P.

London. Oct. 30.
Contracts signed yesterday by
British Instructional with Ih-itish
Photophorie for the constrliction of
soiind studios, a* Welwyn, provide .
for the production, of .24 Sound pic-
tures annually for three' years.

Studios are to be completed by
Februrvr.y.

More Stereoscopy

. , London, Oct. 30.
Theodore TJrowh, founder of Kino
Weekly, claims to have discpvered
perfect stereoscopy. American and
Ftiropean patents have been taken
(mt and a public stock issue will be
jointly fio.'ited by seve.ral producing
oompanios by the end of Noveniber,
Xe\yi(U'y.ioe calls for_a camerajit-
Inu'tiYncniirTtisrilr'?^^ . rFiriifs^ niaT'
lie .".ihown tiirough any conventional
type oC pnijpctor. .

Buys Vienna Studios

.Ln)ul"n. Dct..; ?ti.
Percy l-'eUe. head oi: the Astra
National Compai'y, has lutuKht the
Vita studios iii. Vienna for $l,r)liO,-
000. •

Til is can be' rcgavdt-d a.** a fur-
ther move in tlie .AngUt-Vhiropcan
producers' combine.

■ , Paris, Oct. 17. .

: Among the picture productions
now under way in France are:

Rene Ciair directing "Leii Peux
Timides" . ("The Bashful ■ rair"^>
for Albatross Soquana. .Cast in-
cludes Maurice de Feraudy, I'lefre
Batcheff,: Fi-ancoise : Kosay, . Jim

Gerald. ;. . .

Jacques Feyder, also directing, for.
Albatros Sequana, "Les No.veaux
Messieurs" ("The.New Gentlemen")
Principals are Gaby Morlay, Henry.
Roussell, Albert. Prejea,h. :

Jean Bertin directing. '.'Vocation';
for Astor-Films. iUicl>el .Devirys

Jean' Epstein directing "Finid
T6rre" C'The Endi of the. Earth")
for his own company. Location
trips to the isles of Ouessant, Mo.-
lene, Bannec, • Balanec. No stars,
only natives. A French . "Stark
Love." •■ ■ ■ .r. : '

Pierre Weill finishing ^'Gros sur le
Coeux-" ("Heavy Hearts") for Erka
Prodlsco. Cast includes. Colette
Darfeuil, Charles Frank, Claude
Talmont, Gilbert Porigneaux.

J. Donatien directing. "L'Arpete
("The Beginner") ., for Franco-Film,
at Epinay studios. _

M. Gaston finishing at Neuilly "La
Maison au Soleil" .("The House in
the Sun") for Franco-Film. .

Rex Ingram cuttin&"Thre& Pas-
sions" for Allied Artists, in Nice.
Cast includes Alice Terry and lyan
Petrovioh, Clare Eames and Stayle
Gardner. ^

Leonce Perret directing "POsses-
sin" for Franco Films, Cast includes
Jane Auber, Andre Nox,. Francesca
Bcrtini and Pierre de Guingainp;

Louis Mercanton producing "Ve-
nus'' for United Artists distribution
at I^ranco Film's studios, Nice. Con-
staince Talmadge starred. .

M. Machin-dfrectlng "Betes Com-
mo les Hommes". ("Beasts Like
Men">), Nice. Animal court room
drama, ,^

"L'Archiduc et la Danseuae
("The Archduke, and the Dancer")
produced, by Argus Films, di.strib
uted by Interfilms.

Marco de Gastyne directing scenes
of Jeanne a' Domremy, Natan's pro-
duction of "The Marvelous Life of
Joan of Arc." ■ .

Maurice Gleize directing at, Gau
mont (exteriors at Pont-Sainte
ilaxence) "Tu m'appartiens" ("You
Belong to Me") lor Romancler
Francais et Etrangers.

Burton George, directing "Mont-
parnasse" for Les .Exclusivites a
Roberts. ' Cast Includes Sanda Ml-
lowamjff, Florence Baker, Alar'-
.Shane. Arianne Chauvin, (;;aby Des-
ricurs,- Lionel Salem, Marion Nas-
ihasio, Jaques Berly, Dmitri Vazoff.

"Sofar" Films cutting "Les Aven-
turos d'Anny". (Annie's Adven-
tures"), first called "Lo Prcmiei
BalS?Y" "r'Th"e First" KisB"). Feat-
ures Anny Ondra and J3a;ston Ja-
quet.

.lean Gourget directing "I n Rayon
de Soleil" ("3Tinli,i,'ht".) .at Gaumont.
Cast : (jporges . roclo\, LI(>ha Goya.
N. Rho.va, Va:i]iery, Je.an yillette.

Jean Dreville directing .a new un-
titled' prOduGtion of Marcel. L'Her-
bier'.- Deals with studio life.

Albert Guyot directing "L.'ICau
Coulc Sous les Fonts". (Water Uuns
Under the Bridge"). J^lireille .-SO:
verin, his new wife, is star. ,

. . London, Oct. 19. .
I. W. Schlesinger's Phonofilm
Companv has answered the report
of. thO E"xhiblV)rs'. Association Com-
mittee. . It .says in part they give
"the right to every exhibitor in-
stailing our .equipment to.^ show any
talking fiim upori our apparatus ir-
respective of its country of Origin,
and we throw Open our patents to
the producers of the^^vorld, particu-
larly British: companies, and are-
prepartJd to co-operate in a:ny mah-
ricr to further- the production of
talking films. British; Talking Pic-
tures .( trade name) apparatus will
t.akc any films produced under the
.Western . Electric license Movietone
granted to the seven big . producing
units' in America."

This is regarded as a direct chal-
lenge to the. statement. already made
in America by Charles Bunn about
interchangeability. and the . next
move is due from Western. Electnc;

, " London, Oct. 21.
An actuary can prove almost
everything by. statistics; Tiiere'a •
a newspaper war on itow in which,
one paper claims it sells 10,000,000
copies an issue and wants ad rates .
accordipg.. Its rival tells, how .this
lO.OOOiOdO only means around 1,000,-
000 rcil buyers because ijeoiile are
buying, hundreds an thousands "of
extra copies to, clip corhpotitioii
coupons. Another daily shows how '■,
yOur chances of being* killed in a
railroad smash; arc greater if -you -
buy that paper, by claiming they
pay more, insurance qlaiihs. than iiny
of the others.

But thiE) feature film statistics since'
the Quota began seem to prove
many things. They show a heavy
drop in American features. Per-
haps that would not matter so much
if it were a C5vse of as much gross
omlhg from fewer pictures. It isn't.
Part of the drop has come from the
increase in the number of Coritin- •
fintar plcttires reaching the British
market, an outcome of this "<2uota
to encour?Lge British production." . •
.'...Frgures- ■.
Right now the actual percentage
of. American films, adding together .
the eight . American concerns op-
ratlng on their own account and the
independents absorbing .American
product, comes only to 60 per cent
of the gross total features rnarketed.'
' Paramount, Fox, .' First ' National,
IVIetro-Goidwyn, ; -PDC, Uuiversal,
Warner Bros!., and United Artists
have handled between .them 160
features, their footage totaling
839,315 feet. Independents here, re-
leasing Columbia. FBO, . Rayn rt, an(S
similar product, put out 75 features
with a footage of 396,130, So the
total footage of American feature
film to date is ■ 1,^35.145, and rep-
re'sents 235 fcaiur"s. '

For a period of six aTid a half
months, with the aveiN*.Vf'e yearly
.output here previously ranging
around 600 features, this does not
appear bad. But when .we get;
to tlve British and Continental iig-

i

The Phonofilm of England Is the
foreign counterpart of the DoForest
Phonofilm, over here, with the same
Schlesinger heavily interested in the
cp^panies on either side of the At
lantic. : ■

FILM TRUCE^ITH ITALY

Mussolini Tones Lente Dow After
U; S. Ambassador Intervenes

Paris, Oct. 30.
A truce is reported between AmerT
ican film interests and Lente, the
new Italian film monopoly created
l)y tiie Fascist government..

Aml)assador Fletcher, on behalf of
America, called the attention of
Mussolini to the radical propo.sals
of. Lente oincials with the result
the: dictator i,<! U.nderstood to h'aye
told Lente to tone down.

The way is now open for Amer-
ican producers to make an adjust-
meiit with H.ily, Lente's plan.-i prac-
tically - meant th^'. arbitrary .expiil-
sion of Ainerican .lilms. .

Must Novelize Film Yams
For English Copyrijijht

Los' Angeles, .pvt. iJiV. .
Under a new English law stories;
of motion pictures mu.ct be novelized
and published in book form before
they can y)e conyright':>d in Fngland,
Matter was revealed .when the
New York ofilco of I'nitcd Artists
-h virrif'dly aske-d._the... Mast ^TOa:

novi-llx.ation (>n"r.atlle of the Sexe.s".
prior t(> shippimr the print i-vi-rscas.

iJ'S ENGLISH SUIT

Siufried Ilartman, chief ooun«i<'l
fur T'l'.i versa 1. -with (.Mar.de Mo-
Gowa.n, now of Cohunbia, as an'ltn-
portanl wUui'ss, havr b-'l't 'for I-(ni-
don to di'f.Mid an action bilng
brought against the company by
the Transatlantic Fllrii Company
<Knglish).

Foreign Theiatre Lists

Washington. Oct. 30.
.New list of foreign picture houses
lias been compiled by the .Comnu-r-
dal intelligence; .'Dlvifjioh .: of - the
Dcp.ni'tmont of Commerce. Copies
may be .scoured by referring to the
titles and file numbers. .

They are: Bulgaria (revi.sion).
-XF--'.1S0-A; Colombia (revision),
LA-143S0-A; .Co.sta Rica, LA-23380;^
Oenm.Trk, • EU.R-23S0; I.Tominican
llepublic (revlsi'on,)., LA-323S0-A;
Finland (revi.sion), RD-003SO-A;
Guatemala, LA-243S0; Honduras
(revi.'^ion), LA-25.'?S0-A; Hungary
(revision), EUR-53S0j India ' (re-
vision). FF-213S0-A; Latvia (re-
vision).. RD-.S03S0-A; . NetVierlands,
]J:ur-S3.S0; Nicarairua, L..V-273SII;
I'araguay, LA-lO'iSC; .Peru, LA-
•jji:^:n; T ort Ri co. T^A-jSoSO;. lUy^
nutnia (revision). "Nh^lS-Sl-XV'^^^^
v.iduv irovisioni, L.\.-2!i3^0-A; I'ni-
jiiiiay i.revisi'.)!!), LA-21,'j.sl; Vone-
II. la, Ot-ir-!^.

ux-es the situation changes around.

For the .'Jiime length . of time; 6'7
British made films of 503,055 feet,
and 89 Continental features - for a
length of. 452,302 have been booked.
Thus but of d. total of 392 featues,
America has had only 0 per cent
of the market, and on a footage
ba.sis ^s nearer 45 per cent.

TO meet the competition of
Bntish-made pictures, prices for
American films in many cases
have been- . heavily cut. - With, the
owei: and lower prices at wlii^^ch they
are being offered American and con-
tinental product, exhibitors are be-
ginning to stall on high,- prices foi"
home-made ])lctures.

These figures on. Continental im-
ports show .somcth: .g. and that
something does not appear in fig-
ures. It even contradicts the figures
in part. It is the .s-imple, fact this
Continental infiux more than out^
v.-eighis the drop, in American Ul.m,
wich the result there is i.ctualiy
more stuff th.-in ever on the market
coming from other than homo pro-
dvictlon_ soin-ces. This^ i(\xa ^\ooa,
witir theTuttmgTbT trifecf ATnencan
prices, is swindling .British pro-
duction almost back. to. its. post-
quota slate. • .

One . opinion here is that
were an organized move ''V t
directly-oporatins American con-
ccrn.s- to.ship only their best, stun.,
keep their prices down as l""^^'^^'
possible., steer clear of any Lhmg to".
noticeably A-meric.an in; capl.ions.an
on pa,per vc.spc'ciully in pross. boOK^
and exploitation), within a V'-^'"^" j'^^;
would have all the percentage ther^
was beyond the bare legal iim» -
called for uncler -the .Quota.

Fogwell's First

London, Oct. 30.
I'.iirom-ss Fern Adr.a, American,-,
is T'iayi.ni-' the lead in Bundy's "In-
tri'speotiou.''

This is Reginald Fogwell's first
directorial effoit. He was formerly
a scenarist on the Fox lot.

Exhibs Want Distribs Out
' Because of Mergers

Londt.n, Oct. 30.
Edinburgh. Scotland,
the Exhibitors' Asrorialion
'l^VHSTdTn^rT'HTnSTfftl oi^^ 7 ;

ineetin- calling upon th..- oiu iU"'-
;ion l.o ci.ar.ire the conslilnt,on
that di-^tribiitor;; with tlu-air!
baned from mciubersliip.

John Si'iVlin.-:, exhib oC I>''i"i^
..^.lolland. is siion.soriug i"<-
partly on' the grounds that ".'>>_'i
itors clo not get an even '""' •"^.g^,
disputes rei'i'rrcd to the g
lion owing to so m;iny i''^-'^"" \' ^
having votes as exhi.liitors l>*--av-
of recent merg'^rs.

so

i s are

Wednesday, October 31, 1928

PICT U R E S

VARIETY

ANOTHER LIE PHOTOPHONE

Interchangeability between West-
ern EhoctriQ Company's talkers and
the R; . C. A. Photophone has been
definitely established before, but the
ciuestion of whether oi- not any out-
side talkers cart use the W. B. or
Photophpne wiring is still camou-
flaged beliind a smoke-screen of le-
gal phraseology, technicalities and
Ifs, ands and buts.

The crux of the situation is that
the outsiders, i. e., the independent
movie talker manufacturer, arid the:
licensees of any of the renlaining 15
devices on : the milrket, are subject
to the arbitrary riijing of both^ the
"W. E. and RCA organizations under
a contractural provision that the
exhibitor must submit to nn dfncial
okay and legal approval by the li-
censing organizations to determine
the quality of the subjects.

This provision,: according to RCA
Photophone; and Electrical Re-
search Products (.Western Electric
subsidimry) is intended for the pur-
pose of protecting the exhibitor
agalnst .the exhibition of inferior
product.

The: alternating proviso, carrying
"With it a suggestion of unmistak-
able character, has it that even if
ERPI (Electric Research Products,
Inc.), or RCA apiproves bS, an out-
side product being introduced on
their equipment, it is no guarantee
that the independent talker or the
talking equipment would be
free from liegal prosecution on pat-
ents' grounds. Such litigation might
necessarily rhake the theatre owner
a technical co-defendant in a pat-
ent suit for infringement through
having, knowingly or unknowingly
aided and abetted ' in an alleged
conspiracy to infringe, etc. ,

For, under the heading of "Re-
placements," in the operating in
atructions. issued by ERPI (called
Products for short in the contract),
there is a clause, reading:

"The exhibitor agrees he shall
not, without -written consent of
Products, move, alter, change or
modify the eqiiipment, nor add
anything, thereto, nor take any-
thing therefrom— nor operate,
use Or employ the equipment in
conjunction with any record Of
sound or with any other device,
in any way related to the pro-
duction or reproduction . of
sound, unless said records, de-
vices other than those made
under license from Products,
shall have been tested by Prod-
ucts and found by it to operate
properly, reliably and efflcierit-
ly and to reproduce sound with
accuracy of quality and ade-
quacy of volume, and apprpved
by the legal counsel of Prod-
ucts "as to freedom from in-
fringement patents. It is ex-
pi-essly forbidden to' experiment
— - -With. the- equipment of "i'roducts
—by using records of types not- .
• authorized by us, as this might
result in a situation constitut- '
Ing default of contract. .. ; . /'
J. E. Otterson, head of ERPI, is
out of town as is P. Xn Thomson of
the organization, t)tterson is frank-
ly too busy to further dwell on in-
dependent talkers, haying dismissed
this before with a formal statement
that "from time to time there ha-ve
been a number of competitive
equipments announced and adver-
tised arid claims have been made
for simpler, cheaper a:rid better sys-
tems than that ot Western Electric.
Some ■ companies making such
claims have passed out of existence
before the echo, of their advertising
6ad died, down."

Chances

Another W. E. man said that Ot-
terson may say sometiiing further
On this later on, but the conclusions
.=pncv.iously^eonveyed-^by-=-Otterson'3-
orp;inizatlon hfivc. been that the ex-
hibitor, under the terms of his con-
tract, faces the pos.slbility of can^
collation thereof if he exhibits film
product not licensed by W. 10. and
■unlciss pas.sod upon by a rep:'ef.scnta-
tive of W. E,

P'Oth' companies are m.aktng at-
tempts in tlic'ir legal smoko-scrccn
t--* throw l).'i(>k rr-spon.sibility on the
Mu.^ic Publishers' Protective A.ssij-

liiick Oean-up for Electrics,

en

ciatlori, although it has issued a
statement that it will not invoke
Clause 3-A in the music intorcists'
contracts both with ERPI and RCA
that its licensees were riot per-
mitted to reproduce copyrighted
music except on apparatus produced
by W. E. and RCA Photpphone. Ac-
cording to the. ruling, dny 'Other
talking shorts or features, rrianu-
faptured . and produced by others
outside of Paramount, M-G-M,
First National; Patiie/ FBO, Uni-
-versal, Fox, Hal. Roach, United
Artists, et al., for exarinple, will riot
be hindered from being projected
over the Western Electric or Photo-
phone equiDhient, providirig, of
course, these independent producers
have met their copyright royalty
obligations to the Music Publishers'
Protective Associaticn.

Patent Situation

E; E. Bucher,. speaking for RCA
Photophone, states that photophone
-ivould riot prevent the public re-
production of . Pliotophonc-made
pictures on apparatus pf other
manufacturers provided the qual-
ity of reproduction was the equiva-
lent of that produced by Photo-
phone apparatus itself. However,
the same hitch of coriflicting patents
• ps up as a bugaboo. Even though
Photophone may not object to such
iriterchangeability, the patent situa-
tion is sometiiing else again.

Sirice RCA Photophone has had
recourse to making^atents! arrange-
ments with Western Electric, owner
of so many valuable basic patents'
rights, that is the bugaboo of the
business at the moment.

Despite these patents' negptia-
tlons between W. E. arid RCA,
Bucher still insists that Photophone
and W. E. are bitter rivals. It was
argued by Variety that botii have as
their fountain-head the all-envelop-
ing American Teler)hone & Tele-
graph Co. Bucher just shPok his
head vigorously.

^ Splitting Field— -No

' The theory that W. E. and RCA
Photophone might come to some
agreement whereby W. E. (or ERPI,
its subsidiary) might do all the the-
atre wiring; and Pliotophone do
the .production, -was also vigorously
denied by Rucher.

The executive vice-president of
Photophon'e recalled to Variety's rie-
poi-ter that the latter had advanced
the same premise last July. Vari-
ety's reporter recalled to Bucher
that it was also in July that he
had brought up the; possibility of
RCA Photophone absorbing the
Keith circuit. , Bucher had then
laughed at the idea, just as now he
laughs at the possibility of two
such ostensibly bitter rivals as W.
B. and Photophone ever getting to-
gether on such a friendly under-
standing and >vprking agrjernent.

Bucher, in answer to the ■ SCA-
Keith question, averred that at the
time, of coiarse, way, back In July,
he had no idea of any RCA-Keith
merger possibility, and added just
like it's pcssible right now for Fox-
Loew- kelth - Paramount - Warners,
etc., etc., , all merging into orie gi-
garitic entity, but of which he knows
nothing at the moment.

,120 Records Monthly
To further bring home the point
that as far as W.E. wiring exclusive
is concerned, and Photophpne just
doing the producing, the following
are 2C Keith- Proctor theatres .which
will be wired with Photophone pro-
jection equipment between Oct. 29
and Dec. 20. After that; thff sched-
ule at the rate of 120 a month will
be rinaintained until the market is
exhausted. Of course Western. Elec-
tric also will wire about 25 con-
tracted- before Photophonc's deal.
-=Ml'he^-iR&A-.^l"hotophi5nc^^KiJ.iJJu
houses to be wired are the Harri.s
Majestic, Johnstown, I'a., Oct. 29;
Proctor's 5th Ave., ,N. Y., by Dec. 1;
Proctor's 12:jth Kt.j Xov. 18; Coli-
.seum. Df!C, , 5; Franklin, Nov. IS;
Chester, Nov. 28; Madison, I5rook-
lyn, N. T., Dec. 14; KcIth-Albr-e,
Youngstown, O., Nov. 2S; Keith -
Albee, Akron, 0., Dec, 5; Ilill.stref.t,
Los Aritri'lfR, D<-'0. 15; CJoldV-n Gale,
(Continued on i«-igc liO)

Aspects of Interchangeabil-
ity Vita T h i n k s Low
Priced Equipment Will
Kill Off Competitori—W.
E. Stands Pat oh $22,001)
Installation---^ Court Ruling
on "Quality*' Dictum by
Xmasy Maybe

BRIStOLPHONE ACTIVE

Intcrchangeabillty may be defined
by the courts before Christmas.
Litigation among seyeral Independ-
ents and Western Electric to . de-
termine the latter company 's def-
inition of "equality In quality", will
bei precipated within the nexi; few
weeks when exhibitors in four New
yprk theatres will have Installeia
independent devices and wHl en-
deavor to book films with Western
Electric sound , for reproductibn
over them. " '^

Warner Brothers, licensees for: ap-
plying Western sound and reprb-
ducing; it, have secured the rights
for ; an Independent device which
is said to be physically Iritencharige-
able and which can be. installed
for $2,500,, instead of the $22,000,
now top for W. E. equipment. That
they -\vill clairti this device, hitherto
unpublicized and ,. coming from an
unknown source, is of a high qual-
ity, comparative to their de luke
equipmen^ In quality of reproduction,
and is ttierefore in accord with
J. E. Ottersoji's edict on . Jnter-
changeability, is heard from a.'nurii-
ber of responsible sources. Includ-
ing the Warner offices. Announce-
ment of , their acquisition win be
made within ., three weeks. It Is
learned from an official source.

Physically

jBi-istolphone is physically interr
changeable with the Western de-
vices, as the showing lii Hageris-^
to-ivn, despite reported flaws In . re--
production, proved. That exhib
iters will be - able to follow Bry-
la-wskl, -who First Natiorial said
pulled a fast on^ iri booking "Lilac
Time" Ss a silent and playing It
with sound in Hagerstpwn, Is an-
other matter.

Charles Rogers and Sani Sax,
president and vice-pres. of Gotham-
Bristolphone, sa.y that within the
month. four houses In New York will
also be equipped with their device.
They expect the fur to fly when
their customers attempt to book pic-
tures sounded by Western for re-
prodtiction on Bristolphone.

Western Electric calmly reiterates
it - -Will - ^concede- . interchangea/billty
only when a competitor's, .equipment
is capable of presenting Its sound on
the basis of merit with its own.

Who will decides this matter of
equality?

The reply Is . that conditions -will
remain the same until '-sbme one Is
hurt." After that W. E. also, admits
it. will go to the courtis for its def-
inition of a word that It refuses:
today to associate :. with other
talkers. .

Western Electric feels that It has
the cheapest devices for the quality
achieved, that cheaper devices are
but pipe dreanis which caji never be
roaized. ' ;

Therefore it cagliy coriccdoa that
In Its philanthropy! and brotherli-
np.s.s, it is not. endangering Itself to
any competition. ; ,

No Price Reduction
Western Electric has no Intention
of - reducing its prices. It figures
' tTia t'l hcf f-TilTJ'-llJTO 0 (rn:lTcatTcr^
c'ln use its de luxe equipment. About
the other th'.•.•ltrl^H, It that ther'^

nro too mnny, but that for thef-;e,
the i^i.O'if) for its nori-Hynchronlzlnw
<levlce will be the 'appeaHoment.
This cheuiicst .We.'itern device \ylll
carry only sound and mu,sic. IM-
filog wi,ll never rearh the indies on
this ar.p;ir;ti.!J.s. W('.stf;rn also claims.

1 (CoDtiriMed on putf'j 20)

At the Hays hoiulquartcrs court
action to decide the iiuostiori of in-
terchangeability of -talkers is not
considered feasible. . From: persons
long associated with .the comiJlica-
tlpn.s pf litigation the' bplief is ex-
pressed that should ■ the courts be

depended upon it" will not be bpfor.e
the nfcxt. three or four years that
real decision w-bviid be; reached.. ;- In
.the Producers and ■. Distributors,,
most members of which are tied up
with Western Electric arid a -few
with RCA, the obsorvaticn is nvadc
"that there will- eventually 156 intet-T
changeablUty; and sooner If things
taite their riormai course, rather
than a resort to the cburts. ,

The line of reasoriuig Is that the
electric comiianies have spent big
money arid a decade tb S^t where
they are. Naturally, Haysltes ar-
gue, they warit , to get back the

dough prigin.ally emptiec; Intb thelt
Investment. And this, tivey thirik,
can be accomplished by wiring
1,000 of the biggest houses- in the
cPuiitry and haiidllng the strings
for a cpniparatlvely short time. ■
. Western, espeblaliy has :already
come close to getting . b.ack all of.
the-:' gravy . It spilled and the head-
quarters sees an ertsier ' attitude
toward competitors not so far dis-
taiit.; ■ ■ . . ,' :■

**R^di6 Trust** ^aiid

Amusement Field

. 'w

According to the "trade Unionist,
labor oi;gan here, "The radio trust
now holds the amusement field."

That is the niaprier In which the
Radlp-Kelth-prpheum combination
was ; reported.

InterchangfeaM Cohf usion

Regardless of statemerits or announcements, newspaper atprles or
trade paper ddvertlserhents, nothing has b^en .made plain on In-
ciiangeabllity by or. pn behalf pf Western Electric, or any other wiring
equlpnient concern or sound producer.

It Is rather peculiar tiiat three, trade papers each placed a differ-
ent cpnstruction upon tiie Very vague statement Issued last week ,
by .T. E. Otterson, president of , Electrical Research Products; : Inc.
(W. E/'sub^)

Mr. Otterson said nothing really pertinent to IritcrcharigeablUty of
equipment or the sound product of W. E, llcen!3eea.

An equipment maker seeking to sell Its device to exhibitors, other
thah W. E., should be prepared tp furnish that exhib .with a guar-
antee of Iriterchangeability over W. E. wires. If a firm can . not,
and It ca,n not, then the exhibitor br the theatre owner ,18 taking,
his own chances.

V Court

Wiiether Western Electric Is thinking of cburt actions. in case of
Its outward refusal to permit its wires or llcerised sound product
to be erhplpyed to run other product or wires is, of course, unknown.
It is also unknown how W. E. feels about" the subject Of . Federal
scrutiny In a matter of this nature, but the fact does remain (com-
mon knowledge to' all of the trade) that Western Electric first put
forth the wire equipment an 1 issued the license to Warner Brothers
under, and through which "The Jazz .Singer" went upon the wired
screens, , ■■ .

. Phonofilm

Previously, that same W. E. equipment . arid license had been
used for Warners! talking shorts. At that time the other but in-
active talking process on the picture market was DeForest Phono-
fllrfi. It made a few talking shorts, .sparsely exhibited, and died
away,' Next came Pox, under a W. E. license, -as a prpducer. Then
"The Jazz Singer" and the deluge,

, T^^ere Is no prbducer, distributor or exhibitor of silent pictures:
who . eVer, during the long reign of sllcnts, permitted Or gave Its
product to organization or experience to another and la competitor
to undersell or malke. u.se of at the other's profit without a profit
to the, creator. \ ■ —

Followers Up

Why should vWestern Electric pr any other originator or
creator not orily .in the fllni trade but any buslnefls give away or
permit anything of theirs to l)e used or sold without proper profit
accruing to them as the patentee, manufacturer or Creator?

R. C, A. Photophone

That being so, as Is likely on the business and commonsense view,
it's most Irinprobable that. Western Electric will stand for any of
the many followers of It- in the wire arid sound 'field to -vvalk 1"
without even taking off their hats or -saiylng- Howdy In a theatre
wired by Wy E. Tiie prPbable exception is R. C. A, Photpphone,
the latter maybe througK close affiliation in a paternal way with

w. -e:-. ■ ''^

But even so, unless W. E. .annPunccs interchangcablllty for Photo-
phone or Photophone annpuncea it -without.- eontradlctipri l>y W. E.,
then any cxijiib n.cgotiatirig with Photophone should also a.sk Photo-'
phpne for a guarantee for W. E. equipment and it.s llcerispd prod-
uct. In the frcedonrj. of; sending the W. E. llcen.sed product over
Phptophorie wiring or the Use of Photpphone sounded pictures In
W. K. wired houses. ; V , . . ,'''.;-.

Exhibitor's Protection

The exhibitors are entitled to some protection, In' this affair. The
electrics are lately In the picture inark<it and are now running it
under a license. . The electrics have entered an Industry , built up
lonf;' before they noticed it, and by people who remain in It.

These people, , particularly the independent oxhlbUor, and espe-
cially with Western Electric, seemingly muuh more concerned for
the welfare of the chains than the indie who needs wiring to iive,
are entitled to .something from these elcelric rieoijic.

If the electrics bolle-ve thriy can manipulate, the picture buslnesH
through llcen.so.s at this so early date- for therri- -they are apt to
, eii(vjun1cr Viiiny "tictions Iri je(;ili;ition. Inrlie exlilb.s arc ijOt going
lb be put out of- buslne.ss' by (•|j;ilris tiiat Western Eh-'-tric ha.s ap-
"^iWf V-ifny^f'"' \^^r e'd

Plea for Frankness
Charh'.fi I{onn, for W. i V.a:'} .y'lhu-. v. fi-I:.s ;igo Uiat W. E. will
seun ev(;iy dr'vic" a.s It ariric.-i fer a pu;- - ihli' ii.Ii iii::i-iM'-i.' Th.-it
. v.-as a frank and jcjinted istaf ' rM'.iit. .VIr: i r.u r^i>u '.vu-tUl \\nvi- do"t-
b"tter to have ri-;-!''fl I'ljion it ' i, i r: t'l < nf li:^. j i.. . ;i.

This fiitii.'i I ion -110111(1 h" ' I'll i.';' 'I. !ir:-\ "Mc<% by U'
V'-nt ('Xhihitors Jrojri C'.rii i .!■ ■ 1'— \'. ,.••.•). "-i tit
that W, K. kfiows \viH i. -t. ■r.l-.-.-.' .l '. U'.

produet, U7:,Ir..:s it I.-; i'<fi;i. ; 1 ''■ r- ' " " ••' ■ • '■■

. to pre-
;i..jM.. (/i!i''i.s
10. liccn.'iod

8

VARIETY

PICTURE GROSSES

Wednesday, October 31, 1928

'Show People Does $50,000, Chicago;
(irange. Ash and Bancroft,

■ ■ ■ Chicago, Qct. 30.

, . ^WeatKor: Cool, Unsettled

J'SinKjaj? i'^uoj," which easily ICiJ
the LboD uiirinf,' ils llfst twp Wooks
at 2>lc\ ickL'r'Si reluined the ■•load. in.
its third \vc6k by a , bare ^1,000, tlie

■/Chicago jiiinping .to $50,000 .with
•'Show People," . Jolsori s .filni ,is in
A 2,20.0.rseat house.- Olvicago lias/4;400

. chairs. ■ .- .

• tichsatioiiai drawing power of
''■J.''ool". is graphi.uvUy illustrated, by
the fact that it is, still .JIj.UOO above,
the oiil house /record after tliree
weeks, .

First week . of "Thie. Wbiiian Dis-
puted" at LJnitcd.ArLists was good
at $27,io0 aaid looks .iible i to . hold
three weeks.; .-

■ • brieuttil had a star trio of ■ names
on the bill— Paul Ash ■ and Ited
Grange on stage and George Ban-
croft in "JDocks of Now York" on
screen— and took a few steps up-
ward to $44,000. Hard to guess jiisl
how- m.ucli: Of . it Grange- drew, bui;
apparently he was responsible for
sbhie. . Scandal , story brea-king in
the dailies, with Orange charged
with being the father of a daugh-
ter born to .a former checkroom
girl, didn't heip any. . .

LOu Tellegen in person on . the.
State.- Lake vaude bill was respon- •
sible for a few shekels, wreck's gross
hitting around $23,000.. "Man Who
Laughs" had-.a mild three weeks in
the Roosevelt,, blowing with ia final
$13,000. gross..'

. Estimates for Last WeeK
Chicajgo . (Piiblix) — "Show Peo-
ple"' (M-G-M>. . Sound and "Povv
W6w" Publix unit (4,400 5.0-75).
Heavy additional exploitation fpi'
this film. rew<ij^ed with $G,000 jump
In gross over previous week quality
to back the.ads; $50,000. .

McVicker's . (Publix) — "Singirig
Pool" (W. B.); sound (2,200; 50'75).
Still Loop's ; big stuff,, getting the
same gross as opening week $51,-
000. Ist week, $53,000 2hd, and $51,-
0.00 third.

Monroe (Fox)— "Sunrise" (Fox);
sound (970; 50). Two weeks for
second Loop showing, going out to
$4,300; first week good at $5,600.

Oriental (Publix) — "Docks of
New York" (Par;), iound, and
"Gome On, Red," Publix unit (3,200;
50r75). ; Red Grange and Paul Ash:
on stage, with .Bancroft on screen
brought $44,000 ; sirong figure:

Orpheum (\Va,rner) "Land of
Silver Fox" (W. B), sound. (760:
50). Rin Tin Tin's first barker did
well in two^w^ek stay, opening to
$11,000 and leaving with; $8,100.

Roosevelt (PubHx) — "^^an Who
Laughs'' (U). sound. (.1,700; 50-75),
Mild threo'-wcck showing; clbsel
with $13,000; started pretty good.
$20,000. .

State -Lake (Keith) — "'Take Mo
Home" (Pitr.) and. vaude (2,200;
50-75). Robe Daniels film and Lou
Tellegon'in v;iude helped to $23,000
United Artists (U. A.)— ""Woman
Disputed" (Uv A.) (1.702: 50-75)

■ Effective start with $27,100; worth
three weeks nn that showing.

WarfieMllS^OOO" ikad
Of Granada Last Week

(Drawing Pop., 75(>,000)
(Weather: {ieasonal)

San Fianoisco, Oct. 30
. Gro.ssos spotty last; week. Two
of the Market street lioiisos onlj
had heavy intakes. VVarlicld had
little trbuijje tupi'inK. the town
leading the' Granada by ovt-v

■ $15V000. -.

'vWeddlng Mai-ch" at. the Cali-
tornia. clicked himdily opening week

"Wings." in second \ve;ek tit Si
Francis, did as well, as expected

limbassy had an ordinary Vila-
phone foaiuro, "The Midnight Taxi,"^
for one week only, but-got away U

■ a Hying 'start iuUlwock with a- spe
ci;ii midnight promicre . of ''Sing

. Ing Fool"; $2.50 top opening, will
a capacity lioiiae. . :

Estimates for Last Week
, Warfieid (Locw-\y.C.)"Sh.pw Poo
pie" (M-G-M) apii Farichon . and
Mai-co Idea. (2,072; 50-:C5-i).0). ilatc-d
as one of bcst^ .cntortaininonl.s in
months.^ Feature ' g:ivc satli^ftirlioi
and stage show, , with .Kubo. WoU a
m.c:, jumped gros.=r to .$34,6b0,
. C a I if orn i a ( Publix- W.C.) ' '.Wed
.ding. March" (Par) (2,200; 6f>-.pO')
]h''igurod for two or three w.i'cks
most. First wcelc around • $-'1,000
considered very good.

Granada (Publix- W.C;) "Wato
Hole" (Par) (2,785; n0-(i5-.$l). Can't
.^ucm.^tQ - k Qjn p.. o'U t ,of. JjL^ • Occasional
good we(>k, nnd'"thoii TyacK""lrt?al7rT
.La,<?t week. $l'.i.noo. Rad.

■Embassy (Wagnoii) "Alldnighl
.Taxi'' and Vici (W'.P..) (1,3(57; 00
65-90). $11,000 highly satS.sfacto!
for this ordin.Try Vita foatiin
"'Singing Fool" ciirront and figurt-d
for long stay.

St. F r a n c I s (P u b H x-W.(\
"Wings" (Par) (1,375; 35-50-05-90)
Makes. ftbout dozen wci ks in t(.)Wi
for this air feature. . Ueeently had
I'oiu" healthy - wci^k.-^ at CalifurniM
Off about grand liisl week to $!).ooii
One more week to go.

HAGEN AND STAGE SHOW
$13,400 IN TOp^

5 First Runs Over $60,000—
Chaney's $1 5,000 in Front—
' "Scarlet Lady," $12,900

Toi-pnto,L Oct. 30.
(Drawing population, 700,0(K))
Weather: Cool and Wet

Another .week with -the .five maiii
.Siem . houses at belter than. $60,000,
Loew's is out front with 'about $15,-.
, 006 . for "While; the .City Sleeps.".
Fihii ra'ri silent here .but.th6 Chancy
name drew. .

Over at Jerry Shea's Hipp they
did better than $1.3,000 .with' Walter
iiiigen in "Green GrassWidOws,"
.Golf champ was looked on as no
wow before the KleigS, but the
dailies to.ok a tolerartt view of the
pictilre and voted Olsen and John-
son; raves for their stage work. :

i?antagcs has been improving last
few weeks and took $12,900 with
The Scarlet Lady." Title was a
helpi and lobby display smart.

Rattlei of the Sexes" raised; no
talk one way or the other. Looked
on here as routine stuff and pro'b-
tbly spoiled by Ontario censors,
who always find plenty of poison
where : Phyllis Haver is . concerned:
Went for a normal total of $11,600
at the Uptown. '

House goes sound next week. .
Tom Daley oliahged his mind on
'Street Angel." First synchronized
picture shown here chipped in 10
grand on its fourth week and. pic-
ture was held for a. fifth. . Policy is.
to change weekly at Uptown but
keep Tivoli for .. run stuff. With
plenty of sound stuff to choose from
and no one else in competition,
Daley is sitting pretty.

Neighborhoods again had big
week,. ' : .

Estimates for Last Week

Loew's (2,300 ; 30-60) "While City
Sleeps" (M-G). Opened with rush
on Chaney name and only had one
bad afternoon; led town, at $15,000.

Hippodrome (PP) (2.600; 30-60)
"Green Grass .. Widows" (FIBO).
\yiilter Hagen made more of. his
screen job than, many . celebs do,
but.' Olson and Johnson, on stage,
real cause of good biz; $13,400. •

. Pantages . (FP) (3.400; 30-60)
"Tlip Scarlet Lhdy" (€ol.). , Had a
couple of bad afternoons but rolled
in best biz of month, $12,900. ,

Uptown (3,000; 30-60) "Rattle of
Sexes" (UA). Stage show good and
biz fair; $11,600.' ■

Tivoli (FP). (1,400; 30-60) "Street
Angel" Movietone (Fox). Fourth
week of first local sound picture
better than expected, $10,000; held
0\'cr.

Downtown L. A Houses Fell; 'Way Off ;
W Again Ahead; 'Woihan,' $21,400

The Boarcl 6f Trade for ; German-
American Commerce Reception
and Dinner

in honor of . ''

(\)mmodore Dr. HUGO JiX^KEKEK
and the officers of the airship ,
''Grat Zeppelin''
October Seventeenth
.Hotel Astor .
■ MEYER DAVIS' MUSIC ;

CHARITY DRIVE HURTS
K. C -POLITICS, TOO

$27,000 for ^'Fool's" 2d Wk.
idland, $1 3,000— Town
Giving in to Sound

)\an.sas City, Oct. 30.

: (Drawing^Population, 700;.000) •

The town's annual charity drive,
to raise over a million doUai'S, was
held last week. As usual,, it cut
deeply into the amusements.

Town has gone wild on talkers.
Pantages. is npW the only first; riin
without sound. IsiS, one of the big
resid.cntiala, is being, wired and Avill
soOn be in line with th«i Madrid and
Plaza. ' ' # .

"tfingfng Fool" coiitihued . to. draw
'cm. into the Newman, and the re-
vie\yers wrote secontl . raves for tl\c
feature.'.

In addition to the ch.irity drive!
politics entered into the alibi column
hist week. .

Estirnates for .Last Week

Loew's Midland— ''Pattlo of Sexes"
14,000; 25-35-50) ^—Amiounced as
L'nited Artists' .first sound pictun;
and good entertainment. Two Vita
shorts; it-G-M and Fox Movietone
news, with I.uib's orchestra; $13,000.

Mainstreet — "Captain Swagger"
(25-35-50-60) — Fair pi-ogram pic-
ture. Vaude also; $17,000.
^ 5WWarf-^-"SlTiging--PooV'--Cl ,9 80=;-
40-60) t2d week). Quito satisfac-
tory; $27,000.

Royal — "Wedding March" (890;
3u-o0). First , pielure . in newly
oi)oned house.. Criiies deelded. pic-
ture "draggy .'uui bniggy" ; $4,500.

Pantages —"I'dwers of Sea" (2,-
200; 25-35-50), I'ieture part of ex-
cellent vaude bill ; • $1 2,2u0,

(Jlobft struggled ahuig with 2d
week of "Motlu-r.Kn-nvs J-Jest," anii
Plituwn. only subhrlKin. fir.st run.
oiT(>i-ed "Kunaway Glrl.s" and clever
stage showi

'WlNGS; $26,000, BAITO:
$22,500 FOR CHANEY

Town Booms— Air Film Moves
to Valencia from Stanley-
Sunday Midnite Shows

-• 'Baltimore, Oct. 30..

(Drawing Pop., 925,000)
- Weather; Fine

Transferring of "Wings'- from the
Stanley to the Valencia for the con-
tinuance of Its local run led to the
rumor that the onetime deluxe up
stairs house had been definitely
pushed back Into the second ' run
field. According to H. P. Kings
more, managing director^ for Loew

here, this is not the case. Success
of' "Wings" justified it being re
tained downtown at a first run
rather than shooting it uptown to
the Parkway, Loew's local foMow-Up
site, .;■'..■..

Sunday midnight shows are being
revived. -'Mother Machree," at the
New, and "NIghtbird" at the' New
Garden, both had these milkman
matinecsv The Stanley gave, a
iiighly. successful midnight sjiow of
"Wings" last Sunday and will con
tinue, . but oh super7feature shows
only.

JJusiness was up again last week
Favorable weather plus outstanding
attractions the. reason. . "Singihg
Fool" continued big on its third
week at the . Met, but outstanding
was . "Wings" at the Stanley where
it all but equalled the iiouse record
Century a;iso got back into stride
wi^h "While. the City Sleeps." '.'Air
Circus," holding over at the Ne-vv,
ran into the "Wings" opposition and
was withdrawn Friday in favor of :*
Saturday opening of "Mother Ma-
chree." Valencia picked up slightly
with "Brotherly L/Ove," and "Wed-
ding. March" surprised by doing bet-
ter: at the upto^yn Parkway than at
its downtown stand. The combo
New Garden reports business stead-
ily climbing.

Estimates for Last Week

Century (LoOw) "While the City
Sleeps" (M-G) (3,200; 25-(50;. Back
ill stride; Chaney ,a' favorite and
picture, liked; Ted Claire's m. c'ing
also a patron getter;- intake at least
two arid a half grand over previous
week; $22,500.

Stanley (Lroew, Stanley-Crandall)
"Wings", wired (Par) (3,600; 25r60).
Great draw, topping the town; Sun-
day midnight, show opening -the en-
ga4?ement , played to $2,620; adver-
tising Included i-emarkabl# replica
of an airplane on theatre matquee,
plus high power lights concealed oii
roof and projected into Sky; ceport-
ed vi.sible great distance from town
and good drawing population stunt;
close, to record .with $26,000.

. New (Whitehursts) "Air Circus"
wired (Fox) <1,S00; 25-50); Took
>nose dive second week-with opposi-
lion of "VVings";- about mid-week it
was decided to pull the show Friday
night 'and . ffive "Mother iMaehree"
(Fox) the ndvantago of a Saturday
dvbut; "Circus" ..pei-haps topped
$0,000. on five dilys..

Valencia (L^iew-U. A.) "Brotherly
I.ove" wired (M-G>. Pieki.'d up
slightly with -the Dane.-Artliur team
Jia.uuagiiJit;=J'tiilx\iniTing b£]ow par,
however; "Wings" in'^Mbnday^fbV
two weeks and counted to boost b.o.;
Ia.st week about $3,500.

Now Garden (Sehanborgers) •'Red
Lips" and K-O vaude (3,20"; 25-5(i).
Picture pleased but unit ."show, Pllly
Wiitson heading, counted for tJVe
draw; over $13,000.

Parkway (Loew-IT A) "The Wed-
ding March" wired (Par) (1.000;
15-35). Jyfked better uptown th.an
down; house better situated for
el.i.'^s drnw and can subsist larg(>ly
on type audience; about $3,800, good.

PORTLAND IN HIGH;
5 HOUSES NEAR $11,000

Some Over, Some Under-
Blue Mouse, $4,000— 'Fool/
Second Week, $19,000

Portland, Ore., Oct. 80.
(Drawihg _P6p., 310,PvJt)
Portland's . grosses . continue to
show steady weekly rise since, the
opening of ne'w houses here recent-
ly. Talk of the town : being over-
seated is disputed by. box-olfice re-
turns, now ^ running at $so;ooo to
$90,000 a: week downtown. . '

New Uufwin had a big second
w^ek with Leo Carrillo and 'Duffy
Players In "The Bad Man."; Music
Box is doing great, with "Singing
l<'ool" held over. United Artists do-
ing well and West Cotist theatres
still hold their own. Three former
houses all opened Vvithin the past
month. Closing of Universal's Co-
lumbia Avas inconsequential, as the
house was. small and much out of
date. •'

Estimates for Last Week
Portland (Publlx-W. C.) (3,500;
35-60)— "River Pirate," underworld.
Fair: F. & M.'s stige. Show, "Violin
Idea," good. "Portland Revelers,"
st.'vge biind; $]l,5(jo.

Broadway (W. C.) . (2,000; 35-60)
—"Lilac Time." Registered big.
Movietone score and. nevvs; $12,0l'O.

Pantages (Pan) •(2,000; 3^-50)—
"Court. Mar-tial," film feature of
northwesc police. Fair at $11,000.'

Oriental (Tebbetts) (2,700; 25-35).
—"Garden of Eden." Well exploit-
ed; $1.1,000.

. United Artists (Parker- W. C.) (1.-
200; 35-50)— "Battle of Sexes." Bus-
iness holding up big. for this, small
vv'ired hoi'.'sc; $'10, 500;
. Music Box (Haimrick) (2,000; 35-
50)— Second big week of "The Sing-
ing Fool. Holding another week"
.'pio.ooo. »

Blue Mouse (Hamrlck) . (1,200; 35-
50)— "Caught in Fog." Good pro-
.ivi-;'.m pielure; Did fair: 000.

Dufwin (Duffy) (1,600;. 25-$i.25)
• — Second week of Leo Ca^rillo as
guest star in "The Bad Man."
Going .great; $0,000.

"Kings," $12,000 Holds
It Over iff Syracuse

Syracuse, N. T,, Oct. 20. .
(Drawing Population, 220,000) ,
Weather: Inclement

Inclement weather, plus the coun-
ter-attraction of the annual food
show, drew heavily from the ranks
of the fair sex and cut Into box of-
fice receipts last week.

Biggest surprise was, the unusual
strength developed by "Abie's Irish
Rose," paying a;three-day "farewell-
engagement" at the Wietlng. Pre-
sented at pop prices, $1,50 hlght top
and $1 matinee, the Anne Nichols
perennial, grossed about $4,000, twice
the business dOTie a year ago.

On the screen, "King' of Kings,"
playing at 35 cents at Eckel, went
over $11,()00, and holds for a second
week. DeMille picture was present-
ed at the Wieting a year ago at
$1.50. "Mother Knows Best," com-
pleting its 11-day run at the Em-
pire, rolled up about $6,000 during
the week. Its first three days
grossed the same iigure. The Strand,
with its synthetic synchronization Of
Columbia's "The Scarlet Lady," did
about. $"7,000. . , '

New week .saw "Show Girl" at the
Strand and "Woman Disputed" at
the State. Both got away to a good
.start..

Estimates for Last Week.
Wieting (Shubert) .*(l,2l8; $1.50-^
$1)— "Abie's Irish Rose." , Picked to
do a flop on basis of the po-or buslr
ness.lnst year, grosised about $4,000
in three days, with, sellout- for $l'
matinee.

Keith's (vaudfllm). (2,595; 30-50)
—c\bout $13,000, not .so good for this
hou.so; business off at least $1,090
from preceding week.

Strand (wired)* (1,700; 40)— "The
Scarlet Lady" (Col). First indie to
play this de luxe house this season ;
liand-made sound scOre, via talking
machine reeord.s, and house adver-
tised fllni as synchronized; about
$7,000. . ■ .' ' .

Empire (wired) (1,600; 40)—
"Mother Knows Best" (Fox). About
=lMM.JlLse;ve5u.da^j^qr^ for
11-day run; satisfactory. - -

State (wired) (3,300; 20-50)—
"IJjittle of the Sexes" (UA). Did
about $10,000, or $3,000 under pre-
ceding week with Chaney.

•Eckel (wired) (1,500; 35)— "King
of Kln.qla" (Pathe). Clo.se to. $12,000;
hou.se getting play from the old and
the very yoimg, not regular olicn-
tele; playing of photophone score
over Movietone oquinnient not very
satisfactory; film h("d over.

Savoy rstork burlesque-films)
(71S; 60) — Business in fair shape.

Log Angeles, Oct; 30.
•(Drawing Pop., 1,450,000) .
'(Weather: Fair).

VWitlv '•-•j-Iie toihgrng Fool" in third
week at AVarner Birothers only,
around- $2,000 behind^ its second
week, nnd the United - Artists get-
ting .second money in the town; with!
"The woman Disputed," all. or the
other : houses took it on the ehin
with the exceptibn of the Egyptian.
It had "Dancing Daughters" for tii-st
Hollywood - try. House- record al-
most broken.

; Metropolitan and Loew's State
lingered around $20,000, no black
mark on the profit taking sheet for
either; Met had ''"f he First Kiiss,"
with Henry Busse in iinal week bri
stage, while Loew's State hjld ' The
Nigbt Watch" a.nd the F. and M.
"Saxophobia" Idea on stage; : ,

Ci-iterion Wals under $10,000 for
second week of "Patriot," witlv.Svire,
while the Boulevard slipped about
$8,000 below the; previous week with
"Sawdust Paradise" on screen,
Grauman's Chinese waa closed after
an ll.-wcek sojourn of "White
Shadows." Reopening Nov. 1 with
"Noah's -Ark" at a $5 top ilor that
night only. " ;

Estimates, for the Week-

Biltmore (Erlanger) "S i riti b ia,"
(Ind): (1,558; 50^$i.50); . Third and
final week okay at ai^pund $13,000.
House back in legit.

Boulevard (W.C.) "Sawdust Par-
adise" (Par) (2,164; 26-50). Around
regular. average of late, $5,300.

Carthay Circle (W.C.-M 1 1 1 e r)
"Mother Know's teest" (wired) (Fox),
sound ($1,55T); 50-$l,B0). 5th week.
Returns okay with Fox people, who
figured stay here goOd exploitation.
Around $7,300. '"Interf erence" ( Par)
all-talker Nov. 5. ' ,

Criterion (W.C.) "Patriot"
(sound) (Par) . (1,600; 25-75), 2d
week. About, normal, drop . from
first stanza; $9,500. .

Egyptian (W.C.-U.A.) "Dancing
Daughters" (M-G-M) (1,800; 25-75).
This Harry Beaumont product just
natural b.o. With Benny Rubin on
stage in final week helping along;
$14,000.

Loew?s State (W.C. -Loew) "Night
Watch" (F.N.) wired (2,248; 25-$l).
Trade shot here pfetty badjy with
take less than in weeks. Around
$19.,500.

Metropolitan (W.C.-Pub) "First
Kiss" (Par), wired (SiSOS; 25-75).
Did not draw from start irt this big
hou.se; ; $19,400.

United Artists (tT.A.) "Woman
Disputed" (U.A.) wii-ed . (2,100; 25-
$1). This Talmadge started off big
on first week, getting $21,700. Two
vireeks to go.

Warner Brothers (W. B.)_:;ping-
ihg Fool" (W.-B.) talker (2,756; 25-
75). Third -vyeek. Gfeorge Reilly
still has lines out every night with
this trade sensation of town;
$33,000.

AI and Herbert Ouldraw ^
Adolphe and Madge, Topeka

Topeka, Oct. 30.
(Drawing , Pop., 80,000)
(Weather: Fair and Cool)

Radio and politics held Topekans
at home last week and managers
currently expect another low week
from the same cause.

No theatre was near normal last
week arid two new lows w<>r6 set.
The Grand, with the first Movie-
tone special, "Mother. Knows Best,"
took the toboggan almost in. red.
The other was at the ncAvly re-'
opened Isis, where . the poorest
week's business of any local; house
\vas reported, $250.

Estimates for Last Week
. Grand (1,400; 50). (National).
Doorihan declared that not one
fiapper or a flapper'si male counter-
part had passed him air week ; pos-
sibly scared away by the title of
"Mother Knows Best," sound (Fox) ;
a new low, $2,800.

J.ayhawk (1,500; 40) (National)
"Her Cardboard Lover" (W.B.).
Drew, on strength of star? and a
pair of Hollywood kids on stage.
"The River. Pirate" (Fox), last half,
did iabout normal or less; $2,700,

Novelty (laOO;- 40) (Crawford)
Hadji' All, freak act, failed to hit
despite, heavy pounding by the
management; "Street of Illusions"
only stirred moderate Interest; last
half miediocre with Ken -Maynard .
western; week's total $1,600.

Orpheum (1,200; 25) (National)
^'Phyllis of__the Follie.'r," Fir.st half
surfercd~from'^jiHTl'nd="Herbcrt
Mehjou, popular here, failed to get
them with "Tiger Lady" (Par);
total only $450.

Cozy (400; 25) (Lawrence)' "Man
Mode Woman." First half pnfTcred
with the rest; "Chicago" (loathe),
last half, got the flappers, picking
up some for $750.

. Best (550; 20) (Lawrence). Stn.-k
vaude policy continued to hit wiih
tho.se who have no radi*^ ffts; i.liii'd
nm •pietu.re.s don't seem to ni'ike
any difference In receipts; $750.

Wednesday, October 31, 1928

PICTURE GROSSES

VARIETY

Capitol Again Shines in Light Week;
Chaney $pOO, Tffat^ $33,500

I'Gangster" $101,96o at Roxy-^Paramourit Under
$70,000— "Submarine" and "Wings" Out

. Coolet" weather didn't boost pic
ture house" receipts to any great ex
tent last week. Iii only one case;
the Capitol, was there sriy: real
offensive to carry on beyond normal.
"While the City Sleeps" came in
here and ^ave this house its third
biff woek In a row by getting $84,800
On other. ?ites business was either
just fair or off.

"Me, Gangster" :let tlie Roxy slip
back a . notch or two at $101,900
While the Paramount was down to
$68,700 with "Take -Mc ITo'me," Its
been many a weelc since this theatre
dipped under $70,000. Strand turned
out a comfortable $33,500 for "Wa-
terfront." When these four house-s
fail to show- a combined total of
$300,000 trade isn't any too. warm.

"Wings" and "Submarine" have
departed, the latter making way for
"The Cavalier" (T-S) at the Em-
bassy last night (Tuesday). It's the
first Tiffany-Stahl picture to ever
play Broadway for $1.50. The big
air picture finished to. $9,300 and Im-
mediately crossed over to the Rialto
where it got $16,000 on the weekend,
Btfong but, ho record. "Battle of the
Sexes" was withdrawn here after
a weak fortnight which only totaled
$43,400 on 15 days. "Wedding March"
had a, fair second week at $30,900
although showing a drastic drop of
about $11,000 on the second seven
days.

Univer^al's "Melody of Love"
stepped off $14,900 at the Colony,
satisfactory, and "Four. Deyils" was
Bteady in its fourth week for $12,200.
• The Canfteo again retains "Three
. Comrades" on the strength of a sec
. ond $7,200 while "Lilac Time" was
around $11,000 at the Central.
"Singing Fool" beat $40,000 In its
Blxth week, and in four days "The
Home .Towners" . ran up . $8,300 at
Warners. "White Shadows" equaled
Its previous week by slipping past
$15,000.

Football Isn't helping the Satur-
day tnatlneea. and election Is Just
around the corner. That the screen
attractions weren't overly strong is
another r<»-ason.

Astbr— "White Shadows" sound
(Cosmo-M-G) (1,129; $l-$2) (14th
week). Holding on at neat figUros,
but due to go before long; "Alias
Jimmy Valentine," M-G's BO per
cent, talker, dup here w:ith ho date
set; election the general alibi along
the: Street for generally midlin'
trade.

Cameo — "Three Comrades" (Am;
kino) (549; 50-75) «ld week). Rus-
iBian film clipped oft another $7,200
and holding for third week. -

Oepitol— "While the City Sleeps"
eound (M-Q) (4,620; 35-50-75-$l-
$1,50) (2d-week). House has been
doing, splendid business the past
three weeks; again clicked in mod-
erate gross times by getting $84,800
With Chaney; comparative leader of
the Street and holding over.

Central— "Lilac Time" sound (FN)
(922; $l-$2) (13th week). Shows no
heavy signs of wear, but easing off;
around $11,000.

Colony— "Melody of Love" sound
(U) (1,980; 35-50-60-75-99) (2d
week). U'3 first talker away to fair
Anoufc'h start; $14,900.

Criterion— "Wings" (Par) (836;
$l-$2). Hung up exceptional run
Friday by completing 63 weeks;
finished to $9,300 and moved across

L.Btiieet_t]te_.nex.t^^^

on grind basis at Rialto. '

E m b a s s y— "Submarine" (Col)
(596; $l-$2). Stfiyed nine weeks to
make good impression; slipped in
latter stages, but held to a better
pace than many of its predecessors
hero; finished light at $5,700; "The
Cavalier'' (T-S) opened last night
(Tucs'day) ; in for foiir weeks.

(3aiety — "Four Devils" Movietonn
(Foil) (80S; ($l-$2) (5th week). Ha;^
had smooth sailincr; giving way
. stubbornly and • although .off a bit
from previous .week; $12,200 okaj*.

Paramount — "Take Me Homo"
(Par) (3,6C6; 40 - 65 - 75 - 86. - $1)
House ha.sn't had smash week in
some time now and the first time
under $70,000 in a couple of moons;
Bobe Daniels opus not strong; $68,-
^00 rates a grouch.

Rialto— "Battle of the Sexes"
sound (UA) (1,960; (35-50-75-85
$1).' Made little or no impros.sion
hero; concluded Stay after $43,400 in
ir> days, final week being $17,400;
"Win.sr.s" (Par) moved in Saturday,

getting Jie.OOO on jyeek-erid.^ •

Rivoir — "Wedding MarcH"" souncl

''WINGS" DOES $24,200
IN SEAmE, 5tH AVE.

$1 5,250 for *^Ruins''>- Pan,
$9,200— Orpheum, $9,800
—Coliseum, $3,500

Seattle, Oet. 30-
(Drawing PpDulation. 5(»,000)
(Weather? Cool and Pleasant) .

While showmen expect a lull Un-
til after the holidays, biz. held up
weir the past weekv All houses
gave big value; In fa.ct, some
seemed to try to give too much.

Looks as though they want to hold
the patrons so long that they'll be
too tired or' won't have time to go
to a second, or. a, third show the
same day. .

Estimates for Last "Week .

Seattle (WC-Pub-L) (3.100; 25-
60)— "Out of the Ruiiis" (FN). Well
liked. Fahchon & Marco "Temp-
tations," needed speeding; biz very
good; $15,250.

Fifth Ave. (WC) . (2,700; 25-60)—
"Wings" (Par.). . Lots, of action,
and biz great; $24,200.

Coliseum (WC) (1,800; 25)—
"Lady Be Good" (FN). Pcp. prices
helped and gross fair; $3,500;

Columbia, (U) (1,000; 25-50) —
"Wickedness Preferred" (M-G),
Featured- Zeppelin pictures; "Jan
Sofer getting lots of music, out. 6f
the ordhestra,; biz fair; $3,700..

Blue Mouse (Hamrick) (950; 50r
75)— 'Home Towncrs"-Vita (WB).
All talker; clicked; $10,000.

Music Box (Hamrick) (1,000; 50-
75)— "Singing Fool" -Vita (WB).
Great in fourth week; headed for,
record run; $12,750. .

Winter Garden (U Chain) (650;
25)_"Night Bird" (U). Denny and
Betsy Lee liked in this; fair at $2,-
7b0v

Pantages (1,500 ; 25-6())— "Scarlet
Lady" (Col). Backed up with good
vaude; $9,200. ^

Orjjheum (1,700; 25-$l)-^"Captain
Swagger" (Pathe). Fair vaude
bill; $7,800. .

President (Duffy) (1,800; 25-
$1.25)— "She Walked In Her Sleep"
(Duffy Players). Emma Dunn com-
ing next week as guest star In
"Mother*'; biz fair; $3,000.

No Outstander in N. 0.
last Week; Top $18,600

"TEMPEST," $6,000

Okay *in Tacoma— "Night Watch,"
$6,00(>T-"Wedding March," $3,400

Tacoma, Oct. 30.
(Drawing Population, 125,CK)0) .
Weather: Cool

Fair offerings proved orily fair
magnets at the first runs. last week.
Estimates for Uast. Week

Bro ad way ( WG ). (1,5 0 0; 25 - 50)- .
"Xight Watcli" .(FN). Riithcr liked
thas one here; Fanchon and Mare.)
stage show good; $5,000.
. Pantages: (1,500; . .25-50)— "Teni- '
pest" (I'A). , Good draw witli
liiirrymore; $0,000. . • ■ ;

Biue Mouse .UTarhick) (650.; 50,^
75).— "Sjiijjing Fool,'-' Vita (Wlil.
Great, $0,500. . ■ ■ ' - -

Rialto (WC) (1,250; 25-.-;0) —
"Woilciihg . March" sound : (I'ur).
Pair but no wow; $3,400.

Colonial (WC) . (850; 25)— "Do-
tedtives" :(M-G). Belo.w par ; ; $1.S00.

2-Wk. Notice Goes
at Keitli, Wash.,

DENVER TAKES DROP;
'WEDDING' DOES $13,000

Orpheum Okay at- $9,500--
Colorado Dives $2,000—
Neighborhoods Hit

(Par) (2,200; 3o-50-75-85-$l) (3d
week). Took sharp drop in second
week, but had a good way to fall;
. $30,900 not bad; "Woman Disputed"
(I A) due here late next week,

Rojcy — "Me, Gancrster" Movietone
iVox) f 6,205: n0-75-$l-$1.56).. About
Sn.ooo off from previou.s week;
flM.i^OO nil right, but no cheer.<?.

Strand— "Waterfront" sound (FN">
('2,niin. nr..(;o_f,,T.7|-,). Turned In nlc"
ti>T;ii .-it $.'!3,500.

Warners— "Home Towners" Vita

New Orleans, Oct. 31.
(Drawing Population, SOO.OiOO).
(V/eather: Clear aiid Cool)
Rather a, light week in the local
film temples. A disappointment at
the Saenger wicket was "Street
Angel." It just wouldn't click here.
Publicity boys did yeoman service
for it, but the fans remained luke-
warm. ' -

'Mother Knows Best" at Loew's
State started slowly, but built
, handsomely during the week, with
|T?ro"SS' byer-$l6,000. Title' not a con-
tributing factor.

Something of a drop at the Or-
pheum, where "Tenth Avenup",
failed to register, skidding, hou.'je
below $9,000 for the. first time in
several months.

"Simba" was brutal . In Second
and final week at Tulane, $1.50 top
at $3,300. • ■ ;

Strand was back with Billle Ppve
in "The Night WatehV and the huge
loeal favorite, . Don Phillipini. The
don remains th6 South's mcst pop-
ular bandster and helped to bring
in eohslderablc of the $4,00.0. "Tend-
erloin," fourth and final week.
$2,900. •

Estimates for Last Week

5achger (3,568 ; 65) "Street Angei."
Much expected, but final figure
$18,600..

Loew's Stale (3.218; 50) "Mother
Knows Best." Wealk. title hurting
somewhat; $16|400..

Tulane (1,400; $1.50) "Simba,." But
{."linoo •2d week.

=-Or-p h e u m.-(.MI10.r-JiM„'iTenth .A vej;
nue." Not so hot at $8,800,

Tudor (hOO; 50). 'Tfinclerloin."
Fourth and final week, $2,900.

Washington... Oct. 30,
(White Population, 450,000)
(Weather: Right)

Both holdovers; "Singing Fool"
and. "Dancing Daughters" woi-o
pulled when doing more' business on
their fourth and third weeks than
many others have done on the sec-

"Daughters" at . Loew's Columbia
took the three-weeik gross record of
the hou.se. That is something, when.
It plays all the big money getters.
Picture got $44,000 on the three
weeks at 50c top, with 1,232 scats.
Jol.son eot $63;000 pn his four weeks.
. After giving Chaney a rest— they
were playing him almost every other
Wecli— business went up for his
!'When the City iSleeps" at the Pal-
ace. With the oft repeating stunt his
draw was being wrecked. Chancy
brought $4,000 recovery to the house
over th(6 ; previous. "Sawdust Alley"
week. ■ •

Rialto went downward on its sec-
ond week after re-opening with
"Melody of Lovq." l!)rop was about
$1,500. Fox was In the same class
•with I'Mother Machree'' though its
drop was not quite as big.

Keith's with, grind policy Includ-
ing musical tab, and last week
"Craig's Wife" showed a little im-
provement over previous week but
riot enough to save the ship— two
weeks' notice went up Saturda,y
Estimates for Last Week .
Columbia (Loew) "Dancing Daugh-
ters" wired (Cosmo-M-G) (1,232;
,35^50). Final of three weeks;
missed record week's business, by
Ies.s than $.'')0 oh opening stanza but
took record for Second and third
week; help fi'om Hearst papers must
not be discounted; final week Just
under $11,000.

Earle (Stanley-Crandall "Night
Watchman" wired (F.N.) (2,244;
35-50). Dove usually, effective
draw; this time not so miuch; $10;t
600.

Fox (Fox) "Mother Machree":
wired (Fox) stage show (3,432; 35-
50-75). Slow pace to final count of
estimated $17,200.

Keith's (K-A) "Craig's Wife" and
niusical tab (1,938; 35-50). Slight
Improvement but notice up of closr
Ing; to $7,000 last week.

Met (Staniey-Crandall) "Singing
Fool" wired (WB) (1,518; 35-50);
Four weeks with final one going
almost $11,000.

Palace (Loew) ^!Whlle_City Sleeps"
wired (M-G) (2,372; 35-50). l^ccldecT
comfe back skidding past several
weeks; la-st week almost $21,000. •
Rialto (U) "Melody , of Love"
wired (U) (1,978; 35-50); Dropped
little under opfening week but good
for this house when previou.s fig.uros
of last sea.s»on considered; $9,500.

'Tool" Vs. "Daughters"
And Both Very Big

/Providence, Oct. 30
(Drawing' Population, 315,()00)
(Weathei*: Fair) ,
Following the smash hit of
"Wings," Majestic probably will
h.'jng'! up another tWo-weok record
with I'Tlie .Singing Fool." La.st week
it turned thousands away. Held
over. *

Loew's State did capacity with
."Our Duncirig Daughters.'' .

Estimat€a-for-Ua6t=Week==.i

. Denver, . Got. ; 30.
(Drawing Population, 400,000) ,
. . (Weather: Cooi and Clear-)

Ileas'y movie , trade cooled down
l:i.-:t. vve>>k. Wljile •.•Siii.£Tin,Lr. VotA" goi
coin In its third.' woek !ind"\Vlnjrs"
did . llkewi.se. in il.s V seVond. . tli'.''
Denver,, liig elass liDuaO. did a briuly
with; "Wedding Mar.eli." Kenihinder
of .the boys just ta.irge'd aloii),'. -

Decision to . hold "I'"'0()1.".; lji\tp a
fourth woek was eanoellod by 'Man-
ager Huffman, of the Aladdin, wlio
plans, to bring it dtiwntown to tlie
Ainerle.'ln for a two or threc-woek
..slay within a few n.umtha. .

Neighborhood.s ■ liave .<5pent \ a
tough/ ])erii)d tiie p ist weeks, a.e-;
cording to gos.'^ip oti.ll-ie .street. ICni-.
press, housing- lA^'vey vaude, ulsu
has been off pleniy.

Estirhates for Last Week

•Aladdi.n (Tudo) (1,500: sn-uOr?:.).
•'Singing Fool," .Vila CWl'.)..; Had
holdouts on last lught; pC third
week; rnatinees off, but total inusl
liave been .around . $9, 000.

America (Indc) (1.500; 20-35-50').
"Laind ot . the . Silver Fox." V.fta
(WB). Better than expected; at $4,-
500; dialog sc(iuences figured as
draw. ■, ■ »■ ;

Colorado (Inde) (2,450; 15-25.),
"Singapore Mutiny" (FBO). Took a
terrible licking; e.stimatcd undei-
$2,000; stage orehestra .Only dis-
tinguishing ..feature frorii stt-alght
.grind.

Denham (Inde .stock) (1,732: 25-
$1.50), . "Shore leave," with Frances
Starr. Caught fair interest; If; $6,
000, about broke even.

Denver. (Publix) (2,450; 35-00),
'Wedding March," sound . (I'ar)
Publix unit, "Seeing Things."
Didn't raise enough favorable com-
ment to disturb the cashiers; re-
ports through week classed busi-
ness as 'way off, with starvation
mats;, may be $13,000. .,

Empress (Levey vaude) (1,860;
15-25-30), "Street of Illusion" (Col).
Headllner was .an amateur revue
featuring local talent; maybe the
kids' parents thought It was good;
$3,0OO gives house a break.. ; .

Orpheum (Vaude) . (1,600;. 35-40-
60). Tanguay topped show ■with Bll-
lie Dove reaching .'em ; in "Night
Watch" (FN); one of best bills of
season here; $9,500 and heavy week-
end play. .. ■

Rialto . (PUbix) (1,050; 50-60),
"Wings," sound (Par). Entered sec-
ond week with nightly capacities;
.stroijg at $8,000; first big film house
has had since the . last: Chaplin. ;

Victory (Publix) (1,140; 15-25-30),
"Clearing, the Trail". (U). ■ Ended
last half around $1,000 or slightly
Over; house advertising "Home of
Silent Piptures— Continuous Organ
Music." ' ■ . *

State (Pathe) (1,200; 15-25-30),
"Chinatown Charlie" (FN). Brought
smiles with $3,000; pulled 'em in.

Poors

Can't F igu re

Move Into Stanley—
Wings," $32,000

(WB) n,360; $1-$2) ^l-'d week).
Oi)ened Tuesday night (Oet. 21) and
generally approved; in four dajs,
$8 300.

Winter Garden— "Pinu-lng Fool"
Vita <\VV.) (\.m; $1 -?'J-.J3) (vM.
woek). Still beating $JO,000 and. no
noticeable letdown-

Majestic (B'ay) (2,;i00; 15-$1). Hit
liigh mark for $14,C00 and strong in
second week.

Loew's "State (3,800; 20-50). Ca-
pacity all week with "Danelng
D.-iUL'hters" f.M-G-M2. $21,0000.

Strand (Tn'l) (2.000; IG-.'^O). Avr-r-
'uro wf'ck with Er-lhtr Ual.^on ir;
".-^.'iwdust I'aradi.se- (I'e.r), $ 1 •'/.•■.um.

Victory <Ko\ih'B) n.GOO; l-'-.V)).
>.''.n!;a f~':.".'irer .cll''k'-d w< !l lu
■JMii; .A' t.ff --s" (M-G-Mj. Always-
good Xi' ro; $iJ,O0O,

"DOCKS," $42,400 AT MET.

'Fool" Big in Boston Too — "Sexes",
at State, $19,400

■ -. ; Pliiludelphiu,. b;(:t. ;30v. :

Busiiie.-JSi in tlu\dn\vivlo\\-,n '.inetiire
hoUMes; jiun'P''<i sniai tlj last week.

''rheiUros iliat t-rhiired the wputli.ght

wore the Aljine, "The i Singing "

lOoo'l':;';.' the Stanley, "Wings;;;. Karl-
lon, ".Man Who: Laugli.s" ; 'Fox-Lo- . ;
eust,. '"..Mother Knows Best";; i.jit-
1 le, Theatre, ••i)r.;(;alig;u-i,''., arid the
(.ilobe witli Di-.'; 'PayUii-'s '•Married
IviO.ye'; ' ballyhoo, t^urpi i.se . wa.-i. the
anivo|nu evv\ent that "Smt;ing Fool" '
wi.'\rld oonvplele its .eiiKajiemcrit at .
live Ajdine tlii.-i Salvirday. .giving it
ju.^t ,a v,;>'>nlh'at tiiis, house. .

.This wiis Hot dtie to a falling off
ill busines.s. In fact, . attendance
was, if anything, bigger . tlian -ever. .
Hut "I'^oor; AviU nvovo next week to
the; Stanley niHl then, it is said, : to
ti.ie , Stanton; where it .will, linger. .
Th.at d6e.«:h't fully explain why It
ifl being taken , out of the Aldine.
Mystery is complicated by the fact
that it .Was announced "The Wed-
ding- Ma.roh" would come in host ,
.;Mond<ay, only to have .the Von
ytrohcim iilciturc cancelled and
','Sul)niarine," .wliieh recently played
excellent single. 'week engagements
lit the Erlangei' and Koith'.s,, substi-
tuted. Nobody knows the reason
for the whole affair.

As far as tho number of turn-
awayn, per ixitrons accommodated,
is cpneerned, It was the new Little
Theatre onMarket street, run by
the Motion Picture Giilld, . which
topjied. "Dr. Calig.arl," with a ca-
jiaeity of only 216 scats and a 50
arid 75-coht seale, grossed about
$5,0Q0. -.Main i:,In6 and Chestnut
Mill .society are giving house their
full support. Thisi hiis amazed, lo-
cal piclufe people, probably the.
Stanley company most. of all. When
"Caligari" was first released, Stan-
ley would not touch it and It was
Hn.ally : booked in a neighborhood
uptown. '

. v"Mother Knows Best" showed the
efl!ects of a big campaign, but hard-
ly can be claimed to hayo entered
the sma'Kh cla.TS. First . Week was
about; $15,000. "Wings," previously
shown at the Aldino for a run,, was
booked into, the Stanley last week
with©ut any presentation program,
and looked good at about $32,000.
"Wing.^j" was moved down, this week
to the Stanton, whore it will prob-
nbly play sdveral weeks unless
"Fool" forces it out. .

"Man Who Laughs;" shoved into
the Karlton. when "King : of King.s"
fell off, claimed about $7,500; good,
considering the 50 and 75 -cent scale.
Notices -were topnotch. The :Fox had
"Sti-ect of llhi.sion": ns the film
Sjcyiture and ",«^yneopatiori ItevelH"
with TIarry Itosc. (.ro.s.s was around
$30,000.

Stanton just so-so with $11,000
for the final week of "Uncle Tom"
and tho Arcadia had to take nut
'{The White Sister" in the. middle
of the week because of langulsthlng
busihcs.s.

Boston, Oct. 30. .
(Drawing Population, 860,000)
(Weather: Cold)

"Singing Fool" was. the feature of
last week' in the Hub. Olyinpia and
rFenway, showing the. J,olson talker,
had the SRO sign out for the week.
Houses advertised. the $3 top in New
York and ca.shed in heavily on the
75 cent scale here. ■ .

"Docks Of New York" made out
well at the Metropolitan with $42,-
400. "Step on U" Frank Cambria'?:
revue and Jiodemlch band ..show
completed the bill-.

"Battle of the Se-xes" at Loew's
State, had ,strong'comi)etitinn from
the Fenway, and gr-OH.sed- $19,400. .Al
White and rcyue cbrnpriscd th(
stage show.

"I.)anelng Daughters" at the; Oi:-
pheum. without . sound, had .a fair
-week..' Picture pr''vloii.sly opened
.sound era at State. Without sound
undeubtodly a;ffected the gross here

Estimates for Last Week

Metropolitan (4,000; 60-75)
"Dofks of N"W York" (rar):,"Sl.ep
on It" as unit and good week fo
$42. -100. ■

State (3.500; 50-05) "Battle of the
Sexes" (VA). Itevuo on stage and
=no.t^a8.,hlgJbLjt3.=jutn!L<lLQiL:.JtlAiiL^^^

Orpheum rS.SOO; 50-C5)"D.i:nfini.';
Datightor.s'' (M-O) and vaude. Tvo.'^l
nothing nt $1»,000; pictiire client.

New Boston— "Out of the liuir)
fFN). VnUcci Bartli''lmcs.s fans to-
r,'othfr with only Mlz-able vaudo .vhov.-
in tfiWn ;

"Man Who'Lauqha" ^soor.-l) ""T'l
In third -week .it .Mod-rn and IJ'-.t-
con lield up falrlv wi-'jl.

"Wings'Vat S'-oPav f-vpi.Tro plvir,
pia, had hi;' w'- ;■ f •'• tlii." r.< -'.i')'-
of the city; l.s sound'd.

Estimates .Last Week

Stanley (4,000; 3,550-75) '"Wings"
(Par sound). Had a, long run previ-
ously at the; Aldine, but licld. up
strongly here. r"porlcd around $32;-
.0.00 arid moved this week to the.
'Stanton.

Aldine '(1,500; f;0-7'5) "The Sing,---
Ing Fool" Vita (Wli) (3rd week)..
Jol.'jrin still- ae7)s;i(iotial. which made
announcement of . last week all the.,
more . surfirlslng;. move.s to Stan-
ley and then to Stanton; $22-.0"0.

Stanton (.1,700; 35-50-75). "IJnele,.
Toin'.s Cabin"; sound,. (U). (2d
week). -.-Not -so forte :in final wcek; -
lindor $11,000.

Fox- Locust (1,800; $1) "Mother-
Knows i'/ost," Movii'li^he (Foy) (Lst
yi-of k). llad the advttntage of tro-
rnendous ad .eainpaign; , bu.'tlriess
good, about $].'),fiO0..
■ Fox (3,000; 90) , "Street of lUu-'
.sLon" irFox). Picture, did not count
for much, "Syncopation Kcv-l."?.," rc^
vue, helped; Just under $3'i,0O0. .

Karlton (1,000: .00-7.-)) "Man. Who
LaugtiM" (T;.). fl.st w.-ek;. .Slitived-
in li'.-re sud<li'nly ami.did very wtdl;
$7,500. reiiortcd..

- Little (216; 50-75) "Dr. Caligari."
CTIfa;. S'l.'Ds.'ili.jrr.-il trade on first'
-jv-ockf ^almost^l^TMD. ^^-^^

G O S T U IVI E S
JT O R H I R E2

T'rtOI>T"-TT(')N'JJ
V li Ki^ K N-r A T I ONB

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VARIETY

Wednesday, October 31, 1928

you No

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EXHIBITORS HERALD and
MOVING PICTURE^ WORLpj

^'Marriage by Contract*\>^
By Tiffany'Stahl DeMs^
With Companionate Uulm

(Special to the Herald-lVorli)
NEW YORK, Oct. 16— Tiffany St ihl
gave a private showing of. their new p ct ire
on the theme of companionate iriai cij ge,
"Marriage by Contract," here today, : n< it
caught the immediate attention and in ex est
of onlookers. .
. The. picture handled a delicate subj xt

a particularly nHmit mnnnfr nnil llif-ri:^is

ny-
ay be

,T'"'*''^" Kilt

idrni t mn
iJiaj/the

through its , car eer. y illU

loyi!, wiiiLii ttiiuuiirfair

m

filni will dra w .^allj

/"Marriage hy Contract," the
Stahl special, is a motion picture
described as a natural box-office ^ttr&ction.
theme is trial marriage and the dfe:tive manner
in which the disasters of the con- panionate idea
are demonstrated will mabeit a convincing sub-
ject to the general public. The ti n iliness of the
theme is beyond question.

In the picture Patsy Ruth ^ [il ler does the^
finest work of her screen career. ' A/iith advanced
ide^s on the subject oiE marriage
four different alliances and each
ded episodes is rnore disastrous than the prev-
ious one. , The picture is lavishly arpduced, with
attractive settings, finely photogr ap hed and we)l
directed by James Flood under 1 h( ; supei-vision
of John M. Stahl. Robert Edeso i
featured members of a strong cast
'Marriage by Contract"' is a^ u

! he contracts
of these wed-

DAIB^iUVIEW

HERE'S A BE!

is one of the

.cess , picture

"BT

to fill houses, W|
developed in a manner calculated' tc;
arid excite attention.

and should bc |a cleah-up for exhibitors.

ARTHUR JAMES.^,

m

A screen sensation on the .....
theme 'of rxpcriincnlal marri
Ihc new b\f, TifTany-Stahl .■ pc
"Marria>,'c by Contract," in
I'.itsy K'utii Miller marries f .„
times in cinlit reels and Rivt ^ tjie
.-itrcii .somclliiiig with whi h
bring in ilic crowds James PI
(lircclcd it iitulcr Ihc. prod icl

• siipervi.sion of . John M. .Slal 1.

• ftobert F.dcson and other cf
peteiU players arc proniincn in ,
large cast. , "Marriage by Con trn :t
is a fraiik but. careful baridling
the trial marriage plan .sliowifig
working out, its mistakes ann
asters.

i We rcconin iciid this pirt^ re.

oxliibttnr-; ay^.-i big exploitation

cly
i.s.
ial
ch
)ur

to
pod
on

m-'
a

of
its

[liicliire bet, y

Wednesday, October 31, 1928

VARIETY

11

THE FILM WILL DR/^WML mROUCHITf WREER

CL^rJ^ PRODUCTION

bOWELL^T
TUEBOK-OFFlCE\

Motion Pictiir-

News .

ILltliEMEWS :

171.

'( Patsy Ruth Mil'ei

' "Marriage By C w tract"

Tiffany-Stdhl Lcn lU ;

A WINNER. EXP3EES THE
BUNK IN THE CO W 'ANION-
ATE MARRIAGE GAG.
HUMAN. DRAMATIC

GREAT WOMAN PirTJRE

Cast. ...Patsy Rtitl> Mil cr as the
iiiod< rn girl who tries ( on ipanionatc-

niarria/(o gives one of
foniinuccs. Laurence G .
port. Stroiif,' cast inrlu
' I'jiicrsoii,. Shn lcy TalJiu
l--.tlcs<in, Diik-i- Martin,-
lis. Claire McDowell, fcu i

Ctti.'.

Story and Productic n
<if youth and today. T ns

IT

a
11

r PPn'^ IJrowii; luies

by a niilc It's pot a K^c
ininclr tii-d up to the
thcnic of conipaiiionaije
U showb very luinianlv
fully iiow a nioderii p.irl
a contract iiiar"ri:ifcc,
rocks HI three nioiiths
stays out till 3 a.m. an
CTcd with, an old ipirl
other word'«. Muu can't
man nature by (iod^Mll^
rin^ and liceii'se. Thai
lesson the Rirl- learn-;
keeps on le.irning till
h'.auly 'have Mown, ale
a(hinrers, ■. Powerful-
vvhich wonie'ii's I'liihs ^
will back strun^r. \ ft (.aii't i\<ii

Direction. -J ani^e^TTolui, expert;
Author, h'.dvvard Clark, Scenario
I'raiKCi Ilyland; Editor,. L. R
IJrowii; Titles, Paul Perez; Phc
Miller, e."<cclleut.<

AHDWEEKLY

niHDiccsr

SEXV.

riMELY.

ri inl
!

I

best per-,
fine snp-
I^ilph
Uoliert
Si. Po-
V L.Tlay-

. Drama
^lle f.-in,
dramatic
• inodi-rii
marriane.
i d ptiWif;;
ibai ks Of.

hi I', tire
cii hubby
f et"-. pla-.t-
> u nd. ill
;inf;e liu-
w<.-ddin;T
he t(iu^':li
And she.
)Ulh, and.

Wllh llIT

eaehrnenl

byrfinn-ly^

u/Af HhUt GnUrlainmcnt

A Picture

EXCITEMENT hit tl
fice a smack last nig it
was like. this. In cair|c
head rcvifvvor, bubblin
about somcthinpf or fckth^r
bad just seen. That, in
was uniiSual. • So wc inc ui^cd
what it wa.s all about: Sa d
viewer had Iiurned office
directly after seeing "Matlrikfi:e
by Contract," a Tiffany pt^hl
release. ■ -Nobody could
him. We then figured tHai
tlii.-; pic.Lure was that jjoo< ,
h.nd better pass on the wo c
fast as po.s;;ii)lL-.

So wc then asked hiii
point out what the why an
wherefore. ■ And this is whfit
said — in essence, not in tot
cau.se wo h.ad to trim his ra|v(
si>ate requirements:

IJiiill oil conipaiiionatc
riajtc theme. SbiVws stcj) by
liow nuxU-rn fjirl imbarks
.such a marnaK'", but how
ventions, etc. I)reak it Sjf).
tries it aRaln. It fails apjat: i
Rit^ punch is in showing
a. wiiiii.Tin has no protcc
m this coijipanionatc niarr
stuff. The inan walks off, p
.-■.nother but the womai

I ick cd. AfTc doc r. t he trick,
natural (or feminine support f
all cltjbs and church orKai^z
lions.

Very .si.xy, hut dt'.creclly h
led by dire(;tT)r Uaincs l<l

under l lif i-nflc i-yr ul

<st.i|il/ ( l.iss produniu n froin all
l an^rles.^ l I11IS.5! . 11111^1/
n.lie(iie, enormous woman intcr-
if.reiit in marriage problems
which arc dram.itically developed.
.Wliich is .sayiiif; plenty' about nny
Vcture. Toronto and ttic exhi)/lor
•C ^^vetitioh beckon, but just s^^^on

Marriage by Gont r: ict '

Good Box-office MtUei ul
(Reviewed by Chester J« Si iii ■)

T HIS tiilo bus its moral t m women
should remain well satisfic( ^ilh the,
good old-fashioucd marriage cere ik ny| that l
precarious as that sometimes s, it willii
continue to bo generally ncccp cc as the; ]
proper and saf ebt standard. Hov e\ er, com- j
panionato marriage has come in f c r a deal
o£ discussion and because of tb it there' is
plenty of box-offlce raat«rial in tl is feature.
If it is to be adversely criticised it all, it i3
because there may be one too m tn r of the
marriage sequences.

Patsy Ruth Miller trudges her w ly sadly
through four or five "agrecme its ," each
time being slEitisfled she has hii i pon the
right man at last. And then she vakes up
to. find it has all been a drean , ' -hat . her
original companionate agreciuoh ; ; dth the
youth she loves and who. loves 1 er has not
departed because of a tiiff that in ught on
all the hysteria. But she is smt rt enough,
after all, and so is he, to realise hat the
old fashioned marriage eerembr y s nntich
the most satisfactory.

Mi.ss Miller is very convinc: ng in the
handling of a soinjewhat difficult ro e which
takes her from the young mod( rn at wife
•through the various marriage cj isi dos un-
til she cornc.i to the border of ; liddle age

and with, it there is the desirf
her youth. It is somewhat a rcU f
all of thos*^ hardships have not b(

when she awakrns from her troi bhd sleep, g

Lav\Tcnoc Gray also does some
work, as do t,he other members <

Ma

ii>nf'.-i) and il shouli i do well ut

tf retain
0 know
en hers

It IS U pICl.llVC that hnu qnil<> iAnKLlprilhlf»,

cr iiditable
C the cast.

the ljox-|

iJrawinK jfoWer: The suh.jed: is one that
hfis liad much attention, and with a well
molded story, well done, it pioiiiisos to click
in nearly any house. Exploitation Angles:
The (;oni.panional.e murrla|^e subjeiit lends
ilseir to ready exploitation; tlie good Mtory,l
the wcll halanccd cast.

THEME: Thoroughly modern girl and
youth decide upon a companionate mar-
riage; they, auarrel and she leaves in a huflf.
she drifts frorai one marriage contract to
another, only, to finally wake up and. realize
ithas been a dream, which, however, has a
happy ending.

Produced and distributed by Tiffany-
SLiihl. Length, 7,780 feet. Eeleaaed, Deeeui-
Ikc 1, The Cast; Patsy Iluth MilicV,.

Lavvrence Gray, Shirley Palther, Ralph
V.rncry.on, Jolin St: Polis, Claiirc Mc .Dowell,.
Jiuby Lafayette, Duke Martin, Itoberl .Ede-
Raymond. Kearie. Director, James
St*''-~«-<,Kdward Clark> Continuity
^led tid

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12

VARIETY

PICTURE GROSSES

Wednesday, October 31, 1928

MINN. WAY UP;
TOfMMINGS'

Jolson $70,000 in 3 Wks.
—Air Film $58,500 in 6
—Minnesota, $27^900

My Pielure

. Minneapolis,. Oct. 30.-
(Drawing Population, 475,000)
Weather: Favorable .

Businoss boomed last weeki' Cori-
eidt i-in«- tlio stiff o])position afford-
ed ))>• ' ihc political, campaign, : the
box ullice sliov.'infe' was rojnarkable.
A .t.'i,ste of old-time prosperity, and
holliin.tr liki.v it had boon anticipated
until after election.

AVeel:-cnd home-coming of Min-
nesota footbiill crowds helped the
week; to a ilying start. Saturday and
Sinulay ti-adc .was enormous, with
the .State ami , Strand giving mid-
night perfonnunces to •. help' accpnri-
modaio the throngs! ; /' :.

Treniendous achievements by
"The Sinyiiiy Fool" and "Wings."
Although the former, was In its third
week at the' 2,500Tseat State, where
it already had played to more than
$50,000, business continued to hold
iip. Deniand .. created by this Jolson
offering is almost unbelievable for
Minneapoli.>5. "Wings," at the
Strand, also continued sehisatiOnally
in its sixth week. Aggregate tak-
ings for this one will be close, to
$C0,0bO. Picture shatters a local rec-
ord . for long runs, Proyibus top for
a regular movie house was four
weeks, "\Ving.V played here to two
big weeks as a! road attraction last-
season. Both "Fool" and "Wings"
bowed out' last Friday,' although,
takings warranted holding over.

Busiiiess came back a little at the
Miiincsotn, which has been in a
slump, "The Red Dancer" scored.
The unit, "Ocean Blues," well liked.
Gross flirted with $28,000.

Hennepin-Orpheum lacked -a
name, but did . a prosperous busi-
ness. "Love Over Night,", film, inod-
«rately satisfactory.

A half-woman half-man ape liian
and pin-head twins proved a draw
at Pantagea. Nothing else to account
for the kpurt. ; Picture, "Wolf
Fangs," didn't mean a thing to b. o.
Back to Its former oncTshow-a-week
policy, the Lyric, with "Steamboat
Bill, Jr.," also had it first good week
in months.

Estimates for Last Week

Minnesota (F, & R.-Publix) (4,-
100; 75)— "The Red Dancer," sound
(Fox) arid Puhlix unit, "Ocean
Blues," Splendid all-around show;
Del Rio and Farrell both ..have large
foliowings here; second largest Sa;t-
urday in theatre's history; good
gross for first time, in more thain a
month; $27,900.

State (ir. & R.-Publix) (2,500; 60)
r-"The Singing Fool," Vita (WB)
Third last week remarkably strong;
finished with higher aggregate gross
than ever before garnered in Min
heapolis; ai-ound $20,000, nnaklng
over $70,00.0 in three weeks.

Strand (F. & R.-Publix) (1,500,
60)— "Wings," souiid (Par). Sixth
and Ijast week. Every time "last
tv;eck" .\vas announced business
spurted; lohpccst previous run of any
picture at grind hou.scs, four weeks
close to $7,000, giving house around
$58,000 on six weeks.

Hennepin - Orpheum (Orpheum)
(2.Sn0; 40-GO)— "Love Over Night
(Pallio). and vaudo. Rod LaRocque
not iriuch of a card here; nothing In
Vaudevillo .as a magnet; house went
ahead aided by momontum of pre
yloiia week ; around $14,500 ; drb
from previous week.

' Pantages (Paritagos) (1,600; 25-
BO)-r""VVoli .Fangs" and vatide. Pic-
ture a minus Quality at b. o., but a
ti-io of fi-oaks drew ; about $7,000/
uliovc I'ocont week.

Lyric (F. it H.-lCublix) (1,300; 35)
—"Steamboat Bill, Jr. (UA); Hou.se
back to " fonner single-week i^uri
policy in place of splits; Ruster
Keat.on fairKV popular; aroUrid $2,-
- 00.0, much better.. •

London, Oct. 12.

Scene is on the set of Pic-
cadilly, B. I. P's production,
with A. E. Dupont yodeling Into
the meg. .Time aboiit the be-
ginning of shooting,

Gilda Gfay arid Ahna May.
Wong arrive,

. :Miss Gray (to Miss Wong.):;
I'm. . very glad you're in my
picture. .

, Miss Wong: I'm very glad
you're in my picture,
. pupbnt: I'^m very glad you're
in MY pictiare. ..

"Wings" With Sound
|l8,000 in Milwaukee

'TEMPEST,' $18,000, BEST
MONTREAL HOLDS UP

Palace and Capitol Battling It
Out^$1 6,000 for "Racket"
— "Mary Dugan," $12,500

(Drawing Population, 650,000)
(Weather: Fair and Cool)

Milwaukee, Oct, .30..

"Wings" popped into the Strand
iast week, battling "Singing Fool,"
fourth week, at the Garden. The
latter house shaded the Fox Strand,
due, pi'obably to increased grosses.
Despite . the third weeTvi business at
the Garden was better' than tbe first
week in most of the other houses.

■ .••Wings" got close to $18,000 with
the Garden running ahead of that
by $2,000, bringing the three weeks*
gross to around $65,000.

Wisconisih remained in the dumps
with •'Beggars of Life.'' Dave
Schooler, m.c, ia leaving for the
Capitol, New York:. It was . this boy
who took the Wisconsin " out of the
red, bi'igina,lly, arid made her psiy.

Other , houses, sp-s6 and . week
dripped with red for most of the
theatres. ■ ■ ■ » . , ,

Estimates for Last Week
Alhambra (U) "Uncle Tom's
Cabin" (U) (l,8(i0; 25-50-60). bound-
ed. Picture went fairly well* but not
iip to expectations. Held over, hia.v-
Ing hit above $!ll,O00,

Garden (Brln) "Singing . Fool"
(W.B.) : (1,200; 25-50-75). Third
weeli; $20,000.

Majestic (Brln) "Wiiile City
Sleeps" (M-G-M) (1,600; 25-60-75).
Opened big, but dropped toward end
of week. Blames overprodiiction
of underworld filnis, Chaney usual
ly big bet here. Hardly $8,000,

Merrill (Fox) "Sawdust Para
dlse" (Par) (1,200; 10-25-40). Got
terrible roasting, but weathered
through In plienty of red. Not over
$.4,000.

Patace (Keith) "Perfect Crlirie"
(FBO) (2,400; 25-50-75), Vaude got
top billing. Around $16,000,

Riverside (Keith) "Griiig's Wife'
(Pathe) (3,000; 25-50-60). In-
creased week-end prices with usual
vaude bill shoved up ante and house
far ahead with $10,000.

Strand (Fox) "Wings" (Par)
(1,200; 25-50-60). Milwaukee's first
peep at picture, synclu'onized. Get
ting d'owd-g. First '%'eek topped
$18,000.

Wisconsin (Fox) "Beggars of
Life" (Par) (2,800; 25-.35-6$-75)
Films still holding down gross
liere. Seems as • though manage
ment doesn't get stufic to please
public. Stage show best bet. Un
der $11,000. ,

• Montreal, Oct. 30.
(Drawing Population, 600,000)
Weather: Fair and Cold
Showing John Barry more In
"terinpest" the Capitol hit the high
.spots and grossed $18,500. Repeat
week at the Paliaoe helped, and it
seems to be the lolicy of the Capi •
tol to keep its best releases for the
holdovers at the Palace. Latter hold
Air Circus," but the gross fell off
to around $15,000 with biz going to
the other two big fir-t runs. Total
of $40,000 for two weeks, still leaves
the Palace well on top for the for to-
night.

Loew's showed "The .Racket." Not
only the picture, but the va,ude, was
standout. House showed the re-
sult in $16,000. Imperial grabbed-
off the Westminster Glee Singers,
an aggregation heard here earlier
in the month and picked up some
with $9,000, At $1,50, top this Is
still not good enough for the hoiise.

Princess tried out "Trial of Mary
Dugan" and again .made, igood at
1112,500. His Majesty's (legit) con-
tinued its French season for a third
Week. Grosses are around four oi*
five thousand, light.

Strand with four features a week
again benefited by overflows.
House Is having one of its best sea-
sons and with low prices and small
capacity is doing well >witlv average
of $4,000, Orpheum stock .company
celebrated its first 100 nights.
Getting fine results, having t)uilt up
large clientele. "Scandal" played to
turnaway biz.

Neighborhoods are packing therii
in. ■ . .

Eitirfiates for Last Week

U'S "MELODY," $34,300

Good in Ambassiador, St. L, — -"Take
Me Home," $22,000— State, $19,500

In't

Chatterers Did

T>os Angeles, Oct. 30.

Di>si)i.to all the pliifiglnp done by
the local rh;)tt.eror.s to .ca.st Marie
Prevost opposite Richard Barthel-
rivcss in "Weary River," First Na-
tion;' 1 selected Hot ty ■ Compson.
Miss Provost has the lead In
-"TliTr^SldTr-^"ShpWv^-by-^l-Ioward::=.J^^
Cireen, iOrlo Kenton will direct for
(.'oluinbia.

Little Rilly was broui?ht on from
Now York to make his debut in
pictures in this dialog film. .

Pat O'Malley in "Nightstick"

' Ijos Angolo.«(. Oct. 30. '
Tilt O'Malley is rotm'uing to the
fold of llK' ma.jor eompanies. He
will j.I.-iy the m.'ile l<'ad in '•Night-
tjtlck, ' UA.

St. Louis, Oct. 30.
(Drawinig Population, 1,025,000)
(Weathe^: . Fair and cool) .

With the talker.s rapidly making
their way into the neighborhoods
and the new Foic to open soon, *t
looks like winter attendance and
financial records.

Estimates for Last Week
Arnbassador (Skouras) (3,000; 35-
50-65-75)-^"Mfilody of Love," . .sound
(U) and Ed Lowry stage show. Did
very well; $34,300;

Loew's State (3,300; 25-35-65) —
"iSxoeaa Baggage," sound (M-T).
Haines' removal frorii hi.s wise-
cracking propensities drew favor-
able comment; $19,500,

Grand Central (Skouras) (1,700;
50-75) — ".Wings," sound (Par),
"Third week arid still cleaning uj);
$14,400,

Missouri (3,300; 35-50-65^75)—
"Take Me Home" < Par) and Frank
Fay stage show. Bebe ]>.inielK' pic-
ture unusually entertaining; $22,000.

Palace (FP) (2;700: 45-75), "Air
Circus," sound, (Fox). Fell off
heavily on holdover; at that, $15, -
000; better than house had done
most of y«ar before being wired;
$40,000 for. two weeks, excellent.

Capitol (FP) (2,700; 40-60),
"Tempest" (UA), Topped every-
thing iii town with $18,000, "Re-
venge" (UA) this week against Pal-
ace's "Sunrise" (Fox).

Loew*8 (FP) (3,200; 35-75), "The
Racket" (Par) and vaude. Picture
about best shown at house this
year; vaude also above average;
gross, $16,000.

Strand (UA) (800; 30-40), "Heart
to Heart" (PN); "Painted Post'
(Pox); "Craig's Wife" (PDC) and
"The Wright Idea" (FN). Repeated
last week's $4,000, neat.

Empress (CA) (1,500; 25-35)
"Streets of Shanghai" (Tiff); "Ma
tlriee Idols" (Col); "Skinner's Big
Idea" (FBO) "Gentleriian of Paris'
(Par) "Rough Riders" (Par) and
"No Other Woman" (Pox). With
six first runs and a couple of sec
onds, house holding own; around
$2,000.

His Majesty's (legit). Third week
of French plays with change of
program.; no better than previous
week, but theatre can be rented at
low figure, since nothing else is of-
fering for some weeks; $4,000 about

Princess (legit) (2,300; 50-$2.50),
"Trial of Mary Dugan." Good com-
pany in meller which pleased; good
at $12,500.

Imperial (Keith) (1,900; 35-51.50).
Vaudo headed by British singing
aggregation heard here a few weeks
ago; picked up a little for $9,000.

Soars, 80; Warner Lags,
On PuUication of Play Deal

Balaban & Katz Nosedives from 95 to 77— -Reported
Engineered to Pick Up W^ak Stock— Par. Divi-
dend Action Nov. i2r—l.ook for $3

Van Dyke Ag^ain Heads
M-G South Seas Unit

. Los An.£:(>le.s, Get. 30.

W. S. Van Dyke, M-G director,
ha.s sailed with a comi)any of actors
and technicians to sluiot scenes for
"Pagan" at Papelte, South Sea
Lslands. •

Ramon Novarro liemls the oast
which includes four wnmcn. SSnund
rei'ording apparalu.---, tliicc rmmM'as
and an entire lab Vind cli-i'trii'al
e<iuii)n>ont wore taken ;ii(>n.r,'.

Sliubert stock, long a weak sister,
went into a sensational boom late
last week, moving up on large trans-
actions from 62 to 81 at its peak
yesterday (Tuesday). Move was
3ascd on publication of a deal with
Warners for some 30 old stage
pieces, mostly musical comedies, for
reproduction as talking films. . It is
supposed that along with this as--
sociation something will be dope to-
ward Warners supplying certain
Shubert houses with sight-sound
screen material. .

Otherwise there was little action
in the amusement group, outside of
sensational break in . Balaban ''&
Katz froni a close to 100 to 77 on
Monday. From, the ' best reports
around the square, this decline is-
being engineered to frighten out
stubborn longs who refused to
accede to the offer of two-for-one of
new Paramount.

■ Warner Helps Shubert

The move in Shubert, however,
monopolized attention. The oddity
was that while ShUbert climbed,
Warners did nothing, or eased if
anything. Yesterday the A stock
ot as low as 112, then recovered to
close at 116%, compared to last
week's best close to 120. Trading
view as registered on the tape made
it plain that the legit; circuit got the
best of the bargain. Anyhow the
mere mention of Sliubert in a talker
deal was seized upon by the in-and-
out speculators as a, cue to make a:
play. ' Shubert has had little enough
to encourage H marketwise, with a
dull Broadway start of the season,
the uncertainty of a Presidential
year; aind the old feeling against the
stock because It cia.rries heavy
weight in fixed chairges, funded debt,
mortgages and such. Now the pros-
pect, according to . the published
statements, that it may take in
$1,000,000 in royalties In a year,
gives it a more hopeful outlook.
There are • only 160,000 shares of
Shubert outstanding and a - million
split that mainy ways would make
a good rate alone. Besides, Sliubert
is one of the few amusements that
had not discounted a betterment.
It was in the cards , that the hews
would awaken enthusiasm.
, Really the transaction is not so
epochal. Old stage isuccesses have
taken on new values through the
talkers, and the Shubcrts would
eventually have disposed of these
rifehts for screen reproduction. If
the Shuberts want Warner pictures
for certiain houses, that was a mat
ter of negotiation anyhow. The
bulk transaction, however, had its
publicity value for market purposes,
and apparently the opportunity was
well used,

In the case of Balaban & .Katz :t
seemed clear either that the propo

"KINGS,'' $20^000, BUFFALO

"Baggage" Above $19,000; "Wedding
March'? Light, $25,800

Buffalo; Oct. 30.
(Drawing Population, 500,000)
Weather: Fair and Cold.

Business good all over town again
last Week. Fewer high , peaks and
takings were more evenly distrib-
uted among the downtown houses.

Hipp . continues to stand out
heavily arid the Lafayette got an
extra play through good advertising
and additional shows.

Estimates for Last Week

Buffalo (Publix) (3;60O, 30-40-75)
"Wedding March," sound, (Par,)
"Blossoms" unit. Picture . opened
strong but failed to deliver during
week; with takings dropping, away
toward the end; $25,800.

Hipp (Publix) (2,400; 50) "Excess
Baggage", (M-G) and vaude. Drew
another rousing week's business
iWltlx JLUrnsti] CR^^H eld n g^j^^
entire period; vaude^ also uriijsuinTy
heavy; nearly $20,000.

Great Lakes (Fox) (3,600; 30-40-
75) "Mother Machree" (Fox). This
one following three weeks' run of
"Singing Fool" found a tough as-
signment; business slightly above
average for an estimated' $17,000

Lafayette (Indc) (3,000;- 40-f.OI
"lilng of Kings" (Pathe) and vaud
Away to good business which held
up .strongly all week; extra show
holjjcd groes; well ov«.r $::0,000.

sal of Paramount to complete itS!
ownership, by an exchange or: stoclc
Ivfo for one, was off, or the market -
was being manipulated. It is ob-
vious that two shares of Par. for
one of B. & K. puts B. & K. wlthii
a point or so of 100, With Para-
iripunt holding all but 35 per cent,
of B. & K. It is obvious that short
selling couldn't well Have broken
the price. No intimation has come
out that the proposed exchange ha»
been witlidrawn or that there has
beeii' any change in the status quo.
Loew and Par. Quiet
Loew and Paramount were quiet
with prices substantially un-
changed. Loew got. up to. 62 last
week on reports that directors were
ready to consider an extra, but the
momentary buying wave subsided :.
aiid the issue was back ait its old
level of 60 yesterday until a jump
to 61% near the close. : r

Paramount directors meet Oct. 12
to consider a dividend rate for the
new stock, of which there is Out-
standlng just under 2,000,000 shares.
Market behavior of the issue prac-
tically assures a rate of $3. State- .
ment of net for the third quarter
Just published confirms the sam«
expectations. Not for the quarter
ending Sept. 29 , (dullest of the
year), was $2,100,000 or $1.02 ■per
share of the new stock. Earnings
for the nine months of 1928 are .
$5,973,600, equal to $2.90 on. the new
stock. With the fall quarter to
come, and that vastly the . best of
the year, the $3 dividend is abun-
dantly insured.

Investment houses continue to list
both- Loew and Par. among their. .
standard income bearing securities,'
giving the two amusements a valu-
able stabilizing element.

Keith is a puzzle. It seems to
be in a waiting attitude. Situation ■
probably Is due to the inside con-
dition where factidris arc puUIngf ,
jL'g^Inst each other and the new in-'
terest of Radio. Has not yet taken
hold to straighten out thirigs. There
Is also the possibility that impor-
tant interests encourage the stock'r
Inactivity for the purpose of tiring
out little longs who crashed in on
the last move from 32 to 37 and •
tiaking up their stock around cur*
rent levels of 33-34 or. below.
: The other Important amusement.
Fox, did nothing. It was in new
low ground below.. 96 for a few
trades, but held^ .'fairly well above
97. Same process of. nriarking time
by big sponsors appears to be con-
tinued. Story is that important'
holders are content to see stock
steady around 65 for the present.-
and until development of extended
theatres and producing, facilities,
not to .speak of Movielorie, justifies' '
an advance.

Summary for week ending Saturday, October 27:

STOCK EXCHANGE

Hlph.

4r)

29%.
.77

110%
37%

in,',A

119%
34
27V6
U

.i51%
0%.
3-1

.72% \
00% ■

too
130!4

104

19%

27%

101 .

114^4'

102'4

83
101

»4%

-192*-

Low.
2ft%
23
1«3
40%
90%

7PV4
. 72
21 V4
2-«%
■ .^ :
47'/i
2

54%
3C%
93%
80%
. oo

flO
12%
S%
17V4
ll'A

88
300%
90

r.o -
98%:

M%

■ Sfiles. IsauR. and nile.

4,900 American Scot (3)

8,300 Oonsol. Film pfd. (2).......

.27,100 Eaiptmnn 'Kodak (8)..;'.....

02,800 I.oew (3) . ;

X'MO Do.'pref. (0'/.). ...........

278,400 Keith ,

lO.oro . Do. pref; ^7)......

02,000 Fox Class A (4) .... . ... ...

8,000 Madison Square Ghrdeii (2) , ,

800 Met.-G.-M. pref. (1.89) ... . ,

700 Motion Picture Cup.. .... ..

.171,300 ParamountrFiim-I.asky (8).

. . 45,900 rathe JOxchange. . ;.. . . ; . ; .

4,800 Pathe Cl.i3a A

. 38.r00 Shubert (.')) .............. . .

55,600 . Stanley. . , . . . . . . . , . .... . . . . .

100 Universal i)ref. . (8) ; . ;. .

47,700 Warnot Bros. . . . . . , ■ . . . . . , .

CO,.S0O: Do. .Class A . ... . . . . . ; ; . . .

CURB

18.000 Bal. & Katz. . ; .

0,100 Con. Ftlih Knt

DeForest , R.idio

139,200 Fox Theatres . . - . .

3,100 Loew rts . . .<

BONDS

?50,000 Keith B?, '4«

8."),000 Ixicw Os, '41........

30,000 Do. ex : war , .....

102,OtX) Pathe 7s, '37.

51,000 Par-Fam-TA.sky Oa. '47

19,00<). Shubert Cs.

Hifih.
29%
20%

ifi4 •:

62%
103

87% .
111%
103

23 V4

2r)%

10%
51
-7%
27%
72%
fi7%.
95%
110\i
119%

92
IG

2514
32%
■21%

98
111%
100%

83
100%

91

I>ow.

28%

25
■i77%"

no ■

.101%

32%
100%

9B%
. 21%-

25%

10

48%-
• fi%
: . 25V4
.03%
55
93
.110
110%

70 .

15%

19

27%

20%

95%
110%
100%

80%

99%

«J0

98

111%
100%

81%
1(K)%

91

+2%
-1-1% .

+1

33%
35

0%

5

0

34 Vj
3t4
7%

11

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ADVERTISEMENT

13

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Curtis Theatrical League. ■ ^ . ■ li-ij

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Spong, Florence Reed, Ned Wayburn, Henrietta Cros man, Virginia Hammond.
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14

VARIETY

Wednesday, October 31, 1928

66

99

THE FIRST GREAT

Opening November 15 th at Criterion
Theatre, New York, at $2 admissions.
Ed win Schallert in pre-view in Motion
Picture News says:

QM$nti iff mifl Class
•M marhegi step forwara."^^

66

IN

95

THE FIRST GREAT
^OfJJ^B FICTtJRE

completes 64-week run at $2 admission
at Criterion Theatre, Ne w Yorfc^ (Opened
August 12, 1927 with SOUND.)

''Wings" could have run until 1929. It

played to S. R. O. in its very last week end.

It has inoveid two blocks down Broad way

to the Rialto Theatre to make room for

»

'Tnterference."

Lucien Hubbard Production^ directed by
William Wellman, With Qara Bow, Charles
Rogers, Richard Arlen, Gary Cooper.

With Evelyn Brent, GUve Brook, Doris
Kenyon, William Powell. Directed by Roy
J. Pomeroy. Based on a Lothar Mendes
Production from the play by Roland Pertwee
and Harold Dearden

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Wednesday October 31, 1928

PICTURES

VARIETY

15

ThanSilents-

ensive
Pathe's News Talkers

Shorts as Full Talkers

New forms o£ screen roporUnp: and
IntcrviWins ot public pcrsoniilities
are scheduled to be shown in the
first sound new^reel to be issued by
Pathe Nov. li. It. is- understood
that advance political speeches from:
both the Democratic and Republican
leaders have been obtained for use
if still appropriate.

Temporarily the talkiiitT nuwsre.cl
Will be' Issued fortnightly, though
a, weekly service may be inaugu-.
rated shortly after if. studio me-
chanics permit.

Pathe start operations with, five
units and a schedule calling for 15

■ more. Operating costs, for each
unit are approxihiiately $200 a day,

. $1,400 weekly— $7,000 Aveckly for the

.five imits. ■

: Fox's Movietone, with oyer 30
units, is understood to have an op-
.era,ting cost of $30,000 Avcekly; These
figures. It is understood, do not In-

BILLY SNYDER

Tlie JuTonlle l*rln<c, Dolnp Time for
FANCrtON and MAKCO
with CHARLES .MIJKRAY In
'^HAT.S IDEA"
Looks nice a Rolf gumo. wlth my pal

Kl/'BE WOLE
" Week Nov. 10— Wurfleld
Dlr: WM. MOKRIS AGENCY

DAVE GOOD

PRODUCING M. C.
3 years with West Coast Theatres

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DANCERS

Complete Cnits Appeuiinfr In Fanchon
and Mari-o "Ideas"

STUDIOS: DENVER, COLO.

Amatetirs and Casters

. Los Angeles, Oct, 30.
I'niversal intends to. convert the
balance of their two-reel "Colle-
giate" series into feature Kngth pro-
duetioris • with, sound and-dlalog.
• The features will' contain the same
cast and be , directed by Nat Ro.'^s.
Work, on the first will ."itart around
, Nov. 15.

: Added to. the other and.
older probleihs of easting .di-
rectors in studios is a new
angle in connection with sound
pictures. It appears that any-
one who has .appeared on. the
radio, made a phonograph rec-
ord or .'tuccessfuUy performed
a whistling solo, on amateur
night considers .himself ex-
actly iw.hat the producers are

. seeking for talkers.

These .folks concentrate on
the sound angU' for.eietting that
moving- picturos stlil use cam-
eras. '

elude studio costs, which may ap-
proximate ah additional 25 per cent,
of. the total.

Cost of operation of- sound news-
reels is from .50 to 100 . per cent
higher: than for' silent newsreels, in
some cases the difference, being even
greater. And. leiss thiin 40 ,per ..cent
of the ..subjects available^ for silent
newsreels can be used in the talker.

Talking newsreels constitute a
more competitive field and, , among
other difRculties, will give managers
of sporting events a.'chance to sell
exclusive rights, as the. stealing of
a fight and races will be eliminated,
except for the silent reels. .

The Pathe sound reel is recorded
on the Photophone.' Terry Rahisaye
is. In charge of production, with Kay
Hall as editor.

10,000 AT DEDICATION

Los Angeles, Oct. 30.

Dedication cerernonles for Fox's
new: Movietone studio at Westwood
drew 10,000 people on Sunday
Studio, started 90 days ago, Is 60
per cent, complete and "yvill b.e ready
fiT operation in December.

It represents a $10,000,000 invest-
ment. .

Sennett Releases Sally
:ilers After 12- Wk. Layoff

Los AngeleSi Oct. :30. j
. Sally Kilei-s h.as asked for aful
•eeeived her release from Mack
Bennett aft.er an. extended argu- .
ment witli the producer who- wanted.
It use her in two-reelers. Her con-
tract specified features.^

After laying off 12 . w'oeks with^
out salary, under - contract terms
that gave - Sennett that privilege.
Miss Fillers was ordered to report
for work Oct. i. She drew fou;.
day.s' salary and when asking fo'v-
check' the following %v.cck \yas in-
forhVed there was no salary due her
as there was no. production. . Mis~-
ICilers' impression was her contracl
guarantped salary after the 12 ,Wee.l-.
layoff, period.

G. .B. DeMille is expected to use

Non-pumb Evidence

• Most screen actors are eon-
sidcred dumb until tliey de-
clare tluMusflves pllierwise.

Doris Dawson, l-'lrst Xatioii-
;>1 contract iilayer. eoines iovxh
with the slatenu'i.it that .she
has been widely odueatod. She
iittcnucd si'hiiols iiv ( S^tiiin' .
• Xevada, New York. t.Mty, Livf
A.ngi'le.s I'.OOnti-n, New ,lerse>'.

Uoanoke, A'lr;
ton, New Jo;-

una
■» V.

;inil .l'rin('o-

Miss
M-G.

Eilors in "Dynamite" , foi

Cameramen's Dinner.

Los Angeles, Oct..
The Photographic Division,
sociation U. S. Slernal Corp,
hold its lOth annual meeting

30.
As
will
and

dinner at the Hotel Roosevelt Nov
11. Al A, Kaufman, associate pro
duccr at Paramount, is president,
and F'eter L. . Shamray, secretary

"Yellowback" Starts •

Los Angeles, Oct. 30.
F. B.. O. started production on
"The Yellowback" aa Tom Moore's
second starring picture. Story is by
James Oliver Curwood with Jerome
Storm directing.

Pars Mgrs. School Term

.lack- nan-y. ■ lie
(.iioiil for nVaiViii
lass of 14 last
the survivors of

;ul of raraiiViunU's
.I'l'-s, ivraduated his
week, 'rivey were
Karry'.'S 2r> expei t-
L the term in tlie

lilts when :st;irting
u Mincer'.

. Krieh of the graduates. f;oe.s ^o' a
l'u.l>llx theatre.'; .

In about three niouil.rs. l.l.-irry . may
oiieii a new Par si'honl i-);iss. Mi':i;.-
wiiile. lie will .t;o on a viu-.jilion fruiu
Uie ihxily i^rind of sehunlmastfr, - ■

Tennis Players

. ].()S Aiigeles, ()vt-.. 30. ;.
a.li-Hungarian tennirs . tourna-
jrieitt was staged at the First Na-
tional . stiidio cgvirts • with Maria
Corda winning the woman's, .singles
tillo and Victor . Vareoni the itlascu-
linc;.tilts; , ;

Other memhevs of the Hungarian
tenivis group in Hollywood includes
Cius Partos, Paul Miic.e.nl.i, Alex-
and'>r Korda and A'ilma. P.anky. .

Report RCA Behind Indie
Releasing Offers Thru FBO

. Los Angehs. Oct. ;U1.
Ivadivi Onriioraiion of America is.
r<>liorled lu-hiud offt^rs u\ad<"' to in-
depende'U procluecM-s to ', release
through FlUi, . '

. Purton King MUiLTaek White, boti\
liidies. were approached • \yilli a re-
l^-a.sing proposition g.iiaraiU<'eiiig 50
.IH-r eeiil. oC produi'ti,on oust.

MARY NOLAN'S LEAD ROLE

Los Au.iioU's. Oi't. ;U).
M;ii y ..\ol,-\n h;is . \\<'on : horrowOd
lU-i.ivCt'hivorsal by M-C-M to';play
oppiisiti- Jnlin t;illi(>;\t in- •■Thirst."
■ 'j(!;in. .Crawford wa:; to h;ive_ had
llie p.art. Witlv- ( Ullirrt's pii^turc
ln'Kl Hp- it eonip'''l'"il. \>er to g.o into-,
'.•'f.he IhNiss Pand. " sei)uel to "IXane-
vng: D.'.ui.ghlers." ■

HARRY WARNER'S REST

: . 'Lus Angv'h's, Oi't. .30.
.HaVry .M. Warner is. .due here this
week.- lie i.s t.ak:iu.,U' a rest aivd may
\etun uv heri^ for .-il/out tVu-ee months.

TALKER RIGHTS BOUGHT

I'niversal is making '"I'he Last
'VVarning" as a talker. U had the
silent screen rights but supplement-
ary af rangements with, the Cejitury
Play Co. determined the sound syn-
ehronizat ion privileges.

HELD OVER

Broadway's New Find

Pep arid Personality,
and. How!

"Mrs. Cheney" Male Lead

Los Angeles, Oct. 30.
Conrad Nagle and Lowell Cher-
man will have the inale leads in
"The Last of Mrs. Cheney,'.' M-G-
M, starring Norma Shearer.

MATTY RADIN OUT

Matty lliidin,' formerly with War
ner.s, is out as sales manager
Bristolphone, independent
handled, by CJbtham.

Itadiri is reported holding a con
tract with Bristolphono.

for
talker

SI WILLS

".Wanted by Everybody— Even
the Police" •

with "Pickin' Peaches*' Unit

This Week: Oriental, Chicago
DIrortlori: WM: MORRIS OFFICK

FROM GUT OF THE WEST CAME

BROADWAY'S NEW BOMBSHELL

THE BANJOY BOY

The Mighty Musical PynaMITE

MASTER OF CEREMONIES

PARAMOUNT

NEW TORK CITY

VICTOR RECORDS EXCLUSIVELY

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P I C T U R E S

Wednesday, October 31, 1928

In East-FBO's 2-Way Prologs

A new kind of prpleg,. designee]
specially for . Wired .houses, is being
Oovelopj^a a,t the FBO sound studio
in ., the, Bronx; These prologs will
; . precede . flyiichronized pictures and

be in harmony, v/ith the general
theriie . but otherwise separate^ Pro-
logs are to dress up or ritz the fea-

: .tufe,-.

In connection with '.'Annapolis,"
now being isynchronized by PBO,
the . prolog will' be a. parade of 4S
(ianoing, girls, in niidsliipinan cosv
tiime, doing taps up and down the
■Kteps or a nfivai. academy 'buildingv
• Th gi>-ls are f . jm the J3verglados
: Cafe and ai-e bolng staged by Bunny
Weldon, the floor sho\V producer
. for FiSQ. .Morton and Mayo, dunce
duo, Polores "Weeks, solo .dancer, and
Nell Jewel prima donria, ; will appear
in the prolog'.. It will run 12 min. .es.i-
Pa mount h;.s completed a' pro-
; (og.-of similar character, to be shown
at the. ' Criterjon with . ."Interferr
once." Par's:, prolog features Eddie
.Cantor and Bobbie. Arnst;

The n.cw prolog, gag. froin present
indicatlohs will . be a talking short
that could and may be released ln7
ctcpepdently of. the pictiir6' for which
it is primarily a "ciirtain raisei-."
Wa.'nefs' belay
Of the four ; soiand. stiidios In
greater Now York . iWarneiis in
Brooklyn is the only one not already
In operation. Wbi'k will har'iaiy stai't
there, before mld-Ddccrnber, it is
■said.;.

Chief- liiiginecr Harry B.; Wier has
placed the smaller, of the two
AI-G-M sound stages at the dis-
posal of Louis K. Sidney arid Major
Edward L. Bowes in chai-g.e of east-
i>rn production for the producer.- Syn-
Ghroniz9,tiQn work has already been
done by Ijiie new permanent studio
orchestra under the batoriship of
David Meiidoza. on "The Devil's
Mask" and "West of Zanzibar."
.- liddie Brophy is in charge of pro-
duction staff.

M-G-M. Is going into sound much
more extensively and elaborately
thah seems to be the case with
other ' companie.s. . Its engineering.
ivacilitleK represent a gigantic ca.sh:
outlay, the cosmopolitan studio in-

Just Talk, Says Wariier

Before taking the, train Sat-
urday for the. •' coast, Harry
Warner remarked that the
RCA-Warrier. . ta,lk had ..been
nothing more than talk. .

It bore a relation to the
Warners' dealing with Radip-^.
Keith-Orpheurii (or a merger
of Keith's, with the Stanlesy
Company chain;

me

e

Douglas Keatpn

(BLAIR)

FEATURED LEADS

■■.' IN

SALLY

99

Broadway Palace
LOS ANGELES

>ttit|;ea by I.£0 LE 1tLu\NC

Trado Twins Trado Twins

With Fanchon and Marco'

V!NCE SILK

MASTER OF CEREMONIES
Goldeti Gate Theatre
Los Angeles

■ Says

>'HPW HAVE YOU BEEN'\7

Harlem, having been completely, re-
constructed. . .-

A number of screen tests have
been niade and production of Metro
Movietone .'Vaudeviile : ( t a 1 k i ri g
shorts) will start next week. John
W. Considine, Jr. and Alan Cros-
larid. representing United' Artists,
will carrive from the coriat shortly
to confer witii.Wicr and M-G-M of t
ficials on the -use of the studio for
making the Broadway life talker
With Harry Richmond.
■ The first extra mob erii ployed at'i
Parariv ...nt's AS''. jria studio in near-,
ly two yeai's Avais used in oonnecticri
with' the court scene for. '"The Let-
ter." About 125 iDeople . foi^ the
court scene, of •which 25 were
^^alays, Chinese and Hindus,,.

Very little casting will be done
at Pai arriount.. Although in the old,
silent production days the - Astoria
studio sometimes had as( niany as
six units' ■wbirkirig, it Is • unlikely
there will be over one company
there at. any -time, although facili-
ties are deehved- adequate for ytwo
dialog productioris simultaneously.

Probably the next picture to be
madie in Astoria -will be "The Four
Coc6a,nuts" ■ .arring. the Marx
Brothers. David Friedman is writ-
ing a novelty called "The Birth of
the Blues" designed to demonstrate
the possibilitlea of. sound pictufes.
This is a possible winter produc-
tion, with "Gentleriien of the Press''
to be made in the spring.

Ben Schulberg, Parariiount's weist
coast production hea<l, was looking
over tho . Astoria studio last week;
with A.dolph Zukor> ;Jesse L.a;sky
and Walter Wanger, the latter
Par's east, coast production head.

Jean DeLimur, directing ."Th^
Letter," is known principally as a
writer. This is his first major
megaphone job althouijii he has been
with Fairbanks, DeMille and . Rex
Ingram. -
Paris Studio Staff
Members of Paramount's studio
corps include William Saultcr, art
director; Da-vid J. Serecky, in charge
of .Stages, H. M. K. Smith, ward-
robe manager; William Palmer,
chief electrician; Arthur Koenig,
chief i)roporty man; George Mar-
shall, in charge of drapes; William
Lally, construction foreman; and
Frank S. Heath, casting. All of
these function under John W. Butr
lor, exeo'utlve manager of the studio.
Moiita BelL is general sound execu-
tive.

A few talking shorts have been
made " by Paramount, including
Borrah Minnevitch, Giersdorf Sis-
tets and a"-Blretch, "One Word," by
Joseph Santley. Latter holds , the
title, Director' of Short Subjects' for.
1-aramount.

James R, Cowan, head of Publix
tiioatres production department,
doubles in .brai5s In exercising su-
pervision' and authority over the
sliortfl. Larry Kent is his assist-
ain'tys. . '.

Author of "Burlesque"
Sued on Old Film Deal

. : ' Des Moine.s, la.. Got. 30.
An $11,006 damage suit nied in
distJ'ict court herfe by a disappointed
motion , picture production company
investor, revealed George D; Wat-
ter?, author of "Burlesque" as. the
original producer and author of the
egregated audiences cleanup flicker,
widely known as "Naked Truth."
^ The . picture; Avas ;fi.r.st filrried as
"Solitary Sins'^ but later retitled and
had- to be sold by the producers to
pay its expenses. .The film,.' it is
said, netted its purchasers $2,000,-
00.0 profit.

Leslie E, Fi-anci.s, fbrmei- Iowa
state senator, is plaintiff in the ac-
tion in the courts here, seeking to
recover from, Watters $11,000 oh tho
author's alleged promise of $10,000
for a $1,000 loan,. /The local solpn
gave a note for $1,000. In iOlvS to take
a piece In the film. Watters, he
said, sold the note to the bank and
Franclg had to. make . good. Now
he wants Watters to reimbin-se him
on basis of the promotion sales talk
promises.

Earle Tapped for $2^736;
Capital's 1st theatre Stick

• . Washington, Oct, 30.

For the' first time in the memory
of the oldest, inhabitant Washing-
ton has had a downto'vs'n theatre
robbery. A lone and .unmasked
robber walked, into the office of; the
Stanley-Crandall Earle (pets.) and'
went but with $2,736 in cash,
. Harry Lbhmeyer, house rrtanager,
was alone in the bffi6e. When, tbld
to open the sfafe he; was so nervous
he couldn't '- set the combination.
Just when the. stickiip riian seemed
ready to get. rougli, W'ayne IJirdsell,
assistant manager, walked in. He
opened the safe.

As yet no subpects have .' been
picked up, "

Edited by Club

Los Angeles, Oct, 30.

Edited By Club, composed of film
editors and cutters, has been or-
ganized by Frank Lawrence, Lloyd
Nosier,; George! McGuire, Stuart
Heisler, Eddie Adams and Roy
Stone. . ; ■ . . .' :,

Purpose Is social only, although
at weekly riieetings trade problems
will be discussed and speakers en-
tertained.

PIERSON FOR CADDO

^ Los Angeles, JOct. 30.
. Wayne. Pierson, engaged by Caddo
as its Ne'w , York representative, is
seeking three plays for* adaptation.

Pierson also will take charge of
"Holi's Angels" when it is roaid-
showed.

DON EDDY GAGGING

: Los Angeles, Oct. 30.
Don Eddy, former production
manager for Harry L^ngdon, en-
gaged by Paramount to gag pic-
tures.

JOE and WILUE HALE

PUTTING THE LAUGHS IN

FANCHON and MARCO'S "SAXOPHOBIA IDEA"

W.M. MORKIS AtSBNCY

EDDIE MANNIX EAST

Los Angeles, Oct, 30.

Eddie Mannix, M-G-M producer,
is going to New YorU. for his first
visit, after; four yelars on the coast.

Manrilx will look for talent for
several talkers ho will produce. -

Schrock Adapting

Lo.s Angeles, Oct. 30.
. Raymond L, Schrpcic Is. back oi)
the M-G-M lot to rtiake screen
adaptations,;

At present he is working on two
iJictiires in virhlch William Haines is
to. be starred,. . .

Melfbrd Back With U .

Los Angeles, 6ct,^ 30.
Gebrge Melford will return to the
Universal lot as a director Nov, 20.
He has been assigned to handle the
megaphone on "Charleston," sound-
talker, with Conrad Veldt starred.

Marioti, Jr., on Vacation

• Los Angeles, Oct. 30.

George Marion, Pr., is on his way
to New York.

He sails Nov. 2 for a 10- week va-
cation in Europe,

Orlando's N. Y. Agency

Guydo Orlando, who had a oa.st*
"urg'agen oy ■ ill"! I01ly\^'o ofl^
York to open an a^oncy.

Benefit of Talkers

A, P, di.spatch from Minqt,
N. D;, claims customers in a
theatre there weren't even
slightly disturbed when a re-
volver dropped out of the poc-
ket of a custbmer and dia-
Chargcd, shooting another cus-
tomer in the leg.

Reason bein.g that rib orie
heard the shot, With all ears
centered on a talking picture.

TOTHEAM
BY RADIO

Minneapolis, bet. 30.

What is belie'ved to be a . brand
new entertainment feature was pro-
vided by the Strand, loop first run
theatre here, Saturday afternoon in
conjunction with the showing of
"The. Wedding Mai-ch,"

By mean.s of a radio set and a
huge loud, speaker, the tlieatre gave
the radio broadcast account of the
Mlnnesota-^Ibwa . football game at
Iowa City as the picture was being
unfolded oh the screen. The run-
nirig account jf the gariie by WCCO
direct from the field supplanted the
musical accomijanimeiit to the pho-
toplay. ■

Interest here in the football game,
was Intense.

LEVINSON IN CHARGE

. Nathan LeVinson is western di-
vision riianager for Electrical Re-
search Products, ,

He has been in charge of the di-
vision since the organization started
to function on the coast.

HIKES NOT PLACED

Coast dispatches that Johnny
llines will reslease three pictures
through Pathe are denied by his
partner, C. C. Burr, now in New
York. ,

Burr Is looking for a tie-up.

NICK SCHENCK WEST

Los Angeles, Oct, 30.
' Nicholas Mr Schenck is due in
Culver City on a seml-anhuartrip
Nov. 15. He contehiplates remain-
ing on the coast until the Jiolidays!

.F. N. and SilU .
Los Angeles, Oct. 30,
First contract entered into by
First National since its recent busi-
ness arrangement with Warner
Brothers was the signing of Milton
Sills to make four pictures within
the coming year. -

Gregor On Pathe Lot

Los Angeles, Oct. 30.
Arthur Gregor has left Tiffany-
Stahl and Is on the Pathe lot. As
yet he has not received a story as-
signment.

Expects to get under way by Dec.
15,

, J'Ladi^ Taiking>

First National is calling back the
cast of Cbrinne Grinith's. "The Di-
virie Lady," to insert a talking se
auence into the picture, scheduled
for January release;

CHURCH FILM GROUP
HAS INSIDE TROUBLES

Dropped Faction Charges
Stock Selling Plan— Has
Yet to Pi/Iake Picture

Religious Films, Inc.. organized
almost a year ago by a group.
.Episcopalians, for the purpose of
producing non-denominational relig-
ious pictures in Jei^u'salem, has de-
veloped internal, difinculties. A .re-
organization ha.s been ; effected
whereby five of . the original found-
ei's, including the R<jv. Ilarry St.
Clair Hathaway, dean oif Pro-Cathe-
dral, Philadelphia, .ha.<? been arbi-
trarily eliminated from the advisory
board.

The ousted faction, headed by. Al-
fred Walker, forrnerly holding the
title of general manager. Is making
accusations that Rev, L. Eugene
Wettling, president, is ' turning the
whole projiact into a stock-selling
plan. , •RtMiglous FilmS; , .Inc., has
now become Religious Film Trust
under a Massachusetts, comriion law
cfertiflcatlon, Wettling is an Eplis-
copal clergyman of pradell, Ni J,
. Haven't Turned a Crank .
Original Intention at the time of
organization w-as to make a serits
of 20 two reelers duririg the summer
of 1928 in tho Holy Land; . This .did
not materialize and no pictures have
been maxle to date. Several sales-
men are can'vasRing wealthy church
people to; sell stock at $100 a share
to continue this work.

Wettling recently made an ar-
rangement with the Sonora Phono- •
graph COi to synchonize the relig-
ious films at such , time ag they are
made. Such synchronization, an
official of Sonora explains, is not to
be confused with theatrical syn-
chronization. It means simply that
Sonora will select from its catalog
records which are adapited to the
pictui-es. and that these records will
be recommended by Religious. iPilm
Trust to churches playing the prod-
uct.. , .

No production or release date on
the Biblical seirles has been an-
nounced. Clay McClure, aiji ' archi-
tect, and Walter and Lester Lang,
rnoving picture technlcia.ns, were
dropped by the Wettling faction:
along with Dean Hathaway and JMr.
Walker.

Charles Althoff

"VARIETY" .

"As perfect a charactei-izatipn as
was ever portraiyed on any stage."
;AdJ. Care Jerry CnrsIII, 16G0 P'way, N.'g.

BOMEBIOS

John and Judith Carlos and Oscar and Alma Malvina

AU,, ONE FAMILY

Our Fifth Y*iap with Fonclion ana Mnrro
Now with ■

FANCHON AND MARCO'S "ARTIST'S IDEA"

LUCILLE PAGE

fbatuhbd in
FANCHON and MARCO'S "HAT IDEA"

with CHA^RLIE Itf URRAT^^^^

■FOn THE NEW $2,0<M),000 OAKJiVNO THE.\TKE

WISHES TO THANK

HAROLD B. FRANKLIN, A. M. BOWLES and MARCO

FOR SELECTING HIM AS

MUSICAL MASTER OF CEREMONIES

p. S — REr.AIU>K TO inBIlHCIIKI. STUART

Wednesday, October 31, 1928

VARIETY

17

SILENT
TA LK I N C

ONE

wrm

VIWM

ONE
WITHOUT
VITAPNOMC

1

OOK IT NOW— WHILE IT'S RED HOT AND
CASH IN ON THE NAXIQNALJEXPiX)!^
TION. WE'RE NOT SIDETRACKING IT TILL
WE'VE SQUEEZED EVERY DOLLAR OUT OF THE NEW YORK
RUN! WE'RE OFFERING IT RIGHT NOW, CONCURRENT WITH
THE NEW YORK PREMIERE, JUST AS WE DID WITH "THE SING-
ING FOOL."

IT'S GETTING THE CROWDS AT THE WARNER BROS. THEATRE!
YOU CAN DO THE SAME AT YOUR HOUSE!

NEGATIVES

THEBIGGEST
SUREST, STRONGEST
LINEUP OF PICTURES

AL JOLSON

in

"THE SINGING FOOL"

"LIGHTS OF NEW YOfiK"
All -Star Cast

"THE TEEROE"
With

MAY McAVOY and ED-
WARD EVERETT HORTON

DOLORES COSTELLO

■■■■ ; ia.
"TENDERLOIN"

"THE LION AND THE
MOUSE"
With
MAY McAVOY and
LIONEL BARRYMORE

DOLORES COSTELLO

in

"GLORIOUS BETSY"

AL JOLSON

in

"THE JAZZ SINGER"

FANNIE BRICE
\ in

"MY MAN"

*'THE DESERT SONG"
All-Stat Cast

MONTE BLUE
in

"CONftUEST"

With
H. B. Wamer

DOLORES COSTELLO
in

"THE REDEEMING SIN"

"STARK MAD"
All-Star Cast

"ON TRIAL"
With

PAULINE FREDERICK

TEXAS GIIINAN "
in

"UUEEN OF THE NIGHT
CLUBS"

SOPHIE TUCKER

in

"HONKY TONK"

DOLORES COSTELLO
in

"ALIMONY ANNIE"

DOLORES COSTELLO
in

♦'MADONNA OF AVENUE A"

Wednesday, October 31, 1928

VARIETY

18 .-

FACTS !

1^"VVHITE Shadows in the^^^^^^S^ Seas" is the most sue^
r^^^^^il Soirnd Roadshow of today ^

cessrui C50UI1U ivuciuoiiow

2— FOURTH month at $2 at Astor, N>

a

3- FOURTH packed mon& at $2 at Grauman's
Theatre, Los

4-'SIVI ASHED all records Calitornia

5- KNOGKED 'em for rec

St Louis; Stillmanj Clev^^

6- " WHITE Shadows" gets gigantic^^^^^^n^ in

nation-wide newspaper

7— "WHITE Shadows" photographic strip serializapon m

• 1 • ^ V •

8— "WHITE Shadows" million dollar advertising campaign

m

9— "WHITE Shadows" is just one reason why M-G-M

men are sitting pretty.

10— OTHER reasons right now are "OUR DANCING
DAUGHTERS'' tJo^ €Tmi^^ BAGGAGE'' (WilKdm Hd^

"WHILE THE CITY SLEEPS'' (Lon GKaney) in its 2nd big week at

N; Y. Gapitol M-G-M's Parade of Pippins has just started.
M-G-M Sound Studios East and West. Metro Movietone
Shorts sensational. Zeppelin scoops continue with M<G-M
News cameraman on board return trip. More than ever The
Talk of The industry !

METRO - GOLP«S&- MAY

It's a pleasurel

Wednesday, October 31, 1928

PICTURES

VARIETY

19

Contract Form as

Gives Indie Exhibs Worst of It

The approval of the Standard
Exhibition Cotitract in a fern;
hardly leas stringent, with one or
two minor changes of little conse-
quence to exhibitors, by Contract
Committee at the Hays, office, nulll-
fles: practically^ every slight .advan-
tage the exhibitors gained as a re-
»iilt of the Government's inter-
•odenc.e by . means of the Trade
Conference held last year under the
chairmanship of Abram F. Myers.

Exhibitors were prdrnlsed a new.
contract with helpful changes. The
Contract Committee, consisting of
producer-distributor and exhibitor
representatives, met in Chicago for
' the purpose of laying out a new
fiorm. The exhibitor representatives
jot no cpncesslons. .

The new cotitract, promised the
exhibitors for the early - summer,
was Indefinitely delayed.' Lately
contract committee was quietly
summoned to meet in the Hiiys of-
flcp and tho old contract white-
wq.3hed under, pressure.

The Exhibitor representatives on
i|he contract . comrhittee. It seem.s,
liave no excuse for agreeing on a
contract of any kind. As a protec-
tioti iagainst steam roller tactics
adopted by producer-distributor
members Commisslorier • Abram.
.Meyers provided, a ruling at the
Trade Conference that if any dis-
agreement should arise on certain
t>olnti9 of the contract these should
be submitted to a seventh arbitrator
appointed by the Chief Justice of
the Supreme Court. The exhibitor
Representatives have rhade nd ap-
peal of any kind.

ANOTHER KY. COIONEL

, Los Angeles, Oct. 30.
Paramount intends to ''™ake a
number of pictures from the lefL-
pver film shot in making "The Wed-
ding March." :

First of these will tie called
'Honeymooners" and will be nniade
from the film shot in a sequence
that could not be used In the origi-
nal picture.

Universal also plans to make a
feature length picture from the left-
over, .film of "The Man- Who
Laughs." .

RUSSIAN FILM DUE

"Poet and Czar" Is the llrst .iRus
ftian picture, to be released by
United Artists In the deal made by
Joseph M. . Schenck, whereby the
Soviet government bought rhost of
the recent major releases of U. A

The print Is being cut and titled
tor America.

WHAT, AGAIN?
SEE WHAT

"VARIETY'r

Said Oct. 24 about

Louisville, Oct. 30.

Harry Ernest Long, manager
of Loew's State, Is .tfie latest
addition to Gov. Flem Samp-
son's staff of counsels. He. is
the second Louisville theatre
manager .lo be honored.

Col. Abe Flnberg was the
first. He Is manager of the
Gayety.

Left Over Features

Fox's Manual on Tone
Talent to Aid Exhibs

First Fox Movietone manual, car-
rying biographies of the pflayers ap-
pearing In the shorts and specia'
features, has been Issued by the Fox
publicity department for the use of
theatre men who are advised to ex-
ijioit them • in the. same manner as
vaudeviilie or legit s|ftge attracti.ons

Full Information Ta given* In a
series of news stbrleis of. the activir
ties of the players In dramatic, mu-
sical comedy and vaudeville fields,
so that the managers of picture
houses, many of whom are unaware
of the value and standing of even
some of the most prominent stage
names, :may be able to publicize
their talkers Intelligently.

An example of the, igrbss Ignpr-
;ince of stage talent t)revalent Jxmong
film house managers is related
about a small-town exhibitor who
;came to a key city to see "'The Jazz
Singer" when the picture was . first,
released. Asked for an opinion, he
said: "I don't know who that guy
Jolson is, but you'll hiear froni him
yet." ■

Over 40 shorts are listed in tho
manual. . >

State Righter May Do Over Million
With Producers Selling for

Usel

ess?

I^MAGAMGQ
W-l

Electric Co^. Seek

Falck Injunction

Los Angeles^ Oct. 30.
Three patent suits, said to in-
volve millions of dollars, have . been
filed in the federal district court
here by the Radio Corporation of
America, (Gfeneral Electric Co-,
Americah Telephone and Telegraph
Co., and the Westinghouse Electric
and Manufacturing. Co. against
Fritz W. Falck, doing business un-
der the name of the Advance Elec-
tric Co.

In each suit it Is asserted that
the Falck company had infringed
on patents granted to Inventors,
Which patents were later sold to
the. suing companies. The com-
panies bringing the suit sought per--
nianent and teniporary injunctions
against Falck and asked for an ac-
counting of the profits, derived frorn
the alleged piracy of the patents
in question and damages.

Federal Judge Paul McCormIck
Issued, an order for Falck to appear
on Dec. 3 to show cause why the
application for a temporary order
of restraint should not be granted
the suing corporations.

Expect New Arrangement
to Be Set Before Frank-
lin Comes East

Los Angeles, Oct. 30.

Negotiations • will probably be
closed before Harold B, Franklin
leaves for New York this week
whereby Fanchon and Marco wi'l
sign with West Coast Theatres fo"
anouier five-year period.

Plans call for the Incorporation
of Fanchon and Marco, with Frank-
lin as president and &(^rco as vice-
president and general manager, to
produce shows for, the West Coast
chain. After March 1, 1929, there is
a possibility of gradually expanding
east of the Rockies to include Fox
houses around New York and on the
former Poll circuits

. In a yew York yiuuinim tht,
atre the operator twisted his
reels, with the fourth follow-
ing the second, and the third:
after the fourth;

A couple of foinme. critics
passing out were spoaking of
the picture, one saying:

"i thiiik something is the
matter with the continuity^"

Topeka's Open Show

Topcka, :Qct. '30.
"The first break ih the tlioatrc
lock-out in Topeka seems to be a
break toward making Topuka thea-
tres "open shop." T.wo Topcka
unions have vvoled" to take off the
fine penalty imposed upon their
members for attcnda.nce. at unfa'r
hou.ses. The first of these was the
plasterers, now followed by the
barbers.

Passage of an ordinance making
it a crime to even haye possession
of any soi't of bombs turned the
tide of public opinion against the
ousted emploj-es.' One set of stink
bombs in the Grand and Jayhawk
theatres did the rest.

Liibor leaders were forced to fa-
vor the ordinariee. Theatres now.
operating under open shop are the
Grand, Jayhawk, Noveity, Itjis, Or-
pheum and Palace.

Half . interest in the Novelty,,
vaudfilm, ■ has been purchased by
L. M. Crawford from M. W. Jeneks
and G. L; Hooper, Of the National
Theatres Company. The s6h Is now
mainager of the Novelty.

EXCELLENT'S STUDIO

In Former Associated Plant in.L.
—King Directing'

."Charlie Melson has done It
again at the Branford, Newark,
this week.

"Opening In a Startling novelty,
Charlie, who has been doing
great work throughout, rises to
the smti-sh of the show, singing
'The Spell of the Blues.' This is
Charlie at his best, and his best
la topnotch. His rendition is
dynamic with life."

Austin.

Los Angeles, Oct. 30.

Excellent Pictures has leased the
Associated Studios, tho old Louis
B. Mayer lot on Mission road, for
a year, and wrli produce films In
that period. Burton King, who will
supervise all production, will di-
rect six himself.

King started the first of the series,
."Daughters of Desire," with a cast
headed by Irene Rich, Richard
Tucker, June Nash, arid Wm. Scott.
Work' is to staff m
"Confessions- of a Wife," with
Helene. Chadwick featured. "The
Cleanup" und "Dream .Melody" are
next on the schedule.

Isadore Bernstein has been signed
as editor-in-chief for the. company.

HERNIE KING

Musical Master of Ceremonies

Direction Fanchon and .Miiroo

Oakland Theatre, Oakland

New Indictments Grop
Out of Theatre Bombing

Chicago, Oct. '30.

The lhvesti.i;ation started when
the Grcvgory-IJernasek Parthenon
theatre, Bcrwyn, was bombed last
August has resulted in indictments
charging conlldence game and
larceny . , against ^. J. Gregory,
president, and S. B.ernasek, secre-
tary-tren.suror, of the- Gregory-
Bernasok Theatre Corp.

Orf.><hoot indh.'tnionts were re-
turned before Chiof Justice John J.
"^SxrllivaT7^1apt-^w(»t.>kr'^-based---on-= evi-
dence that the oWicials ''.'■•old" prop
crty to their own organization that
they did not own. Almost $;;r)0,000
worth of Htof'k is said to. have been
m.anipiilatc-d in this manner.

Cooney^s Drake Theatre
Refinanced and Renamed

Chicago, Oct. 30.
Cooney Bros.' Drake theatre ha.s
be^n Incorporated with $10,000 capi-
tal common stock under title of
Dramon Theatre Corp.

This is the Second theatre corpo-
ration said to have been formed by
the former heads of the bankrupt
National i>layhduses circuit within
two weeks, although, they are not
listed as offlcials In either corpora-
tion paper. Their other la the J.
& B. Theatre Corp., operating the
Gary theatre, Gary. liid.

Some time ago It was reported
the brothers would attempt a come-
back In .show business after having
been ousted from managership of
National Playhouses because of al-
leged mismanagement.

Los Angeles. Oct. 30.
. "The Koad to Kufn," being .st.ito.
righted throughout the country,
sounds nothing like its title to those
st.'xte right buyers lucky enough to
got in on it. It is 'a tale of juvenile
doViniiuoucymade, hy Wiliis Kent
Productions co-foatuVing Owen
and Virginia Rqye. .

The picture was carefully made
for approximately $15,000. When
Kent sold it on a. basis of ?100,000,
ho thought ho was a good business
ma^; Indications now are that eac-
hibs throughout the country \Yho .
bought it will clean up around $1^-
500,6oo.' . ■ ■

Harry Thomas, doing business In .
New York,, could; not take the pic-
ture for his own state by reason of
censorship debarment. ■ Pennayl-
v^mlii, incidently, did likewise, which
added to New York, means much
in percentage or In proportion to
the whole.

Nevertheless, Thomas, who paid
$5,000 for New J^ersey, took the pic-,
ture into Camden and dijl not leave
<he town until he took $30,000 out
of it with the single picture. He
has 12 prints working In; the ter-
ritory.:'

Kent shows, a trifle ruefully per-
haps, a letter from H. J, Brooks of
Michigan in which that, statc'rights
distributor asked terms for the pic-
ture succeeding "The Road to Ruin."
Brooks went on to say that with
four exceptions, which he hoped to
make unanimous, he had played
every suburban house In Detroit.

Up to Oct; 11, : the daite . of the
letter, Brooks; said he had grossed
$88,000, and that by Jan i. lie ex-:
pected his territory, Michigan,
would hot him $100,000. The rights
for the state cost him; $5,000.

ST. FEANCIS' EirN§

San Franclisco, Oct. 30.
St. Francis theatre, In reverting
back to iPubllx', will also revert to
its original policy of extended runs.

"Dancing Daughters,", which rec
ently set a hot pace at the' War field,
will come. In here for an Indeflnlte
stay.

Worth's Split Weeks

Fort Worth, Oct. 30.

Worth theatre, local Publix. A
house, wlH. become a split week dur-
ing November.

Theatre formerly . played unlta
and Is be-lleved the first of this
chain's A houses to play two pro-
grams weekly.

Canada^s Sound Action

Montreal; Oct. 30.

An injunction to restrain the
Palace theatre from showing tally-
ing pictures is being argued In the
courts bore. Laifjt ■ week it got as.
far as being taken under advise-
ment by the judge hearing the ca.se.

Should the Injunction succeed,
the Palace will be dark and two
theatres in Toronto and one in Van-
couver wiU follow suit. It is. not
thought that this will happen. The
action, even if temporarily success-
ful, would be fought through all
the courts of Canada and the Em-
pire; with pictures continuing until
a final decision, some five years
hence, .would be rendered.

Sid Cohen in Europ*
Fid Cohen, not the theat -e owner,
ha.s gone to Gf-rinany, on a talker
pifture project. Pat Powers sent
him.

WIRE FLAW COERECTED

Wa.shington. Oct, 30.
— Julian^Hi'^yiawslii^ atate.s-the -Brls-v.
tolphone equipment In his Hagftrs-
town house Is now set. W'.ord from
the house mnnagf;r, Alan IJachracli,
sotting the trouble in the dlff'-renfif-
In voltage supplied by the Ilagers-
town power plant and the B<'t-'Ji)
of the machine.

A voltnge reducer haa b'.-en In-
.stalled, ftfiys Daf-hrach, enabling th<-
machine to be at^-pped up withou'
tho raspme&a reported previously.

Number

OF

Will be Issued in December

vertising rates may be left at or
forwarded to any Variety office

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Indie Sound Test Neai

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Regardine the small fry box pf-
flces, . Western tikes this ^ittitude:
If you buy a Ford you don't put
Ijncoln tires : on Its wheels. : . That
Is its attitude toward Interchange-
ability with one-fifth the price
equipment being ballyhooed by out-
Bide talker men. They again reason
that because de , luxe, houses haye
de luxe organs does not ineari tniit
the grinds have to; throw out their
• tin-pan pianos, . They figure that
th& same holds true of talkers. That
bnly tlie houses that can ;affprd the
best- should be allowed to play the
best.

"We will not permit the quality,
..which . we have spent millions to
achieve, to be ruined by Inferior
equipfnent," declares, a W. E. au-
thority.- He continues: "Any In-
juries to our quality will have to
be healed in t-he courts."

No Guarantee .

^ Brlstolphone executives, who took
advantage of their luck in Hagers-

. town to advertise their device as in-
terchangeable, denied to Variety

, that they ■ guarantee Interchange-
abiUty, other than the physical pos-
sibility. They also . adniit that
Hag erstOwn's Academy was the only
case In point, and this one where
A;- Julian Brylawskl "managed" to
get the records.

Bryla.wski did not follow "The
Whip" with Western sound. on Bi-is-
tblphorie, because their company
had failed at the time to tie up
with the American Society of Au^
thors, Composers and Publishers.

West Coast Motion Picture
Directory of Players, Direc-
tors and Writers

Titlea by

MALCOLM
STUART
BOYLAN

Fox

Radio Hook-Up Bracer

The RCA hook-up with
Keith and FBO'ia proving a
. stimulant to several film ' com-
panies. Uriiver'sall.ls urging all
exhibitors who play their
sound pictures to make every
effort for a local radio tie-up.
which would broadcast the
canned music direct from the
theatre. This has already been
tried with "Uncle Tom's
Cabin." It got one of the best
breaks In Kenosha, Wis., ac-
cording to the reports to the
home ofilce. .

P I C T U R E S

the highest court will be reached
During Jegal delays Indies figure on
temporary Injunctions to force pro-
ducers to supply them regardless of
equlpjnent.

Clas.h on Price
What the Warner . angle on the
"solution" Is could not be gleaned
in detail except that the brothers
I stick to their original , belief that a
cheaper price on the present device,
or another less, expensive machine,
will do the trlck.'iWestern has al-
ready made clear to Variety that it
considers Its present' budgets at
minimum If quality Is to be upheld.

A talker official dbnled . that, the
Warners have acquired a cheaper
I appara;tus which others, : well Ih-
form.ed in the Warner office, say
vi'lll be a.nnouneed within the next
two weeks.

That the subject of lowering price
may also be Injected Into arbitra-
tions between .Warners and Western
Electric, In the film company's
claim It has been dam^iged by W.
E.'s alleged slowness In turning out

Wednesday, October' 31, 1928

DETROIT SOUND

which acts , contracts and agree*
ments should be decreed to be yol^
and In violation of the Clayton Act
and the laws of the State of- Michi-
gan,"

Ralph E. Routler Is attorney fop
the Roosevelt and Cinderella thea-
tres, which are the only houses out-
side of the downtown theatres ad-
vertising .pictures with original
sound effects.

Detroit, Oct. 30.
Jiidg^. Merriam of Wayne County
Circuit Court today continued the'
mandatory in junction obtained by
James N. iFlobertsoh, exhibitor,
against Paramount, Fanious Lasky
and other producing companies un-
til Nov. 7. Hearing of the case was
postponed at the request of Attor-
ney Frank D. . Eaman, representing
the defense, to enable him to. fur-
ther prepare his case, i

Robertson, owner of the Cinder-^
ella and Roosevelt theatres, has In-
stalled la his s houses an Invention

Fox's Soimd Dozen

Fox has added 12 productions to
its sound schedule. ,

These include "The Valiant," Writ- ;
ten by Eugene Walter; "Dream
House," from ah original; "North of
Dixie," etarrirtff Charles. Gilpin,
Negro actor; "The . Cornet Re-
hearsal"; "In Dutch," Clark and Mc-
CuUough's next; "The Ring," for
the same duo, and "Friendiship," an-
other by Eugene Walter, with Sylvia
Fields. ■

They contend that several days be

fore the First National picture made equipment, was also gathered dur- Kj j^jg ^^^^ conception and con

its llagprstowh debut, First National ing this Interview.. struction. He calls It "huma-phon*

was cognizant that it had been ad- Early In the week Gotham-Brls- \ ^^^^ jj^j^. jj. ^j^j^ the aid of Roy

vertised locally as having sound. tolphone went deeper Into.the ments j^j^j^g^^^^ electrical engineer, at e

Tha:t Western has never given with a broadside statement which r^^.^ ^jj gjjg^^jy jggg.^y^j^n ^sqq

BrI.stolphone the once-over to deter- shouted Interchangeablllty. Sam Huma-phon is capable of repro

mine its "quality" was. stated by Sax, disclaiming any intent on the arcing sound by both disc and pho

Charles Rogers. "The burden of part of the company ta create^a k^g^^pj^j^ jj^^^lj^^^^^

proof Is on Otterspn, president of wrong Irtpresslon, declared that the '

Electrical - Resea:rch Prodiicts. 1 contract for Installation did not

darfe him to try and stop us," he mention the word and that the prod

challenged. act was sold solely on its own merit.

Rogers refused to tell how Bry- From quarters outside the company ^^^^^^ ^

lawski got the records. He refused heads it was said Leo Brechef_ha^ I declare^ that he will

to divulge the number of contracts contracted for his Olympla, N. Y. C. machines outright and price

for Brlstolphone installations. He Sax said a court precedent '^^ouW l^j^^ ^g-g^^ upon the seating ca-

did say that the next four would be established within a few weeks, '

be made in and around New York, when he confidently expects several

"Exhibitors are not worried about exhibs with Brlstolphone equipment

Interchangeability any more than will be turned down for product with

ho said. "AH they want W- E. -sound. He refused to say

Hughinin Resigns

Los Angeles, Oct. 30.
Harry li, Hughinin, assistant to
John Waldren, general manager for
Mack Senhett. h'as resigned after ^..n
association' of .eight . years.

He will proba.blK join the pro Juc- .
tion staff of M-G.

A corporation has been formed by
Robertson and Jqhnson for th.s
manufacture and sale of the device.
According to Robertson, $250,000 of
orders depiend upon the outcome of

to know Is If it will work with the I whether Brecher.^ a p leader ^ I
companies holding Western licenses, I bring . the test case

paclty. ■ . . ;

Robertson began considering the
device„hei states, when he found the
coat of vitaphon© installation for
his two houses would be $30,000 and

others." , S ll ^ ♦""^„rr, n^^^^ Trouble started, when Robertson

What do you tell them about exhib. to look for the turn down and l^^^ro^^^^^^ "warming, up"

npanies holding Western licenses, bring . tn© test case. his first stfund picture which was

such' as First National. M-G-M and ^,f--|^°\^^^^Hag^^^^^^ adverUsed^ith Paramount copy

Paramount?" he was quizzed. • attenxpted, trie . tiagerstown snow

' Ing having been booked as sileni, i--- - - >. ^f„„^^

. .and the Detroit netltlon resulting been released, Paramount refused

companies/' Rogers replied. oJfelnallv In a temno^^^ A .mandatory

And^what do they say?" he was onghxa^l^^^^^^^ was immediately Issued

prodded. narf^ntlv nannine out as a silent by Judge Merriam. This Injunction

'You will have to take that np P^rently panning out as a suent ^^^^ continues In force and has en-
wlth them," he answered. Then be M^^o^/^b. _ ,

' Other exhibs who ore unofnclally

lapsed Into the subject of the next , ^^^^ contracted for Bristol-

YOU watch," he stated. -If those Pjo"^ ^'''''''^V^'^V^f^J^^T^^^^

... .. ,j. , J 16 houses in Wisconsin, whose

exhibitors can t book sound pictures L,^ ^ _^ t.,!^o/i

-dM^^i. xT„+i«„„i r:.tu^r.„ -fv.^. StMind, Madison, la now being wired,
at First National and the others, thfc I ^. .^^ ,„

fur Is going to fly. And the burden

of proof will be on Mr. Otterson.'

listener, I

WINIFRED
DUNN

SCBJNARIO OF
'SUBMARINE'

N'oW ItretiUIn);
Uccords at Km'-
biiKRy Theatre,
lit $2 Top Prices

ORIGINALS ADAPTATIONS

HOWARD J. GREEN

Management, Edward Small Co.
TITLES CONTINUITIES

LICHTIG

AM)

ENGLANDER

TEN VEAKS IN IIOLI.VWOQD

R«|trefieiitlns
DlRKCTOKS. AUT18TS, WRITEBiS
WARNER BLpG. Hollywood 1068

abled Robertson to show "Sawdust
Paradise" and "Tempest" with origi
Tial niuslcal settings

Other Paramount films named in
the bin of complaint which is cov
Tt Ts clalme^ar isd Pay for ^two in I ered by the injunction include "Beg
Rhode Island. gars of Life" and "Loves of an

:. , ., _. Acti^ss." First National is repre

Sam Sax, a patient listener,! O*"^.*"* T'eup.s gented by. "Lilac Time," "Waters

finally had hli3 say: In the cases of practically all the front" and "Night Watch." United

"Well," he commenced, •'if they indie talkers there Ira tieup with Artists has contributed the effects
can't get pictures from them they an indie film producer. Just as for "Tempest" and. must do like
hav.e nothing to worry about. Goth- Gotham claims It will be able to | wise for "The Battle of the Sexes,
am. Is Brlstolphonlng Its pictures provide Brlstolphone users with
and" can give owners of Brlstolphone product for six months, other com
equipment enough product to keep panics are making Bimilar claims
them in sound for six months out One of these is called Tonefilm, a
of 12. That's what we Intehd to do .tie-up with A^a Raw Film and
if they hold up their pictures. That, another Iridie producer. This ciomes

and go to court." out with _

"We realize that •Ithough any exhibitor the use- of the records.
Court Fight Seen make of talklnff- pictQre can be Bolle claims use of Western Elec

Vaflety obtained Monday from a Played on our machine and although I trie equipment was stipulated in the
high talker official tlie assurance we believe that very shortl^r every contract. Robertson denies this
that exhibitors who do not have exhibitor will be able to buy his Case is expected to be further com
W. E. equipment cannot book pic- pictures from whom h© pleases and pUcated because of the fact that
tures sounded with the company's play it on any equipment he chooses, Robertson holds a First National
devices. This pertains especially to until that Is settled the exhibitor franchise for the use of all mate
Vitaphone. The Warners will rocog- wants talking pictures. We there- rial. This began In 1922 and will
nlze no Interchangeability tests in fore Interested a, man well qualified terminate until 1946

projection rooms. Exhibs who have to make quality pictures-^Phil Gold- Among other things, Robertson
indie equipment will have to make stone, whom every exhibitor knows." attempt to show that "defend

Paramount,, through Otto Bolle,
local branch manager, entered into
a contract with Robertson for the
distribution of fifty features, all
silent;. When "Warming Up" was
brought out with Sound a new con
tract was drawn which gay© the

MARK SANDRICH

DIRECTOR
Just Coni|>let«d a Feature ricluro
"RUNAWAY GIRLS"
.For Columbia Pictures

tests while their , house is empty in
order to :ascertain whether the i
"quality" Is there. It will only be
after such an investigation that the
Warners will consider the exhib's |
plea for their ' sound pictures.
The electric company and its pro- Igan Francisco, Dec. 1; Harris, Pitts-

INTERCHANGEABILITY

(Continued from Pa* e 7.)

diicer licensees are now holding a
series of conferences. It is hoped
that those will eliminate the neces-
sity for; court .procedure which Is I
how Imminent as the only means
by which Interchangeability may be |
defined. From Independent sources,
which regard the courts as their

burgh, Dec. B; Hennepin, Minn.
Dec. 15; Orpheum, Omaha, Dec. 20;
Proctor's 86th St., New York, Dec.
10; Keith's Rlversld*, New York,
Dec. 12; Proctor's, Mt Vernon, N.
Y., Dec. 12; Proctor's, Tonkor.s, N.
Y., Dec. 12; Proctor's Grand, Al-
bany, Dec. 2.1; Proctor's .4th St., Al-

ants are conducting their business
In an Illegal and unlawful manner
through contracts that they forced
exhibitors and others to sign which
do permit of a restraint of trade in
the method and mamier of distribu
tldn of various products, a,ll of

only re.srort, litigation Is also seen Kj^^y. j^g^ jl; Pi-octor's Troy, Dec
as a long drawn out affair which h 7; Proctor'.s, Schenectady, Dec. 17;
may go for many months before | proctor's 58th St., New York. Doc.

20; Proctor's Palace, Newark, Dec.
20; Belmont, Chicago,, Dec. 23; and
Victory, Providence, Nov. 20.

Bucher says that talking shorts
will . also be produced by Photo-
phone with. Richard Currier In
charge of the short subject talk-
ers, headquartered with Bucher at
411 Bth avenue In the Photophorie
exccutlve^'find^'saT^^^^
company has taken over the fourth
in addition to the 11th floor for the
sales department.

The Eyhibitop

The biggest danger lies in ;in ex-
hibitor conti-actlng for a chonp
talker and finding he has a white
elephant' on hla hands boofiuse of
possible patent Infringement, The
majority of the lesser (>xluhs arc
naturally Interested In the chofipor
talkers because of tlie price, That's

the only chance the indie equipment
has— price. It Is claimed.

If enjoined undier patents' ruling,
the exnibitor would b© tied up with
a product for which he has probably
paid a susbtantlal sum down on ac
count

Albert Contl and Luclen Little-
field added to "Saturday's Children"
for. F. -N. , ■ ■■

Barbara Worth added to "Sunset
Pass" (Par.).

There is No Substitute for

STAGE-BAND
ENTERTAINMENT

Known M the

"PAUL ASH POLICY"

ORIENTAL

THEATRE
CHICAGO

Limited Engagement

"EXCLiJSIVElt COLCMniA
RBCOROIJSO ARTIST"

FRANCES WILLS

SUPREME DANSEUSE
rcBi^rx UNIT .
"STEP THIS WAY'*

Direction: WM. MORRIS

FANCHON
MARCO IDEAS

Opened the New $2,000,000
New Oakland Theatre at

Oakland, Calif., for
West Coast Theatres, Inc.

"Up In the Air"

Was the First One Shown
One a Week to Foilov^

JESSE CRAWFORD
ORGAN CONCERT

PARAMOUNT THEATRE

WEEK OF OCTOBER 27

"JEANNINE, I DREAM OF YOTT IN LILAC TIME"

(Leo Feist, Inc.)
'I'M WILD ABOUT HORNS ON AUTOMOBILES
THAT GO TA TA TA TA"

(Shapiro- Bernstein)
"DON'T BE LIKE THAT"
(Shapiro- Bornstein)

Wednesday, October 31, 1928

VARIETY

21

22

V A R I E T Y

Wednesday, October 31, 1928

Scene in Front
of United Artists
Theatre, Los Angeles

A GREAT SCENE
FOR YOUR

]LOSj\N^^

''Seats were hard to find

— long line stood in foyer

waiting its turn. One of

those offerings which make

the public wish there Were

more like it. A dramatic

thriller. Miss Talmadge

in one of her prettiest roles. •

Few stars have more" dra-
matic moments crowded
into six reels."

Jos eph M. Scbencfc pre sents

''Has dramatic and well-
knit plot. Holds 'marked
interest. forceful film.
Situations splendid in their
intensity. Excellent ele-
ments of surprise. Story
of romance and sacrifice
gains in force and drama.
Miss Talmadge gives a
notably siistaihed^ per f orm-
ance, achieving a splendid
dramatic note.''

L^ANGE^^

"Talmadge picture a
HIT at U. A. Public scents
a good picture before it is
shown. Long lines waiting
at U. A. told their own
story. Picture very fine.
Miss Talmadge's beauty
and capacity for emotion
are as vibrant as ever."

GILBERT ROLAND

Dtrected by He nr^ King 6;^ Sam Taylor

VNITED ARTISTS § PICrtURE

Mombora of Motion I'lcture rroducera ana Dielrlbutoie of Amerlca-WILL H. HATS, President

Wednesday, October 31, 1928

PICTURES

VARIETY

23

N. Y. Indie Exhibs Selling to Fox
Will Disappear from Exhibition

. It is reported that byer 100 of the
160 independent . theatres in the;
Greater New York area lined up
for purchase by Fox, have been
practically closed for, with fomial
papers about to, be sighed.

The theatres s.o fair arranged for
provide for a complele'sbll-out. In-
dependent theatre operators in-
volved will disappear in the metro-
politan area following the closing of
the negotiations. v

There is no case, so . far, where
an independent retains 'an interest
. in his theatre on the proposed deal
with Fox, Those wiishlng to retain
any kind of an interest can only buy
Fox shares at the market price.
Some exceptions may, ' be a. few
Indies to go into the Fox executive
organization.

In generaTthe independents- seem
happy and rellfeved to sell out to
^ox. The acquisition of these thea-
tres, a.11 in one Section will give
Fox from $3,000,000 to $5,000,000 in
additional rentals annually where
he Is how , possibly getting 30 per
pent, of those flglires, without any
considerable Increase in ' distribu-
tion costs. In Movietone N.ews
alone Fox's; new Income will be
1500,000, annually.

Small Exchange Going

The doom pf the small in-
dependent film exchange seems
to have been sounded by the
Influx of the talkers.'

Within the jiast few weeks,
a number of the small ex-
changes have collapsed, with
others hanging on by a thread.

Smaller exhibs have failed
to support the small ex-
changes. With talkers com-,
ing in making the niarket all
the , tougher, the small ex-
changes) are dying fast.

One prominent small . ex-
change man, who has quit the
exchange end flat, is reported
having lost $500,000.

TJEBANA GETS StUIDAYS

Urbana, 111., Oct. 30. .

Sunday opening proposition, de-
feated here two years ago, was car-
ried last week at a. special election
by a 206 majority..

There were 1,325 for Sunday
shows and 1,119 against.

"Girl Trouble"— -Very Favorable

"GIRIi TROUBLE" (Cdmedy, Herndpn, Belmont).

Corking miaterial and title for a fast moving farce, mlniis dialog, with
lines from the show figuring as surefire laugh titles. Dialog would slow
this one up on tempo, the stage version's main fault. Strictly for a
young, good looking cast and a director vvrlth a sense of humor and a
flair for pace. It tells of an overly mothered only son who suddenly
again finds the carnival, girl he married wheh 17, and she 15, a union
whicjtji the mother had at once annulled,

Lopale is New York, having the stage sets of the Park Avenue apart-
ments of mother and son. Plenty of chance for impressive production
and if played as a farce can be made into a pip picture for laughs and
money. Good chance for a theme song if showing the flrst marriage be-
ing broken piX and reprising the melody thereafter, Sid.

"Exceeding Small" — ^Unfavorable
"EXCEEDING SMALL" (Drama, Actors Theatre, Comedy).
A life like sto'ry of a freshly wed couple who solve their problems by
turning on the gals. No fun, Ibee^

.."Gods of the Lightning" — Unfavorable.

"GODS OF THE LIGHTNING" (Melodrama, Hamilton McPadden and
Kellogg Gary, Little).

Based on the Sacco-Vanzetti case with little relief from its tragic
inessage. Ibee,

'-Animal Crackers": — Possible as Talker ,

, '^ANIMAL CRACKER^" (Harris— Musical Comedy— 44th St.).
Marx Brothers show, unless as talker with stars In person, out for
the silent flickers. , Plot only a frame- work for Marx's antics. Abel.

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Summer Attraction
Film Road Show

UNWED
MOTHERS

Percentage
Booking Anywhere— rSehd Dates
SAMUEL CUMMINS

Publix Welfare Pictures Corp.

723 Seventh Ave., New York

ETHEL MEGLIN'S

FAMOUS WONDER KIDDIES
FEATITBED WITD

PANCHON AND MARCO

DIAMOND

(DANCINO HAKriST SUPKEMB)

Featured with
Fnnrlion nni! Miirro's '
DKNVEm BKAUTIEH Idett
Next Wk.: Strand Tlieutre, Vftiicouver

-^.^...=.^^==JDltecl!fiju. -

I Walter Meyers, of Wm. Morris AgcBcy

BE EAST AROIM) XMAS:

BABE MORRIS

Qu6en of Tap Dancers -

Direction FANCnON nnd MARCO
Tourlni; West Coast TlieatreB

Featured in "ARTISTS" Idea

WEST COAST NOTES

"Shady Lady" and "Geraldlne"
both to te made all talker by Pathe.

Eddie Cline to direct Denny's
next, "Lucky in Love" (U).

Fox to do newspjQier story, Fred
Neumcyer directing. Sally Phipps
and Robert Elliot starring.

Henry Lehrman to direct "Blew
Danube" as his flrst talker for Fox.
George Beckels, Arnold Lucey, Don-
ald MoKenzie, iStuart Irvin", Marjo-
rie Beebe and Jierry Madden in the
cast. ,

U producing "Barnum Was
Right," with Glenn O^ryon starring.

Kenneth Thomson added M-G-M's
"The Broadway Melody."

Frances Mirlon, scenarist M-G-M,
back from Europe.

Bryant Washburn and Carroll
Nye added "Jazzland," Quality.

Brandon Hurst, in "Wolf of Wall
Street."

World Fide for Ufa

Via Educational

M-G-M will produce Stanley
Houghton's play, "Phipps," as a
short. Three, character.'? — Lowell
.Sherman, Cyril Chadwick and Betty
Francisco.

""T3r n esFTorrewCef add cd-to^'T-hirat"
(M-G).

Hal Roach has Harry Tjangdon on
a three-year contract for feature
i l(!ngth .sound comedies. Langdon
will begin Jan. 1, .

Mary Nolan opposite John Gilbert
in "Thirst" (M-G).

, Supporting Charlr-s Chasr. at Hal
(Continued on page'38)

Under a last minute arrangement,
World Wide, distributing foreign
product through Educational ex-
changes, has agreed to handle about
two pictures-; for Ufa in territories
not covered by David Brill. When
Brill's franchise" has expired, or if
he should decide to relinquish his
eastern territorial rights pn the Ger-
man product before. World Wide
has agreed to take Ufa plctiireis In
bulk. ' ■ ,

It's the flrst physical distribution
by World Wide. ,It has been or-
ganized about six months.

The Williams-Hammons distrib-
uting organization had twice turned
down Ufa's German executive, Kurt
Hubert, until Brill's Interest ended.
It was not until Hubert had miadc
two visits here recently and after
Brill had refused a Job with World
Wide and a cut in the receipts from
his territory that World .W;ide
agreed to give Ufa the tenipora.ry
superficial listing. ' ,

At the same tUne World Wide
announces It has closed a deal with
Charles Wilcox to distribute a se-
ries of British .Dominions' produc-
tions.

HOUSE'S 2 H.C'S

Chicago, Oct. SO.

IParthenon, Hammond, Ind., has
two regular m. c.'s, using Johnnie
Ryan the flrst half and Eddie Han -
ley last half.

They work with Bill Michael's
stage band.

Grauman s Abandons Pit Orchestra
And Stage Show-M Sound at Cb^^^^^^

3 Out of 5

Chicago, Oct 30.

The Chicago . Tribunes' in-
quiring . .•eporter asked five
people whether they \yould
rather have a season ticket for
the opera; drama, pictures or
symphony orchestra.

Three, picked pictures and
two. opera.

Garrett Graham tltlinir ""Shady
Lady," Pathe.

Seeha Ow6n added to ."^ueen
Kelly'.' for Gloria Swanson.

Two Indie Finns Merge
11 Houses in Chicago

. Clucago, Oct.. 30.

Miller, and Zemansky and Bland
and Sappersteln, independent the-
atre : owners^ have Joined forces.
They will hereafter operate their
string of picture houses under the
name of West Town Theatres Co,

Miller and Zemansky houses are
the Park, Plaisahce, Lucille, Savoy
and Forrest. Bland and Sapper-
steln have the Lexington, Garfield,
New Oak, Famous, Qlympla and
Rogers.

Jack l^iller is president of the
Exhibitors' Association of Chicago.

Harry Watts Quits Blank .

Omaha, Oct. 30.

After 10 years with A. H. Blank,
Harry Watts, his ace house mana-
ger, is leaving.

Watts is branching out for him-
self but won't tell how.

. Los Ahjgolos, Oct. 30.
Sid Grftuman will huv'o no stage-
show or orchestra In the pit when
reopening the Chinese Nov. 1 with
"Noah'D Ark" on the screen. The
GrJiuman hoiuse has'bcen known for
its prologs and large musical pr-
giinizations.

It is' understood the detnands of
the nvu.sictans' union for a six-day
week had coh.«Tidcrable to do with
Grauman eliminating the orchestra
in the Chinese. With the . orches-
tra out Grauman abandoned stag©
presentation, yitaphone shorts and
organ and sound to "Noah's Ark"
Will, be the entertainment provided
at this .$1.50 and two-rt-day house.

It is understood that there Is a
likcilhood the prchestra will also bo
eliminated at the . Carthay Circle
when "Interference" opens/ for the
same reason as at the Chinese.

Hold-Out Complaint

By Congressman

Washington, pet 30.

A Congressman complains in . his
ofllcial capacity, oif the manner In
which the hold puts are handled in'
the local picture houses.

Representative Bowman, W. Va.,
did the complaining.: It looks like
hew regulatlphs. In his letter the
congressman said something about
like conditions throughout the en-
tire country, which he hoped to flhd
means pf correcting when the legis-
lative body a gayi assembled.

we

e 2

A

for the cinematographer

In developing it the Eastman Kodak
Company has pursued its long estab-
lished policy of constantly helping to
improve the motion picture art. In
presenting it to the trade it maintains
its undisputed forty-year supremacy.

EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY

ROCHESTER, N. Y.

24

VARIETY

FILM REVIEWS

Wednesday, October 31, 1928

Talking Shorts

MOVIETONE NEWS
10 Mins;; ,
Strand, Ntw York

.' "With but talkinf? clips of Gov.
Smith . on 'the . streets oC Chicupro,
and. Mr, Hoover at the Madison
Squai'e Garden for attention, the 10
minutes- this Issue of Fox Movietone
ran at . the: Strand Sunday meant
ljut little. ■ ,

Hoover was givien much the best
of it through the talker repeating
some of his speech. It only had
Smith amidst the :street crowds.

.Other stiiff looked: library, such
as the antics of- a trained police
dog with a lot of . professoi-s stand-
ing around. A caption said they
were curious as to just how much
intelligence the dog possessed. If
that*s . on the level; ;tlie dog knows
m6r€! than "they do.. . ■

WARING'S PENNSYLVANIANS
VITAPHONE No. 478
9 Mins.

Strand, Nevv York .. ;

Taken some time, a^o this can-
ning of.' Warlng's Pennsylvanians
likely in the Strand this week be-
cause of the rep ieft there, by the
same band in person. . That's rea-
son enough and there's, ho other,
for the record Is poor in studio
. workmanship. .

Its age Is denoted • as much by
the music as Vltaphone's number.
In the selections , is VLIttle White
House." a hit. of two years ago. The
band's flnlshing number with some
Individual comedy, in dialog, this
record's slhgle recommendation.
There are plenty of bahd numbers
on talking shorts much better, and
Waring could m<>;ke another now.

Studio technique^of the day this
was made left the band upstage,
with. a few meagre close-ups of the
musicians. Totally ruins the pic-
ture/ other thaiji the closlijg selec-
tion. . Sivie.

"THANKSGIVING DAY"
VITAPHONE No, 2599
12 Mins.; Comedy Sketch
Strand, Yonkers

. First of the originals -written by
Addi.son Burkhart and directed by
Bryan Foy. Subject is very mild
laughing interlude, lacking in . vig-
orous comedy. It suggests that the
talker is not ; yet i:eady for comedy
that depends upon exchange of talk
—that is, comedy that lies in the
spoken word itself ratlier than upon
the spoken word fortified by panto-
mime that is intrinsically laughable.

It is Thanksgiving Day in the of-
fice of two young doctors •who are
starving to death In a small town of
too healthy population. They, have
nothing; to be thankful for. They
are sympathizing with each Q.thcr .
when the undertaker from down-
stairs pays them a visit,, a lugubri-
ous individual who is near bank-
ruptcy because of the same situa-
tion. This is made amusing, be-
cause the mortuary's only cheerful
moment is when he rfealizes that .
the two young medicos are possible
customers if they starve to death.
Harry Kelly gives the role just the
right touch. 'j'

■irhings brigliten for the docs
when word comes via 'telephone
that the rich man of th6 town has
had a stroke and another man has
fallen from the top story. Climax
when overjoyed doc drops In a faint
at the good news and undertaker
measures him with his tape.

Undertaker's cbmic glooih Is only
thing expressed In pantomime and
is the only item that gets laughs.
Talk, which probably would be
funny in print, is poor in sound.
Whole subject suggests . that es-
sence of talker sketches is that fun
of a situation be reflected in "biisi-
ness." Rush..

JESSE STAFFORD'S BAND (11)
VITAPHONE No. 2370
Instrumental; 10 Mins.
Warner's, New York

Ten piece outnt led by Stafford
and evidently a. Coast oombination.
Boys make, a satisfactory ihstru-
nvontal explanation as to the rea-
.son for their appearlrig. Only strong,
enough to open or close. Warnei'
programs invariably start with,
these orchestra items, and they're
probably right. In a. gHnd theatre
it's a good spot for the house to
change over. ;

. Three numbers by the band, the
best of which is a hot pop vocally
translated by two of the members.
A miiitary band cpnceptlon of
"Yankee Rose" used to close lacked
the strength for this applause spot.
The number, still sounds like a.n
Englishman's conception of "an
American ragtime song," and a con-
centrated brass ensemble failed to
enhance.

No different from any of the pre-
codiiig orchestra . disks.- Recording
sounded good here, with a,; piano,
passage prominent. This is Herb'
Wiedoft's former band taken over
by Stafford.. . ■ ■ Sid.

FRANK RICHARDSON
VITAPHONE NOr 2329
Songs; 9 Mins.
Clinton, New York

Working on a draped set and as-
sisted by a pianistf Richardson sells
a trio of pop numbers in snappy
fashion. His high tenor voice re-
minds of Joe Schenck. A short recl^
tation and a mild gag with another
song to close. i>atter Is effectively
put over In a minor key on the sec-
ond chorus.

This is RJchiardson's second.rec-
ord and, like his first, was well, re-
ceived at' the, Clinton. Okay for
cariy spotting in the neighborhoods.

HARRY DELF
VITAPHONE No. 2551 ;
6 Mins.; Songs . •

Clinton, New York

Harry Delf at his best in two
comjedy character songs, the second
and featured one being "Soup," also
servinj^ as the record's title. .

Opener Informs the men that they
don't look so hot when getting up;
in the a. m., either. "Soup>" charac-
terizes various types in; the act of
tipping the bowi, from Hebe to
Irishman. Fine comedy item.

Bige.

CHIEF CAUPOLICAN
VITAPHONE No. 2598
7 Mins.^ Songs
Strand, Yonkers

Standard vriude act and valuable
subject for program spot. Musical
turn of gOod quality with the added
angle of singer being an Indian. Set
shows Indian village background.

Caupolicon does three number.s,
nicely paced, first two 'bedouin
Love SOng" and "After Long Ab-
sence," to display, trained baritone
voice, and* finally "Pale Moon,",
number of fine- popular appeal.

Well received , here with substan-
tial applause at finale, all on
straight musical merit. Strictly a
subject for limited use. Probably
be flat where the . clientele* wants
slapstick and jazz. Rush.

ROGER WOLFE KAHN'S BAND
VITAPHONE NO. 468
1 Mins.; Instrumental
Clinton, New York .

This one and No. 469 were proba-
bly made at the same time. In the
latter, assisting the Kahn band,
were Henri Garden, tenor, and the.
Williams Sister!?. . No. 468 has the
Moiind City Blue Blowers for va-
riety. Without the freak four-
piece musical combination it's just
straight band record, and that
means little today.

Two selections by the orchestra
with the Blowers in the middle.
"This specialty concludes in, a dance
by one of the quai'tet. Kahn does
his own announcing -yvrith clarity and
finesse. Night club set. Half dozen
or so spectators sitting and applaud.

A departure frorh the usual would
be to have the extras get up and
dance tO one band number. That
might have made No. 468.) Bii/e.

DOROTHY WHITMORE
VITAPHONE No. 2538
8 Mins.; Songs
Clinton, New York

Handicap provided by Miss Whlt-
more's selection of numbers is
hardly surmounted by her voice and
appearance. Looks and singing both
excellent, but neither as good as the
repertoire is bad. ,

Unfavorable impression at this
small house was also due in part to
the volume of sound against the
size of the theatre and its acoustics.
Until the regulation of tone is per-
fected ail .numbers, along the line of
Miss Whitmore's will be at a dis
advantage. JSifl^e.

MAGNEK OF IHE MOVIES!

You Should Go and 5ee

GUS EDWARDS

THE TOILERS

(SOUND)

Tlffany.-Stahl's first sound feature, tfyn
hronliied by R. C, A. Photoiihohe, -with
si>ecial 0core by Dr. Hugo Rlesenfeld. Jo-
seph Xilttau,' musical conductor^ ReglnaU
Barkcr'.B production . from original story by
L. (*. Rigby. Titles by Harry Braxton,
At Mark Strand, Brooklyn, N. T., week
Oct. 27.. 'Running time, .78 minutes.

Steve,..;....' ..Douglas Fairbanks,

•Mury. . i .' . . ... . i . v. . . . . ..^ . . . .Jobyha: Ralston

Joe. .Harvey Clark

.Toby. ."Wade Botelor

IButoh. .-.Robert Ryan

EDDIE NELSON (2)
VITAPHONE No. 254«
8 Mins. (street scene) .
Strand, New York

Good enough light comedy, car-
ried along by Eddie Nelson, its
principal. Support holds a girl
(Dolly NelsOn) and a traffic ' cop
(Jack Lipson).

Scene is sujpposed to be Columbus
Circle, New York, with the cop on
the highway, but the backing is en-
tirely foliage, suggesting studio
staging. Besides the absence of all
foot or wheel trafllc while the action
proceeds is against, the. illusion of
the subject. That may, or may hot
be noticed by audiences at this
._arly tim© of talking shorts, Where
light comedy will fit in, this will
nicely do.

Dialog by all of the players, ea^-h
doing well but Nelson far in the
lead. His comedy antics as per
usual, for Nelson is fairly well
known along the march of musicals
in key cities. Sime.

Newest Star

That .Volcanic Little Mexican Artist

Now Appearing at the

UNITED ARTISTS THEATRE, Los Angeles

(5th Sensational Week)

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ADDRESS ALL COMMUNICATIONS

GUS EDWARDS

Melro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios, Culver City, Cal.

JOHN CHARLES THOMAS,
VITAPHONE NO. 481,

Singing; 5 Mins^
Warner's, New York

Baritone singing the prolog to
Pagliacci" and how. . Above the
average operatic short because the
-melody cushions on -the ear; .it wIU
not bb familiar to the average au-
dience; Thomas Is not Ih clown at-
tire and the deeper register of his
voice Is mechanically heard to par-
ticular advantage. Besides, it only
riins' five minutes and no encore.

Thomas steps through dra,pes to
.slng^ and exits in the same manner.
Rspecially well received before a
first night ?2 crowd and apt to be
more appreciated by the loge clien-
tele in the regular houses. But this
disk holds enough appear to* enter-
tain both dinner. jackets and sweat-
ers. Sid.

Tiffany-Stahl.'s first Tiffany-rTohe
or sound film feature, deibuting at
the Brooklyri (N; Y:) Strand, is; a
strong program feature. It is vig-
oroiisly forceful, growingly irnpres-
sive and poissessies a somewhat sea-
sonal advantage because of its
Xmas theme,, which would make it
about ripe for the bulk Of the book
ing dates. The holiday period, how-r
ever, is just as incidental for general
purposes, as it is significant, for Im
mediate timeliness, piaradoxicai as
that may sound.

Starting a bit slowly, and this can
readily be corrected with the cutr
ting down of those 78 minutes of
running time, "The Toilers" grows
on one, grips the interest with the
realism of the threie buddies' ex
ist6nce in a .coal mining towni
packs a tear in the simple earnest-
ness of the grateful orphan Tvalf
(JObyna Ralston), who sacrificiar
ly endeavors to signify her grati-
tude to her savior of the storm, and
builds up into an eipochal.;wow fin-
ish in that battle against time to
rescue the entombed miners.

If nothing else, the finish makes
the picture. Here Reginald Barker
has extended himself in many
forceful ■ yet subtle niceties to
build up the suspense and get
across the grini realism of it all.

A cul de sac in: the mine is bar
ricaded in a desperate effort to halt
the flame.<?, which have taken serious
human toll already, and the dozen
men who are trapped within final-
ly tap out a Morse code S 0 S,
attracting the .rescuing crew
above, who for 36 hours fight
against time in drilling their way
into the lower -Itsvel of the coal
mine.

Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., as Steve,
Is the amanuensis of the unfor-
tunate group, leaving behind
memos of the, number of m6n, date
and hour, who are forced to re-
treat into the mine. Building
l-arricade aftev- barricade to choc"
the flames, they are finally trapped
at the . blind end of the passage-
way. In lieu of titles his memosj

with great Impressiveness and un-
deniable drania, detail the fate of
himself and. his huddles, with oc-
casional tragic notes punctuating
the biography, such as one , man
dying In the flames, another from
asphyxiation, etc.

Outside the mine, at the hcirn
of the rescuing crew^ is! Toby
(Wade Boteler), while his two
particular buddies, played by
young Fairbanks • aridUiirvey ,
Clark (in an excelleht dour role),
are among the. 12 trapped miners!
This , very day "was to have been
Steve's wedding day' tO the orphan
of the.storm, whom he had literally
rescued out of a show, drift earlier,
in. the film. With this pol&nantly
dramatic premise as a basic back-
ground, ' Barker builds up ' the hui
man interest signlncance of the res-
cue In masterful fashion.

"The Tollers," as a title-, is de-
rived from the celluloid . saga of '
three men who toll belOw the earth
for the benefit of humankind in
general, which givfes little thought
to them and their labors.

Under the R. ,C. A. Photophone
process, with the sound waves on
a celluloid sound track adjacent to
the filni, cutting Is en easy problem,
thus . simultaneously eliminating
film action and oolncldental syn-
chronized music with a ship of the
shears. Under the . Western Elec-.
trie systein of phonograph records
this cannot be done without dam-
age to the synchronization, particu-
larly where there is dialog.

"The Toilers" is devoid of dialog,
but introduces three choruses of a
miner's doggerel. There are two
other brief' snatches, of pop song
choruses f Or comedy purposes. The
soiind effects are: limited, but welt
done, such as a motOr^ car rumbling
across a wooden bridge, usual door
knocklrigs, gongs, chimes. The big
punches are the whirring grind of
electric drillers eating into the
earth's vitals as the rescue crew
Is at . work, and the shrill siren,
whistles of distress. ..
; , When the air compressor/ goes
awry the. effect IsVwallopfed across
as the trapped miners below be-
moan their fate and conclude the
rescuers have given up the attempt.
As the hir compressor becomes ef-
ficient asra.iri the synchronized whir-
ring effect, couijlcd with the phys-
ical ' animation of the entombed
miners as they react anew to the
drilling, Is an undeniable effect.

At the Mark Strand, Brooklsm,
the; Photophone synchronization is
projected over the W, E. equipment.

Dr. Hugo Riesenfeld's score ts ex-
cellent, and well mated to the tpeme
of the picture. .
Tiffany-Stahl has a; winner in

CAROLYNNE SNOWDEN CO. (4)
VITAPHOI^E NO. 2109
Songs and Band; 9 Mins.
Clinton, Nevy York

Colored syncopation di.shod up by
ATiss Snowden and a three piece
band consisting of drums, piano, and
=banjo._j:t!jiLJJ.a- a matein-ish^ effort .in
fvory rospoct,

, Opening in full stnge the colored
gal, who screens poorly,, offers a
snatch of "St. Louis Blues." Follow-
ing another Bon}j tho singer is olT
for,a change while nuit;ici;)ns try to
get hot and miss. Clmvlostfiii finish
al.so lacks ontortainniont valuo.

This shrirt, probably the. first with
an all coUn-od cast, will get little
even in houses catering to the Race

It Wiir Be a Bear of a . Production

'TIVE O'GUJCK GIRl'^

Starring

MARION DAVIES

Directed by

Released by

M-G-M

LOEWS WARFIELD

SAN FRANCISCO
Just Finished' Celebrating

2400th Performance

"The Greatest Showman Since P. T. Barhum",

FANCHON and MARCO'S
GREATEST "IDEA"

Wednesday, October 31, 1928

VARIETY

f6

7
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mi

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SOCKS THE BOX
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plunging from dizzy heights for momen-
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trapped in a hell of billowing smoke
• • • the breath-taking rescue in mid-air!

Three Smash Scenes that
Top Anything Ever Put
Into a Carnival Show!

With
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OLMSIEAD

Hugh

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FILM REVIEWS

VARIETY

27

irrhe Toilers." It rates a Broadway
first run if booking exigrencles don't
count against that. Tlie Stanley
Co. forced this one in at th^ Brook-
lyn Strahd, thus setling that thea-
tre's featurd schedule back a week
behind the Manhattan Strand, which
was' the former routine, althoi^gh
lately both Strands, , across the
bridee from one another, have been
playing the same pictures, day and
date; only varying a we(?k .apart on
the tiiikihg shorts. ' .

■ Ahcl,- -

THE HQME TOWNERS

Warner Brotlioi's iproductlon and release.
Featuring Illchnrd. Bennett and.Uorla ICen-
yon.. Adapted from GeorK!' Cohan's play
dt sahie name and dlrccied' by U'ryan Foy.
Scenarists, Addison Burkh.art and Murray
Roth. Cameraman, barney McGlll.- . At
Warners, Ne\v York, for . twice dully run
Starting Oct, 23, $1.' top. ; Kunninsr tfrtic,
5M minutes. .

Vlq ■ Arnold. . . . ... . . . . . . .'Ilicl)ai:d ■. Bennett

iJetH- Calhoun. .. . . .. ; . • . .-. . , Doris Kenton

P. H. Bancroft............. Robbrt McWaUe

Mr. ■ Calhoun. . ... . v .Robert Edcson

IjOttlfe Bancroft. ... .Gladys Br.o.c-lnvell

Job Roberts . . . : .■ :\ . . i, . . . John M jljan
Mrs. . Calhoun i v. . . i . . . Y ei-a te wis
Wally Calhoun. .... .... ... . ..Stanley Taylor.

iCasoy. ; . . . i ...James T. Mack
Maid. ....... ... . ... . , . . . . . . .'. I^atrlcta 'Cairon

O'eprge Cohan's' comedy won't
have mucih, if any, trouble eiiter-.
tainihg the proletariat. , It' .s one Ih^
stance, possibly; the. first, where the ■
dialog is minus constant h.oroies and'

NOW AT Tilt
Strand
Tlieutre
Vancouver.
U. C.

NOW !>' SECOND YEAR

J!

More Thau .a Master .of CerinniiohleB
At COFFEE DAN'S, Los Anffi^ieN, Cal.

where an effort has been made for
tempo, a drastic fault most o£ the
preceding, talkers have unfurled.
The dialog evidently has been tak^r.
Intact from the. play- with llobert
McWade, who does the trailer- on
this one, in -his original part and
running away with the picture.

It.'miiy be ah all-legit cast. Yet
McWade and Gladys BrockWell are
the standouts bocdiuse tjiey' vo a ,ma-
jprity . of the .ans\VL'i:s. while .Uichai-d
I-'.onhett and Doria Xvenyon are Hni-
ited to .carrying the story and. play-
ing, straight, . -J.!oth .perform and
screen woll . with Keiiyon's
voice a >bit tpo high ..In .pitch .10
sound riatirral/ .■■ . .■ . ..

Prliif ipal- orror is the 94 minutes,"
.when 8'0, or. even 7.0, Avbuld have
bceri siiflicierit. : A: hit -slow ahrt too
tallcy . In;, spots: That's something
many a stage comudy . lias sufCeroiT,
from. If the siiuatipn is duplicated
here it shOW;$ how close thi.s talker
is running to -the in person vcrr
fuoh. .. Studio :wil.l .and can take a
bow • for' itself when its work neces-
silates such comphrisoh, as t.hatts .
^yhat the boast. haS; been ..aiming
at ever sincd it .started on jBound.;
■ Sooner .or later AVarners must go
outside. If'lioney exteriors or. out-
door shots .^ylth 9tudin.. made.: effect^
cannot and. do not impress. These
immediately remind that iL's .a- Soutid
pictui:e to dispel whatever illu.'^lpn
has been Woven by , the intoripr
work, ho matter how excellent that
may be. This, of course, is lobkintr
toward that time when "the talkpi-K
will be 100 per cent omcleht . as
Wf'ir as dialog.,- . and -When :S.ound
film.s - -liave : prob'ed: their com pletr
fiold. It may not make .so- much
difference at present as the novelty
angle; romairis- prominent although
taperilig - off in man j- . shots..
,. "rTr),hie Towner's'' re.Vplvos. arpurid
•a.hia.n in hi'=; late 40'.s about to \ved
.M. .girl r.") .:j^oars: hi.'< .iunior witli .best;
man cciming on. from: Sov.ith .Donf^
;in.'5t to: conlM-m his. s.u.'?picioii.«i th;i..i.
.the. prospoctiyO'. bride .is after . .liif-.
pal's rqi.iV. TJc'Tinett, Is . the -hi-ido-
2:r6Pni and ^IcWn'^' -' the well .meaiir

; McWatlo giinis up ith*^ entire . .^^it-
iia.tion to tl)p ex^^rvnt Bonnott p^^t-
Tiack li i.s . ri n g. I.Ic"\V:ido, • fi nally r-i >.n ..-
vihccd th.'it l-ip's wyv-n,?-,. li'nR.t>-i h.vir'..
•tlie - 'woi)1d-be lioiicymoonta.^ i.p-
':;'o.thf^r; osnin; ; ■

; .MoViil of. . tJVc pi'^r-(-> is in tho ' au-
-.' iior's 'in'iirtrnont ..of the' ffuspicioii.''
.STjiaH . town .mind. .. • It is unreeled
tliat the girl and her family are nr'
.'ha sing- money. : bii t ' either: : 'Brynr-:'
F'by, .director, or the author hriv.
oniittod to build no. any sympa.th;
for- the bride or her kin. ..

. Tntoi-ost centers on .McWade. thr
■ani he -'■- ' .- ' • ■ -.' ■ ■'.. .^.iid th""

comedy grouch he dev^olopa. Pace
and strength taper off during the
biiild up for the grand reunion.
Foy might have .done hetter had
ho not proloiiged the trip, -to thv
I'limax. $'.vry...is slp\v in starting.
■The, side . arguments. . continuously
.going on between Al.cWado and .hi;^
misiius (Miss iJroCkwell) ■ h'>ld imhv'
a chuok.l?,':.outri.ght l.au.irlis and P:."
or t.\vo. dotiblo entendre repUes.' . '
,.- : M'iss .lU'uckwoll is' oxcolU the
way. She's- in talkor.s iun'mahchtly
and . belori'gs there. - ^Viiii . .
- .• I'.inds' oi.".' - .- ' '-l.viii'T tfJini P".r-
fectly-cast." .Mc.\n: • ' : haK loinr io-l i
knuw.ri: for -: his ,St;'."-e gro'iirU'. s .ah'd
hasn't fol-j^-bttoii. any'of thx^ ' triok.^ir
It's likely Koy . allowed. MoVVade to.
direct himself during his • supi)osod
unrlily- moments,. * .Robert lOd^son
has very little to do- and after the
:maiii quartet Stahley Taylor, is best
among tlie support. :
■ Picture- will do . business. .l)ocausV,
it, has merit, besides being' a talker
with the Cohan, Bennett and :Kon-
yoh names. Opening night at War "
ners, arnplificatibn was i^xceedirigly
good. Interior sets rather obviously
.rc-v'eal where the microphones arc
masked with . the players' voie.er, be-
comings indistinct when ., turning
away fi-pni' these mP i.i th pieces. ..
' .Anotiier conclusioh to be. drawn
f rohi tills per form.ance: was that -no^
Broadway - pipture; .eyer received
worse projection ;at ri. premiere
The hopth Avas.' possibly cpncontr.'vt.-
Ing on .th?i.. records ' and. forgetting,
that focu.«!><i..ng dpes help. - •.^'irf- , «

THE MIDNIGHT TAXI

'■ 'Vftl \ to ■

W-arne.r Uros. productlpn and. relcivso.. Di-
rected . by V John' O. Arnoldi. No other pro-
Brahi cruilii-.s', plhor than fonturcii -'ijliiycra:
Antonio Moreno, Helen Qostello/ Myrna. I.,6y
and ■William 'iVussell. 'Titles, by.; Joseph
.Tackson.. At, Strand, New.lTo.rk, we61v-:Oct.
Runnliipr time, pS-jninulfe.'".

Ta.xl'- .l:)rlS(.-i-/n...
Nvin .PajM-cer. . .... . . ; . .

"Jllle-.\w:iy" , Morgan.
Joe -lirantl . . . > . ...u .

yCia, . Joe Brant . , < j . . . ;
Jaok M.ldlson . ...

Uctectlve- Blnke. . .
I.ptly.-. . . . . .-. .'. . , ,

i-TfiUlnt .' i .- i ............ .

I^Utch.;,.-.,..,

ilastus, . .'........•...... ,

A nb->nlo Moreno
. . .Helen -^.'o.stello
.';,.T(immv Dodh-ri
..William Ru.'.sell
.-; . . . Mj rna Loy
. . .Bbbl/lo Afrncw.
..;.rat KaniBun
,■: . ; ,;Iaok .Santrtro
; ."^\'lllI:'Mn H.i.ubcr.
. . . .Piiul -iCreuKcr
. . . ...Spencer - Boll

As 'a ..dia'ldg talkie hxPll.ci:, . good
etvfuigh, .-on tlie . dialog . end ' mostly. .
after.- saying that. .Tompiy . Dngau.
-stealis the ' picture, for. worlc, voice
and comedy. . . Can go ir.tO. tiriy y.-ired
lip'use for a w-eek. ■

Story's conventionality . . no ' help.
About chcatihg cheaters, ruhi run-
ners and plain crooks. .-' Its . title,
"]Midnit;ht Taxi," taken frpni a fleet
of ;ta;xic.'ibs carrying booze.

Then there aire stolen ."bonds and

the ybung clerk convicted, a tough
kid, fop, tougher than tlie crooks
and inadQ.*n, bit '.too to.ugh for thib
background, heeii ;!.->e he. looks,. talk.«
and. acts like a .giglio, wltti .Ik\v'.>-
s\ycethe;ii-t doing , some detect stutT
to get his tvlease.i .■ . - '

After that tlie. <,'heating clvoliterK
franio., ah. .exchange of fur coats on
a train, pinch, beating the .train by
I'llani'. and (.>nce niorc the' deta(-heti
ear. rirshln.g. backwavils;-'

■lu^.i-odleiits a.ll ' fahiiliat-s. bli't ac-
tion siiapped. up, . and. IJugah. do.o>-.
the : resU. . Iii... this billlivg. ' Dugah;
voiild' IVave easily .•^,ioiid feaiurinj;
witli'. tlie . others. : li'i^ about timi
I lie -AX'a rners . gave tJia t ' . coniedian '
.'^onie lii.lting; he lopks.tlip be.-it they
Have w i tlv his iiritural '\'OP:i.l adapta '
bility fivr: iidd.e.d- vajue. . - il.oro he .is
a .■stiitterinii; sititi) crook, 'a hanger--
•on,., and his . dialo.g contains mon-
liiiighs.-th.an the p.rintod. eaption.s. -.
- Dialp.g lis not continuous.. There
is ..a ' long . .ejtretch. of .silence Tat one
T>eriod. ; It hurts, fpr there is noth-
ing to meet tiie expeetancy mean-
tiine, . ■ • ;

■ Antonip .iiorcnp does Taliiy . with
d.'alog; much . better in . . actin.^r:
Me'.ehe Costello Is 'cat-efully: pro^
ticicnt. having .boen. .given, mucli
ijrotection, it appo.ars, on the dialog
thing. .She needed .more on- her
,:obks here. .William . liusseil . runf
about s.eoohd when talking. :.r,(-il)l>ie
Agiicw and .Pat iFIa r t iga n i h . tl icl r
.niii-ior roles .suggest tnlkiiig- voieoi;
.With more op.D'M'tuivitie.s. .
; One of these talking inelodrama.';
tlial A\'.'irher.'^ ,se6nv to do so wc^U at
.;no. p.SiM'aya.giviit. cost, .

VARSITY

(DIALOG)

r.Trnin.iunt- production and relcxse starrln)?
Buddy . Rf.pcrs and leatnri.-ip Mary Xrlnh
and Chester Cnnklln. Direc ted bv "li'rank
..Tutfle froin'. Wells Root's stoi-y. "i'ltles by
.George ..\lai-lon, Jr..: vlih R. J. .Stout cani-
rriinian. ,.M. tho Vni-aniounf.. N. .Y„ week of
0.(<t. '-*T. RunnliiR time, . (>7 Mliis.
,Ilinmy. D^lTy , , . . , . . . . .OhnrIe.<i Rogers

P.-iy .'. . . ;-..Mftry Brl.Tn

"Pop.'.' .rdnlatv.-;.. .-.Oliester t'onklin
Jirddlcln.'0qk -. .'. ;.. : .Philips R, 'llolin.os

dpals coming east to do it. Only
three of these talk— Kogors, Miss
l.irian and Conklin of whom the lat-
ter is host and the girl, as .t'lstial,
is not heard to advantage, i.inlmet-
also aa.N S a few minor word.-i. icOk*evs
is vocally colorlo.si^.Cif the :i;< I'niii-
uto^ of dialoj;;' 10 copve at thiv i-liniax.
Th& ^ eariiet- three-niinute - ihseiHioh
.and a couple of yoiingste.i\s sihgiiiB;
ju.«!t-go. for. the, "titlU-er;' oiV.' the out-'
side biliing." Xo, liaighs ..in ';t-he
■'siiles;';' - ^l.-irlon's.; " tit li-s . •get'ling'. all',
the -wp'rdi.-d. liVerrinnMil; '~ \' ■

'The Tiger in^ its lair' lo.pK'.s ...gopd
and ■ the .:'all.ru)^illhe.^■e■ is v.xeellerit,'
Synchrcuiized scoi'e, of - ootir.se, 'aids,
by plnyin.g. a. :gopd ■ inany. ..of - . the
Nassau tivnes . and eVen a .couple of
the cheei!s have been reeordedj four
,pr five voices not yCt being able .to\
duplica to the i'par of a. checfihg 'see- .
tion,. a lt hough . as, this i? . a ' snatpli .
of a ba scba 11 game ;it's - the right .
elTpct. . Love story is ratlier silly
and meaningless, yoimg Duffy fall-
ing for a carnival gii'l, he. meets- in
Trenton. and eventually wedding her-
after ti title has skipped two years
and graduation.- Su.<pense. hinges
oh Diiffy thinking himself an or-
phan with his fathei* (Conklin) the
janitor of his dormitory and trying
to break the boy's inheritance of a:
lust for drink. KuUds up until a.
couple of cavhiyal men frame l!)uf£y-
intp getting well stewpd .go.they. can

, (Continued on ptifire. 31) ;

.College stpry nuhus a' .football
gnnVo' and with .tUalog. .. It's the- yarn
for wh i.i? h Yale refu.sed its . campus
and so; the. au thbr, a New llayen
alumnus,, had . hia prayers answered
by.Pripcotoh. It's. a prettier school
anyway;. "Varsity," ..as a picture,
doesn't .go' .very., fat: -ovi:t its \vay tP
prove , anything: but it figures as
hiodar.atc .prPgrain material with
three .dialog passages, to help. '

I\"pt that .the. conversation is par-
tipvilarly pert or well played; Uh-
derstandlng. IS that the dialog .scenes
w'ere inserted after the picture was
completed on the. Coast, cast prlnr

AL LYONS

V'. -. AND -■

NEAL CASTAGNOU

' -..Fenturcd In -

FANCHON and MARCO

:''';'.';^--..'':;':f:- ideas

LOEWS STATE 'THEATRE ,
. '■ . ' I-OS ANCBr.KS

INDEiFlNITELV T

Broadway
Theatre '
Portland
Ore. ■' -' ..

THE GREAT

good press notices would take up the
edition of "Variety,'* but in general they

Wins his audience from the start."
Sure-fire in any company/'
tSreat for* a production/'

guns are how

paged by

nuBkattaaiUiiaBtL*.

THE GREAT

WM. MORRIS AGENGY

9B

VARIETY

P I C T IJ R E S

Wednesday^ October 31, 1928

UTERATI

Hershfield Burning:
Harry , Hersh "Broad-'
. 'way, Urilimited.: column ih the N^w
.. ipjrk Evciji rig Jo ij rnal cbi d last; iFr 1 -•
', iiSLy, bwlng to' contriaictcial " differ^.

6nce? >r4.th King - Features. Tlils
~ does, not afffect: the cartobrilst's con-

• tract ;. with the : syndicate . for his
■ cori-jicsj this arrangement .haying 3%

year's yet to go.

Hershfield was dispieased with the
King Features' . treatni'.ent. ibf . hisi
.stuff . for dut-of-tpwri :syhdiica;tlng5
according to nncleTstariding. In
view, of . the {oil the . column was
taking ; ph. his hiealth, . cprisideralbly

- jeopardized owing tip his mahlfbTd
duties,.' the. cartopo ist -columnist -hu-

. morist , felt himself entit^ id pet-
./■■ter.t€irms.i

; '' Hurry says he would. hav6 'quit
^Thursday -as he planned, oirlginally,
but extended himself an extra day^
In order to get a plug-in for his
: pals, thfe four Aiarx Brothers. Hersh?
field states, that the . ''Broa:d.way

- Uhlimited title'is 6

and is her ' personal property. : If

: Kl'ng Features or. the Journal elects
to essaly ; ahotKe'r\Brbad\yay column,
it niay.mean a n]ew title for'the de-

■■ partment. ■• ^. ■ ■■''■ r.,-.
: Hershfield is particularly burned
about Walter vWinchell's paragraph

, In his ;FYlday morning column: iii the
Graphic which g'aye the. Impression
It was the cartoonist .who called
■Winciiein whisri, Hershfield alleges,

: It - wis ' thfe , (Sraphic col. conductor
who phoned hini to verity, the re-
port and .asked-that a. long-:staiiding

. feud betwfeeri .the rival columnists^
strictly a difference resulting frdm

; 'their ; ' newspaper : actiyltle's^be
burled. ; Wjnchell also added that:
hereafter |the Herslifleldlan gems, of-

• wit . ' Vvpiiid punctuat|fe his : (the
. Graphic) 'c'clumn, Hershfield. vehe-

mently den ies that for no other ;r^'a-
sofi. thah : that" he'd be, a chpmp to
cbntilbute to a riyaV pa^ aga.inst
hlsi - bwn 'syndicite,: even though- he
may be personailiy On. the outs .with
that syndicate over contract de-
■.'•tails. "^^-^ ■■■ ■;. ■

and ■ most popular : romantic writers,
jir. McCutcheon died of heaxt dis-
ease, collapsing Ih the .Hotel Mar-
tiniique, N. Y., whore he waig attend-
ihg-'a i)utch Treat club luncheon

•Oct. 23. ' :. ■ ■';•■ ■; . .^v .

: G. B. -was a. newspaper man : In
hi$ early/days. While with
'Cpurie^ l^n 1 9 01 ■ his . /'Graustark"
was a'cceijted by Stone & Kirtibail
bf - Chicago. -The firsts check 'for
?1,500 jgave ■ d. ,B. his incenti ve' to
turn put more and- he did. Hundreds
of nPvels poured from his pen, one
being ''Brewster's >Ilitions'\- w
was first published under, a fietltloiis
name, "Richard; Greaves" ;by . way. of
.proving that a; book by ah unknown
could recbrd a success..

; Ori«! of the McCUtchepn. books wais
produced as . a show in Ne^v York,
•'The . Flyeri5."^^M found their
vvay:to the screen. Atnong.the. Mc-
Gutchcon novels screened was
."Black Is White.". \

His lai^t novel was ."jBlades,'' pub-
lished last August ..which had just,
settled down to a successful • sale-
McOutcheoh came, of a; •. literary.,
iamily iri Indiana and his pals ;hum-
bered George Ade, Booth Tarking-
toil,. Harry Lepn Wilson ; .G.. B, Was'
a ' brbther bf John T, McCutcheon, .
the famous Chicago vTrlburte cpr-.
resppndent, a,nd BenV Mcputcheon,
'also- a write'r/ '':

Class, for Telegraph ■;

Gene Fowleri m. e; of th^ Morn-
ing Telegraph, is . g;oing put for ft
.cla-ss; specialized .. jpaper, though
T^pwler .prefers libt to. hear "special-
ized." He ; bias thrown, .but . ■ the
vaudeville, burlesque and nlte club
departmehta,. injecting opera, so-
ciety .and h igh -grade m'usic, holding
racing, spbrts,. pictures, ; and the
•'legit,' '. '^} .....:' ■ ^: ■'■'■■■'[[

In the new form the Telegraiph,
. .it "is understood, •jyill go after na
tlohai arid department- store adver
tisihg. \ Pi'ice, idc, sticks. . . -
, S, Jay Kaufman's dajly column
■ has : been. • scrapped, .thoiigh Kauf
man remain.s' iinder his. contract ex
. plring nepct :. April. : JJoiTrian Hap
good bias been addbd as political
writer with the .Telegraph cpriilng
out for Smith.

•Many additions have been made
to the reportoriai staff, likely lead
ing . to a weeding out. Several let
outs with the discarding of the
thrco departments. Vaudeville was
played up by the Telegraph for 30
ye.ars. Burlesque has been in tlae
paper, for 20 .years. • ■ > ■•. -

: Gi B. McCutcheon Dies

: In the death bf George Barr Mc-
Cutclieon, 62, novelist, th^ literary
wpTld lost one ot "Its best-known- and

No Swope Inside .

No inside stuff is reported with,
the resignation of H. Bayard Swbpe
as general director of the New York
World. After a. visit abroad for
some time, Swope intends returning
to New Ybrk. He may then, it is
saiid, buy br start another New
York dally. / '.: \ ./

. Qwihg to ia : rumor some time ago
that ". iSwope cbhtem plated; leaving
the World,, to assume another
paper, .with a cbuple of the W.orld.'s.
former, special ' vwrriters,; Heywbod
Broun a:nd Alexander "Wpollcott, as
his stars, the, impression sRrea.d that
Swope and Ralph ; Pulitzer had not
found traterhizing on the same
sheets a matter of happiness to
either. It was Pulitzer upon wljiom
the blame was placed for his rather
thin-skinned shunning of Broun
when Broun told what he thought
of the World in another periodical.

Swbpe is ' rei)uted.. quite wealthy
and more so recently through Wall
Street. '.".".' ....

Gallico Hurt ■

. Paul Gallico Is writing his daily
comment on spprts for the News
from his honie In Cos Cob, Conn.,
the result of ah auto accident as
the News sports editor a;nd his wife
were returning home from the Yale-
Army game Saturday.. .: ,

As Paul and the missus were on
the' Boston Post Road near: Fairfield,
Conn., a /drunk reelect across the
thoroughfare, and an oncoming : cax
swerved; out to avoid hitting him
and crashed into ; the Galileo car
In a car behind was J. Westbrook
.Pegler,. newspaper, man- who rushed
Mr., and , Mrs. . Gallicb to thei hbs-
pita.lv :

English Co. Buys Papers

Inv.eresk'.Paper-CO., said tb be one
of the largest paper manufacturers
In the Unitijd Kingdom, has ac-
quired additional newspapers, a re-
port to "the Department "of Com-
nierse , I n, Wash 1 ngton se ts forth .

Acquirements include 80 per cent
of the Dally: Chronicle Investnient

GRACE

MARIE

in "SUNNY SPAIN>" a PUBLIX UNIT

Staged arid Produced by JACK LAUGHLIN

THIS WEEK— NORSHORE, CHICAGO
NEXT WEEK— TOWER, CHICAGO

Direction U'lIXIAM MOHRIS OFFICE

Best Sellers

Baker & Taylor Co., wholesale booksellers, report thei following:
■ .V : . v : FICTION -V'' h. ^:

nie Hounds of God . • • *.• . . i . Rafael Sahatinl •.,»-.«Tyi ... $2.B0
At the South Gate ..... . . ,v. Grace Rlchniond . .. ... ..> . 2.00

Silver Slippers , . ; . ; ...... . . . i . ... . Tenriple Bailey 2.00

Prisoner in {he Opal ............. A. E.: W. Mason., ., , ..; 2.0Q

Old Pybus • . • . • « • • • • . • . Warwick Peeping .»•»•... 2.B0

"..-.■:';■/'.; ^;-:''"; GENERAL ..-V .:. ,

House : at Poioh Cocnor . .... . . ... ... A..; A. Milne •< ^ . ; .••tt.**. 12.00

Buck in tho.Snow ........... ....i Edna; St. V. Millay iM>i.>. 2.00

John Brown's Body. . . ; • . . . ^ . . . . Stephen V. Ben«t 2.50

Beneath "Tropic Seas . . . . . . . • w. « . . "VVIllIam Beobe . . . • • • . • • ■ •.« 8.50

Rasp uti n, the Holy Devi I . .. .... ... Rene Fullop-Mlller ... ... B.OO

Arthur R. Womrath, Inc., chain retail booksellers' tabulations:

:.r ; fiction

Empress of Hearts . . . . . . . . . . ♦ E. Barrihgton '. ;:.• *■»•••-«:•.• 12.50

Strange Case of Annie Sprague \ Louis Bromfleld .......... 2.50

Harriesis • . • . v ... . ....... • » •.. ... . • . • . A.. H". Gibbs.- i , » . . .i • . ..:•.>.'■ .2.50

Children

2.60
2.50

• •> .*.« .s-f's •■«.•.• •.• • f • S^itli' -\v hfl.rton*. • • • • •■^ • » • •

All K heeling; • • • . • < * • . • . Aiine Parrlsh

\V^;^: GENERAL

Zola f .. . • ... . .. .'. ....... . . . ..i ... . . V. Jojsephson.' • . • . v > . ... • ••• .y $5.00

Buck in the SnbW ........ . ...... . . Edna St. "V. Millay ....... y 2.00

Strange Interlude .. . . . . ... ... . . Eugene O'Neill . ; .. . . . . . .. 2.60

Why We Misbehsive i , , * .... , . . . Dr. Schmailhausen 3.00

John Brown'9 Body ... . . . Stephen V. Benet , , . .... . . . ' 2.60

The Dpubleday. Dprah Book Shops, Inc., another .good cri- .
terlbn of best sellers, havia a different system of tabulation. The
following list comprises not actual best sellers but '.ithie titljes of
of volumes bf which they ordered the most copies during the pisist
weelc Naturally, this Indicates either a large demand or an antici-
pated strong call:

■■;;; . :v.:. \ FICTION

Point Counter Point . .... Aldous Huxley '

Hounds of God . .... . . i . . . . . . . . Raphael Sabatinl

The Gate Marked Private Ethel M. Dell

Old Pybus .. . ; . . i ; . . . . . ; . , . . . . .... Warwick Deeping

Lady of Stainless Raiment . . v. • • .Mathilde Eiker : "
The Babylons. ...... v. .... ... ... . . . y. Clemehce Dane-
Harness . .... . . . . . . . '. A. Hamilton Glbbs

The Forsythe Saga John Galsworthy

Best Short Stories^ 19iZ8;; . . ....... E. J, O'Brien, Ed.

Silas Bradford's Boy . . . ... . . . .> . • Jc ■'iiii C. Llncbln

NON- FICTION - -v.

This Book- Collecting Game" . . i . . . A. Edward Newtbn .
Motherhood jn Bondage . . Margaret Sanger

Goethe ■. ... i . ..iv.-. . .'.v.;. . Emil . Ludwlg.-v^

Doctor Looks at Marriage Dr. J. Collins

Why We Misbehave ..... ...... i... Samuel . p. Schmalliausen . i ;

.Lenin ^ , .^.y.v. ...■.»..«.*•......•.••» .*.;.AIarku. ■.

My Life . . ... ... • . . . . . •• Isadora' Duncan

Napoleon . . . 'i ... . . . . . ; . ... .. . . • . • . Emil LUdwig

Mother Goose . . , , ... . . . . ; ..>..;.. Willy Pogany ' '

Houise at Pooh Corners

. . A. A. Milne

.Corp., which holds 98 per cent of:
the stock of the Unitedi Newspapers,
Ltd., and which in turn controls
five papers iri the nprth of England
and Scotland.: in addition 50 per
cent has been acquired in the.Daiily
Mail and Hull ; Tinrie^ Gbnipany,
which controls three large newspa- :
pers. Amount Involved Is reported
at $8,000,000.

,. Inveresk • alreiady . owns George
Toulnian and Spins, Ltd., which
publishes the -Lancashire pally
Post, Preston : Gtiardian, and Black -
hum . Times. An Increase in the
capital stock of Inveresk As to be
made, bringing the' new capitaliza-
tion up to $20,750,000.

. Tully as Play

, Philip R. Pavis, who praeticea
Blackstone in Chicago but between
times goes literary, Is ' Ih Ne'w Yerk
killing two birds with \ one trip.
Pavis was co-author of "The Rack-
et," which Alex. McKaif produced.

Pavis has made . a play out of
Jlm^Tully's.icolorful story,. ''Shanty
Irish.*' • - V ■ 7

While on Broadway he expects
to place his Tully script, with Mc-
Kaig reported as getting the first
ning at It.

.,' Telegraph's Wandering Sons .

- Willard . Keefe, : newspaperman
and dramatist, who wrote "Celeb-
rity'* and one-fifth of "Gentlemen
of the Pi^s," went back to his old
trade , of rewriting bn the Morning
Telegraph. Kieefe recently returned
from the Coast : where he had been
recruited for scenario wbrk.

Keefe's return to the Telegiraph
was simultaneous with the return
to that paper of Sonny McLaren,

who also w:ent to : the Coast for the
pictures. Keefe and .McLaren have
both prpvio.usly bben on the Tele-
graph.. ;'^; '^ . 'r. :

■ Crossword Cold

Although the crossword puzzle
fad has gone the way of the col-
legiate bell -bottom pants and the
Vo-deo vogue, the puzzle books are
still ' selling at the rate of 60,000
copies a year. So, say Simon . &
Schuster, who came to. Important
attention as publishers with their
series of crossword puzzile. bboks,
which went 1,000.000 copies in gross
aggregate at the peak dt the fad.

■ Morrow's Almanack

The ne:w Morrow's Almanack for
1929, edited by Burton Rascoe, ' the
second of the series. Is a /better dl-
vei-sified anthology than its prede-
cessor, although lacking individual
brilliance of the first Almanack.
William Morrow's Sons are the
publishers, the 1929 edition being

tilted 60c to $2.60 retail over the
former.

It's a bright collection of shoit
pieces by over 66 contributors, in^
eluding Riq, George M. Cohan, Ber-
nard Sobel, Ilypert Hughes, Thyr*
Samter Winslow, Samuel Hpffen^
stein. Herb Roth, Louis . Golding
Walter Winchell, Arthur Kober|
Sidney Skolsky, Elliott White
Springs* Ciirlstopher Morley, et iH,

Too . M uch Show Stuff

Charles. A.: Hughes, editpr-pub«
lisher of I) AC News, classy Detroit
Athletic Club monthly,, says he's
running-; too much theatrical stuflC
and is cutting down • on, it; comedy
preferred^ ;. \

Hughes, with ES. A. Batchelor as
his managing editor, was strong for
Broadway stuff for a long time..

Article on . P. A.'s. ■

In the current issue of the Atlan-
tic Monthly, Selma Robinson, p; a.
for the Literary. 'Guild, has an arti-
cle titled ''Fbr Immediate. Release,
Please."' In It she devotes consid-
erable space to theatrical presif
agentis. The snapper in Miss .Rob' .
insbn's yarn, her test for recogniz-
ing a phoney publicity agent who
guarantees spacie In the papers. Is
of: Interest to managers and- actorgi

McFadden's Low Scale -;

. Cabaret Storl6s; .B; L. McFadden,
Inc.', publication, pays aus high aa
$15 for a 2,000 -word story. Beatrice
M. Miller, said to be at one brief
time a short story writer, Is the
editor. She . gives contrlbs the
works that since Cabaret Stories la
a hew .and struggling publication,
couldn't thejr compromise for $1.98f

Love Study By a Femme..

: Slmon.& Schuster'y publlcati
■'The Teciinlque of the Love Affair,"
anonymously credited to ""A Gentle-
wpman" for authorship, ruthlessly
dissects and analyzes ., the. art of
attracting and . holding masculine
attention. The book was issued in
London early in Octobe'- and has
attrjicted sensational attention as to .
the author's identity and the book'a
subject matter.

Name Change

. Tatler and Social Pige..st changed
its publishing ' name, from Stuyvo-
ant to Carleton in order to fiaicilltate
delivery of. Its mail and that of
Town .and Couhtry,- which also' bears-
firm ndnie, Stuyv'esant Publishing

Co. ... ;.:■'■• ;. '' '

Tatle:- has moved from the 10th
to the ninth floor of the Manhattan
Trust Building in New York, '

starts New M. E.

Oliver Owen Khun, formerly news
editor of The Evening Star, Wash-,
ingtpn,: P. C., has just been made,
managing . editor. / He succeeds
Sheldon S. Cline, who died last
spring. . ■ '

star is still - holding 'fourth place
in national display advertising and
first place of all the country foi*
Amount, of local display.

Renaud Succeeding Swope

Ralph RenaUd, , managing editor
of the' New York Evening Post, suc-
ceeds Herbert Bayard Swope When
the latter resigns as executive ed-
itor of the World 'Jan. 1.

Somebody said Swope was' qultr
ting the newspaper field because be
saw no future. In It.

DAILY ♦•MIRROIVV SAYS:

''DORdtHY . MORRISGN, a hot singing; snappy
little brynet, does an amusing number a la Helen
She's bttter thiiri Helen." . —Bland Johaneson.

FRANCES

LORETTA

FLORENCE

A PUBLIX UNIT

"KEEN-HARMONY"
With "PICK IN' PEACHES"

Staged and Produced by LOUIS McDERMOTT

WEEK OCT. 27— ORIENTAL, CHICAGO WEEK NOV. 24— TOWER, CHICAGO

WEEK NOV. 3-PARApiSE, CHICAGO WEEK DEC. 1— MISSOURU ST. LOUIS, MO.

WEEK NOV. 10-HARDING, CHICAGO WEEK DEC. 1S-CAPITOL, DETROIT MICH^^

WEEK NOV. 17— NORSHORE, CHICAGO WEEK DEC. 22-FISHERr DETROIT MICH. ^

Thanks to MAX HALPER|N —WILLIAM MORRIS OFFICE riontrt, ucikuii, miwn.

Wednesday, October 31, 1928 V A R I E T Y

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ALBERT lldGELL

Ue«fo) ,r Motion Pletiiiii Pibdueea ^ tMii^btfttffi of Ameria inxx-lUi H.Hvt A-aS

Wednesday, October 31, 1928

FILM REVIEWS

VARIETY

31

VARSITY

(Continued from page 27)
arah the bankroll the sopholmore
dass has contributed to a drlvc.^:

If this Is the fir^t one Rofjers has
K#»en starred In. it's not strong as a
^doff. Conklin rdmps. in for iper-
lonal "honors as neither of the
iiivenlle team is sufflciently viva-
ileus -or capable of outshining the
other. It's a bad camera match,
both needing a more powierful per-
goriallty opposite to streinigthen: ;.

Location scenes at Princeton have
been bettei^ handled than the stok-y.
Or maybe . it's .the ' impression that
it's just another cpllpge picture and
. tlierei's/not much to ponder oyer in
tlie yarn. Picture lieeds its dialog,
no rriatter v/hat the faults, for ,b.o.
attractivehesis and; at 'not especially
aohust at thai.; : ; Sjft^v :

THE RED MARIC

. J^^rnps Criize prodtidtloh for .Pdthe re-
ieaae. . Nena Quartero sUrred. ' Gaston
(llasa fealurecl. Others are Gustav Von
SeyfCertltz. ana Kose Dlone. Continuity by
Julian Joaepihaon. TroiA story by John. Rus-
sell. -Screen gives po 'credit .for photOKra-
^ phy. or tItlM. At New .York Hliypodroiine
week of Oct.^ Running ttnie, «4. mln-

What caii be said of. a film story
With the drab background of aponal
dplony on a Pacilic ; Gcean Jslahd,
with the romance, involvihg a . girl
waif . and jo. French V: pickpocket ?
■J^yhat more can be Jja.kl.pf the pos-
sibilities, of ; suci,! a picture .without
a single name that means . any-
■ tSlilng?- ■-
Depresslrtig is - right. In this , at-
rtibsphere it is : di fttcult to work; up
•interest in the :romance. . Cruel gov-
. ■ ernOr desires the girl waif arid : bo
does the pickpocket; The minute
. a. title hints, that governor ..has a
long.' lost . son ; distinguished., by a
red mark ion^.his throat you know
•' tJhat- the' pickpocket' is the, son.

■Picture hasn't an excuse; never
Should have " been : made ; but being
made, it ought to have been PUt
on the hiprhest shelf indeflnltely. A'
dttndyv subject ' for any . exhibitor's
/(Opposition; i ■ Rush. ; .

Legend itrf Gosta Berlirig

■ ■ - -. (swE Di S'H'' ti/i.:'".iD iy;- '

Swedish production. Distributor In. Amer-
I'ca unnamed. . Founded on novel by
Selma LngerlOf. Adnpted.and directed by
' Maurice Stiller. Greta .Garbo and .Lars
Hanson' featured. At. ."Mh Avenue. New.
York; weak of Oct. 27. nunning time, 60
: .-Aiinutes. ■■• • y-:,.;;"'.

of/her. Still a picture only for the
sure-scat circle. . .
' Storj' based on what is .dcsci'ihcd
as a Nobel iPrize .novel. Must be
another case of a great literary ef-
fort lost between the ; scenario and
the cUtting.'.room. :
: : Just Avhat is missing, in-.the .film
story i.s hard to -determine iiccu-;
.rately. Too much, plot at times arid
it is frequently difficult to .under-
stand the motivation of the char-
actors..- '.■;■:' ;■ :

Many foreign, films suffer, in- at-
temntiug too mnoh coverage with
the . result that the Idad. character.'*:
are 'rtever developed to' -their f ull-
impbrtariCe.. Despite its falilts the
American •' star-: system, has . .a ; big
advantage over this SNyodish' scat-,
tcrihg^otfire.- ^

Phatagraphy is neyi^;- good, a very
gene?-al CGmmeri.tary .on SNVe.disli
film- product.. . Story CQriceriiS; the
.i.ritriguos. woes and social attitudes
of tho landed gentry of the lato
'17th CchturS'. in. Sweden, with Lars
Hanson, ari expelled minister, the
central cliaracter. Glergymaiii- Anglo
led to the Sth. Avenue .PlayhoUsc
billirig tlie picture as .the doings of
a "Okirifiod Elmer Gantry,'' •

"Sure ..soa.tera".. orily.. .Land,

first believes this to be true and
is on the point of going away with
Arnaud, another naval .admirer,
wlien Fathinia's whereabouts is (lis-
covered by Gadlere's servant, and
ail ends happily. ■ . , . .

TeohniCiii work is good :While ror
veaiihgr certain flaws in . coristrucT
tlon, . Some in teresting battle epi -
sodes, arid the: aeenes in .Toulop,
with / sailors' resbrts dnd ^ oflicers'
quarters iire faithfully portrayed.

supporting : Claudia V ictrix are
.Taque Catolairi, il. de Bagratide;
P'aul ' Guide, ■ Raymond Guer in, ■ li.
Lievin, Lkbry, Mrries. :Re.nee : Velr
ler, Ahdree Rolane, Jfahe Mea, With-
out being perfect, this:, is;, a good
KreidCh .picture for . local- eonsUmj)-
■•• - ' ■ ■ ■ ' , -A'cjuireii',

COURT MARTIAL

tion

fWb OUTLAWS

'oiitinlii.i pi-orlu>'U.'.'i ;in(V roitw,-;^ IH-
ri^i'lod liy cjeorpo IJ. Si'lrz. from st;>r.v 'l);.
i;hncr: Harris. J:u>k Hoit fisiuirviV. In
i^aHt, Holty Contiisiin. t>.ins Hill. >\it Jlar-
.iiiiiri. A.t'St'iinloy, Ni>w y'>rk, one lUy'; LVt
U^. KUniiliig .tim-'. "."i tiilt>u,tt>s.

About pa-rs the average ' Swedish
picture, in' cOstUme, -Interest iicfi
chiefly, in the background, foreign
locales unflaniiliar to this side. Also
interesting is the appearance, of
Greta ■ Garbo, totally . unlike the
sleeky. dame M-G-M's oxpci-^ts riiadc

BR60KS TRIO

^^INGING BANJOIStS;

Now with
. FANCUON aiid M AKGO'S'; . >
"UP IN THE AIR" IDEA

STREET OF n^LOSlON

ColumUia. rrbductidiii', . released . throunti
Quality and Hollywood; accoTdlns-to^screen
credits. Directed by Erie. .C. K'^'jton;.
Based on 'the .stor>: ..by. Cha-nnlng^Ppllock
.arid adapted by . HaiTPy .Thew. ,
Vltgrnla ValU. C*9t Includes. I:aTi ..Keltn,.
Kenneth ThompSion ' and Harry J,lx!yers. At
tlife Academy of. Music. . .N. . :Y.. week .of
Oct. .20., Kunnlng; time, pyer 70 mlns, -. .. ..

If Chahning 'I'biiock'sl. literary, pff-
•Spring ever po.sse.ssed any l.distin-
guished or riieritorious traitsJ eyery-;^
th irig possible .bas been done by th e .
producers to conceal it from a pub-
lic eager for stories dealing .wltli,
the inside 'of Broadway and ' the
show -business. It.is not conceivable
that 'the ..painful triteness of this,
iplcture was ^6risoi:ed through- the
author's oi^igiria^ script. • ,

Reduced . to Sim pie , terriis this is
the story of a ham ""actor jealous, of
aiiother's merited Success... Disap-
poirited in himself, but: stili' cherish-,
ing dim hopes of fhespian grcatniess,
he is too dull ln mentality arid chai--
acter to appear to the popular. imasTy.
ination.; .• , • ' ■. ■

.Action , aivd :. interest have: -been
car€^fully '.weeded out.. Long, borin;?
fehearsa.1 iscenes hive been allowed
to riiri . without hindrance. 'l^'Or. a.'
climax the bid expedient of a- death
.on the :sta;ge, where the heroic Char-
acter is supposed to be shot, takes
place. .'There are a tew incoherent
phiibsophical titles; inserted at , odd
intervals; ■".''.

'iJsod in this house to back , up a
strong:,.' well balanced. .e.i.s;ht:act
vaude\*ille clineup, the picture', im-
pressed as mainly of the gririd atid;
nbt suitable - fbr the better typ?^ of
neighborhoods.. . . Mori.

Michigan Vaude Mgrs. Ass'*
Charlie ^M^

Booking the most extensive circuit
of vaudeville a:nd preaentRtlon ■ the-,
atres between New Yprk, and Chicago

Michigan Theatre Bidg.

OETROIT

Sta:ndard Acts. Write or Wlf

HELENE HUGHES
ROY SMOOT

Fontiiried with • .
TANCIION ana 5IARCO

- t.'niver!,m.- (Western) production: inii re-
lease; Jack PQri'ln and Rex,' tho. hor.'^e.
.starred, lien ry . Mac Rae, director. Vlrpll
Miller, cameraman. ..In cast: Kathl.een
(i'oillhs and J.. F. MacGowan. ' At Loew's
Now J York,, one day, Oct. 23, one half .of
double bill, ;Hurinlhg time, 60 rolniut^.

iJased on • a stock: yarn of iho
secret utility mian posing. as out -
Ia\v : wKh . th'e • additional angle . oC
wild horses' and their leader, .."Twi>
OuthiWri" ..'fills ' tlie.:;.bil.l :fOr- regular
nomlesci.'ipt houses: , In fact,, it's a
little ..fairer ..ilui-'n ,the average Uni-.
versa! "wpstorri.':.' y'-..

VHcx'.', iiad a tough time in.ithis
one., livery: timevhe w.aiked on- llu'
sot or stopped' before, thie camera,
a. . wti rid . in ac h i no blew • . pla;i:n s : Uu c
mto his ; nostrils. .A few: times lu;
headed .- a pack, of Hollywood nag.^
in'front of the lens.- ^

: After :t:hat his job was to step of-
bad boys .who wouid; pop off the-
good outlaw . .- :^ ' v .. - '. ' '
;f Girl l-'errin saves from herd start."-
loye ihtere.'=;t. Alway.s .with the black
i:ag on his jewels, girl never identi-
•.fl OS . hi hi u ntil he arrests her .guard-
iim' '.as.'ilVe, real.' f.purflusher. ;■ ;

\:l.:::^AUTllMNXOVE

(G E RM AN MADE). -

.Vfllli.TtPd through European Producers.
No ' t reUitt'd producer. Lyk DePuttl .and
IiuRf>ne : Klopfer ; teatiire.d. . . No ' turlher
'.screen credi'i.s given. . At . Stanley! one day;
Oct. -0. Uunnlng time about 60 minutes

: i.'ong drawn nut Civil' 'Wa'r j-.-m-ii..
It depend-s upon. 'ishiits of l^ucoln.
anil tlie Sta.r.s. arid Stripes for. ap-
ivri>,val;. Photography: • pr.o(Uu\tii)ri,
ilirtH-tion and .ca.st .ni'aU.t\s it jiist
S(,);-.so .release, for ..t lit' . daily ; gririils.
l'\>\vor ti.Ues and di>!i'root . slft-in^'
might, helji;^. •-
... .lack H'wlt ;. ^s..'■V^•■ln^lH.-^si6^^^
i'.rosidori.t I..iric()in. to. bring ih Hotly
i-'oiii-psbn, load.o.l".: of ' a..^.t;uorll^a . barid
vMioratlilg. oh;' t.ho'-AV>^^ froiUivM-.
;iload .or uiiy^.' ..join.ing htT Iuii\d uri>.
.(Jor disguise., : tiie YaiiKoo' .si),r. win.^
Ixis. way :intb hs^r -Conlivloivoo, ,Toi'n
botween lo,vv and -riu'iy.' soiuumut
thoii fLtllows tor corisidi'rable foot-
age with' the spy .saving': :tiio . /?irl>:
life d u.rinjp a ,caVa1i-y at tack and she
roturnlng. fh.e favor- wiion hor . garip'
discovering hi.s id<'n.lil.y is Vibout to
rtira liltie .neck.'.strotolviii.i;. ■ .

i'^aitirig to: doliyor ';iifs priMori.i-r at
t Ijo- .f\')yt . a.s . he had: privnusod ,. . Hv)l t
i.s -acciised of 'aHo.^v'ing hor to escape-
'.(.'ourt triai'tialod, he is. sofitonOod tcv
lior Whot. at "suhrise, .- ' i.-UU the girl
fit ng - 1 oador gl veti Ji or^^ol C up . i n t i iii<
I'o saA'cv -her. iovor'.s. li(i^ .at tlio .<^vr
It'll ac~ of . .her own. ■ >^.lio av.is - .ni oy-
.nlly wounded, on'/hor way to tlio
uii-l ;l.iy :ono of lior own '>mi>ri,.\wI».o
h.id at toniplcd. lo nroyorit' ■hof '.setf-
^it-rinpo'. : '-.:.;'■ ■ . '-- •-

FG^^^ER OF DAkR^

(FOREIGN MADE) '

i'Jm'i.-Iand. reloasie, .Producer not. rrpditt'd.
.THrorted by Robert "WJciie. Ji;\'st>i.l otv story
I'lv Tol.stol.: Continuity' and adaptation not
I'fedUed. C.nst oC'tUc' Mosco.w Art Theatre
Play:cr.s. ..ln>liidlnpf Peter .Sharov, Pavel
Pavlov, Vera- Pavlova, Vera .OrloV'a.vOeofBo
.'lerov. and . Sentiis . .Gbsserov. ' At ' .Btanloy,
K(>\v: York, o.tie- day,. Oct. a'l. Running tlnie,.
mliisi . ■

THE WEST

(FRENCH MADE)

■ ' . .; , 'V Paris,. Get; ' 21.- . ;

Adopted by H.eiiri Fescourt f rorii
the melodrama of Henri . Kriste-
hiaeckers' /"Tj'OcCident," this wis
ca-refully- produced . ..under the
patronage of Cineromaris to feature
Claudia Victrix : (Mmer 'Jean iSa-?
perie). It has- met with ibcal sue-;
cess- Mt us add. that the CJnerp-
mans star, has been . judged On, her
merits in : this picture, and not, en-
tirely oh her influence. She has
made good arid plays the part of
an Oriental . -engaged to a French
offlcbr, L'ticleri Dalsace..

Sl'. 'V .itf . of Hassliia, daughter . of
the :.«ud (an. Arab governor); capf
ti' d by . brigands. While in cap-,
tivitv she saves Lieut.; Cadiorc.s, of
the Frencli .Navy, and escapes with
him to France. Meanwhile, . /the
brigands hkv4 al.sO taken a>-ay Ilas-
slna's younger sister, Fathima, and
their :: chief, Taiebe, , follows ; Ga-
(llere to Toulon,, where he accuses
the French ofTicer of being rcsppnsl-
-ble=— for_-thei.-giEl^3^,death._Hasi?lna

When: Lya DePuttr - .hid ; Ib'rig.
'bri.stly. iiair and . was not. so ; feood.
and 'when the World Wait- .was: n
.such a memory, gome (lermah coin-
pariy :turned :out :VAtitiurih tove.-'
In it's forth here it his becn'cut arid
titled iri .such a w:ay : as to. provid<'
a continuity better tyian stacciito: It
i.s : little , .short of - an imlposltipn i<
risk any 'somirintelllgent audierice to
sit thi-ough: it. - ■

: Everytiiing old-faishloricd. The
story:, of the .metropolitan star, who
pick.s put a, gti-i from an Itinerant
company.: makes her • a. star, get.':
th e t urnd b wn . f or a young count : and
. then real! zes DeceriiberMs too '.near
tp.cdrry thi^ough, Is— ^just that.
.The acting is In exact : accord with
the . $tbry: .. A^tbgethe^,^ just, one of
those things ^ to paiss, by.,. ■ Even : i r
the rental may only be .a couple of
bucks : it- . may . prrovo : a . : doslly
ocoriomy whch . the' iaudlericef Teac-
.Upri' -sets' Jn^-' ■''-:■':...■.■ -.■

N AUGHT VPUCHE?S

TIffahy-Stahi prod (jctloh and .roleaa'e.' -Dl-
i-ected . by Tom :TerTla.- Featuring ' H. . .B.
■\Varrier .and Eve: Southern-. . Chester .Lyonw.-
caxnermon. Story' baaed on' novel,' "-The
Indiscretion' of the '; Duch'eaa." ' ' In ' cast:
Gertrude Astor. Mdrtha- Mattox. 'Duncan
Reynolds. At . Ijoew ■« New York one day,
Oct. 23, . one .half double featora;. Running
lime, 00. .minutes;-. . .. - :'.

, This picttire . bears the. distirictipn
of ; being among the, few foreign
prpduetiori.s. for . wliich. no definite
bid : fpr • everla.sting greatness , is
made. Merely a, simple elaiiri, in the
foreword,- that th e .' fl I rri iS' far aljovC
the average. And/ anothor, also in
the intrbduction, that if it is .not
as good as; It could; be the- censorial
.shears should, be blamed. . ' '

Little doubt oeiisors erred oir.t.hc
side of leniency. A feW; niore cuts„
toward the ^ending, ellnrlnatlons in-
the m,lddie, and a reduction of foot-
age in. the boRirinlng, liF>rt.vlng only:
the iritrodtictidri . i<> Kpcak for it^yjlf.
would- have made the grind hbiise.s
this picture may be shown in hap-
I'iiet; and' better.- -.

■ Nothing: more than a grotosaiie'.
burlesque, crude, prlriiitive. urifin-
ished mockery of a picture. Throwri
together by hands untutored . in,
pos.<5ibly uriaware of,'th,e;,nr.'it prin-
ciples of. picture production. No con-
tinuity and- it . looks alsb ; as if no
adaptation has been made. It is like
a . literal :. translation of Tol.stol's
book, tneanlhgles.^ and Incoherent. . ;

.Story :1s of, a country .-yokel,
strangely endowed witlv some power
over \vomcri, giorilicd beyond a.11 be-
lief. - RciJentance finally obmes,. ac-
obmpanied by the Russian, police . :

. ; Morx.

olY being a couple tSf -Parisian- (art.-i-
Who' .ride in liniouslnos and fitui: It
f roiiuoiitly neoestsary to .shake tholt^
■poor old fatlier. Uvlng at the <^lioap
Hop hbuso; fOr a' handful: of .changf . :

De.-^tU of the •old man, while the
da light ors are.: thaking whoopee .t. t-
liio' Art Students; I^all, . .rtin exces- :
Kivolj loji.i? :and :4'r.o,w' bo.resome. .
: ' Titles : 'at'o of tho.' inatie variety,
ovofboard \vith>e.xpl.a'iiaribns. .
. ..Pircctpr llojvpor h;vs. 'eavight. the
Ki p 1 j-i t bt ga I p t y i n 1*; i r:i !? i li ' o'ri 1 y . o ri b-
: place . and that .too ', luis: been .dortiv
often and, bettor. .. Thiii : h)ve .story .
that, .showg. : Irifretl'uentiy .in. tho
fbota'pe ;ia.'.d:i.'agged.' in.: for - th.e wind-. '
up with: th^ l;k")arding ,h pb.se lo.ver.'i "..
rccoricilod .f hro.tigh . the kind, aid of . .
tlie Robin TTpod of Pai;ls; - . . :-

j ust ■ a - lot , of; wa sted film;'; Prob -
abty old : P:-,.I>; 'Ci';anywfiyv .'

THE BU^NlS^

- X'n!'<-iM>'i> I J'>^o^hloi^l^^^ and,/,.' release: - Dir.
roclOii.l\\ Tli-nfy .Vi'Hfto'rtnd Jlerbort Rliii'li'> •
Tronv .«lor.y. hy. \V.' M. Raine.- Adaptiitlbn ■,
1'iy Riiy.ini>nd .^ohr>>ck: ;vnil .fiOfirge Plymptoii-'
,i=<,i;(rnnK Hoot Gib.s.oii. . Ciist includes y,\r-
Rinin Rrown Falr^ aiW .Cosixre 'Graviha.. At-.
1,0. -w's). N'cw York, 'Oct.: ?(>:■■ 'dne.-.hn'lf of .
il.-uhlc hill.' - ■Runtiln'g time. apiiroxl'matt>lx -.

-Il Mine- - .. - ■ ' _ ■ - ..-

. The boy.s: who ; ,diroct;o.d ':this: OrtO
Uiio w -hbw/ . It^s :noa;t aiu^ . An - .

olltor west dm with a series of stock
'situations, -'but It- :hbl.ds:.:be'cause' of
speed, action arid , Hoot Gibson's
li(jVse,aTul gurt. riiaiiipvilatipn.
- At .the opening it swirigs back to
iuiotiier generation for the purpose
of inJectlng a.fight seci.uenCe.: S.ervos
for immediate interest. ^ -
: : Tiia two old friends then , lay but
a plan to test, the son of the Ameri- '
can 'who is cutting loose iri ,1^6 w:
Voi-k.. The .tioy : Is brought but ,6n :
the pretext that: his father : Is In;
MiVnger of losing his lands to, ,a'
neighbor, Valdes. " "The . latter's
daughter Is left in charge for her
fqthC'r.,, "The crooked foreniah: Is
used to promote an element of real,^;
Ity* trying to -grab: everything, in'-'
tUidlng the gill for himself..

. ■:■-•■ ■■:.' ■ .'•... -./ ^fori.; -■:

■ '.'The Kaughty DticheaB" may. read
well; bxit on the screen ' It is 100. per.
cent drajving room. Straight so-
cibt'y, with lightest of . continuities,
High calibriB of ieiads sav6s it and
will get it by in small houses of the
upper strata.

', Only suspense Is built around out-
come of meeting on traln .ahd a diike
posing oa husband, to aav^ strange
dame, frorii dlbks; . "This carried on
to cbateau arid .ultlrivately marriage.
Practically no interference.

City bf Purple preaitii ^

■ .Trem C'.irr nrwliictiop;- 't.el«;a/»ed through.
Rayatt.; Directed :■ by touke rAVorno. - Wal-
ter GrliQn', ^arhoi-rttnan; In ciiat: B,\r!>?it'a
Itpdford; Robfrt ; Frnzer. Ijavld Torrence. •
Josephine, ttiid.'ioh. At Loew's New York.:
one , day, .Sept. one-half . double blU.
Runnlhg lime, op rnlnutes, ; ■ . ,: . ;. ' :■ -.■

.'" brie of the old fairy tales insvived.
Sandwich man makes up his: mind
to risifc to tho occasloh. \ He s\Yieep.«i
everythirig before hlrirt,',:eyeri to the
point of robbing the wheat king of
his crown airid daughter.. Hoke per-
sonified.^ but good : suspense: If the
Storv i.sn't taken . seribUsljr,; Slip
It in" as, second half or- feature it in
grinds on off day.

.'Cast good,' a.lthough Barbat-a,
Bedford , a. little- tod wild -eyed ; in

spots.-- ■':...:■■-. -'-':■:-.'..•-:■;■■.;'.-..

Theme mechanical. , .

PARIS AT MIDNIGHT

: Metropolitan pictures Corp,' , production,
relejiaed by P. D. C. (Pathe>. Directed by
E; Maaon' Hopper.. Screiih story by fran-
cea Marlon from novel;. "X^ero Gorltft.'! by
ilonoro Balz.ic. ' Jetta Goudpl, Uonel-
Uarryniora; Mary Orlan, . HUrnund Burna
fnatured. At, Columl)u.>j, • ^.'e.w 'York, one
day; Oct. 6, a-i half double bill. Running
tima about. '60 minutes. . -

Little entertainment value to this
one, all about life In a boarding
house In the L«a,tiri quarter of Paris
and a bad rinan with a heart of gold,
who is a sort of - Robin Hood, rob-
birig, thO rich and righting the
wrongs of the oppre^iscd.

It . gives . Lionel . ?3arryrinore a
chance to strut bis. Jekyl-IIyde 'stuff
once again. Flicker has everything
in It but tbe' kitche n/ s lnki the pa y-

DORIS WHITMORE

World's •youhgesi Prima Donn^
: Too bancer. and Violinist -

— ■ ■ Njow. ;Wlth.. ' '.
FANCHojj "and MABCO'S. ,
: ■ ■ ?'U P IN THE AIR" I DEA

ALFRED

BROWER

World'a Fastest Russiiah Dancer
Ke-miiraired by FANCIION & MARCO
JDIrectlon : WILLIAM MOKKm

KOnOTIfY

«cnt

GROpKER BUGK

Speciidty ptmeers

In FANCnON ana MAnCO'S
•?NICUT CLCII IDKA"

FORMERLY KNOWN AS

THE DAN CING A G C Q R D tONlST

NOW FEATURED IN ;

F ANeHON and MARCO'S IDEAS

ABE LASTFOGEL, NEW YORK

Direction, WM. MORRIS AGENCY
MAX TURNER; CHICAGO

WILLIAM PERLBERG, LOS ANGELES

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VARIETY

V A U D E y I L L E

Wednesday, October 31, 1928

felegraph'' Disca^^

Vaudi^vilU'; Miui'lesq'ue and ■ night
Club liews. and veviews; 'also ad-
vertifiing, have been -ordered put.gf
the Moi nins 'Teiegraph" by its, new
•manaerins: cditdf.: Gevie :FowJev,: : . v^:
The ''TelegraplV* ;for oyeiv 30.
years had devotied considerable qt
its space to vaudeville/. -At one. time,
it- was looked upon. as. a. yaaidevllle.
authority. Of late ycava any inHu-
encc it retained'- in Jthat. .field, dis-
appeared. • /■ ■ :■ ■ ; .

The paper's bu rlesque dcpai t-.
ment. mostly cpTxfined to the .Sun-
day iasue, had been operative for
nearly 20 years; - Its . night, ..club
feature was recent.

Racing, sports," moving vpictureg
and the legit wUl . remiiin.. in the
"Telegraph's" mcike.-ui>. ..Society,
opera and the highier clasa . music
~ will be added in n.ews and depart-
ments. No change is contemplated
in the sale price of the "Telegraph",
(10c) other than the ..out of New
York price may be set at 15C.

Johnnv O'Connor,. Avho has, had
. charge of th'e ptiper's , vaudeville,
and picture departments, .remains
with the sports daily, handling, the
picture end at present^ .

With the discardlng .bf the three
departments, the newSmen a^d ad-
vertising solicitor^ oohnected with
them were let out. ^ "Uno.'' the,
"Telegraph's" burlesque nian for .17
years, la among tiiom, ■V\%alla.%
Sullivan, its Broadway aind night
■ club reporter, is another.

COLORED GIRL ORCHESTRA

Burt Earle, producer of girl or-
chestra acts, is readying ' \yhat hie
claims is the only , eolored glrls'i or-
chestra in America for vaude. .

It's a 10-plece combo mostly
braises. ' V • ^ '

GEORGE PiJPREE

1541 Broaiilwny, >\ 1. Chlckerlhg «08C
VAUDEVILLE
Waai Clrl Review for fclubs V .

MAKING AN M. C.

. According .to Cad .'VVost of
Petr6i:t, if a:, ■ncw'^guy coiwcs
to- town ■ and is' : woll; dl;ossed
•with, curly .hair; thoy throw .a
stick at him.

If he catches it, he'ti. a mas-
.ter of cerempnios;-.

Act Cancelled for Gag
With "Kings" on Screen

^ '■ . BufffUo, pet. 30. ■
Weinliill dnd: Bristol, vaude :act,
at . the JLafayette last: week,, ^Vere
canceliod following the supper show
Siiturdav when they Insisted, after
warniiigs, i ' on injecting^ suggestive

material, . , '

Film attraction on the bill was
"King : of Kings", with much . of the
audience daily con-sisting of minis-
ters and church-goers. Attention
of the management was directed to
the injection of. the material by a
number .of .people during the week,
particularly objection being made
to the gag on Mrs, Coolidge show-
ing Mrs. Hoover. th6 White House
bedroom, . •

Basebatlers Breaking-ln

Baseball players opposing each
other on . Bronx vaudeville stages
the last half of thi.s. Week.

Andy Cohen and "Shanty" Hogian,
of the Giants, are at Loew's Boule-
vard, arid Waite Hoyt. of the Yan-
kees, at the. ; Keith, Fordham.

Family Booking

■ : Starting as a kid ia variety,
Sam Lyons of Lyons & Lyons
may actually book lYancos
Arms, the wife of Abe Last-
fogel, manager of ;the William . •

Morris agency. ^

Sam met Abe and went to
work on the rival booking
agent to lftnd:his.wife's,act iJito

the Lyons & Lyons ofllce, stat-
ing that he (Lastfogel) couldn t
very well sell his own .Wife to
the bookers and doi; her justice.
. Abe said that wasn't a bad
thought. . If Sam docs better
on the dough they may split
commissions on an act, strictly
a home product. .',

STANLEY ;

SALES and LEWIS

■ A classy, flashy duo of. ecce.ntric
dancers, playiiig Keith theatres
Known as the "Collegiate Steppers,'
Their routine. Is new, novel ana
original, and chockfull of eccentric-
city. ■■ ; ; ' . ■ : " : ■' ' • •

Exercises to Mark

Cooper's A. K. Estate

America's Idol— .Carey

Harry Carey, billed as young
America's screen idol, is routed
oyer. FoX-PolI time.

He is supported by Mau Liibow,
Bobble bupree and Joe Harris.

( America's Blue Yodeler )

HEADLINING

WEEK W>^^^^^^S

Personal Direction JACK ADAMS, 145 W, 45lh, N. Y.

Harry Cooper, now in the insur-
ance business and formerly of the
Empire City Quartette, was the hero
of a testimonial dinner at the Com-
modore hotel Sunday eyenirik on
the occasion of his 50th birthday
anniversary, v Cooper has lent the
helping hand In many benefit affairs
and functions allied with show busi-
ness and it was duo to that rather
than the fact that he was getting
in the a;, k, class, that the least was
held. He was preppnted with a
diamond ring.. - ,

Mayor Jimmy Walker, an old
friend, was one of the speakers and
he attested to the excellence of
Mrs. Dora Copper's (the wife)
noodle soup. There was a showing
of snozzles among the notables on
the da;is in addition to Harry's.
There was Captain Irving O'Hay's
for one! Irv being the toastmaster
and calling attention to his gener-
ous awning. Bugs Baer, snozzle
runner-up to Jimmy Durante, had
the crowd giggling plenty..

George Jessel came through with
an excellent speech, other speakers
Including Senator Royal S. Cope-
land and Eddie Cantor. Present
too . were Col. Herbert H. Lehman,
Democratic candidate for Lieuten-
ant Governor; Albert Ottinger, Re-
publican candidate for Governor;
Dr. Shirley W. Wayne, New York's
health commissioner, and Stanley
Mitchell, president of the Mercantile
Bank. ' ■•.

The proceedlngfli and entertain-
ment were broadcast over WMCA,
the station operating until after 1
a. m. \- ■ '

College Kids Break Up
Schenectady Vaude Show

Schenectady. N. Y., Oct. 30. .
Charges of riotiing were .preferred
against two Union College students
following demonstrations- at two
downtown theatres Friday night.
The two young men, Anthony Cheer
and Fred Bruhn. were released in
bail of $25 each furnished by their
fellow students after the hat, had
been passed. A. J. Gill, manager of
Proctor's and whose show was ruin-
ed by the kids, insists he will go
through with the charges; Youths
were held for examination Thurs-

day. ■ . ,: ,. , ..

About 500 students paraded down-
town after a pep meeting at the
college Friday night preceding the
R P I game Saturday. They tried to
crash .the Hudson, where Peggy
Mayo and her "Red Hots" (Mutual)
Were playing, but lost out through
the efforts . of four or five cops,
Proctor's was- the next stop. They
tossed the doorman in the corner
and scampered in. Employes di-
verted them upstairs where they sat
for a couple of acts. Suddenly, they
out loose a yell, dashed out and
played tag. up and down the aisles.
It was reported : several women
fainted.

ON TALKING SHORTS

Van and Schenk return from
abroad Nov. 8. and are due at the
Metro. New - York studios the . fol-
lowing day to start, work on several
shorts booked by Leo Morrison.

Other acts placed with Metro by.
Morrison for shorts are Whiting and
Burt and Charles Irwin; erroneous-
ly reported as going with Fox.

Lil' Esther for Talker

Lir Esther, child (colored) vaude
performer, iiaa been signed for a
talking short; by Movietone. Booke<»
through William Morris.

ACT'S 'UNIQUE' DECISION
REVERSED ON APPEAL

Discounting the favorable notices
in Variety and affidavits that
Mitchell and Durant are unique and
extraordinary, the Appellate Di-
vision Friday handed down a dor-
cisibh reversing the injunction in
favor of the William Morris agency,
leaving the act free arid . clear to
continue playing for Keithfs. . -The
decision, in view of its drastic re- .
versal' of a previous ; injunction,
strangly enough carried with it no :
opinion or statement of any kind
to indicate on what ground the re- ■
versal was made.

■ The belief is that Frank Mitchell
and Jack Durant were found not
unique and extraordinary, although
Frederick E. Goldsmith and Harold
M. Goldblatt of Goldsmith, Gold-
blatt & Hanover, for the act, ad-
vanced another point tha;t an agent .
or manager can guarantee an 'act .
20 weeks arid then keep it idle for
the remaining 32 weeks of the year.
If it so pleases. . ,. V •

William Morris, Morris, Jr., and
Abe Lastfogel, comprising the Wil-
liam Morris agency, sued Mitchell
and Durant, alleging a two years-
contract of exclusive management
guaranteeing the team .$600 a week
or $540 net- after 10 per cent de-
ducted. In view of this annual ob-
ligation of $10,800 a year for two
years, the lower court felt that
while Moi-ris' arrangement with the
team smacked of a booking con-
tract. the financial, guarantee made
it an exclusive employment con-
tract and issued an . Interlocutory
injunction,

MitcheU and Durant were made
co-defendants with Keith's, as they
were playing for the circuit at $750
a week, as they aire now. The act

balked at Morris' Publix route,
claiming that the foUr and five
shows daily in the picture; houses
are too strenuous and made it im-
possible for them to accept in view
of their hard stage acrobatic work.

The Morris agency submitted af-
fidavits of Louis K. Sidney (Loew's)
and other showmen to the e^ect
MitcheU and Durant were unique
and extraordinary. . Notices ■ from
Variety of a favorable nature were
also appended. /

Frederick E. Goldsmith argued
the appeal and the indication, for
a reversal was favorably noted, the
decision coming practically off the
bench, although not being handed
dowii until a week later. ;

Vaudfilm

WHO CAN SHOW REAL RECORDS AND
EARN REAL SALARIES
52-WEEK JOBS

CORRESPONDENCE CONFIDENTIAL
Address: BOX 27, Variety, New York

A SENSATIONAL

■Ik-:

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THIS WEEK (OCT. 28th) B. R JC^

HELD

F6R NEXT WEEK (N^

The International Star

on tour

LADY MARIE DU VAL

Direction CHARLES BIERBAUER

ENO TROUPE

JAPANESE EQUILIBRISTS

Wednesday, October 31,. 1928

VAUDEVILLE

VARIETY

35

New Keith House in Boston

Boston, Oct. 30,
;New iSpOaO.OpO- BV F/ Keith Mem-:
orlaT theatre opened its doors r to-
night to an invitation; audlenpe, ex-
ilaybT eiirley. acting as master of
cereihon ies riiid (Grbyernor Fuller, of
MaBsachusettS, making the foririial
apeech of •vyrelcome,

Hbgse ' adjoins, the former ; Keith
theatre and^ is- on the site bf the
former Keith-Boston^ it. seats
and probably holds the world's rec-
,ord for 'art treasures, . statuary,
..paintings . and antiques which are
Bcattered .thro.ughout the hbfU

ah art gallery. .

Raymond Hitchcock SPbke- for the
protessibn and ■ introduced- Maggie
Clinie, who made ;a short speech tb.

tlie audience.: ;-- ; .v

Biggest applause . of . the evening,
;. however; went to - the . twp. . veteran
; Btag^ hands from the old / Keith
house who Were better knbwit tb
.Bbstbnians than the Goyernbr pr
the Maybr. . . • .

Opeiling .bill ,cbmprised Jack Pearl
Co., RastelU, >6y Family, Friankie
Heath, Mitchell ^nd purant, knd
Day, Ailbeh '.atid' company. . Feature
film wais Golloen Moore in "Oh Kay"

.■■■(FN).:.;--

. / Theatre will have; a reseryed, seat
policy on week days with two shoWs
and a ?! top., Saturdays, Sundays
;and hol<diays will.be continuous poi
.Ucy.-.with rush;.s:bat^:. .■ f'
■ J, p, Kennedy and 1^, F; Albee;
: Pirbgramined Ves'pectiyely. fts chair-
liiah of the board and: :piresident of
. KeithrAlbee-Orpheuni, ea,eh delivr
..•red speeches ' early In the festiyi-
' ties. Newspaper , publicity the last
: day juThped irom Albee ^tb Ken-
. »iedy, the latter's picture being cir-
rled In practicaliy every paper with
the stock .release:- from .the office
of John J. Ford, executive manager
- and vicecptesldent of K-A-O, ffl-
. though the earlier publicity hiad
Veen ihainiy Albee. ,
. Whether the- sudden switch to

V Kennedy was oh. order, or tb build
; up a liew local slaht because Ken-^

Bedy Is a . Boston ■ boy , and the son-
in-law, of , ex-Mayor Fitzgerald, is
: inbre or less prbbiemiticil, ';

V Qfflcia,! name bf the .house, how-
«vbr; ;precltides ai,n minor argii-

: jnentsi It- is, and always will be,
^he B. F; Keith Memorial Theatre.^"

HARDYSINJAW

4 People ^AccUsed oiF Aiding Driver
• to Escape After Acbicjeni-

Charged with assisting ah opera-
tor of an auto to escape :ifter ah.
accident, MrS; Ann Hardy, 26; ..of 565
"VS'eist 144th street: Joseph Hardy,
33, < actor, .Mrs. Hardy's husband;
Arthur Mbiiiiratt, 32, actor, bf HQ
west . ,85th - street, .. and Mbwatt's.
wife,. Averill, 22, actress, yfere in
West Side ^ Court.- They offered
pleas of riot. ;guiity 'and the case- is
to be heard in . the Traffic Court,
Bail of $500 was fixcdi Hiirdy told
the Court the N. ,y. A. \ would see
that bail ■ Was ;bbtaiheci.. .'
■ "The (juartet were arrested by Pa*
troiman Martin b'.Connor . o the
•West iOOth street: station; ; at ;.106th
•street • and . ■ Manha:ttan/ ' aycnu^^^
O'Connor started -that . Florence
Greco,. 22 years told; 'of : 239VW^st
2 3 ri. street," had been; str,uck by an
.auto. . ■■- .- . . - ' .

O'Connor .was sent": td the scene
and' Miss . (jtecp. was taken to
Knickerbocker Hospital-: suffering
from a fz%ctured rib. ..' The patrol-
man stated that - h^ was informed
that' the defendants had assisted
the pperatbr of the car ' in . leayirig
the scene. This was . vehemently
denied by the defendants.

SIDNEY GREEN'S HOLD-OUT

Florence Gillespie Has "Revue de
Vogue" Actor Arrested

RENIE RIA^

Week Oct; 21-, :Palace; Chicago.
Touring Keitli-Orpheum -Cii^euit.
Direction, MILTON LEWIS.

Girl in Gancelled Act

. CliarffOd with tlvo theft of $118
bdonjjiuB to Floreneo Oili*.'''sl>io, 777
Bench street, Long Isla nd,. t hoatVi-
L^jil prodiicer, :Sidnoy Green, 29; ac-
ior,. .9:10. Tjfl'aiiy stroet, Br.onx; was.
■hold in , $.l,O0p ^baiiVfor '^the: ..Gnand
Jury-in West Side. Court, .
. Mrs. :C!illo.S4)io stated that qri junc
23 :slib was tlve -owner of a vau
YiIIe:;aci ■cklied: .'vKeVue "ide''V'o^^^
ipliiyiirgj^it Bound Brbbk, N. J. ; She..-
^aid.' 'Grech had a :i)rt.rt Jin ..the
.iiivd. A\'as empo\vei'ed to take charge
■of it.' -OA the date, mentioned,' sho-
sAid, Groeii Hva.s told to cbllcct. the
$118 from: the man.'iger of the the-:
ati:e -atid bring., it to .hpr uLt- her of- .
:fice' at i:ijG0-,'li;i:6ad\vay;/.^-.':
■ ln$tead-.of /biinging::.hcr- the m •
eyr she dGcilarcd, Qrcen loft trunks; ;
music and. some kc^ys. .He al.so.'.l^
a '-noto- laying :-.h,e would relurh...
liVl^ori' .\' ■ , '\ ■ V':.' --'-

Gi-e.en s-.iid the amoiint he cbllcct-
ed .^vas $90 ivhd . that, iaf tor , he had
paid expenses all he had left .was
^40 Which he thought he. was 'erf-
titled tb as .V salary.- ' ■■■ Magistrate
thought special sessions should
pass /upon . -the:' case, v . -

RED GRANGE SAYS HE'S
NOT BABY GIRL'S PAPA

Hotel Gheckroom Girl Brings
Charge— Athlete Continuing
in Publix Unit

Find Albee's $75,000 Corot
In New House Basement

■■', ' Oleveland,. Oct. 30. , ;

Officials of Keith's Palace here
went pale with worry when ' one- of
Albee's pet paintings, a $75,000 Co-
rot, was believed lost recently.

Painting, entitled . "La Dance du
Amours," has hung in the local
foyer fbr seven years. ■ . Albeo • de-
cided .to place It in the new Keith
Boston house and ordered it
shipped. En route* it apparently
disappeared and. remained lost for
12 days.

■ Detectives,, railroad officials -and
keith people searched trantically
and : til© $75,000 Corot; was finally
foUhd- in the basement, of the new
Boston theatre, it had been thrown
there by a stage hand, 'who thoiigiit
the crate contained praps.- . .

Dempsey in Picture

Houses for $40,000

'. Chicago, Oct:" 30.
Jack Dempsey, minus his wife,
. Ustelle Tayior, will appear in the
Balaban & Katz, with other -pic-
ture theatres, for five weeks at a
., cross 1-aalary of $40,000.:

In this city, where the ex- champ
'Will appear for a week, his salary
will be $10,000. In Detroit, St. Louis
and the two other houses. It will
be $7,500 weekly. ,

The William Morris! Ofllce manip-
. vlated the ^contract.

Jack Dempsey proved himself a
jnap of letters , at least to Western
Union, when he sent""a"Wlre' cost"-
Ing $150 to his sister, Elsie, who'
Was niarried last week to Danny
Beck, vaudeville, lii Salt Lake City.
The congratulatory barrage, was fol-
lowed by a check for $15,000.

Beck is a brother of the Beck
Brothers, who supply hotels and
Bight clubs with imported novelties.
V Barry Beck say's his slster-ln-law
>rtd brother are hying Ih: Dempscy's
- liome on . the cbast.

Mosconis Quit Unit

Mo'scohl, Brothers . . will quit • the:
Keith unit carrying their name. . In
addition ParKs and Ford ; also will
Jeave. . Brothers ■were -reported dis-
satisfied witli. the: uhit and hande^
in their notice. . ■:■,.: .::

An effort to keep, the unit going
without the Mosconis is being made,
offers having been made to Vanessi.
She is at present breaking In a new
act with Lido jEtpys.

Buffano in Charge

. Los Angeles, Oct. 30.
Jules Buff ahoi until . a month ago
liru c. for' Publix, has been, appplnted
head of the M-G-M sound depai't-
toent at Culver. City. H© Is In
charge of all composers and writers
and supervises the synchronization
of sound pictures.

Bnth Etting's Shorts _
Paramount has signed RutE^ET-
tfng for three talking shorts. She
. Will maice the films . while appearing
bi Ziegfeld's •nvhoopee."

SUNDAYIESS EMEESON

Sunday vaude is out at the Casino,
Emerson, N. J., after a tilt with
local councilmen. Final show" was
giv.en last week when the manage-
ment was arreateObfTviolatltrgrthe
blue laws in Bergen County. ; . .

Casino Is the third theatre • in
the county thus hit, although the
Orltana, Stanley-Fabian ^hbuse a.t
Hackensack, also In Bergeri. CouTity,
has bucked the Sunday edict suc-
cessfully with pictures.

AITEOeK-SCHACT AGAIN

Nick Altrock and Al Sc^act, base-
ball comics of the Washington Sen-,
ators, are looking for vaud© ■ dates
again. . Act Is being offered on the
Keith floor.

Last year, the pair, worked the
middle west for Orpheum. ,

McDonald's Trio ,
Charles McDonald Is npw «uper-
I vising three Keith houses, the Hip-
'podrome and Cameo, In addition to
the Broadway.

-Hifl^bF©^th«rt-Hatr3s,..is. .at..Keltll'j..
Washington, shifting from the
Strand, Brooklyn, where Joe Plun-
kett supervises along with his Man-
hattan, Strand. .: .

■■.:■./'.:■ O"';';,,.; : Chicago, Oct. .30.-

Werner and .Mary Ann, comedy
act, were cancelled at Marks' Bros.'
Saturday after one ■ perf br ihan;ce.
This action started plenty. :' .

Mary Ann refused to leave the
theatre, ; although .her agent^ ; had
secured a . settlement; and ■ a.t dfie
time had thie thes,trte executive staff
locked in its own office afraid to
come out; ' ' ■ : ' ;'; "^ [■:■':.'■
At 11:30 p. itu cops came in to
try arid drag her out and got :her
as far as' the mezzanine. Then they
had to give up because her s.q.uawks
were disturbing' the midnight show.
At 1:30 a. m., with the house dark,
the gendarmes finally gbt her tb the
police station for a lecture.

Carlton Hoagland Guiding
U on Talker Talent

I Carleton Hoagland, yaude agent
and producer, has landed with ,Unl-
I yersai as contact man between . the
picture company arid taliter t^l^nt.;
He will be In charge of all ^n-
j gagements in the sound department.
. Hoagland Is 'a veteran vaude man,
having produced acts and prior tb
that having been a booker and
I agent. Formerly . Was Interies ted lii
Henderson's, . Coney Island.

Velma Harvey Killed

/ Bloomingtori, 111., Oct. 30., .
-. Velma Harvey, member of the
Flying LeMars, whose death occur-
red Oct. 23 In Melbourne, Australia,
where the company had gone less
than a month ago to begin a year's
engagement In Australia, was the
third Bloomlngton aerlallst tb die
as result of Injuries sustained In a
fall while Working, in an act.

No details have : been r^ecelved by
hci- father; Bert Harvey, but as the
LeMars Were not booked to open un-
til.thls week it Is believed the young
woman was Injured while practicing.
The body« on Instructions of her
father, will be returned tb this city
for burial. Beside the . father, her
mother In San Pedro, Calif,,., her
ff aft'dparenta'^^ In this city also sur:-
vlve. ■• ''•■■: . '. ;. ■

Ritig. bbwri Curtain on
Ghi Society Woman's ^ct

.Chicago, Oct. 30. .
Mrs. .Frank "Townley Brown, .Chi-
cago . society light, : Was - given
the d Istihctly demo cratic razzberry
when shp\ving .at the Ritz theatre,
Berwyn, last week in a cbstuine act.
written and produced by hersplf .
Customers -became so audible In
tiieir ' dlsappi^ovai: ' that the curtain
was rung down premaLtureiy;
. The Ritz ia a one- night Associa-
tion showing spot; Mrs. Brown
clairiis the act has been playing the
sticks fbr several inbriths , and that
she has been partially supporting
an aviation school bn her Wheatbn
estate with the prpfits therefrpm.
Sbme time ago : Mrs.. Brown an-
nounced she would produce a pic-
ture featuring Chicago gold coiaat
lumiharies.; just in announcement.

.Chicago; pot. 30.
Harold ^•Roa•^;^GriingcV^ former
Illinois football: star, ...who .opened
last week at the Oriental in "Cbme ;
Qn Red." PubUx; unit, was served
with a warrant charging that he. la
the father of a Cspvehrmpnths-old ; .
girl born tp Helen FlOzek. former
ch&clVrppm' . girl-, at the Morrison
hotel. Appearing before Judge
Williani Fotzer "Thin'sday niorning, .
Qrahse was ordered to appear be-
fore :th;e court .again /No 13. ' .,: ^

Terming the charge tin outright
at tcnipt .at; blackmail. Grange clainis
he doesn't know- anything about th^ •
girl otlicr than that she is just one
of thbusands • whb- have written to
Wm. ' ;no stated Jin attorney had
visited hliri ..previously . with :off era
to. settle for $800 but that he pre- , /
fcrs 'tb fight the case in court. Mrs,
Flpzek was .m.ii'rled to Leo, a- truck .
idriVei*;. . four ..years ago and.- separ-
ated In 1927,- at which ■ time . sh«i<
claims she was visiting at his home .
In .Wheatbn. She says she .met the
football star .while he was staying ;
at tlie Morrlsbn hotel. ; Besides th^
baby girl, Mrs. Florzelc has a son.

A reiiresentative of B. & ; K. stated .
Grange's unit cngagomcrit .will not
be affected by the case. Papers fire .
handling the .istbry with slightly
siispicipuis: gloves but dishing but
plenty "of space. '' ^ i .i

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Bumped Off Bridge

•; Chicago, Oct. . 30.
Driving from Terre Haute, Irid.,
to Chicago last week, John Bentley,
I of the Carrcll agency, and his Wife,
were severely cut and shaken - when
another auto crashed into their's on
a. bridge.. Bbth cars went Into a
ditch. :

. City Magistrate bf Lowell; Ind;,
I fined the other driver 1 100 and CQs^

FOX'S 2D HALE TEAM

■ : ' Los Angeles, Ofc.t. -30.
George Blckel, orice of Blckcl and
Watsbii-, Is on the Fox tallker pay-^
roll, it Is understood that .Harry
Watson has been engaged arid out
here Dec. 1. In that event the pair
will be re-teamed fbr Movlotbrie

shorts... ; „. ... _ ..^ . ■

Thi.-J will give Fox two male star
.teams; as . Clark and McCollouKh
havo already made three talking
shorts. . ■ • '

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' Washington, Oct. 30,
Twb weekd' notice was posted at
the local Keith house Saturday. In-
dications are it Is a shut notice and
not a -week to week continuing pro-
posal. ■

Now in grlrid piollcyv w;lth. musical
tab n,rid pi.cture, .business,, though
attracting more people, has . bceiii
even worse at near 17,000, thaii the
brief try of t>Vb-a-day at the open
ing of the season. .;

Prohibitive SalarieiB

Chlcagp, Oct, 30: '
Agents cpmirig here f rem the
west coast • are submitting a: long
list of picture narries for vaudeville
or picture house^i. ' .

:Fbrblddlng salaries are being
asked for the sbreen :iplay.crs.

JACK StiEA BACK

Jack Shea, who has been at Sar
anac to benefit his health, has re
turned to New York to take another
fling at vaude bobklng and produc-
ing.

"Seifre'^y^T^TSffO.'Shca'wa^
agent in times Square,

BEOADWAY'S 4-A-DAY.

Keith's Broadway, New York, will
change to four shows dally starting
this Sunday. It gives th.e house
twO; shows in the afternoon and two
at night ■ ''■,'. '•

Theatre has been doing thrcc-a-
day. ; ■ •■ . '• ' ; ,-■

SOUND OUSTS VAUD NOV. 4

Chicago, Oct. 30,
With : wiring to be completed
shortly. Great .States'.. W.a.shlng:tbn,
at 'Qi^lncy, 111.,, will 'dl-scard: as..socIa-
tlpn vaude Kov. 4. Ho.u.sc will un-
dertake a .straight sound policy.

.Melnlck's NcW Affiliation

Al Melnick, former Ass'n fChl-
i;n.g6.)-a4j;cnt,-.has_JoinPJl -Motrls_anil

BRENNAN-RObGERS SPLit

Jay Says *'No"; Rodgersji "Yes*'^
Latter Claims Shubert Contract .

Cincinnati, Oct, 30. ^

During their .engagement here last
week in "Gay Paree" it was reported
Brcrinan and Rbdgers would split fui .
partners. Cpnflrmlng the story,
R,odgers. ;lrifbrriied .a. Variety rer
porter that he has signed a personal
Contract' with the Shuberts. Bren- ■
nan, however,- denied the split will
bcGur despite thatV the . pialr. occu-
pied different dreBsihg:roomsheriB.':
• ; Jay Brenrian and R.odgers became
a teani shbrtly after the . tragic .
death of Bert Savoy (Savoy ^and .
I3rennan), Rodgers • occupying Sa-
voy's place as a female Impcrsbri-
ator. • ■■ ■■; :■' : .

Short Emergency Director

■ .■ - Los Angeles, Oct. 30. - .

'With all future talking ahorti
scheduled to be mado by Warner
Brothers at the Vitagraph studios
In Brooklyn, Ni, "Y., by. Bryan - Foy
and Al. Lloyd, It has been decided,
to have an emergency dirpctor at .
the Simset boulevard plarit in case
they want to produce any here.

Larry Ceballos has been given
this assignment In addition to' pro-
ducing stage entertalnihent at the
Warner Brothers' theatre here. ..

Keene-Williams Reunite I a«,k*u»» T<»m ^n!J*B

Dick Keene arid Ina Williams axe Anotherjeam • .

back together as an act. . Maylon and Grey have djflsolved

They split about a year ago when as a vaude team after .five y^rs. _

Keene Joined '^Sidewalks of New Grey will do a new act with Bobby

York." He opened with -Ainmal Henry. Maylon'* plww are in-

Crackers" In Philadelphia. I definite.

Stevens .Dissplyes Agency '.

The -Chain:' Vaudeville . Agenr-y,
organized .a year ago, . has dissolved.

William Stephens, 'who head ed th c
agency, hae .Joined the M. S. Ben -
.than afflea.

Ff-il, agfthts in New York.

M(!lnlok . was ' a^s.spoialed with

Lyons & Lyons for a time aftr-r
coming east.

^Jirnes—After 10 Year$

T. Roy Barnes is back on Broad-
way, after 10 years In Holly wobd.
. Barnes has a VaUdsnERftTTSr h6~lB
prepared to go Into talkers on the
eastern end. / ■

He. Is now doing a single turn,
With Bessie Crawford (MrS. Barnes),
his. former stage partrier, Temalning
at their, home on the coast.

A BEHEARSAL BUST ,

. "i3road\y'ay Brevities," flash act,
stranded In rehearsal this week
when. Frank Wagrie.r,:produCcri^ w
unable to pay rehearsal hall rent.

Act was to have opened the last
half at Peckfikill, N. Y.

1500 nnOADWAT, NEW TOKK

— — — m — — -

in

William Morris
CALL BOARD

m

td

Riverside Manager ReBigns .

Lp.uls J;.JJartrriari has. reblgnf-'l as
mfin.'m'!.-r of tho ■ KivorHi'lf", N. V
CJiirirhiS Levlnc 1«. t'-rriporarily iKJnd-
ilng the hou.ie.

;5

Among Talking Picture
Contracts Closed

EDDIE LEONARD
Universal Pictures
Corp.

CUlCACOt llU DttUBJtt BLIMl.

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36

VARIETY

V 'A U D E V I L L E

Wednesday, October 31, 1928

Acts Booked % Londoi^

ifflin

or

. .'Hhrry .Foster, ,th€ Lon(lon ageritV
Blnce in NcNv York, has^^ far en-
: eaged 24 acts f pr: Ensland appearr

' " The. singular circumstalnce Is that
. all of: the turns so . -far Fpster-
bbokcd >Vere found by him l^n felther
the Loew or Fox houses arvVhd
■liew -York. ;;^^ ' 'i '

Not onfe of the two' dbzen turns
comes out of a Keith theatre.;

As the . Britishv* naturally seeks
ionxedy qr iipvelty turns pf admitted
entertaininff value, that he did; not
locate any oii tho; -itelth time i;;
looked upon as it curious Item, in
foririer years' the majority of all
ilutopeanrAnrierclan : exported, acts
were found on the bier time, then
. ICelth's br Orpheum/ The small time
of tllose days, lioew's^an.d^ F^^

"World's Master

UnicycKst"
O-H-Oboi

reatiired ' FanchoD, ft Mar*
.«IIp lis the; Air Idea*^ '

Tliree Feet High

Chicago, Oct. 30. : .
liCW Ciihtor came here to be
; at: the^bedslde: of V^he Skyll" :
; for, the local openirig, Sunday,
' ■atvthe\GaiTick ■.■

He left here. a smalltime girl,
act producer and comes back •
with his name over a le^It i?Iay
in electric; lights not less thaih
thiree f eet high. Ainerica .1 love
.^you;-."

Keith'^ Riverside Splits
With Reseryed Seals

Kieith's , Riverside at Broadway
and 06th • .street, N^w York, is the
second .Keith. two-7a;-d«^y house on
the revival of big time try to chang;e
policy once more to a spilt- week t)f
: vaudfllm,. The .first house since the
renewed policy was iristklled late
in { Septem ber was Keith's Washihg^

■ Riverside ■ will .: stJirt . the double
bills Nov; ii, also with reserved
scats. The reserved .seat la made
mandato'ry through a lease pr6yi,-
s^on by the theatre's owner.

seldom explored by , the , fprelsn
agents visiting' New York. '

Foster, while In New York,, makes
h Is headquartiers With the ..'W'iliiam
Morris agency. The Foster arid Mor-
ris offices are representatlve| of one
another, in Jthelr. respective coun-
tries/ ' .'■ '. ."'

ROYAL APPOINTED

Keith's Div. , Mgr. Given Ciyic^^^^)^^^^
; : • .Job, Clev^

: • . Cleveland, Oct. 30.
■ It's undisratood . John Royal has
receiyedi, the appointment of ina . -
ager, . of the ■ Civic ; Auditoriuni j at a
substantial salary. He will st\.p
into the position around Dees. 1, br
before..-;

\Royal is middle western rcipf. -
sentative for Kelth'a;. , He will r'e-
linquish thd.t position w;hen. taking;
over ; : the municipal bierthi , ; ■ Prev-
iously Royal was resident manager
of Keith's. Palace in this city. ;

More Stapl^ Houses"

About four or ;flve. Stanley ho.uses
now .playing musical tabs ; or itock
Will be added to the circuit's Vaiide
group; shortly; Several Stanley the-
atres chahged from straight film
and \yaudefilm: to. ta^^ eatly last
summer. -

. .Those switching to vaudo will be
added to those booked out of the
Keith office by Harold Kemp.

Frisco Likes St. Vaude
And Smoking All Over

; ; San Francisco, Oct. 30,
- Porjiier straight vaiide policy a;t
local Orpheum with smoking "per-
mitted ;aUov«r house, evidently
caught on opening week. Business
best In many months. Vaudfllm pol-
icy tried out during the Sunimer,
but failed to Interest the Orpheum
"regulars i". ;' .-;''.,:'.' .' ^'■■- ■

Manager Cliff Work received more
than 300 letters commenting on the
new. policy, with about 90 per cent
on record as favoring the smoking.'

Meyer Cohen, operating the Brook
theatre,. BOundbrook, J., has

adjusted claims made by four acts
booked in there for one day prior
to Ltabor Day when thephouse held
oyer Ray Marr's "Varsity" Revue,"
Acts were placed by John A. Robbins
against whom the members were
reported complaining ; to the V. M.
P. A. Robbins claims tha:t the
failure of the house to play the
acts was wholly due to Cohen's
holding the revue without/ .notify-
ing Robbins in time to canced.

Liloyd and Ladd were given an-
other booking; Earl Mountain Co.,
Weston and Van Sicklen and the
Indian Revue were paid by Cohen
for the cancelled one day. Neither
Cohen ' nor Robbins is affiliated
with the V-.M. P. A.

Aiiduhori. N.- J.— (Alterations) 150^000. Owner, South Jersey Amusement no
White Horse Pike and icings Highway, Audubon. Architect, W. H. Lee, 1606 Roe.
BtroC't; Philadelphia, Pa. Policy .not given. ; . "

Appleton. IVifl.— r-CAlflO Btoros and offlces) Owner, Plschcr Paramount Thcatra
corp., 36 S. State street, GhlcaBO. " ArcbUeotSi Hooper ft Janusch, 879 N. StutZ
street, aame- Policy not given. . :

Blufftoo, Ind. — 140,000. Owner, The Gaiety Theatra Co., East Uarket street
Bluffton, ; Architect hot selected. Policy not given. -r "

Chicago, HI.— (Also apartments) $300,000, Ownisr, Blaine BIdg. Corp., avaj
Sbuthport avenue, Chlcagp; Architects,' Li I. Simon it .B. Stelnborh, 179 Wdshlnc.
ton street, Chicago. Policy not given. . , ; ; .

. Clevelhhd. OIUo. — :(AIso storoa. and office building) Owner^ li. B,' Meade ' 601
Swcotland Bldg., Cleveland. Architects, Yeager and Crotbera. same. Policy not
given. ■ ■:■■.■■•';•'■■'■■•■

Coniier8vl]|«, Ind. — $70,000; Owner, Auditorium Co., ConnerevlUe.: AfchUects c.
E. Wearking a Son, 307 American Trust Bldg., Rlchn),ond, Ind. Policy not given.

David City, Neb.— J20i,0OO. Owners, C. C. Machurek ft Judge- E. Goufav DavlA
City. Architect, Q. L. Fisher, City National' Bank Bldg., .Omaha, Neb. Policy
plcttires. .. -: „ ' ;' . ..*■

Green B»y, Wis.— (Also stores, .offices and .lodge roonis) Owner, B: P. 6
Green Bay Lodge, No. 2'69, Elks' Club HoUse. Architect not selected. Policy not
given. .

Greeii.Bnjr, Wis.— (Also stores) $400,000. Owner, Uldwesco Theatre Co., "Vox
Theatres Corp. Architect, United Studios, Inc.. 14 W. Lake street,, Chicago.
. Knnkiikee, ni.^(Also stores and . offices) $300,000. Owner, Syndicate, care nf
architect, B. B. Ritpiart, 822 W. 70th street, Chicago. . • ■ . ' ;

' La Fayette, Ind.— $360,000. Owner, company (ormlng care or C. H. Mote, lido
Hiime Mansur Bldg^, . Indianapolis. Architect not :aelect«ld. Policy, pictures and
vaudeville. . -f .■■ :

MadlEon, Wis. — (Also stores) $126,000. Owner, East Side Theatre Co., 242>
Center avenue, Madison. Architect, F. Klein, 612 A.shton Bldg., Rockford, IlU
Policy not given. - . ' ■,

Monmouth, IlL—(AIfr'o' stores and apartments) • $76,000. . Owner. Community 'rbe>
atre Co.. ' -care '; of Chamber . of Commerce. ' Arichltieot, F; J.. Klein, Asbton Bldv
Rockford.' 111... Policy not given. . .

. Fiqaa, Ohioi— $60,000.' Owner, Thomas Fulton, and I. . Collins, Lancaster, Ohio.
Architects, Miller ft Reeves, 203 E. Broad street, Colunnbus. Ohio. Policy not
given. ■ ■. :.:-' :■; ~ . ^ , ■-";; ■;■:■•.-■■.■ v

River Boose, Mich.— ^(Fire rebld.) , $60,000. . Owner, J; Motok, 2791 Sallna street.
Fordson, Mich., lind A. BozoVl, 17 Union street, Ecorise, Mich. Revised plans drawn.

Slbnx . Falls, S; Dak.— (Also, hbtel and store bldg.) $1.000,000. Owher, Eighth
St. and Phillips Ave. Bldg. Corp., Sioux Falls. Architect. E. O. McLellan, 7441
Cottage 'Qrb've *venue,.-Chlc8gp. PoUcy .not glvehi:;^ . . . ■

GUS STIN, PreB.
OFFICES

I.

General Executive Offices

ANN EX

160 WEST 46^" ST^

BR\S^T-9850--NEWVORKC1TY

J. H. LUBIN

GENERAL MANAOEB

BOpUINO, HANAGEB
CHICAGO OFFICE

600 WOODS THEATRE B'LD'G

JOHNNY JONES

IS CHARGE

/ Chorus ;Boy8 Dropped

San Francisco, Oct. 30.

- Charles Drescher a,nd Ollie Egan,
chorus boys with the Publlx unit,
"Step ThlB Way," Were fired by
Charley Kurtzmanh, manager of the
.Gtanada, when they failed to report
for rehearsal - and refused to give
any logical reason for their delln-
quence. Investi^tlon developed that
the pkir had been causing trouble
ever since the unit hit Minneapolis.

Ralph GrabiU, Publlx general
manager but here, sustained .Man-
ager Kurtzmann, and the arrogant
duo will have to figure , out their
own way of getting back to New
York. .'■■■.

A VAUDEVILLE AGnr CTf WHICH PKOOrrKS -MOltE TIIAN IT FKOMl^ES
consistent; Ei riCIENT SERVICE SINCE 1913

Astor Theatre Bldg., N. W. Cor. 45tjK St. andf Br^aHway

Labkawanna 7876 New York City

ACME BOOKING OFFICES, INC.

Uoohing All TlientrcB Controlled by

STANLEY COMPANY OF AMERICA

A route of 15 weeks wltliln SCO mllen of New York
Artists invited to book direct

Leyey Leaves Denver

Denver Oct. 30.

After five unsuccessful weeks,
William Quann, manager, and Hal
Reed, press agent, have returned to
San Francisco, marking Bert Le-
vey's abandonment of the Empress.

Local" populace wouldn't go for
the Levey vaudfllm and a despe-
rate scale reduction to 15-26 failed
to help. '•

The Empress is dark and turned
back to the Denver ''Post," owner
of a long lease. lieopenlng prob-
able shortly, with musiccir stock,
under the management of Louis Le-
land, "Post" official. ; ^

NEW YORK

1560 Broadway '

DETROIT

304 Hoffman

Bids. ■

KANSAS
CITY

326; Chambers
Bldg.

:

PinSBURG

429 Fulton Bldg.

Vnequaled

SERVICE

HOHEB NEEB, Gen. Mgr.

OFFICES

CHICAGO

705 Woods Thea.
"Bldg.

BOOKINa
EXCHANGE
COMPANY

MAIN OFFICE
Regent Theatre Bldg^
SPRINGFIELD
OHIO

BUFFALO

411 Lafayette
Theatre Bldg. •

E

SAINT
LOUIS

301 Fullerton
Bldg.

OPENING NEW
OFFICE

BOSTON

OPENING
NEW OFFICE

CLEVELAND

THEATRES ADDED PAST 30 DAYS

5

PLAYING MUSICAL
ATTRACTIONS

Standard Vaudeville Acts Having Open
Time Communicate with Near<esl Office

BERKES WALKS OUT

- \ Chicago, Oct. 30.
Johnny Berkes walked off of the
Palace bill Sunday afternoon after
complaining about being on the
samd show with Toto.
: . Berkes works In misfit . clothes
while doing comedy dancing. Toto
also uses a grotesque malteiip.
Rcrkes refused to consider any spot
nn the bill.

1560 Broadway

New York City

- CON.GEm'. SXMtGHT SOMD

•Chicago, Oct 30..

Conpross, L. & T. house operated
hy Salaban and Katz, will discon-
tinue vaudeville after Nov. '4.

Theatre has been wired and will
start a straight sound film policy.

J!m Corbett Acting Again

Jamea J. Corbett, who has been
running a health farm since clos-
ing his act with Bobby Barry, re-
turns to vaude with a now peu-tner.

6if LEW WEISS

^.■22■^vvf:^;;■■-:V.•■^

Fox's Pidla— Muriel and Fisher, Snap and Ginger.
Silver Slipper, N. Y.— Gerardo and Adair, 28th Consecutive
^ ' Week.

Walter Pearson, Barhe and D'Arcy, with Peaches Browning.

Oct. 27

.Fox's Phila.— Martha Vaughn.

Eox'ft WaslLTTrDfia and JerLi Lifs Buoys, Sally Mayo, Al Moss.
Coconut Gr», Boston— Bemice Jamot - ■ -■

Hotel Eichmond, Va.— Ruby Shaw.
Bob Fridkin's Orchestra

For Quick Action See

LEW WEISS^ ArtistV

1560 Broadway, N. Y.

Suite 1507 Tel. Bryant 5762

HENRY SULKIN. Aaaociata *

Wednesday, October 31, 1928

V A U D E V I L L E

VARIETY

37

INCORPORATIONS

. NEW YORK' .

Hoaseboat-on-StSTr, ■ Manhattan, , pro-
euctione; Jacob I. Rothatein, Job. E.
Xarbrougb, Isldor "Ungcr.

Ed. E. Daley Attractions, New York ;
Felix L. Cohen, Isldor B. Rosman, Sid-
ney J. X.evlnex.

riit«biUKh Gaiety Corp., Manhattan;
■muaementfl; Henry Xederman, Motdecal
ionowltz, Arthur A. IloHenatein.

F, A M. ProduotlonB, Manhattan; the-
»trlcali Frank Teller, Rhoda M. Silver-
Bian, Marlon Roth.

Xak Film Delivery Corp., Manhattan;
Cbas: Stern, BeiiJ. Stem, BonJ. Marks.

The Real Tiling, New ' York, produc-
tions; Wm. N; Hechhelmer; M'cliA^l
Walters, Belle Jafte. ,

Cafe ' TomaflOi Manhattdn, theatrical ;
Oerson H. Werner ; Theresa F. Brown,
Frederick G. Mussmuth.

^ •. / ■ ■ CONNFC.TIClI't ■ ■■"
Bialto Tlieutre, Waterb'ury, pictures
•nd . vaudeville, $50,000 ; Bei-nhart E.
Hoftnoan, New Haven; Israel J, Hoffman,
New Haven; .Joseph M. lievenson, Bos-
ton,- ■

FOR DROPS

36 in. wide at 75c a yd. and up

A full line of gtfld and sUveT bro-
cades, metal «lotbs, gold and silver
trimmings, rfalnestones, s p angles,
tights, opera hose, etc.. etc;, for stage
costumes. Samples upon request. '

J. J. Wylie & Bros , Inc.

(SaeeesRors to Slegmon A. Well) .
18-20 East 27th Street ■■.
N E W YO R K

Young A^audeville Couple
in Suicide Attempt

■ Arthur King, 24, and his wife,
Martha, 21, both of yaude, are in
a .serious condition at Jrletropolitah
Hcspital, : New York, , foliowihg the
self a:dhiln\stration 61 bichloride of
mercury tablets- in their, roplii in the,
Lanfeer ; apartmehts, 2i5 W- 61st-
street, yesterday (Tuesday). '

It was reported by neighbors that
the couple quarreled. In the midst
of the argument; Kihff downed two
mercury tableis of ifiye. grains each'.
Panicked- over ' her husband's, sui-
cicie attempt, Mrs. King proceeded
to do the .same and swallowed the
one tablet remaining; in the . bottle.

.The pair .met In Detroit receiitly
arid married shortly after, coming
to New York about three weeks
■ago. - - -:,/'■:

BIRTH

Mr. and .Mrs. Neal Burns, at
Hollywood Hospital, Oct. 26, son.
Mother formerly. Joan Marqui.s,
leaiding lady for her husband, co-
median, in Christie Comedies.

FRINT'S TEA SHOPS

Cicago, Oct. 30.

Frint George, former .travelling
representative of the Grpheum Cir-
cuit, has . gone in for tea shops.

He already has places in Win-
netka and Park Ridge.

Ben- Barton on Broadway ;

Ben Barton (vaude) has aban-
donied his band tour and turned
independent act ' producer.

MISS

JUBAL EARLY

PLAYING KEITH-ALBEE-ORPHEUM CIRCUIT

DORA

WINNIE

in Their "CRISP REVUE"

V Week Oct. 20th
RBITH'S, PKOVIDENCB

K.-A.-O. Circuit .
Fereonal Bcp.: FRANK EVANS

ILL AND INJURED

M. S. Bentham, agent, confined to
his home with an abscessed nose,
expects to return to his desk this
week. ■ ■

Rodney Pantages, son of Ale :-■
an der Pantages, Is seriously 11 1 w it h
pneumonia in the Fresno hospital,
at Fresno. . . / .

William D. Lang, manager. Ad-
justment and Claim departments,
Interna;tlonal Alliance stagehands
and m. p. operators, recovering from
operation in Community Hospital.
New York.

Charles Bryan, general manager
Walter Reade ehterprises, operated
on last week in Fifth Avenue HoSr
pital. New York. Condition re-
ported favorable.

John Dacey, Pathe exchange ex-
ecutive, reported as Improved in
French Hospital, New York, fol-
lowing operation upon his right log.

Houses Pp<ening

Stanley corhpany : has taken bvi?r
the Rexy (new) in Philadelphia.
Theatre completed sonie time ago
I'eniained dark while the owners
lookfed for a lessee. Policy, yaud-
film.

Palace, Bergen, N. J., booked by
A, & B. Dow. '

Patio . theatre,- Flabush district;
Brooklyn, opens Friday (Nov. 2). It
is. a. . .3,500-Eeate.f built by A. Hi
, Schwartz for pictures. Etii il Vel-
azce, organist ; A. L. Green, man-
ager. . ' • /.; '; ■

Runnymede , Runnymede, N. J.
Pictures. •

Regai"ded as a white elephant, the
Gibson; Philadelphia, owned by John
T. Gibson, will be taken over by
Irvin C. Miller, colored .show pro-
ducer. It will play pictures and
tabs, ■ .. ; '.. ■

, Washington theatre, Washington
Heights, N. Y., playing five acts and
films'. Four changes a week. .

Straighten Out Union
Troubles in Brooldyn

Threatened strike of stage hands
in Brooklyn picture and vaudoyilU-
houses Sunday lilght was avoided
when representatives from the V. M
P. A. and Brooklyn local No. .4
agreed upon a new contract which
will be operative for two years, '■ :

Stage hands obtained a slight in-
crease. Film, houses will pay no
more money in weekly salaries, but
•accepted the.' new. . working plan;
Vaude ."houses, ho.we.ver, will pay
each stage hand, an additional $0
weekly.

Some ;43 hoxiscs were, involved in
the negotiations.

The V. - M. . jP. A.- was repre.spiUod
by Alajor Thompson . arid :Charli.\-;
Moskowitz.

. Olsen>St. John in Show

Lbs Angeles, Oct. 30.

Ralph Olseri and Sue St. John
will leave their vaude unit in Den-
ver, week of Nov. 3, fqr New York
and accept a Shubert contract. . .

"Ralribow Revelry" carries eight
girls and will continue with a new
duo sent ' on from New York.

JUDGMENTS

ApoUo HtirloNqtie Op. Co., liir;; -Aeln.-i
Life Ins. Co.; $7U1.

.\linor (ircoiibtTK ; U. Altirrt {\l ul. ; $ 10,
Kmlhe. Uadijon & Wiillacr. llu'::

M-(.;-M Co.; $7i'.U..

JoelKOii-Sncliniini Knt4>r|»rlKes, Inc.;

llobcrt .Morion ()rK;i" Co.; }S9."

Ini -11. . AriiHtolii ; Irving Horlln, ;
costs, $60.

■ . C'oinnioiloro : .V. . r.. In*".; Sliii\li'y &
I'a Hoi'son. Inc.; J.V--- -

..I.<>o . llroflior; . Uiooltmiio Krononviv
8orvivo, Inc.lMUS. . '. - ..
: .John <'ort; N. Y. Tel. :Co.; $290. ■

Satisfied Judgment

JIarry BoW'liciilirtcli ; Sl»cik ' Hailji
■rahVll'; M35 ; !.)»>«. 1921.

NEW ACTS

. Owen Martin is roturning t*.
vaudo. .

James , B. Carson is rouiriving to
vaudo.

v\Georgc,;Stone and .lOtta rniiird...
Kond and Green.; ,
Jlcrbert Glass, sk'otoh. ■.■=.'
Ku.ssoll and Marconi. .

, • 25 in Unit

The James Bu r ke - Eleanor Dur k i n
unit produced for Keith will h.avo
a cast of about 25, including Jer-
mann rind Green, and a chorus of 12
Liesides the principals.

Unit produced by C. B. Maddock.

.Hearst's Atlanta 'Georgian' Said

••IIA.TAII KABOlb in truly il. mis-
tor .showman for he Is hot only .flU-
:i nj; t)\c hilf Motropoji t.in t Ikmi t.ro four
. (iniea doriy but .When, rcvlowod he
Kept . the audience In a continuous
rouiiil of laughter. .

Direction, Marty Forkins
' . Jnck . Wvlnor,. .AKBoi;lut«

KRAMER

and PAULINE

* Classic^ iri Rhythm' . -jy,
Pantag.es Circuit Dir. ELI DAWSON

J,. A. "Rl'XIORI)"; "kranicr: and P.aullnc.-a
fouple wliose feet will never let t.liem be-;
come unpopular, ran 6IT with the bill as far
an daticlnB; iH concerned.' . And ; why ■ notT
They . danced, their hcadB .off - tg the, urnlnBO
of an cnjoylhij publlio."

JsSIOrMAL COPIES AND ORCHESTRATIONS IN ALL KEYS— QUARTET ARR. DANCE ARR. CALL OR WRITE FOR YOUR CO;>IES TODAY.;,

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iM!';it to llif WinttT G^.d.-r. 1650 B R O A D W A Y — E N T R A N C E OW Sist STREEr

- ■ . CHaCAGO— 910 WOODS THEATRE BLDG.— CLARENCE iPAfJKES S-li, Mfirr.

'I-IILADELPh'ia, RENNIE CORMACK. 42'^ THOMPSON BLDG.' " '

PROF. MGR.
BOSTON, TOM MARTIN, 233 PARK ST.

38

VARIETY

BURLESQUE

Wednesday, October 31, 1928

Codch Daiice Court Irid in St L;

; \;\,''St:^.JL.bu.lsiv Oct, 39. ■

. . ^This to.w.n hfia. Ju.st ■ expierlenced
■;;lt&. ■.first': stage ■ in^

Itnahy . years'^. : A jury in Judge iSutv

• ,l<Er^S " division, of the . Cbui-t ot Grim-
:.: lnai CQi-riectlon ,.hi^ It
. grew Oiit; p^^^^^^^ ktrest on . April 2iS,

last,;, .T bsc£uv ' Pane/ • nian^^ of
. the JJiBcviy. invuslc hill, .Grapdi,, and
Delriiap. bouievards;. John GThris

■ pherj assistant liii.anager^ and; 16
..■chorus girls. ; t"h€! . airests.. - were
. made in the , midst of a spectacular

■ police raid following a.; epoch dahcci

• nunibeif , which^^^^ t^ of detei: t -
. ives and j'seVerai of hi$ . aides .char-
"■.acterized as.lndecent.^^^

' The state chose to attempt/ to
make Its first case . against 'Tfcp^^^
Whitney, 23ryear ^id chorous girl.
.The defendants had demanded
Jury, .'trial. Aft6r. a heaTl.ng .lastincc

' t.w6.\days the Jiiry .: acquitted MlSs

~ .tVTiltney. . No . decisioii. has as. yet
been, announced whether : the /state

/will- PU9h the .warrant's .against Dane
or; any of the . others picked; up 'in
the " raid,. The theatre, was closed

: pnly/ for ; -one ri.ight and ;has been
uhmolosted .by the police since^; the.' •
raid, .<vith . hot show.s, still, adver-

■^tisect; ■.••■■ v./ ■ -•.■:.■■■■■.■..-•

•".The long, trial iyas enlivened by
an attempt , "of the . stite to compel;
;,the girl on trial to .(id. .the da.nce; in

"question in cijiirt. ' . .-That idea made
an immediate- arid /cbntlhu.oiis ■ hit

. With the members 6f the' jury, but

, Judse Butler refused ;tb\ turn, his
court r oom:; in to , a cbpch harem.
7 Af ^^ne " j^^ Ghief Kiisler,-: Who-
led , the. raid, .xvas: asked wha.t effect
thevhot dance had on hlm. anii ho:

■ i^fied honei.. \The. dailies prinicd
the statement In' juSt that, fashion;

, Re write ..men. ^v^^r^^ \vay anci

■cbpy-reader's passed it..- The mbrh-
Ihg , pa,per ^ditbrs: let it: sUp by in
Just tlic-se wbrds : but at . least one
afteriiooti 'editbr' tamed ; it dcwh a
bit lidfore it. gotrtd the street. ' ' •
. ' Another . ;: . high : . light .,' - at the.
trial came " when. Assistant . Chj^ef
of Detectives jEgenreither. - was
asked ..by ivAs.^lstant . Prpisecuting
Attorney Grai/es - whethet he could
imitate the dance in ciuestlPn . fbr
the court and juty. "It I . could do
a daiice like that I'd be gettin' paid
big money for ;it:^more than I mako-
as ! a detectiviei". w?is" his reply

The: raid Was? made by the police
at the rec^ucst. pf the St. IJouis Civic
Uu.lbh League, a body "for .the .pro-
tectiort of, public .morals," headed
by Prof. Isaac Liiiplncptt, ; prof es-
sor of eConpmies at Washington
Uhivei'sity here and .orie of the be.^t
known .ed.ucjitor& in the middle; west

. . • ;, Iyri:mi(?apolia(' Ovt- '30;:;. .
ibcai now.iijiai^ers ivrid. publlc^.se.fii'-.:
timcnt have killed an attorhpt to
foist cchsbrsh 1 p Upon". >I ihiieapolis
III. cohnectlbn >vith, .the agitation ;
against . the, Gayety theatre, Mu.tual;
buricsquo :iiou!ie;- Alderman- Victor;
Johnson,' who sponsored, thb censor-
>lilp;;mo've> pUblicly ' ackripxvlod0Oi!
he was; in the. wrpng on the. matter,
and it lias been agreed .the task b^
su^ipressing pbjectlonable eriterlaihT'
ment wlU .be left; tb the rtiaybr, ■ ;

.The largest. ci\6wd ;m coLuncll. his- :
tory attjsnded; the. piibiic hearing on
the. Giiyety i:ibsing''pro.posaL ;^
hg Ijetween suippprtera dnd . oppo-.
nerits ': ' of the : theatre ;ran V .higli.:
ckeers, .ai3i>lause,^^. j
greeted; the vkribus -argum.eri
and-.cbn; ".. "i;.^r '■'

• Organized; . labor ' repre$en tatives
wai'ned the council nbtrtb.,;thvow /a
large; number of people, b.iit .of em.V
■ploy ment; and assjerted- .that . : the
Gayety- perfbfmariceijwi^^^^^^
than . thosfe ; at ;other ' theatre's.
Greenwich; yillage Follies'' and
'lAiiu Belle" Were 'cited as- being
" wor .<3e t h aii .any f h in g oite t-ed ' at the
Gayety.'';.., ;; ■■ ; ■; '■.•■";; .v';;;: ; .,

GHORUS GIRLS' ESCAPE

Stocks ^ross More
Than

Girls from the Follies

■ -.Mutuiir'U'hv'el .siiowi lu-oiIUpe.d by hi, .J.
Uyan. . t4am .Uayiior Bua Cladja cUurk fwi-
luro'l,.. Ai iJ>>J li'vliii; .i'liU'f, iNivw X.oii\.
:\vi}cK ot Ort.. ^. : : ■

Kill

Three . Dodgi . Bottiei in
, :Sbft Drinks Place'

Buffalo

"V- ■Buffalo,:- Oct -'SO;...---
^jiary Masbn, 18 ; ■ Helen ri 24,
both ..bf ;:RiliIwa'uikee, arid Laura Dbi-t
of; Raleigh,yN..\ Gi, . choristers .with,
burlesque isboW; at the •Gayety,
last' week escaped being beaten;ijip
in," a sbft ■ drink: .parlor .here wiien
they Wei-e attacked by two : waiters,
at the\piace. ■.'■■; ■ ':.;;'■: .;• '■; ■

fjhe '. gi.rl^ - cialm that someone
aimed an, ori^ pty ■ bbt tie at them as.
they, iiverc; ehteririg,; followed ; :by : ah
attempted . - attack; ' The ; girls'
screams l>rbught. . poiicernen. Prp
prietor' and waiters - iwepe. arrested
charged with Msa.uH. . .^^v- , . ' v

'Colored Ghi Stock Out

; : : ■ Ghiicagb- Oct; ::36.
, The . .WillaL'd,; Colored ;muslcal
stock hpMse at .51st. and Galumet,
bwrhed by: Martirt Klines: ciiDsed last
week, bad .:buslness.

. 'That leaves the ■Turklihe: Theatre
Corporation, ■in tvhlch Kllrie .former-
ly W:ns ;p.v<ner.cd .'w-ith Chiavles A
Turpirt of St. . Louis, wltliout a
house. "Tur.piri. withdrew lii|f . in-
terests previously.; ::•■'■;

• Klinb also is. vice-president of; the
T.:B; 0;.-A. ^ ■ ■.".■■ ■ •■;

Out' of . the s<smi-litoraii' \vli6" huil
never -:b(.'f ore utLOuded 'a. ■burlo'sqiK;
.sivbw . went, alo.ng.- .witji .yiirioiy'&"
mu try ■t.o/.pi'^t; vthe arigh.'; on . jN.IuIvihk,
"Thy f uiR'lioii; of a. .criii.c,'.'' the. tau
halter oxplHined, .vis to rocriuile fbi\
his . .reader the atmoiiphcre of tho,
^briginaU"^ .■■■'.'.■/■■.;'; '
■■ '••V-OHh^" -.iiaid,. -Variety...
■ ."Or,- in other, woi-d.s;" cbntinued-
aic ' Irjfty ki-^nt, ''tb^:dlsyus.s the' g.en-;
era J in . terms bC the :plarticular.". .' ,
^ At llii.i.v point th.e chief hawkei^
Started his nierchandising.'campaig,-!
for .."Art Studies," con taining 36' full;
paige Vnude photogi-aphs . of .-'l.leadr
ing models and actresses" : arid a
sniippy . shor^: story which ; tlio
hawker .claimed, was. alohe; ^wbfth a
dollar. . There "w'b.re ;;still .rcmain|ri»<
nearly 15 miniiteis bbfore the sho;w.
started, giving .the' gentlemen, in the
audience ample opportunity to. ktudy
biology In 'tei'riis'.of . anatomy. ■

By. the time- the' curtain .Was
hoisted: the hawker .had made many
pilgrimages down - the aisle. : selling;
something new- each ;time and. genri ;
•jfer^lly; at .a loss,* aCfcordirtg to- his
PWh- sjtatemcrits. ; This; Avas a new;
arid piizzlirig system of economics
to the uptown chappie. ; ;

Gladys Clark was. the first to ap-
pear . in^ ;R:.v;an's\ corigre,s.s . of .torso
v.lbratbrs; . She Was much in evi-
dence thrbrighout, being the feai
til red , sbubrette ■ and .. aggres^
seif-^asseriiVe.:: ;A nifty figure, .: a
pretty face, a great- jsniile arid a^n
attractive' persbriiility- gb on the
credit Side of .Miss Clark's ledger,
•the debits iriciudO: a^ I'aw: voice;, and
.untrained feett. :. ■ \ '

it's a show that dances pften..an.i
In ^yhlch 'npbbdy can dance; ' The
faking ; included m»/st of the. comedy .
scenes; endlessly : padded, ..continiii,
bu.sly.; remfniscerit " Vlf,'' '^^^^
Sti'ang.er,' "that man' had .sbme lines
he Wp.uld;'be funny.'V That man. Was
Sarii : Rayrior, ; thiei. cpmib, and • a.t
liriies it did . appear .'that, he was
doing exccptiona;ily. :well . iri'-th.e :..ab-j
sorice .of. Ipert .sayings.. It was .ex-:'
piainisd to the visiting elder, tliat in
tbie pre.sent . era burlesque'; cbirie-
clifin-s are .secoridary to otlier things,
f or. instance, Zonla Duval. . .
J' This young woma.ni r auburn
haired and balioon-chested,, was ex-,
hlbit; A for. sex appeal. Mostlj' she
Jtist .'paraded; but / did It ; uncom
mpnly ■w'ell, "Pa-trician" Avas the
word our frierid used, and it fit
Mae Eaynor, jean LeRoy arid sey'-
eral: of the chorus, not . forgetting,
the; ; first mentioned Miss Clark;
i>rought albng a Ipt of - Wbat ^tlio
stage wanted. - : .■; ; .

. Frank .Mallahari, a hefty ; gent,
seemed the ; most capable arid! vev-
satlle trouper amprig the males, a s-^
slsting iRaynor. . Johnny ;Crb.sb.y:
seliond , coriiic>. and ;. Lou, . LeiRoy.
straight, were strictly flil.-lns; As
the . show acivanced some . of ; tlie
skits had some semblance of unity
and clevdrneas which tpott.' part of
the curse off .the eatUer yawn in-
ducers. Prbduction./ looked pretty,
good fbr a Mutual, troupe. ■; :

RuriTvay . calisthenics were oddly
re.^trairied. due perhaps, to that TfSsv
Herk riiariifesto of recent; date, '"rho
femnies -vvicrgled arid-; showed; , but
not' too, ardently. .; : '

."This is much le.«?s bawdy than
I: anticipated,", said: young- Herbert:
Spencer; "In fact, . I think . 'they
should: call it riiufllcal cpniiedy . in-
stead of burlesque." What nn idea !

'.■■ , Land-

: Stock burlcsqiJes:ax*o by far bvev-
.shadow ing, the Mutual .shbws p.n
w^eckly (ii''ossea. in Greater -New
Yoi-k,. at least according . to cqm
pilation .of.. grp^.scs tro.rii a lust

jwoek's .check-up on; resitlcji t arid
'^tfayolirigrc.pli^

- wiggle ■ opoi'ai- - .-'..■■ -. :\ ■.;
.-Mlnnky's >ja;tipnai.- Wint.c^^^^
deri, Vl^eW :Vpiiij^ and ' stock at the
Casino,' Brbbitlyri, have been hover-

:;-irig;- betwifcn; . ;$8,000 and $10;p00

• ■wS^kiy for. the ;.past month, in ex-
cess of :ali; New York ; ,' Mutual
.houses , save Cbiumhla. The latter;
has practlc'aliy riiiriiriiized burlesque.

, tp, an . ; added . attrttciion with.. Its
present IrluriiVirate policy' bf Ple-.
turesi; vaude . and burlesque.
^ iVUriaky^s, operas with 2.4 g:irl
chbrlsters In stagb; prodqctipris, Will^
enharice the"femii cprisus with an
addi t.lo nal r u rt\vay en s^mble cpm -
prising 12 additional gli;ls arid two
soubreta to handle the hot numbers.

; . Ma;rgle Pihettl, who closed as run-
way -sbUb at the Casino last w^^^kv

: olVens; f or Minskijr. as runway soiib

, next week. : ■ ■ . .' . ;■. .■ . ■•' . .'.; .' ■ ■.:■■

FORUM

. New York, Oct, 11. ■

.JOditor Varii-ty: .- ■;- • -

'i>'or the liurront rcyiciW of our . act
at 'the ..l:;;::Ui ;3U^{?bt- V\;e; .thrink ;you
very inu.ch for .some of th.e cpii-
•AtruLtlve 's'uKge«t-i()ris,

Cop Halts R. R. Dqiot
Rehearsal of Ifigh Kicks

;. Siyracuso, NI Y:; Oct.. 30, ' ' '
A New: York Central station plat-;
lloWeVvi', Wii take t'.>cc(,UJ[l<-^" :.^P:| 'oV'ri i.s ;np rob parsal ., hall; PiUrol- ■
:i]ie: pai'agViii)h in 'which ymv. say bur; man .' Pati'ick . DawHrig, guardian of ;i
.spivgs ai;e bt .' la.st . yi-ason'^ /ci-op.; the peace at the; Ipcai; depot, settiod.
Miiy I teiV; ybu tjidt -tht- .nnmbers'i t quietus on an .

\ve.^ar6; dVirig^arp 'Very.; n reheairsal: staged .by .

•Vo'u.r. /reviewer confu«ed our '. '.'Eye- nic.iribers of the; rVRed 'jlot" >om-
.nlri^g :Star'' tiieW)^ by .calliiig jt .' VM ' ti-alrig^: a J- rehearsil

Man.:'' ;■O^K^.;o^ oiu"^^^ i .rec6rd'ari,diencc of

[■t current; popular ; 'sbrig. .cntitle<j^^ ■ ;

. Girls pic ; the tfbupe unli^^
their; ;pprtab,le .pihpnographs and be- -
gan- . liracticirig: ' steps \ari<j ' kicks/ '
mostly kicks.;. Patrolrhan 'Dowling
took : one, • Ipbk; two;' If.^ ybii. ". insi.sl.

"Down Whci't tlie .Sun Goes; Down. '•
, .; '• ■ . .- ■.. ~ Three Itoss Girls.

feESt SHOW IN TOWN

Elsie. D(fenipsey,, afetressi ; sister of
Jack bempsey. to Daiiny iieck,
vaude, at Salt Lia!keV;City, Oct. 22.
Helen ; Co«ko, .Foster - trp> i pe j; irl, :

What price burlesctue ? It's :$1.65 M^.nd then ruled th^t .it: vr&a a .family
at the ;Columbia, New York, if ybu. station,
come earlyi . 65 ; cents .If you coriie Tlie girts stopped kicking, arid tho
after- curtain; time, and riprie pf^thiv bbys .begam No pinch. ,
bargain hunting riiuggs take; advan-
ia:ge.;of the reduction. Maybe they're
sriiart.' - ■.';■■'•-■..■■■.- : ■■- ■; ■-' : ;■;-';.:
Bert Todd's outfit' doesn't . figure,
fpr that kind. bf . money. - Mike Joyce;
house<ritahagcr- is a swell feller. ; We
had 'a date after ihterriiissiori biit' hc;
didn't keep. it. Okay. Mike pi-eb^T
auiy didn't want to be. eriibarrasaed

with- the, :squawk.; Gjiiripany man- I to Eddie Goscia (Coscia ancl Verdi)
ager yvas -dlso a, nice ,guy,;: and-^We in Omriha, Neb. Poth. are inembei's
eitSr ■ ^^^^^ ^""'^ different ;Pilbltx units.

Chiidreri present ■ Mbriday night , Henrietta; Cameron, v organ is^^ ;at
were inquisitive. ChUdreri pf-a bur- P:'''®^.^ Rio, New Yerlr,, to Ghavl>s
lesque' couple when bvirlesque Was Zelbnko, -nbn-pro,- 'Oct... 2S in i^eW
inirlesquei . The . kids, liad the show [y^^

jiegged. and' were : very :iriqulsitiv6i , ^George' Pincus, Feist: Ghicago bf-
but the paretits Ji^rally , slapped, ^ce, ' to Flor^ri at:
them down. They had. their opinions -i,.^ ■RJori^ov^i- kr.foi r>ui^r,„^ vs^*
but ma arid, pa dIdWt Hvant the Va-- ^^^^^^''^f ^'^^ '^^^^J' Ghicagb, Oct. 28
iriety: mugg to- quote; '.But ^yon L;^*:^^^?^; „F^^^^'i^ to v-Nbrnian
couldn't \ throttle . the ■youngsters; Gberg, Oct. 2G, In Cliicago, Bpth am
"They risked . where the coriiics; came Of ;. the American Opera . Gbrhpany;
-fi-brii, but the boy of the outfit dial- : Lodovicb Olivierb, Ghicago 'Civic
lerig^d his sister,: Pn . that because .ho oipera,' tb Olga Bishinger, . of . Pitts-
had; sat f^ouglttlureeq^^^

the.show and nobody had made, him I- . r> - T -virnniii, «oeiofov.f ^../;»,;%„+,n«
iaugh. .Pbp ;didn^t^ sbck. as he had - -^ ^ ^"^^^^"^^
tp^^gr^e ' .- ' - leader at Keith's Palace,. Cleveland,.

With programs out the mbb iri thb JCatherine Aitmart; . ..SyraoMii;©'.,
Mutrials. are hiding; . • :. .; :; | show girl.

.. ■Brace of .:coniics in ''Best. SiipW In .Leon Levey; . hpuse^' manager at
"ifowri'v dbii't mean a. thing. Better |,Levey's Jmpei-ial,' ,. San • iFrdricrscb,;;

iaughs ;from taxi -drivers .who pilot
you ;home. . • Anna Propp . struggles
weir as the ; featured soub but can't
get any where; .House girls, for in--

Oct-. 28 ,at S.anta .;Cruz, to Haizei ;
Mbrrisbn, ; n;ori- j>i;ofe.=;&ibnar,-; ;.;
Aiytfa. Pe.rachirii (Saritiagp;. 'Trio).

BENNETT BACK IN STOCK

jim Beririott,. - featured ^ comic of
'•Puss; Puiss'' .(Mutual.);, ieaves that
company to return, to , pbtroit uis
producer ' at the Colonial (stock
lyui^lcsiiuo),;.^ : ; -

l^eniK'lt; prpduced th'c: ^stock last
y ear -n^ - l-h e- (^'uli llac,-.-Dctibit.i

Detroit Cops Clai#

stance Eirin Jaclcsori, take It away "'111 '^ved -Lalo- Cadona (Flying Ca-
frbrri Ann. ,; . dpnasX at Lbng.BbaCh. L.-I;,. Nf)V. H:

. Not a laUgli, With the chorus too . Philip Norman (broker), to A''ivj;vri
liidiffer.erit to worry over;whajt it's jcorriejl,.; show, gi^ .it

Darieii, Conn..; for . a - marriage

all about;

Weetits of Oct; 2d anii NbVw 5

' Bare ' Facts-rEmplre. . Brooklyn ; B, T'rocia
■Oero,; Phlladtilplila.;,- . ' ;; - .^ ■ :' ' :/; v

■Bea't Show. In^ Town-HColumbia, N.- T, C.
'), ■Gayefy-, •Broqlclyiv •.

•■nohemlaTis— Hoivordi -Boston ; - 5, :Colum
hloi, ::ti., YyC. .- ■; . "■; . ■

ijower^ Burl('3viuera-:^H. ,&■ S. • AiJollo,. .N.
y. .Em!)lre;,: lirobklyn; ;

Buriftsque Review— Qayety, Burtilo:.;5-(J,
Geneva; 7-S, Oswetrp; 9-10, Schonectiidy.

Chlclccn Ttiist— Gayety, Montreial; ; D,
Howard, Boston. ■ . ;■

ICahaas -Clty';-

license.. ■■ - : '

. Edwin . .B,;T tp;' BfeatVioo

Dprtbpurt,- theatre vorga^'iiist; in! Ari- ;
ispiiia,;; Gonii., reeeritly. .r; .. :■ -. ';•;

Ernest Baciirac hi stUl ; plioto'gra- , j
pher at .FBO. studios,' Hpllywobd,'; to: '
i^ae Seegriiiller, ..hair . dresiser at. ;the \
siLme studio; in :IiPs Angeit- '"Oct/ 28/ ; ;.

Dainty Dolls— GaJ'ety.
Crystal, . St. Jo'c ' . .,

=Qonil.^Stahcl&^SlujEt£d=

; Bridgeport, Conn., :OGt. 30;
'■ it Is understood here that \vhen
the ; Hyperion, New llavGii,; drpps
. Mutual bui'Iciifiub shows iicxt Week
. thb' Mutual wiicCl. Will take ovc.'r a
house- in.. Watcirbury in order to
break the Jump; between Hartfbrd
and Bridgeport/
AU Mutual shoWs playing the Ily-
, perion this year' have lost money.
Last Monday night there were
about 150. people In the house.

Just what- happehbd to the; btz .at
the midnight 'slipws' a^^ the Coium;-
bia, New York, nobbdy, steriis Ho.
know other ; than the returns .Which
reaeh.ed $1, 00.0 siumjped / off . last Fi-i -
day to $400. ' ;' ■'....-'. ■ • •■;■ '

Catch ,i 11 Hotel.- Sali :

/ , Minneapolis, Oct.; 30;
•riie West hotel; ; stopplner' plafce
for nTijariy theatrical fblitff here arid
^erected at a cost of iriore cthari ,|2;
000,0.00 sblii last week : at;:a bank
ruptcy auctibn sale fpr" $10,bpb.

. The catch was that the purchaser
had to take ; oyer . .enciirribranccs
against the; hostiplry .'amounting to
more than $900,000. . ■

An pthbr Brooklyn Stock

■ V;A^bi}ri<*^U6— StTOlr^B===bcin;
tills week by , L. S. Rcdeslicimcr tb
ope^i Nov. 5 at tiie -laiberty, Brook
ly.n,ON. Y, . ■■.;;■ y .

Mafic Loe will ilo' the staging. -

Wheel In Meriden

. Meriden^ Conn., Oct. 30
; Mutual burlosqUia shows will be
booked into this city and New lion
don oii a split week If the liyperlon
in .New Haven closes Saturday.

lue

Detroit, Oct; 30. .
tT^DrtTTOTnTefl-tb-^
and ^ptiicr. attractions; the Detroit
police :department hag placed four
oiliccrs at the sch'vlce pf . Lieut. Les-
ter Pptler, police cerisbr.;; .;

. Lieut. Potter ; repiprted that :' tii.e;
situation in Detrbit; Was beyond : the ;
ability, bf - orie man tb. handle, es-::;
peciaUy ; felncb the\ ■Vbgup' ^f or stock;
burlesque. He will have-" the pCis
manent and full tlnie use of . tlie
merii.whp will work in p.ialn tlpthes.
They ; are Gliai'le^ Nrigle^ • Melvln
kells, Edgar Ncai and Harry Schcr.;
Kells and Schbr claim to have had
theatrical experience With the Kuii-:
sity prganlzatlbrir

Lieut. pp,tter:; arrested Ethel iRcr -
nard of the Broadwayr^Strand; on
Oct.; 8 and bliarged her yith d^
orderly conduct, after Interruptihg
het . coocii dance. Case has b^en
postponed Until Thursday.

Peggy Gilligan of the Cbtpnlal has
already had one conviction arid has
TJeeiTWrnTTTCflTtrEiT^^
she be cbri v Ic ted agai n, , Pot tcjr
claims the' right to Jhavi the the-
atre's llconso revoked. " \- ; ■

.; Dlhipled Darlincs-rStato,-: Biirlngfleld ;
Grand-, Hrirtford..- . . ;

;- bl>cbh's. Elff .Kcvlbw— Gayety, -liOUlsvlUei
,1"), ■ M-utuol, Indianapolis.'

. iriappof Foyics^Star, Brooklyn; 5, br-

'ph.fiuni.-.Pater.son. ' ; ;. ; :
..; French ■ Model.i— Gayety, - Minneapolis ; ■ -6,
Gayety, Mllwauljee. ; •

FrlVMltlcs— ICmplre, ' MowarK; 5, : ■ Star
Brooklyn. ■ , . .

- :GinRer. Olrl»-2tt,. T,Mtlc,^ Allon.town; 30-91.
/P.tlace, Trenton ; ■.>, I^mplre, Newark.
' Olrls,. fryrnV" ll;i-i(p;vlan(l— AondPtny, .Pltts^^
hurfih; .3; ■J/ycounV. ColumbuS. : ■
.; Glris 'frojii the' FoIliM— Kinpife. Pi-oVl-
Ci-rice;- r>, C?!iycty. DO-stoiu. ...
. Girls In ' l.iluc .-Umpire, Tolcilo ;■ 5„. Colurt-
•|)la,. I 'luvoland.

..Girls of t»i> l>,. !=). A, gayety,, Bnltlmore;
.'1 .. StrRna/.>Va,-;J|)jng.t"n , '- : ; ' -.
-.Hello -.I'aree— ..Dryaiaii .stT^fwyTTs^'CiTrycty
.Minn('a.iK>lls. . .- .' ■
..UiKh Tll.vei's— Lyee.um', ■ Columb'u.<3; . '5
Ijytic. Diiyloii.. ■ ■ ■■■

. Hindu llclle.s^afrlc'ki-. -.St." Loutej- 6
G;iyety, KunsaH City. .

JazKilmo . Rc'^'uf'-Orpheum, Pa;ter»>n.;
Hudson, Union City. .- . •.

IjaHlri', Tbi-ii— Gnye>ty/ ; 'VV^ilkes-^Barr.e!
r,yrlc', . Allentowh ; (1-8; Palacii, .Trenton.
Merry. Whirls la. .0.;. 5, Grand, Akron.
Ml.si:ltrcT .Mnkpra— -HypfrrFon,. New. Ha'ven
I,: .Lyric, ^BrldBPport. ■ .

MoorrUirht Maids— Grand, Akr<>n;' S,'-- Gay-
ety. Buftalo'

UNION MEETINGS NEIT MONTH

When .; the Ariierican, Fbderatibri
of ; Labor cpnVenes; in New Orleans :
NbVi 19; thei' (ierieral Executive
Board of the t A. T.: S.- E. of; tlie.
tj. S. and' Canada Will a.^.scml)le. ;
there in executive ses.sibn Nov, 17.
. A ■ r uniijcr - of tiicatrlcal :ma t.tors '
>vill be considered by 'the board.

W. F. Canavan,' president of • the*
I. A,, and. subbrdinate; ofUcers; VilJ;
attorid; Canavan .' ig.oes as a;;;d?!c* .
gate to the A. 'F. of L. convcntlbn.

SHARKEY'S ''STAR BOUT"

'■'The . Star. Bout,'.' Ta-ylor Gr.an-••
y^lle's old; act,; Avill 'b;e -.revived ' for
,Tack' Sliarkey, : •ex-baritairiWeight
boxer.' ;:;-:' ;..".; ;'.; ..

Sha rkey will, carry a sii pport tiust
of nine. ■--":: • ~

-McDbhardHa.t--H ipr

Burlesque Changes

' Jack Hunt, comic,' replaclrig. Jim
Bennett, In "PUss Puss." The lat-
tor's wife also has left . A chorus
girl la assigned tO her rote . tern
porarily.

In: addition tp ;:super. Vising the
BrpadWay and Cariiep- theatres^ .Nfew -
'iTork,- Chavles B. . iicDotia id jias alsb :
5,; I been; assigried; the ; isipppdrbriie, this ;
j' I additibriai , ; superVlaion;' cbrii|"e: .
through ' the recent : departure of
Tbm: Gpriinvn. .. ;

Moulin nmiKe Girls— Empr<'S3, Clnclriu4tl;
5, Gayety,. .I.oiiiHvltle. . ' .

NauBhty Nlfties-rCadmac. Detroit; 6, Em;
plre. Toledo.. ' . ,- ' •.

.'Nlto Club Olrlfi— I:,yrlc, Bridgeport; ."5,
H:' & S;"Api>ll'J.. N. T, C .

NHc IJf* . In . I'arls— Coluiiibla, Utlctt; 5,
Gayety. .Montreal.

Parisian Fin ppera— Plaza, Woroester;
Stale.. SprlniilU'Iil.

Puss Piias- Gayety, Brooklya; B, Gayety,
Scrilnton. .

lladlum QueensT^20-.10, Geneva; 31-1, Oai
weffo; . 2-3, Schencctrtdy; ; S, Majestic, Al-
liany.

Record Breakers— <Jrahd, Akron; 5; Hype-
rion;. New Haven.

Red HotSr^Majeatrc, Albany; 5, Colonial,
UHca. .' . .

llbund ..Uif> Town— Lyrlo, 'nayton; 5, Em-
pro.ss. Cltirlnnatl.

=«^niito.i..;^»Ai4fcU i r ■ fftr'! ni<__:^\vnttKlnnt n a ;, IB,
Aradoiny, VltlsburKh. . '

Spf-ed (Mrls-tlayely, Scran(on: 5, G.ivoty,
WllkeH-lViirro. ; . • *,

Sporty VViiliiw^.rHHuvijri'.ssr,.; Clilcriiro;
C.KlllIiio, IV-troit. . .

SUMv Alviiit-iMyely, Il.i.sion; .6,. Plaza,
\\ urcrstor..

Sli'p ;^lJvply Girls -Columbia, Cluvdland;
.», U .0. , .

Step On It-Gayety, Milwaukee; 17, Em-
prpK.s. .('hlcaBO:

Stolon tiwcetti— Irving Place, N. T, C; B,
-Empire, Providence.-.

SuRiir IJabies-Mutual, Indianapolis; 6,
Garrlck, .St. Louts.

■ Wine, Wontan and Song— Hudson, Union;
6, Irvint' PJaco, N. X. C.

Herk; Vacatibnmfl :

I. H. H^rk left NeW York yes-
terday for . a Vestern trip : labe
pleasure. Mrs. Herk accompanied ;

liim.;. ■-;'-•.■.■;■..-;.;■;...;.

They will be gonb-a nionth. or sp. .

WEST COAST NOTES

(Continued from page 23)
Roach's are Vivla.n Oakland; Anito '
Garvin and "Husky" Haines, jamps »
Horne directs.

GuR Mcins signed by Al .nhri>'tie
tb direct Jack, puff^y coriie.die.s.

Wheeler Oakriiarfartd.cd Bebt^ Dnn-
ifiis untitled newspaper story, I'nr.

Patho soenar-io dopartriieht Work-
ing on. "Ll.steri. Baby," ".Square
Shoulders," "High Voltager" "'1'*^^
Flying ;KoOl," '.'The OHlce; Scandal.

Ralph Graves added "The Side
Show,". Col,

Frederick and Fannie Hattbn
tliiig "Rainbow," T.

Wednesday, October 51, 1928

YAUDEVIIJLE REVIEWS

VARIETY

39

PALACE

" (St.Vaude)

Good variety at the ace Keith
bouse this week, over-lone but sus-
ceptible to cutting, and not particu^
larly costly. Outside of Fannie
Brlce's $3,500, Fowler iind Tamax-a's
classy terp presejitatioh is the next
bisgest salary. ' The. rest is low

Biz not so good Sunday afterr
Voori, opening day. Sunday opening
IpoJced promising for an incrcjisecl

.mat gross that day, but doesn't seem
to be ; .working put . 'according, to
jtfoyie. For oiie thing, they lik^. to
Bleep late on the week-end and hiatve
their Sunday dinhera loid.. Te pic-
ture hotise biz indicates that best.
Until after 2 p. in., Sunday, ther^*s
comparatively little intake, hence
thfj lure of a reduced scale by., the
film palaces, to drag 'ern in arid still,
it doesn't alWaLys worjt. , From 2
until 4, ' It livens . up but It's only,
in the late afternoon that the peali:
Is reached, and similarly it api>ears
to apply to .the Palace. Being ; a
resierved seat Tip'use, . . they ' can't
straggle In;. Sunday night biz tp a
93 scale is as big as eveiv of course,
Fanniis BrICe 'was. the draw and
the bperiing sal vb indic?Lted that ' un -
questionably. The coiri^dierine did
.45 wiriuties, ;; opening, and closing
with ballads .which the: audibncei
particularly tile feriimes, elected to
Ihterpret significantly. The smart
show Woman tiiiat she Is, Miss Brioc
Is capitalizing the publicity aura
o£ her ortat iiomance and Supreme
Unrequited .iiove, etc., and ■ has the
Tin Pah. Alley boys, sneak, in such;
pointed puhch>li.hes ias "if you Want
the glory of electric lights, ypu must
learn the story of lonely nights.';
Similariy,- her getaway, : "Happy
Days and Lonely .Nights" ballad
took, on deeper lyric • significance
than, just a pop song. : ' ' . . .

This, . of . course, .forced her Inito.
♦•iJiy Mail," a bit anibigiiou:^ in view
of -the ozone she gave Nicky. And
aS fjar as all ^ of it is concerned,
niucih hopey .to any number.
. Addisotl Fowler and Florenz Ta-

Vniava, sub-headHhers, tPo, acqbunted

. for., an obviously perceptible draw.
Here's.the last gasp in showmanly
terpsibhorean artistry. The dancers,,
now international startdards,. have
the Guatariiala Marimba Orches trft-
(7) in support, calternating: with the*
the soft hammer music; Fowler arid
Tamar^, dp a snappy ■ 16: miriutes,
encoring Svith an. appealing exposir

. tibn of allegedly 'simple' bailroom
.■waltz, pteps; :, Whether simple :or
not, it served ias; tlie ribcessary hu-'
xnan interest arid ' the fans went
heavy for It on the applause bar-
rage. The, femnres also rumbled

, not a .Il.Ule, about ^^^ M
eartoriiil creations, which rates her
the . best dresSed • woman on the

rpalace- ljill.tliis >y.eek^ r.^^- / ,

Al Trahin (New .Act's > in. the next
to shut Avas a ; bbriiedy kick .with

• a ' neiw . partner. Tralmn- was for^
Jnerly partnered with Vesta .Wal-

■ lace.. .

: Dericksori arid Brown, . after inr
terriiisslon, registerea. one of those
electric Palace hits, "With 'a litT
tie editing, sure-fire class act any-
■■■:where.- .. ■ \ .:, -,

EnP Troupe opened with equilib.-
ifism. The Japanese quartet; evenly
divided, : reels .; off Six. riiinuteS' of
nifty pedal; juggling and risley stuff:
that; matkes the opening position a
.fcpot for them' ' ■

• ■ In' deucei: Tex McLebd Is vlent a
tl.friely touch through the program
notations,- as "by arrangement with
the Madison Square Garden Rodeo."
McLeod is not new to vaudeville.
His Will Rogerisms with lariiat arc
balanced by Mrfr-jprle. Tiller, vdance
partner. .,McL,eod's ; crack Jit Mdy.or
Walker, playing oii Jiriifny and
Johnnie Walker, was unkind. Othei>
wise, a liftlit and pleasing comedy
IntThide. •'■

Followed ■Fpwier and Tamara
•with their . cinch click, Ray .and Dot
Dbanjusnsued with a nilt comed y
routine. The nian personates , a"
Eobb McNutt character a;nd the
clowning Went for' "heavy; returns..
Miss. Brice closed the firSt ^ half,

Xtoii Forrri.an> heiv pit . orchestra
;mae.str0i siiccessor to .Ben RobertsV
. arid follbwing.,Milton Schwartzw.ilcl.
who pinch-hittbd. last Aveek, sounds
like the. rii^ht man- fpr, th© berth.
■.Ki.s favorable impression in tlie ac-
-cpmparilmerits,; particularly' -durin.a:
■the. orches.tral interlud(2s while Misp
Brice : .was cpStume-chariging, wa.s^
further hblghtened by the ihtermis-
' siori .specialty .of- a torrid nature. ■
. Lilian St.; Leon and Co., followinrr
perJck.5on arid Brown and Al Tra-
hnn, Were h.nndibapriod by the Into
.finow but scored with tjhcir eques-
trian .act/ . The usual 'shills wcro
frmplpyed for the demonftfation on
now circus riders arc rriadc. i • :

(Qunday Concert)
»=-Sli-ul5ept^s=="&umltty-=r*vl^5lrt«=^ft^
.VUlc concerts, tr.ninsplnnted from
the 'VViriler CJardon to the .Majf>f<Lic
ber.'ause of . Warner Bl'bthrr.s*' lca,«-?
on the focmrr. house for Al Jolson'.-?
. Kinsiiig Fool,'! pro1),lMy gro.ssod a
. h,i,i?c,'(?r intake at th.e new stand Siin-
. day night than at any other tiriie
at. the Garden.

Ed Davldow's dozen acts, count-
ing the m.c.'s, at $3 top. spotte-J
in thf larger house, probably sur-
, prised the booker, the* Shuberts and

aU concerned. Jack Osterman, tak-
ing iB, survey of the ..sea of faces,
righteously waxed mildly Iridligrnarit
at . Davidow'S cutting. The , m.c,
harped on , this throughoiit, istating
that by the fourth week he; should
be back on full pay, Davidpw hav-
ing figured that the side street Ma-
jestic would react agairtst the dr?iW..

The. 12 acts played well arid a
corking eritei-tainment it was, .leav-
ing little doubt as to. the continued
popularity ol. the Shubbrt Sunday
night shows, which, the Wise riraob^
insists,, possess riipre .ispontaneity
than the frolics Earl Carroll, is ruri-
hirig at his. house. The 'Carroll up
to now benefited tht:du^h . the .Gar-
deri -being, eliminated- arid the Ma^;
Jestib riot yet operiedi What the
current Sunday's gross at ;the Gar-
roll: was, in viiBw of the MaJestic'B
start, is undetermined at this writ-
irig/ ; ;

..Variety eritertainriient is almost
sure lirie- on Broadway ' on Sundiy
nights; • There is . enough of a , pubr
lie. which abhors . .scrimmaging In
the picture house line-ups and .pb-
riies up: three : tears a seit without-
a struggle, providing: the : farb is
half '.way :"decent, ■ ■ "'vV ■■• ■
:: Because ojf vOstermari^s .dbubUris.
from . Foy's, Brboklyri, . Jbck Pepper
(formerly Salt arid Pepper), pirich-
Ijit in : the iritrpductbries.. 'JThb
acts ran T.bh.se and ' Sterling, Ber^;
nard arid Henry, Stan Stanley, Wil-
lie Solar, . Marihattan .:Stepper&.
(new), Lbbmis. T\v:ing; ; Ritz Broth-
ers, Nine .Allisons, : Jack Osterman
(for. his regular routine) and James
Bartoni . Intermlis^Iori fbllbwed the
Ritz: trio, . and Osterriiari's . first apr
peararice :.preceded the tippniis kids.

.The line-up speaicb for itself, it's
sure fire :arid . played as. happily as
a baby . ori the. liriplbum. ■

Osterriian, Broad.way's : prodigal
son; really ; merits : the- most atteri-.
tipn^ ■ One woriders.if this, talented
youth.-^h'e adriiifted: to 26. later on^
fully -realizes how all Bi^oaidway is.
rooting, for th« : gpod:-n.atured, love-
able. Clever and talented younig.fel-'
low that .Hb . is; normally. : . .'
• Qsterftiari of the moment, ■ iinder
the benevolent and beneficent in-,
fluerice of the beautiful Mary: Daly,
riow Mrs, Jackie, seems a. rieW mor-
tal. . The "hell with you" ad libs
still- are overly .fpee .arid .easy^: and
the commandeering persoriallity . is
still, not: submerged,, but Osterman-
.not only evidences :but expresses: In
frank : confession • jrist what his
newly matrimbriial Irifluerice ritieans
. Miiss Daly was introduced : froriii. a
stage, box. and Ostecma,n gave- out
"Sonny Boy," .-with- special lyrics,
like nobody else, -He. seeriibd in-
spired, and while qualifying hlria -
self immediately after the; rendi-.
tiori that it seertied jsilly to sing s.ubh
a- song when he IS . "not a fathbrrr
yet!", the custoriiers:topk hiiri liter-
ally, seritimeritally, . Stripped of ex-
ternals; there was. Bbmething hu-
manly .drainatic.:iri. that audience re-
action : by an aftbridancb borinprised
of the ultra-sophisticates[ / - froni:
every Walk of life-^-^showmari, gam-
bler, cloak - and - suiter, pleasure
man pri display witli his latest, the
rourider and, racketeer,.
...So -much for* Osterrtian. EVeri. the
niusic riieri, who have thought:, prily
of dsterriiari as a ''plug," are rpotr
ing for him, arid . that's saLyirig:
plenty. ';- • - : ; :.

: Lohse. arid Sterling .with; their fly-
ing rings roiitirie were pke' openers.
Gal is more shapely and pulchrltu-:;
dinouis :than the average dumb act
of this type. . Bbinard and Henry,
feriiriie Van arid , Schenck, twlced
okay, . Stan Stanley ,wlth two new
girl partriers is set fpr - aripther
yaiide toiir -with his ^audience ;.act;.
now that "The Pleasure Man" arid
his libel suits are pyt of the. way.
Stanley mentioried /both,

•In between Jack Pepper: pulled,
one about VAl Joiisori going on' a seji;
voyage and: Geo'rg'ie Price -gettlrig
seasick,; Willie Solar fpllowed with
his sure-TIi'e guttural 'comicalities.:
and begged off. The Manhattan
Steppers (new) were the second act
to-=-feat-ure-^Blackbird3_-^'are — Blub--^
Birds." ■ .The i-obrintis , T winis, a bit
grown up and. Very a la a .corripbS-.
ite of the. W'illiams Sisters, Helen
Kane. arid:. Zelma O'Neal, -clicked
Ditto the ■ threb . very clever Ritz
Broth'erSj slated for. the .Capltbl arid
a Loe^y.. tour spori; ' Away ;(from
hereabPuts; .for quite a Syhilei-..it.he5':'
were se,risa,tlbnal.; ■■ '.
.. Osteririan a:d. libbed' a .few Jit the
exnbrise of the Shivberts. this being
the stYirt of a' serial. The: m-b.^ was
greeted by Max Moth;: in the trcrich
condxicting < the '-"Wedding' :March."
OsLermari-. said he ' was! going into
one of- those. Shubprt rilghtS, "Chbp.se
your own. countryr—Venli?.e, - Spain,
France Dr .whatfhaye you?'' iand also;
cbmtn.ehtcd'^ori: the {Shuberts havin^r
Boriie. old 'istorcroorii~ ..scenery left
over.' herice a new revue. .
-; Later '. on, In toUiiig a Hpover-
Snilth ; :joke, Osterman wanted to:
know who cares who's elected:
. "Cbblidge couldri't get ' me . out: - of
my. 'SliuboTt. cbntra,ct, :so' whin:
coijid llo.ovf r do?'' : Osterman- also

Ijinir about hfs ontiona boirip exer-
i'i^< (\, .^o .hf» di'lii't mind. :' •
• ,The Nin'* . Alllfons,. a ;.«'"corid gcn-
fT'i.tif>n Whirlwind turnVling tiirh
CSiyw Aftsi, roopfned after tho inr
.tfi-v.al, 0.storrii;>n cUAvninir with tbo.
pit br(;hesira in thr' mfantime. . Or--.
tcrmari'.s own act followed, In thf?
nonr!=o of -vv-hloh hP discoijnt-od that
$1.000,fiOO . joli?on -. Kpoier ■ dowrv
Whlch he. read in a newspaper. ' "No.
It wa.sn't a newspaper it was the

Graphic^" , . OBterman added. Jim
Barton, th© top money act, closed
the show; bowing off at 11;30.. .

Whether It's .the Garden or the
Maj^stlCi: the new . season's Suhda>
night vaudeville under Shiiberts-
DaVidow .auspices lboks"in',' if the
bppker^^ keeps up' the pace with this,
typeofahow.' ' 4.ie:2.

.- ■•;;-'.;<yaud^i|iTi)-- '•

• Harry Hiries ;)made: a nibs
self .with his, dirt In the Pictiirb
houses and now: they're letting hiiri
bring the, sari^e ; kind of trash back
to .-vaiudeville, -. . Thb picture . houses
said they. didn.'t need Hiries a,n:d his
dirt. Vaude :<5ertalrily needs either
less.': .■.-: ' i ' . ''. ; - .:: .. '

. Occuparit of the; choice, next , to
closing spot arid thevfeature. of the:
current bill at Loew's champ: house, :
Hiries literally rolled over arid died
before the near-capacity gathering
Mbndaiy; : rilght; His stufiE. did the
same.-

Still doing that "narice" bu.slness.-
Doing it . airtiost ; too well, so .good
that the audience looked :for one of
those "dbri't get me Wrbng" explan-'.
ations.. He -started it oft -.with a re-
m»ark : on ; "Pleasure Man?' : Not a
ruriible.. :It was.- old - from . coristant
use arid abrise two days after the
show was sloughed. .

On tov ot that he eria ployed about
half, of' his 15 niinutes on the rbs-
trurii -with ;. small time; asides, about
the race, track. Few here understood
hini and.lt wasn't funhy. enough for
general apprbclatlori. Hiries should
have been working a *blbbk upitoWn
at the Columbia! . They know what
a dope sheet Ipbka like up there;
, About seVeh years or so agb Hines
werit: out. west as a comparative Un:-
kripwn arid came; back -a big timer.
On returnlnjg he\6tamped: himself a
ClaCssy siriglrig arid talking single
\vlth clever : talk and sniart : fibrigs.
He's hardly singing: at: all no-Wi- He's
talkirig riiore but riot as :furiny.. - If
thatis ail .Hiries haslearried in seven
years, It'sl tb6 ;bad.
' Rest of the bill no panic, either.
Although Gebrgb XeMaire arid jPe
Phillips (New Acts)yjuat missed the
riot classi : in number three. They
ai;e a first rate cbriiedy paif but they
have drib bad fault in staying on top
long. . If sliced • from . its present 27.
riiiniites to about 17, What . :i^^ act it
would be. v';. ■':..'■;:- ' ' '

: ■ Vardel: Bros;, -still the exclusive
emplbyers of . . their : chute trick;
bpened, .One iact that can: play any-
■where. .it has pla:yed about' every ^
where,, but ban repeat. .: Bbrnice and
Pansy, blonde and bruriet, in a rrius-
ical bffeiririgj were a bit; tOo light for
this house. ' They are pf small; time
calibre , and should pleaise on: that
timb. .- No reason to make theni look
.bad higher up. . :
..-Hines arid libMalre-PhiUips. 'wlth
the only comedy in; the 6ho,w, were
right 'tbgbther.Jn reiverse order. . Fol-
lo-wjrig better conJedy made it even
tbufeher for Hiries,: oesldes ribt doing
the show any gbod, . ':

Gantschl and Phelps, fariiiliar type
dance flash, closed., . :(New Acts);.
: "Two Ijovers" (U, AO. film. .

^ , Bige.

HIPPODROME

(Vaudfilm)
Sbnie effort apparent to get to^.
gether a brisk entertainriient. Only
.standard xbmedy in slight Is Hari-y
Burns:, spotted two : from closing
arid the ./laughing strength. Framr
irig, the ) prograni •; seeriis to . bave
been dictated by desire to go strong
bri flash and It does that.; Weak-;
riess -is absence' of comedy, the mcst:
iniporta.rit ;eleriient, in ishows of thb
Hip calibrg. As a . result the bill
misses . as ;6trong sriiall tinip : en-
tei-tairiment. Picture didn't help,
"The Red Mark" (Cruze-Pathe). .

Four Haas Bros., aerial bar.s,
dandy opener. Four men . working
on a novel arrangement of .hprlzpn-
tal bars, arranged With triple lower
tier arid double bars above on struts.
Nice straight . -Work and . capital
coriiedy by tw;o :grbtesque Workers.
jgibwri.sLare_a8 Impor tant, as .gtfaight
■workers;, both in ' their ' abrpbatic
work and in their :cPmedy. . They
have put a. score of riew %yririkle.s
iritb eccentric clowning on the .bars.
; ;t»ave Rb th . No, ? . alriio.st doeS' a
orie-man - show, starting out with
piano iclowning, including playirig
,fbr the nipvies, but gets his best
i-ctufria .with . the dumriiy . daricb,
spririgiri^. a real girl f or : a surprl.sp
finl.sh. ; .This: detail of the act : has
,<50tten:lrito the billing ripw, ia. sriiatt
move to hang Importarice.on a irialo
'Ri^rigle,. .■■ - ■:.: ■::•■ '

Toby: Wilson und Go.. havc^ elabo-
rated .oi talking - sketch; into a plric-f
where it's almost a revue,. i; Tech-
niriiie i.s Inferestlng-. Hb remain.':
the talkirig cbmcdian, but has: sur-
rpUnded ' him .self . rWi.th : :song;;^:arid
dance peo.plb Who build, hini" Up.
'rhey did ' 2l 'riiinutcs at the HIp
vSimday afterriopn, v riiuch too. long.
Pomb iritcrpplatioris and a tcuoh of
^•I'x oppcai in a- batnlng girl who
drifts in fend put and thon tiirn.''
i-iUt to be a danopr,. give the tnlkirif.:
lOif'ich a lot bi' life, tiancing on-
goo9

which ;woiild have been hettrrr If ■ tlir-
iMinriing: time. ..had: been ' U'sh. In
r.lif!; :suppprt are Pegcry and >^ldr;'•.v
I'.')£^c and Hwo other wortacn n.o?

■M:ll"di.; : . ■ :.

.The Six Hill BUlir-.s are now tDt
duced to five, but malce an atfra>.-:
tivo novelty. Not at their host horr^
)j>;r'f)U.fie the bleridlng was not . f'
iTfiod. but won returns.: Ijeotiirfr
with bis Informal Introduction man-

ages to convoy atinosphoro and hvlp
the. impression: that the bpys arc
autherilic 0:-:ark mountairibors and
their. stuff is on the level. Did lii
minuU\s and liliish. strong,.. evon .'i.,
tlvoir . linal parody ph the dtcQiioh
r.TLoe was a bit out of character,
; Burriis. was a i-iot. - Rbnl char-:
actor Co.niodia.n. wljpsc' fun is hpn!:'sl
character, huiiior ; and ... not . riiorb
gags. The bitUppn : stuit is funny
in itself and •. Burris' . .pftritbuvimc
makes i t . f unrilbi% . Burns ; is. usi rig
a Coney Islarid n\idw.ay drop ' .i.iid
his blonde girl assisitant looks a liir''
tie Plumper arid inbi'c pbrspnabU
thari ever' in hor;a.bl)roviatod got;:up.
for th'fe finish danoe,; Poppy littio
dairie,_; this,- ■:■ -':

iiestro; La Mbrit'o's. -'Paper Roy uo''
(New Octs): stood, but as rt. novelty
fla-sh, A\-ith an - illustrat>?d organ in.-,
terlude Xor tlie ' fi nielli. ' .h'ush, :;.

RIVER^^

:':':''::-;\., .:;': (Vaudfilm)' •■■

Keith's Riverside bccbrries a split
week Noyl ll but retiiins its . re-
served seat: policy xmder the~; girii-
mick in the lea^se of this one cori-:
dltipii. : The hrtiisc. .is. in. other: re-
spects -vaudlUmi.i policy,.

One act :lbss this .week bbcaUse of.
rurinirig : tiriio on .^"Thb Patriot ".
(Par), Fair.shPw for four a-ct.s and
50 cents Sunday ..mat,. George Becgo
ahd Rae Qupee, : stafidard skating,:
opbried arid carnbd :a good rbcep-

ti-1,:. : :--: . ■ ' :■•. ,: -.

JPSOplvIrie Ilarmpn .Knd: Florence
Newtprt, deucing,: - failed , to ' wririfi'
riiuch but kr :' the: house diverted;
Alriia: Neilson's darice flash clicked
easily . on its speed With . Dan B.
Ely. and Billy Atkins staridirijg. out.
Altbbugh . Miss Nielsbn Is most itn-
pressive ori her tbes she firiales with.
:soriiersa'u7vS . and takes: ithe . curtain
head down doing, . neck spinis :ffir
from daintily. . ' : ,

iiarisT arid Haley panicked the
matine^ crowd, notably . the: boys
on, : the . tpp shelf who provided . n
chorus amd an. echo for • Liojig'ii
Ayhistlirig, The first sbveri or elghi':
riiinUtes .Qf the turn are very tryln."?:
upon the nerves consisting of . tWb
gag-B, ifirst the '■up i.s high arid high
is low" routlrie, and .ininTediately
following the "wh.at Is Who. and who
is what" hysteria-iriducbr, . ."rhesb:
two gags; datirig back to remotest
vaudeville, were : endlessly:, -padded.
Turn is drbssed . • ultra . with Misf:-
H-^lfiy .loPUirig particularly, nice;
:, Business f.dln ■.Landi'' :

125tli ST.

■.*•- ::■■;::■; -V'- -(Vaudfiiiriy .-v''.-;

; Sprite, bf ' Mr, Herk's .produbers
should sperid a nickel arid take a
subway cruise uptowVi tills week.
To see Mr. prbctor. do .a (3us: Sun
for a ;Change of pixCe; Iri^ : place of
the yaude there's a; tab. In place
of- the . usual sriiall tlmb rpUtine
show there are 56 iplnUteis of ppr-
febt family eritertairinibn,t, light,' biit
■goodi--

,-. In his forceful letter to the bbys
' Mi", Heck claimed they, still db riot
understarid the, kind of Mutual
wheel: show he wants : bri his circuit,
and then went ;ori to eiplaln what
kind .of show he Wants. -An abso,
luto,: burlesque show, full : of lo
cpriiedy arid hokum, with pep, gin
ger and speed In your numbers. And

nO.-fllth/' : '■'

That covers the Ray Mar tab at
the 125th Street this week pretty
well. ■:-■

The Mar tab cbritalns the sort pf
stuff that Sun has been using for;
money making purposes In the mid-^
die West,. With f e.w knpiylhg how
much he does make. The talkerSf'
perhaps, will slay Sun's racket, but
that's another story.

Meanwhile, as . the Iriiprcsarlo
hiriiself admits,: Mr, iHerk's racket
is .slaying Itself. The Ma.r tab at the
125th Street this week .arid SUn's
tabs of the past and present hit
the Herk re'forrried IdCfli. of what
constitutes burlesqUe quite betweeri
the eyCs. ..- : ..

Mar's little show has plenty of
low, coriiedy and: h Pkum. . None of
It . too good aria nbtre^'it^ii^wrbut
better and newer than anything
sold In the name of coriiedy in bur-
lesque this sea'sori. ,

Considering this tab as a work ^
ing mbdel. it could be broadened
into, a full length burly opera with-
out'rtiuch effort. With- experiericed
burlo.squcr.s. at; the helrii. It they
can forget the dirt;, it could : riavi
gate the- Mutual wheel.; right ,' now
and make. hl,'j average turk look
like aphea.sant. And Without a line
of -dirt:^ . . . :.

. ;Mar's show Is far: from senaa-
itibnal. : It's ju.st an averagb: tab-
loid. ;;Orie great; a'dvantagi? over the
u.sual vaUde bill a:t the 125th Street
'— womf'ri. Fbr the mon. Arid.:the
women look arid work Well,

Mar is fl-n eccenti-ic low' comic
typloaily. tab. He handles the bulk
of the <;pmbdy and Works hard. It'.s
his show. Other than Mar arid ia
dancing, singing .and talkirig -Juve-
riile spml-cbmle straight, no. one
notabloi The.jUv has a futUrn. Th''
olhpr.s havp, too, but not beyond
thfir. presfint capacities,

FTTiTTunT'Inr^pcpT^^
ary li.st for 2| not heavy" for, ih<>
nui'''ibor. Two' full stage soLs meror
ly drap'-d. . ' . ' :

.'^oubrf't and . IngenU'l 'both youth -
ft]1 arid good', but both in a modlo-,
ffre. claHs for talent. They lead.
chbrus numhf'rs.plfa.santly. ;

Chorus of 10 rcjllv dAiire.s. The
Mar' tab can play all of the nMirh-
borhood.s where, 1he rir-lnrlibor.s av
not too smart. It's a i-clii-rf.

■' , Also, it probably slices the stag*
nut h.ere. .With a tab to lower th«
rostrum; expenses arid '"Jhe FAf
triot" (IVar) gracing .the screeri,- the V
uptown' I'roctor spot should have; « :
prwlUable lirst. half.; .- ' JiigiC!.. >

BROADWAY

. : ■ T: (Vaudfilm).; .; ;- ■ .

. . Staiidiiiig room: only • arid little ' of ■ '
tlv.ut :jSUiuiay nigiit "j'lfter 7.:.;)0-;arid -'
ujiiil .' the pioture spill aboi.it ' 8-:,10< ■ '
Sunday opohing m.ust:v liavo heeft .. ;
piirtieui.'i-rly liclpf.ul at' this .s.'.and ;be^;.-'^
eai)so;;oC iuovio- parlor. overti.bw

NiCQly .- iMcridod - - vaudo •;'blil -iroi*^''. '--
h'ousp, ; .Tl.thpugh ' laokirig: . I>i.dlvi.dual .. :
hipii iscibirerS':,'-] Parisian Four,, .stand-: :
urd opening turn, ^ cbn'siderably aug- '
mpntod iri the L;ist! several .s,eason8.
Girl is. now doing "a Sbrig . arid dance
in .."bri(B;" and: .Xiopvo. tiie /gent who. ■• ■
l)al(inces. a tahlo, couch .and chalra . >.'
oii.:his: forch.ehd and .cliirib.s a lad-, -.
dor, is vbrsatillzirig With a stbel
guita:r.;splb;. -- ' :-,-' ^' - '

Lb.wis and' Wiritrpp, tWP bby.s with-
synchronized ^ puppies; ' rcglaterb4:
splidly on 'a retrirn hercj Their stuff : -
Is toprriotcli, although at, one point ■ :.
they do an Uncredlted. imltritlPri . of
Llip ukulele-daricirig. business' of '
Jans and AVhaleri, with.: the daricef :
losing his :.haiance when; Uke : player. :
suddenly .' changes :tompo:. -,:.:•: j "

Cprtlhi,: ::fastTmbvlng^ rii.agiclani"
prpVIdod a snappy lOTmiriutes, ' Riy'
Fern iVftd : Mario . a^^ Svyiftiy -

and never givo; the. mPb - a bhancb.
to meditate. - A gatt^lihg gun . bar^ : :
rage of gags, action' arid. . inbessant V"/
tension keep them iri arid bri high
all the. way, The wbmari should :
riot dance; -.-.-;:. - ::", ' -

■ Hollis Dcvany arid' bight nniale ;
warblers billed as "A, Night at the-
Club-' never really got .the Broad-. ' .
\vayites. : until, thbli: encprb riumberi
reiterative chn;rtt: called "Md.gsa<> : -
chusetts.". This is ririore thb typ*
of stuff the Whole act should con- ■
gist bf Instead of thb' opeifetta "se- ; '
Tecti.oris now. being - used. Openlngf
sPng f rom "Thb Mlka;db'! is : the .
best of .those... Act of this descirip-.'.;
tlon . needs a wealth of expert :show- \
manehip- tb keep it ori the safe side . -
of popular favor. ; ; . ~ ■ .. ;

Casper arid; O-Nell (New, ' Acta)
not strorig .enough for next to clos-
ing briablllpf this length. 'Audiencd.'
frrbeted .therii . gleefully:. When :thb :;. j-
;;apot diKcbvered them behind th« :'
rising folio.. Boys, were npt bvbriy V.
successful in helding. attention .- aa :
their rnaterlal ; bas • no .sustained .
str.erigthV hut Is a 'series Of sharply ;
accentuated bUrvesi-
. Irene ;verrriillibri and;,l5arid:,(New .
Acta) are an imprbvemerit bri. the '
Tencral. ayerajore of; girl rnuKlclarii
''Mbrari . of Marines" ' (Par), on
SCrebrii, ■-■.'-.^ Land:

■■:-'^::.^V/;-'y.^;- '(Vaudfilm) '■ ■ ..;'^-

- An even dollar downstairs, ' re-
serYcd; scats, . ''.The Patrlbt'' (Par)
and four acts: of ; fatlr classj aeerii to V
enjoy a riciglibbrhood '. deriiarid. ;
Shbwrs, have been: Improving: at thia,;
house;- ■.:.":'^ . ■

Siiriday : night they were Belllii|c.:
standing rbprii before ; 8 o'clock. -Apii; .
arcntly : njaklrig headway, ■ . with ;
"eith's New Era:bf Vaudeville, here. V
Maybe Sundiay opening, helps. Re-
served: seat idea ought tP have :ita ' :
Sunday eyonlng :appea];:to mid-town . ,
dwellers who have had. any "expert- .
ericb ■ . with tho .crowded : Tlriiei '
Square de luxes. ,> ...

' Prpgrarii' rip ^ burn-up, :but fairly ■
likeable, eVpn bntertalrimbrit for :the
rathcf hlhat crp-vyd..
.VLlria^ Arharbanell ls:a nanie at- ;
traction, but stops there'.: Muslciar
coriiCfly star Is the feature but turns
Put to be orio of those things on
the ■ stage, ; Her sketch Is called ^
"Marlette". arid amounts' to a dra-^ .
matic reading :with gestures. Only .
the g^csturcB -call -for three other,:
people and that counts bh the pay
roll.-;', ■ :.■ ■ .- >: ■ . V.

Drariiatic sketch, so. called. : MIsa:
Ar:barb.aneli; Spani.sh': flapper, Walka.:;
ori and : explains: things to heir V
tl;uerina=^withrapproprIate-;bu8lnc8s of- -
.^urprtsb from the drierina as she r^.- '.
latcs a ronriarice. with: art: Arobricaii :■
aviator .: and a Spalnlsh lord whO; la:
pursuing . hPr. Knobk bri" : the dbor.
, Enters the aviator, who. has killed a
man ' arid wants tD^>flee. Another ~
knock:; It's the police arid she hldea
the aviator, policb ofnclal gets fresh
with gli-l arid she drugs hlrii tb sleep .,:
as . yoUng; pair .:bxlt, Thbn Xiriai. and '
her police b/nclal. sing ; a : aprig In
"pne.":. . It. takes. 23 minutes ' and ^ a. '
dead lass. Borpar'dvMcOw'en wrote
the skbtch and soriiethlrig-: ought to
he done about- it.: : ; :: - ' • :' ■

Burt and , Rpscdale, . typical small:': :
■time, mari.and ..woman clowri.''.r wer6.:,
^fo. 5 and, fared rather well,: con- "
sidering the; . t.'imc . coriiedy . they : •
sf-rved; Frarik Burt Is the .usual ; ;
.occontric Gorman sap, thp girl
playing, straight and 'attending to ;
the. fooding. : T.-ilk Is.- riilld,' gagi* .;
^tralnfd, but Burt'a clowning has
iffl.pplnt.H, ■ '.-:'.'■'•:':

Cole and Taylor wlth the Hiidnut .
F-istf'r.s: (N'f.'W Af tH): ' .o.P'*ned ac- :
^AT.).t-aMvT^-al l.h Qugh-j:th at' a_a . t o (i /? h
'•pot. for' a f'ln.s.s danrlng .pair sup- : '
'wirtrd hv tv.'o harmo.nJzl ng: Women ; .
>rid .a ftrlng, irlb; : ; ;■ . ;:':': .

('l.ri'.ipjr tliff bill, Ja;^.^ Pepper and.:,
""o; marie: evcrvliii.n.'?: jak.i: v/Iih,, the
■iKttonir'rK.. Th.i.s .voung.slor Is a. pAs- •
'Mli'v. . Ho ii.*-''-d tp be: of Pehper
nd .^alt, .but now .w'irks with two '
■'■ry tiU'fr m<-n . plants. Kid is .- *.
.i-h/.lf.tTomr" tyTi.f\ rioari -cut arid a
lilt with th<» . flfip.s. . USe.s a trick ;

40

VARIETY

FILM HOUSE REVIEWS

Wednesday, October 31, 1928

. voicer to ffobd esffect.- - lias ■c^rip.^:•
.falsetto .wiili a ■tjuality.; lijte ';hoi'.

■ 'notes, frorii' a sux. For a,'hpt.Ten-
dition,:. of V "St, Louis ■Blues'* ; iihil
/ilii;\si>^.sir)p.i.;.Mud" total .w;as: highly

'je'xhi;ihi'Uvi.ni^: • to: the ■sui^ro'uridinr-.
■f i\-iils. .who- '.■.rntxke lip- m b'st ; oi t,h<

.aitbiicUxncp.:- Whole hoiiso itayt-'d for

• :;Th6 Patriot,:' . in.duaing'. ; tliis . : re-;
viewer,. >v.ljo. .wanted td. prot a seoonrf

■. im'pr^iisinn'i: ■' Picture siiind.s tl,i«: toM
.of a. . ,s6c6rtd ■. lobk.:': ' whicli- speak;:-
'voliiivies .for its .sti'.cn'eth- 'It oUkh.l
'to pull Tor a mid-town weieki '. A;, few
fllpis. ■ .x)f '' ;.this' •-•gvad wb;Ui.d ■ -d';
wbhders for>Iveith rieiphborhdnds.
■ ; -.r^-': ■ ; -Pii/iK: .

v: ;;(Vaudffilni);^:.- ;:;^ ;

. Approxiniateiy three, .ii-h.d a hai^
•hours, of -shOAv ..seenis-.overlbng for a

• po'p-pHced. .Hpuise .. of - this niturc.
E(o.wever, the . eight-act vaude liner
up is-; obyiously. . drawing; /capacity
business, A mediocre- screen f^at-
ur^,:. ''Streets of Iliusion'V (Qdl), . was
used to fill out, plus, a good Movie
tone newsveel. •■ ■' .' ' ■ • ■ ' .. ■

• Harry Howard and ■ Al Van.n split
honors for the 'e.Veriingi ■, HQ\vai-.d>.f^..
especial ly sui ted : for an. a^idience . ot
this type; while" ther Vanh ■ brand,
with ats trio of talented .performer?..
Is ail ' aggrfrg^atiori whicK oould as.
easily create equal Enthusiasm .be^
fore aiiy type <jf audienfce...

A\'4th; the. ^^ae-lifting habit.; still
pifevalent among vaude performers,
It : Is' .commehdabie thit Howard's
miiteriiil seems ft-e'sh.' wlille. .hlis der
livery 4s clever ;and conyincing. 3oy
sells himself with his opening- crack.-
aria continue^^;,a.t hig.h siieed for ap-
proximately. -26 minutes, . ;. • '

"Castle of 'Df eariiigi" third, held
three hoofers/: and a mild- yocaUst,,
whoise. efforts .created biit ■little ra--^
spbhse. . ' Routine - . is -hampercd_^
through a slbw-motloti bpening, last-
ing 10 mihqtes of the 14 kllot^ed .the
act. Geio. Ormibhde Co., coni'edy-
cyqlists,. followed lot nints minuteis.:
boSving. ofe : to good . results' ; oii- cy-
cling skillSrather than- comedy. PriBT'
ciBding: Al Varin, McKay and Ardine,
vet "twosome, . triea' hard put had
tb^i^ troubles. ..: . : v '

Weir's Elephants opened, - while
Wlnifried. and Mills No; .2.; Latter;
team should .bolster .material which
cftn't get. b.ver oh Just .diklect d<eUv;
/ery;: ' / ■ , ^

"Catnival of Vieriice,'* hicely :p^^^
sented ihstrumeritalvaet, closed, con-
sisting of harmonicas, harps; tam-
bourine specialty and a tbe- dkncer.
Held up In the spot. : Mori. . y

86th St.

.' ■ (Viaucitiim). > ■ - '
A rbutihe show, save for S.ophie
T uckei', f oplinihg for the ■ first hall
here with • a . sellout; Sunday- Aiter-
nooh; In Uneup it seeriiod the: book-
ers have pegged; this ;in;fgcr se.atei
liblise In a catfegory with the Hip

: through liiiing up: a majority, b;:
sight features oh .the five-act bill.'
Just as Avell. You can'l hear most
of the chattering act§, up. there wlje^n
mot-e than halt .way :back(- unless,
those- with a. range for any house.

soph, with several assistants and
Boh gs; the Ibn.e- sm ash n ext to ;sh ti t .
Those who .had been ; built iip; f ci
Soph's "Pleasure Man'* were outa
luck; since Spph scrapped- it . aftei;
.the Palacei .date a -CQuple of week:.
agb. Soph lias 'i. .. couple of ; oihor
good "comedy nximbers with : plenty,
of \vallbpy ; lines. ; In .contrast she
fiings oyer a couple of .ballads and
revives ;"Some of "These Days" to. a
tumultuous getaway,
, ; Axel . Miraho :ahd Co., two.,.>heH,
opened with aeroplane acrobatic

. hoYel'ty, . It . got over;. One of tho
men propels a .minlaturei acronlanr;

: suspended high ih air while Mirano

■ does his daredevil ac'rbbatlcs -op a
trapeze at the Qther -end. :';Npy,elty
opener with; thrills^ '

- TilyoU: and: Kog^r-Sf4 wa4nneh:--With_:
brie . doing old boy, deiJced ■yt'ith.somo
hio.re acrpbatics,. diaribing and clown-'

. Irig. - It . depends f p'r - mbiit of itr
laughs throuph t.he bid boy's .vallani
efforts .to Iceep up - thci pace' set by
hl.V partner. They liked them. -
V .Hyt^e svntl Burrill, mixed . teani.
propcd ed ; Sophie . .with . . some nifty
. d.bwnir^g ihstrurricntatlpri and ;spnp.s

: ail polri • over.- The boy handles tlir;

. iristruhiehts . -svith the girl dpinrt
majpr : ' portion ■ of . the • -w'arblln.n::

. Neat couple ah,d good act ; . . ,• ;
.: .Miss ;Oraclc arid Pbx I'VIeridS;; th""
latter male . (Quartet, bf : hopfevfi
closed -with rQtitinp . dancing' fla$h .
. Miss 'Oracle '■ pave good .aceoiirit i'^
toe and Russian soloc with the mn^c
- en.somhlo also getting indii'i(iual op-
portunity. : Well. "arranr^f^d and .gpbd

' .closer. ^ ■

."Perfect ■ Cvlme",: fFBO) so-^or-
ff>atur(>.. Edha.

FIFTH AVENUE

.-■ (Vaudfilm) ::\

""^^lioiWfv^^^TiTe^

cupics the .scrcon there should bo a
lot mbrb cbmiripT for a buck at the
5th Ave. this half. Viewing tlW
current, front, against what's erbing
on a fevv .blocks uptown for slmiliir
money; the Ave, la tivkirig it and
ruhriing. Probably the reason ' for
the frail attendance Sunday night
iwhlle most , spots bathed. In that
.ehainpagno called capacity. . .;

After seeing the picturo and five
' bf the six acta, they still had six
bit.s coming. ' .

Grf-at Labero (New Arts) has an
unusual novelty for vaude and was.
the life saver, iris Is a combination

of scieritiflc and. .wild animal stuff,
with Libero a pretentious follbwcr
of L>r/; Me-smer. .If there's a .field
•left .for this sort of turn Laberb
shcnild find no trouble playing all of
it they beile'ved hini ;db\vn here
and that's, half, the batUo .fpr;Labero
and lus. riiesriieni.srii'.. ; ..^vli'
V Xgaire; and T6intoh :(N?'w •Aot.';->
AviU. be Ava'stin'g .their tiriie. if retain-
ing.vtlVe. prcso-rit iurni ; .-
.. Kdith : Bohlrhan,- .' singing Binglo,
'spend.s mbst' -of . her 11 minutes
cloVvnirig with the. boys In eith'er side
box.. The bi.r.d in; upper- left inserted
.Some buaihe'ss, so. hi^s a-.i^iiint. When
on the- ri'ght,. Mih's Udhinfari .did vaH
t;he work. . • Slie s:ing3' published num-
bers in a; riaisal mUnher. and dpesn.'t
look likb a ..bet for stage bajid frpnt-
aj,'e.. At ■ hbinb ; in tiie deiice, but
slightly but of Jidr class at the Fifth;

' lUl.ly . Champ, still . around, with
"CGR' . Syc?ani ore," seemed brand new
to about half the. patrbnag^ ahd:SOld.
..himselif to that; half. Kut. no iea'spn
\\hy the more knowing 50 per cerit.'
BihQuldn't be entertained. Charivp's
is the; kind of skit thit can't repeat.;
H_e -has gained . enough ;-with
and how needs a new one,

,W111 .J. .Ward didn't.: register sp
well with hi^. much tbo familiar ppp ^
sohig, material but he returned
nevertheless and . fared; sbmewha;t
better -with stpri'eS;., Ward Is too
gbbd a. Show main, to : flop with .any
kind .of paraphernalia, but It's ia mis-;
take -for. any one to rely. solely pn
personality. Had he one special lyric
Ward would cea^e to be just a; good
single and .start to be an excellenf
one'.; At -present, not a punch line
In his!, r.ep, . with .; eyeryth.Ihg ' heard
beforej- ■ ■ y ';.■< ; ••

. . Carney- ahd- Jiean, unchanged as a
reliable mixed .comedy aind .dance
teaih 'of l(y\V classification; ;t»receded
LaberbVis' the semi-closer. ^■':Bi£fe.:.

^■•-.■::;::::-:;'AMER

- ■^ ■.■ (y^udfilnvy-.:;;V^--

;Biz looked Immense Mphday night.;
Sho\v was ; tamb and .^quiet. / First
part failed to start anything resem -
blingr a hit. After- ihterrhisslon th>?
shbw . swung .into tetter- shape, : with
t-wo';act3 just about ringing the bell.

Pickard .and PaV dpehed. '..Picka^
soine years ago. ■wbrked #lth three
seals. . Nb-w there's : only one, but
this survi ving sleek performer gives
a good account bf hiriiself. . Pick-
ard's talk ;wasn-t ; fully deciphered
beyond the;.vmidaie ; of the hbus.a
.Kardo - Boyis reeled /ripme topical
htiriibers tp advantage, yblces aire
strong, ' Chris : Richards wprked
harij, -but the ..audience was in an
aipathetic state. . '

First p^rt -was closed by Marino
arid; Mpna ReyUe. ;UpstaIri3 this act
didn't, look so good, although: the
flhlsh* where the- man swings tha
two women, pulled hea-vy applause.
The .;act aeemed cramped for - space,
and -the. speed and ' flash -:was miss

Ihg. . -.^ -': y-.y.

After intei'mlssipn Welford. • an«i
Ne\yton danced, fiavorably and th«
show, .picked up." Cole.^Warci ;Co;.
with a : sketch., which ha.a been seen
aroiindf got a barrel of laughs. Prln
cipal riiale holds up .his Impersbna
tion of the poblrbdm ,Gb%vboy, : and
the' wpriian is valuable, : ' Aet carries
a cop, who displays a tenor that
helped, here.

Watts and Hawley were also solid
hit, both man arid woman keeping
isbngs and gags moving. Woman
was the best dressed on the;blll, a;nd
her vplcef Is pleasing. A happy com-
bination. Eric Phillips "Trlb (New
A cts) • clbsed. • On the screen, "The
Fleet's In" (Par). Mark-.

fore . the applause died .but on him.
I'eabody sliould rearrange his rou-
line. It's to wonder how ho reached
Sunday without charigirig. /He's got
a good start and shouldn't jeopard-
ize, it. ■ . .'■ ■ : ■

. Fello-ia Sorel ' Girls (12) . put
through a couple ;of specialties, the:
bc-st of which Is a Jiutch '■rt'odaeiv-
:-lioe item. Bud and . Jack, roai-soh
.supply, all the hoofing,.' saving their
.solo. tai)s. for the : finish, and Helen
.Wright sings the, : prelude to the
adagio : contribution of :.B6rivdff and.
Josephlnie. . Latter . CPU are neat
workers arid entertain.; • . Unit; title
. i.s derived ' ; from ah - ' aroqhd- the-
world gag, : having., a flash ; speed
iui isli .0.1'. an :a;u toist . being picked, u p
by a motorcycle , cop on the pilat7
form above, t.he orchestra.^ Inci-;
deritally,. ;23 Tmen' in the band-; arid
jjlaying the ..yeteran, ':; "Tiger; Rag, "
..for /the .specialty, . . .. .-.- ', -'; •,- ; ; '

Program is minus a. wiired short
; this week, thie main .film having dia-
log. ; "Love. Charm,"- a TifCahy-
J^tah.l colot- -reel with sound, occu-
pied 'riirie . rialnutes- ■which weren't
hai-d to take. Hawaiian dances car.-
ried. the mussib froiri the. backstage.
hprnSi the pit orchestra picking' up
the remainder of the footaT? /N6\vst
i'.eei; only runs seven riiinutes with
five Paramount shots,- arid all from,
th.e library. Not a news angle any -
where; A 0hlck Meehan . football
short is only; b^lng used in betw'een
;the' de'luxe-sho.ws.....;'.'. ■

. Jesse .Crawford. Is riiihus- the ilis..-
sus Ithis .week. . In pne huniber he
ives ; iHeleh .Kane a - .boost:, by /play-
ing as she would sing/ it,' a' title iri:?
formlrig of ' the imltatlbn, ■; Business
heavy S.unday afternooh.- ; ; jS.irf.' ,

PARAMOUNT

-. (WIRED)
V ("Step On It"— Unit)
(NEW YORK)

New York, Oct. aS;-
Standard weekly program fea
t.iu:.ih g "Varsity.' ', (Par), and Frank
Cambria's ''Step OnTLt" aa the"" urii;t"
The picture has dialog and the unit
the conventional niimber bf girls
iipbfers and the evei'-prescht adagio
team. Stage.prosentation as.a;-\vholc
has rib outstanding fault except that
it. i-ims so ti'iie to form. . Reeerit
Publlx units 'here have been very
-Shy; of comedy; an irigredi'cnt they
need as mubli jts .do ' the talking
.^hbrts: : Peabody- isn't making up
the ^ laugh lack so it's just 42! min-
utes of a familiar pattern. '

Paul 9riiaU Is the songster of tlio
outfit and after entrancing in black
face and warbling a few . Jolsbn
riielpdio.s during .a medley it's only
a question bf how long before the
association . is riamed. This cbme
at the finish for a rendition of
•Sonny Boy." Small docs' It Well
and clicks. .
■; Kddie Peabbdy /ls the l)oy taking
the chance tills, week, his second at
the house. For nine minutes the
Coast m.c. 1^5 elbowing three melo-
dies put: of his banjo. Which don't
moan a thing to a, pop audience.
jO-vcTCIEUT

ndian T:ovc~CaTi7^ 511. T Hit; i iu- e^
and another like number aren't any
more tuneful on a banjo than on a
h a rmpriica.' You've got to -be nut!'
about a banjo to go for this trio and
Pcabpdy was plodding up hlU at a
-.slow p:\vo' at thi.s, p.oiul. Had judg-'
mcnt, because Kddic got himself , a
rocoptlpn upon entrance, plus fur-
ther applause, when reaching for
tlie stringed instrument. Poabody
never t>ullod himself and the show
out Of the hole until delving into
.1 pop -W'hioh sponsorod a stronger
.salvo, and then qulokly liopping to _
"St. Louis Blues" as nn encore be- i

GRANADA

/(Wired) V ■
(CHICAGO) /

. .; Chicago, Oct. 27.-
No names this week pri the stage
with 'Benny : ■^I6'r^^ ; hbidlng /' sway.
Show is pr.eteutious in. settings, and
scenes with an aburidance of talent
yet inexpensive in cbst as. sliows go
here. / ; .- '.;■. ■ '. ' . /' ■ '

Initial perfbrtnarice ; today (Satur-
day); found .feyeh more . entertain-
ment .than necessary^ ' ruhriing' time
about .74 / minutes; - too ierigthy.
Usual adjustment w-ill. be. made.

Marks • Bros, have been giving
some great values for their patroni5
in their theatres, spending money
llberaliy and advaritageously.. With
all this, the biggest value the Marks
Bros, have . is Benny Sierbff . Here
Is . an m.b;: -who is different." . With
flicker palace run over -with gabbing
stylists of all kinds and description,
It Is a' relief to -watch one . w;hose
every effort Is dli"ected toward seil-
ing and delivering ■ his show.
Never once during this perfprmanCe
did the spot strike ori him while ah
act : was ; on.- Meroff Is . probably
alone in this to-wn In .riot taking
adviarttage of this privilege.

While : alternating between the
Granada arid Marbro, Meroff enjoys
the popularity, of patrons of both
houses, .although; two different
classes of people patrdriizei these
theatres. : He has deyeloped much
since making his debut at the .Gi*a-
nada over two years ago and looks
today like one of the best bets for
any picture house anywhere, -

This production; was/- titled "P'ot
O' Gold." As an atmospheric in-
troduction to the name a ipeciat
set was employed with ballet and a
riiale/siriger characterlzlrig ai miser.
Nice bit

Barid oh stage followed in another
set behind with Meroff sending off
the first musical num^ei", "Love ■ Af-
fairs," .with vocal ln£erpolations by
the boys. First specialty was by,
Thelma White, one of the AVhite
Sisters, who should hayie been per-
mitted at" least two encores. Lookife
like a million, this gal; and hoofs
for all she's wbrth. ;

Stroud Twins hit off with tall
and— dancing^rrialcin^-ia^ifty^jmi
pressibh. Boys' appearance helps a
good deal, while . their style is cohT
siderably polished. Bpyce Cobmbe,
in special songs in character Avitli
his dignified lo.bks, clicked, handily
Lone turn out of place, in the lay-
out Was - Werner and: Mary Arin,
plucked from vaude, >Verner is still
a juKgler. His sort bf hok.e cdmody
he does does hot . fit /in a picture
house, . ■ '■ ■•■■" . : ;:-. ... ' '

•Midnite, .'Trio, colored /acro-h.bof-
ors, preceded the finale/ and showed
some fast stepping. Coloiful flash
for the finish with the girls in
stn;tue-^au<i formatiori. - -/-; / ;:
■ Orchesti-al overture In .-the pit'
with. Maurice Thall . /conducting,
neatly done while syriclirbhizing
with . M.artln.elli's "Aida" : on the
Vitaphone. Idea is novel and but
recently put into effect.

"Women They Talk About* (W.),
the picture. hoop:

stbre appears ih the theatre ihter-
mittently with Ice cream conci and
other items. He' has; to / dUck ; his
head to avoid 'casting a .shadow oh
the .«!creeh. .../ ■

When not' busy taking tickets the,
doorman; niakies himfSelf useful re-
winding film. . The' lobby by.^ thO;
box ollice. is graded and furnishes:
kids wilh-.'a running slitlei Upbri-
leaving' the theatre the youngsters;
seem to. consider two or three slide.s
down this incline as part; of thef r
money's -wbfth; despite the- ,Un-
f riendly attitude of. the: , mahage-
meht ■

Thi.s is .a. house that has been
grlnding- .fllm around 15 years. Sym-
phbhy :Orchestras,; de liixe organs
arid / riaii.Itary usher^ yml.ght. / hive
been political Is&ues in / Cuba for
all the Cpniedy cai-ed. And while
exhibitors and producers fret about
talking picture's the Comedy has no
wbrries. The only talking pictures
they/ will ever show will be when
excited kids tell' . . Cheyenne . Bill
what ta do. - " ' / ' ■

''Stop That Man" (U) and a
Charley Chase- two-reeler ' CM-Q)
coristltuted the prograriti and a good
15 ccrifs. worth. . ' Bu;siriesg wa3
pretty good, all kids and stags.
..•'-■...-;■-..- Tjand.

XOMEDY

Ncw York, Oct 20. .

Situated in a hole in the wall on
West; 65th street, and chosen inr
discrimrnateiy as tlio subject ot a
review, this 15-cont grind is an al-
most perfect example of the
butcher shop that beramo a theatro.

It goes bai'k to^ tho shooting gal-
lory days. The ceiling Is tin. \ An
old upright piano furni.<5hc.s tho.
niLUsIc hidden behind a si'roen on
one aide of the oblong auditorium
The exit loads into an (-"nipty store;
which in turn leads Into a (Jrook
confectioner's, A man from this

UNITED ARTISTS

(Wired) ,
(LOS ANGELES)

; . ' \ ~ Los Angeles, Oct 25. •

Stage, pireseritatibns -at the U. ; A.
took another step' toward/ the big
league standard : with ; the opening
of .Norma Talriaadge's "The Woman'
Disputed." ; w;lth a 20 -minute per-
f brniance;.; the stage show . is/ the
longest yet iat thijs house. It is.
mbre a. general show than an at-
mospheric prolog, though out 6f def-
erence to the Russian touch- in the.
featurfei it . is called ''Russian: Days.";

.Another.' change is .the eiimlnittlbh
bf , shorts: . ' "rhere/ are only '^^ four
numbers: : prchestrai overture^ stage '
act, feature arid Movietone hews.

Overture -was "Studerit/ .Prlrice
■ Membri.esV'; .arrangement by - . Will
PHor/; cdndiictpr. ' It rah' for .six
minutes; Was capably' directed and
played arid / was followed - by- the.
stage presentatipn. CUrtain uppec
on cplorful set - showing sentinels
station: it - arched . gate of walled
Russian village,,: Rangers, male pc-
tet, iri//i!Russiart .dress, uniforms;
opened with the drinking:. sorig from.
"The Student Prince." ^ Spleridid
yoices, -vyell harmbnized. . ;

At end, Armlda, • Spa;nlsh singer
and stepper, as Russiian flbwer girl,
to sirig^"Vipletera" in Spanish, fol-
lowing with, jazzy . version in Eng-
lish of; "Weakness N.ow." Lots of
pep and personality and bffed big.
as Rangers fronted, tp sing ."Rose
bf. Monterey," Armida 'appearing In
spot on balcony in Spanish cosr
tume at finish. ■ Rangers then piii.ed
hoke • sot) number and Armida .on
agalh.iri cabalierb/rig for fast step-
ping.'. ■ ^ ■"■ ■ -;..■, .-.

Wllllarils and Gilmbre, singers,-
warbled a number with/the ilan«rev
cliiriiirig in nicely. ' Made way fcr
Sally arid Ted, adagl-^iteam of abil-:
ity, winding up with usual stab
stunt, but given twist when, after
girl's back flop frdm wall, Ted car-
i-ied her up • steps : and tbssed her
bver ; >yall While whole /company on
stage entered: scene for dramatic
vengeance ;\vindup.
From stage act,, show swurig Im-
>diately /Into /teatui-e: follo-wed by
Movietone news to wind :up. Price
punlevy . at console.

■ STRAND

■ /-.'"/■/ (Wired)

(NEW YORK) ;

New /York, Oct. 28.

Strand filled up early Sunday mat
with the Warners' ''Midnight Taxi"
billed as 100 per cent talker. Bill-
ing okay through the quantity of
:dialog^.:in^.-the_a}lct_ure. ' This is a
first, run for ■ the film", : ■■ Warners
didn't; have to take a second Ipbk
to note V the ~ talker la , hbt , strong
enough for a pre-? 2: ErbadWajr .dis -
play; AH right,/ however, .'for. any
; wired- house, week br less/ .

Pretty good line dowri the street
before; the house openbd at 12 : 30.
It's . 60b up to $1 .Sundays; By twd,
capacity downstairs, - iabout; two
hours, earlier than usUali.;-:' ." ■ :./

Prpgr'ariv. all sound;/ with three:
talkirig shorts. TWo were com-
edies,; the Staritons and ' Eddie Nel-
son. .Both 'gpt over; Other -war
Waring*s Pennsylvanians, an old
y i ta, brought in here likely • j us t for
the, name. • It would be better to
switch the; Waring disc in' between
the other - two shorts, rather/ than
have it close that section as at
present. Nelson will leave a better
impres.si.on .closirig.. :
' . Silent and sound ne:w& reels eac'ir
run .10 minutes, with, the .silerit
mixture; of Fox and Pathe,/ haying
it on the Fox noise views. .Orchestra
JiyfiiJjire-OP£ned on the alien t news.
Organ, solo -closed. - " "

Show ran 1.15 minutes, ;beating the
usual barrier by five minutes. This
probably accounted tor . .by . the
length bt the/ feature, .62. minutes
and the ability to exactly gauge iv
advance length of show through
canned product.

Next week "Show Girl" witl:
Alice White program-announced
with "Terror" given on a trailer as
coming without date.

Look.i as though the Strand ha.-
firmly establishiCd an all-sound pol-
icy. •

METROPOLITAN

(Wired) ■

.:';.;;; (BOSTON) '

BbStoh, Oct 29 .
This is. the third anniversary 'of
Lho opening of this Publix house anil
a turnaway mpb resulted from t o
publicity campaign of. Vernori. Gi-lv
Bill didn't live up; to the publicky
.-Organ feature is. now a thing or
the . past here and : the orchcstr vi
overture With the elevated pit iV
also gone, although the ' . score
musicians retained for the stated

f.mr^ ^'■f a few minutes'

Without .being elevated: Ileeeht tm-
Iri prices; Which makes the entit-a'
house 75 cents for .week daj' evkh!
ings, /has. not helped. . . .
Feature was "Moran of the Ma

rines'';XI^aiO,: d^gbod draw but'Sy
a fair hold. MI.ss.Elder, a big carrt
here at the State as ah ; exploited
single, . did ; not click in the ^pic-
ture although unquestionably a fiic
tor in the draw / opening riicfhf'
Other film bits were Georgd Bernard
Shaw's ' second Movietone, Chic
Sales, and- a Movietone newsreel
Unit was Boris Petroff'a "Birthday
Blues,'.' featuring Bobbie 'TJke'*
Henshaw, Irene / /Taylor, Frank
Stever,- Pelle and Cola, and the
Small Brothers with the prancine
and dapper: Gene Roderinich as hodse
rn. c. - ■-;. -.

Looks as If the Met had failed
to cash in on an oppbrtunity to-
put over a super- show to offset the
splash of the operiihg this . week of
the new Keith Membri.ai theatre ■
scaled at 75 cents and,;?! evenings' ■
/ ■ • /;•. .'/ ;- [ Jjibbry.' : ■■

:-;-::-..••.: -Roxv ; \.-,

(Wired)
(NEW YORK)

.' . ;New York, Oct. 29.
The same' adjectives have, a 'way.
of chopping up ;afiairi and again .hi
describing: Roxy shows. The f unda.
miehta.1. attribute /is bigness: Lay-
Ishness- predbriiihiates iri^ the; colors,-
the iighting,. the' masses of people.

Necessarily the Roxy shows are.
determined by this element of size/
and .although New York, after a
year, and a half,: has' growri^ acciis-
tamed to the Barnum -like mammoth. .
ness - of; the institution^- it is perti-
nent to recaU that for out-of-town-
era the> Roxy Id still the arena of
awe and : wonder From . the vlew-
.point of provincials the current pto-
gram would, unquestionably be a
saturnalia of gay and/dainty beauty.
And yet New Yorkers will rightly
regard it as/ average -.Roxy enter-
tainment Probably, most: of them
(the New Yorkers), having a highly
developed big-town habit of taking
everything for 'granted, will com- ,
pletely fall to give credit where it l»
due for" :: the creation: a;hd mainte-
nance of an average that lis so high

The endlessly - impressive Roxy .-
symphony orchestra under Rapee is
In itself a staggering mebhanicism
to the visiting pilgrim, even though,
as in the present case, they labor
oyer , a composition witli . little
excitement for the piublio ear, viz.,/
Liszt's Second Rhapsody. - The
ballet, Gypsy Life,, dominated by
incessant movement and highlighted
by Patricia Bowman and Nicholas
Daks, is a showcase of the theatre's
resources. A prop moon half as big
as many an olio peeps up bver the
mountain crags as the- restless gyp-
sies move pff on the curtain. A de-
tachment of ballet girls iriipersonate
boys In tights. Beatrlc& Belklri and .
Harold Clyde Wright sing Incidental
numbers... ■ '

Al Smith and Jlerbie. Hoover each
won greetings bri their ' Movietone ;
newsreel appearances It was an .-
aiU-pplitical release so far as the :
talking portion was concerned. •
' "Impressions of a Music /Hall"
consisted bf four offerings. Item
one Was Gladys Rice singing the old
London fav, , "Waiting ' at the
einirch7"/mhd— getting--: hcr^-lyjlct.^
across very well in this huge audi-
torium. The Russell Markfert Roxy- .
ettes, '32; performed their riiarvels Of
synchronized muscles while seated;
upon stools. A high order of inge-
nuity' is represented in the. rpqtlne.
"The. Highway ' Blossoms" was a
flaybrsome rtibr-sel/bf burlesque; ana
• - - ■ ■ - ■' - ■■ of

looks to be the same group

paeiidb-aesthetic dancers . that
played the. Strand and other picture
houses , a/;.nuriib,cr-. Of seasons affo-
As trariips doing the dance of the
lark they provide easy giggllngi .

Forbes Randolph's Kentucky Ju"*
lee Choir Is a repeat for the Boxy.
They recently : played- - the . Palac? ,
(straight vaud). Negro spirituals
plus showmanship get . them over
strongly. °

Business good Monday niP^t, wiin
"Slother Knows Best" (Fox) on
screen. ■ ^"'^^

ORIENTAL

(Wired)

(CHICAGO)

Chicago,. Oct.- 27._

"Pickin' Peaches" is a Lou.w'-
Dermott production, heavy ■ "^^
scenery and carrying fo\n' a^*^^" v^t
outstanding in entertain inont

easily sa tisfactory. O.poning
the ballet in a large: basket
pearh-colorod umbrellas over
to provide a fruit basket iliuf"'.^
Paul Small, staff singer, introau^^^
the. gals Indi.vldually and
(Continued on page -H)

Wednesday, October 31, 1928

NEW ACTS

VARIETY

41

KEN MURRAY; UNIT (25)
■ Revue :"

65 Mins.; One. and Full (Special)
Jefferson (ViP)

Last week at- the jpalace, VKen

f L TRAHAN flnd Co. (1)
. Comedy
25 Mine.; One „ .

Pailace (St. V) ; /

V jvi TrahairiV now pi'ogTrtinGa as "the

. jnt^rnatlppal star," • bills, himself as] Miifraj' anhounoerl the present sup^
' a solo with the sulT-bUllnff .ijhrased: porters as merely a nucleus for his
"On tour v/ith tiady i^tarie^^^^^^^ propofeeci Keith, unit. ' Since he has

. Trahan is doing' the' sanie' act, .as set tttose . with hitn then as hl.s eri^
> when of. WaUace. While tire'u^^^ there- were

"tady Marie ' Duval" '!^ .suspi- add^d starters .which - hiad ^^t^^ bo.
■ ciousiy .niuch :, ilk .Vesta . Waildcel spp . MiinSiy's: . .unit.'

Bill McCaffEiSy sJtysJlt's a new:^^^.t^^^ Down here - it's the whole sUpw for.
; iiei*> Bill should knoW;'he boOlcS. thiel the first htClf. ;• ; . •■.

■■ ■■■ 'vd^SiC^.: . .;.Mv^;MUri^y.i.ha^ 'even-

^ ■• :t . iand^;- W better ish.ape' than the Palace show- :^

^: . • around f or -.yahrs . and ^yahrs- until ihg." thrcjugh having ; nothine -^to inr
'. -auddenliy ■ ".cUsceiyered",' by Keith's, uerrupt. its contlniilty* if /you' '■ can..
• •^ after Viarie^^ mad'e..sev(^ral ^in?n- call it sueh. ..Murray iS; a slick and;
/ '. tlons of ; thl^ -act's, : comedy . .po8si-'l likeabie m; c. and' gets more leeway ;
.;' . billties and one of those three-year, for 'mi^

. contracts 'wks..fO]rthc6mingi This re^. jjot iwith Carroll's unit last season-,
/turn engagement la .part of it, ^ . . ■ fl^

; . The. act Is substantially the same, shovf- with quips and- wise- :

with Trahan cldwning ; at; the 1vp-. K.j.j^ him-
; . ties., reminiscent: of - Herb^ Williarns l-^jj with sure-fire support." The
. ; to: some degjree.. He registers ^best -^^^^ ^.^^^0^,^ .^^isg ^nywhere;v.O ; ■
; ; ..T^hen "dumb" -but after a slow talk-. . ^^g- Ghczzi^, Paur and Nino; open
..; .tag start, .builds up Itito Mrpng low J ^j^. ■ .^^^ ;; equilibrist contribu-v
• comedy returns.- Misa Du\^li . as ^h^ giving wiiy ' to ; the-' Tiller^

Cemme partner Is now laLeled, Is evi - cocktails, ■ femme lightsome fot,
:: cellent foil, being -m.pre .than. a. con- ^^^^ corking . precision ensembles.
. ventibnal straight and rating equal . V _ ° , r..: ,

. blliing as when the Trahan-Wallace v^'*'^,''*y^^^K^^^Jl^^^^
' . combo was in - exi.<5t6nce. The solo h.lown ng . flanked by .Helen^nd^MU^^

■ : : l,Ullh^/ however, :n^ay be ;i.>bld . for ho^^ ^v^W^^^^?Ji;

t)roductlpn distinction whlch^lsn't ers.., .,Helen^^

- ■ a bad thou^t. the;Cbmic,evidencInte te^^^

■ .rtrbnr potentialities: in that ditec- comedy ;m^ke.up.: that.

Mori.'^ V . ^ . laugh : diYisiPn aside from his click

';- Act^s ■ ••biniiig-:' is r '^TlieO -Curtain as\a.;step^^ ■. / /

. .Speech," refefrlng to the -getaway '^^olng I^^^ stage,

.. which Is a skit in -Itself ind click- Harry; ..Webb's. Entertainers..- , ate;
' faig ipre^ : • r-.../ i ;V . • ■ ;:rspotted for sel/?ctipns, W:rth. /Murray

■ . Comedy.* highlight 'at. • ibe' Palace and the' other priricit>als, :.flittihg
vSunday:aft, vlbel. . . and. put betwCeh numbers. '

". it*a a classy .-.pe viae.: with;, every -
MANHATTAN STEPPERS (12) tiring desired in a tab of this sort
Majestic; New York (Oct.; 28) • ; l and more: than many of lil^

LcMAIRE and PHILLIPS (4)

Comedy

27 Mins.; Full

State (V-P)

The, sanie pair formerly worked
together as Qecirge.: Lib ^rdi ro ciind- .Co. '
in a skit- oallod ' "The .O.stoopa.tU.;.'
LieMalre also used that, script with,
possibly o.tlipj's. ; .Now " b.ivek ..to-
gether with Phlll i ps on tli c . bill-"
ing,- - as -^he .. shouklV hey-; .. tliiey' .a'r^^^
just as-gbod a coineily teain. 'Phe new.
turn, has two ■ uhtafeiitGd. but VdecoT ;
ratiye g;irli.in foiling ;iauppor
Phiilips'. taking iipsis^p He;
earned . tiip .fiqu'ai : bi.l ling . by . those.
toSsih^s ar.ou.nd.."pn the opei-atiiig
table.:.- --..^ ' .v, :;
' The ne#. act hri^ prinCipar
pair-; dating^, u p tliesfrail^. ; . FamiUair
situatioh .pf soCial. rerroxis -by; tho
cpiiiic and ha-rd- boiled promptin.^ by
the exa#erated; straight. . rhillips'
excelleht sense Of comedy and Le-.
iiaire's equally g.bod .Sti-a.is.ht work
make the fartiiliair situation, ..?.eem a?
fu.ri.hy ;as, ev^r.: ^: ■'" ■■
. To be difCei-ent>; thPy. use. genu in e
U. .S. .Coin arid .not the uisiKU - stage .
paper. That's liable to bust ui' «^
perfect coniedy:team, .fiRhtjhg: ,4
every sh6\y for the seven buclvs.
:. Biit. Svith all their laugh material
they shouldn't stretch: It.: to. 27 min-
utes. A heavy cut would no doubt
.improve the- act considerably.' ;.
:./ ■■■■ ■ ::;■ ; • : . . Big'c.

.This dancing, act' numbers: . 12, ;

ceders in the unit division. . Murray

the job. : A natural clown and no
double-en teridre stuff necessary.

evenly divided as tp aex, all young- 1 has plenty of personality and show-
: sters, stepping high and handsome manship.^ He nCver^ overplays . but
;. and 6haping:^up as; a.cbrkihg dance. |.$rows^^ fo^
flash' fbr: any type: p.t '^^^ ''' """^

ta.tion4-va\idev jplcture hpiise. or
: ,' production," ■ ■■':;] ■': . ' ; , ■■ ■:
, There'b .a similar; type act around
In the vsirietles playing ..for Lroe-w,
and ., while It's a Ijare. possibility"
■ this Is the same act .under a iiiffer-:
' ent rnohicker, much of the. stuff ls\
: &o "new .and the other's routine otill ; 1

LESTRE LA M ONTEX and Co. (6)
Song 'and'^Dahce :Reyue . ;.;•■■■'.. ,■
20 Mins.; Three and Full . ,
H i pipod rome (V - P ) ;

. . .. Excellent flash and girl j act ho-v.:

so fresh In . memory (excepting the , eity headed by a female' impersonr
: ..namei, which escapes memory)' it's 4to Take.d interest frpni . a num-
Jipt likely, . - ber of angles. Makes a first rate

■■ The act opens as an octet peeping, mediiim for an impersonator, is a
. throug-li apertures in a cloth cur- stunning flash of clothes billed a:nd
tain In. "ohC.'V ACt.'.goes. to. thr^^ announced In sisreen staltement: as
.and four -eventually, the. p.ctet , be- being -all made of paper, and is a
. . Ing augmented by .a male dancmg/ fj^st and good looking dance dis-
team and. ;then again aupplement.ed Ipiay/ For another thing . it.;hasn^t
. by .two' more . gals. :: Their tapr
.... buck Routines, all in concerted uni-
fprmltyi are impressive-.lpecaiase .0
.. ; the rhythmic . cadeii.ce of . the stag-
^ :lng. ' . . . ■■ \ '•'•'• . / •■.;^.- ■.■.■; -' ■.■■■ ':■ '
On a series of six short flights of
Mairs," a stair dance rpntine' taikes
them off to heavy returns. Run-
, ■': ning. time, because of the al fresco
': , nature pt the Sunday night vaude

Concerts at the Majestic,, is inde- ^ >. ,

..terminate, running approximately jama dress of wild and futuristic
15 ' minutesi Abel. coloring. ' Contortion stepper, has a

solO: bit thiat nailed attention fbr
PARSONS and HAWKS I such feats as back-overs into splits

Songs ... • and 'other difficult bits. ; .;

' li Mins.' One : . ■ V, .; ;T in a spia.^h-,

Americlin (V-P)' ' Ing paper . costume dorte iri'. saeh

Apparent! V two men from a male tones as heliotrope,^ n He. green and'
. quartet, tenor and ba«s. Strictly chmcse red , worked into remarlc-
. - atraight singing' Interlude. Pair able, harmonies.^ Dress is. an .elabr
■■■■■ attempt no comedy and are off talk- orate Colonial crinoline, with "the
. Apnear in tux and gb right Into Eirls dressed to match for a startr-
ballads .; .i ■ ' ling stage picture. Half way

, Si'ng'four numbers,, mixing blues through ^ Lostre
and ballads. Nice-lo-oking and well- reveals a baritone. Voice and Con^
• mannered pair. Strength act is the tiniies to alternate throughout, takr
— .^-ftneTTich-bafs^that^rang^a-t

high baritone and serves- splendidly, eivlne the. -.act : interest from the
■ for harmony with a high tenor 'arid knowledge the clothes are worn by

is a treat In one sblp. . For No. 2 j a boy.
• as . here, excellent for this grade
,. of bill. ■'■ ■"•.■ : Rush.

"LA SALiCE REVUE" (5)
Dance ; • -y"
15' Mins V Full Stai^e ; ^ <
Anierican (V-P) /. ;'■ ;.;

Adagio craze; gone wild. Five: peoV
pie, : three boys and t\y'b girls,; try to
fiU > in a quarter of a.n hour with
various ; .mariif estatiorts of , leaps,
ppses atid ham^merlpck, holiJs^ No.
.senVblance of expert staging. . Theiy
just "crash ; on and go through an
ad.-igip. ' 'One ; ,bf the boys aings. a
ieibngi and , they i-eturn. tp mpre ada

They . miiat ha,ye realized that ;top
much iadaetiO is too rauchi : The hain-
:dl.cr, a giant, tries for comedy,, in
a. b"itrlpsque b^^'^et bit that is sad
Girls .are . irather - nlc^ a: c

the acrobatic stepiper has ' some gCod
routines, but the whole tiling has
no style or ' shape, as an actj .; '
Just a::tryout. ... .' ' ■;. ". Hualt.

GREAT LABERO (4)

Animal Hypnotism
15 Mins.; Full
5th Ave. (V-P)

, Kxoitlhg- nov.el.ty.: : It entortaihs
and provides a e.liaiioe ..£ or' e>f pl^ta--
tion. . Tliiit pair pf .factors .inake. it '
plriyahle anywhere. /

Labero pi'a(iticos;the iK>'v\-er of '.pnc,.
Ivnimhl;" hxiiiuih. or . Ptliorxvise'; ;.pver.-
tlie mentality -.. of another. Uypno -
il,^m,; l)!:.- ',Me!?m.ei:; \va.s . regarded;' a ;
nVaiiinan:.f.or that.:; Today. ia.Uei'O
and ol lierM are play ing vaiide • for
tliiniang the... same. Way.;:.;; • ;•■

■ Labero, ^- for t h eit t r Icul . .' pur pO s.i^',; '
beatS .thcin all.' ; I'lo^kuls iip.rt: iht*?
fsl.umbor. lie ym.ay ha vC . rafsc.d }i.ls:
Hon .from a pup, but a i.llbh: is ■;a
liuiij .'and .:.IiaUcro\<i' .Uon is- 4n'; '.©bvl*'-
du« . 'fibsses.sloiV : o.f set , of

toethv • - \ ; ■

V In fact, he liaa two lions, . one a
lioneskV ; lie Avoi^ks •thein; sing;iyi; the;
latter "fir.st. ' .It 'Avas a. 'tri^at- to' .see
the female ' li.ing. around the old
man's .cajjc 'and paw him thrbu.crlv
the bars before jtlVc'd return: to' her:
deri after d'oing lier' stunt, '•
■ B^i'fo.re.-.' .th4 • li i gh 1 y : en tor I ti i ti Irig
IVeast": business . ;.:Lab.erp :..cl.en^ph-■
str atc's h iW-; e:bn t rol ov er a, cli it; k en , 'a.;
abbit .ji-nd-.a pylhoiV. ; "TlLat'S;. mere-
ly- rouiliKe, -but" fine .bu^ii^ii/UU.^bV the.
lions. . . ■] ' ■ ■■ -■; ;.- '-,:^-: •'■

~'A middle-afjod . gent . . does* ^ the,
pieling, lie waxes most poetic
and talks throughout.'; It , -helps'
niiMntain a,. Certain pacC that prob-
ably would be. .lacking \ih silence..;
Only he shpiild .find oxit if ; iLaberp-s
n.amo . ,i s ; Labero! '..or Liahcrtb... .'; He
picked tabcrto' in' opposition to^ the
billing. ■;'/. " ./v. • ' ■ ' iiiifc: -■

ORIENTAL

ah adagio in. the whole routine and
that aione.qu'aliries -it a a novelty. ■

'; Personnel lis; . made up of La
Monte, ; Isabelie Erbwii, ; Madeleine
MobrCs and foiir girls; . Onje of the
billed girls is a singer atid,; ' the
other .a " .reniarkable: .acrpbaiic
dariCer and both are made to count.

Opens ■ft'ttli an. introductory ; song:
out front introducing' girls in . .pa-

9 ALLISONS

Tumbling- •

Majestic, New York (Oct. 28)

.This, act .can't be new. Obviously
a. second generation frame^rup of
the 8 Allisons, caught in 1906,' the
nine youngsters have, •prosumably
been around, chie.fly in Europe, ; '
:. It Is probably , the ■'■world's, fa^
ground tumbling .act,; flashing also
some corking^ ^yTOna.s!tic :and .aerla^^^^
.work that rates this, a^nripHg. the; tpi)
.notchers in their ificld. '

The nine are; all youngsters, with
.30 probably top age. One of the
troupe is a young girl and she, like
the dthers,;; dpesn'.t cheats all whirl
Ing, tumbling, pirouetting. ; in .sen>!.n,
tipnal tempb. ,

■• The ' co.st.uniihg Is . white tlghtis
with: purple bodices, : ai,n Idea th.-it
probably _ dates, -bctck; to 1006 when
■Sivic ' cAiight' the; parent . aggrega--
tiori- and • suggested; a contrasting
eolbr to . their ' . yirgiri gymnastic
tights. ■■■■

Act .shoSved at the Shuberts' Sun-
day night vaudeville concert at the
Majestic. "Things went a bit awry
oii music -and curtain: cues. Turn
evidences .what might be two ;isepa'r;
rate rputlnc's, running.' too long and
pos.scssing; enough meat to wow 'em
anywhere. This is a body-of-the-biU
a;ct; no mei-e opener or fag-ender
and .worth the money the nine, peo-
'ple' TOUst'rcDmTOahd.- -' —.- Abel. --

R E N E V E N M I L L 1 0 N a nd Band (7)
Revue ■ .'...: ■ ;'■ : V- ' ,

16 M|ns.^ Fuli (Special) .
Broad\yay . (v.-p) ■;■■:'•'-:'• ■; - .: ',''.;•'.':
Irehi? yerniillioh is the:' dancer.
Girl- band ' plu.s male ; pianist. For;
general vaudefllm houses/turn- bkay
although no wow~. ' ,;; . _ .- . '..■. ; .'

Edna NailVj in ijantalo.bn costume,:
directs the muHlc ; described. ;as 'a
Franklp .^Cramer ; Girls.!Vare
distlhctly: abbye:; femme band aver-'
age' \v,itii their collective a
Woi^k..uniforn>ly fi'rtit rate. '.
■ Mode.^t flash ; prpductibh..- Miss
\*ermillion alternating with band
not vei-y; promine'nt for ■ featured
member. '; : ■■: ' I:/dnd.-

(Continued from page 40)

walked oft' to; let theni .i;<>. through
u 'I'l-gular routine. ' ; ' ' .■

:Thrtve K-volia. tjislcr.s .tiv.st turn,
did llioir pi>P''hai'ini?iiy .»in a nioviug ;
platl'.Orn.), inUlod .on and off .mage. \
■.Voio'es.' ai-e. ^ood; . and'-; liari'ivony. ivr.-'; .
rahgenieii(s ; 'llhely di'V.oloi»ed.. . Sid ■
Wills, lolUnvin.i;, parked nuitV a \vad
of . pr-op ' c'Oiuody into ''^iix tninuies. '
ile dri^Sito.s: .lva,irgily, ■uses a , teii -.gair .
Jbh straw hat, live oliicU'en. . with'. '
slioes:'on, miniature "lUito, aiid.a sjpit
eiirl.:. .C^a.y.<? .are mif'.t'eUanoouS; and
.ii' ^Izeaiblo' peri^'ivt'a.w . c ...'..:,'
Priuliivt ion lia.sli next, with ballet,
■in . .'bird, costunve. . hitiing ' off ;.a- toe; .
routine. .I'nd iheti: posing on -a.:.ti'ee-
Lni'lj se'tt.ing. ill ■htu;kstaj;e.:wlvile-.ibn©. .■
of .:tlu> girls goos'-.'thrbii.ar.li ' a:
' \v hisil i n^; ■: special ty. . ...Scrini;. and ; e'x- ' '
tra. sgeiu'i'y used.' • ; : . , •: . :';'.. :

A 1 w a y s e e i* t a i n u f a hit here, .
Gborge. j)Q.\vey . Washington. fcUtrted
a; three -.■^veo'k. cngajirenven't ut ; .th6'.
Oriental as part of this unit. He'tJ .
a colored ballad .siiiger,; .av it li power-
ful votec. and enVotion.V Three iium-
bers with tivlkihg iKitters.;: worked
t-li.c . : audience iti to demands for a ■.
.spoecli, : so, O. ■li. \V.. .s;vul applause •
wi'iif to liis.:'^ iieart, - not . Ill's liead.'
Cnto?' ■--■:-- :'. ■.'■•';•; . , ',

. Closing - wore .' Tliro-b Diamonds,
:af-iH)liatit" ' and eoniedy'' hoofers with
ine.idcut ill. vocai work.. ;Usually four'
•Diamonds, but the girl -la ihjui'ed-.
aiVd oiit.. "A's a trio.;'byy8 still good,
Jl-nit linaUvwas anbtlu'r flash, with '
fi.ye.\.soriin.)nvd-.fratncs lifjliting .SUC-
(.'esMi voly of live striiKes of life,' from-
.cradle, to rcft'king;.,ehair^ .'B.atlet did ':
the posing, while. Small handled .the
dosi-riptivc ballad.; .Fairly inifil'ba-^

.sivc.;: . ;.■' . ;-:v';-. '. -'--.•. - ■■.':.■■'

Unusual and Imjiortant -booking
for FBO i.s "The Perfect Crinie."
n the Publ ix- O'rlc'ii t a 1 this week.
It's a sound arid dialog feature. •
freston 'Sellprij, solo organist, used:
cplkjgiatc .songs for: his; community
bee and had no treuble getting re-..
spO'iiae^. .: . 'y'-' ,- ■-.; . '• -• - '' •
.. Pftul. Ash workijd. without working .
up a sweat b^. di.sturblng one of. his
Heatly combed red haii:s. So.me%yhat
diffetenV-.hb>v:.- '..;;: ■■ ': '"

Capacity Saturday mat. 'BiiiffJ- :

LIGHTNER and lyjcflUEEN; : >
Comedy. .'■ ■':''■'■■/■ . :V':;' ■. ";■

1.6. Mins.; One - :.'..; ■;. -■. -

Proctoi^'s. 86th St. (V-P) .f : '' ;

Fred Lightner-vand ..Rpscella^ M
Queeii,' ; latter . flu ring only: ' .Inci
dentally and . late in act. . Llghther
ji.as .some good::id'cas, sense of buf
fbonery ail yet imperfectly '.reh-Uz
and -ai - lot of :'pep that . holds the
a,udierice when the material -w'puld
not. .',: ■ .- ■■ ■■'

. It's hodge-p6dA'e;\yith mingilng of
lioiie; busine.Ls; with songs, l^eryjccr;
able for the intermediates and hold-
Ing .pbs.sibilitic^ for 'devclppmcnti; .'
- ■.-.•; •. Land, ■ '

Act Is a succession ;of' such, cos-
tume splasheia, leaving the^. audience,
pri the fence . :,whether . they are
really paper, or not;; Anyhow it Is
•a revel pf ; color: and a ..ttlrh- ' of -eXT
I cellent specialty besides being ; an
interesting way to introduce .a. fe-:

NGAIRE and TPINTON
baricirig and Xylophone
12 Mins.; Two (Special)
5th Ave. (V-P) . .

No ne<^d..tb; start ticking ;thl^
apart. There's ' enough bad niate-: ; cibsing the Hip bill it; did :v^ry
rial in' it. for a "Saturday Evening well in spite of overrunning; ..itS;;
Post" serial. ■/... time to. m bye. . than 20 minutes.

Mah plays .. . ^cyibphbiie; - A .xylo, Minor trimming ■Will better a .good
unless masterfully .playe&,: Is simply | idea. [ •■ .-.' Kusii
secondariy entertainment today. The

■:wbrria/n dances twice and ■: oinBS
bnce,; Three' stHkes '.on- her..-- ,: :. '"■..
■plenty Of gbod on.es. out of •work.

Bige.

GANTSCHI and PHELPS Co, (9)
Dancing and Marimba
13 Mins.;' Fyll (Special)

State (V-P) ... ■■;';. '.■.- • ■:

. One of those Oa.sh.es with dancing
to marimba, accompaniment. The
j nstru ment has ceased to be a nby .^^
The. Samcinf^Jn^tTiiT^aCr^^sy

GORDON and MANNERS
Songs, Dances, Acro,batics

^;,M^««; VTw^ - ■ I ^

American (V-P) ' ' ' • elty.

Pretty weak . when; singing or average , , w tt „ni

, dancing, this' man and woman, but .; So ;if3 just a fomial flash, Lsual
they come into their owh when fin- dance routine, of three numbGrs.
.wishing with double acrobatics oh . a wulti!.-adagio, tango.sand apacv^ie.
table. Although nothing, e^nsa- SCems that, every, flash, in vaude; ha.s
tional in the latter, It^s so much the same routine. The .- . ..utschl-
bettor than, preceding efforts, look.s I'helps.apache l.s the best of the rep.
good. As good as anything olfiC of Its kmd

Sinall time opener. ; . Bio^ I • Bige,

PATENT LEATHER BOYS
I nstriimental and Pahcing ; .
9 Mini;- One

86th St. (V-P.) V : ■;, ';■'. -''■

The quality of this colored two-;
•act s.Ug.gests the ; .■boys / might.; be
taken' 'more. ^ seripualy With legit
names; ''-, ..-..'■ . ." .•
• .One piays..;' planb ■:■ and .a. ukc
■vC'hlic thb othe:r. d'anccs. Instrumeh-
falist holds the bag until; the fin-
ish,, skating •da:hc:e u'ndor the flieker
spot.; - .' : . ■ '.

.. Should deuce, ori any ti!n<!..unl'-KS
workinfj; raihcr. ■llstlijs.sly; aS; '.h-crv.;.
.■:' '■.'.; '".;;'; ■.'■.'...:■' ■ Blue.

CASPER and O'NEIL

Blackface Comedy

16 Mins;; One ''-"-'■. .

Broadway (V-P)

Emil Casper (formerly Bmll and
Doily Ca.sper) with Derinle O'Neil,
Combo is okay but spotty becau.'iC
of recurring mpmehts of weakness.
, Hodge-iiodge of darkyiism'fl, songs ;
and hoofing,; latter very good. ;.
_ iJoy si-Sh puJd-keep .building. as they
are not getting maximum results at
present. ',}' Both members . -" appear
feeasonod tirou peril;;, ; . . . ■ .Landi '.

ERIC PH ILUIPS and Co. (.3)
Juggling arid Balancing • .
8 Mins.; Full
American (V-P)

;.; Eric IUiinips db( .s- cl.U.b.jUf,'.:,'lIng ;&<
the start and later u.-'ts tii", lop <>\'
frfe-'irr'nTi-^f r>r-a=--^p-iH<?h^ -(-.tt l ; 1 1 r t , . w iUc

the taller; of thf-- two y/o.i.en ■ In. t'-.f
aft mounlirvp, sam '.'..: -
■ . Soo'ind w.omah also dof:.« a ||ttl''
uniltri:taiidint; WhV ri' l''.hi;i;ps ; bal -
ai).c;f;s on -liis hi fid atop Ihe ot.lierV
. li.f.i d, w.i t!i his • f<M-t .prfip' lliri-.: a
with two- fla'«::4 jit't.'uh';d. : A. .«•;» >• ■ '
of hal.'in'':''-?' roun'l. out.
ClO.sed nioderatwly here, ' M<irh^

COLE and TAyLOR and Hudnut

Sisters (3); .' .. - ;.;'- .
Song ^and Dance ■ ..; ::-
13 Mins.; Full Stage ; ■;'.;;;
8l6t St.; (v-p) ..;■
.. . • I-Jti d h ut Sis ters have be(' ri around.
.Co ujiU* of: :mat'urc.,;w'Pm fii. harmbnl}!-
InK and giving Off a.; drawing room
aiinoHiihcre. . -Lljj-h.t - .'iri. : th.em'^iolye.s,
!h<--y have iti('r'K''>d; ' With. Cole: an'd
'j'uyior,- yourit; pair or.cUis.s darifer.s,
;i 11 (i ; a.dded . th e''^-M:<».sertw-'.' A ttX^titJ.,
\.hv (-('.- xiiiiTi Rtrinjir.. orf'-h^.'stra,;. ;.'.■."

Total is nice . bit .pe .'poli
t u In ru e n t . . -iidy i\ b d ' ;g i I'l dattc^Vs.
have roa'l . dl.^i nation,, girl . a goo'l
lo(ikf;r and boy <i v.'h-'Uo;of a .sl.e.ppfr;
Lining, in a.i.'rob;j;iie.; t;ips;a;rf.d .b.u''lc.,
j.LiJ-^<.-Jj.ii >-j;tjuxIi'iua.:-iJ\^:holti— turii.1

I ■

(.(•<. My and lavi-'Iily .drf-.'-'>''-.d.;': .

(n-'flir-tiira, 'ff-llo, violin' and piano
r( ') : 01 1 e {'-' ; p - fi 1 1 i .'! u ni i rVi 1 x.-r in , ' p:!f -.-i -
ijtK in a till f'r. and turn .••pf<.Mi.i al'.jti.fc^
on it.'< vorl'-1y. ;Olw'ned' .bHl ' h.'. p', ,
l::in li'-.'.p. ■ Trn'ihlr- \n that poll I'; 1
a'i't be . li.K! - .■•■ort .':i'a)-o.f-!.v 'i y. '. .
••p'lt. ''.•oinriiM..-iiry tf;. with oxj." ir'^; '

pAKLAND

V (OA K LA N D, CA L.) .

V:- - ;-- - Oakland, Oct; 27.; • v

■\Vhat is uniiuestioiiably the last ; >
word in dc luxe picttiro hoUSos' so ,
far u.s tile 'Pa('ifiC Cofist is cbnccrned
is Wi.'.st Coast Theatres' new Oakr -
rarid/ foripally. ;opcncd: ;Oct.; l!^ ;a :
j)ifirt'" of .tiie N ancouVor :tb S.an i)^^
chain. ; Thcii:C.'s inpthiTiff like it In
any: tovvn hereabouts, and i,t; sets a
pa.oe i.rt...Ui;e;Uri! construetion..; .

With Hi?.atiiig. capacity of: -close •
to '3,5.00., the hew; Oakland Is the < ;
west's largest iind finest, motion pic- '
lure; house. .-^ f:

■ Theatro proper l.g. housed i. in .ft ■• '
h-iamhioth Htpro aijd-,olllce biiildihg',
bctvupying a. ..solid on :
'J'pli'graph avebuei - and extending

■ fiom lSth:to lath R.lreet.s.

.j^t'corntiye motif ;i.s,a mixed ,Orl- ; ;
ejual type, done in .sott. colors, .with . . ,
an eiabbVate ilgbtlhig systeih;. One
of '. It.s e..l)ai'ac'iori.stIe,s:' Ls; It.s .ropmi-
nefis; .Svidolbbble.s,' foyorftand prbni-;
Vuiados giving . the inlcrlor a:: aori ,
6f."home'j'" atinoaphero, ..; . -;;; '. ;
. Theatre proper cost well In ox- •
ocas; of a million. A battery oif
(.levators le^uls to the lofecs ;a.nd baf-
eony, ; in additi.on to : wide staircases. ; '
i'liOT'C .are :nO boxes, all de. luxe seats
being t«>kcn: earie pf ih the loge acc-: '
tion. .■;:'.:■ . .': ... ■ ;;■' .; . -

I-Tousc will . be .biicrated by IWcst
(/Oast; as its do .luxe presentation;
house here. lOanchpn and : Marco ;
stage shows will come hei'o; direct- ."
from.; the . Warfleld,; San i''ran,cisc.o, v V
wjth .u' vveekly: change: policy.; A 400,
gate win. prevail Mondays to ; FrI- v
day.s, .Suturday,s will bo ."JO ecnts and
on Sunday tlic tariff jump a to .60
cehtu; witlt Ibgcs at 85. I'rank New-
inan, most recently in charge of the
ftiroUi.t'.s houses in l/png lioacli. Gal., :
is in. charge; of the Oakland; ; .' .

Hermle King . was selected, from'
stige band leadera^arid. mastens of . .
ncr tm 0 n 1 p. H. ^ "At tiro - hea^l" "of -a -20.^—:
piece . . band. King is ' altbrdt;d the : : .
iiri.'at opportunity. ; '

initiiii; program made up Of a .ya-.
rlety of entertainment hCadcd by
l''ox's VThC Air Circus," synclvron-
i/-ed. . A silent .I'arambunt Nf.ws of
throe HUbjecte, and a Fox. Moviotonp ;.
.\^;w>),r also.:t.hree. subj.gct.fl, \yqre fol-; ;
lowed by ;Certrud<r J^awrcnCe In a; -'
i'VjX Movietone six-'Cr^ial.;'. .;. .
- J.,eUel, at the revoivinici,;a.scfcndin^
organ, sot the mob- in excellent hil-; :
mor.- li is rendi lion gaVc the cus- '
tonu;r.« a pretty good idea of .Just ;
.What f.in be done by a ni;i.steri. Got
•<>j} ovation; ., ' ■ '. ' .'. ;
' ranf'lion 'and M.Trro^H "I.'p In.; .tho
Air ' idea was a ll ttlng soivwt.ion ' for .
liie .''Air (,'lr<ais" f'.-alur<'. It ratc.S
hif^h for tali'Ht aini:. novelty. ' ;i''ear ..
-Uir*'d an: Waitt.'r .N|l;T>.on', . (toinedy .
(•ycli.s'tr .. J '.ropk.s ' Trio, IWnj'-ists; ;
>I^-.hn Kiiekn'w, «iiU daticfr; I)ori'.s'.
\VJiitm'.ir'^-i yf,)f,ist '.'iii'd: violitijst, aqd ,
;n>;i'-n. IJiii l:(v f<r.>i-' i ''' .'i ' '"i." k dancer,
'i'h'' .'lit In j)i !-(':nlloii};)y st.it',< d, and
I f:i-< /lit. jy i\.c <;.'i« l''o,'i>i r f'-r the way

y h^;i.^^=4.o^J^;.;.44JW^^^?"^ w l ^l ii .1 ,-^

'l.'!V' !;•.;•!•,• jrj;r. nutTl".-r. •CvU.ii.,1 Iji; mj.vIh.;.
•:1' i.lr [:-(>]'■■■,, Ki:r>'i' .iil'''^-!" 'It Ji I •.),>.; iltH

I'v . ■ r:..-I.''' lif : \ <■ W'nH.;
\\"'.< ..< f.'-rt '-f,;!;'
;. rr" I '■.■.^y:~' 'I'- • .. •! ■ '
.• '.'v. j ''•.''• ' ■ • • ■ ■■■

> ■ •■ 'iri ■'' ' ii' ' \

-.0Vl-)1 J;C:ppl'.

y,"i<v/i., aVo n.«l.'

' it i'rlf.'j'd the
•. .-'•>i.li< •.•.•'wa.i
- .•' f i was
■ ;r<.-»» r • I '. -ifuid

V.,i;| VDC'if-

■•; •-.'' It v.- as
innit nt all tho
Edinirds.

42

V A R I E T Y

Wednesday, October 31> 1928

PRESENTATIONS-^BItLS

NE\T WEEK (November 5)
WHIS WEEK (October 29)

Shpws Garrying liumbrals such as (4) or (5) inclLcf^te opening T^G^yt
week on Sunday or Monday, as date may be. For this \yeek (US) or (29:)
JWlth split weeks aiso/indittited-^b^ .. ; ; . V

'■■^■::An. asterisk (•). before name' signifies act is newr to clty;^ dping a new;
turn, reappea,ring: after absence or appfearing ..f or first time , . ' :

/PicWes Include In- classification; picture policy, . w \?;audeyUief. or
presentation . as adjunct . ^

QERMANY

Month of koyiember

t Helderi

• Kurleiifi •■■ ■ . '

Haixy - Stismu .

1. DAkcitda- ■

Cody Co
, PUttiei- Broa
.4' Tellers" .

Tera Nomchinowa
•: Anton • Dblln\
Kunawar i- -

. 3 KleAvnlnps ...
Terrier Kenrion

wresuen;

: CehtriU :
Ohing Chuns
Robert $tar
.Victorias
Frank & /"Eugenie
Nlotna ■ ■■■■
.Nonl

'3 Guerrcs ■• : '
Mac -.Ture ,
Golden Sor- ■

PARIS

Week of October 29

■ Apollo,.'
'Grade Fields'
Roth & Shay
.-.Dl Mazzel.^-

Bianco BachiUa :
• iTeddy' Birown ■ " .■

Cirque' de Pari*
'Oregor

Qrefforlin 16 •.
John A LlIy
Tllly-Bette 2
BriTtette

Rancy's ' Hor's^a .-.

Antonet & Behy
Clrqnei Medrano -

■rik Hubert ' ,
. I>ei & Rens \

Braest Schumann,
'fiampedros'.'
' Hmsbtv. Tt
. Calr6U-P<irletl6.

0wchbR Tt:

Railnats 3. '
Pedrizzl .■ ■
Okatl

P<;ppescu ♦ ; ■'■' ■
Dirla-lJarlOrRlium
Na-Iridra- 3 .

• .Olympla' .
.Celtha Koraka ■ . • .•
Re'heo.- j"'oatelll,
Dardicilys
Gaby 'Sims '. '
CeliixlS' , V ■'.
Colette. Damy-Dev. ■
Elaa ■■
■Mdicldte

Garottl- ' .
Pnktdna ■
Afatlaen' .
Teddy & Dolly
MlBs;.Pillis .
.Harris 2 •:
Orlentls .

LONDON

Week of October 29

'ZtBTBItUBT PARK

' .' iSmpir^..'''
.'IBetweenv .Ouraeivcti '.

:ix>Ni>oN..

/'Tlctoria: Palao*

Tom iCoram ■ ■

O H Elliott
: lillUn Bur^laa
. Terpalchore -\

Vlctbrld GlrU •
Edith Price. i
Jerome:^ & Gray
Eddy Gray ■ .
: NE^V CBQS^
"Empire ■ . •.
.•Will o" Whispoi-B R
. STRATFORD '
Empire
Juao! - .- - ; •

PROVINCIAL

ENGLAND :

: Aberdeen;

'H» ■
liumbcr Love-
BIRMINGIIAH

. "..'Empire ■ ■
All at.Sea '-' \- .■.•■'..• •■

..G'rand"' ■■ ■
.Shake Ydiir .Feet- R

; jtLACKPoai< :

.'.Grand '.
Alibi. • . .:'

Opera HooM .
Defiert.Soner
DRADI<X>llD
' Alhambra.
Oh 'Kay .

CARDIFF, '
Empire':
Vuniiy. t'ace

EDINBURGH
Empire
.Mr Cinders

OIJV9GOW
' v/AUiaihbra '
■ X«dy' Mary .•• ' , r. ■
. '. Empire. ;'
Present .Arma ' •
. v.HANLElr. ' ■' ■
. Griind. .
The Desert: Son j

. . ■ '■ irt'ix . . . .

..''Palace '.
So This Is Love :
" LEEI)9.
■. Empire .
: Billy Blue Rer [ .

Rdyiil

Blaclcpool Show

. Kmpirie
Wiilte Camella , .

; kAKCIIESTEB
Palace

Hit the Deck , '

-NEWCASTtB .- '■'
Empire '"
Shoyr- Boat. .•
NEWPORT
'.. ; Empire : ' .
Un Vent de Fplle R

; NO-PitNOHAM
Empire

Aloma. ■'.

Royal .
The-. Lad . - •
PORTSMOUTH
Royol
Nlglit Hawk
SAU-ORD
I'nIjM'e:" •
Whlsperlriflf 'Wlrea .
SJIEFFIELD -
•: Empire V
Vagabond- KIni;- '
SOUTHSEA
'.'■.. . King's ■ " '
V'guoa & V'nltlea -R.

.. -SWANSEA-

- Ximplre
Tlpperdry Tlrai

Roger & E Hurst ;
Aleyars & .Nolnn
■Jane ii'Eledrior-
Jack Kate ■' '- '

Tivoll (27)
:"Babe8 Br'dway," Uj oi
Bennl^ Krueger^IfTP
Freddie .Bernard :
G.ollette . Sis - -.
DuCalllon .
Helen Homah .
Sally Starr

"Wings": V

-> Tower .(27)
"Bog o.' Tricks" U-
Frankle Afastera Bd
Stanley -2 . '
r.,ytell & , Fani.
CUff ' Nazarrp- .
Lucky 'Boys
Johnny Payne
"Moran of -Marlnca"
, Uptown (27)

Pow •\Vdw" Unit .
Verne Ruck Bd

Suisettc '& .Jofl'e '
•'Caught In Fog" , -
• Michigan .(2a> :
"Blossom"; "Unit- :.
Al -Evans"
Sammy Lewla

attl Moore -
Paul. Klrkland
Arthur Ball .
''Cnptalh ■ Swagger'*
EV'NSVII.I.E, IND.
,' .VIctoiy,'
2d half (1-3),.
J Blanks ■
Ball & Skein
Sadie Banks do ->
Nathan &: Maybello
Flsco Seals .
FT. WORTH. TEX.

'-. yywth (3y r

-Plapperettes Uev :
lillly Gerber. -
Ruth Deiilse-
Coscla ,& Vet^dl:
Foster Girls .

PLAYING THIS (OCT. 29)
HEREABOUTS:

WEEK

PALETTE DANCiERS— LOEW'S
. V Oriental, Wllliu-d

MARIE STODDARD— tOiSW'S
National (FWt Hdlf) ,

ftIA>VlUN—I'OiBW;'S.- State,. '-Newirk. ''.

BiIlA BERKES and ROTAL .
HUNGARIAN GYPSY
ORCHESTRA
: Mr. George, D. Wldener*!* Home
Chestnut Hill. PhlladelplOa
'..-/.,; . ^ ••■" Not; . 3 -;v

rMA BEUiE BJE:Vim^l4 People
. Abbey. Inn; Union HUl . ■

EDGiiR kcDOTifALD'S RADIO

RAMBLERS— rMaabattaa Beach '

,.Mo*ei;.; ;.',- -.-

BlLTiY ROIitS (Third Week)--Jardin

KITTLE SISTERS— Fulton Bciyale,
.Brooklyn J

IBEN9 XOIW-^llirord Lodse,
Richfield, N. J;

SUE FitANKUN-^llirord Lbdge, ;
BIchfleld, N. J.

JULIET STARR— Will Oaklandrs
Chateaa Sluuiley

HiBLEN BOYCB--PaTllion VRoyaI«»
;":'; CedarharBt,'I<.:t .V- ./

. '.- , '.' Placed 'by '■-'. - • '• .: -

ALF T, WILTON, INC.

1560 Broaci way Bryanf 2027-^28

Constance Klaxton
Ktliel Dallon
12 luetic Barrl Girls
•nvatorfront"

. Moscjne (27)
-d Ilenry E.\rle
"Beggars of Life"

NEW IlAVEN. CT.

Olyn^pla (29)
"Volcano" Unit
Chot Martin's GUng

G'ogb rjD;y.ly8'.;j 'V

Tod. & Jack l>ale
Gir Wray ! - . '
Poster Girls
Prank Mcllrio Co .
"Docks of N T'?

Sherman (29).:
Jnnette Haqkett Co
"Singing Fool" ,
N. ORLEANS. LA;

- Sfienger (3). /•
"Rdh' Itah Rah-' ,,tr
Johnny. Perklne. .-
Luclla Lee '
Al Gale ' '..
:Md Coileglatee

0>IAIIA, NEB.

: Riviera (3) :•
Xylpphohla". Unit
Jack Joyce ': '
Prbsper .& ilaret ■
Leonard '&' Hlnea:
Musical- Jbhnstona
Poster .Glrla -
PHir^'PHIA, PA.

Oannan (28) -
Charlie Althoff -
3 Firemen
Hal Henry. .
Gingham Girls . .
Perfect Crime" :

Fay's (80)
L; P & Legciry Rev
■'.'4 ^Sons"'-'-': ■.-.'.■"•.,-" .

Fox's (20)
Martha ' Vaughn. :
Moss &' Frye ;-,
Jack Osterman .'
'Dry Martliil"

Stanley .(20)
Van' &. Schenck -
Tbm - Waring - '
"The: Terror" "
PITTSBUROH, PA.

Penh (28)
•,'Be'aur ArtaV Unit
Teddy Joyce
Ellas Brieeskln
Handers & -UUlU:
Nino Fuclle
Bryant Rains ft T
QambyihHdle Chorua
"Moraii :of' Marines'.'
S. ANTONlO; TBX.
Texae (3) ^
Kat Kdbarot" U
Bort Nagle & Omar
Patterson ' 3 -
Kerenos . &. Maree
Ray Wa I man
Raiach Glrla

t

Picture Theatres

JTEW YORK CITY
Cnpltbl (3).

"Jewels" Unit .

"Walt Roosher '
^^-Capltolldns -
. Harry' Rose. ; -

Fraticps Shelley.
'• ' Las'siter Btbs

Chester iHale Glrla

/"The Wind" ^

■ -" ;.^,r-- ..(27)' ,

• "In th<» Clouds'' . U

- Joyce Colea- -
. Sylvia- Miller .
. ..Carlo. Perrettl : '^'

.•Whtro City Sleeps"

■ Pttramtbrnit (3) .
*'Blue Revuo" .Unit

. Bobble ' HenShaw, . '
•'Irene Taylor ■ ' • ■
. Frank Stever ,.
Pelle ' & Cola
Small Bros : ■
, Gamby-Hale Glrla /
- ."Woman - Moscow'*

.- (27.)::' ■ ■^
: VStep On It" Unit .
Eddie Pea"b'ody.
. Pall :MaU .
' B & J. Pearson '.

Felicia Sore! Glrla.
. Helen Wright
-Bcrnoff &• Jo9'phl»\b
"Varsity"

Itoxy (27)
Bbatrlce BelUIn
Harold C Wright
Patricia' Bowman
Nicholas' DdkS ■ '
Bbxy Chorus
"T=01tt"ay3=^RlTO="^^=^==5
32 Uoxyetlea
"Mother Knows" .
CHICAGO. ILL.
Avulrtn (27)
Rby Detrlch Bd
BocJ<.:& JU'gdn
.Eva Mahdftl
Flnka & Ay res •'
' . (hipttol (27)
Del Lainpe Hd '
Weiss' 3

Wilton. Crawley
•Dlehl Sis .

Chicago (27)
•B'tL'rfjw't BlUPH' U
H Spltalny Dd
I)ezo IVt'ttor
Bvelyri Wilson
Wells & Wlnthrop.

Gould Dancers '.
."Varsity"

CrRnBdft.(21)
Benny Meroft Bd
Thplma White
TVSnrej^&^M'ry-Ann"
Strand ' 2 . .,

Ilaj^dlhg (37)
"Bowery Blues" U
Al Morey Bd
A\ G-ussJe Bidbm.'
Jack LdVlor-'
Ilomay Bailey
Oriental. Ballot
"Lilac. Time"

Murbro (2'T),
Charley Kaley- '
P X Bushman '
Ardlne'A Tyrell . '
Billy Gilbert 3 -
BcrlnofI -& Eulalle

NOTiihoro (37) ,
"Sunny Spain" Unit
Al Kvale Bd

o & .M' Eilno '- • '
Harm &- Nee
Boyd Soriter •'
Walters & RussoU
"Daiiclng aS'ghtera"

Oriental (37)
'Plckln' rcachos^ U
Paul Ash Bd
/3 ■Diamonds •
SI Wills-
3 Keena Girls
Goo D Washington
I'atil Small
.Orlcntiil Bnllbt
"Porfoct Crtmo"

PanidlHe (37)

Mark Fisher Bd
.Red Gningo
Wnlly Jnrlcson
Kellogg & Lewis ■
Carroll & Oorhiah
:"Temi)e8t"

Regal (27)
Pcss WlUianva Bd
3 . Wel'or. (-.Iris ..
Kellpy Ddaney.
-Wllfrod l>uTVol8 .
Marshall U()K<'i's .

RIuKo (3U)
Von Strenicl
Darling * ('lark .
Stratford
2d half (1-3)
M Hlllglom Bd
Ted I-icary

Ed , & - Mqrtbn' Beck
Harry Losee
Horton Spur . ;' '
Hoten ';Pac.kard' -
-Art ' Dickson
SbricV^Glrla
"Wings'*

ATLANTA, OA.
Howard' "(6) . '
"RIo Romance" U
Joe. Pennor •- •
Amata -Grasse '
Lenore' Girls
BALTIMORE, MB.
. .: Centory . (29)
Ted Cldlre ; .
Coleman Goeta '.
G Griffln & Rosette
Irene... Wolf -
12 Foster Girls
"Night W&tch" ; ■
B'RM'GHAM, ALA.

Aliibnma (6)
"Knlck Knacks" U
Lee ,'2 -'- '■■■i '-

Foster Glrla
BOSTON. MASS.
MetropbUtain (26)
"Birthday BlUes" U
Gene Rodemlch
"Mbran of . Marines"

buffalo; n. y.

BuflTnlo (20)
"Oh Teacher" Unit
■Rw-y-Bolger'"--^—
Helen Kennedy - '
A .i-L Carr ,
.Laclen IjO Riie:
-Laura Lee -■ *
Virginia Ray
.:'Tw.o .iiftvers'*

lAfayeffe (38)
Mdstiueraders :
Sandra Rattl :
C(J,-Weas
3 Browns ' .'
Al .& Pete
"Tollers". . < •
CLEVELAND, O.
Sliitb (37):
Tom Ross- .
Ginger RbgeraV.
ICnzob. -Kdrus-
Stubby Gordbti Bd
Alice Roy
•'.•First Kiss"

D'ALI>A8. TEX.
Pnlneie (3)
'ISeelng Things". U
Chilton & Thomas
Allen, naypjond. ' .
Los Kllc.Ua
Sainmy Coltea
Sprel CilrlH .>

DKNVIOR^ COL.

' ' Denver ;(1) ..-'
"Step This Woy" U
niclators

Boh Bob ft Bobble
^.nc o.lS nrcli'a •
Prnncla All^lTIl""^-^^
Nat Spoctbr .
||''nstor 'Boys & Girls
OKS MOINES. lA.

. ;Cni)l(oi: (3) .
V'.Sunny Kiss'* Unit
\ViIllo ftobyn .
Muurico rnllcanb
,nobM<< Gflbort
(J«'orgl:i -llayi's
I'Pdro Hub In Co
niiinch ^- O'D.onoo
DUTKOIT. Alien.

Capitol (28)
Hurry liiingdun
Dot -nelbrldgb
Lydia -Htirrls
lOiUlip nil)
Boinlc Bros

HOUSTON, : TEX.
Metropolitan (3)

"Cdmeo" Unit
Ray. Paige Novelty
Band Ideai
'"Tommy W,onder-
Lett Sis & Louise '
Poster Girls.
IRVINCTON, N. J
Sonford (28) .
Lea Stevena ■ ./i..
Ray Nichols Bd
Le Roy .ft Spencer^
Hdttle Speer
Holllday & Hale
4 Clbvcrledfs'
MbrJby & Cdrrol
"(?ard board Lover"

LOS ang:bles

Boalevard (26)

Lynn Cowan .. .
Jere Cpe :. ,
Jdcksoh ' ft Lee -
8 Girls

"Heart to Heart"
Corthny Circle , (37 )

Carll Elinor Orch
"Mother Knows"

Criterion (36)
Bakalienlkoff Orch .
"king of Kings" ■

Egyptian (36)
"HI Yallor" Idea
4 Cpvans ;
-Dewey- Johnson'.;
Evans '& Weaver '
Dick Saunders :
U Girls

"Docks of .N Y" --:
. T;k>e(w'8 State (36)'
"Social .Climbers','
Al Lyon .

Plo & Ollle Walters
Edith -Murray
Woods Miller ■
Jin'i.inle F^-'wi'cett- ''
17 Social Climbers ;

SAN FRANCISCO

Granada (27) .
Henry Busse Bd ,
Bee 'Sarche
Francis : WllIla \
Pour DlctatPrs
Bob Bob & Bpbbte
Eddie McGlll v
"Mbran of Marines"

Warllcid- (27) ;
Rube Wolf Bd -
Rick & Snyder.
Alex AKlmoff - :"
Helen Warner
Jellybean JohhSon .
Al ft Louise Walker
Daniels ft Danle!;3
Phillips & MeBeth.
Blair (t Thbrhtoh
Hewett &: Jones ,
Cherle O'lDuy ^
"Air Qlrcus" .

S-i*. IX>Uii3, MO.
, AmbosBador . (2ft)
'VWonderrui Glri:' U
ticiler A Riley: .
A ft R Samuels
Paragon ;4 .
"Show. Girl"

MUsburi (38) ;
'.Snopshots'' Unit
Frank Pay--:

Manhattan Ckt'l"

wAsh'ton; b. c.

Fox (3)
Jos LaRose . Pres
Meyer Davls-Sym- . .
XeoD-. Bruslloff :'
Lawrence 'Downey ..
'Dry Martini"

-.. -:(27.) , ' .- ■ •
Jpa -La Rose; Prea ' -
Lasslter B'r'od '
Strollers ■
4 Life Boya;
Sally. Mayo
Harry Mosa
16 Tlllbr Glrla . :
Don & .ierjry .
Paul SIdel
MeyM" Davis Sym '
Leon BriisllplT.
Meyer Davla ' ~
Wbmen Talk Ab't"

pfOace ■ (3)
"Step on If* Unit
Wesley Eddy
Ralph Rogcrii
Helen Wright
P ft K Pearaoh
Paul Mall :
Sorel Glrla •
Wind"

." (27)"' -.•■:. .^': '^

"Bars ft Stripes" U
Wesley Eddy
Laiiibertl ' -
king ft . Kins '
Roy. Ghaney .
Gould Glrla :
Take Me Home"

NEW YOBK .CITY
.^American

1st -halt (6.7> :
Strain ft: LtVa . -
Rooney Sla Rey,
Ndn Bldckatona .
Anderson & Grayea
Rome ft Gaut "
Lbhse ft Sferllnc
(Two to fill)

2d half (8-11)
Dancing Troupers
McCarthy Sla '.
Jimmy Lyons
Nellie Arnaut Boya
Meyers .ft Nolan
Lewis & Dody. .
(TWO to flU) .

\ Botilevard

1st half (6tI>: ;
GorgaUls S
Sol dould Co.
Bob Nelson Co
Les Ciellia ReT
(One to fill) •
V . .2d half (8-11) '
-Campbell ft Brady.
Carl ft N Fletcher
Prank Dbbsbn Co
Cahill ft Wella . :
(One to ail) . .
• Commodore .'

.1st half (6-T)
Santiago 3
Doyle ft Dbnnelly
Meyers ft. Nolan. .
Night at Luna Park
(Pour to fill)
(One to All)
: 2d half (8-11)
LeFleur ft Portia:
Boots & Buddy
Jack Landatier
LeVarr Bros ft P
Swartz ft. Clifford
Realm of Beauty
. Delancey Sti

1st half (SrT)
Pltzgeralda :
Ndtdlle Alt Co
Wllkens ft Wllkena.
Prldkln ft Rhoda Co
(Two to All)

.:2d half (8-11)
Julius First Co
_Wal3h_Jt C lark
Robbln3~?i; ~JeW«tt~
I.OS GelUs .Rev ' •
(One tb nil) .

Fnlrmoilht :-::

Ist. half (6-7)
.Joe' Mandls' 3 .'. •
Goodwin ft Fits .
Gary ft Baldl
HarYy :Howara '. -
Buzzlngton's Bd.

: 2d half (8-11)
Packard & Do;dge .

National

: Ist half (5-7)
Protz Bros ft Sis
Glenn ft. Jenkins
Nellie Arnaut Boys
(Two to; All)

2d half (8-11)
Winnie ft Dolly :,
Fenwick - Olrls :
Leo BUI '
Wllkens ft Wllkens
Rbbblns Bialtlm'r'ns
Orphenra .

1st half (B-7)
Cainpbell ft . Brady .'
-Geo- Lypna
Peggy. .Mackechnle.'
EUlptt ft LaTour
Eva Clark ft Boys

2d half (8-11)
Wills & Holmes
rCook -. ft .Rosevere .
Sol Goiild Co
Sid Lewis Co .
Cllnt<^n ft Roohey
Stote (6) ;
Hubert- Dyer Co - ' .
Rosa & Gilbert
Saranpft C* -'
White ft Tlerriey -
Happiness Girls
Victoria

Ist half (Br?)
Wills ft Hplnies
Hazbl Crosby Co
Morgan' ft Duiih
Robblna ft. Jewett
(Sdutchl ft Phelps
3d half (8-11)
3 Orantos -
Geo' Lypns '
Peggy Mackechnle
Elllptt' ft LaTour
Rooney. Sla Rev

BROOKLYN
Bedford

1st half (B-T)
Florence Auer . .-
Alfred Latelt Co
Le^ Wilson
Lew Wilson Gang
(One to mi)

2d half (8^11)
FttZgeralds ... . '
Nan 'Blackstbne
Coogan ft' Casey
TiTnrrePft-Gaut

Otis Mitchell Co
- ■. 4eth St. .' .
Ist half: (B-7)
Julius First Co ' '
McCarthy Sis
Wedding Ring
Lewis ft £)ody
Marino ft Mona Rev

2d half (8-11)
Lohse ft Sterling .
Singer ft. Llghtnbr

Morgan ft Durin., ..
Gletin & Jenkins
(Two tb' (111)

l>nldce -
. 1st half (D-7) -
IjcFleur & Portia ;
Sammy Dunoari .
Nick & a Verga
Local Follies

2d .holf .(8:-:ll)
Santiago 3.
Villa ft Strlgo
Carson &^ AVlUard
Local Pblllcs -:' .' ' '

. . Premier: ' '
.Mst half..(6r7)
Wolfbrd ft Newton.
Mpfgan ft Sheldon
Jimmy. Lyons,' -
Otis Mitchell Co
(One "tb .lUl") :
. ,2d halt (8-11) :
Alvora. Bros ; , .
Mitchell &• Mlnch
Bristol ; ft Belle '
Harry .Howard '. - ■
B ft q Slierw'd .Bd

- .- ' Prositeot.
; 1st half (B-7)
3. Orantos ■ ■■
June ft Jo
Coogan ft Casey
Welsh, & Hills
Radio Fancies. - •

2d half (8-11 ) :
Carr Bros & Betty
Elsie Hiiber Cb
Nick ft. G Vergd :
Pat Hennlhg Co .
Mdrlno & Mond Rb.v

'. ATLANTA-, - GA. :' -

Grand (6) ,
4 Kadex

Ed ft Lou Iklliler
Leon ft Ddwn , . ' '
D Harris ft Frankle
Dave Harris Girls .

bAy MDGB
. ' Loew.'s

Ist half (6-7)
Alvera .-Bi'os. ',
Bernice ft 'Pansey
Dialtbn ft, Craig . ,
Cahlll ft. Wells .
H Ellsworth's RbV

:2d half (8-11)
Herberta Beeson: .
Goodwin ft Fltz
GrindeU ft Esther
Gauchl ft P Orch
(One ' to fill)

2d half (8-11)
Plotz Bros & Sis
Hornlce & Pahsey
Watts, ft Hdwley
PI leer Douglas ft M
rOne to nil) . . '
EV'NSVILLE. IND.

. IjOcw's (5).-
Worden Bros :'
Billy' Day
Goss' ft ' Barro ws .
Dooloy ft Sales
White Way .Galntles
HOUSTON, TKX.
Houston (5) ,
Niobo

'RiiBllvO ' - .• '

Clark ft Bergman
Ed Sheriff Co
Lorraine & 'Minto
JAMAICA. L. I.
HlllNlde
1st. hair (5-7)
Vardeir Bros':
Mitchell & Mlnch-
iJobby O'Neill Co
Watts ft Itawley
(Onb to -1111)

2d half (8-11)
Joe Mandls. 3 ;
O'Connor Sis
Cble ft Ward Co
Van ft Vernon.
Harry. Glrard Co
MEMPHIS. TENN.

Loew's (5) :
Boyd & Wallln .
Clark & O'Nell.
Vox ft Walters
EmilP'" Boreb . . .
Glbjioh Frlsh ft S
MONTREAL. CAN.

. : Loow'b (6) : -
3 Nitos

C'nv'y 2 ft J'linhie
Duel .de Kerelcjarto.
Brown ft B.'gbahi .
Olcott ft Leo
.'Lenord'd ■Step'pers "
NEWARK, N. a.

State (6)
Romas -Tr •' ■
Carletpn ft -Bellew
Cardp. ft Noll. :
Harry Hlnes..
Juvenile Steppers.-
NEW ORLEANS

State (K)
Hdma ft Yamd v
:Kramer ft Fields
Robinson ft Connie
Kramer ft Bbyle

, DUKE YELLMAN

'. Loner .. rtcbgiiized -at «
maestfp of '.Byncopatlon, -Mr. -
Yellnlan; ; «s. head of our.

;Orcliostra arid . Nlte Club
doi>artment; lends d practical

. touch .. to cafe Uooklniia.
Band leaden, nit* cliib tol-
«nt, radio artists; et al. are
urged- to sec Mr. Tollman

^for Immediate boohlngB.

LYiDNS & LYONS

fASAHOUHT itSG-mWYW .

BOSTON",' MASS.
Orpliehm (6)

Sgt : Franklyh ft R
Bill Casey Co
J ft R I.a Pearl
Raymond . Wilbur -
Bert Gordon Cp -
Dolln- ft Bcnger . Rv
CLEVELAND. O.
Granada

1st; half (B-7)
Great Marlbw
Holland ft Oden
Hlte-Reflpw' Co . : .■ :
Richards & Church
Brewster .ft Ppm'r'y
' 2d half (8-11)
Bardelongs .
The Vagrants
Grey 'ft By ron . '.
Lewis ■ ft Ames
Whirl of Splendor
'Park:'

1st half (5-7)
Bardelongs ' : - ; . •
The Vagrdnts j
Grey ft Byron •:
Leivjs ft Ames
.Whlrl pf Splendor ,.

2d half .(8-H)
Great ' Marlbw -
Holland ft Oden '
Hlte-Rbflow Co -:
Rlohdrds ft Church
Brewster ft Pom'r'y
CORONA, L. r.
.- . PlOxa'

1st half (6-7)
3 '.Castles
Packard . ft bodge
Tpplcal Topics
(Two to fill)

T Christian Orch

NORFOLK, VA.
I/Oew's' (5)
Al Gordon's Dogs .
Faber ft 'McIntyre...-
Jimmle. Rodgers ..
F ft M Brltton Orch
(One tp flil) ^

TORONTO,^ CAN.

- Loew's (6)
Palerrho's Canines
Marcus Berka
Abbott ft Blsland
O'Duhiie ft Day
R'y'l Welch Gl'm'n
WOODHAT'N, L. L
Wlllard

: Ist half (B-7)
Herberta Be'esbn'
Cook ft Rosevere.
In Wrong
Frances Arms ,
Jack- Donnelly Rev
2d half (8-11) ,
Gbrgallls 3
Welford ft Newtota
Eddie Carr Co ~
Lew Wllsoii
LewJ?711son Gdhg
YONRERS, N. Y.
Yonkers -
1st half (5r7)
O'Connor Sis •
Cole ft Ward Co :
Wm ft Joe Mandel
(Two to fill)

2d. half (8-11) '
Hicks ft Hart
Dalton ft Crdlg
Bob Nelson Co.
•Topical Topics :
(One to fill) ■

NEW YORK CITY

^_Br<Mids(:ay;jj4)__^
Joe .ft Ida St Onge
vil'a & Strlgo ■
Peloyls . ' , • , 1
Ahtb briy ft H'wl'hd
Yesterthoughts. •.
Ir^ue' IllciTdb '

PdTlsian 4 :

I. owls & Winthrbp

Ciirtlnl . . .

Mislit at: tho Cliib

JACK L. UPSHUTZ

Tuesdays V

"Beware -Bacherrs"
MeirbiioUtan (36) .
"Main St to. B" U
Prank .T.criks . - '
Joe Besger .
Almlrd Sessions
Cy KaVih

Durday ft- Nbrway; ■
Uiith Wltmer
Arthur Canipbbl!
Pnllcia Sorel Co
"BoKpars of Idfo"

=nDnn:pii=ArtiBtp==

: (indet)
Tho .Rnn(^i>rs :-
S;L.lly ft Ted
Wllilams &:Gilmor,o
Ai'iulda

"Woiiuin Disputed'!
Warner Itrothc'ra'

(iiiapf) ..

fiif^b Forbsloln Orch

Cnlors I'ros

3 Unix tilslors

llfiinuiii B:»lloy
"Tlio 'S'inu'Ing Pool"
NEWARK, N. J.
Itninford (37)

Al Holasoci

lIiKlm.n Wuhilors
Charles Ualoy

.Alfred Ldtell Co :
Joyner 'ft Foster
Radio Pahcles
(One tp nil) : .

Grand

Ist half (6-7)
Winnie, ft Dolly. .
Penwiclt- Girls -
Leo, Bill .' .
Alexander '& Peggy.
Clinton ft Rooney.

Vurdoll Bros
Barr ft Davis .
Clupid's ClosRUpe
AVel.sh ft Illlla
.Bva Clark ft Boys
: IJncoIn S<i.
1st half (6^7) : .
Lawfon

lOlslc Iluber Co
Grlnd^ri ft Estheif
Mnrgo ft Both Co
(One to nil).

2d half (8-11)
3 C'aslles
ilyan & Moore
Morgan ft SheldPn
Al<\xancler ft Poggy
(One to nil)

Sammy Duncan '' -
Wm ft Joe Mdhdei
Jack Donnelly Rev
Gates Avei.:

1st half (6-7)
Carr Bros ft 'Betty
Carl ft N Fletcher
Prank. Dbbspn Co
Sid Lewis Co -
B ft G Sherw'd Bd

2d half (8-11)
Lawton,'.

<Aj:thutJ3te5tpjtiCO;:i
Prdnces Arms
Buzzlngton's Bd
(One to nil)
' MotropoUtiin- (5) -
Man-Kin '
Seymour P ft Bey
Carl Emmy's pats
Joe Howard
Joe Pcjer Orch
OHcntftl
lal half (6-7)
Hicks ft Hart
Bobby ft King
Weatoh ft I^yona
PUcer Dduglas ft M
(One to nii^

2d half (8-11)
.Hazel Crosby Co'

Cdsper ft O'N'eiH .
Irene \ ermllHbn Bd
Chester:

iBt half (4^7).
6 J^ns'leji/s ' .
Moirell'ft Beckwlth
Billy Batcholor Co
Meyers ft. Hanaf ord
Olivine Johnson Co

2d half (8-10)'
Hammer % H'nim'r
•^avanaugh ft C'p'r
=Mnjmy.==a£lug=JCli===
Along Broadway :
Dolly King

2d half (1.8)- .
Mazola 3 ..
MoPre ft 'tlvans
ITolon Arden Co-
Wylie ft .Youtig .
At Moore's Tars
CoUsoum- . '

1st half (4-7)
Primroab Semotl
A NIte at the Club
Maddock's Tricks
(Two to nil)

2d half (8-10)
3 .'Pallors
J Robert Pauline
(Three to nil)

2d half (1-3)
.T ft . J McKenha
-Hooper-ft -Gdtohott
Lou-.ArcIier -.-
Brendel .ft Biirt
Belle Baker

81st St. (4) .
Lewis ft Wlnthrpp
Nina Gordon!
-Harry Burns Co
Rlvd Or'r Co- ' ■' ; <.
(One to : All)

, ' ' (^8) ■
Coles . Taylor : ft

Hudnut Sls : . '

Llnd Abdrbanell Co

Jack Pepper 3 '

(One to. nil) ..
Fordhum

1st half (4-7)
Olive. Green '
Maker ft Red ford
Ike Rose's Midgets
(Two" to nil)

2d half C8-10)-
A ,Niie at the Club,
Jack Wilson Co'
Mdddbcit's Tricks '
(Two tb nil)
■ 2d half (1-3) :
shuffles -ft Taps
Chevalier Bros
Arthur Ashley Co
Waits Hoyt '
Irene: Rfcardo-
Neil. Sis ft Eileen
Frhhklln

Danse BUS .
Tex McLbod Co .
Deri(M<son ft Brown
Geo Predcrlcks Cb
Rao Samuels •

2d halt (S-10)
Mosconi Bros Uhlt

2d half (1-3) .
Ken' Murray Unit
- Hamilton '

1st half (4-7)
Harry Kaline .
Hal Nixon Gang
(Throe to nil)

2d half 8-10)
5 Jah-iilpyfl
nilfford 'ft Marion
(Three to All) . ■

2d half (1-3)
Axel Moreno Co .
Laughlln ft West
Billy Mdlna Co
Porsythe & Kelly .
(One fp nil).

HipiKMlrome (4)-
Mason Dixon D'c'rg
Olive Olsen Co
Eddie Dale Go
Chevalier Bros - '-.. ,
Toney & Normaii
(One tb nil)
- • ' '■■- -(28);- :■ r-. ■
Lestrd Lainont Cb
Dave Roth : :
Tobey \Vilaon Cb
Hill : Billies : ••
Hdr.ry Burns'. Cb -
Chrlstlansoh's CP :

2d half (1-3)
Herbert Ren.nrd Co

Viola May Co.
B, ft ,j nrown
(One tp nil)

Oreenpoint

^ . 1st half (1,7). ;
Tvew Mpyors Jr.

V ipia May,
Owen ;Garl:y, ft O '
Atklns'n L'-clnd^i-Co,
. 2.d.-'half , (s:io) .
Hai'^Yard - Girls ■ -■'•
Allan Reno

Barrett ft-Cun^en
Fellows ■ ■. . ■

.7 Stylish SlepDers ^ ;

EXCLUSIVELY OESIGNEli^
GARM ENTS FOR GENtLEMEri

BEN ROCKE

1632 B'way, at 60th St., N. Y. City

- Jefferson

4 St halt (4-7)
Moscbnl- Bros Unit -

2d half (8-1 oy
Art Petley ■
Tex McLeod Co
Helen Arden' Co -,
Art Henry Co.
Rae. Sdrhuels '-

2d half (1-4) .
All Wrong
Primrose ' 4 -
Walter: Walters Co :
Vahnessi Co :
Watson ft.'Cohen ' '-.
WlUle Mauss .

jPaloce (4)
Cortini

Henry Sahtrey Co
Fannie . Bflco" '
(Others to All) ,

■ ■■(28)^ .
Eno .Tr • ..
Tex McLebd' . • ' ' '
Fahnlo- Brice:
Fowler Tdmara Or--'
Ray.ft Dbt'Dean
Derrlckson ft Br' wh
Al Trahdn Co ,
- 'Regent ' '

1st half (4-7)
The' Claires ' -
CdVanuigrh & Go^op'r
The.. Little Parade
Porsythe & Kelly:
Arthur Petley.
Joe Dor'cy :'

2d half XS-IO) .
Bland -Lenor .' ft Lou
Jack -Ryan- . . -
Gpb. Prederlcka-.Co' .
Bbggs' ft: Weston ,
Amateur - Nlte In L
"Watts ft Hawley .

2d half (1-3)
Hamrher - ft H'mni'r
Snoozer Jr '
Brdgdon ft M'rlss'y
Quixey 4

Mikado . Ramblers..

Riverside (4)..
Phillips ft Sheldon
Mario ft Lazarln .
Joe Browning -'
Smith ft Dale
(One to nil) :

: (28):-;".-' ■

Beege ft CuRes .
Josephine Harm'bii
Lang ft'. H'aley ', . '
Alinia ;Nellebh .Co :■
(One to nil)
-. -Royal •

1st- half (4^7) /
Brengk ft Bella D ;
Carroll SIS
Joe . Young. :
Mae Usher
J Thomas Saxotette

2d half (8-10) .
Musical ChapJhs
Marie Sabbbtt'
Wilton ft Murphy
7 Stylish Steppers
(One to. 911) .

2d half (l-a)
The Bdrlcnos : \
Bertram ft R'ym'hd .
Toney ft. Norman .
(Twp.tb nil) .
-. Ken more ' ". :

Ist half (4-7) '
2 Ghesfzis
Jack Wilson • ■
.Chaney. ft Pox
(Two to nil)

2d half (8-10)
Mel Klee Unit'
• 2d half (1-3)
I>ippy .Dlers <ft B : '
George McLennbii
ChishPlm ft 'E'reen' •
Margaret Youhg
Maddock's Tricks'-.
Madison
: 1st half (4-7)
Hammer & H'mih'if
Jack Ryan'
Fdber ft Wales
Stop, Look, ' Listen
Jos -'Staniey Cb' '■ ■-

2d. half (8-10)
Chas Mac ft Odette
Morrell ft. Reckwlth
The Little Pdradb
Polly ft Oz :
Irving Edward's - .'
Rbslta'' i
2d hdlf . (l-3) ^^
Klefer 3
W D Pollard
Billy Arlington: Cb :
■Primrose Scmbn ' • -
Meyers ft. Haniifbrd
Qilvlhp. Johnson C0.
■ Orpheum- .

ISt lialf (4-7) '
.4..Eastons .- .
/Pauline Saxon- '
Morle-SabbPtt Cb
Addms ft .Ra.sh - ""
Irene Vermillion Co

2d half (8-10) :
Victoria ft; Dupre'e
Carroll, Sis.
Dewey ft Rbgers
Nally ft Mdck: : -
J Thomas Saxotette'
., 2d. half (1-3) .
Perly ft Waily
Clark ft Bdyes . . .
Bobby O'Nell Co: •
Lew Kelly Qb
7 Stylish . Steppers

■■ Prospect -

1st half (4-7) •
Gibson ft Price •
Lucy Bruch .
Je'on Waters: Go '
Polly ft Oz S
Bland lienor 'ft Lori

2d half .(8-10)
Klefer - 3: . -
Holly

Snoozer Jr
Porsythe ft Kelly
Irene Vermillion Bd .

.2d' half (1-3) .
Perez ft. Marguerite
Jack Ryan '

HOWARD SLOAT|

BONDS FOR INVESTMENT

ft B. Leacli & Co.. Inc. 57 William SI., N Y

2d half (1-3). ,
Fondell. .4r.
Allan Reno '.
Bungle Love '..
Faber .ft Wales
Swift Sis Co
CONEY ISLAND .

; Tliybu '

•1st half (4-7)
Klefer 3
Holly V
Snboier : Jr
Herbert Paye 'Pp
Al Moore's Tars --
2d half (8-10)
Gibson & Price .. .
Tdt Ling; Sing ft Ah
Jean Waters Co.
Burns 'ft Kane
Stop Lpok ft Listen

2d half .(1-3) .
Largeo -ft Morgher
Cbrbett ft .Prlce - •
Before Breakfast
Jack Wliabn Cb
Bland . LcnoT & Lou'
FAR. ROCKAWAY
Strand '.
2d half - (8-11)
Claires

Pit't Leather . Boys
Primrose Semoh'
Walter Walters Co.
Joe Ddrcy
O'Dohnell ft Bldlr

2d half (1-4)
Frakson ' .
Oscar stnnU- Co -
George Beatty
Manny King Co
The Klkutns : .
(One to nil) :
BROOKLYN. .
Albee (4)
Los Galenbs
Vannessl Cb
Al Trahan Co
Belle Baker
(Two to All) • '
.-. (28) .':.-'

Digltanoa . .'

Buck ft~"lJul>blo4— ^
Jne:.'.LaUrlo Jr.
Pur Show .
(Two to nil)
Bush wick
Ist half (4-7) ;
Harvard Girls
Allan Reno
Cantor, ft Duval-.
Wilton ft Murphy
Barrett ft Cunecn .
7 Siyllsh Steijpers

2d half (8-10)
Brengk & Bella D
Cbnn'or.") Mayer ft S
Joe Youn.'j- ' ■
Adnins vt Rash
(One tb nil)

Little. Parade
Beauty . Doctor
In tern' 1 Rhythm

AKRON, 6.
Pnlnce

Ist half (6-7) .
(Sanie . hlU playi
Youngstbwn 2d
half) : ^■
Paula Paqulta .& O
Turner Bros
Winnie Lightner
6 Rockets
(One to All)

2d half (1-4)
C eEdoker.Jdcks .
Courtney Sis'-
.Mason &:Keeler
MJchon Bros" :
Joe Ni.emcyer : Co
ALLENTOWNi PA.
- Colonial . ';
ist half (6-7) : :
Butt & Lehman - .

(Otivers to nil) : .

AMS1?'RD'M, N. : Tf .
Rlulto . . ;
2d half : (8-11)
Ann Gold ..
Jim ft M Harklns^.
Fields Family For*
(Two to nil)
ATLANTIC CITI
Keith's ^
Ist -half t5'7). .
Curley Hurns - ■. . ,
(Others to nil) Y *

2d half (8rll)
Eddie -White ' . ;
Jack Usher Co
koho ft Green
Mitzl ' ■ -
(One to fill)
BALTIMORE, >f»

HippbdnHne (6)
Homer Romalne ;
Biiry Arlington .ce .
Claudo ft *Mftrlon
Bteen LaBard ft »
HOne-to -mi) >

■ ' { "'9 ) ■
MaBon-Di':^<>n -D'c'r*
I'lorco »t I'l^ur
Billy -Swixio Hdi'.'^.
Prank X fiik
Nina & .

Nc^w: Garden
T,arge & .Margncf -.

Eva Shirloy Cans
aoetz ft nufry • :
Ruth Ford
(211 1

Groat .■I"t'*i^''"lh
Mex Tii'i-'" '
B ft'H Mii:"f :
Geo Yoonii'"

Wednesday, October 31, 1928

V A R I E TV

43

Potey Chandler
(On" to. All) . .

]Kt lialf .(.B-7) „
Dlazr Monks : , ~-
Hfiyes &■ .M(iy ■ ' ■.
pjirlslan 4 ...
Daly- if .Jyiice, . •
(One to; fill) :

• -a half . (8-11 V
Cloveland S( Dowry.
;B Kagep - Retlh.eaUs
.xflircQ tovfilli.v -

■ iio.sto'n; mAss. .

• Sew Ubstiia (6). .
■tVilUlnS,.^:' Aaaie ■
..The Twins.. •; •. .;, .
Melody Fleiids -

■ (T\v'o to " fill)... .
Srbllay SilHure (S)
Hari-js & giave. •
ijlad Moffat

ifprr &v Weston
Lander Bros
(One to fill) ~ •

; 2d half (1-4)
6 Daunton.Shawa
Sid-. Moorolio.use .
Ctoo TlroadUurKi Co
Sunniiprs At Hunt
P'y. OlM-dlnHUy Bal
UKTItOIT, MICH.
UoUywuodi ■
1st half <D-7.)
ThcvMeyaKius
(Miff lOd wards
(ThrcO to .ill!) .
. . .Ud half (8-11)- .- .
.Will .Mall OTiey .' ..
Barry, it Whltledgo
(Three tb: fiU) .

;!d half (1-4)...
MUlard Marllri ■.
Frahtis JteriauH
tThr.ce to nil)

■ .' Orienthl (5) .
Eupehe; O'Brien Co
I'rihcv'sS I'at •.
Morton & Thomas
■JlldrreU. & Ellnore ■
(two tb nu) ■■ •

BOOKING *OH I/OKWS

CREATORE-LENETSKA
^( MARTIN, Inc. ; ,

IS^O Broadway^ N. Y. C.

y /■ ^. ■ Bryant 6525-6r7 .

. Uikyirnoiul anxl Cavorly .. :to: play
StaOley-Fnblan . riclure Tlioatreo.
.Itooktfd by tis. ■.'

. filler's (5) , -
.Prlhv'ss Watawassa
SaTKcnt & 'I-*\vis .
■4 Oiinerdna' . .
■Koram .

Frank. Stafford Co

. Solllchfla Wfndr't's.
Foley & LatoUr
Kchcl. Waters .• ' ..
•. t«haplro"& O'.MaU'y
Bosiiai Moreno ' .•
CAfiTOV, b. "

. .rabtce .

ist halt .(Bt7.) ■
J:oo Niemcyer - Co.. : :
H & N Leary. .,'
. iCourtiiey ' Sis ■
(Ty/o to fill) ..

2d half (8-11)
Ealrl Lindsay Rev
Benard & West
Tell Tales •
, Lrima .Worih .
(Oiie. to, 1)11) :
. ;2d half (1-4) :
Colonial '.C
Ffah.cis konhedy
Boy .Friends .
Paxtbn " ■ '
(One to nil)

CM'RTJOTTE. N. C.

•- Carolina. . . .l ;
. . 2"d liaff (8-11) .
Al & Ann Stryker .
G.ilhert .^t.-May . .
Law White Co :
G A Moore
.Tic Uoney 3,
OlXCiXNATI
AU)*e (W

■ 6 Daunton. Shaws;
.. Ryan - Sis . ' ' ■

Mlphon . Bros;
Loii Tellciren Co .
Summers. & Hunt-
The Colli!glatea

■ • • . (iy) ■ . ■.■ .
EnchanlTnent. ..
Ray IlDtinB & Seal
. B & E NewoU'
' Julian Eltlnee

■ Jim McWiUlams
ChaUjielle & C'rlt^ri

.rnlaoe (5)
■. .Wyomini? .4
. Jean Southern
.Geo BrOadhiirat 'Co
Jimmy Lucas" Co
. 3. Golfers . .•
Tylrr St "Clair
(29) . ■
. 5 DcCavilos.- ...
Delv'oy Sis :

■ -MoManMS &' -Hlckey
Chaa Red Marshall

' Claude & Marion' . ■
...Rr rani bled Less.' .• '.
Cl.rK8B;>G, w. Va-
. Boblnsdn Ordnd-
ISt half <5-7ji..
\ Henry. J.KMly
4 Arlslocratji.
Blornberg's . Al'sk'hs
(Two to fill)' ,

2d half (8-11) .
Ricord Bros ■ .
Charlotte .W.o'rth- .■
Harry Ilolmes;.
(Two to. fill) ■ .
CLKVKLANn,' O
lOSth St. . ^
■ . .-.is't. half (5-7):;
Ruth Robinson Co.
Francis K(.-nn.o'dy
. Pacliei'o: Tr-' ■. .
(Two to fill.)
.. -Jd h.ilt- (8^11V-
r.nlnilta .t Millet Co
Si)pnce • & True .;
' 5 DoGardbs ' .

(Two to 'nil.) V
—^—2 rt--h a>£-^(4- 4 X-
Paula rre<inita & C
■■ Wyo.mlnfir '4
. N'.'viris .. & Gordon
Jimmy . Luc'iis .
: .Nelson's Elet>hant3
Palace (i?) ,
Enrhanlment v . ;■; '
.. Turner Br.os

■ Masoh; &. Kecler. ■

■ Evans &. May^lr
" Tod • Lewis' "

• ;(2n) : •
; Ray Si" Harrison '
: ■ ■ M arie • Val (in te . ■;
.Uairr y J Con ley Co

■ . Cliff EdwaTds ■ •
. (Cine to flll). '..
- COLVMBl S. O.

Keith's .
.•..1st halt (5-7)
. . Renard . .West'
' tearl W'ndsaiy ReV .
: \Vill Mahonty
•RnstelU :

(One to fill) -

2a half (8-11) .
Jo* >;i"nvcyer Co: .
. Casey *, "Warren '.

■ Co.urttiey " S!s:
•Senator Murphy '

■ (Onf to fill) ■
• 2(1 half (1-4).
5 TM-at Us

■Wiihl <<• n^^eda ■
TZnn r £f I n^LTtr.dg , , S: . E

. .E (.(.. siii-r.ir.-
. Kdiliu? Unrd'i^n C
.Pnul Ti l hinine- iu\
DAYTON, O;

■ KelMi'B :
ist . halt (5-7)
ri'nvn ITMne . ■
. . M'rsl|-.^i . M'te-my Co

I'l-lyiy f*la
: .M(•^r,•»^1u.s & Hlckey
.. 4 I'l^sfspins

J.'<1. half (8-11)
Sh' Mon Ilcft A L
Xhrrman & :^IcVcy
Bay ilullni? & Seal
- Ri"h Cherlo.
'Arry Rich Pj-lendn

(29). ..
Rrnie ft. Ernie -
Local. ■ ;
Oracio- Beagon Co
Rlch .& Cheri^.
Larry Rich Friend's.
• ■ Uptown '
1st. .half -.(S-.?). •.
T.oi'n'a ^^■■<)rth . .
niin Lee '& 1-oulse ..
Barry ■;& .Whit ledge
" IJisCardos •..
Casey . & Wii rroh :

■ id lialf (.8-11) ■ : .
Ru'b.lo. .Sis ..
Ruth' Robinson Co
Th'e Meyakos ' ■
H6l .Brllliaht ■ . '. •
(One. to.flU) : ;

2d half (1-4) . .
M.orroll & EUnore .'.
,\nri (jarrlsoh Co ■ :.
IT. N liCa'ry.
Al'troclt .&■ SGhacht •
(0,t»e to .nii) ■ .
. EASTO:*,. PA..

;■ ■ . ' ■fftatii i' :, ■
. 3.d Y\a.n' (8-11.)'. :
Marcus Rev '

KOIIRA, N. :

■ Ivecney'H .
' Isl half C!)--) .'
Dave;, Vine . •• .

Eaf;c^n. Redheads
( One To 1T11) • ■ ■ .

a haif (S-il) .'
Chase .!!■ Collins ■
(Two 16. lill) .
EKJK. PA.

■ Erie • ■

. . 1st hiUr (5-7) .
A.nhtir it. Darliiig
Fahtasie Parlsfcnne
Hy.<:ie.& Burrlli.
ClonV'-ns Bc'llinifg Co
(One . to. Till)

2U halt (8-11) .
Frnnk Hamilton..: .
Fmaces Kennedy
Billy .'Doss Co ■ '
;(Two to fill) • .

irr. ivaVne; isB.

5>cw. Emboyd
.\1 St half :(5-7); '
Wdolfolk's Show '
/ ■ 2.d- halt (8^11) .
Ho -pei" & Catch'ctt
Cliff Ed-wards .
(jilbert J)i French.-
White W'y Gaieties
(Ono to fiU). '

, 2d"halt (l-il) •
TilllS & Lar'up
Wlfinle I.<i(;htner' .
4 Uessenift • ..
(Two. to -fill) . " .■
GLENS .VI^S, N. T.

■ RinltA

. ., .2(1 half (8-11)
:Plftanb.' & .Devlin
Eddie Dr.viS Girls
(One to fill) .
GREE>F%I>, N. Y.
VlctorJrt
2d half (8-1,1)
,K(ina. '.San'.^. ' ' ■
Olto & Orcftto .-'
Danny Pniiill
Gladya Ijeluirtr Bd
({■j.n'e ib fill)'
. (iRvlXD It.^PIDS

Keith'N
• Isi half (5-7.) '
(pahie • bill .• plays
• Toledo, 2d half^ ;
Atiri (>ari'.ipbn'.('o''
Tim: (ia^uclonHths-
Francis licriau'lt".
Millard \K: ilartin '.
I'Mvo . Kubln . .('(( -
Yvonnp A- Victor . '

id h^lf (1-4)..
rallf>nliern'K Btars.
Ln7iia .Worth;
J3ai:fiS_&_Sji.eiik

Ruth' Ilbb.insoh. Co
B F AMurnhy Br's
K.elfi^r 74la'ek. Co .
ItAKRiSKlKf;. PA.
. ■ -MiiJertJe ■■
.. -2d half (5-7) .' ■
Rl'ddfc.* Cook. ..
Cramer: Uiaton^Co. •
(Thrcft to (ill I

. mfiii poiN't

.... Artierlrnifi' '

Jul.hn'^t (5-7)'
(Same, bill ■ plays
Greonsiint'o' I'd half.)
Rood.e. Francis .-
Luiih \yhi(e
Felri .K- Trhnyf:on'
.Be).:^a^•d '& 'Ki-.ller
4 Joliy if'orks • •
IIOX-VOK E. MASf!,

•Victoria -

ln( halt f D-7). ■'.
Fondf 1|. Four .-.
llalv'O- & AVost
S h a j'n rock s.. .4: "T'l 1 ps
FranliIyn...Farnun". - '
Mlsitlssiiipi: 'Flood ' '
I'd h.-i'lf (8:11) ..
no.}joy K- l)f sriinnd .'
TlY'c IliM. Till ri.s . ':■
Neil (»'Hrleh .'
Aiplr.'.v Sti.iris
(f)r.'> 10 (ill)
■lIOItNELi;. N; V.

S'll(l(lM<!l.>'W

rtHACA. N.

. st-rund
. • 2d h:rlf O-ll)
l')ave ■ Vine .■
(Two' to nil) .

J VMESt'UN. X. Y.
.. Opern. House
..2d half (S-11) . .

;l!r.tw it i-iowJing.

.Frank DcA'be • ■

. (Thriae to* Jill) ;, .'

JEK.'^EV t'lTTe
.. J<fat«J ■' \
'■1st half . iU-rT).-
Mel Kibe :-.Unit .
.. '2d luUf (S-al) .
Lm>y vBrui-h .'
(Others to nil) .
. -..i-a half'..ltl-.4) .
Mayo & Lynn- .' ' .'
(OUier*: to 'n.ll) .
dOIIXSTOWN. PA.
-Mnjestic ;.
lit half - (5-7) . '..
B &. .J Crelcrhton .-
Carisnas Bari<etf . Co
(Three" to. 41U).

■ :;d' hall' . (s-.ii )- :
Xorrlt. W hi t'l- & K
(Others to fill) . ..
LAXCAS'pjCit. VAj.

.Colonial '
1st half :'(?-7>
Ada Jlrown Co ...
Kr'mer <t. H'ttoti Co
d^hrce to fill)
.^2d half (8-11)
Curly • Burns' Co : -
Burt. & Lbhhian
(Three, to fill)
l.EIiANON
. .Keith's
2d half - (8-11) V
Spranibled Lgbs'

(Two to llill.). :

. LIMA, . O.

• Shine's Ohio .
■■. . 1st, half (.5-7)
Arnold it Flbrenz ,
Gladys. BOyce Co . ■.
Chas R Marshall Co
(Two to fill).
LOUISVILLE, KY.

KoltU'e ;
. 1st half (5-7).
RhcVdari' Heft , .L .
SheVrriari &..M(:Vey
Ray . Huling & Seal
Rich &• Cherle: ^ ^
;Larry-Bich-Fr'lerida

• .2d h:i,lf,.. (8-11) .~
D.oiwn Home . .- , .
MIrsh'll .M'nt'eorii'ry
4 T'esscnia . .
McManus ft llldkcy
(One. to. .fill). ; • . ■

: 2d half (1-4),
Zelda Brosj ■
Ryan.'S.ls ..
T it; R. Rpmalne .'.• •
Lane . &' Byron . .'
Th'e CoU'eKlates .. :'
,MAKION,- O. / .
. PttlaciB . •
'. .-Ist half ,(5-7) •'.'.
Arnold, & Floren^.' ,
.1 IVauser IJoys :■■ '■'
'On the.- Golf -Course
(Two to fill)' .

2d ■•half (8-11).
Arnold '& .Florenz'.
(jliidys Joyce Co '
(Three to 'till): \
MljADE^ ILLE, PA.
" .>-. Park.: ■■ •

.2d half (8-11)-.
Bernard- A 'SUzanne
Old Fiddlers .
(Ono to' .fill) :

MONTGOMERY . .

Keitli'g
2d halt (8:11)
-Ooorfie -Moore
IfalllBiin it EdAv'ds
K.-iy'^s K.utups-
Combe & Nev'lris
Norma Violin ■
M'RttlST'WN, N. J.
:..'■ Lyon's Piark-

. 2d. halt (8'rll) -
Albany Niph'j Boat
.'De,n. & G Ahearri ' -
(Three to fill ) ,.

NASHyiLLTB ;
. : .Princess .(S).
Pio Brady ' ' '-
Anper it. Falr
Ben Turplii-
Rigdlfetto Bros -i
Hayo's Marsh &. Fay

■ - ^ (29) •
Ruth Sii?. <t Moore
Sherman ■ & McVey
14 Bri.clttops
,Ta,ek CMffbrd; Co •
IvipR' Bros ■

XEMBl-TUJH
. ' .. Academy
1st hallf (5-7) ;
Clayton & 'Clayton
rhisiiolrrt & Bre'en
Geo Beatty ■
Violet JOy Co '
(One to nil) ,

2d half (8-11)
P.ci'lgy it Wally
Young Kec ..Tr"
(Three: to .fill)

. 2rt Ivclt. (1-4) :
Amato fi Girllo:'
Hanks & Burhanl
Xathbl ; '
Olive!- Olson Co -. '
At'klnp'n-l/elnda Co
NIAGARA liWI/LS

.- ..Bo.lleVIew
.. 1st half (5-7>
Luring -.&: LfssJl?

IL'.y it M.i V.
-A\'.ri> l->>.|'-r it liohs
I'ari: U.n

( '1 -.it'i' Hi- !ifi,'

rt'T'CTOV, W, VA.
(Irplioiin) . .
I -I ■ liii !f ( j-7 j . :
Ir'na - 1^ Fl-.iv, •'•rs .
Lit il-^ < 'luh , lUiys
Lovt'.i'.H (-.'onc-ont.-'n
Lcvan Ae BnHes
(Onf to fill)
•. 2d. hfi'.f -fS-11)
Henry J K<>lly
TInova & Bankbft
(Thre6 to flll>

Frank JJo von
Tvvlsts and': Twirls.'
(Two to fill) -
' ^^'?d halt (-«-ll) '
Arthur. & .barling .
Hyde Burrl.ll
F.inta.slo rnrlslen'nc
, (T\vi) to fill) . ^

Ottawa; caS".,

Keith's (•">)

• Mur ra .v' "' A ' Ir w in -
How,ard Thomas .Co
Bob fSeovKO'-' ■ -
Si'il) Deb . i)a'ncers ...
(fine to. fill) '• ..-
PiriLADfiLMllA

- : IJroiul\vii,v.

. ■ - 1st halt ({)-7).'~
Ollvi-r Ai. CmnKVe - '

. McrfJrath fi 'Travers
Jnlr-s fe'. J W.Tltf.n
-.2d - half (8-11) ' .'
.Oliver ,S-,. Crn'nple ,
l.leltbifi & LKj.ve ■--
Tom : Wiirlnft'.

- f'ross Ivpys •
2a ha;( fS'-'ll)

M'.-( irath ..t Trti-i erp
(Two to fi!!) .

mrle :<n>.:.
Gavn.ii- it B'.Ton.
ii.ivir .<;. )'.■ )!n-
nilly Swede Hall Co
'■ ii.'v."! J la v .
iriirry W« -ni,Tn Bd

I 2d half «8-H) •
.'cidi'.t :li YouriK .
1 Noodles Fujjan. ..
I Three' to fill 1

Mv>n . .
ist hair (^.-t)
Jean RahUIn .Bc;U>s
IlllKin fi- Alnvy
iTlivi-e ti'-')i!l)
,. .2a half. (8:11)
3 Bwnett -.Girls :
l-tlba .lub;ie'o tib- '
La'n'p -iSi '. JIaley . ..
i-ia. vnor .Ar Hyroa '. '
(One io'fi'i.;r.
' • VSheritlixn .?<i,;

'. Is.i lialf .(0-7) "
Ri-eiV -Ray .

• .'Ijirii -K VbynB ..
.Xoodios . Fagan
(Two to filU . ':

'...2d half (S-ii) .
Jantt of' Fr;irioe .
B it Mim Crrlirutoh. -
Tl'ie Ghezzis ' ■ • •
I TVvo to ti(l)' . ' . :' ■'

Pi'l TSlll, lt(iU
- -J)uvi8 (5) . '.'
All- 01)1 Rev . . -
(29) .

Tyler ,t St (,'lair -.'
Atjh ^(;l)ld
The ..tSaudsmlths
Down Hoiuo" .
Mofris. & Sh.i'W .. , ,•
i'-aohuco Tr
PITTJJF'LI), MASS,
PabK't;
. 1st halt .(5t7> •
T'b.cal

l{oUey .& 'Desmo.ii'd •
Smith it llart
Nell. O'Brien
Alpine Sports' ' .

d half (b'-l.l). .
Fon'dell . 4 ■ ■
Baker ^ West .
Shamrocks & ..T'lips
Frank l.vn Fa I'nii.ih- •
Mlsxissijipl -Flood
PLATTSBtG, N. Y.
ri;'riin.<l .:-
2d half (S-il.) ' .
Belts Seals-: ■ '
,(Tw6 - to inil) ■ - . -
POBTSMOrTII
.-•Le Roy.^ .'.-..,.■
. 2d. half (8-11)
Irma it L: Flowers ■
Little Cfiib Boys .
Lbvett'S Concf'nfr'n-
Levan ■&. Bolles
(Ontj to- fill) .. ..'.'
. POI GIIKEBPSIE
Avon'.
1. St halt (C-7)
Pblly ft. Wally ..
Youhe Kec Tr.
(Three " to fill) .
. 2d .half (8.-11) .
CTlayton.A Clayton..
Chisholm ' & Bree.ri-
Gno'. Beatty -. :■
Violet Jpy Co
(One to fill) . .
'. ' 2d. half (1-4) ' ;
BreriKlc .& Bella D
.Holly .' '■; '
The TrlanRlc:
Barrett. .& Cu.nrioie.n
Dancf Scandals
Ql-IC«IX', CAN. .
KcHh'H (5)
Allen & J'n CorelU
Chandler Bros " .
Be'tta Seals ...
Paddy. Saundera
(Otio to -fill )

READING, PA.

Rnjiib
2d half : (S^rll) ■
Marcus Re'v ...
KICIiMONI), W.
Nalional - - -
2d half ' (8-11) .
Peaches Browning .
Ja ck*' U.sher" Co .'
^One. to fill) .
, ..■SANIH-ISKY' :- '-
Keith's
. Ifrt half (5-7).
Pat Haley ;.
Tampa

(One ' to flll) .

SAlB.ATOGA :

•.2d. half (8-11) ■.
Arnold & O'Dee
Dbtson
(One. to AH)
SPBINGFIELP, O.
' Pulace:
•1st halt (6-7)
Tom & Dolly i\'ard
Lo'ckett 'S(: Pape .
Chabot & Tor (.on 1
•Hill Billies
;(Opo to .:flll)

2dl half (ff-11)
Smith. & Hart .'
ITfrhort Fayo Co V,'
(Three, to nu) :

ste'uknvillh;, o.

- rapil€»l.
1st halt (5-7). .
Slems- . : . • :
Smith & Sawyer
Rarr 2 To '.
'Nerrit White & K
(One to nil)

• ' 2d half (8-11)
MaKi(.'hind
Ccrana's -& Barker
,1 -HDUsor' Biiyp"
r.loTriberK's.DoKS '
(One io fill)
S¥Il.\CrSE. X. Y.

KcLth.'a.:

Meyor.n & Hanaford
■ Three to till) .

. 2d half (1-4)
Musical Ohaplna
Jackson. it'Xewmah

Janhloys " f,
Brock * Flyup
Blondes .Preferred
. VTIOA^ N. \.
CJaloty-'.'-
. 1st half (5-7) ■
.■\.rnoia it O'Dea . '
• Ho.ger WMliiims . :
lAhviid St - Clairil
Wi.iK- h est e'r &,■ -R .iss
Coiin't.oss Sonia - Co".
.; Id hait ((i'.iU)- •'
Al Mbbri? Jplly •'rarii
Ija.ly Nacc - ' . .-
Oia!'...-iM,6«ks .^
(TWO' to fill) .
WARKKX( Ov
: KobbluH . .
-...'■ Isf. halt (S-7). -
?lt niii . ; .-- . .
4 Arisfocrata - ^' . '
liarr 2 Vb . ' :
•Siiiith it- .SawVer - '
(One to fill) .
WSiHNO.T'N, p.C.
V. Keith's (5)
iJl.sen & Johnson' '
(tithers to /ill:) .

'. t-fl)., ■ '. ' .
■^roecnh.'^ '. Hr.o.o X'^nlt
era wl.i.i-d' it 'H'rLl<'
A\ II I TK PLAINS'
. . ' KvHb'fi-.' '
■■■■■ Ist-half (6:7.)..
.Moniana ■
.May(i.-&- Lynh ..
illelen Arden Co . ';

Duffy & Gleasoh
(One to fill)

.2d halt .(Srll)
Pct.er Hfirfflns- Co .-
Itap Hazard. Co. •
Poy Fiinril.N
(T\vo to .fill) .. '-■ ■

2a half.'! 1-4)
J(iEi>. Boot Jtev : •

W4N.>rON-SALlS.M
■ Keith's- •::

- : •2d 'halt tb-ll)
-RcarEoUl - "

Hoiliipd 'Iiuporfnfe .
■(.'bl ' Jack I'JeorKe' •':

VValt.cr. it' A;ti;'tiii '.

R al 01 trli . i!a 1 1 s bur y . ■ ■

■■ YORK.; PA-;'

'■. -Vork" O. II. -. .
. ' :!■;$ .half (-i-^j ■
, Riddle'"it .'i\ink - - '

(Tw.i to fill)-. -.
; 2d - halt - (StM):.

Adh Brown '.t''o - . ' .

(T.W6 t.b fill),..- .

vorxGsd'oyvx, O;

- - llippod route . .

-' Ist . half .'(5-7)' ' ■
. (Sat'iib' . .- bill -iilays
.•.Akiibll 2.d hnU)
Piixton .

Eviins 'it Mayei": :
'Pa \ ley- O.ur.alnsky .
6 Rocketa-.... ' ...
Haunted..

. 2'd. ha:lt .1-4) '
Tlnova ..t .Hakgff " ',.-
iRe(^d it Lii.Vcre - . /■
Cii'iioS' :&'-'\Viir.re»V'
Ba'riiy ' it '-Whltlcdife
Princi>,«H Ttit

1st halt T!rr75~^
Pulmlia. & Millet .-.
Ann ' Gold ; , J
TfTobpr-r Si Gatchctl
Jicli Benny ..
(One to fill) '
- . 2d: halt ..(S-il)'
All Wronfj. ..'
Taif nf'. A- Merit
Jack I'.cTiny': .
(Two to fil.l).'^ .
', . - 2d . half (1-4) -'
Yofiif Ke^- Tr .~ '..
.SartTent .& Le\*ls -
■1 ('aitierons
. P<>di-o I^ubln Rbv '
Will Mrtlirtriey. .
. T.0LEnO,'-0.

Kelth'n
, 1st half (5-7)
(S.TjJio. . bill Tilayf
r.;r;ind Rapids '.2'I
half)\-
ColbnI.al B
T,eh.r .&..r.eir' \ .
5 Rrar-lis '.
Mfirle Valr rit^o
Hoillnp.^w'Orth & C
i;v'i|a - Biirry.--
. 2d- half .(1.4)-.
A".l C.'-' liov
• .TORON'TO; CAV.

.Iltppoilrome <!>).
i.<-'i>hi( hira W'd'r'i'-jH

• 1 h.-^ !f I ■• ■■11 ■■
.TeS S'.'inley < "o
r.:.r!'J ,V li'Jil.ey.

i; Hr'/wn liros .
(Two to i'W.i ...
. 211 half (8.-11) .
Mi.;..n A- a;;:.::, .
Ilii.-k S.-^ B'l.Vl. r-a
Jenn UitPi' in B'.'i
(Two t'l r:ri)
IfarriA
• Jflt h.alf (3-7): . .
RUuro Brer
Charlotte Worth
.Magif; I>flhd
(Two to fill),

'+f ln H. " l-"'VVmfr t«i

."^h.-iflro AL- OlMiill':.
Ilofita . .. .

'2fO ." ■
^r.lnL''ellrl 'I'r .
]i:it..n'<V At'rv.
V^•,•I!,sl) fir F,!!r."
J.'i./:!: H' nil V . ^ '
G <-- !• .M-iu I'-v

iMON ( rrv, N..?

Ijin<<oIn
l.»t half (5-7) ■
Xarhol

NrilJy * M;.rk
(Tlir'^'^.to fi'l)

2d half fc-ll) '
Cantor A Duval

CAli4iARV, CAN.

' . Gntnd (5) - '
.lerry & Baby G'da.
Don Cil'mmliiKs::
Itdfrer Inil'tOff-. • -
Wilt«n & Weber .
Whet'ler A. ..Sands. .
Watch .'the Rhythm

• - (i;fi ..
Glyn Iiandlck-: . . , ..
Davis ife UarnelV .
Hi.ckey' Bi'oa.
I>!ublp Blake -
Grubcr'a. Oddities .
Vve.tt.fe RuBel-
CUICAOO, ItL,

Piiiaco '(5) : :■.

Monroe- &. Grant
B .& E NeNvell ■ V
Hd'rry J Gonley
Lee' Oalle . E.ria -.
Sophie Tucli'er: -
.lini McWlUlama .
(Tsvo to'-fill). - .

.-.:- (20'-).
Kbun Sis' ... - :..
The: Mey.akoa . '
Toto . .• -;-' ;■
Bert I-Ia.ii;'bn "
Johnny Be'rlces .-Co.- '
Allen & Cahtiqld -.
-Henry S;rntr(>y .
Loyaj's Dors-':'.
-., State I.itke .<6)
Rhythnv Boys; •'
jny -VeHo. .
T & R Rbmaihe Co
'Muriel - Kayo Co:.
Ray &' Harrison -'

ll'by llo'Kers-.
Lulilii. 1/arr'y. A .A'
lUiVmls .sv'iilo- Bd>
'.'■<20)^;:'.::'
^H.nrry iVirroll Unit

OAKLAND, CAL..

• Orphoiini (H) '
Yates, it Ijiwlej'-
Maribri-.Wilkins.-
Fl'shbr &;.ciilmore. ,
Bcsscc 'it BalfouW'-'
KM-n(S ^-' Whitney-.-'
Revel. Bros .& - Rod
,.•:'' ■■ :.. (29) '.- .
Dbnald- 'Brian . .,'
B.obVy Folsom ■;
Rose Thbr'ne'. .
Xbnettc ; ■ ■ .■ "
Ann- Gbdeb -.
.Gcrber's Gaielle.s. -
OMAlL\, NEB,

■ •; Or|tli<;iin) (5) .
Jack Hanlcy'.Cp.
Undercurrent -
.Scott -.'Saundcr.s - :
Sea.mon: ' Bros .
(Vr'adiiatcs' . ' - .
(One to filly:. .: ■

■■-'-' - "'(29) ; -

Hector -'<i: .:V.n Is '
Hayes ..& Cody ..
Jaclf . Xbvwi'vr.th ,. Co '
Flprrle L.-iVere V .
Newhbff & Phelps.
Rodrlt'b Si liiisi Or-
6;VX l-TlA^'eiSlRO
Gohleh .<ia(b (5)
.Donald Brlaia-'.-'
Serge '.Fl.ash . •

2d' half (8-10)
Witf & Vale
Ike l{o»«.->'s Midgets
(ThriH ,to -fill)
WtU St. ••

ist luilf (.J-T)

Jaii>i..:Bo,it ' r.e'\.
. • .2d. half : (s- 10)
lil I'rown (.'o
Betty Biythe ..."
F.i.b<.er .t.-'VVales':
Chaney .it: F.'.x': .' .
(Ono to niO .

,: -' .' lUStlt St.'-; '-^

':ist half (4r.7) 'V,
Mai-.i'niKa 1*5; M. Brbs
3 Hliirk- Act's ' . .
.Me.'ivi-lo' ,t Hule.
Ha:w I horn.'©- iVt Cook
(One to 1111)' . ;.

, '2d halt (S-lO) .'
i'.r/.y. Uiiat R<n- : ;

: \\ KSTC I lESTER ■ '
• X»»w..llbolu'II^ '

' - Jst half; (5-7). .
■Je,in lUiydcU... .
Iiap rta.ziird .i- M'ry

l-'riy .l-'amlly

(Two .tq 'till) .

.. 2d iiaif as-ii) •:.

I) p r I cl> .sii u & . .'B I- o w h
I'iKi.tii nil's-.
AVifitson' it Colian '
Luc'Uty 4'-ji; -A Tatbbt.
(Ono to fill).-- ,'
Mt. Ver'hon -

...1st h,alf (li•^7).. ■
Peter HIgglna Co -'
l)ii;ltanbs. ■ .:. .'■ '
Wi'itson' it Co ha I) -
Lucky: 4 ti.A: Tiilhot
(One ;to. tVtl)

'..lid . half (S-.ll) .-'
Jean Bfiydcll .
Gnip'i>. J uii'o.
Kay iV: Out l)<,.a'tl. '
t.T w<-v: io :l)ll I.

PAUL kIRKLAND

NOW WITH
Ci A. NIGGEMEYER'S :

"BLOSSOMS"

A rchLix tixi'T

Olreiction ' .' ■ ' . .

Joe-^LEBDY & SMELTH— Ed

.. " ZZ& yVe^i Wlh St.. .Bnito .t!01 .

Altrock & Schact .
Lew Cameron Co .
Billy Shone X2o-.'- -
(One to fill)

(29) '. .
TArlmer .& Hd.depn
Brown McGraw. Bd
Eddlo Conrad Co .
.(.Vrvo '& Moro - .
Wilson ft. Bbbsbn ..
Evil Tarigua;y... .
-f?cbtt Stiundera..
Huth Warren Co
Morari & Wiser . .
. DENVER, cot:

Orplieiim (5):
Rainbow Rev .-
N()rwobd-'& Hall
Phantom 4'
Al Abbott .
(One to fill) .

-Mary Ha'ynes
Rosalind Riiby :
Paul Yocan Co
Jack. Ha.nley.
Undc.rcufrenl.' .
LOS AN<JELES

HUlHtreet (5)
Irepo Franklln-:-
Graec Adclnhl •
Bcht'cU & Gould
Edwin ' Gebrgo " -
Rose & Thorne
-Daivfri-Bern le.^Orch^
(29) .. ■■ ■ '-
Ml.w Juliet ■
Ryah fk' T/ee .,
Kelso- Sc- Demohde ■ ,
G'awb'le Bo'ys .&. .B .
.Tbseph Regari
Geo WoTi'g . (*o -•

'dri>h'e,iitn (5).' '
"Tim berg -Unit
M'lr'y McX.'ce .& .:R.
■niock /b: Siiljy .
(Others, tp fill)

'. . .-.'■: (rj) '-

Max Fisher A (irch
Trl.tio Frigan:!a' ■
OdI v.a.

Tcck Murdbck • ■ .'
Joe Mar"ks^ '
Bentell Gould :
Lr^an fi- i'Mayfield.
.S,i-n-(aroff -S<rh1a
MILWAITKEK
l^ilaro (3) ^
Lhyai'a iJogs. ,
M>he RIano To. .-
Allen A (;<infif;ld .
(lenry Saiitrcy Bd
L' Tt : Hanri/h -
yhaw A rarro'll-.-R'v

. (i'.o :

tlnys M.-itPh ft .F<iy
Ilr;y RijKpirs
.V'an'n Sr Bernprd
("hrifl Wilson :
'J'ed T>v;|.« Bd

■==^'rx*T^Krippo<fi»=^

Hennepin <!>) ..
I'.-.l/ri. V/lillnev P.v

!!• - hy-r: s.- H'j' yate

Kaye A Sayre .
Nbnette .:
Gerber|s Gaieties .
Ann ..Cbdco '.

. ■;-:.(2!l) .
Dave. Bornio: Orch
Flsheir & Gllmore
Jrono Frahltlln ..
Atlr'y McN'co & R
jbn(Ss ft HUH
Yatca -ft- Lawlcy . :
.. Orpheom (5)-. :-
Weaver; Bros'
•Bekcfl Dancers ;
Norpian ; Thomas .
Jaryla' .ft - Harrison
Bobby F.ol,sb,m .' "
Ruth'' Budd .
Paul Nrtlari: '• ,
Lou Holli< :

. ■.: ■-: (29) . :

Tlmhei^g t:hlt •
SEATTLE, . WASH.

■ OrphoUin .- (f) '
Powers ft Wal lace .
Boh .Hall- -. , ■: • .
Manuel, Vega ' -. >:
Ma.elt ft Ro.s.sltbr •. .
Benny D.-ivls .
(One- to filiy -

' (2ii) .

Robert "Warwick Co
Al K Hall.
Ruiz. &!:Bonlta

_Hop.fti..JV.ern.du_u_

BurfiS' ft A,Hcn' - .
Alleen 'ft. 'Mar.iorle
'ST.-'- LOlilR '.: '
. St;: LduSs. (C) ■:' ;■
Rosalind Ruhjr " ,
Ruth Warren .,Co ; .
(rhas Slim Tlniblln
Pearl Regay CO. .
(One: to .fill)

... -(29)... . . ". .
ChirhVrl'n ,ft JTIne.s
Muriel . K^cye. .Co
S<-:e<l: Sr, Au.Mliri -:
■ Lou .T^llegen . Co'
Ted'Vi Al Waldman
VAX<'OL'VER. It.C,

Orplicn'm ■ (6)
Euhie: Blal'ciT!-:
Olyn I/aridIck ..
navfs ft Darnfill .
HIclrr'y Bros ,. .'
GTiOi'-r'ji .Oddities -
Yvcttc' Ru^col

.--^ ;^ ■■-.(2^) . :. ' •
Powers ft WaJlB«c
Bob Hall ;: .
'.vi:i nijf.-i: Vega
,\l!i'-k 'it ..it.'ifsit.(5r
I'leriiiy T\r.Vi!S' -

vvlNN^l•^:*;,. /vax,

Orplteum (.■>) . .
Ilarry (■.•irrull t'rtit.

' ' . f2 ;»')
Don (!'u'niii incs
'rtfil.'er jTr'l:',-.fr

' -n^-— ' - f ■ (• "1 : ■
Jfirc Ii;i!".-.-,(}r''l::>.
V.'h. ' 1-r' ,t. S'ind:<
AS'al' ti (h*- .".(.r-thni.

Yonkers

1st half (6-7.)
Typical Ti'pics Rev

.2d halt (S-11)
3 Black Aces
'l-')>her.&.llu.i>t.. -
ll.frhert R'^wlin-^nn.
.M;ir.;u:;'.i "iV M .r>roa
.(.(..'ne (.1 (ill)

XEU ARK, X. J.
Proctor's (5)
Kon.-. 'Miii-ray I'nil. .-

.iLILVNY, N. Y,

..Grand ..
-. Vst. lwtif (Ori) . ..;:
Cook it - yvrn'(in '•. .
H'bx-y ■ I/.-t R'oc'ca'
(Three to..fill)' ..

.2d h.-ilf (.8 -.11) .
I-loopcr. It: .'Oadgc'lt .
(Otiiens ' to .fill i. .
:.:. MarniiihuK IIhII ': '
■ 2.1 'lialt (.S-ll-)- :-
Will J Ward - - .
(;r«o' .to IVll) . - :

.'TROY.. N.- '.Y.
"i*r(Vct«r'H-.
,. l.i<i lialf, (5';7) ...

Doisivn - . ' - : . .

Hay ShiUlnbn Co :'
.Will. .1 Ward ' -
liddIO Diivis. CilrlS--:
(On'e 10 fill.) .

■:d half i-S-11) •-
Biiger, W-iiUiXins' . >
OiioU- ft ■ Vcr.roi'y. . . .
Knrico ' llaru^o .Jr. •

crvvo to. fii') " . :..- .'

. ?*CliKNLf TAl)V

- -: '-I*ro<-(or's ':
. i.<t ha'.f (5-7):
Diinny 'Sii'ia'.l ' . -
I'isiiho it Dc\lin .
(Three- to-.fiin .. .
^ : 2d-. half (K-J.l) .•
Parson.M Si. Cox .'
Uusse!! it. .>liirc.<.(vl.
v'ouauiis'ii . ^^(lnia Co
(Two 'lb fill)';:

ATLANTA,: GA.. v

.■'.'Gcor'ghi (5)'
,CTyd,Q: ft. 51 .Xelspn ,
Ije (Srohs .' . -
Harry. Hblman Co-
il.-ick Clifford
Devil's Circus '

■.•■Ai;STlN,-'''r)EX, '■-.-.
. ICnncoek 0/ 11/ .

. isthalf (5-7)
(Same bill plays
. W'aco 2d ha;if> :. ,
Eddie .Pardo'.'Rev ..

jVAtiLAS; 'TEX.^^'^:
Mn,|eatlc (6)'

Ra.«sb Co: ■ .
U'utU Sfus'e
Fulton ft Parlier
Ward- ft- Van . . . .'
Revniour'. * - H Rev .
IT. AVOUTII, TBX;

: . :^Il»jeHtiC (5) :
noh-.'.it. M Diipbrit-
Wlllle W McGlnty
Thos J Ryan, Go -
i'.a'risian Art :-'
(One. ,tn illl)'

gAi/vestox. TEX.

Majostle (U-O).
(Samo . bill plays
. Jia;ke Cliarles.-7.-8 ;

Beaumont, 9-10)
Three .Worcestora:- .
Kohn 'ft.-Deplnto'
Jamca ' Cough'lln Co
Demarest ft Del arid
Ken Ho'vell's Co -

lIOrftTOX, TEX.

, , Mcrtliil (6) .
Lester Irving. 3 -:
,Co-l2ds

iloscoo Ails' Co '..
(Two' to -fill)
WTTIvK ROCK
MnJestlc - - .
' Ist half (6-7).. '.
Bur'y'a. Dog' Stars.
.'Mike Amca-' ■
F :X Bushman Jr
T(>xa8 Comedy i- .
(One to fill)

2d half . <8-ir) .
Raines ft A vey .

OrviU(i Stainm Co
(Thrce;.tb fill) ■
NE\V ORLEANS
Ori>l>cum'-.(G)

Friink 'Viola Co . .
li-ving ft: Chaney
Senna ^f: Dean
Nick-. lAi«ia ' . .'
F . Ross: ft . Duress .
OKL.MIOMA CITY

Orpbeiirt'i (|5) :
:Ai?'rlai:.D'ejjr.offs: . ..
O'Connor, ft Vaiighh
La ; Be 1 1.0 I'ola " .
Ifurst & V.bgt
Wedding GoAvn
SAN ANTONIO ,
.MaJ.eHtIo :
Ray. V'l'ujjhn ■■ - ■ ■
ICihe) DavIS . .. •; '
Sldo:' Kl'ek.s.
(Two lb fill) .
SK.UISOLE (.\-(5):
(Sanio bill •• '.pUiys.
.Ainarlll'o, .7-8 : ', .
. Wlchlla.Fallai, ..
•:• 9-10) ' -
-Lomoa Tr - '
F.i-ancis & Wally. ..
':Norec: .
Bob Murphy
Gfiffrlnl •

>(llKEVEP*n.T. jAi

■ . Strand - (R) , './
Biiry.'a Dog-iitars -
Mifce AmeS .':
F X Bu.shmah Jr
Texaa . Comedy 4.,
(.Otib to fill ) ■. ■■■■■■■
TUI^tA, OKLA.
Orpheurt) (li) '
A.Friedland Rev:
.Tack Waldroh.:
WICHITA,. JtANS.,
^ ^ Majentlo
Ist half ..(5r7)
'fom McAullffe. ..
Kyd Mobi'ehous'o^
Morel Oabbrno Rev
(Two to fill)

2d half (8V11)
.Tones ft Hull .
F'ld'r irrrlot & 11
(Ono to fill)

Cook ft Oatman
Sorveny Twins Co:

.lOI.IKT, ILL.
. Klalto

2d halt i( 8 -10)
■-Clifton it DeRo.x'. ' .
Dance Hhapsodiei?
(die fb fill) : .
K VNS. cirv. MO.

' Malnstrtvt (1) .:
l.buisvillr. Loons.
.FVi d .Hughes ...
.\ it- F Stcilmah
Tod' it' Al Waldnmn
Slewatt ft -Olive
.^t; Louis .:iirc)iblfji1s"
.M.\l>l><ON, WIS.

,• Orplieiin*.:
: -1st luiir iri>7) ■ .
Bee. Ileo '.t R-by't'lb
Chitrui '4 - ■ ;
W;isOn it: Dobson
Rr'ne.st.'. Itintt -
B.ciini'ngtbn!s..-Bd'.
■ - 2d htilt: (S-lO).. •
Krbiik Cotn^llle :
.Vi'vl Ma-rj-Ls l^o. '
Berke.i! it Suiiy.

-((.Vne. to -fill)
,- 2il hal.r - A.l-4) :-:'
lUiijoiH- State Md-
T:ol!er >^i3 ft Ackl'd
Clara- Howard ' '
(Mlliert. .& French ..
Ifiishi: ft , Osai. .
Sill ;\V'i:KKE, AVIS.

. Riv^'rsldo <4)-
Axel Christ ensen . :' .
4 Hii.>»b;Vi\il'8.

PKOKIA, ILL. .
. PiUacipi-' ' ' ~

. l.«t -half .(5-7)
Ma<ru! it Itay ; . -.
Fiisl.'r Fas.'a it Ccx
,loe .Dofy Co;E.d's - .
('oOk it Oat man '.
Hi'iTl's K-ra y.y Ka ts:

: 2d halt. (8-10) . :
a. TaketiiS -
-Herbert v'ilftbij ^ ■
Cha rloe Co'- .
-(-'I'wo to. mi) :
ItOCKKOHO,. lia..

. Palace ■ ■
• :lst half .(5-7) -
V'ruiik: Convllle :
Val . Harris Co :
Bci-Ues & ."^uliy .
■foto •-
(One to fill)..
. 2d halt (8-10)
Bort Hee & li'by'tte
Charm 4
Wll.son' ft Dobaon
Eriiest-' Hlatt-
Benuirigtonla 'B4

"2d half (1-4) .
Ship- Ah by :
Gene. Greene :
Franklyn D'AihOro .
(Two .to fill)
SrOlIX CITV. lA.
'. . .- Oirplictinv .

l.st hiilf (5-7); •
Hector. & PaT.s .
Bvr.m: ft'WlIlIa ..
1 B.HampCb- "
H'.ft -F -i.Ish'fer..
Kiorrfo •- JjeVere Co

z<i. half . (8-10);:

1i''a(il Yocan Co. '"

Hall ft Dovter
Julian Hall Bd
(Two to (til I '

2d I'.alf .(1-4)
M^rley'iV Aiif.-..'r 'Co
II ..t .•Si am..)) .
l.e.il;i> .\- y n.rrg'ft
IVv va I ()a;-;.-<ii;;iie8,- .
1-' i'^A e|-s it. lii'etil
T.ee. "(;.•(!(. Kns)
SO; 1H;XI).. IND.
" .PiKlactf A. . ; .

: 1st - h.a.l t (5.-7) ■ : ■':
l.lbney. Boys- .
.- lioy : I'rii'nd.'i''- '
'.'lM)o jti'ianit»'^--
Knnb it' ]-;'lUa. . :
iCine to till) • .

;'d. h^ilf (.S-IO). . .
Miiraij ;v .W iser •. -
Tel :..H- Sl.-i: .,it Ackl-d
T2dni\' Wl"o>; . I'ioppir
L.eivn Vai'v.i'ra
()'ltfleh it!

'2d :haif .(lv4j.. .'
t-drii'.r .Tiriip Co ■■ .
bjviin,^ -ft. ,\l;i'yer . -
Bob Hope Co ■
W'dIC it-.Joronia , -
(I 'lie' to run . -
SI'IMX<;F'LDi : Ii:jI»,
- . . OrplieMM) ... •
. - 1st; ha f,. (5-7.) - ; .'
Leoh Vjtviira ■ c
.1 1 a i\ eo ' . U h a'paod I'&l
. (Three to fill) . ..
. 'ad half ..(.1-1.0) ;.
.Larln)(»r ft . ItudsoB ..
I'Jilecn 'Conk . ...
lio.v'- Friends ..
.1 4- Bi'h;kt.op3 .
K-ane it- Ellis'. - -

2d-h;ilf. (1-4)
V.a-nishinK Maid ' ". ■
.lean l-'irlie)- iJiinc'ra
iruht(.r- ft Pcrelval' '
Don llujiibert '
Stewart \. . Oll.vo '-.:
ST. LOl IS. MO,

. : .Griind (,■»)
Chas l.i'- Semon '. ',
Park ...sis ft liiirve^ '
It'.e.t'i' -('h'nd'n & D
.(.t)ili.ei-a. to (111)
.XT. PA PL, MINN.
.l'iiltM'e'-<)rph4<uni
• ist hrilr ((l'-7).
Pii.ul - Yocan Co
Hall ft; Dexter -
Julian Hail -BtJ
(Two to fill)-.
J,. 2d half (8-10) .
Hieblor .ft " I'lils :
Byron ft; Wlllla . -'
1 B Itapio. Crf. -
H.-'^-.' F Usher. ■ ' . -
flor.le' T.eVero. ,Coi :

.2d half (1-4)
.Music Art Rev .
:AT(>i?lbn ft Stotit
Lirbln'..;I/6Wry' ft A,'
(Two :t6 fill) •■
T'KE II'I TE, iNb,:

- .. Indliinii
" : l.xf half (D-T)' ' . ;
.Gllb'pi t .ft French. '
.14 DrieklopB.''
Harvey ' ,' '
.Mor?ti ft Wiser : .
(One to. (ill) . .

"2d l.iaU'..()(^.^iO)'
Dan Fiiolt Cb' •'

JUsbciation

NEW' YORK CITY , tlerl «i.t Itawiinson
.lill Ave. . ^
L<»» half

Ri - Brown Co
PiSbtr ft llurrt

M'.Dtvitt Kt lly .ft O
R(»y £. liot Dean
(One to fll!) '

HL'MINGTN, ILL.
MaJcfltIc

.iHt half (5-7).
Chorlo(; .Co
Klein- 'Bros
Peter Iho Great :

2d half (8:-J0): . ,
Duncan's- Collies':
Fran'kei ft- Dunlevy
Girl ;'V\''antcd

friPIt RAt-'DS, lA.

: iwwfi -
lat half (6-7y . .
Maiin ft. .-Bernard-
Hayes .ft Cody
Music Art Rev .
(Two to .fill)

' 2d half (8.-10) -
Hadji All Co
Seed & Au.<itjn
Varsily :S,". J.
(Two to , fill) T :

CHAM PATGX, ll.L.
. '. Orplieuiik .

, 1st hiOt -(5.-.7-) :
LfCrirtior ft ;Huda,oh
Kllc'dn Cook-.' :
snip Ahoy.
: V-2d half f8>10). '
lI.aye.'j;:-& -Cody . : -
MiiKib - A,rt ' Rev -'-
(One" t-b: fill) '- ' •
•2d halt (1-1).
That fharin .4 ':^
(Two:.t6 'nil) : : . ;
ClIlCVGOi IJ>L.:
•'.II<»lm.orit • '
• Ist. half (0-7)
Teller Sis & Ackl'd
Ohio 5 ■.
(.TliToe;to fill) .
: 2d half- (8-10)
.rtvthrri ' R'^arriers .
I,ol 1 ie Jliiyer.: (j'.r\>:.
(Three . nit). '
Enirleivood
ist. half (5-7y
rivOif/i : Itoarners '
<')i'iiih'-r.\'n ft. I'^arle
liuii'liT Mayi-.f (lli la
(.T>co (0^ till)

2d half (X'-lOy
J'l.s ft '.'larlf
.M.' fin . ft .1!' rn-ird
.('Viif>-'- (I), fill /

. Riviera ri). .
T ' 'i M . |il ' iy ) i -^r.''"Vi i ( »|i <-M
'I'.-i-'.dr ■ V. <■;'."/•>.'.
(■' •i.M Wi! On f')'
'/ ,. • (1 ;•...' Co -

;.((( /. Ill . f.'.i .

D \ \ /.M'OK r, lA.
; fiipi^o'

I ■ iHt. r:.. ■:'•(. '7j. ■
l. i'l- n' )t,M . ei f - . :
l'.'V.;rn 1- ii.;i.;- I iw/i. '■
! Miiiit' r ft ri pi-i .-.iI
■V';)tiiHt|.ni' ' W^i:'!-
2«l naif'.!" I'd
P ./■:ver'J ft Cn '.-i '
FCi-f r F.ir'n ft ("ox
Morton ft i^toul

Mary Ilayries '
Rodi!|jfO Llla Co

:.:2d.i)uir (I-t)
We. Griiduates : .
Lou' CttmerotT Cb -
Etcrelt ."^andiirsbh
Jay Voile ..':
Bee Ilee ft R^by'tto
' l>EOATi:jC, ;. ILL.
I^ineoln Stiiii'irn

. -1st linlf • (-5-7)
Diinran'.^ Collies
Frankel ft Duhlovy
Girl Wanted

2d half (jt-ld).
Madl<!'ft Ray
Klcifn ){roH • . •
Joe - Daly ' Co-Eda :

DRS MOINES. lA,-
- - -. Orpliil^iim • :

WuWhaiLU^Oijjj^:^

F Ever.s ft Gr.fttta
-Morton ft Hlout

M.-iry.- Haynes : , .

Rodrli.'O'. Llla Go '

(One to fill) . -
.'2d half .(8-10)

Wolff ft jcromo
:Ubn .Hunil')r>rt r

.Te/r n • J." u 1 1 e r 'I).''n Cei-H
..Hunter. ft, I'ercWal .'

VanlJ-hlng Maid -".
;,.2il .h,'il.t . .(V.H)

.Tllirjjly - J/nnnC

11 A F UijiVT

rienie Jtljijin • (:b '
.Bv>on ft ' Willis. ',.

.■vrbnroe' A '../Jrant ':

rph'm Wliltnoy Rv
BETKOIT. MICH,

Gnind-Rlilcni
. ■ Ist .li.ilf :.('6-7)

Benn'-lf 'Bros :' .

A leu Jft: ))>)rling

.(On'j to fill)

. • 2d ha;f .(8-l'0) .
.Radiology ,

\Vi(.-;ier Sis'

(JiTirude A •.•ery (^o
.EV'XSVIf.LE. INI).
. . Grand .

.. . Ist I'l.'lrf (,'■,..7)
7''.(rli'f! .M;n:-

:'.l li'-i',r (>;-1.0)

It:u-.-.-V
I )i . --^ r.i.r . .

XIOWAKK, X. .1.
Newark (.'))
Max ft HIsi Gang :
I'Mlth Bohlman .
.'.Serot Ilrbs ft .Sls ■
iSteppb -ft. Pierce- '
Supper Club. • :•
Casting-.- Campbells .
(Otie to nil)
: liliFFALO, N. Y.

. ' Confiir.v ,(5) '.
Wm. Ritchie Co
Jolly ft Wild -.
S(tdie Banks Co .,
Clifton! ft Brent ' .
katherlne Boyle- Co
NIAGARA I'ALLS

Strand (6)
Jiminie R'oohoy 3. .
BUT ft Hence Co .
.Morton' & Green-
Marlon Belle It Co
(Onf! to fill)

IXJICONTO, PAX.
- I'a'nlngea (5)
pbaing Act- " -.- ,

.Shaw ft, Gordon
HyarriH-ft MclAtyrc
, Royal Gordon .. .'
HIghsinders . . ■
1I,V,MILT(>X. CAX.

■■. I'a-ntaffeH^ (5) , '
Rep ft Jtiuh '
Arthur ft - Ilrb%vne..
ll()w;ird ft Norwood
rmperial "Wi'flsh Co
(One to . fill)
. . .TOLEIM), O.

P.an(ngei»..'(By ■
V,i\ Lavlne . ' :.•
Shanncifi'.ft' C Bros.
Chase ft. La ;Ti)Ur -
Dpriia ft. P(illai-d
■t. K eniineys
Ha'rry. .Seymour "ft C
INDIANAPOLIS
■: liyrte (5) .,
Gilded' Caife
■Marl.v ft.-.Naney
ijan- Coleman- Co.
rfrout A ;:Iicft .
'WaHe.s 7<';.riil!.v ' "
MINNEAPOLIS

- P(Hlta6:e(!i (5) .
PfrettOB. '
Fern ft:,Davl8 .
N.ii(;<)Td -Ilev .- -

Blachrnce Bd Ross
Bert Collins. Co
VANCOlvV'Il, H. Ot

P(inliijy;oH (6) ■
Broken Toys
Art. Olllham , .^
Orren :<fi: Drew '.
Ti^aiik A Dean
•Flashc's .Of Art "
TACO.MA.WASH.

PaufaKes (0)
M.|tkU8..2 •
Mmo Starlia.
Silks -ft Siatlna .'
Ferris ft EillH- -
Flapper.. Fresh icB .
PORTLANI), ORB.

r PtuitttgeH. (5)
.Tfian Barrios ;. ' - .
Illekniah . Bros
Phli phlllipa Bd
(XWo to fill).-
SAX FItANCISCO

I'tui(4tge8 (8)
nicknell

Mlllrir ft Poteraon.
.V(>rsatllo. Steppers '
llarr-y .Rappl
Flo Slicareme . '
LOS ANGELES.-

I'lintilgiw (3) .
Jack', ft !jol Freed
-Aalliii Sis'.ft Carter
Do 'r<iret;o8 . ■
Aliir: B' 'Frah(:ls •'-
Br;vrty ft Mahciney'
Kdythe ri'urrfh'n-i Bd
SAN. DlrXil^, CAti

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VARIETY

W O M E N' S PAGE

Wednesday, October 31, 1928

■ This^ d contains rewritten theatrical hews items as pub-

iished -tfurinQ this, w^^ New York, Chicago^

iSan. Francisco, Lbs 'Ahgeles and^ L

for these iiiews items: each has been rewritteH frbm a .daily paper-;

NEW YORK

;.Beati-ix Thbmpsoii in. ''Thie Uri-
. known lAyarribrV .c.onies . .- under
• Equity .riiie fo.r alien p She'
. yiriir. be forced to quit .the cast in
.Nbven^Uer, ■ the second (?a3.e ot the
.kind rund.er .rules , in effect 'Hoy. 1,
^Equity has allowed Charles Hopkins
: two weeKs. to -replace - the . o-ctreSS.

"Bie Wa^ynfe and Little' Wiiyne''
. run a fTArribllhgr saloon , In Edna
Perher's story. ''Show Boat": NoAv
ohe "Little Wavno" Dariiron of Cat-
lettshiirg:; Ky.; asks $25;000 daniagps.
'. Torh Taggart/ -^tlred pbliticai leader
of Indiana,, filed .objection to, a char-
acter of ;that name In the ■Ferber
..'■story.'-O'..' •■■ .-'^

. The ebmiherce • Departnieht . In-
epector . at durtlss Field,- Long
Island; penalized Eleanor Smith, 17-;
year^old air ; pilot, with ■ order :jiQt
'■^o. fly. for.. 15 days.': Girl had. flown
■ under;. East Biver bridges, in- yio.-.
laUbn , of goveriiment regulations
which forbid flyin iover v thornugh -
'fares ait less than BOd. feet.. Publir
. cation pf the . penalty disclose'l. thii'
Uie girl is daughter of Tbin Smith;
the actor. ■.-

Bayard Veiller sued Amerlcah
Play- Go,i , asserting concern' had
nothing to do with pliacihg':".Ti'
of, Mary Pugani" .Vellier signed ah
a^enby.'cbhtra;ct. for .the usual IC
per cent; iSubseqiiehtly , he ; bpr -.
roWed $,3,p60 from; the' Play, cpm-
j^any and figreed tp give, up 20 pei-
ceiit of .ToyaltleSi Now he seeks to
void both agTe'emehts. • :

hirn In; f'Wpmeh Gn On Forever;"
Sherwood claims Miss.. Winthrbn
oyvcs ihim $7;0G6 .and .Miss .'WinthrOp
retaliates \ahd . says Sherwbbd owes
her il3,O0O.. Bjfifqre . the judge, this-
week.- ' ■■■ ■.■■'■'A

Walter. Pid&ebh,' sci*een ac tori had
nose; snia.^hed .and -face 'cut Avhen
his auto struck a jjravei plile. ih- the
road, hurtling hirn : ; thrbiigh .'.the
Wind$hield. His Ti.oae wa,s restored
at , I lolly Wood h bsp i tal by . ah ' > i)e i" -.
ation performed by Dr. Howard Up-
degraifr, ■ r '.^ '

charge laid by John Franci^ Dono-
van, movie cowboy, Mae Aiiurray
made tr.Tcks for Superibr Jiidgo
Yankwich's' courtroom and after
considerable legal argunncnt and red
tape succeeded in removing fronrt the
calendar ai . sult for |llp,000 ' dam.^
Ages brought against her vby Arthur
Gregory director. . An out'-ofrcoui't
settlement Avas madpV . • .

Tul. Lorraine, New Zealand scrqen
actress, secretary of Clara Bow and
nio^t recently the ;brlde of ; Clara's
father; Robert. BbWy who fburid her-
self, entang^led with U. -S. immigra-
tion authorities, is ..now a full.-"
fledged Ahiericah citizen . w;ltb :tho
deportation bogie gone. to comply
with thb tcchnlcalitie? . of the im-
migration law fehe Crossed, the bpr-:
der into Mexico at Mexlcall and
then retiirhed, making application
for admission as a citizen through
her wedding -with Bow. . the appliv
cation was granted.' V

. Suit filed \eight .tnonths -ago by
Joan Arhnstrbng Alquist.; author, In
Federal District. Court, demanding
niore than ^ l;OttO,006' for alleged lil-
fringenxent of copyright in C;- B
DeMille's prbdu,ctl6hvof "The K
of Kings;" was dismissed .by Fed-
eral District Judge .W. .P. James/ ■

Florence A. Qood, ; who told ' pror
bation officers she was!, engaged to
inarry 'Clyde Gatruth, film director,
pleaded guilty to writing two checkr
without sufficient, funds in the bank.
Shei. said she 'had: ^quarreled with
Carruth .and wrote the-; checks . tc
secure blbthes for a date with an-
other man. She was plaiced on three
years': pr6bja,tl,Q.n by Superior Judge
Fr-icks and forbidden to open, a
eheckihg . account .In that time.: .

With ' the subject of all the dis-
cussion barred from the courtroom,
Mrs.' Ada Johnson: threw a tjomb*
shell Into, the proceedings, over the
custody of little , Frahkle • Darrp
ehlld movie star, when she testified
that Frank Johnson, her; husbaihd,
wag not , the fathei- of little Frankle.

Ada. Johnson, and 'her htisbahd,
Frank,, i^nd Beatrice .Walton, the
boy's aunt, are ^each seeking : his
.ustody— and custody of his ability
to maik6 the bucks before a camera
Auntie Walton claima Mrs. John.-,
sonj thi* mother, la. unfit to care for
the lad.

Johhsoh says . that . if he ; isn't
Frankie's father it . siire Is iiews^ to

him.'.- ■

" Fanlijus Players of -Cahada; in a
.l>atent suit 'with DeForest phbnofilm
of Canada,- cited sound 'photbgraiphy.
'. patents antedating thpse of Dr. liee
•DeForest. Picture company seek.t?
to iestablish that sound devices 'n'erc
kriowh' and. used before the;DePpr^ist
device was intrbduced, and ' cbn-
tenda DeForest ca.n.not prosecute an
tictlon for in frih^eiheht under the
patent- laws .of Ca:nad^

; Sldhey Ross has off 6red $i,p!00 fbr.
B, scholarship to be used by a s tu
flent iictor . or actress for a year's
fltudy with the. Mpscpw Art • the-
atre!; atinbuhcertieht'; being made
through the American Scciety for
Cultural Relations with Russia. ;De-
.t1JHs. 'w'ill ;be .arranged by^^ donri-
nittee: made up ' pf Mrs. Norman
' igbod, Eva LeGaliienne, Irene
Hsohn, Lee Simons.pn and Oliver
.M.;'Ssi,yler.'''.. ..;-■;.'.'.

Marriage engagement announced
of Marlon. Hamilton, danber Ih
"Blllie," and David S. Ludlum, Jr.,
eon of. former president of the Autb-
car, Co;, of America and nephew of
the president of the A. & P; Tea

.C6; ■ :' ■■■ ■ ■ ■>'■'■■;■•■

Jiianlta Janseh, •rtrhb used to lec
ture about the drug trafllc ifter
admitting she^ .was ah ex'-addlct,

iCrashed the dallies with the declara-
tion she intended to. sue a hotel
near times Square for ;|250,Opo foi;
injuries receiyed . when she :' was

,.8ic?ilded-ln a defective, shower hath

GHICAGO

'Gtand jury In McHehry County
; 111., ; has returned 44. indictments-
.ag8.ins.t 76 defendants Iri a drive, to
' ■ .cleiah": . exit' '~roadhoUses-,-'-gf^
" iplnts ahd other tough spots in the
opuhty. ' Most of the .roadhouses
Were, socked on prbhibitlbh : , viola
' tib'ris^ ■■ .. ■ •

Box offlce bf thts: Majestic theatre
was stuck tipi by an . unmasked
■balndit list week . who escaped, with
. abbtit .$150. , . William Newman
:ij;ashier, saved, quite a, toll by .droij-
plng it. to .thei fiobr*

.' with the roller skating .marathoh
■ having , boiled down to throe . glr
singles iafter : more .thlih 1;200 hburs
at First ' Regiment armory^ the
aancing. • marathon previpusly at
Ashland duditorlum. has been
brbught into the armory to bolster
^blz.. ■■■

.Mrs, Vivian McDonald. Page
.VMiBS Mobile" In the 1926 Atlantic
City cohtost, , was arrested for theft
.In Media, Pa. .

■ / George- Fisher^ . filni actor, . iand
Jack Oray, Holly wobd shopkeeper,
wterff arrested bri liqubr and; traiflfic
cha,rges when the .auto in which
they wefe riding crashed into a, car
contalrtihg . two policemeh.

Demanding $200,000 ''heart balm"
Mris. G.en.evive Ross has filed .siiit
dgainst Mrs, Marian Ownes Thomp-
son, charging, that she alienated the
affections of M. C.. Ross, said, ito/be
a' fbrmer executive of - a -fil.ni com-,
pany. ■.:■[:

Fire routed >nany guests of . Jess
Wlllard's ' • hotels apartment/ St.
George Court; Tenants weire driveri
frbm: their ,roomai\ iri: fllinsy. .aftir'c
Whbri. thof . entire, building/ . chbket;
with isnioke originating in the apart-
ment -pf Mrs. Frances Fiay who - f el'
asleep and . dropped a. lighted :cigr^
arettOi Darhage. wias. slight, '

Henry SchumanriTHeink, son ;bf
the Opera singer, made defendant
in two civil suit? amounting to $3,
000. Al G.- Smith Coi, complainant,
charges Schumann-Heink Is in-
debted- tb 'that ampuht as the result
of a sto.ck: trahsaicfcion. ■

William Brent Pdttori, film stunt
than, appeared In; Superibr Cburt
before Judge McDan'iels, demanding
$74,886.61 daniagcia from- the South
orh Paciflb Railroad Co, for Injurie.<-
he ciaihris- to have suffered when
thrown fronri a train by a conductor
during an argun^erit about his ticket.
According., to Pattbn his spine was
injured in the fall. :

Jean . Sosnovsky, ■ dancer,.: granted
divorce from Nathan B. Sbsnovsky,
wrestler. Wife charged cruelty, as-
sertlhg . SoSnovsky forced her ' tb
work aS a dancer In a Main street
honky tohk ;against her wishes.

Jbsepii BOnneciise, opera singer/
riamed defendant in divbrc© suit; by
libulse Bbnnecaze, filed herie Pcti . 16.
charges cruelty and desertion; .

Dallas Van Cleye, film actor, sen-
tenced froni five years to Ufe In San
Quentin, .eal., prison, folloMng cbn-
victlPn bn . burglary . charge. . Van
C.leve's thumb print on .a trunk' in
the. victim's apartment w'as the con-
victihg evidence,/ . .. . ■'

.Invbivlng charges of breach of
contract and forcible ejection, a suit
has been brought before Judge Leon
Yahkwlch's / cburt by Cora . Bee
Sheffield against Will LeVingtoh
Cbmfbrt, . magazine . fiction author
and materiai writer. Miss Sheffield
art dealer, jxsks $4,750 damages.

An order Issued by Judge Edwin
F. Haan, Superibr CbUrt, restraiiv?
the- firm bf Goldman- and Wenzel
habei'dashers, from displaying ready
lied bow tlefs with the catch name
"Menjou Bows." -.Adolphe Mcnjoi)
had threatened suit against the flrtii
for $25,000 for using his rta:me with^
out permission. He agreod to drop
the suit upon th.e firm'i^ promise
that theiy would not contest Judge
/Haah's^orderi '

, Ruliiig that ' John Dobberts had
conducted a gambling gamie in vio
latipn of ^ '-eity ordinance, . Judge
Wilson suspended all but $50 bf a
$25<» fine when Dobberts prbmised
npt- to reopen a! similar game again
Dobberts! epncession at 1501 Ocean
Front, yeriice; was callbd. "Darto.'
.It consisted of throwing featherijd
darts; agalhst, a numberied ■ circula
• hoard. " "".■■'■.y :''.'

Myrta Bonilias has filed suit fb
divorce against Capt. John . S. Pe
terisi, ; fornier ; •crack army, polo
player, / Miss Bonilias ..became the
brldst of Capta;in Peters a!fter
courtship bf- but : a fbw houi's four
years ago. Charg'es hiental • cruelty

XDS^ ANGELES

<>eprge' Sherwood, prbducer of
■ 'Wgrntcn Go On Forcvbr,'' is havln.iv.
woman trpiablo of an unusual kind
The producer's wife, Verda, sued
.: him .fbr divorce , and. charged him
. ; with being Infatuated, with. Riitlr!
. King, actress, now the wife of AVard
Hamilton. Mrs. Sherwood, then, siied
Miss King for $200,000 for alienating
Sherwood's a ftbctlons.
• The latest /development was a
conte.<)ted suit between Sherwood
and Velma Dodge, profosfiioniiUV

Just after having fainted witl
Jpy over her acnuittal in Santa Mon
Barbara Wlnthrop, associated with ' ica police court of a forcible entry

/ Lucy Doralhe, Hungarian beauty
brought ta : this country on A six
rriohth Qontract by Paramount to
succbod Pola; Negri, annbuncod hor
bngagement to Dr. Richard Relth
mullerj wealthy oral; surgeon and
^n-iiUroe;L^QllQAyiDg. -h&c_reIe_ase from
Paramount at the expiration bf her
.contrnrt .she has. free lanced for Fo
and First National. Miss Dorain
wiis formerly rriarrled to Michael
Curtlz, nPw dil'cotln.g for Warners
Tl\o . wedding will take place after
New. 'Year's. '

A divorce suit has boon niod by
Josoph B Verdi against l^o-sste M
Verdi. Both professionals.

Esther C. Varella; former Mexican;
opera singer, has filed -suit for dl-
vprcej; / against ,. Sehovib . Varela
charging hpn -support, * •

Gebrge -Edward . Gates, truck
driver, granted divorce from Gladys
Dean French 'Gates, night club en
tertainen Desertion charges. It was
the third divorce f or . Gates, who 1$
26., ■ . :

Vera Sherwood has filed suit for
divorce from George Sherwood, pro-,
meter and actor, charging , cruelty.
The couple ha,ve four childreii., ,

Mrs. Ruth M. South\vorth granted
divorce from Orville V. Sbuthworth,
organizer of Story Picture Cbtpora-
tion. Non-support charged. Mrs^
Southwoi;th awarded $25,000 cbm-
munity property. .;,

Nina Byron, former . chorus . girl,
granted final divorce : decree from
Richard Rbsson,. film dlrectbr, has
left for New York. ; Incompatibility
of temperament. . ■ ^

v Williani- H. yanderbiltt. ypiing and.
.handabme niultimilliona^ ■ is the
RijpVbllcan . nbnr>ihee for • Rhode
Island. Son of Alfred Vander-
biit, ; Ibs.t. in the "Lusitania," he is
presi d,f?h t of the Casino theatre,
Ne wfiort; ■ arid ; last summer : f te *
queiitly entei'taiiied; tii^^^ players iwlth
dinners ■ each Tuesday; night . and'
supper, Saturdayv Hi$ mother, Mrs;
Pa.iil Fltz Sinrtb'hsi. a^^ ept^rtsiined
the : players.v She recehtly declined
the homihatiori: for; Alderman, at
NeWpprt After ■ divorcing, . Vander-
bllt, she iharried Lieut. Pitzsim-
mbnsi of the Nayy. He is, pbhsid- ;
atbly / hijr j ynlor; / and '/changed/ the '
spelling of i-is name. . >

Alfred G. yanderbllt. chose as. his.
second / Wife Margaret Smersbn,
daughter of . Cbl. isaab Einerson, of
Baltimbre, of Bromo-Seltzer.''mil-
Ilphs: She had previously divorced
Smith McKIm, and also; divorced
Raymond Bakeri vmarryihg Charles
]Minot: Amory last ; week. She - has
two yanderbllt sons ahia a Baker
daughter. ;■:.■:.'■.-■■ /,'

Wili.iain H. Vanderbllt was d^^^
vprced /by Emily Davies. aiid has a
.small . daugliter. . .He ; is . first
cousin of Francis Orrhpnd French,
who was divbrced and became a taxi;
chauffeur, and of Julia Frenich; who .
dlYorced • .Jack Geragiity, ■ Newport
chatlffeur, and then , married How-
aTd^ Williams. ■:' .■. / ; ''■...';.

thfe marriage „bt,. Teddie. Gerard
and Capt, : ArchlcK-vGrant, of/ the:
Grenadleir . .Guards,: ' spn of . the
Scb^tish laird, J. W. H. Grant,; is.
expected to take place without. dela:|r. ;
at V tlie^; ' bride's country , place ' at
ISfflngharri, . Surrey. : ' A- ; year ago .
Cajpt; .Grant's ehgagemient to Cicely
Gbrdoh-CUmming, :6f a noted Scotch
family, . was A.nhbunced Arid can-
celed. ;.'.:."/.■■': ^/'..^x./-/^ " '■■..■ " ■: , > ;

T.eddiei brlglnaily Teres^v. .Cabre,
was; bp'rn in America,, and : first
jxcted at the/ Caslnb,; New Torkr In
1909, /in the; 'chbrjis of "Hayana.'-',
The year before that ;she married;
Joseph ; Raymond, ah advertisinig
solicltpr .for yarlety. . They wed a
month after mebtlng. . and' parted
immediately.. Raymond later be-
came Insane and died in an asylumi
When the late E'.; R. ^Thbmas, mil-
lionaire / pui:>li3her ■ and sportsman,
wa$. divorced by Linda Lee,^ the
firsit of his thi'ee wives, Teddie. ■waai
naiiied . as: cprespphdent. ' (Linda
Bee. t.ho'tna^^^ latter ;m?irried Cole
Porter, .. song writer.) : Miss ' Gerard,
about that tlme^ eohstahtly .encounr
terbd with .George Bronson Hipward,
playwrights S.he;. had .him . arrested
for anhbyihg her. He cpmrnitted
suicide in Lbs; Angeles. She was a
friend; pf Barry Baxter, ■*vhp dibd in
.New Tbrk, . arid wias reported enr
gaged to "Tbih iDbliglas, the actor,
now: appearing; in "Young Love."

.■ Three years ago the riimor per?
sflsted. that "Teddie wbuld marry the
miilibrial.re, ppio player, Wlllliam
Avereli Harriman. But his v/ife,
Kitty Lawrence,, "did not divorce
him, and/ the couple became recon-
ciled. Subsfequentiy. it developed
that Hdrrirhan owned nearly all the
preferred stock of Irispiratlp"n Pic-
tures, Inc., the company that starred
Lillian Qish. .

^Jisffltr^-BatS-^Flan neryTWsereen - a^^
tress, filed divorce cbrriplaint against
Charles Flannery, chargihg cruelty.

Prince David Mdvanl,; has; just beefli
acquitted in S.anta Monica, Calif,
of. forcible house .entry on chargeii
preferred hy Jack DohoVan, Holly,
wood architijct.. She had previously
accused Donovan; of njlsrepresentir
tion of the furnishings of a hbiis*;
sh^ purchased* .A verdict of $32,o6o
was awarded her

■ Meanwhile, PrlnCe Serge Mdvanl,
.brotiier of: David,' Id ; ehrpute; fiibm
Pjarls to America, ; .on matters bf
businessi : he and his' wife, , Pola
Negri, aigain . denying., any domestii
dlsagreethentjs, '

It lias .becbme khown tlta^ a islster^
Piincess; ilus'sie Mdyanl,. 19,; seiiretly ^
married the fambps Spanish mural .
painter*. Jose Marisi ' ; Sert, fouj
nionths/ago. Sert .has ■visited .Ahaer-V
Ica and .' decorated '' millionaires^ ;
estates oil Lon g . Island : and' Palni
Beach, his ; fixed, charge belhj
$260,000. Formerly attached ; to the
Spanish . Emibassy in. Rome, he was
divorced last sprihg. Mae /Murray'i
prihce tried acting in pictures, but
inet '. with : scant . ;: encouragement
Mae's name ; was .prlginally /Marl*
Kbenlg.. Pola's wai Apppllnl»
Chalupez.

//Vahnessi Jandeniere' ; v . v

. yanriessi, after: opening her coSi-
tume^shbp near Times' Square,, is ;
off .on ariother yaudeviUe tour.- It
was In vaudeville she . fli^t attracted
attention, and later In : Broadway
musicals. ; While iri : .''Inriocerit
Eyes'', she married Henry ; trea.t/
:Ghittenderi, -New To irk la'wyer; and;,
banker, formerly ;iri ,the diplomatib;:
service. They wed in June, 1921^
and parted a. few months, later,
ijaist winter - she got a divorce. .

Kncwn . ais . Vanriesst Jardenierey
she la said to hall; frb'ni an Aii^izoria
ranch.v '. ■.••/.:,- ;:A..'.:"''

vPluaging;.Cbffe6-'-':' '.;.•.';-. ...-s
A -brand ; of coffee has 'recently
been exploited in - the ; papers, ;witli.'
signed endbrpe.merits, from society
;\vomen, ; Firit canio • -Mr?. R.; T.
.Wllsbn, arid ; then Mrs.;/ - Douglas;
jiacArthur.. ;^Irs^ Wilson entertairiii .
mariy show peopie. . She. Is a sister-
in-law of. Mrs. Cbrnejius Vanderbllt
and Mrs, Ogderi Goeiet. : ; ^ ■ ;
Mrs. MacArthiur ;w-ho; has .- heerii

seeri about; With Lio'hel A^ Is
daughter of the. fabulpusly:' rlcii.
Mrs.;E. T. Stotesbury vand the lat«
Oliver Croinwell. Atwill.. ■wa«>' . dl-
;vbrced by;. Phyllis Relphj rarid ho
then divorced Elsie Mac.kayo.: .: '

The lyidvanis " /
The Mdva;nls are; always flgurlrig
in the news! . ;Mae .Murrayj whose
fourth ,i and current^ husband is

/Lpuis yon Frohner. danGlrig in-
structor, found guilty of second, dei-
gr ce m urder by a j ury. / C.onyl c ted
bf performing illegal Qperatlon upon
Miss Charlbt.te Ricks, /July 28 last.
Shje died Aug. 14;/ He is. scheduled
for seritehce tb San; (^tieritiri prison
for io years to life. \ / ; '

Cordelia May Karnra, sceriarlst;
granted divorce frprii. Philip Schuy-
ler Kamm in Superior Judge Al-
varado-3 court. .' Cruelty charged.

■fhpmas Whileley, , film gag riatin,
accused by Dorothy. Frederick*: 17,:
of attacking her, wAS; released i)y
L; A... police, following coriflrmatlori
of his stbry that he did not harm
the girl. .

Mathilde. Borteleky Keenan, - film
actress, was freed on bond after two.
nights, and a day in jail, hilt faces

i)qssTijT?;"^vyuiiutIuh^-=tt>=H^
Ihimlgration officials cialm she mar-
ried Keonan on the" day she was
denied extension of her visitbr's per-
mit and now; seeks to reriiairi be-r'
(>ause sho -is the wife of . an,. Amer-
toan citizen.

Merle Clinton Wade, Said to be
ivn Indian picture producer, . has
been riamed defendant in a $50,000
^!uIt for damages filed in Superior
Cmirt by Annabelle Hazen, actress,
who charges breach of promise.

According to Miss Haz«n*a eoni^

plaint, she ; and Wade became en-
gaged last September. , Miss HazCn
claims that bn. Oct. 10 she requested
Wade; to f ulflil his proriiise, but he
declined to do sp,.

Purichboard arid slot machine
manufacturers are trying to devise
Sbiiie sort of board: or appllarice
which will pass the courity . ordi-
nance against ganabling. this was
disclosed ; when ; rald^. were ntiade
bri nunierous soft drink, stands by
dopluties acting under Captain Beni
ton, .head of the sheriff's liquor de-
tail./ .'

: Officers raided . .16 places, / and
seized 86 punchboards said to vio-
late the ordinance.

SAN FRANCISCO

Irene D. Rbthchild granted decree
(vfMlivor-oei^from jlatUieEt-JRi
fbrmer. iocal theatre owner, on
grpurids . of cruelty. / Couple were
married. In : 1907 and separated In
1927, according to complaint Roth-
child sold out of his local holdings
to West Coast Theatres arid Publix
some months ago.

Oliver Morosco Is opening a the-
atrical and dramatic school here;
Morosco still 'iias a yen for pro-:
ducing and announces he will
shortly p^ea6nt "Spendthrlff* at a
local housA.

:<ioaching Novarro . .;.

Louis : Griavure, whp iaiSt /yeaT:
evolved frbm • a coricCrt • haritorie la
America into, an operatic tenor' in
Gerriiariy, iias joined the Philadelr
phia. Grand Opera; Co., and will sing
Don Jose in "Carmeri.'' .' His real
riame is Wilfred . Douthltt, and he
is married to' Eleanor Painter, of
Walkerviile, jowa;, ' ;

Miss Painter has been featured in
niusical" and dramatic prpductiPris;
Gravure . ha;3 mariy frierids In so-
ciety. .. He has been coaching Ra-
mon Novarro for' an operatic, debut,
as the. Mexlcjari moviiB star who
started . with the; Mario^n Morgan
Dancers in vaudeyille; has: long
waritied to sing.

• : Favorite in Paris V

The :w;ealthy Col.; Nelisori Morris,
of Chicago^ has just riiarried Jari«
Aubert,nfM5lcal~"cx«nBd
'The lady has Ibrig-beeri a favorite
with Frbrich audiences. Last witi-
ter she was co-storing- . .at thi
Mbulih Rouge with; the Airierican
liiarry: Pilcer, and; later took over
the cabaret of Josephine Bakerv t.h»
colored ; perforriier .frorii . ilarlei^
;wheri , the dusky: , beauty; . went . .tO;
Berliri. j .;■■ '': , i '' 'y

At the Moulin . Rouge Jarie Vsa,ng a
sbng while suspended in a ijasket
swung out oyer the •aridience.

/ "The -Block Beautiful , :;

The single Setting of "The High.
Road'' is by Cara Fargo Thomas;
She and her husband, Joseph B.
Thomas, live in 19th; street near 3rd
avoriue,. in the so rcall.ed ;: ."BlpcK
Beautiful.*' Friends and: nelghborf
include Robert Wlnthrop ; Chanler,
artistj Av^ib was divorced by his sec-
ond wife, Llna Cavalierl, the singer,
and William Astor Chanler, wh<>.

'MlTnTte--AshleyT-=Jnjiaim=
cbmiedy actress. ' :■

MVS. Thomas is a da\ighter of
Mr. and Mrs. James F. Fargo, of
6th avenue, and a granddaughter
bf the founder of Weils, Fai'go Ex-
press. (A histbry of that oxpre^
company is to be filmed by First
National, Albert Rogell directing
Ken Maynard, sUr.) Clara thomaa
brotherTin-law, the late Balpn
Thomas, married Helen Kelly, after
she divorced Frank Oould.

Wednesday, October 81, 19U8

W O M E N* S P A G E

VARIETY

45

By Ruth Morris

All exclusIve.;tfea .l?ist Veek looked
as though It were going to be ex-"
cluslvely , attended by two , newsRa-^
ppr women untii' i^^
. guesti? began.driiting In. It marked
the opening of Mhie; xibuise. B^^
iiew quarters iit ilt E. .65 th street.
, Miiny. smart models shown, some
. jUist a. shaide too ,theatrlca^^
. Btriking.; One . dinner erisemble ■ was
diyine, gorgeous,: and any other ed-
BtatIc .; word' . your ^Vocabulary inay
contain. Made; of . rayortl v.elyet ,ih
ian iprchld-beige shade, quite sinriple
in front; draped slightly, .up, to the
. lef t . hip. " ■, TWO 'flaring' rttails vwere
Ihserted. intb the' tiody of the ■ dress
iat the hipg to, circle down oVer the
.underskirt and; :be tacked together.
In' back. /Sounds cprnpllcated^^^
it is. Sleveless arid with a dlaigbhai.
, -h^cklinei

T.hlis was .cpnibined with a (*pa,tee
bit., beautiful and. unusual . cpiistruc-
tiori, ■ A hip jacket on' :One ^sldei
slanting down to V pointed tr'dir -on
;the othier, with bi^hopl's; sleeves arid
edging of .sel f -colored .chlfCbn.; Many

■ debutant^i eyenirig frocks in plaidei
' taffeta.. . Seemed an . Iriappropr.ia.te
- inaterial, but the dressed had besiu-.:
. tiful line and treatment De^^

age .wafe' pointeia,; for .the most parjt,
jsWrtS were . full," .longer :■ arid more
gerie^'busly : gatliered , in back, with
li; pei"ky sriiall.flo^ric^^ outlining' the
.■ Valstline..:- .■
: Grie. of theae^^in a black and -white
\plald .had- .a three-quarter (Cpat of.
royal blue, ve.iv.e't, vfaced jvith . the
5,pl.ai<3. . Coat had:^ a^

■ collar -arid .cj[rctilat::fl that, 'con'- ;
formed Well to ih^ bouflCante lines
of the iCrock. ,; ; ■ \\

-For. Soutberh .wear there: .was. a
plaided . taffeta beach / suit, : ;with,
. three-quirteri sleveless ; jacket, brief
bibilse aLnd tf ousers fathered In by
' tlaUingS ; at ;^^^ :. Very .chic;:

with matching plaid .sunshade. , A
.. suit of brO;wri . a.nd 'gray • novelty
weave feiitured.. fringed edges, p^Iu.s
Important material : imp.psltioris. on. ia
. crepe blouse In brownieih graiy, .
. - A ''cbcktailV . din frbcfc; was - in.
jial^ salmon ' :cW ' ;ove^»kirted.
. with .metal- threjaded .iace;^^ dairity
jacket . in riiatchinB - chiffon with
lower sleeve sections of the lace.
black lalce ■dinrier :;gbwia: 'for the
younger or .older matron had digni-
fied ; beauty. , Madr - with- . simple
bodice and long full, - skirt- over a
. iBhort foundation. , The , skirt of uii^
. usual, length i in back had three tiers
of scalloplrig at waistline, , mld'sec-
tion of skirt and heriilinb.

A sports suit . in . srifvooth
'TTOiolen; fabric and bairUrid.uke w-sls.
very good. ,i"he green cloth ; skirt
: with ^aparound style outlined the
fur, and the jacket of fur lined and
piped in i^een. ' .: A -fur. costume, of.
liiridire'd Alaska seal ihtroduced the.
tiny round muff of a -decadie or so
SLgo, andVthe •'stocking cap"- of fur'
whicii may be . crushed to coriforni
. to. the outliries :bf •the shingled bob.
Coat was:, chic in straight; lines. .

A Viorinet modiel .annbunce^^^ as
mink but looking much more like
ManchUriah: ermine, had skin strip-
pings airanged in a synburstdeMgn
^from--baGk— and_-:frbnt— Une^^^
across 'the hips

:The salbii'I^ attractlveiy .appbln^^
and hung with paintings/ Pbllbwing
. tiie gho\yiiig of models, .Mme, -Bruni:
Iliiistrated draping: ori, the fbrriii^
lYerich clocks at! Nat liewis's of-
^ fqr .further .. suggestions f or Cbrlst-
irias gifts. Made . for the most p^
in square, liatv style,,; w .heautli-'
fUl workmanship. One had an Ini-
posltlon -of green on cream eriamel,
with marcasite nunVeralsV' prbyiding
tH$ face-markings. Others made In
. .French enaniel or. go.id and silver,!
.'!an(l perfectly!!.exquisil;e>.- ■. ^ V

Travelling ca.ses are ail fitted irn-
ports. One in snake: •.skin'. With
.-.: French : enariiel anil .gold ; fittingSi
.extromcly - smart. Piii-sps here arc
:.heautiful---day>timo bncg ■ runnlnp
niostly to ;suede in black, beige and
• ei'ay,. trimrned with brill iantsi or
:mar(>asite and: semi-precious, stones.
. Glgarctte case.«? with matching

enamel. Ariiorig the novelties; there
Is a black enamel cigarette case en-
crusted with gold and <?gg-5hcll, the
latter / autlining . ''Ouvcrt la Nult"
("Open All. ^'igh■t") • in 'would-be
elpctrlc lights : outside a rnbaret.
■Also ladles' dlriilnutive pocket flasks
In gold and silver.

Cute Gaidget
■^'hat with Christmas and all ap-

proadhlng, .Qartler has, a, ^cute . gad-
get to offer for the : cigarette' and^
bridge iiend. A flat box. in gold,
iarge enough, to hold two packs of
cigaretis, ; vwlth top' ; embbssjsd iii
ehamei letters: giving bridge :hOTiprs
arid scoring. •PI us the Cartier^name
it makes.a;;sw^gger:'-[^ift; ;;!:..':^'''v

Fay ; Bai.nter's Negligee ! ; }

. :Fay Bainter, ..in the first act bf
''jealousy" wears, a negligei^ ;worthy
of cbrnment. , ilade of , a ; beautiful
taupei ?shade veiyet, with ..streaky
green markings. .;Features a -coiited
arrarigeinfint held . together: /only at
the hips; over a ;flesh crepe ^lip, the
skirt .' section, pperilrig ■ in cutaway,
style -^rid' lenjg'th enirig irito a . grace-
ful tVain. Sleeves full, and .trailing! ■,

A Wei I r D ressed . K id

.:Bdria WaUace .Hb
the!' bpat f roiii Eur.bp'e the: other day
lobkirig the acme pf y.'^uth and cihic.
The eternal flapper was! all; togged
OTJt in a PatoU mbdel .of-!i-ed chiff.bn
velvet, p!blka--dotted in. blue,, yellow.,
red,'; black ;sind white. !!A. rbd '. felt
cloche :and . black! .pq.tent ; lie.ather:
shoes with red ti-inV ' cbnvpleted ;:f he
cb.^tume that had ;thc : cuniieriti ■ bbys
.buiizlng. :!: ^..- •■. ,'; ■■ v.' ;. ' ■■■■■'".. ■.-■■!■■'■

. in the ;cpllection of . gb-wns - tha;t
Miss Hbpper-- brought back is; an- in-r
teresting fi.ye-;piebe sUit/
■ JPatbu, / . !!-y^hich . comprises • .skirt,
blpusei; : SAVeater, jacket; Jahd :ca,iJe,
These ..riiay . be . combined !in ariy
manner/.' iri&kin^'^^^^-l^^^
different' enseriibles. "The suit . fs ex-
ecuted' iifi. tpnes 'bf gray-r-light Era
cr^pe;'bi6use, /knitted ^sweate^^^^
diargbnai design ;in:;a: deeper ; gray
tone, skirt, jacket and cape of ;beaur.
tifuily! soft gray! ^English: cloth.-
ribly iriteresting and sriiart, ;

:-V ■ ■!■ ■ v:'Tniidie's: thil|v^-^

. Gertrude Ederle. has .t
chill.: She puts in ;eyery spart iiip-
merit at. .the , nearest Icie rink - with
Joe ! Moprb; her inStrubtor, . guaraiir
te!eing to. - m.ak!e her: a;', champ in no
time, if the . Channel ever ;..free
bverk- Trudie, wants ' tb be ! prepared.

■■ Chi'c Shoes' ".■•'.. v.'.'-..

[ IXaytltrie shoes lbblc !sriiart!^^^^a^
.tvear ftbout townish Uprat Sax. Fifth
Ayeniie.: ! 'Mpdf fled ' Colonial pump is
the last .word In !c!hlc; : done in dull
black: kldr with ti wide !insteip /strap
flaring sllghtiy' thrbugh ' a. Cblohial
buckle; . . Duplicated ,111 ';! patent
leather, -biit loolts more trim. In' thp
•dull: •::;';!,■.;■:_ .-./; !';.'!-!' - ./■,;....■!•; 'M-'y''-
; , 'I'he' brown costume- finds Its mps.t
modish- pedal accessories herb iri- tlie
new .hUrnt copper! .kid; .cbrirj^^^^
with igbld kid pipings^. and suede or
•reptile. !' v ■! !■■ .;':' ^ ; c.'. ■-:'.■':':./ '!-./ " '.
; For wear with the beige .barabul
boat; Is ah opera .punip. made :bf
;".velour.; de plume." it looks like' an
em.bb.issed veiyet "■, emulatini: >. ifUr,
■Very sriiart and, believe It-bir hot^
gbbd taste. ;N.pt cbhsei*vative, but
awfully :Strikirig, ate the; separate,;
highly diecorated. heels ior evening
wear. Soriie .iiave elaborate rhlne-
stene encrustations— others sponsor
pearl arid gold: beaded : designs.
-ProibabTy-the-jnrvost,ii?arrbjareJ.m^
of celluloid in brilliant cplprs: in-
laid with tiny round ; mlrrbrsr^sort
of Diamond Lilish. ,i • ■■■'y

And there's; an evening pump
that's; a dat-lirig-— -hiade of : silviir; or
gold kid-^-vvith inserted lacings lp\v
on . the. vamp arid.!,a riibdest gold
bp-w.: .;■,:; ■.';,'■!•'' ■,.,■ :'' ; ,:■■:. '!;' !.'.';'\; ! '
';■! B.bws, : bjr Vthe . wayj; are /decidedly
'''iri''-^lai*ge- bne.s,. small plies/
ones, ' flamboyant . . ories!-^the kind
that .Jfibp over, the !;!varnp making
even size sevbn's lbbk petite:

did everything but wirid\fl|i6 clock
and put put the !cat— ah(S^'still her
.audience . •«>'buld not go. This in spite
of . the fact that the concert whs
not a .ijerfe.ct one; the singer was
hampered throughout the entire first
part of. the-; program .with :":eviilont
nervousnes^,, But Galll-Ci.rci, at her
worst, is much better; than many at
their . best, ! so it's no .wonder ; that
Slew. York,- .which piice sbpffed.-vre-
mained to ask for encore."?. .

The stage of Carnegie,; custPrnari''y
drab in :uii- decorated brb.wh drape.s,:
looked almpst festive with li.ank.s of
.Cern,:. paltji^ ' arid .flowers oh pit her
sjde. Amcllta appeared in a :-p.inlc
copy of the green, and! white !dress
ahb ■w'ore -at. last; year's , cPncert-7-
bouffante silvered' lace over chiffon,
with a front panel ^ scalloped ■5\'ith
pink .sbquins. She has gone shingle
since, her last, appifea^^ and
the riew bobbed coiffure looks ex-
treriVely youthful and becoming. •

By MoUie Gray

;::• . Those Marx Ideas .! ■
■ No !fij£%hion write-,up could! pps--
isibly ignore the! elega!nc.c;! with
winch ilarpo Marx makes, his first
entrance ih ';A;nlmal Crackers,'' Ci-d
in the bldrWoiid!;digriity of a flarinjt;
evening ; cape and top-hat,; only t6
be!!relicyed of the. calie :by. a butler
an;d stiand .in all the. pristine D.urity
of a' pair of swinimihg trunks—
simply thi!s an.d nothing more-

And only the -goi'geous insanity
of 'a : Marx' brbther could have
thbught . up the costume in which
the w'eaky. sllbnt; man of the crazy
quartette, later app'ears-Htwo. swim-
ming shlrtsj: one •vyorn bn the arms
'and the. other on thb feet. After
an eyefi.ing ' bf such madrioBS ypii
leave thb theatre feeling that the
separate parts of the : liraih ; have
been unscrewed arid been; put back
not .quite securely..-;

,. Fast Moyrng Unit

;: :Paramount - this!, week takes its
ciist!o!mers ! for . a. trip around .the
Tvprld;! writh Eddie- I*eabody an-
nouncing way stations. The pres-
entaltiori, titled; "Step On It," is fast
moving .and welV cbstumed. It
seemed .to p'Tease the house, which,
by one o'clock on fiIon!day,. was
pa!cKcd' frorti pit to dome. .
; irirsiit . cbstumes for the Felicia!!
Sorei' girls •were fluffy; dresses :iri
white arid silver, ! dotted ■with blue:
arid .'rose hip bows and accompanied
by thosb typical Dolly Tree hats. A
doublQ; faced, transformation cos-
tume was Us!ed for the second Sorbl
:«umber— the girls appearing in .blue
.and •white Dutch 'cbstumbs with full
aprons ;.that .covered a transf prmaT
■tipn. into bbys* regilia ;when the
troupe faced up-stage'j . wligs and
false faces carrying out ! the ! two
sided' effect. • Rpman gladiatbr cos-
tumes provided the third, set in red
and silver with; lights playing ef-
fectively.'on metal breast .plates.
. Helen Wright, singing an op-
eratic ! aria, looked much better than
she sounded, clad In an evening
igown of turquoise blue, •with snug-
ly riiblded bodice, sleeves and skirt
flaring in tabs of chiffon. \ Eddie
Peabody ■! fseems . to have . already
built a following. Hbuse was quite
obyioiisly for him .and registered
hearty approval,

; Bernhbff and. Josephine, adaglb
fearri, were well received- — Jose-
phine appearing in a silver cloth
ccstume ; of the abbreviate^! bathing
siiit type. Heir work l.<j jdclibci'ate'.
and graceful, her takebffs i light
footed and swift.

Clothes Too Attractive ! ;

! Marlon Harris' ; talking .short
should offer a warning ..to .all those,
contemplating tha-t branc-h of pic-
tures. In her. two :;.selco.tipn.s,. Mi's
ilarri.4 sing.'=f. as dtllghtfully .as: al-
ways, but the clrcfss she :WoarsT!:
althoiigh spiart and. trijr.. . fletracts
frurrt r.a.i :!;:'r than adds,- The r^^asort-
"is'tliSt ". ' ' :d-;S0-:T]7itrraTily="awd=at-tme
tively . i/imniod ■t^'illi glittoring mpd-
ernistlc deslgh.s, ;that tli.c-.se draw
the attention which Sliould . bo cori.-
dentratbd on the singed ;liei.'sc'lf.

Clothes should . lead Up ' and - be
submerged to a personality. .: : .;

The Nervous Wttielita
After her Sunday night concert
at Carnegie Hall, Mme. Galli-Curci

At the Palace

;Even with Fannie Brice, Fowler
and "Taniara, Dot; Dean, !Rlarjorio
'riliei' >ylth .Tex'!aieIjeod; :Mai-i!6 >r)u-..
yal with Al !Tra hah arid ;L/illiari.: St.;
Ijoon to uphold the feminine honr
.ors of the; Palnpe bill, two young
m.oriwith' a grand piano. roally.:oyor-^^
s'lmdo w -thoni..- Cha rlos TJorieksori
aiid- JBurtpn Brown . are the male
tXvospme. ' '

Miss Bribe did several ; hew: yerr
sibn's .of "My iian.;" ea;ch. witH toarS, !
arid, several . old favorites- that got a
hand; She drpj^sod t>ylce in evc-ning
gpwh.<?, both '.extremiely' sn^art and .
bccoririhg. Her white chiffon had
three : bands of c'ry^ral ! around ,tlie .
hips; ' each nioeting with a square
emerald In front, and ,tp carry out
tlie !idffa she '\ybro; an. .emeritld'*hpc'?"
liioe and braGbl^t. and, even! her, slip!'-
pers .'we.re. .partly grboh satin.; Tlu>
biacic satin! -.was' fitted: per f go 11 y.,:
pl.iriin h-i.. front .and gathered; }n^ .
flat surface bclpw ;the deep dbcoi-
letage. . .! ,'; ....' " '•■.■ ,;./■! .; :■
' F.bwler.;.and.- "Tainfirii's ...grt\at! -suo-i
cpss is -helped ;.by: the .loyoiy g;owiis.
One is: of black velvet with purple"
spangles ;trimmirig;: -the ! skirt arid
niatching!:the: slippers- pr entirely' of
spangles shading from pale, yellpw.
tb' Grange. • ;Thc herii Is; scaillopbd of
violet crepe, the. skirt lightjy pot.alod
and -wreaths of large flpwers on the;
jiips, not an awfully good Idea. An-
other is of yellow crepe beaded! in
.gold' arid much stralglit ostrich ori:
5:kfi-fc;:a!nd ' half; ;sleeves;:'. , ;'■ [ !'.
; J^Iarle Duval made a striking pic-
ture in fl.ame., ta'fiela ! apd tiillc, " an
enormous bow on one; hip: and one
.side bf the long bodice beaded; llor
voice is splendid. ; !,:

;- Dot iDo.an looked rilcb, in pink ' anil ,
white orgarid'y, but chaiifeed. tb: ah
ugly rod velvet ..;and ' bstriot . crea-
tion.: .-;;' •■'":' ■.; •!.;;■ A. .■■;... 0

Film' Feature at State

State .;show Is mostly "Two Lov-
ors," .vaudeville not: really impor-
iarit; Bernlce's :and Pansy's: frocks
were long, t«ffeta, the skirt's; three
tiers vscalioped ; a darker ; shade,' the
blonde wore' green, the. brunbtte.
yellow. ■' •;' ; \ ". '■■;;

The two girls 'With - LeMaire! arid
•Phillips dress the act;in white. crepe
Under a white- coat. A more ; eiff og-
tive gowri on the bmnette. Is : bf sil;- .
ver arid jet seqii:ins undfir a .metal
brocade wrap lined with :puri)le
velvet.. .'••: ' ;,\.

Gautschi. and. Phelps do a Vpry
good Apache as a finale, the: girl In.
purple and red satin with brie .e.lgii t
sleeve. Other gowns were a. -vyhlte
ruffled crepe and. satin, a t\yo- piece
cpsturhe,; biie .pleoe a few span )5:le.<3
the other a red silk fringe sltirt.

. (Ordinary Lineup"^' !. -~
; -Maybe talkirig- picture .programs
will some day compensate for the
color and first hand entertiiririicnt
bf regulyar stage presentation."?, but
this! wOek-s schedule :!at the Strand
has; that : diflllcult task yet. to
ahjiieve-. !-"!-'■:: -'.^ .;■■;. .
, vBill .seoins drab arid unoritertain-
irig; :.and the! .result is:, a . hot'! top
healthily full !house. : A short of:
■yal and Erne Stantori was ariiuslng-
with. garbled grandlloqiienreH, and
another ;.bf .Eddie Kelson in wha t
. .seemed! -an old vaudeville' l)it, lluipcd
ajpng bn rather ancient' riiatiVrial. :
.■ Familiar- Broadvvay . evil . wisli of
"If . you ; go in' talking plntpro,<j;' l
hope y!o.u'..stutter," develops a. Iir^oiri -
erang iri tlie feature film. "T.iib .Mid-
night Taxi." On© _ of : Its. - pl;iyors.
r/'gi.'.tcrs a definite hit b'^cuiisb of
an. impc'dirnont In the only ariiuKlng
sound f>e(iUence,3 the plr-ti}r« ;bp.')f;ts
-at^.-Kelonft-n9S tellQ^break.<i'/i;-re(.'ord
f(ir ecbriomy. She a;ppfta;r.s in only
two,: co.stu.mc.^ a. simple tra'i-i-llr/tr;
suit; at times combined with a -fur 1
roat . which la very much part of
th'.! plot, and, a more elaboraif! bJuf.k
vflyt/t. ■ . i ;. '

, Tone;of the dialog seoms to liav.^-
boon greatly Irnproved In this liirn,
but the tempo of the lines and.ovrr-
mf'fietilouFnesB of enuhi/iation luvfs
an effect that Is slow and stilted.

';, :' Girls and Stocks . — . '!

Jacqueline Logan wore a . wig so
the title c.ould-be plural, "Stock8;a,rid
-Blondes,*' but. ;Gertrude X.stor .could
have carried it dpublp ali by her-
self. Picture . removes a stigma
from the fair reputations of the
night; club girls too. They get their
bankrolls ;frorij ilst.eriinE; tb rirtarket
tips dropped, by tipsy :,mai-ket meri;
though, in this ca.se they were passed
on to the struggling hero. ^

It took many more spangles to
cover Gertrude, even with all l)ack.s
omitted, than Jacquel ine, who looked
much bettor in ;a soft iaffota with
fill! skirt . than iri a ! tight fitting
%cati-"gown^thatT-mk,de:-ii;er~i
Gertrude i.s. a, big ; and- unus-ualiy
amusirig part, of any picture ; Ahe
a'dprris. ■ .: ■'■■■ :-.- ; . '
. ;Jaociuollrie:;16,bkc>d rilcest In .whlto;
thou gh a me 1 alii c : clb I h . wrapi . col-
larcd and cuffed In Summer ermlnoi
'ft^!a.s; -boo6'ri;vlng .al.sb.- . .* . . .
: •-".^tockjs; an/l Ul'ciri.fie'.s" •svon't- ;cro-
at<i . any ;. p.'mic in. the Fan's Mo-zlo
^Market. ■■: :/'!■. ■■! ;;.■'■■ " ■

: ■.OblJgirig.;a Dick :
Ko roasbn why. Olive P-ordf'ri W.'is
"The. .Stool. I'i^'^on,:' hut what did
it. mat;t«r .virscr- it waS'n.'t.. CharlV-;?
Ix l/inoy, ^wbo . flld it . tot his littl.n
miithf-r ? He . difln't rr-Corm :for her;
IVi. rC'f.orni/'(l. t"p rcl i^j've! the detoqti vc'
frorn vvorl.ying. abfjut lihn.-; -A .slrripie
-.sojiulori how to i^ut; a c;'i''irhp In Ihc
frjlino v.-a%'o, . ;;

Oliv*:'.s most;. r<r'yc.';!illng moment
was in .sllvfr cloth, ;ovcr 'Vv-hk'h al-
j u OJi-t i n V i .'■-1 M 0: hi H' 'k tt J 1 1 f*,' gfi f ii'cr rd

rado l.iav.e a:privat.e flght In another:
.room : ' ■ Then tlioro's tb 0 H« h f be-
tyiM^on Pitpit and ! Phyllis: and be-
tween! Paj)a. arid ■Ma:mit:.arid hot ween -
Phyllis and Sally; Its the ;l);Vt tie of
the cerituryi wkiu;probably 1).; W.'s^
'biihkrbli .takiiig the! ceunt;-; I'liyllis
i-pyerts; tb: ;iu!r . Sentiet;/:Solt'' ; iri; : a.
tricky black a!nd .whitd ba tiling en-
••^emble, an all-black Street trostume .;
consisted of a big blnek hat and a
little black -dteiss. . Tlien .11. - gold;
spangled . ijlaek . net even! ng go'wn
and capoi . n;ii - siiie\vs : pf : \var. - .ISUt -
let thp Irion riot think that all wan-
dering husbands get such a- wel- •
come home; Belie Bbririet took J<?an
Ifersholt back, .knowing ho one else
would stand for the. pipe. ;;

Fashion ■■. Fojylur.es . - show '; several
smart hats iji technicolor on Bar-
bani. K on t / C} Wo ii /Lcei A n i I iv I'aigo. !
arid: Sully.: Kilor^, : ; ! • ' !. !. / :

Mme, Strand's .Shovy ;

. "Tlio lady whh.the •Syhlrling globe,
Mme. >Iiirk: Ktrand, '^spiiri'! a. ; wood'
.show: ■ from: the Movietone news!
which ! inrludod Arinette ' 'Kellern-ian.
dombn.strating : her ! yei-bal !fn.strac-
tlbris on finding and: kcoping a fig-
ure, right thrbu&h tb the fadcPut
of -."Waterfront:" '.;
... Vltaplipnb presontatlpris-were en-
tirely: stag; except for the burlesque
soprano In;. "Amateur; Night "Thisi
is surely agalristV reason ■ and good
judgment slncb thei*e are j)ion.ty of
W.oriien cntertainors; and talking is
\ybman's avpcatlbn. .'Bclriald \Ver-; .
renrath's;fine;vplce^
t han that/of 'SPirie opera stars.

. . One Bad Titlp, .

r ; VW^erfrpnt'';^^w

a perfect -picturb from an erilin-tain-
ment vicwppint . except :fpr , tivb- re-
yoltlrijj title ;de.scrlblne!:: how Jack
Miilhall liked his fiii'ls. But Dorothy
Mackiilivlooks so good in !ho:r Rallor
suits; . It's a quoatiori AV'f.loh -i.i the .
cu test ; the w h 1 to,' shh-t ■ and' ! duck
trbuseff. and cap or the TegUlrttipn
blue serge, F4iii.er is eriouf; h to make
the picture, arid both are so bpcbm-i
irig she may /start a. fa:d;! Plor dark
silk , two pjcce frock, with strlpedv
skirt arid tie, -was smart though ..a:
flpvyercd:;cp.ifit dldri't seem the one
tb 'w.car oyer it.. A ;riibst engaging ;
g/rl, this. .'■'■-; ':y

Dear Old Ladies

lioxy. makes ;a splendid- presenta-
tion ., of ''Cav.'u' -til, Rustioarifi;' nnd ;
"!A,u.turiiri Li&ayes'! dresses the! glrla
In soft clinging material In gbrgieoua !
colbrs, blended iri each l One. ;Flnale
carried -/Columbihp and, Hiulofiuin
aloft !bn: 'a cvcyc^nt moon wliil-? the:
ica,y.os , lay ' prbstrate.. ;'.;: '

The dear, bid Ladles the Roxy
seems to have a particular aitrac-^
tfbn'for, ajwayB sigh at the Ipyell-
ness of these things. ;

More Gangsters

Another gangster set pri. the right
path tiirough the Influcnco;bc girl
is "Me, .Gangster." A shortage of '
good girls.; will leave the boys Jn
bad shape. ; . - / ''!

. June .Cbllyer had the patience b£
a saint, must h-aye had some hoav-
enly : Information too. Nothing the
human eye could sec to warrant it.
Her suits arid • frocks were simple,
,aJ!b.elt!ej3 :twj;^d^b!ejjn^^

coming; A black coat was nice, tooi
tots bf . Iritorest and ..suHpense ! In
this ! EUid rriiicK. ^yrong irifbi-rhation
for ,young«.to'rs. . ! . - ■ ■;■; ■ .

A fr it ! h.-it. bad. f(;at]:)or 'fanf.;ios and
look'"] u'.'i'mI wi'.h a' L( llod coat.; .

' Waller k^idgeon's Voice .-

. Gpii'^'erHlng cinemas . have ; fin.TiUy -
vlriciroatod: tli;r>ir !ex'l.st'erico by bt^lnS-!,
Irig Walter I'ldgeon's voire; l!o the !
ear.s of the .world;-! :lt',s entiri-Oy ':sat- •
Isfying in . every respoot,' hp flt.s ' trio
Voice a.rid the . voice fi!ts .iiirir, arid-
..syncliiroriJ-/,af ibri' is perfect. "Alojody -
of Love,'':billo..i a.s! the p'jrf'T t ;lalk-
Jrig pictiirf, \^ iKirtly right; Itic talk-
ing Is porToot arid voices , goo'd! ljut '
tl.Kf.pirtu.ro is:!!^ po'or as thc;y (:o.nie, .

Mild r (;'d ' I f a i; i-l s; wa's' -. lb'! I 'l-'-nch
Hii-i; a nd ila.m!. .Wintbn tlu'' Arii' rican,..
and nfjt fiV-r: of t'hoiri h'-'lptd I -plc-
tur" in t ho least. - ■ ■

I'X.

. Crifflthized Sadness
■\V.. r.fijntli'H ''The 'li.'tttif; .of
th"' Sf-X' s" l-v jji good oornofly !.sl.it;liily
fJrjfflllhiy.r-d. ; with' .sad sco.Ti'fS of
.«aliy: O'NolI. plea.ririg, "I'apa, df-ar
I'apa, fornf' J<o.rne' .With rh.e hoy-."
while I'iiylils li.'j,V(,T and Don Alv-a»

Personality and a Lisp

V-<:u. iJ'-rni'- is Iricrca^itj:; t.l.'- rmpu

id'-r-'c biy ;'l;y ; M lldr^.d: IV).s'']lf'--i por.-.
i r-orr-l.-ty ii--u \y'\). : llrj ivn'-Vy -was.
) y"-l)o'v with if.ii\t\ b^'/'ds arid sp:i|i.i;-U'.Si
\Krx:i !'fr>i: .("'■'i'/r^H dance was rl'ino In
' f.>irilf. K"l' r.) .«(
lar: a'tiii' .'■I'-'i"
V. rl;-f

M.'l.'Od, f): ;'-t circu-
atin -at- .r:'--k and

.\il(i ';'.'iiii.l Jt.s .startling a.s; the .
lUncfe uli^fi a sound picture breaks* :

Ik

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40

VARIETY

TIMES S QU A RE

Wednesday, October 31, 1928

m

Greenwich Village

By Lew Ney

Aniong thoise who went up- to New
' Haven.: in. private R.'. R'. car: for the-,
JLrifiy gam© last week v.'a3 Herbert
rjaiyard .S\yope arid, party. ^
> • ^^Mr^.: Rairtdglph W.. Hearst visited.
tbe^Paliice last- \veek. and took. s'ucH ;
.*. iiklnff to . Ken ■Murray. .a,n(i Helen
Chirleston ' that: th6 teiim \Vas • in-
yited to ■ Mrs.- Hearst's home for a
. 'little "affair - Monday . hisht. , ...Their ,
»uth or, IDddie Welch; was also . In r
'■▼Ited;- x.'--''-:-: -::;-- ; :.:..-■.-.■ ;

Harry Delf . arrives in New. Y^orH.
.this ; \Veok • to ■ ; >vrlte . ; an^d direot
■ 'shorts- for.;.jietrpi' -,

■ Silyer-^ caifeterla.', In the. basenient
«f the Astor theatre building, is for
.;«aie.: they'll go up one. flight to .the
ehoWmeinerieis hut liaite to go down,

■ Rene; Sairdi's . s. a., siren ; at the _
eheckrobni, says she gives up; two
bits every • Wednesday Just to , read

. this department first and hasn't
■©en hfer iiame in yet. Besides, Rene

::Vfluff.^red ■ a. sprained . neck rtaklng
.Tirhobpee ion- a, scenic railway.
V. Huyier's .corifeGtl'onery stores will

■ iblstaii Wster .hara.

■"■ . Zlegf eld,';one! of the few legit ther .

/atres^;in town \yith6ut. a ! marque^^
' to how getting OTi .. ' v- V

■ - . The giant-midget . door . tending
team at . Locw's ' Stite la about
4 week. The ntiidge got a; stlf£ neck

: io:6kihg up, .and the big boy rqun^J
ehouldors: looking down.:. \

Max qL.rid .Nat Lief . arie. doing the
.lyrics in mii^ic for Jack iPearl's jnew .

. . show entitled, ■"Well,; Well, Well."

. Max was bnce columnist on ,the

Daily News. '

Eddie- Gerard,, opening Avit Jinimy
Hussey ■ in his new act',' and how
■■ celebrating:. hlsVrOth: Mt^thday, "Vv^as
; ah bid "Tony Pastor-s celeb, ;

boi-othy- Casey, ihgenue ..with Dpc

a pinch-? iNo. pretext. pC mo owning
the joint when evcri-todi;''d know
artj^way that I was ;6nly. . working
thore hut It . would be tough , ^yith
those t)olitlcaI publicity. -hounds If. it
ever • ean-ie- into the ;.cqurts,; so I'll
jiist: sit - i)ack,-. 'thank you.'V . .

-Teaser on.-Tru.ck- ■ - -,
A busted plane, crirted by -a truck
up and do-vvh Broad way gpt a lot
of attenflbh from.; the crowds dur-
ihgs Its. fifst 50 round, trips. After
that the gang .tot .wise .that: it was.
Just a good teaser for ."Lilac Time.

; bempsey'S Film Voice ;
It develops that Jack Demiisey
was a,lni69t signed: up. by the War.-,
ners the-- same time .they took bp
Tom Melg;ha:n.; Then sortie one of
the brothers heard that Jack's
voice was too .Small for his build
and that liis play ."The Bi^ Fight"
ha^ taken a nose dive on the roiad
after its fold up in New TorK. : Now
the order iiais gone the : Yltaphone
rounds to ^ forget about Jf ck and
ills play.. At no time was .his iwlfe,
Estelle . Taylor,^^ ,c^ it wiis

said at thfe same tlnVe; -

Pat Harrison, . formerly with the
Times, has replaced George Under
woodMlondiy as .sports editor pf
the Morning Telegraph; The latter
continues ori the, staff with, a con
tract gopd until next May;

; .Lady's Hitdh^ Hike- j

V A former Village celeb Who • made
a sertsa'tiohal escape. :. from Ellis
Island where, she: was a,wa,iting de
•portation .three weeks : ago. Is on
her way to. Hollywood.

The gal reappeared in town long
enough, to collect a feminine: ward-
i'pbe and pick a he^ name before

Rockwell for a season, -put on the , — ? ... , ... . : /
for Ja<5^: Llndei^s hew shpw,, startln

- i >hich she is :afipearing .. together ^ W^^^^^ ^^"i^f ^/^'^ m inni^^^^^

^^ ^th her mother, Kitty Gasey. ; . : among: "those ,^ ^s.- w U her
.-^^aiik. seven feet tall and w^^^ other; "wanted" extras.

.: . Ing over. 300,. is . doing a street bally-
'[ . .hob for. the rodeo In the Garden. .

. Mrs. Rosanriond Pinchot Gaston Is.
\.' stumping, through Connecticut In
.the interostg of . Governor Smith .
• . :Gharlie Cophrarie .. Is : looking fbr
■: stars. . Not names,:..but ^tars in the.
. making. Tou bring the jiersonall
. ty; he'll furnish: the; bucce'ss.

/Esteile Taylor-berripsey; Is under
■ going treatments, for.; arthritis by. a
.- local .spcciaUst; The Dollnf ul ■ aff lic-
Uohj a chalky condition in :the bpnesi

Tupruly Star all Wet :

One of the queenly stars of Hollyr
Wood is ♦wearing her shoulder wet
with tears these days. It's another
riot between, rival factions, of the
chatter element. One sobble cbm-
pla'lns because /'beiita'.' on another
mysteriously leak .to the rival.
The other kicks about a third's ihis^
use of her news confidences. . . ;
.A; male chatterer also has been

There still are spots in tlie yillagc
where one can lose himself in si-
lence.; . ■• . - . • -. - . . '■■'[ /■■
Artists' who came here BO yea,rs
ago found the Village; a good, place
to: live and , to . work. in. Rooming
and boarding hoiases- herftabouta at^
Iraeted; Struggling writers ; , becitujsc
uie reiiia were WW and tlie land-
iUuies : i'eiiienL Aiid then, the atr
u-.bspuere- held theto heire .oven after
hey could aiiord better acconioda-

These first bohemians drifted to
this quarter because they felt tliey
had discovered it. But today the
y illage has been discovered for
everyoody, everywhere. No longer
can a groping soul, a struggling
poet, an eager artist come t& New
York to be near life and livelihood
and, explorer-Ukei, find his joy and
workshop and companionship in the
Village.

And all because the joy of dis-
covery is gone many lielleye the
Village has lost its charm ^nd Is
all harm and hokum. Many de
liberately avoid it, others come to It
fearfully and sadly. Then there
are those who learh that it is mosUy
the same, under the surface of sham
and slapstick,; as it has. been.;

Boys and girls from . college , who
come to the Village to stay are
usually.! those who have tailed to
fit into the mold made , for the
matriculate, the rebV^ls who are nat-
urally different, daring and unre-
strained. Most are r^ure that they
are unrecognized geniuses.

College children are slowest to
learn that any kind of oreatiye
effort requires time and training
and, for decent remiuneration, recog
hltion. It isn't tempesament and
talent alone that make canvasses
worth their weight In gold or word
tossing exchangeable for^mforts.

Gunman Take Broadway
Chowmeinery for $700

The Knickerbocker Grill,. 152 West
42d Street,, oh the site of a fftmous
cabaret, but how a .ChlnesCr Amer-
ican eatery,. wUs held up at 9:30
Friday evening by two -young' band-
its who cboly i-elieved Arthur Chum,
the cashier, of -$706, the day's re-
ceipts. Attracting .little attention,
and working with precision and ef-
ficiency, the hold-up was. so smooth-:
ly carried out that dancers and
diners were utterly .oblivious •: of
anything wrong' at -the cashier's

cage. , ". - . , '

Their guns shielded by raglan
coats, the two bandits demanded
and got the contents of the. cash
register. Before Chum could make
an outcry they had ; isped up' the
stairs and lost ; themselves in the
milling Broadway crowds.

VILLAGE OFF YELLOW
PERIL

- 60 After Jobs

- Sixty reporters applied, for jo^b^^
the Morning Telisgraph ofl^ice \yithln
two days after the announcement
that It had changed hands became
known; Meyer Soimsori. is now
supposed to be in Bermnda, The
former m. e. last week was city ed-
itor; A week of that and. word, reachea
the street he had booked passage
for a vacation. '.

The -attempted invasion of. the
Yellow Peril into the cabaret belt of
Greenwich Village, Ne^y. York, his
melted.

. Severai Chink students, figuring
the Village as an eaay money spot,
financed chowmeini^ries and took it :
on the :chln throiigh ; jac.king up
prices : far in excess of the /Broad- .
way' scale,': wliilV ■offering ' notliirig- "
but radio In; c'oniparisbn: , to dance
outfits . and floor shows- for the top
taice. -■ -' : '-. - '.. -

. Some of the students tricked up
their jolhta inexpensively as Grl-
ental spots, ;wlth one with a yen
for jpoetry reading his 'sionnets. to ,
the custonriers. Even this didn't
warrant the $1.25 scale for chow.
A legit chop , suey omporlum sins
artistic pose ^was dispensing the /
same dish and a healthier portion
fot 60 cents in the sariie'; neighbor-;:
hood, [:\ : ••; -.. -. .;

■ A trained dog, ''i'ellbw'' is .shortly
due at the Palace as the leading
player in a: sketch entitled "Fellow
of the. Northwest Mounted." John-
Dilsoh wrote the skit for the dog
with four persons secondary. • -

N m^': WW H E A X R E S

wuiij a. uHaiivj- tuiix.i.vv'.. -r — ' I drawn into the cisit: bittle. He re

may keep the screen /sta.r idle for plated to one damsel something the
several' months. ' other had saild . about her..

. Margaret Ettinger, Louclla Q. The star comes into the . picture
:Parsbhs' cousin,, has returned to the as the. ha-rassed mother-confessor
' coast after; a : visit ;; to town with | tiie whole scribbling sorority.
Betty Bronsoni .
';. : Russell J.: Birdwell of the Even
Ihg Telegram has been taken off
picture and drama criticism. Busi-
ness •ofttcc. pressure reported.
Ailecn St. John-i3renoh has re

' GILB'ERT ■iUI.Ti.BiK. A'TTRACTlb
■ CMDIDC THEA., 40th St. at B'way
tWirlnt , :. Evenlnea 8:30 . ,
Wedncsdny and Saturday: Mats., 2 .30 ,

A New Comedy by FKWIONC 'MOLNAii
.■ • Fay' - . Ian .- Laura Hopi

COMPTON HUNTER CREWS

In asBoclatlon with E. ;Uay Goetz

MUSIC BOX Br'dyray-T-iEves; 8 :30.
Tliiiraday and Saturday. Matlnee's, 2 :30

IRENE BORDONI
in ''PARIS''

' A MUSICOMEDT ^. -

• with. Irving' Aaronsun'a .'
"T H E COMIVtANbERS"

Tearoom Shut

For two weeks the Little Quak
eress, the oldest tearoom in the
Village under the same manage

ment, has failed to open. Chs,rlcs | . _ p m qq f\\ I Th. b6 st&7th Av.
Leslie, an old newspaperman from tAKL ^AnnUI.L jita. Tihu-sat, 2^30
Blddleford, Me; hlS: wife. Marcia, p riVi |\Q "^In AmerlcaV

and her slater, Ann Perkins, have ff ^ lUiLUd Greatest Revtte _
opened and operated It nightly and 1 - - - - .-i

nicely for nine years. No one seems
to know what has happened

Ten years ago Gene Smith, retUed
painter of horses, and his wife,
opened the Little Quakeress, an odd

♦lUiiNliR SHINES

GEO.
M.-

-ArkU'S M Th.. B'y & .43 - St..-Ev5;' ,8:30(-
.C 0 H AN. . iiU. • Wed. & Srit. , 2:30

7TH AVE. *

BOTH ST.
■ Direction of ;
S. U Uothafel
(Rtjxy)

- SEE and HEAR the wnilam Fo* T^Jj^'n*
-?.;n7,.r»- '^M other Knows Best," Madpa

Picture. :'Wher" Knows Best,'' Madga

:Bellainy.^ ^'-S^^lfi tI^t'^^.N^eS^^

talking their PartSv GRJJATEST hr^^^
TAINMENT EVER STAaSD— Imp^^^

slons of a Music Hall." : P^^^fJ Ji^^^u;.
SoiOl8t3. . 32 Roxyettes Ballet-C^orua.
Roxy^ Symphonic- Orch.. : -Bapee,
Conductor. FOX MOVIETONE NEWS.

EARL

' . Ambitious Extras

The Broadwdy . cutles who a,re
picking up five a day extra by
working in the talkers , have been
Alleon St.' vJ0hn-l3renon^ nas i^. the unexpected dough in

Joined ricturO^lay/replaclng Alma^^^ exploitatloW The florid

Tallcy. as chatter writer. . . , ' y^gg reports circulated by the en

^Z'^'^S^ 'gfanS^: they^wcre ^elng; starred In DeMllle
new.s . filoi.ies, editorial policies, etc... I. spectacles

I with BAY DOOI-linr— job; FRISCO
DOROTHY KNAPP and: 56 BEAUTIES
VINCENT LOPEZ (lUmttelf ) * Hid BANB

openeck tn© j-in.no v<>^a.ivv,. v.,...^, — ., — --^ . . — . ■ ■ . .■ : r ~ '■ ■ . •.
name for. a basement rendezvous. KNICKEEBOCKEE j-^u' aianw?^
wlth^ simple refreshments^^i^^ ^;ao. MatsV^ed! ahd Sit. at 2:3d
soothing, atmosphere. A year later

on the theme sheets.

p. a's. these days are. hu
morons Boswells, placing manu
factnripti nifties into the mouths
.of tiieir publicity babes ^and

- .thus crnishing the scvoval Bvoadwai
cbltimns .with due credit . to Blitz

: and"^ BlotzVor-Maxle-4odine- f or- t-Vio
alleged -vvise crack. .A: sample:
••Jphniiv. BaHeycorh. that nifty step,
per at tiic Sa>vdust -Trail nite, club',
sij's tliat thc .pcst who u.sed .to reiad

- - sub- til Ics nloiid has been succeeded.
. by the mugp who hums and sing.s

;thip :thf nio : songs, in .j'Oiir ear." . - .' ■ ;
: Jcie ..■p'l-iscb paraphi-a.''.ps tlvo soii.c'
/ hit-in •''.^"cariilals'- from "I'nri oh the

Cro-^t of- a ■^•av.e". to 'I'm on the
■ Bro'rt.ct <-r a Slav^," . . — ..'

.' It won't hi? • Ipng. now. ..ITarry

- ■Len-cl>kh ..rrn«V hcr.V - ."

'..*.irilt<»ri-' -IVi-ispn.: ;?ch\yah &...'Man.-
;:ders p.- a.;,- . and ■Nc-:v.V.ly Johrt.sqn;
N.' 1'; " •KVoiVing.-' VoH humnrisl, air
colhiliinR on ... a musical conic-.ly
librot to. An linkhown is. dying the
chunos. ;-.

They've also gotten wise' to. the
"cultivating the press" . gag and in-
troduce themselves to every studio
visitor hoping they'll get a publicity
break. The press staffs handling
the studios are p.aasing up the overr
ambitious extra girls.

..Repentant

-.A- . AM.'^iti.ng'- . direetor . has : begun
b\ eVtures pt pbacc to thc- ncw^
mob which puhishod , him for recent
baloney interviews. . Th© director
.who highhatted the repoi'ters a.hd
drew disagreeable •' and . razzing
stories about, his. interest in his
start, was !s'b nice to the boys when
he landed here this week.
• "The cabin was stocked, the di-
rector tfxlke.d, and the previous con-
duct, .explained- by: his nervousness
due to bad health. Even the chat-
.tcTcrSj who nevei\, cracked down on
the hoy, have been invited around
to make up.

f 4'

Lita's . Disk Test
Ijlt.a Grey Chaplin during her
two : SviH'ks vncalioh. horo l:if=-t year
not oiily crooned blue notes bn the
iTTTTJJ+dtr^'of— the-9uppw--eluhs,..hu.t..
IrviufT M ills arranged a test for
her:wiUi Victor. ■ "

■ 'Tc-ttt- proved her capability hut
she w.T.<i advised to praotioe a bU.
Llt.a made. ''BaltinK'i-t'" for tho.dlsk
and' . -ot . the lyrici balled-xip; . air
though Iicr notes wore good enough.

Smart Gal

pal refused to "liave

A smart gal refused to nave a
nev^ . iiite club niitnod after her.
"Do vou think I wanna he made ^ - . , ,,
sucker like Helen Morgan in case- of. visit tho coast.

Sobbies' Good Times
.The solibles have all returned
from- co-ast vacationf.t. with entranc-
in;; reports of California, hospitality.
Several of the girls, who; knew not
a soul in. -lUill.vwood wore' amazed
oh' ¥irijKt mg'I'rdiii ^Wtl'Mn' "10 "W
mot .by troups of stars , and press
agents, with salmon llmoui'lnes and
liveried .attendants, all 'fighting to
place the coiivoyancos at the vlsi-
l-or'.s dLspo.^al,,- '

: Dates and p'artios.for every hnur
of the day also luattyrlallzed,. to say
nothing of. llowrra, bon bons and
case goods. :

The girls all advise their little
playmates to get a job with any
publication, howcyer. obscure, and

they turned it over to the Leslies

Never anything commercial. In Its
tone. A window sign has long since
faded out. Slummers rarely drifted

in. ^ ,

The basement waUs, with dust-
covered sketches, have often trem-
bled with talk. Candles and cats,
.stove and. piano, crude tables and
benches have . sa.turated It with
simplicity. Here many have found
Qharm where there was nothing to
harm. And they wonder if . ..the
Leslies have abandoned them iand

why. ■ .;

Vaureno Franklin has come back
t!,> . the Villag e - and the haunt of
ilubortiart 'philosophers. :TeirTcar?i
rtgo Vaurene had a hangout of he:
own, Chesshire Cheese, bri fith ave-
nue where the subway: .excavation

yawns, today. - Jjr ': ■ . ; .

liouiso C.rcnsha^ Ray, novelist and
poet from Birmingham, has gone
honie actor 10 days of thrilling, hcre-
■abtuts fin'd beyond-.' ..- .: .

Stake Holders Freed

Charges of grand larceny agiiiiiiit
Samuel Solomon, known- as .Sam
.Boston, and Frank Zallusky, both
members of the firm of W. K I)ar.-
nell and Co., brokers and betting
commissioners of 42 WTall ; street,
wore dismissed by the Gt;.ind Jury.
The charges grew but of a hot on
a prizefight made last .December.

The two men were arrested last
August. Jaqk GoUl.stein. Brooklyn,
ciaimod he pUiced $4,000 with Solo-

Eves. 8.;a0. . - _

SAMMY I.1SB ■
Presents IIIh rirst Musical CoDiedjr

"CROSS MY
HEART"

400 SEATS AT $1.00

"Tills, Xjidlen nnd Gontlomen, Is a
Play."^t, John Erv inc. "'Vyorld." .■

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"WHILE THE CITY SLEEPS"

CAPITOL^ GRAND OBCHM^^
- David Mendoxa Conducting .

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• Smith.- Produced by .lolin -Cloldcn

MAHTIN BKOK TIIKA., 46 StV& .8 Ave.
Kvo3. 8:10. Malinoe.'s \ye(I. and Sat.j 2:40

lie decl.aredMhat , after the flght,
which his man won, the two men in-
formed blm they hid not placed the
bet. They gave him $1,000. He
eliiimod he failed to get baek the
remaining $3,000. He cauijod ■ their
arre.st. '-

It Is understood that when Ooldr
t<teln appeared before the ..Grand
,lury he Informed that body that
he had been paid tlip mohtfy. due
liini. Tbla Is. the second time bet-
tors have brought actloiv

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L. i.ni.y.-. wtii/). uMitrns-.' and- sat.

DENNIS KING

In thp Wuslftal Version of THE

"3 MUSKETEERS"

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TIMES SQUARE

VARIETY

47

From 1£i20, onward, Jack ConWay wppte a series of stdr'fes

iKidS^SsT^ Thi* leiOe^ will carry its

original head. • • ' '^'- ^ r- ■ -. ^ ■ ■■ •. ' :

corner and fold up the ifrahchlse.

How are all my ; women behavln ?
Can you imagine ' the .break I'm.
gettin hein. awAy ifrpm. thO :big..all€Y
on Xm'asi I would hive be^h sure
fire to cop iJCast four qr five toiin-
taln pens and a Qoiiple of ; yen hioke.

Remember me to all: thies. moT> and
keep your pokei .buried In the. right
sfde/until . the boyis, cool off;. :

. your old watch fob, ' • \.

■ .1' . ' ■■ ■ Com :.

CUTHIE'S CORN-FED WIFE
TRYING TO RUN THE ACT

Con Has Reai trouble on tlie
Road^Adam's Oomipg Back

CON

By JACK CONWAY

'• Pear' Chick;

Cuthibert's corn-fed. wife is hol-nin
ini6 the Jict. just as I told' . you she
iTvouid when he

V married; her. : Ho

has been, drag-:

gin her out : |<>r

bowa.. a^W . week
■ a ri d , s.h e / 'h a s
. taken , so many

bends. . she . get.-

t i n g . . .h ia lii p ^

back.edv

And vf hat a
; smart jane ! ■ She

thinks B a n
: Johhsori is jjres-

: -l,d;e n t . .of ^"^^^
■;■ :.Leagiie : '.of ."■ . .Na^

tibns and. that
, Babe Ruth and..

Rose Sydell are
■■•'.Bomeho'w' related. . ,

The other night we. pulled a new

■ ga^ here. I crack to Cuthbert, "I
hear Adam' is coming back to.earth."

He smacks back. "What for?" and
■■ kill them with, "To turn over a
new leaf." . ^-f ■■• V ; ■

The house manager and his eight
cousins immediately dashed back
stage and made a terrible beef,
askin us if we thought we . was
playin &' sftioker. Cuthbert can-
celled a sofa pillow he was makin
for the manager's wife and we have
been; gettin the chill from the . two
. Btage hands and the rest of the mob
■■ ever since. . ;
I tried to square it, but Cuthle's
wife gummed everything up by

■ bawlln the guy out. She cracked
that her husband vfUs a ball play.er
arid didn't have tp..be an actor for

'.'a.iiyih

■ The manager said he kTew he.was
V BO me kind, of an ' athlete but after
: watchin him danCe, he thought he
Was an acrobat.

She come babk with, "If my husr
band would talte my advice, he
. would decease frurii your theatre
. right now." . ■ . ,

The manager countered -with, u
• he does it'll be the. iElrSt break I've
. . . had since they wl.shed me into this
■/^orchard."- - :

^ Finally I split them out and cheat
' ■ some act out of a chance to hop

■ in on a disappolntmont. But can
you beat it? Here's a moll that
thought grease paint was used on
barns a .:coople . of weeks ago and
now she's hoppin on for bends and
tellin us how we should .do the act.

What I can't figure out Is how a
hiKh class guy like Cuthbert ever
. fell for such a turnip. He's been
playin the chill for two dollar broads
: all "his life and finally dances up to
. tlSe"^
tured brain. '. ■ ■. ■
;If she had jack and held heavy
. ' yovi could label him as a male gold
^ . digger, but she didn't have car fare
around the block : •vvhen he saw her
and got blind staggers..

■ Algie .won't eve;!!, stay In- the. same

■ room- with her and . threatens to
, scratch her eye's out if . she starts
\ ariythini? with him. I thirik ril have
to. stick her In thf> and call it

" a day. , ■, ■■ ■ :■ =

. My fighter is trainin; and we're
not goin 'to let that little set hack of
last week worry us none. Do you
. . notice how ihAnager.'i W mcn^
tionlij their fighters always say.
. ; "We're going to box .so and so." and
"We'll take .so much for our end.!'
Always we, except after the. be'l
rings.: when it's him- we don't get
the hiftits on the riiush he does. ;
. This kid: is a pip and beliovo me
If I ever get him in the Garden

Winchell and the Speak

In i repbrted liQuid pinch oh
a -West ' 46th street speakeasy .
last week, called the Artists'
Club, two names among the list .,
of incorporators . of the club
given were Walter Wlnchell
and Glenn Condon.

This in Itself set forth how
: old the original charter must
have been. It is foipr or five
years since Glenn Condon,
then in charge of the Vaude-
ville KeWe, left New York for
Oklahoma, where he Is at! pres-
ent. At the* same tlrte Win-
chell was under Condon on the
same sheet. ■

r Chances are It was an old-
club organized for social purr
poses and. Its charter passing
into other hands. - '

BERNSTEIN'S ED(S ON f'RACKETE^^
DOWNTOWN BANKERS ' ?^„.^

: Lee Adele, 20, stenographer,:, 728
Vermont istreet, Brooklyn, was held
in $ii)0 bail for trial in Special Ses-
sions when she was arraigned be-
fore Magistrate Gjeoi-ge w; Simpson
in West .Side' Court on. a charge of
violating Section 441 Of the Perial
Law' which pertains to fraudulent

advertising. ■ 'v:-- '.-:' ' ■■^•:-"'

Miss Adele was employed in the
ofllce of Jockey D" iStirling, . 16.0.
West 4Bth street, a- racing informa-
tion bureau! Op Oct.. 13 Detective
Walter Mitche.ll of Inspector Bo-
lan's staff entered thC place and
met the. young woman. •

He said h'e ' paid her , $5 a-nd . she
gave him the name of a .horse,
'''Argo," to i-u^ri in the third race at
'LaiireL ' The*: detective ^atid he fwas
informed by Miss Adele that that
was the only, horse given out for
that day. \ :■ ;.'-;' ' "
•. Oct. 15, Mitchell said, he read
Jockey D. Stirling's advertisement
in the D(aily Racing Form and saw
that he claimed credit for giving
out the name of Tall Grass, the
winner of the third race at .Laurel
on Oct. ,13; Mitchell returned to.
the office andi called it t6 the at-
tention of Miss Adele and also aur
nounced he yiras a policeman.

Miss Adele said that that was the
slip which had been left in an en^
velope but that later the choice
wa^ changed. . Mitchell Confiscated
a number of telegrams from various
states deinaridi'hg. information, they

had paid for. or the return of their
money. Miss Adele told Magistrate
simpsori she. was not in the h'abit
of : handing but the.; slips but that
the managers, Harry Adelman an'd
David 'Grossmin, had goiie out. and
siie took tile responsibility of. hand
ing out the enveippe.
. Despite her testimony that it was
the • first time, she- had done so and
that she 'had. no hand -.in drawing
the name of the horse or placing
the advertisement, she was held for
the higher court. Mitchell stated
that Adclman ; .and- Gro;R.snian are
awaiting trial in. Special Sessions
on. another charge. ; - -

Banker Himself Once, but the {
Sheriff Got Difficult— Doubie-
Headed Gold Piece New

Off ice Bldgs. with Camou-
flaged Rackets-— Escort
Bureaus Among Them

lum

Park Central Hotel

they'll ' want .to, _aclo|n; JU^H.'-^. ilg'^-
lTrstp^Thr'Tn^^ ;iipent ^Pf-n in morioTy
onlers. and he . can POck likr a pile
driver with either hand.

In addition to thl.-s ]ie'.'< pood to hi.s
mother, can count over a. linmlrod,
and. would rather ficlit Ihnri winter
In Palrii Beach, so I ought . to get
Some kopecks, with him before some
other velocipede hangs it on hi.«'
chin. . .

At any rate all worked up
about him and if he don't coP his
flr.«!t tim* out, I'll hang crepe in his

George Gi'Siy, ;whOse ;;rjght name
police say is George Willianfis, 41, ,
of the : Park Central Hotel, and
Henry Coster, 38, of 1661 Bryant
.aven 11 e, Bronx,- weris before Ma gis-"
trate Simps.pn On the charge of pos-
sessing an :Oplum lamp and; layout..
, They were .'arrest.ed in Room 736
at the Park Central by. Detectives
t3rady vand :kbiTlson of^^
ters. .The .slduths . stated they went;
to the room which ; had been en-
gaged by WillraniS;- They haLd been
informed that' a Crap game was on.

When they reach fi^d the room,
Br.ady . stated, he; Sriielled , opium.
The; dpoi'^' was opened by. Williams,
averred .i3rady',; and the room reeked
with the opium smell. Tho sleuths
conducted a .sen roll but were un-
able to locate- the: stuff.. They came
acros^.s. a locked/closet. The .sileuths
found in it a costly ppiuni; pipe, al-
leged jar; of bpium ..a nd sorne yen
shee. .'■ '-■■ '■ . .

Williams and Co^<u;r divni<^d;own-
ership.. ;As; tlu- .l.i''y-s .Williams had
f ai led to open . t h.o ; room, 'the Court
freed the pair.: Willi^mis told . th<
j op.sL^tfeLtlper lia tis. tho ' pre\jous oc

A check-up on tenants In a sus-;
pected: list of office buildings Is be-
ing • made by members of Deputy
Chief Inspector James S. Bblan's
staff in Times '. Square and environs.
. The ■■ siispected list are watched
as tenanting bookmakers, tipsters
and other rackets against which
complaints have been registered at
Police Headquarters. The . com^
plaints, as best as could be learned
from underchaiririel sources, have
been blanket, occasioning the pres-
ence census taking routlhie. '

Although the copjpiers are really
checking: up on the booklesi tip-
sters and suspected call Joints oper-
ating under: the guise of escort bu-
reaus,; the police scrutiny Isn't going
to: help the bopze spots In some, of
the buildings. ' .

.- Several . ps^udo booking offices in
buildings on Broadway and the side-
streets housing the camoufla ged
escort bureaus are under particular
scrutiny.

AOeged Drug Mob
In Eyening

An alleged , drug ring of three
wbmcn and two men, said by the po-
lice to have centered their trade in
Times Square were rounded up and
$20,000 worth of alleged heroin,
mbrphlne and cocaine seized in the
raid in two apartments by the cops.

The prisoners gave their names
as, Mrs. Mary Haslan, 31, 1229
Findlay avenue, Bronx; Mrs. Cath-
erine Murphy,, 32, 536 West 153d
street; Mrs. Louis Perry, 82, 29
Manhattan avenue;' her husband,
Louis . Perry, 43, carpenter, .. and
George. Murphy, 34, ; oliauffeur, of

rupa.rit had 1 e ft the f (>m i-.a l>a n d"Tie

hind.

In Doubt

: A strained oi ndilion obtuius in
the picture department of a! local
morning rag-' The picture editor
went off on.a.yaoation. The day he
came back the former picture edi-
tor of the paper joined the staff.
Now neither knows which is or
which is to be fired.

536 West I53^^treft7

Murphy and the two Perry s were
in West Side . CJourt charged with
possessing druga.^*They pleaded not
guilty, waived' examination, and
were held ■ for the; action of special
Sessions. The Pcrrys have a crim-
inal record, Murphy was arrested.,
several times but never convicted.
"I'he; Haslan Worhan and; ;M.r3. lyiur-
phy were arraigned -In the MoV-
visania Court and held for Special
Session also.

Dftcclives; Jimmy McHale arid
Fred Wilson, of the. Narcotic Squad, ;
niade the raid. Thfey told Magi-s-
trate- Simps;oh the ■ di^es seized
vrarc valued at $20,000 /and after
'cut' would probably bring a return

of $7:.'iiO'oo. ; ;.

The tiiiihtet have been under sur-
v«'ill!ince for four weeks. They
I moved from one address to another.
I when t he chas'e became hot. Travel -
' ltd in a Buiek sedan, the auto, was
nrulp pcfT-^TlTi ^-STfe Ki-t-^faYrratl mill ui A
on . the inside. Alurphy ,eith<-r
drf.;-;.std as. a.Jiverid chauffeur cr
in evening attire. The women were
always in evening dre.vs. They .'fol-
lowed .Murphy and acted as lookr
outs. All carried Pomeranian dogs
to 'throw off' the cops.

It w.'is an addict who put the
finger on the drug mob that oper-
ated from the' Findlay addrcB.s, said
the sleutha.

"What a niugg r was to iiuit tho
sliow/ husine's.s/;. s'nld.;
stein; lis h^^ nipped up a" $20 gold
piece with ;a hpad oh both sides. . .

"Ain't it a pityr' : continued Free-
man, "that I didn't know the bank-
ers- -was coming into the .biz ? They
tell: me that, banking thing down-
town is the nuts. All -you have; to
do is to siipw a card Avith pomefhiiig.
about show busirie.ss on it iind you
walk right into the main; private

office. ■ ■■•■.'';■■■■.•.■

■ "Then you got the luisiiiess. The
hoss - banker: opons the safe: and you
see: all of ll.ib iri'oiioy. in:. the, worUl
l ight in. front: (if ybu, C Then he. tells
you what Jie 'ran do fpr^ you.. ; Ypu
sec and hear plenty in' a ^lankor's
oilloe hilt , that's about- all you . iiot

out of it. ■.■ ' . ;.'' '.■::■■■•■■ v. V '•

.. ."I'.ve .bo.eh a . banker, too. .Last
suminor, in-:tiic'. nvouiit.'iln.'^.: i nut- thc
sheriff got dlificvi.U.v/'ATy; p^^
striptiy on the iip ..and. up . but 1
couldn't pay.' ovit more tli.nn ,1 took
in. cPuld I? I ain't .sappy, yet. And
I made spine gobd friends up; there
but hot for much. Tliat bunch
sticki.hg around thij. w'ooiis siU sum,-
mer trying to klli .titne arid, .save
money ain't no riot with riie. . ; I got
a flock of bouncer's put of th.at robrii
of mine that;: would : niake a snow
storm. -■ '. ■ ''■;.•'■'■'.':■-

'.';- First; Layout

"^'When l. thiiik of bo>v I started
the sh b \y bu si ii ess. and ; blew, I want
to take the river rbute," nientioned
Freeman, placing the gold piece on,
the desk and Mlpvi'iy- turning it-,o.Ver.
•'Look at what I did rit Ft. Wash-
ington: The i.first grift layout in
New York; 1 should have .had it
patehted. And then T duck the
racket to look up jocks in nay vest
pocket, a,nd what dp I get? , Only
the works. . It's. all a pafnintheneck

to me. ' -'-.r '' ■■ ;

Vl'm getting some cards engrayed
to go up against the . banker.s.
Th'cy've got i^n in i suppose but I've
got') the edge ; with , this gimmick,"
and Freeman kissed the $20 shiner.
"These, small tlntie yeggs uptown use
a cent with double licadij' for the
petty larceny - chumps, but I'm do-
ing it right; airi't I? ' ....

" 'Big money, 'Freeman, for the big
ba;nking boysj' - l sayS^ so I get thl.s
gold piece double headed. It co.st
me $325. Not- a; mutt .in the wpftd
will suspect it and don't you cr.iok.

"When 1 get in that private bflloo
and the planted' office boy comes in
to say: 'Casey & Sal in. sky want th.at
seven millions right away,' . and the
guy answers. 'Don't .send ;it all over
today, Willie; give 'em four mil-
lions anil let. 'em wait until tomor-
row fbr the -re.st,' . I'll, start iri- .

" 'Boss,' I'll. say. . 'I'll just flip you.
this little gold piece for that other
three niillibn.s;; tli^m again.st my
prospects.' He'll fall becaufO he
don't care about my p.rospecl.s. but
he wants that $20 gold piece.- And
so y'pti can know, what a pipe It Is,
I'm going to sfiy, 'Bo.s.s, you toss it
up and I'll guess.' Nothing Is fairer
thin that, eh?

The Only Guy
"I het I'll be the only boob In the
show husirieas- WhP ever, went into

Johnny O Connor; of the ^torning
Telegiviph,; ' has: turned ' out a hot
bppk, his*; nr>^t;:'publislii d by; Horace ; y ■
Llveright; in ■iJ^padway \ Rficket-
oers,"' -' .,;

It's .a corking title aiid a;:Corkipg .
oolleotion in ^ibout '25 .'chapters, of : ^;
the easy ■n'lphpy ; stylos of fast •■
wprk.. "The author doesn't ap-
pear to have nTisst>d. one of the
rackot's. Iii sevoVqi:;.df the stories
ho gives names, :Svhilo - his - facts • ;
sound as ' though ;i)er.sonally related :
to hirii,; other than those Johnny has
ploUcd up; knocking around Times
Siiuaro; for these niany. years. •

Th.Tt's why "HroaWway Kaoket-
oors-

. i.s , iVot-^-it. 'sizzlv;? . fill of-.' the

a bank and. came piit :with; cash.

"Then; I'm .going to trail along
with the . bankers. What . a ; simp\
Me' monkeying with a lot of white
chips and all of . 'thl.s downtown
coin calling for Freeriian''
: .; '<You name the. bank .• andv l'll go
to ;lt in tho -, mprriiiig. ; Pir^k. /.the
. totighest guy dOwii there • but make;
the.; hank;, a:., Why with plenty, of
sugar. ■\ " " • , : ;■ .'. ■• ..' :. -

.''ril tell you what t done and 1
may split, yoif In for a .small piece
iif :you can keep : thl.'i gyp to your-
self," add*>d Freettiari, as; he rtgaln
kis-sed the shiner on his way but..

time witli insido. . st ufC t liat .hcvOr
before h;\R boon -orowd'od into bnp. : : .;
'voVuino; It's douhtruV if - more than
two or throe oC tho raokots Johnny
writes of have ever appeared
in, print; arid; then pro.ljal^ly b.ivly In
hews stories;.: . ■ ■ ' .' - ■ \'.
Hotels Need It -;.:■ ;
As a sncUer .and: ehuihp educator,
it's'5l :bear. For ihooihinp trains "at y
tiie Penjis>Ovahia or N<'w "i'lifk C0ri-
tnvl It .should be the host seller for .; "
years tQ cbnie, While key city hotels
should pliiicc . one in ■ e.ve.yy roontir : • _'
alongside till Cidoon. . The Oidcbrts •
may; save souls but Johnny O'Con-
nor's book wiil save them money,
while they are living. : ,. y ; :

Book goes on sale, this \yeck. It's ,
Written in an ; extremely readable
manner, . O'Connor's best. .That v.
means- he -has mixed his ian.guage .» ,
striiight and type. ; It makes
':Bi'Qiidway Racketeers'' : entertain-
Ing as .well as informative. ;

Insulted Girl Punched
On Nose on B'way

"Judge, there is no good reason
that I know of . why I should be
punched on the inbsc," sobbed Dor-
othy Kennedy, 22, of 222 West 49th
street; entertainer in a night club,
she said, when in West Side; Court,
to prosecute two brothers whom
.she said were of a par ty of four
that struck her. ' . ; > . ;^
^ Miss . Kennedy , was holding a
large piece pf . bandage to her ipr •
jured proboscis iri a vain- iittempt
tp check the crlm-sph ifroiii. flowing.
Alongside of h'-r was her chUm and
follow iworker, :Tiij;lhia 7-,orrarne,^ ^^^^^
222 AVest 49lh street.

The .Ijrolhei'.s . arrested charged;
vvith assaulting .Mi.i'i Kennedy, gave
their name.s as CorneUu.^ McCarthy,
24, doorman, of 236 West 52d street,
and Jere McCarthy. 30, clerk, of the
same addreiss. Both were arraigned
before Magistrate G<^9rg6 W. Simp-
sbri. Cornelius was .freed. Jere was
held, for trial in Special Sessions.
Bail of ?:r)00 was n;xed.

H ow It Happened

-Miss Kennedy tbld; the Court, that
she and Theima were on their way
home. At 52d street and IJroadway
one, of the McCarthy ;party, pnide a n

ACTOR SUES HOTHL

Martin Vouii-g < Voun.fi.and Monoff.i
has filf'd suit .against tli;"- JAnroXn
)v,U-\, Nr \v- : Yori<, to rf.'fover $1,200.

Young' v-laim.'-- he lo.st that_anioiint
rif. apjiarfl whll" a. 'guest', 'at . the
hotel ' lant - Surnnier; , . "

in.sulting remark : to her. Srie ue- -.
mahdcd.: ah cxpianallgn;.

She : charged that Jere •busted?
her on the nose and that CornelliJS
had kicked her, she tlionght. She
was pbsitlve about Jere. • Theima
began to battle the four. She did
excellerit work with her nall.s, said

Dorothy. .: '• . '

Patrolman Dan Ryan of- the West
47th street .sta'tion ran to the scene,
lie lockirjd :up the broth'-rs on Miss
Kf-hnedy's .oomplaiiitV;. The two
oth<'r ■ men had . lied. '

"Your Honor, neii.her »ny brother
hlir myself ;struck the coiniduiriant.
I have sisters of my : own.. • One of
o'ur party who had iniltihvd .''i Uillo
too^ riiuch said .s.ometh 1 nj,' uiiki nd.. I
Vk'fis about to apoiogiy.'.^ to ' M.i.ss.
Kennedy .when sho punchfd me on
the nose," Jeri' - Kititl; ' ■

CLARIDGE HOTEL SOID

;,.Staoe Impersoha.tion

One Of 'ilVf- new . P.roal;lw:iy play-s
hri.'-r ah a-'-tor ihiidfi up lilce nation-
i iilly known li«urr-; t-.'ilk.s like ?ii>n.
and is easily Ident ified ' by .a nybody
who ijas Hi-en the man. .

What will be done .to the fliarac-
ter In his transition to th" -s'l'"'"
1h a- qilf-sl ion whi' h if; ,f'ngaKi">' tb'-
IntercHt of the ai'gle-fanH.

prr'.sfut g < • no rljl" .m'7Tn'g?'1F o7~ tTic"
>.;Jtioiial. 'i'lieatrc Sui)ply fo!, and
.(.■Ji( ster - Hawy( r.' forrh'-r: trea-surer
of tli<- :JIowi11". ('inema Corp.,- have
purci/a.M;d t)u,- Clarldge .Hotel, 4Uh
street and JJroa:d;%vay, from the Kd-
ward Arlington Intere.st.';.

Mfs.srs. Ilprhsteln and Sawyer
took immediate pos.ses.iion. i-!awyer
will a.sHume the aftlvo general man-
agement of the hotel.

48

VARIETY

S P O R T S

Wednesday, October 31, 1028

to

FoiloWing; last .week's tempcatu-:'
bus ■ Satdrdiiy .tlvere .doesh't- st»em ■ tp
be iany impending game for. tht> cuiv

reiit w^ek pf ■ more- importanc broken

l)Ut tiiey ■^biVVt'n't' even! stivrtod
iKiy pfC... on fiirst downs. / ' '

■ -..'^ Jn "t'heV Conference

.Princeton and . qiiio . State! >,at - Co
•luiilbtis. :. ■ Tiie 1^^^^
geance tor. 20 poiiit,s and -havo.some--
tWhg naore. than an fevers chance of.
acc.omplishlng sjiiiiie. No*, that Ohio
;ls liattle, to run lip . three toiich.-
doVvns on .this Princeton" b.utftt. t>u,t
tlie \Vllcenien are, very likely to. cop.
.. .In '27 . tliei-ie didn't appear, ^o
a oetter, team . in the .eoiiniry thari
Ohio State^h pa.p<ir, • Wliat inter-
nal stir if e:di<i io tha.t outfit iis his^
tory; This Vear it iooks 'as if the
Ohio .boys have fpfgpttieh a jot
tilings, but ■ not . iibw' to play fpotV:
ball/ jftpper .has- got biis hartds^
this \veek. .There's nothihg; in'
Ptinbetoit's .reeoi'li to d.ate %<> war-
rant f^hy, other v : ;:\y point:' The .Ti-
ger has been, play ing spot ty gahies. ■
A. wliiriwind ag

.Lehigh,: the jungle, cat has acted as
If . it \vari teil. its ,: tuhiniy ~ scratdhed
by y Irg.ihijt and Cornell. . A 3-0
acore \agi\inst Cornell ' isn't apt ^to
tnake: any ;Prinfcietpni.an i-^el.^witli
■merrihicnt^;';.-. '. ;!■ ■' ■ . ■.; ■•

• ■y'et,. .Rbpei; never u^ed. "Rfiles . or
.'Benhjett . again st : Doble , ancl both .
thesie iboi^s nijak'e a: diffeirQiice;. Sliles
is- generally declared ,t<>. be the; best
.defensive; back- in .the- ;E:ist,; .wiiiie
■Behiictt . is a spphoriibre ■ find who
ia lial^le : to ^it.artle ; at ;any; time:

J'enh's heart/ 'Clvicagb has an .oiit^
.:islde.. chance- ;.bii Stagg . Field.-, tliis
.Svii'ek ; -.That's - . urilikelyi- ;;'lKjwovet;;
arid JL.OU ypuJjg's sqiiad can Ufford
to .sltinip a little, and Mtiii ; finish
in iront against eL Marbn W'hiclr
'ha,f> paled considerably.- ..Likexvise?.
Wisconsin seefnis to hiive iiri; edge
where Alabama . is v concerned— the
sou them team ha ving a two- poin t
defe^at against it by Tehneas.ee; Jili-
hois,' of course, ' ftgures over Michi-
gan, ailtiiough f hie Ann : Arbor crew
showed definite.; signs , of; power
airainiit the Badgers |{lst week. This;
iwpn't bei the fomp it ;figUres on - a:
cpmpjiratiVe sjcore; basis. It .s6idom
Is, .as it's always a big ganne; for
both iristitutiohs: irrespective of .ma-
terial. ■■ '■ .. ■ "

Pitt

Pittiiburgh; Oct, 30.
.- .j^aturday . night, dc.splte ; a ,
terrific rain,; :.the ,to\vn went .
wild , after the- Catncgie Teth-
/Piitsburgh i;anie, both : instii ■
tutions. beliig ibcal. .T^
.tJixicab. company, the ;head- of ■
which is a- Tech aluninus,- suf- ,;
: fei^d - about ■ $3,000 :lQss:in win^:;,
doivs smashed, albhe.

Hotels stripped their rooms,
of everything -r that could., be .
hurled; stepped- on or .thrpwri
oiit of windPws, and* stiil went -
for. plenty In damages, ; The .
near .- cabarets ., .this yillaigei^
boasts took in a bbhahza cbuv;^
ert and check tpt^l, but they •
paid for. It. pretty , in leakaige,
breakage . and .rpughrhbuse. ;

V Basketball

- Another conference game throws
Minnesota and Nbrthwestern brt the
same iiield. Deispite .lowa'a victory,
-M.inhesPta. ought tb; be' able 'to; hting
on\ ih . the - hopes that somethin g \y ill

happeh : to hiaiieIo\Va stumble' and .I' . . ,v t •
lliiL lAr.^* « >«v T-on high schpol pr college stars In their

give it at least a , tie tor Big -Ton. ■ _ ■ n » . »

_■ -■ .. T - .. I nax' TliB^.' apo.RoV Roll -T. A A |1 •

. . Lbs ' Angeles, Oct. 30. ;;
; ;.4i»grbijp of Fox playersi whp have
fcund time between' prp^uctiohs for
spbrt, - have orgariized, si.' basketbail
teini and issued % challenge. , .
All the members of the teani w-iere

hphors if Ohio . and Illinois. dpn!t
Cbme';through. ':;-

. GeorgetoNvh is <;bminigr up to New,
Vbvk:; with a \vill to 'nin^.a - lot of
hope.. N. U.; runnirig up 47 points
on. iiipigate was bniy secpnS to
Navy's win over .jPenn.., in iooking

day. , :They aire: Rex Bell, L, A. A. C;
George O'Brien, >'Big BPy" WilliaTh.,
U. . of , Texasv. . Max Goldy All Amefl.-.
car: . bask&tbsill ace in 1923; . Ad
Sch^tih-jer, another All Anrierlcan..
and Eddie Grainger, Fprdham ;U.
basketteer^;. ■ ; . -

Cha:rles 'Farrell, Boston .'A. G.;

Princ^ilpiv looked^ari.^ plaj^e* aga,inst:| pver , la^t Satiiivlay's. ^ijpsets. ■ ;Nb:|p^^^ .'Terry,: Hatvai^d fqbtball and

cpu: t star", and.,Ewihg Sept't of the

a

Noveihbtr 3

; By Sid Silvennaii

;;/.GANrESV';^^^-:
; Pi*i ncetPh -Ohio Stkte ', ". '.'
.yaii-Dartmipu.th .
Koitre ba rn.iQ - PflnW. Stati6
Pittsb,M''gh- Syracuse
MinhesPta - htoHhyyestern
.George.toWn- N,' Y. ll.:.. '. .
y/iscohsih-Alaba.inha
IIHnois- tyiichiQan ' .
.:Cbrneii-Co(urhbia ;
vPennsyWa;n|a - Chicago

«' •- • » • • «^«

f • • • •

WINNERS
.Princeton

'..Yal©-; • » '• •■
.-Notre Dame
.Pittsburgh .-.
.Minnesota .
iGebrgetown
. Wiscpnsirii
Illinois ;;,• j^'
• iUorneU . . ; . -..
.Penpsylyahia

•'. • • • «'** -•'•'

OODd

:..3/5

. . .5/4
, . . .5/3
Even

.6/5

t/2
;.;-.5/3
.7/5.
.6/5
.8/5

(Predictions, based bh fair weather)

Hplty wopd . A. . C.
up;. ; ''.

ate the runners

Film Tourney, Results ,.

First results In : ParaniPunt's golf .
tournament:. :

HectoF Turnbuli jdefeated! Al
Kaufmaii' 2 and 1; deorge liomitiel,
studio . champ, put but .Harry Lowe,
3 and 2, and Harry Ensign took
oyer .Lane Chandler 3^ and 2.

Forged Paper Peddlers
Get Beayy^ J!erm

After flooding ;ppoirporna; thealfre
ticket - ojfifices. . haberdasheries and
night clubs In the Tlipes Square
district with i^origed €xprle.sS; ordetg
to the ambunt of ; $2,000, George J.
Phillips, 25. s£^:ie.«jmah, of 05 I'Thiayer
str&et, and Thomas Lord, 2i9, a.c-:-
knpwi^dged bootlegger;; b£ 2491
BrbadWay, - pleaded ■ guilty befbre
Judge Max £}; Leyine In Gerieral
'Se?slbns iand were liii?xiediately sen-
tenced. Phillips, received a term of
two.; and ;phe-.half • years .in . Sing
Sing, while Lprd wM sentenced 'tp^;
the penitentiary; to ai term not to
exceed.. three- yefirSi ■.';'■■■ : -..''-^>; ' '

The express orders, together with
rallrpdd ; tlcitets^. Eurbpeari .. hotel
reservations and cash were ; stbleh
froni a irtiateroomi bn the Steaimship
"Paris". Jiily 15.

. Lbla . Crpsby, an actress; of ; ;2.00:
West :112th street; who. was to. have
been: miu'Hed; to I*hilllp9; bn ' Jjbv.
3, .was in ; coyrt when; he. wias sen-
tenced. "■ '■ :" . \ ■ " '

ebmeil: like ' a' team that was say >7
inisr eVerythlhg it cipuld. tor the fol-
lowine yeek: and :taking dangerbus
chiEUices to con>piete such a plan.
Comparing Ohio ahd the' jeraeyitfes
gives :a , pre - game bacicfleld : edge, to
Prince ton. beciause : - of WIttrher,

. Miles, Bennett,; Nbrn»:ah, .Requaj:t,
Strubihg and others; On ,th6 • other i
side, is Eby, always dynamite arid
whb played a, beautiful game last.

, year • untii. he toppled over from
siieer exhavistion while signals were
being calledj Eby- remains OhlPfs
main ball -carrying' thrcai ajid will

- get- able; assistance from Kruskamp
' : and Cory. 0.hlp\yiirill hot be lany better

than Prlhcetort on .the ; ends; .but
"inay have "a.n;v^dge -fro ni- t^
tackle ; with the exception -of' the
snap-back post where HpWe/ Is su;-
. perb. It's going to be: a; tough anti

- a great gani© with Pirinceto.n :the
short end choice becatise of .;a Rb-
.. pier's ■,ti?airih[:: abil i ty to nieet • a -si t ua-
/ lion . and .. Ohio : the: fayprlte. due to.

.yibtpries over Nprthweste^^^ ih-
■..ilana. ' :: . ■ '. '■;:; /•'..■'..v •
V; vNptre''Pa.me- A'nd -P'tt

. :Perih. State, has beeii thrpugh .'two
terrific: gaiiiesV .against • Benn arid
SjTacuse and has hpthing: better
. tban; a defeat .:i3.nd a tie. .tb sh
. .fiir; itl In- mc-etihc- Notre Pathe; the
' Bezdek ■ gro is fi.lling the cup tp;
the. brim.. . . Rezardless.; of .' whether
-Rpckii.^ hajs yyt .Vihstilled a gbal line
punch hv.i his p.-esent squ
gdrrte has a South. Bend tinge ; arid
if St<ite pulls it put of the. fire' by a
tie or :a victory it wrlV- be the, sec-
ond consecutive upsfft on Franklin
^ •^Eieid;.:-"--;- ' V :■- ^- i'^. ';; : '. 'r:.

: Syracuse resumes- relations' with
PitttTburgh and :will ha.ve to play a
;Whale of a game to cpme out on
'tpp. The Orange ' is moving bn its
third successlvo difficult grtnie, and
although Pitt liKs t\ylce been de-
feated. It is again f.avored to win,
Thb Paritiier's weakness has been
a defon.<5o ; too : easily pierced by
passes an ti this tt cannot Afford
agaltist ^Uch flings aa Bnyslnger
will hurl. . It's doubtful Jf Syracuse
can stand off PittH* running attack,
an olTense which four times was In-
side Cai-ncgie Tech'a 20-yard line —

. Frankrin-Lazaru'iB Challenge
Harold - . Franklin, .piresldent of
I West Coast:, . has taken a . private
pro arid challenged .Jeff Lazarus,
aide to Spl Wurtael at Fox, to a
$.')00 hiatch. iVinklln bases ht^'
right tb challenge bn the fact that
Iwith his pro giving him a stroke
Ka hole hel; wbn 75 cents and . that
I Lazarus cotfld nPt -beat the pro if
the latter gave him the stroke. ;
Actual inside is that Pra;rikllri

denying after that display, that Mbp
hah .has; got ah unusual team ' in
the Bronx. Every thing i-they did, , j,
against eolga:te was so perfect that nsures htf can out talk Lazarus on
It resulted In one of worst defeats first hole, and that his former
ever: handed the latter school. And I P' «V. will blow up after that

Match will be . played ; at. Rarichb
Nov. 4, No : admission fee.

that may. be the trouble, N.. Y. LT
looked top gobd. A foiirrgariie build-
up to a n^uch\:desired victory and
th^n a cbniplete Tomp: The . Impres-
sion is that the M..'ehaiv team peak-: I "I^^^^-^'ll prbbably be haunted for
ed: at a time when Colgate was off l^veeks by the memory of themselves
form* aithbugh therie's. no., question being boxed mrid the flying Caidct

Ben Ub.erall; par^t ." owner pit , the,
Evergladep Restatirant,; 203 • West
48th street, :denled, tha^ he callelj a
prbceBS. server; a: '';hlthy kike" or
kicked hirin in the: back fis the proc-;
esis ' server : sought to .9ervo ;,a, 'sum-
mons and complaint in a ;ciyif .suit:
against. Jphn; Wagner, a,nother part
owner ' of : .the ; Everglades. Ben's
story. wa3 so /convincing that Mp.gr
iStrate Slmpsbri' discharged him;

Uberali gavei his home ^iddress.ai^
340^rWe8t ; 86th street/, He^ stated
that/he .was- jiist abpwt.-tp go to At-'
lant.ic CJity with his: family . .when
the ' fracas startbd, , -The : compiain-;'
ant against • libetall i was Ludwlg
Salomon,, 1153 Brbadw^iyi

According to; the process server's!
story he entered the restaurant and
asked for; Mr; Wagner. He; said he
bxpla:in.ed ,;hi»> mission , when ^/B,e.n
planted his foot on the.'lbwer; part:
of ."his back as he ,^as a^scendihg the
staircase to look for" Wagner,
' "ijberall then called me a dirty;
fl:lthy' kike and tore my coiat,'? testlr
fied iSalomori displaying, the. torn
garment. ; "He also : brokei; my
gliasses; \added Salomon. " :.:;^.

Ube.raU's: story: was vastly difter'^:
ent. He declared thie prbteiss. server
stated he was a ;tax. collector, ien
said tha.t Saibmonj .handed hiin - the
papers In the civil actlonV ;

"I told ; Salbmon that . .1 was.,: not
John Wagnbr.;.,! also tbld him- that
r could not accept service ; as.'' It
would 'be faulty.^ I heard him igay
that he . was a tax collector,": said
Uberali. ' /■ ■•-;V- \--

"1 did .not call him any name's nor
did . , I ; bobt hlmi.. declared .Uberali!
The latter stated that the: prpcess
server tried to run up the stairs
past him wiien he was. checked.:
Maiglstrate Simpson stated thait
.Salomon's story was impirbbable.

that N. Y. 1): would have won re
gaMless of this Colgate. teai>i's forrii
Still, it's riot believable, that any
team in the pountry i» actually 41
points better tlian CPlgate;
^ W6rg.ctMVlT7^Sr"l^^^^

I galloping past. It looks like a full
week on defense for; Tale,, the Sol-
diers' run back of an iritercepted
pass for; a touphdPwn being tech-
nicaily unpardoriable In football,
Yale's oifgnSie against Aririy Was

scoKng machine to Marihattari' It:] 'i^^ r^^"*'^^- ^'^"^^ ■1*^^?
hiis a- habit of vunning up early
high tbtais; arid . ( hen. just:: missing:
.against its .first major pppprient,
riotabiy:. S>7"acuse;. They play hard
fpbtball down in Washington and if
Meehari's. ;mob. is the least' bit: off,
tiie ga'me. ls apt to be ; a lot .closer
thari normal figuriiig would indicate.
Greorgetbwn "kribws ■ ,what it's ■ up
agalDst. >rorb ,sb than N^ Y. U.,

Dartmouth's Conipley

The ; Bpwl has a habit of. giving
Dai iriPuth stage fright;. Following a;
defeat which it was exti-eriiely con--

Army - game liV ; the.: 'third perlpd
\yhen a long pass broiight a: flrist
down on the T»blnters^ lO-yard
sti'ipe arid G ti rvey immediately went
off ; tackle for :six: yards. . Three
d<xwns to get four yatds ahd ,almQ3t
a period andi- a half :in .Syhlch vtp
score again, tp tie or win. That was
the tlriie and wheri Yale; finally
finished by .grounding a ' pass' on
f oiirtiv down, af tCf GarVey had t wicp
i)een thrown for lossies,' It-was all
oyer.

; On condition both Yale and Dai-t-
mouth figure about even:; each havr
irig; given about everything in de-

.fident of avpldmsf. the:;Groen .may f^at.- But the Blue, line figures too
ag^in arrive .in New; Havt-iy WJth an- gt^ong tPr Dartmouth a:nd Loud-^ind
. in ferlpnty complex. And toai won't EHis can be as .pbtent on attack as
do sv^ainst^ ale. Harvard: cpmRletc. :Ui^,,gters and Black if Garvey isn't
ly. throttled Dartmbuth's run shape: The Gre^n - must win

attack, .weakened by Mars.ter s in- through the air if at: all. arid the
jun\ and surprised .witlv its keen pJ^ss iJ, g^ill a dangerbus pla v.
Mtef^nse^.^agt^^ .Uie same kind of

aerial attack. But Dartmouth's sad pame as Princeton on Safurdh^"
news -is that It must again face a j^^^^ ^.j^^e heavy footed and «low
ime that s equally as strong at- Hft«-- Lv,tii corriell turning loose some
yard, from tackle to tackle. atroclbus punting. Columbia • has

Hbwever, theie- is this much in. an excellent chance tb win and if
Hawley's favor. It . the Yale ;ends' lvumpf wore playing would at ioast
permit themselves tp be swept out bo , an oyon choice. But Kuinpf is
of the play as they did against out and holding the Tiger away from
Army. Marstors or any other hack its fioai line for 60 minutes dooah't
ha.s every chartce of dupiicafinp one i<i)eak badly for tiic? upstater.«;. Tlil.s
of Ca.ulo's rtinM for a touchdown. | one ought to bo' oloso, a bit rough
Those Blue Wings may liavo learn- and if Cornell doesn't absorb a little
.od as mucli in ono afternoon as tiro by the end of the wook It's quite
many an end picks up in a season. Ilikoiy to get art unpleasant surpri.>»e

Jack Pearl's Defense

Of Chauffeur Flops

. Jack Pearl, actor, 31, -playing at
the Palacb, did his stuff In. West
Side Court before. Slegistrate dearge -.
W. ;§impson. Pearl was surhri^pned
to court, ori the charge of dlsotderiy
conduct. . Hb: ga!ye his addi'ess, ' as
;51'5 ■'-Wejst iEnd.-.avcnU.e, ■' - '

The. -actor 'syias. taken .to the West
~47th .. stireet V station. - Licuteriant
John (Brpadway) . Collins, etstvy^hile
actor hihriself, told patrolman; Ottb
>yestphai,tb give Jack a "ticket'' tb
appear b^forp Judge :Sim|)sbn. • , .

rPeari : was .arrested - for <;r<feating
disorder at the : stiage entrance of
the ;;Palace :, after he learnbd bis
chauffeur was summoned, said the
bluecbat. , The cop was serving a
sunrtriibns :on Jack's chauffeur when
the actor eriierged from doing ' his
stuff at the .palace.

"What is taking ^lace?" ^eriiahded
the. actor to the bluecbat;. . Jack was
qiilckly Irif brnied by the chauffeur
he was being- "ticketed" for park-
iriff. ,,:''That can't be .so. I ani a
taxpayer and a gopd dltlzeri of this
country,'' . Jack Is quoted: as say-

ing.'.-'- ■::■-■>. •■ .:,■ V

: VThat- is ail Very: fine," said :the
,cpp, "biit don't, create any disorder
here or i . shall have to arrest you."
Again \rack bega.n to Prate about,
his . '.dltizenship, :wheri the bluebbat
hastened him and the chauffeur tb
West 47th street statlpn house.

"BroaidWay" Jiohnny: Collins di-
rected that the chauffeur, be served:
with a ticket to appear In; Traffic,
:Cburt andi that Jabk' .be given:; one
;to , appear, beforf ;Maglstrate Sinip-
spn.' -Pearl came tb West :^lde and
explained the trbuble. : Maglsti-ate
,Slmpson dismilsged the pf pceedlngs
against BearL The latter 'is play Ing'
a ' sketch called' "The Old Army
Game;" '. - ..■ . • :

Chatter in l^dp

INACCURATE BIOGRAPHIES
. (Henri Keates)

Henri .(Doo) Keates, solo oi-gati-
ist, introduced: comriiurilty singing
into Chlca go picture :hoUses. To
niake-tlilngs-eVen -worser -he le,t--hls
hair grpw and eats with a decided
accehti :VarIbus critics have callbd
lilm the: King, : gpmmuhlty : i3ce, the
Lpyers' , Delight, Chief Pain In thb
Neck, arid Why Don't: Yoii,:: ^ : ■

In 1898, wheri: other boys :wore put
playing football, strikirig batches
and asking dad, -iitUe Keates Bat
daily at an organ his father had
made but: bf ah bid Jew's harp, bat-
ting bff a flock of /sad notes, in
1903 /lie got his big. ciiance , When a
1 b c a 1 ; salobrikeeper; ; decided : to
squel.'jh: competition- ..by; furhlahirig
brgari music for "Sweet Adeline."
Iveates . was an Iriimediate hit, and
brought home . ap. many ; tbmatoes
each night that his mother dbcidcd
to open a catsup fuctbry; With the
catsup . profits she was able to send
Koates to a conservatory, whore he
.hooamo What/ l^e js. ; ;

When Paul Aaii ppenod with his
.Mtageband at McVlckor's, Keates
vvaa.. hrtmghL in. lQL-«£t.th(iii:c]jat!Miir„
ors all w-brkod up : with cPmihunity
singing so that Ash iyould be appre-
daed. It workod so .woM Keates rb-
nia.';no(i with Ash throe . yoars^.v but
didn't go with him ■ to Now York
because his foot bbthorod hih)..

Koat OS loves to have the custom-
ers sln^ "Sister Susie Slowlv Sipped
Soda Through il tStraW." . Thip. re-
sultant stoain like nbiso ryiriinds
htiri of hls;old sa'ioori days aiiU a gal
iianiod Lou. :

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

rrma Rivers, picture actress arid
newspaper writer and playwright,
appeared in Special Sesslphs and:
sought tb . serve papers in a sepa.ra'".
tlori isiiit upon her husband, Mason
tiorig,; awaiting, seritence; for pass-/
ijxg wbrthiess checks. ,, "The actress
failed - to. get close enough to her
husband in the court rbbm: to sbrve .
the papers. .

Long wa? convicted .pbt. i -arid
was sentenced to .an indetemiinato
term. He. gaye his iocc.upatlpri; aA.
salbsman for .the U. S. Rubber Gp,
Sept: . 27 he was arrested / ori/ the •
comPialnt of anrbffictal of the John
David . Company, 261 Brpadyiray,
where :Long hac. passed a riibbbr
for: 118. / ;■ ■;/■ ■;■ ■ ■■

Miss Bivers told probation offi-
bers that she had ma.i:ried Lbng in
1925 after he had tbld her his iri-
cpme wa^ ^2,000 a, month/ : Aftec
the honey inoon. Bperit. at the Corn*
modore/Hotel,: she says she h^d.to
:make good, a: bill for $121.
. According \ to probation officers;
Long /has been a steady frequenter
of Broadway nighty ciubs aJid; has
put over several bouncers. He es-
caped .prbsfecutibn for these, by
eVeritually making them. good.

his fourth autompbile smaslrT<5trent^^
ly. ;^it' ; doesn't / everi • -make; . hih* '■
l)Veat'.ive,ha.rd any.mpre. ;

.Wamniy , ;Shipnian wears ,. .a belt
with his dlririer ooat.

'Eddie cantor, compiliriiented for.-
his exdelicnt ..Satevepost autoblbg-
raphy, denies he had much tp; do
with the, writing, giving: : David
Freedmari, hlis ■ prbtegbe . and biogra-
pher (not ghost writer,, since
'l''roedmari ' Is collaboratively: cred-
ited In the weekly) fiill credit for
taking it down,- although brie senses.
that/Eddie was more than passively
active in the: work. The : Cantpr
personality Is/ forceful throughouti

At a Ibss to describe the tallcing
sob patters in ballads, Rlq. Evening
Post colunihist, suggests calling it
"peeling the ortlon." Virginia Cher-
rill,; local girl selected by Chaplin
as leading lady for his next picture,:
is..:having :Ohlcago publicity-- pourea;
lipon hen She visited here .last
yeek, with an ex-hubby hanging
1tt'blimi"^'lTT°tl nr -buckgr atrndt"^-^

Tod Wobtr, Wliite.city p.. a., had

Muzzles Muzzier

A pprformarice of a istock P'.ay
the Now Evanstoh theatre was.de-
laybd soinp minutes while the :Pa9t
searched -for thb dog necessary to
the plot. Cast member was eyeri*
tually, found in the dog hoozego\v,
ehargoil with h.-iving no nvUZzle.
When the : delay was explained , tb
the audience the house called out
the pooch for a flock of curtain

bONVSf.

Wednesday, October 31, 1928

EDI TOR I At

VARIETY

49

Trade Marh Beffister6d
PubllBhed Weekly by .VARIETY, l^o- .

Sim? Silverman, Pr^alderit "
154. Westl46th, Street ■ New ^prlc. City

: ; .. SUB^

Annual;:;^. .. .♦10
single C.opJofl.V. ; '.

Foreign . ; . . ; tH.
.'. . . , . 25 CentB

VoliXCIII.

15

.. (Prom VaHety ''Clipper'O,

Sixty-eight "Bronx.-, exhibitors
wiiose . houses were • oii • the., <lim<;
scale met. and considered . means of
increasing adniis^^^ is said

the nlovement was : jseneral among
the 750 metrjjpplitan exhlbitoi's'^a^
the day of the .nickelodeon, to b^:;
<Kvei\;-.. .'• '

Maurice CcsteUp, 'leadih^ . . Vita^
.star, .was -in , so strong 'a position
that he declared he wbuld act in n^
picture except those ■ of his own
choice and. he got, away with that
-staridv .• \

Florida wa!^ making a strong bid
for film pl•bduce^^«^^ . One big., fruit
growei' gave. Vita free rim of hi^-
property, , ,. and the "■ • Jacksonville,
chariiber. of conirnerce declared, it
would finance a stiidio.

■ liegit ' lilnnagei'S: blained. waning
patrbnagfe of balcony . and gall6ry ,
tipon thje pictures; and a movement
. wa!? bni foot to li ave the axi.thori t i 6S
..exaot a $500 license: fee from .the
<;inemas,. just as tiiey , did from th^
legit . house.s, '. Filni Jioii^e license
»vas $100 f.or .a 600-seiitor. • :

Vole for

.. In anQther week th(? •re.'?u.lt .will b of -the mopt Hveiy and intPi'

esling campaign within memory, ;

., the pubilt\ -Ypu loso a fow dollars at llrst by not {\dv< rtising a

sound pii^turc n.s a talker. You. inay io.se a fow dollars by Un'nouncing
a. plcturb "with .<?bvorai .episodos in dialog," instead of ''phc^homonal
. t.'Ukihg picUuro." : .; ; : ,
; "If, ho\vovor,.;ypiir- plbllo iearns to triiv«t yoii iihplioitly itv every
statojucnt you piake iii your ad.vori isiivii-, ymi. witligather a .far groat t>r:
' rotiinj wlion you' db; anniuinoe a: 100 . por. ooiit/ talking . pioturo tluuv' you
. would il' ypvi niisled J'ovir'pwblio in iivovjious aivuumw^^^^

:AI Smith has a. .yery good chance. That prediction, doesn't' coni^.
through straw vbtesy or. partisan: newspapers, , but from travelers through -
but the cbuntry; mostjy. -in. the s^rbw bu.'jinesg. . l^ilni pebplo: and e'spe- ;
cialiy ' their sale?inieh /ivvbo TnbvC:^ a^ are • reporting some, astoni.sliirig
facts: concerning the. trend to>yard-;6mlth in the classed doubtrul;-5tates.

■The ali-vyrong betting odds, three; four arid five to : one. on Hbbv-ep, .haviv
.had ,muGh..tb: do with ;th.e much .ovqrbalahced:^:^ the

Hbover> criish; Those odds never haye 'beeu.;x*ig \Vag9rs on "dbuTjtftil
.•jtate's jdlsput.ed .the general odds; 'a f^ pa.ssed ■ three to oiu*;

; Little actual 'caSh se^enis: to have bo.cin placed , so. far, while .the tj-l-.pevt'r-
appeared any; mbre than ^he-'talk about, i^;;-'/ ; . 1. • "v. .■

Smith's followers iiave done hiuoli, to create an impression by vciH-at-:^
ing: Vr'nl gbihg-."t6, vote for'. Smith byvt I don't think he" lias, .a chanco...'
That 'has .been coirimbn ,sb tJifr; ■.' . . . ■ . " '

;Iiv one pi. the largi*. studios tli^ bo.ing tried ' oMt the-. oipoviUiont of
(jlimi uating gag nio.n' on a . picture once: the . cainero, is tui'neiV on' the .first
scene, Hcas'.^n is that, thc. director should be able ; Avithout «ut sidp a dylce ■.
to sppt places, whore a .ch.arige would iinpryye . the picture; ' ' .
; . A tr 1 11)3 tiiue , t lie ordor . w oiit into off oot the gerieral improssipTi • in the
.>5^iidiQ ..w.a :l;vy tluy desire of the .hianageUie^ . ..

■tP irain the prpd.uci ion .stuff ii.i; haiidling speodily a'iid withoiit . delay all ' .' . .
^dialog. pictt.iri\s, 'reoo;?rvitio;i^ a'Tui,. cutting a. pictin'e .contain^^

■ ihg running opiivor'^ai'ioii. wjiis hii ohHr<>l.v' dift'ercnt prppbsitlon;; from thixt y ..
of -^a ..sjipnt; pn\>, . ;^ ' ■ ■:■ ! ■'-■:'': r:.^, ^ ■ . ■: ■■■'■■■' ■ ::'■.■ ■

• 'So; fur tho iriaiutij..ii>.i\i(»nt. Is Vcpo.rH'd •'tP' .be /sa'tistiod' Avlth the .^rosiilts
ob'taino(l--."..'i.t: l'>£i«i. t.hC!'o.^ haij .booh no 'V<nHM:slpn,. br. ev^^^^^ of; it, to. ..

;"t!:iie;'x*rd^ pi:d''i/ -'y. . . ^; • -^^ ■■'■•■■ y:'

a ^certain di-ift tow^vrd Sniilli. the stoppage^; 0^ th^. w'bmeh's
un ifalrnpsS. 'a.nd the Jco.no 1 usibr: that ' a bigot 'is no vcr any t liijfig

. But with

uhwbnianly

else but .that if he .woirt. vote for Sniilji he Aypri't vote fo'r aityono,. the
outlook, aiohg with Smithes •,chamj;>Jbn istand on Prohibltibn,' isn't so .iin-
faA'brable' right ' ri<>w.:- •'•; ;;'... ■ ;. ' ' ' •• •■■■'.. .' ■ " .• '• ''.'

In any ievkAt Al Smith hai^ tlVbr^^^^^ oiit-
starider In "personalities- of the political' fields. HeVs : the ; only man the
ijemocrats had. he'.s the; only biie they have and the chahqfes.^are the oniy
one they wili bave. for sbirie ye^irp 4o cpmej in pr. oiit: of .the "W^hlte Ilousii'.

And the show^ buSlhe.ss, should fto fbi* him and solid,- . S.n.itlt.h is fpr 'the
shbw business because be. is again,«f Sunday - clpslng; if 'eve|^vthing elso
is' hot. riientiohed.^''-- ■ .;' 'r. ^. '■.."^■■..■'!.

. The . ■ 44th: . Street Music . Hall
opened with de. luxe vaude'villb at
$1 50 top .and threw a scare into Big

"The iiittle'. Cafe," revue produc-.
tion,..wag a jsenSatiPnal success in
Philadelphia^ and set- for the' New
Amsterdam, New York; . ; .

Helen

"Within

Wa^*e was . engaged for 'ah '
additional road compahy, th^'Tth, pf

th^ Law."..

50 YEARS AGO

(From 'JciiOTicrV)

Copyright bwnership in ■ 187.8 i ap-
pears to have bfeen a pretty loose
affair. Harry. Watkin.i advertises
that his play "Trodden Down*' .. is
being given in a stolen version, .apd
adds. "The first and fourth act and.
■ mosi; pf th.e ..dialogue of ; 'Trodden
Down* :1a prigihai and my property",
and its unauthorized use Is action^,
h'ble, he warns;

Tote foii- -Smjih. •

: A suggestion ■ ivpm . tiie xUPverKihOht lis the repoVted cau.se behind the
pi'oposed. dissblutioit of bporatiori .'iHiance' between PubJix arid IfpcNV Avilh
West, coast ; Theatre 'c .(Fpx) oh . the. Pacific cPast. Harpld .U.,

Franklin of . W. -C. is due iriV/Nevv .York. No v. 5, tov complete the Separatiori.:

. "Vilest jCoast has been bperating -thov seyerar theatres^ for •..LPcw^ a
Publix . in .L.- A.v' FriSeb, Pbrtland.^and .Sc^^^attle/^^..^ T^^^

niissipri •• has a decision peridin^ oiv a ;cease and desist dctl.oh against
W. G., - dating fr.pnV some years ago, before FrarikUn erit'ered that circuit
or Fox' had piirchasfHl it^ Tlio dissolutlph may hayfe^ soriiethihg to do

with. ' that. ^ ^.. '•;;'.;■/ .r.-^'i. ■

. Anpther angle, is with .the, .split ifiird Publix-iLp^w bperating. the houses
direct',: iFranklin . may arrange to place the ^Fanchon and^^Mai'co; stage
shows in the nortiiwestern. houses of Pubilx. :, .- j :

Tin. tNiU ■ AUoy'^'.^^ ;iSrew- -. - ; '

, N; J ., bad;, a 'riiiif ah. - . SchlessingciJ^' ybjc of the' .

piooe,:whi«.'ii. usiHl soVoriii'.Vory ri'uirghiy. w.b^^^ He iinaily coniprbhiiscd •
with th.o producoi's. »ind agtcod (d lot it. go M<niday Vhight as wf itton wttli
the bad Avpr.d.s t o, obnie. but. tho vest of tVio wfiek. ;. It sp ran and on Tuos*
dayu there wa.s aiiotlier argument Ai spo^al rohoarsal :hiid - tjO bo. called:
and the ■ pl.Hy' ; Was aliuwcil. tip iri-p'ooipd/ ■ Moiu^i^^^^ the OaiiUol in • the'
panic, .tpw.n.. was having, a ruri-in, wiih; the. oonsor.s pyoiir tl.ie llliii, "iM.ghting,. ,
the 'White- ■■Sluve-TrniJic/v.ovoO;CvU ■ ' / • "

, Ad "for ^(C)ivistppher MPrl'ey's cbnipcly; • "JMiViisod . tp; .Moot Yoii/'. which
y)PGiVt'd at .'h'e, tjd Rialtp iri . Jrobpkon; Monday,- althoviglr .hidiUMr
. riiiidng. the.. bPO.k VadS'crtisomoritfl in llie .'dailioS . iieid sovoi ai snappera
vfbr vtJi'Pse 'who •'vfovind -itv. ;'-: ' ' .' v ^ ' . '■' ' '. ■■. '•

. Ari\phky the ■ linos .Ay ore ".S<?idp.l bybr dndv. soe,". the voferoiiro : bolng • to
iNvp. night iifer spots near .the t.licatiH> whyM-^^^ real M^'Cpy In,' ■draught ■
beor is .said .I'p'.be on tap; AnoOiei:. paragraph called .Hobokon. 'V'V. Last "
Seacpast, of .l?oh.emla,vuhspbiIcd by t'b'ittacinp .and.PsOphisf^^^^^
, t.h'at moari.s it's; a'Clitioher for; the lntclligeri.tsia. .' '

■vyhaleVer' ;•

. . A : part y 'pf - Br^ he the. .guOsts of ; Ju.l.os Br.ulat.of. on a .

t ri p ; to, I'hiind.iE>lph la oh the popas.ipn of • Ih.e debut pf Hope ilamiillpri, liis
"v iro, into gra'rid opera; Miss iianiptbn bpon,s . sit • tjie Aoadoniy . of Music'
.there. Thanksgiving ■nlgli't..;.'.^ ■.'. '^'[y ■

■■: Brulator'jj jpartyV will leave ,late : iri the .afternoon of that '^day bii. a
special train. ..Suppor will be sory<'d . i^t th<? .doHtlrintlon .and ' ,i ho special
will rotiu'ri tO; Nc\v -York a'fler .;the performance.: ,' . ' "■ ,■ ; "

,;Ilutii FailP\V.s, who replaced Charl()ttic;Hean<ey. in VSharighfii Go.s^
Albany/last ; wooic. Is \said ; to have ' styidied .up on the rblo wh lie gplrig to
Albany ^and .appe;u\ed .thb^^S^^ rtight in thb 'palft;. ..MlsB. Faliovvs. wap
fiomewhat faniiliaf with; the Play^ . She; cPntlhucd Iri the - Show. '

..■'^xv

First American perform.ance • of
Bizet's .Ppera ■ "Carmen" ; is: ahr
ripunced for the Academy of Music,
Clara Louise Kellogg was to .sing
the carmen ; rble> ; Another first
American' presentation was ' "Frou
Prou"i from , the French : via Lbn-'
don; at the Fifth Avenue^ New York,
wllih Mpdjeska as Gllberte.

Joseph' M. Schenck'S arrangement for the sei'vlceS: of S. M.. Elsenstejn,
Russian dlrectb'f, is iiridefStobd to; have been 'made direct with Sbvkimo
the film , producing departmept of the . Spyiet- Gpvernnierit. .It deyelopa
that. Elsensteih'fl agreement;. with the Soviet is to expire, shortly. The"
director has a : tempjsramental pieeve ' agalh-s't, Sbvkimp f or the;
of Ma ■ picture, "Tieri ; Daiys:;that Shook the Wofld^' ; 1 ; ;. ' "

. Eisbnstein m thLs: pictur.e a.9^ the. story o£-'the .ireVolutlipri of 1917
:Wlth; Leo'ri "Trotsky as the hero; ". "Trotsky having since fallen; Intb disr
repute among his Rhsslari 'cbntempbraries,;. lie was eliminated from, the
picture fbiv pplitical reiasons. Eisontiteiri i.s :supp6sed to. be" incensed- at
this' :^artistip-.mutilation;'V^' '•■'.■.;;. 'l\-'/r''f': . . v"'- 1..,;'' •■'■

;:; ;In disjpatches to friends in Americai;-Eisenptein hSs Indlbated that' ho
will break with Sovkinio. This in turn . is.: f.nterpreted ast . meaning tlie
difeclpr migh t repudiate ' the deal iiiade between Schenck arid the Soviet
for his sei*'v:ices. - It is understood 'Eis.cn.stein, has bfeen; in cbirimunlcatioh
with, ^trhiversai.-.^.' ;.; ■'•;;; ".''.. ■•• ■..;',.

West CPa."^t film star Ideiitifieation coritest brbke all dyer the front page
of Seattle's ' Siinday PP.st-iritelligencer when winners, were annp^^
Full page headiirie used in early editions arid'then .snialler but the story
stuck to the front ' page. About 16,000 sent answers, .of ; which ;7,500 were
oh the 40 star list. Of .this number 1 ;018: ■ivere correct- This BhoWs - the
public knows: the stars. . Prizes^ were ^IVen to 146 of "neatest and'mo.st
iegibie" and consojatlori prizes to the others who .were right^tlckcts .itp
the shows, Sam Maurice engineered the ; publicity ori the coritesf. 'It
set a record for interest and business biiilding. '; . .' :

A soph , co-ed at the; tr. of Washirigtoh, •*7dn flrst /prize,; $1,6$0 autp-
mPbilb. '..■".:■.,.. ■.

.. Troupers Pf the big tpps w-et^e a

^hafdy--loHn-t'hat-dist-ant7d^
;Broi^. . circus ''playing Tyrone, :Pa.i
suffered what amPurited :t6 a;'blo\v-
dpwri . during ■ the: a^terridbn. . A
black - bear escaped Into thbvmotinY
tains. But the tfoupera gbt the lot
ship shape for the night perf orrri-
. ancb aind ; In; addition; pursued . the
bebir. arid broright It bafck. . ■ ■ ; ■

.'■jA. nnoh'ument was unveiled Vin the
: bhrlai grpiind of St. Andrews, Scpt^
land, over the grave of Tphi Mpfrls,
golf champibh, tiie addfe.ss being
delivered . by. Lord Justice ;Ingli."3,
hlhiaelf an jarderi.t golfer.

The chiseliing chatterer racket is making Lbs Angeles newspaper edir
tprs look with less and less favor on . special njotlori picturfe cpluriinS, Not
only do they admit that it's a tpugli-job keeping dowh the petty :fituff but
they declare that pn ; the west coast, most would .he columnLstis cloriibr
fpr jpbs Chiefly as .ap open sesame' into a studio jpb and hand but their
TlUbllci tir^aydra^T^

lishes plenty of film news but hfis CU t otit". the cblumn stuff en tireiy, for
this reason, preferring to eliniiriate the chat istuff . rather thari^ be bdthered

on- the ;.larceriy end. ■■;•. -■■•. ', .' .' :^ '■';;'■'■"■ ■' ■ : '

:AnPther. paper la having; it.-^ troubles.. "Whien the' editor Is ,said. tp have '
been IpfoTmed that his .film coltininlst. was trading inentipns in his column'
for five case riptcs,- ; the. column conductor was let but ia.nd'; replaced .by
another; writer. Thp lattei* . is ;, reportod to ' be . ari^ to
enter studio' work as a title Vvrito.r and'' gig man, with^thdresuit^^^c^^^
^blsi of his spaGe.iis' devdted tp th.o 'iVlm;.sccriarib; and; title writing, persbn-
.aiiti^s ..p'f •Hpllywdod^;^' ■ ■■y.- r' - i '.'.y ' •■ '

. What was a "bUdgef"?' An. ad-
vertisem^rit reads: . TVVANTEP— a
Pa,f tner for sbng and dance. Must
be well up in bUsln'e.sS .and NO
BUt)GER."

Ariother ad-veftisoment. reveals an
oddity.. Fox's ■ American theatre,

^iJ^i^k4f>h'my==atLv6r-fei«es==^^
'singing chanit>ermald." ; / ;

Opening of the New Hippodronip,
Pfiris, with "6,000 seats, raised, thd
question of the largest house in the
world. '"Clipper" relates thait when
B.arnum opened the New York Hlp-
. Podfome first, . It had 9,421 seats,
hut the number was aftorward re-
duced tp give more areria room,
prosiimably.

Parambhht and . Mctfo-Goldwyri^Mayer. are fepprted conslde a'
change frbrii the film to th'e disc inothod of ; recording, bt talking pictures,
it Is .reported that diff icuities in production at the BtUdlbs- Jri ;NeW York
have . ariisen ' pri; two pr^thred ocoasloriig, necessitating. delayH in prp-
du'ction."

It is sa-id Paramount is alr<jady t'T'ng both methods of recordirig.

Both . companies dre still in the gajly ;Btage3 of experimenting. This
condition is also true in the offortf^'fo launch .spurid newsreels.; M-G-M
and Paramouht News have each turnOd back two olr thi'ee'''Hets of inbu^
news reel equipment after finding it impractical, : .
" A 'pair "or white "duck; pants,- wdrnrljy the --l€ad-:ln- V-talk€rr-flpdi^
picture and made it. necessary to rosboot the entire production. ^t,^^fi/iiH
fjDund Jthat ^ what are cpmmoniy 'regar ded / ds I riipcrceptl bl e soupd.s may

reg;lster emphatically In. a soijnd pTboT Htu'dlot!"

'the ruhbing of tiie trp'user.'J against each other nniade tbd Jbud noiso
when the picture was run off in the projection rbdm. .

Iri i Special bulletin issued hy Joe ■Well, advertising - an ;explpi.tnitlori
for Universal! he requests the house m'anageirs. not to; lUle.represent or
make'.an error in advertising, publicity or exploltatlbn of :HbUnd; pi'ituros/

Mr. Well, separates .spund pictures into four clasSiflcatlbns. He men -
tibns among other rhatter, all finding toward the preventlo"n of ml^peprer
mentation: ■,

"Be ab-'iolutrly hnrif-et In -your prt sontation of all your pi Ofc'ram.s 10

. ijaUghS and jeers gi'ceted a try-out, dt "Tiie . Squealer'* iri the I^oule-
vard, Jackson He.Ight3, . The^^^^ sd many props called .into play by;

a; "replica", of the .Frisco quake that a part of . the backdrop . .arid, bther
ijupppsedly; statlphdry scenery toppled ih ' unexpdbtedlyv^^,^^ . ^ ' ; .

Another, hb.wl arose. Just before tjie Stage tremor, when a;dariio pointed
a guri at a . wrorig : dolrig Cliink; 4nd the ' y OUpw boy f ell, :ev.on -though only ;

■the;trigge]r clicked. ; ""■'.;. ' ;..\' 'i ■ .-■ ■'■•.-.';;■■ -'I. V

'This is Jack' Linder^S secbnd^a ;.;a legit; producer and; bt'otlicr'' Mark's,
first. 100 percenter as a piaywrighl^ ':V ;^^^^" . ■/

/. Doubt &till" cj(ists as to whether tlie' VaudeVilld C.bliectio'n; Agency adr
jimct bf the keith offlcd wiir bb abandoned. Keith' agents are talking.
abdUt getUhg up; a petition, askirig John l<''ord of Kelth'H tp discontinue
the practice of 'charging : the agCnt.s dne-h.'ilf of ;; their commlHsIon for
coTleiCtirig it; Agents .say they , would lllio to have the fUH ambuiit earned' ^
.le'.ss the; prb rata .sli arc of expense it might entail to cbntinue the -Cpl-
lectibu A:gt'ricy , for . the purpose of protecting the ajgents " In the collect ;

:tIoh of ■.edmmlsslpriv ;■■';.•■■• ■ ;■.'.'■ ^: '; • ■'■ ■> .

The agCnts may be backward .juHt now in. prcSentjhg the petition in
view of the !tjncertalnty" iri^ the Keith pificp as. tp , Who. will be in the
saddle. It Is said the matter of abandoning tlie <>rie-;halt . split ;
l)laced. befPre the pfe.sent; Keith directPi*y ■ and they, are OGn.sidering it.
For the ."jame rcasori. though there may be no actlpri taken either way,
.. ; There ;isn't any doub.t ; that the Collectlohr Agdncy's side money has
been the most expensive item Keith's has evCr. had. It has di.';couragod
loyalty by the agents . and it has been the means of Incroa.si ng salarleB
for acts, the acts arid the agents, or ijome of thorn .Btandihg in on. the
more rinoriby scheriie; Acts wanted mdre'salary arid were content to spUt
with the agcrits.- The l.att|fr felt th\?mselves Ihipb.sod Upon by tlio fprci-
rtale -iirid ra.Fbitrary • deduce

Set by. Keith's for their coritiriuaiiy 'riibunUhg office oydrh«';)d. ; ; '; ,■

ThCvOneVlialf spll-t laoluatly: resulted iri cfrcct- f or ' the agorits to ' work,
for the a(';t.<i, while oatensibly scrvihg..-KeUh'.^..^^^I^ that m.-inricr Keith's /
, paid ■ hundreds pf .thousa,ri'dfl of. dollars, in increased or new saiarlC.M; that
would have, been .H.dve^ Keith And Orphourii; circuits had the

a gerit.s been given .their full cdmmiHshfri ariipimts, with. Which . th>y would
have been content.' M.bjiey pMer^i Tnight riot hav<^ bcon art fiuontly: mulled
by' actor.s .in that dycnt;- And agprits would h.a.ve borne ;Kir;ith:s in .mind .
when ; t) ogbtiatirig for aetS. .>0i\ wl tb 'hew ac t8_- or names . in; ■v^audeyi Uo, d
■large saying. 'cod.Id ';havd -b.ech. c^^^ . V

; ;'rhe best thing, that Can hapiK'ri frir the betterrpent 'of agency condi-
tions in;>the Keith plTicd\is to Htoj) tlip y:Va'uacyilIe Gollcolion. Agcncy,:
stirlcfly a widd moriey is.su'a d.rfe^^.riizod for the .bentvfit of a 'few and costinipr
all much; through taking One half of. ia commissioh .it .is pevcr entitled,
to; ."VVith thc dlscontlhUaricc If K'iith'A will give

the cbliectlpn of comrrilssipn and have thd agents, pay the exponse brily
of the CplldrUpri Agency diKburshig it v/eeldy iin now, Kolth's will: have
gone a ;dec;lde.d stop fOrw.aiM In starting ,that'.wave of loyalty it in ijst have
fn itd.orgariiKdtlon -.to ovor again .sUij'id; up. ■••'• ,

Mu.rdock-Konnody and Anjee-HolniJtn .factloriS took h to
-BQ.^tpJin.Jor_lhc.J3i...Fi._I^ :

.Keith's "Founders'- Wor'-it" ' pla'n.-i at 'flr.si (;alled for roinvrj) boring all

What is now recognized as Am'cirlcan .v.uudovillc:^ The plans ^

W(;r"c suddenly .ohfingod a|rid ."Found'Ts' Wtiok ' is curroritly bfing ocle-
bratV.'d in tlie name, of Keith; excliisivf-ly. .; .": .. -

Jtlhglrig. in Kohl. &' Castle, Find :&, lieim/irt .arid the- rest, a-- Jii;.';t ' ori-
tcuiplated,;. ■would have fneari.t; .no' In'ng to . the' gi nvral public..

1,1 df-

: Actors arc ot<m/)lainJng ih;it tlio -prj/''', of bfjoKlnKS .dri tiii(--«{: ilii
circuits has booh rolsod to thi.s; .sra.'on. ' •

1. ..Last year thf- prl'-o for }><«>\<iTij.'y v.'a-; (oily $:;oa tlH-jt .s,i>... Jjcnci' the. v_
j .vqviawk. _ ,

50

VARIETY

LEGITIMATE

Wednesday, October 31, 1928

6$s Dramas M Htsuses and

Biz Just F^lr-^M^

Mujsicais in Gutrates^Leaders Remaih Same

:-:-:\titoda^>^iy^^^ ;E<liiity-Agejrit;. ^Motioiv. '

,: ing,j)6intii..:in ;::xtlMitioii -ru : tlii^; r"'>:. VOUft, ^LFW^lMUIl...

• diiiiiQii; tivat biinine^s, jp viii'^eiv- M':'-i.^^^T iri'Ulle
' level' vS\Mui\lv -slVouid/ T)'e . rmi-miil. .<'»t I iri jiViiruoiv- ^i^r■oV,•^^e'<I^^^pr^: : ' JieainKt
.this, timo:; ; Klrst— •ilvore;.:Jirc. an : u.ii- • q;:,fi,ii^y ji,'. thi- .c''nt«;^ft'.a\-&i-;''tl:ve- ;le-'
•-prec*?.T!?nt.:;l- iiiinilii-r -■ o£ .sovh}ii^ \. 61 I --jjiity "■ oi ' tliW' n>:'<y ■ -i^oxtintiT- ' -iipent .
tragic ' i)I \ V\Vh U>l7.v:Ku<5Us ihA.'.'il^-r Vtiil.';*; . ra;iy 'ho 'flfKuiU'a . a'ny 'tiay-:this

Shows in Rehearsal

/ '^Age of Ininocence" cGMberti
Miiit^r). • '

, '',CorYipjanibn«|te M^^

'j;'Levenihal).-'

'^Qn Cajl". (J, . i. LeVen thai) . ' .
"tfre'.. VVise ■ Giiy*' <w'ulter::.
■BUrry) . .' \ '

.f&he S^ame Fjrit^* i; Michael ■
iia!ne ). ■•'•'• ■■• '^■'..'■ '/J'-' . .'y.:
■ .Vfi/iajor Barbara" (Theatre-;

■ciiiindi;:'- ■ : - 'V' •■ ..•

.: ■ ''Bare.-.F'acts" (■Triahg^^^ The-

Future Plays

w<vV.' Efniir.w ci')h'teri<J.s . the..; action
sivuiitii ., h;i v,e ; l)CtMr .'-briUigh't. Vn - the

sericc. of . cpnieu v*^f / Sei-'ohvl^noMrl j;;
all' tli -i . h c-\V '--ii u !• i • -.1 i : a t tf ;i c.t 1 ( « 11 ?« ; h.-i %• e

■JldOittM': -a, ■ 5!i:;.Ur;;/o£ ; $^a.«0 • J.oi>;-r-\>:^\^^ • rrirk ^itatt>: V'<iurtH r;ilhcr than
Thira— thwO'irl^';ii>;^^\.>Vivli ..^^^ I j-l,-^' f,;ti;i,-ij:i ■.^lUiris/^oii tiip -krouhdil

niinilrer-of .;attj;i<ni>:!ns iinp-^oa^^^^ tiic 'e>'nn^l:»i:"aiuy \\'HIie Edeir

roriAalf ::niarty. dep.arjijji'ips aiftuii; loft, • j^, v,n;,ni;jiMi. •. Justus^. yhpffif»ia,

rnore- iiRti/nivrit^^d, iWit^jf's?. than !u?it |, oolnvs^^l fnir fciiUltyi^Jilf-u i)i-ie'i:s frui^-
,6^aso^^ wh'on; dark, 'thc-ft^i-i'-j .•:\vei-t ' jjlM ttnfi^ t!;;it •cV)hff^ntifln. '^^J^'|(lay •
•cpritthiiotiri pn JVi-bfldwaj;; .'.,, . ^ ; : ir the (^ontf'nti(..n Is denied :and
" There ai-e:stven:..musi^?a!s.\villr:a case Vwnain^ iivthe Si: court;

'i&..60. scale/ hncrh
.wiii. be. adO tbrih is: Kr.ftup. ■ Thtiory
of :oiiifi^namerp ! is. iha't i£. the attrirctiuiv
clieks th."^ price .id'oesin't nia 1 1 ei;- tor .
the . first. ■ tliOee ''or,- four inuinths,' . , At •
■le'ast ■■■'eiefht . of; tlve ; drafiias hord'f r '
oh : tragedy' an'd \vh tie. .sou>(.\ are doinjir
'.fatrly^ it Vis- qucHtioha if they cAh .
last, •, It- 'a pl>'eh'rs to he . a con test of
■litlsliless dmiiui^!; ' ■ i'.^' ' . : ' '

■ ■ Ah im a I, Crackej:i's'''.lh v.
: 'Last Aveek saw. tlie.>ntry pf- rt iie\v '
ffiusipril ■ hit, .'•Aniniat;Crackers/'.: at
the. 44tli Streetv jn. the. fi;rkLs>v'6r<ii
per.forniahccrf. receiivts were $40.o6o,
Which plactct the aiiraietion • amonp:
'tiie ^leadersv; ': ' ■

''Jealousy,'! . :ih6 : .two i oliaracE^r
plky/l aiViV6ar.s- ;to; hare 'a ■ehji.noe, . Its
.■$.9,0(10 ■ ::«tart .-heing; • .s.atlfjfii'Ctory^
• ■^*Gb.ds. \of .. 'tlie. at the

.tiittle,' \vas ace'orde.d :;niuch pres??.
prai?ei ;It.;openod . AVe^lnesda and
'enjoyed gooS . .business; ther.eai'it'r.
- but must yet .stajid '-.the . test. ; '"Ex--
^ceed ink - Sn.uvi.l, ". ,at the Gonvedy, was?
. tinder :$5:,popr :i''.The ' Gr^y Fbx,"
. aboiu' . $7,060 at ' ^•th■e.■ , piiiyh6us?e
■'Girl Trbuhie;'' \yhich opeh^ Thurs-
day. :at,Vth^[,^Kel niortt,- was panned;
''Mr ; . aibnoj'pfen'ney,' '. .•'.starting .Irtt'e
the ;. i)r e^.v i,ou s . . w ee k; cl a i nrt ed $14,0 0.0
at'^ the;.;'Iiibtn;(y; ./'Qlympla;''..- at., tlie
.Empire, ^jbt^kfi:' vpryi^doubtfuj,. : v^vit^
about '$Sv500 :o.iV^"-U seo'qnd 'w^.ek. "
. .;P;0si;ti6u Of; tll%. n.onri~i>iisical lea,d7
'erg.: is ,Unch»h'gcd : '.'Front Page*' ixiid
. ."Paris;'', are ;. tied- at v$?3,po;Oi; ''The
, Higli , ]Ro•a(V:'^..iT8,60p, • ahd' . "Strange
■.Iriterlude," ..$16.006;.. ■ ; "Jarncsiin."
.arou.n d , $ 1 .3, 0 DO; wit h' ■.* *Faus t" ab ou t,
i^he saine: ''Machinal'V and ''DIamr>iid
Lir:"auiStC'd :XirotVnd^ $14,000; Vl.ittl^
.AccidojU." •. hetter. '$10,000^ : "Xi.ght
. Hpst.es.-v.'' : over ., $tiiOn.b;.. '-The .-War
. jSong.'" ai'ouha. $i l.OOO; "Courage" up
: a bifl ;^S.[iDi(>;' ;^'tPosscsVioh'^ and ''So.
. ;'rhis. i3.;^L<)ve,'' ;$S;pp.6^

• (epiitinued .;oh page M

jiu .;'id jpurrir)vt^Ut fbv t vvo wi-eks. ..W.ill .
b.f' a.sl:'ofl".-v;i!i'i „ tht''-...c.ii^ ar'sv'u.e.S • on ■
its- niwrits: , it^■i•t.'b.e■■. n^^^^^ .the "

i.i.Kiiter ..bel nrcrs tlie ''sUvt^ ■■courtff,
Xiithan Bilrkarr, /i,-piin-s'el ^fof ■ Ed'ol,-^
;f!ten. u iir.. >switcl< the. p.rpceedi'ngs.
there. ; . In the . .hvl-aivliiiio tho, rules '
cpvinMiig thp aki-htw : ;hd ar.tist.s'- r.ep- :
re'scntiitiveK .'are .^opei'ative . agaiTist •.
theiii;- except Edelsien .ahd.Jeni'e .Ja-
.epb.s; . with;, \yhoni . he' is .asKOciated;
;j-'endi.iig ;the d jspbsitioii, of . .the; .case
VegaUy.', ... ho\\-^yer, .-.'it v.i-'^ : understpod
tlipsei .irgents- -vvho arc .pyppsed .to
,thi>. .rules .are doin.Er btiyihess-. hviuc^h
t!ii(>;sa;nie'as heretofore. ' ; '"; ■ > ;}

3

: "jealousy V^ Xit^

. S.eeiu.s that .no one ■ can . stay •. iii
"Jealousy" for ..any. length .;bf .time. .
John; Haliiday is .the>. . latest., \vith-
drawa;i, "hayiiift been sitrlckeh w'ith
a;Ti- attack of /gallstones, last; Satr
urday." . ;■:'; - ;';^;v...'- .-.

, Cilch Hunter - and Catharine Cor-
nell started 'off in this ;twp-charac-
ter .play,, .but ilunver lhie\v eiv.er; the.
part, declaring he could not .play it.
;Cru.tl)ric illc'Clintip. director, step;ped
in, whereupon ; Catharine f .CPrnell
saile<l for Ktii-upe. .Fay Baihter was
then brought ; in,; aiid Guthrie McV
Glintic,. finding: directing aiidvacting
;tpp arduous a :t^>i;k, .stepped, oirt and
ga ve h is role' to John -ifailiday.-
. .McClintlc ;ia'^^^^

former ' 'role until a 4uV)stitut.e can .
bp; found 'for ■')^^ . ; • " :' ';.■■

''S^uealer'V Fixes on T6ur

:.'''rhe Squeale';.'; expeC.t^^ tp close'
Cor fast chjingcs. i's: ciintjnuing on the
. subway vclreult . this week at the
: .Bronx Opera House,. >rew; YPrk and
.Wdrba's i?.rooklyn. next week

''€RaOXS" TAKEN OFF

■'Tho Crp(>lys Coiivcntiiju'' iplclfed
iaat .\\;-ee;ic after ar tryout with: fu-
tuvi^ indefinite. V- ■ ■ .. . . . ■' .' :. ; .
; r.aekcd. by; Lyle AndrevvsV it was
figured tP come into-; tlie; yande'rbllt.
New VorH. next:- week; wlth^ thie
hou.se :ctetting I'Reyplt-' instead., Tjie
latter i.s authored 'by Hari-y .Wag-
starfe Grlbble and pro'duced by;ii€W
j Lie\-en.son, general press repr.e^erita
tive for Andrews^

KNOPF WEST FOR FILM

H. Knopf of Knopf and jff7arn.g-

; Tiii;ee additional attractionis pass,
oi.r .out Pn :Brb.adway - .iast Saturda
ari.d two mprev are. due pff the; list
this' week-end: ,;:•

. ';Elm6r the Great/^. Cohari'is shSpW
at fthe Lycbumj ;^a8 taken 'oft after,
playing fi ve weeks.. It started around
$8..0.00, but slipped to; around $6,000^

/'/' . .,; ' ; 1 \ ' ' —

' ELM ER TH E GR eat .
; Opened Sept. 24. W«U re-
garded by scribes, although ho
,i?a ves. "Very, funny s^nd enter-
taining/' wrote Anderson
(''Jburnal'/), land that was the
geheraT thought. : ■ ».

Variety (Sid) said: "should
•duplicate Chicago run (13
weeks." '

■ "The . Command IPerforinance,''
presented at the Klaw by Herman '
Shumlin,, wjeis taken oft after play-',
Ing four weeks, the agency buy , ex- •
t.ending^or that period.: .Good busl-
nesfi was anticipated but.af.ter a, fair
s tart the pice dropped -to . about
$6.0P0. .;.:.-..;>'.;;..

. '. ■ //_ ",' ■■ ';. ' ." ..' . '■ .. .'

COMMAND PERFORMANCE
'■ Opened Oct. 3^ Wihehell
("Graphic") rated: "Highly
erijoyable." Mantle ("News")
said: "adds ..intiBreiit to a seiar
son that needs it badly." . Good
notices, predominated.
;• . Variety ( I bee) wrote : "fig-
: . ures to stay, about 10 weeks to .
moderate business." •

"Light . of Asia," presented by
"Walter Hampden at his theatre,
stopped ;• Saturday, playing ... about
three weeks.' The weakest: draw
of the Hampden attractions. .. ;

'/ ' ':' ; - . . ' ' / . ;.- ''. ''

"Bam bi ha," dpereHa, .with book,
mu.-ic and lyrics by . Myrta ■BeV
\Vor>>ittr,' goP.^ iiito rohoar.sal .in ;t\vp'
>\'<;eks. :GUll:Vl.ier ProdupUons;

Inc^; prod ucin'ff. ' •. ;' :■ •"■ ■; -'j--
"Dyed; in.^tKe Wool,V cpmedy by
.C.iaiu Hprfingor and the Hattons, is
; ti»?x't';fbr . a; H-. ^\'< )bc1 s. lU'h earsa I
.ht'.v.t w'e.ck, .with .(.Maudette Colbert
headins; .'caL'sSti ••. . ■ ■ . ; ' ' :.■ ■• ■.■"
: "The House of Slommer,'-' by .AVil-
liam J. . :■' I'eriman, foi;: rehearijal.
Jaopb Wblser. .prGduper, ; i^^
niei-ly.:.s'ho.sting for the Shubt'.rt.s, .is
riiii kin.s? tlii.s .'d.ne on his 'o.Nyn;.-; ; Re-
he,'u\rial. ne.vt jveek,-
'. "Tlid; Front Page" (second /cpm.-:
puny) goes Intov .i\plK'alsnl within a
week. Opens in Ciiicago Thanks-
ui.ving.weelv;.:-. . ■.■•^

"This Madness" aUI be; josiepii
LPVeii.thal'sj secoiid production. ';Tlie
Call Gil-i'' iii now; in: j'(Dh\)ar5>a1.- •

"The League . of iMen," 'by ; Paul
Frank, .will IJe produced by Arthur
Sai gent- Browi). . Casti.ng starts', next
week. ■ \^ ■. •

"The Real TKihg.'^ Placed lin: re-
hearsal. by the; MaVfiri-Cany/ay Pro-
ductions, ;a;ne.\'i- firm. Si^pw is .slat-
ed to :op6.n In the . Bronx Xbv.: 19.,:
; "Montana ; ■ Hermit," farc,g, . by
.Miirk Lihder, ;,i.s next; Pn -tlie :h
Jack ;Linde.r's prPdjUCtipn' /scheijuliEi:;
Due for., rehearsal in two weeks.

LIGHT OF ASIA
Opened -Oct. 9. De Rohan.
("Americanly called it f'a glori-
.pus : gamble)" ; Atkinson.
("Times") discovered only
"Commonplace, pageant."

"The Common Sin,'' presented un-
der .Wiliard Mack's name with the
Sh uberts ; backing, will , close at the
Forrest at the end' of its third week.

THE COMMON SIN
Opened Oct. 15. Passed up
by first stringers.

-.'Cast phangesi ;Wvill be rhiidc while \ "''^'^y^)}' producers Pf^'Tlip^ Big;P6hdv::
' t)i€ce is . playin,? .\vithih the next 1^^^^^^'^^ for California .this 'week to'
. two -Sveeks.;^- "Then it.. goes- Intp a 1 ^'^^ ^lie dlreotibn pf the ; film
d 0 wn town .ho u-sfc : : ;_ '.: : ; i vj^^s'oh bt tha.t sho.w. •• - , ,;:

. • ;. "The • Sviuealor':. :pros.<\;(r .$iT.pO^' l ~ ^'^77'n'>""l^it''- ia H>t'pducing-' -w-lth-
'. .la'st. Aveefc; -aif the: J^pMLov^ard.^- Jaokr j C'h<ey;iUpr ^ in v the li'adihg

•' son Heights,:. L.. I,,'- .establishing -u
:.;ne'w i-pcprd for- the 'hpiat^ :anii iH-t-
' tcrihcr ■.':H'>,O00V; .h';?h -hvark: set by
- ■:M:ao ■ \^>-ic'i= 'Ti«-^u.sure Man-"

role.

.70 iii Pitt

EOACH'S GHoaus cjniLs

. ■:. ' ; l..is : Angole;s/;;oct^ ;3P.. ':
.1 . H.al ■ lVi;.ivh id ; ;said ; .to ; .havi^; eh-
j'giitsTi.M'ir; large' muiVbcr '(if
[ rlvorus _i,'irls to: com'e; to ^.'HoUy vvpo.d -
to i\>rm a. rftuck.choius ipr.si^ ahd

■ -T^i^^^f^^^J^-^^^^ \yf ! sAund cominli.'s. . .

'^^^Iw>';p; 'Vbir th- ;F;>v;i;e .cu;v:ijr o:)enT _. : ■. ..= :- \ ■■■■■ ' ■

'•■:inir: lH>rr', ■ (im:.!):;)T:£j';.a.'''^^v^ ;;iaV train I ■ '• .-^r—r^:^^-','-^^^^ -^^ 'ir -i^- '

vrii-}i ;alVpwt-^f.i.r Xe>v :i:;.?^ ^ AMERICAN'S , STAGE BAND

.;:preinloro. ■ inclyditi?. Al; J»:.;s'>^ ; . , j ; ; . . : :■. : ". ; Chicago;; :uc:t;' 3.Uv

•Scalp' ji> 'a -iTi'W .rpiv;f'pr. 'this, town— r
■ ■ ^7:'rp:':ii!>«:MVlnir ^ihcl $ };4'V,.thriiui;h: ih?-
• ■ >yeek ; with .. .$C.O'i' . ^:a:ti!niay nii;ht.
Adv.iJi>"e 's;ali;\ .hrTl.ps it biok Uke a
:|40,'''\'y. week; . ' • . ^

,; ''"When Crtimriiles , Played.", pre'f:
sent€'<i .by Charles "VV^agner a;t the
Garrlck, is duo. off , Saturday/ Man-,
iger hlhir at removal : tp ahbtber

' / - - ; ' .. ..' :' . -. ' '

When crummles plaVep

Opened Oct. 1. The reserved
caught it and found, it .flavor-
some."- . .

' ^ ■ ' ■' ■ '
hous e, although the siibw went cor.
opeFativb -;tK!r"sgc^^
in Its fifth week. •

Chandelier Falls bri Stock
Lead. ; Girl Finishes Show

: .. Elizabeth. N.; j;.. Oct.; 30! r
;Diir.ing the. finale of .the secbnil.
act of •■Spppks,!' being -plaj ed by
the Elmore : players in . the Elihor'o;
Theati^e .last night; the 'stage, c.h^^
delier thait is supposed .to fall; ah
nPt hit. ani'bbdy brashed do\vn ; on
tl)e iiead' of Margaret . Cathpt'ell,'
loading w'oman. She was knocked
uTncphscip'iis, ■'-•' ■..;;; '■ ":' ;[

Miss Campbell, .rPceived ;U severe
scalp. Wound, bu,t,; finished out the
performance! ' ' . -. /[ -

New Si & MV Shpw Will
Absorb *^New^* Cast

: ;The ; hew; Schwab Mandel mu-
sical to folio.w .,!'Gbpd Js'ews;.'; at; Cha-
niri's ; 46th- :,St.,, \ New Tork,, lELr.ou'nd
Nexv ^Y earls will yirtually.^^^ -the
the. cast of 'tiie "iS'ew "yprk company.
;it will; also, brlhg ^toget^^^ niembers
pf pther 'ippbd • New:s" .cbmpanlfes-
Zelma G'Near iaiiig . frPm . London;
,this .we.ek wlierc -^he :.is ; ih; ''Gpbd
News", tp <3b tiVe «oni lead! .

Margiaret Lee ;ih the: touring coin r-
'pahy,;hpw in Cpiunvbus, . Jiapic Halby
frp.rn-,;; the ;Chi; icpntpahy ^; (coihcdy
lead) arid. Jphh; Sheeliah ; and Don
.Tbnvpkiiis of . thp; lirp.ad\v.ay"Gobd
:Ne.ws" cast ■ all . will, be ' in ; the new
show. ■ ■■. ■ v">; '■ '/■■'■'■:'' •'■

■ It is asi . yet . 'uhtitled.; Laiirehce
•SchAvab and Buddy t)esylva . .nave
retiirncd: from. Berniuda - where .they
cpnipietedrthe biook and mx)St pf .tlib
I yii-i ps, Vy^l th -the ; ipe Syl va, Br b vs^n ^ and
Henderson, to come. ; '' :^:;.';

Shpw gPes^ intp reiicarsal Npv.
2p; An ihgenUe is ypt . nbt selected.
■The : prbducers a'rb Ipoking for a
hew putdoprs' .typei to j;ibe with;;thP
.golf ; theme :;pf the libretto; .:'.\ r

Aiiu'i l. liiv ;'.f' 'rinor A.^.-j'n ' lipujn?
iVmw :• • !V:^y-i-»ii>^:Mtive basis
by vmi^iiytr- s. .has put in i;. two-day
>t:iijf V-ijid :p'-!ii,'y; wiiyi. livt? acts
rs' -V'''.;'! »T ..V'l'V 'l.'U'-.-d ..iv iifjjKtsi. 'Morey
'is ui.i'.. " • ,■ ■■•

, ' . '.■■;'.:; ■■■M.7i)ic^!i:.>..pv(^ ;.^P . ,

IvjllXl.u'' .^kiilL'.". .nii.w iU th \' ' .( "r irr ii-'iv.. |
will imly . bp- in • that . 1k¥!T5^
■Wt'Oks.;.- ,;.' ■ • _

. ■ t?l<iv\\- jivovt'^ t<.v tht\. .rrinc--s>
tp make . roi:>m - fv>r "itilorf'v.-i'ni^i'.'
slat' d lor the; Ciarriok. Xoy. 11.

. Aiu.sti.'ra.ij'i
St;;-uiul:t,:.

;Uid: i'.ioturo!i the

t*t'-k.

P^rry; Askam ;W

i^pse Wife by Diybirce

.; ;: . '.Lps Angeles, pct,;.3p; . •

Acc.usijriff . .Pesrry Askam,. now :.ap.-
I'l'titring in the '. "IJcse.rt :' iSPng;". bf.
! liiwing an affair with, another .wbin-
|;an, Mrs. Ahn'a' B.. :Aj3ka.m;, filed -suit
j for. .divorce. The cpmpiaint charged
[ that the affair took; place, at .a beach
.1 olirb last ALUgust. ■ ; ■ • ; .

I It is- uhderstbbd that Askarh :'haa
an. affair with a promihent scehrtr'ist
which brought abpiit ;the .filing of
the s.ultl No '..alinlony. is' asked, as
Mrs. . A.«kam Is ■■■■ reported very
wealthy , in her pWn right. Thp cpuV
j pie, have been marrie d IP years anii
rhaye: no :phild"ren. Mrs.' Askam- haV
|,a daui.-hter by a previous.'marriaiit'

p- Hara Show Blows

■v',-Moliy and ':Mc.,:'^ ; starring Fiske
O'Hava, clpsed. last Saturdiiy . iii
-:\14U%JiUikeei:v, salsiiib^
a tl i-a 0 1 i on , ' u n dp r' t i.i e^^^
Dayid: Sablpsky'' .was but fivp 'webks;
rtiniilng intb.-. bad business from the
start..^ ■ , . ■; ■•.. .■•'■';■

' Th;e .Iplayers: wi?r^: proterted ;'by..;a
salary guai'\antee ,- . deposit -/ with
JJiruity; ; Thfr •la.tter. ^ipnt $2,pO0 by
telegraplv. to ..defray hotel . bili^ and
rotiirni transvpprtatiph/ .■

Closmg "Headin' South"

. : Duffy Signs May fllobsbn

, iSan- Fi\\n::>'-.i;; Oct. 3't';.
May .HobsPh w;ill bt- featured in
the. , next Honjy puiTy attrUf'Uon' at
President, •'Mother'a ;\lillion> "
. ■ It i.s i-xpi>.^'.>.'(l. to run until after
the holidays, whon '•Skidding" is*
due. • .

a

C■l..u•ll^^
av*"r, :ji at FoX .stii-lip
fy'r.t'r i\ t :ur t;" lU t.
/ i;Li.< . tirst .•.viVr'iv \v'.\i ■ ;>'.»
.\i.'i;r 1 s;;iry.

j Gives Back ilO,000

];: ..A: directed, vei^dlct^. by;. Jvistice
iMpGoldrick- in tlie N'.;. "3f . ^Supreznp
" Court: sets.- .^rax' .'G[ietnh.ardt - back-
■■J.-lO.oOO. ': Sum ,-\vp;s adiyanced '.by.
.. Plnlip .. Mlhbr,,. Cleveland impresario,.
; ^y^yo h^1d arranged, for .the Austrian
■ •■ntreprenoMor; to: stage a: play,' pr
plays,, for -Miner .during the season
: of -191^5.-6.' .Jtiher had a' vprihtomiine.
-:^ K\-orvm7n"- fn' m -l n.i biy» H pinhn..;Vr

.'lidn't come' to.- America, as per en-
- i(:.-'.m'c'nt. ■: ■; - ■ '

t=^€=wrt^he'lxl=^Knep--\^=a«=en t4t4^^^^ .
; ••:'i'.-.r'':vpvc.ry of his $10,000 a<lvanop
. lov^itifs- to Reirthardt; . ■ ^

Equity's Alien Rule

Ousts Miss Thompson

Beatrix ;Thompsph,. Engiish dra-
matic , actress, opened, with 'Tbe
I'riknP w-n }V a r rlor" \ at the f harlt-s'
iIopkln.s; iMon(lay although tlirouj^ii
.having countered the new alien aT-.
tpV '■ rtilps adpnted hy ; fiiiuity, ;tlje
.show' wa.s; .nParly postponed; ; Ti>e
premiP.i'C: had been, set back froni
la.st week because of thb mixiij)
After ;a :Coiiference;.w-ith Hopkins'
Eq uj t y -x-bn ceded a lipi ht , P|e iro 1 1 1 in
AiisS: ThPmpspn:,tP- ppeh liut iind'ef
thb' ar'rangehieht- that anbtiior: ac.:;
trpss A\in replace her 'attfr' t^Vp^
■ weeks.-:',; ■■■.■.;'.; ■;

; ."f'he;:alien. ;rules ftppiy principaliy
to \Pngl ish; pla j^ers. Th osb • wiip have
hot phiyed.: 100 w-eeks within .J fhe'
year period l)etween.:i9.23 and 1028^
or who ;jire. not: :clias.s.ed, a.s- i-psjdpnt
allenSj.Vmay accept but one legiti-
mate bngagembnt, upon the iermi-
natipri; of; which there- ni'ust be 'a,
lapse bf: six months. ; The regula-
tion- betiamp opeTative;,immPOiateiy;
after its .adoption,. Ma ; ':

. . MiSs TiioriltiiisPn. .iajppbared' this
sUmrtjei; with, the Skpwhegah Play-
ers in "Mai ne arid not being qu a U *
Tied tor another engaigenient;' ae-
cep^ted ■; the ; ''IJnkhown V ■\Vai>rior"
cpritraGt s counterv - t^ .tiie ' rules,
lilquity ' exiilaiined ~: thfit ;■ had Miss:
Tiibmpspn . continued at ISk.owhPgan .
she; would have vbeeiV permitted ^^;t^
cphtirtue: until Nov. 1,' her vEquity "
card: then not beings renewitljle until
a; lapse or.six mpnths. Tile .same
applieis to;. iAnthbny iJolleiS an Eng-
lish actor. ; now : appeiftrihg in " The
S;ileht *[6use>- .■.•;.;•■:;• . .- -,' v ^; '

Shumlin Show Belbw^ ;

iQaw -s Stop-^put

"The- . epmmand Perfprhriaiice''
melted at the Kla'^v, New York, Sat^
urday .With: an : even g:uess; as . to
y^'hetlier Herman; Shumlin, j)fo-,
:(iucer; will :rclegiate it to Cain's, or
send it to Chicago- as pre.vip.usly ..
planned.

. "The Conima.nd; Performanpe'' fell
a; victirti to tiie . $.8,000 weekly stop
limit... E>eSpitci .previous pptimlStlc
reports, it nosedived to $6,o6o week .
before last . througii'; absehee bf ;ian
Keith, : : featured. ■ ; Refunds, with
'Keith; out,: khocked ; dpW'h gross.
:L9,sf' week with Keith back wais lit-:
tip better. ;Rlciiard lic.rndon wah,tr.
ed . the hptise .fpr. a.- switchover fPr
.;.-Giri TrbubleV' which; he -will, m
•P'yfer.-hext- week.v ■••- . :-. ■,.:---'-.'

:Sh,^fniin,; rievv producer; is feci- Up ;
.Pn- lemperamont,,. but woh't .admit
it; . .He- had hitched : his wagpn toi
.Keitii ;to put ''Commahd P
arKce" p.yer, but thi'ew up the siipnge
bepausP of plenty of internal grief.

DIRT CASE UP NOV. 2

• Trial of the nine cast inem bers of
''.•The - Night :Bef ore"': was deferred
until, Nov. 2; when called for trial
in;, the Court of Special Sessions;
Bi'opklyn/ Post ppnement w:as made
a;t the request of District Attorney
Dod.d upon expla;nation that Jpsepli
y. Gallagher, chief, assistant, prosfe*
cuting the case, was currently en-
gaged in a murder trial ih the Su- ;
preme Court.

"Defense attbrnpy argued that eon- :
tlniial .postponements ' were keeping
the indicte.d actors frPm earning a
liA'eMhpod thrp.ugli being unable to
accept; other engagements.;

; Cast Changes'-

Br.adjey- l^a.ge has 'succeeded Hor-
ace : Brahiihi in, "Relations" at ^Val-
iack'sv-New 'Tbrk..; .: -^^ ^ ■;
' ;,\Valter . Abel', has retuv-ned tp-
"Skid'dinlg'.', at the EayPs Roof,- RaX.
;Walbui'n. pinch; lvitUnicr;.':w.i.thdi-aw8
f vbhi th e cast , . - ■ . '-. '
' ; R ti ^sel t ^ E. Mprlcei't p u t tiilo fin Ish-. ■
liig, gloss- -to the .hiinrlier.s in. Mc-
Evoy's '•Ameri.pana;'-! ^:Max ;s.c.,heclc
did;- the fii^st staging. ■ .Notiee says
Si'heck met .with, 'an' hccidoYit. .;

Not the Type

Edu-ard . Cblebrbok . withdraws
from "The Vmirpssed Kid-' :at the
end of the. week, a; victini pf real-
ism. ■

r--ep4<4>T^^(>k^WiJto.g jiLt)lav In g a J^P
role with the show and giving satis-
faolory ;perfurniance but was out

.'n in all-

"Nellie Kelly" Bought.

.\.r .:- ;• - »>. t . 20/
. M-''i-M. ha.s i«-ir."ii:t,->;.J - Li'ti;--
' \i. :;v- . r,"Tii . /;> -i';^.^- m.

'h-in Ar;;*a l'^:,'e a.^vv j,'.
title I lie.

.. '^'i.-.v-^"^ office -is Pioainij \hf}'To^-i
, tvui- .of .the hew'Mclntyre" and 'U--iv:.
■ rfhow, "Headin" South," in U^-'r..::
. this Saturday^ -

Show W3Le booked; to play w- •.>;

^i'^n^Js In Cleveland. :Cin^:nr::u*; 7-. ;

Ht. Ixjuis. and then 50 ;h«o.

';Oyn-,p.ic Chicago, for an Ir:
t -i'-a.y.

: . Gerald iri'e Won't Wed

- . K;d^ef:eM. Conh;,:^Oet;: 30.
'■•'■'rts; that-Gtraldihe Farra.r .\va,<
■• l.^-.-om.v the-, wife; of her managbr,
r.:.ris-.s J. F.>lvy, were . declared
■ '■'--■-•I'J'.^'ly untrue',: . hei-.e by ■ hPr
:f-?y'i/ivy I). r:iM;Ar. ■■ '

"wTYeiT TIT.a .l l l' pa u wr8- 4 n:T - i n.t I 'd , 11 po"
real Jap. .

.Colpbrook lias played a st^rin.sr
.Tap / roles successfully ; sinJ^'^ ".'T"*

I^at.'

•Jr-

, i ,'/:"p-i'ir:3 foi a Odhocrt tour,

; Wjlliams-Lee Wedding Feb. 8.

I Howard Leo, multi-m:i'li'n;ilr«
. p.)hM\st and f.irmer advt-rti.sif:!: man.
.!.!i.a.-< announ.-cd he will wo-l \y^r\ce
iVT.Wiis in : \\ Mtiii-ns Fob. S.

I Date, is Loe's birthd;fy.

i ► > I

Wednesday, October 31, 1928

L E GITi ri A IE

VARIETY

61

Road Shows

Xrfis Angeles, Oct. 30, . ;
: The, ,'pia3Sip& ; <>f the legit roaiJ-,
sliow has brought about a demand
for legit stock companie^- in. Southr.
.ern California; • Practicaliy ' . eyery.'
small town In what .migh^ termed
roughly the Los Angeles' region has:
. . its. stock perfbrriialhces,

i'her.e are 13 tbwiis w^^ pernia'-
■ineht stpck. playing 52. w6eks a yeav; :
Wd most rniaWng money; There are:
22. other, towns oh rotary stock
.■ \yheel3. hatving legit perfbrmanCes
by the . same- coriipany at least one
iiight each . week. ■ . . v.

Some companies ' play, in, tents,
; but the majority have regular the -
atres. Most of the. teht troupes have
stucco fronts that, give theni tlici
: ; appeariahce . of regular houses, an^
.. their stages, are •. usually well-.
. equipped. .'^
in the towns .where .a p.e^
company . plays, it is Invariably
given a cordial welcome and Is
- looked upon .as a civic instltulibh.

- Business houses . apprecla^
permanent stock Is of niore material
value to the . cotnmunity than the
traveling troupes -which ' used to
come In for a night, tpllect, and
run; ■ The^ipermahen.t- Company
spends the money received from the

; : toMvn folks : In th<j stores of the

■ tb.WnS. • . r .-. . , ■-

The ayerage talent in these :fcom
panies. Is; usually surprisirigly good;
as the actors prefer to work V 52
weeks a year, for a smaller sailary

• than brief aiid uncertain, engage-

~ ments in larger cities, .

■ with Los .Angeles the only pro-
auction center oh the coast for. legit
and motion pictures', an unusual

- number of jplayers ii-re avan

: the pa^t year business, particularly
In pictures, hasn't' been too hot,, and

■ a, lot of actors ' have taken ad van f
' tage of the chance, to play stock

ne's

iniohs

The mbrhlhg . World's, critic, .
St. : John Ervine, brought over
, f rom Lphdon to review Broadr
way, witnessed four new
productions; . last week. He
thought: .
"Jealousy"— Good.
' . "Animal Crackers"— Bad.
• ^'iGods of Lightning"— Grood.
"Girl Trouble''— Bad.

on

man

lemic

SIOUGHED FOR HOT ONE;
GOES PURE JOW BROKE

■ Gilbert . . Gabriel :swit^ as ; di-a-
matic critic , from the ^^e^y York
iSun (evening) to the . Ainierican
(inbi-ning) on .Monday, succeed-
ing Pierre. deRohan, at an an-
nual salary of $18,000. The latter,
having - a sirhilar •. bontract off ei'ed
him • about ipur months ago when
.he .'first iiit the- Aniericativ refused
to sign up. until determining for
himself how he would like the cpn-
hection.

Since . coming in, deJRphan has
never clicked with E. ' D. .Coblcntz,
•the Hearst morning daily's manag-
ing editor, as It was Hearsf himself,
who had appointed deRohan to .suc-
ceed . the late Alan Dale. Cpblentz
seemingly had had his own plans
1 for the dramatic berth..
./■DeRohan ; ' caught; Will ; .Rogers'
•'■Three Cheers*', and did. a; St. Jojin
Ervine as an Iconoclast through
panning Will Rogers and Dorothy
Stone. ju3t as Eryine; the World's
expensively Imported gueist critic,
didn't like Marx Brothers. The fol-
lowing. Sunday, deRohan did an
about-face and qualified . Ij.lp^elf.
with a rave nPtice.for the show, ex-
plaining he had Walked out oh the
first act and learned later- that the
second, a- 1 was the show's Ufe-
sayer. . The , walkout was necessi--
tated' by early presstime exigencies
Gabriel . formally accepted by
contract yesterday (Tuesday) after
noon ahd leaves .Saturday;. Alex
ahd^r\ Woplleott will not succeed
Gabriel, as: has been reported, .a
[man of the "Sun" staff, presumably
an editorial writer, being slated for
the berth. ' Stephen Rathbun, Ward
Morehouse and, JPhn S. Cohen, Jr.,
rernaln as before, neither to , sue
ceed Gabriel.

MILTON >yATSON

• ■Mr.' Watson is-: ripw. playing, the
juvenile lead In the Sam ilarrlfa
Four Marx Brothers show "Aniriial
Crackers," at the Forty-fourth
Sirco.t. Theatre, New York. This, i^
his first. New York prpduction- «n,-;
pa-iement, having come East frpm
Chicago with; Paul. Ash;'^ . .:

er's"

mg

Direction .

RALPH G. FARNUM

- ; . ■ 1560 Broadway / '

BUCK'S ^^A1R"SUDDEEY

Last Season's Claims Too
Much— No Salary, No
Mahoney

One more week and tlifrn ;
period . for VTlie .!/» ^Al^V.'' : the -•
most co.<!tl.y' and .lonjf. run ,fai!-..-
urc i.h the . annals .of all • show .
business;..: tfli'orc .. \yn« .-a time
\y\ven ■it.-.'^^'as feared tire.- niil.-
- lion ivhd > fhalf dollar lliv
mi.irht : bie rbntinuoiT at the
Cort, .isre>y York,;, by -E'lgar 1)^'
Dfi.vis. . ■ ,.-

Now- it's all over,, but the
transfer :wagoii.s. - ; • .- ' .
. Davis partly re versed' the
field by ordering the show to
go to ; Boston. Another place
would: ; be more lot^ieal.; l.te
said if; the iniliUiv did ,mjt >iup-;
■ port .the pi; . it would cUiso. in
Xovemiier, : but ' he a;iVpea;rs ; to
have ; hold . out on the. I'.Pston ,
date. ■ •' '-' , -

Stock Circuit

PlayeJtallt

Los Angeles, Oct. 30,
!Fa;nhie Bixby' Spencer's anti-war
drama, "The Jazz of Patriotism,"
registered what is believed to be
the lowest gross ever in Lc A, ; At'
its 11th performance, Oct. 23, . It
played to $11. ' ,

It folded Sunday. It opened Oct.
15 at the Egan. The author of . the
piece was also Its angel. Josephine
Dillon was the producer. •.

Dramatic stock IPlded after four
:we6ks at the Grantwood, -Gralht
wood, N. J., when George Hether
lington; producer, decided to ithrow
up the sponge. .

Hetherington's jtroupe was sloughed
on., opening week when prpsenting
"Prostitution" wliich - local authori-
ties labelled -Immoral. Other than
stoppage no further action was

Hetherington had- ''Liulu- Belle"
And ."Ladies of the Evening" penr
ciled in for follow-ups, but switched
bills to "Tbmmy'V and another in-
offensive farce so as not to Invite
further local trouble; The tame
bills didn't ring the bell at the box.
office. .-

^^Headin' South" Cast

Wins Equity Award

The players. In '. "Headin* South"
^witii-^McIntyr^ and-^^Heath
awarded threercighths of a, week's
salary for lay-off. in Philadelphia,
.'two weeks ago. The Shuberts
ihalntained that after playing Wii-
mington, Jim Mclntyre was taken
111 and the Philly bpehlng. was de-
layed from Monday until Wpdnes.-
day thereby..

It was shown, however, that, the
company rehearsed during the lay-
oft and npne In the ;show appears to
have known anything about -Mc-.
Intyre's Illness. Another point
brought but was that Bert Swor
Is In the show and is acting as un-
derstudy for the veteran cork stars.

Beban's $500,000 Estate

'• Los Angeles, Oct. '30.
will of the late George Beban,
admitted to probate by^ PfUtratc"
Judge Desmond,' disposed of an es-

■ta.t9...yaUied.,fCt ..]mo.r?-th.a.n A^O.Q.Q.Op_.. . .

. In California, and stated tliat there. MuSlCal Big Parade
Was further property in New York ' ■
State. Valuation of the New York
holdings was not made public,

Mrs. Mary Beban Smith, cousin
of the actor, wa^ .apipolnted execu-
trix pf -(he estate, according to the
will. She was placed under a $450,-
000 executor's bond, and will admin-
istrate the. disposition of the estate
in asspclatlon with the Lawyers'
Trust Company of New York, alsp
Mentioned in the wilL

Jolson Screen, Not Stage

Al Jolsori was to have left for the
coast yesterday, where he may do
another talker for : the Warners.

He will not return to ■ the stage,
at least tor this season, said Al.

Mrs. Jolson remains in, New York
to rehearse for Ziegf eld's Cantor
"Whobt»ee" show. They returned
from .thfeir Parisian; bridal :tbur ia.st
.Week...

Amateur Playlets in
Demand by Film Studios

Appleton & Company Is experi-
encing a professional demand for
playlets it has heretofore clas-sifio'l
1 as- strictly for amateurs.
■ ,. Demand for dialog, among film
producers is attributed 4a the rea-
son. ~~ ~

Boston, Oct. : 30.;
Gene Buck's "Take the . ■ Air"
abruptly closed here Saturday de-
spite the neat business the show had
developed. : Financial; .obligations
oh the part of thie management were
not ;bvercome, these clairris hanging
over frPm last season. .
, On >u<iceedlng Saturdays the
show" was embarrassed; by attach-
ments, and Wlil Mahoney, starred,
accepted vaude bookings. Latter
claimed his contract was breached
becau.se of failuire to receive salary.
His clairn amounU t<» about $11,000,.
ad,d^d to which IS a claim for $4,000
by Yorke and King.

Buck Stated in Nevtr York this
Week that he would' start suit
against Mahoney for $200,000, aver-
ring that he came to an under r
standing with the actor to continue
another four weeks. He filed charges
with Equity for contract breach and
the matter came befpre Council yes-
terday. Buck threatened also to en^
join Mahoney from opening in Syra-
cuse this Thursday (Nov. 1) for
Keith. • ' .■ : •■. ■.•;

It appears that Mahoney did agree
to continue In the show provided
Settlement of back salary was made.
The star was not paid and felt free
to leave the show. ■ Under the new
agreement, said to be an oral one,
he was to appear, on a percentage
basis until the .show got on its
feet.

Last week It was. known that Ma-
honey had received a 27 weeks'
route from the Keith office at $2,500.
The clciSing^ WOtlce ' was .posted -In
Boston, but subsequently Buck . said
-the attraction would continue.
Hartford; New Haven and Phila-
delphia were re-bboked after being
cancelled;.' , ;.'-v

Buck contends he Is placed ,in a
worse ;predlcameht ; .through '!' tlie
forced cancellations, and $ 7,000 wa.«
extracted from the show's .share ff)r
the filial week. In Boston by. the Shu-
berts to cover. costs in the cancelled;
stands. ' Mahoney was ,; engaged by
him last: season at .$2,000,' his salary
this season being $2,50.0. The mon -
ager claims that is double Mahoney ^;
original vaudeville salary, .

Russell Mack, ■ prpd.u.cer -d ji-ectpr-of
the" stocks a.t two A. ;; H..; Schwartz
hou!5e.s. May fair in Brooklyn, ,and
(lie Freeport in Freoport, L. L; turn-*
od down the Shuberts and an; Indie
pictiM-e company to direct for them.

The directPr has the stock pro-
ductiohs from Freeport switching, to
(he MayCair, Brpoklyn, '■ and. .with.
Schwartz is looking for other houses
inr Bi'OPldyri and Flush ing.With four
Stock stands, Mack's plan is to play
Broadway attractions with their
original casts after they have play-
ed everything else and are coming
back to New York to disband.. Mack
woiild offer them the four weeks of
MetropolitaLh time, having a Broad-
way Show and cast and hoping; to
get them as a "buy" in view; of their,
imminent fade-put. . . ; ■ .

ivraxine Brown and Thoiresa; Max-
well Gbnover are the fcmme leads of
.Mack's ..stocks, alternating; at the
houses. The original lead of > the
original show, if available, is played
as a guest star, and if not, Mack
himself .officiates as/; iaat week In
"Broadway" and currently In "The
Jazz. Singer."

Repeating Smith's Life

An unho.ivd of number of . in-
saaiiccs . of unotluoal pcivCoririatices/ : ;
i i'ported ' in r.roadwiiy attriictiohs . '
rcoon t) y . iiasS: :.lcd some niana gers to .
bPliove it isValuib'st epidtMuic, •' PrP*;. : . ■
hiliiiioh.' wh'ibii has result od In the; ;.■
wide' iisc bt hard litiu.pr,. is bUiinod; :
• Whetbor brher 'ireicen't .offondcvs . -
w ill ; otinxe bof ore . Equity, on ohargos , -
:>Ya.s..':»ipt:...dii*-nn'U'e-. -eivriy '• t'hiw .AS'^ok.: ';.
M.aiiagors Aviih'. siipvvs iny(,iiyod.;;-are;,'
l()a(iv to' lile'.wrj'lteh .chai'yos.

One Icadin.ij. pl.ayer .was- put 'of the
rust three days, his f nice b*-^Ing, dis- ;;
ll';;urcd in - a tight' said to have, a ;■■
connection with one pf tlie. aotressos'
in the shPA<^ A 'star;iiT.ahytht'r.shovv ; .
was , out; of both' Saturday, per-/ ■■
CqrtiVaUcos iaftor the reputed ;olTocts
of ; a /party;; Two players In a new
priHlucti6n;.^w<r.e iH'ported .;)^ .
.dlii-bh'.fiinjH f or stage, 'appearance. •

The most vi-pocht sudden, .w.ithr
drawn 1 fi-om' a play is that of Mar- '
garet - tawronco, featiii-ed .in: "Pos
.so.'j.siun." The show moved to Heriry ;
' J,l il l.e.r 's M ond ay, 1 1 " haVing been an - ■
riounc;cd. that , Mi.ss Lawrence .would
be, starred at' that . tifne./ She was"
called fPr rehearsal. ;Tuesday after- ;
noon last week but failed to appear,
sending -word thiat she \vas busy ,
with a radio date to talk fPr Her-
bert Hoover. Early In' the'; evening .
her maid phoned Miss. ; Lawrence
CPuid not ■ appear for thie , regular
performance. .. . :/• V

;ii;dgar. Sel\yyh, Who presents .''Pcifi-;
session," . was about to order: the '.
a\idlence . dismissed- . w^^^ Spring
Byington ,' wh o Was •Miss'.Lawreh'ce'B ;
understtjdy, Was/fPuhd- in a nearby
restaurant, and she consented to go
OTi.. . '/. Miss;; Byington Ivas- been .'re- .
leased to . play in "Tonight . At; ;
Twelve" by Seiwyn, otherwise; she .
would have ; engaged for the leid.
Mary Boland,; featured In , /'Heayy
Tr.afflc," closing at th^ Mi'ler Satur- .•
day, was engftged to succeed MisiB. .
LawTence.,

The ' manager, reported the sltua^
tlon to E(iuity. It Is understood .fc
doctor Was sent to, exaniine . Mlsa
Lawrence. Tlie : Sehyyh .office wis.
reluctant to discuss the matter. .

Miss Lawrence retired from the
stage some seasons ago to; wed *
w eal thy . New ■ Yorker, with homea
here abd in Florida. There wer©
two children, but severs^i years ago
;tiie couple divorced and Miss Law-
rence (Mrs. Munn); was married' to
Wallace Eddmgen ; ; ; .

The radio drama ".Up; from the
city Streets", .based ;on the life, of
Gov. Smith was repeated over the
N, B. C; network Sunday . with
Peggy Wood.. Willard Mack,. Richv
ard' Bennett, Helen Hayes, Vivian
.Segal, Crystal Herne, William Boyd,
fcdha Hibbard, Arthur. .Vinton. Wal-
ter Connolly, Rogcp\. Pryor, Helen
MacKellar, Georgie Price, Anno
Sutherland, Jefferson de Angclls,
Pedro de Cordoba, George Still well,
John Westley, Herbert Kanson; Isa-
belle Dawn, William Frawley, Dan
Ilcaly, Clark Gabel,- Howjird Mer-
riU and Rosamond Pi nchot. In the

cast.

William Sweets, directed and
Heywood Broun did the announc-
ing. . . ' '"■ .

The biographical Play will be rp-
peated for the third ; • time nexr
Sunday, ' when GpVi Smith Is^ ex'-
pepted to watch the prpcVedings In
the WJZ studio.'

BILL RUBIN DEAD

Brother of Bob Rubjin Succumbs to
; Appoplexy in Syracuse

Stock Out;

Morgan

Mort;nn -Pf^Hey, the young juve-

[nil'e who went. to London to play in
I ."The Trial of Mary. Dugan," has
r ny.sluiioi ttfiy=''=^aftpPf^'^ Q ^l- ^^^"^'^'^^^^^^^

E'ldle Dowling Is to present "Thr-
Big Parade" in musical cpmody
form, according to" present plans,.

Laurence Stallings, who. wrote thr
scenario, . iHr named as the book
writer of the show, with Guy Bol-
ton mentioned as collaborator.

James Hanley and Dowling will
do lyrics and score.

The show Is expected to reach
Broadway »t Chrlatinaa tlmo.

Farley was In England he clami'-d
to .be. ill and expressed a df;.".irf;, to
break his contract on thi.s HC-nc
The management uuptdl'^il. blm wl.'li^
funds to pay hls.pa.s.sago t-ufk.to
America. Since then, it i.<j said, th.-tt.
1 Farley has not been boa rd of and
has not arrived In New York.

Farley was playing the Rex Clu-r-
Iryman role la "Mary Dugnn." which
seems to be a jinx for young juve-
niles.

Syracuse, N. Y., Oct.. 30.
William Rubin, D7, for many.yearh
locai coun.s'cl fpr the Shuborts. died
here of apoplexy Sunday (Oct. 28).
lie was a brother of" J. Robert Rubin
Pf Locw.'s. .Inc.

Rubin was a son of the late Rabbi
.Marcus Rubin, a grn,duate of Syra-
cu.yj I'niver.slty and of the New
York Law School. At one time he
f>vn'?d WyraniKo; g^tars. basfball

Seth Arnold has wlthdra;wn; as.
director of the Broadway Players
at . the Majestic, Paterson, N.. . J.,
cpnvlnced that the territory has
been overfed with stock and can-
not compete with Jl top policy
ugalnst the Stanley-Fabian amuse-
ment cmporiurns scaled .at half the
figure. , ' ■ ' • "'■■ '■. ; ■ ..

Arnold will busy hlmfielf with
details of casting for "Jini Comes
Back," cPmedy by James Prancls-
Rpbertsoh and himself. ^oth
aiithorsTwrill-appeaT-^'Inr^itherGa

Downtown Buiik pf

Triangle Goes Cold

' "Bare Facta . of History" next, for
Triangle, ;GreWiwl<'h : Villafi;e. .New..
York. It ' wili ■; ca^^^^^^^ a .silarkd,
rather than volunteer, ca.st^ .;

Previously Triangle prpd.ur-t Ions,
legit and musical, have been ca.st
with newcomer's sans salary sold on
the idea that their partlclpntion In
til©., cellerette ' productions ;w(/i(ld
provide . a show: windowr where li p-
town .producers could get a line.

Tins bunk eventually went c'<ld
Wllh the crop of candidates for the.
n<'w roVub dprnandin|5' and. -getting
salaries for a change. ;

'club/.and. is' reported having' .imas.'j-
f;d a fortune 1" realty operatlPn.s,

Curran Closing Dispute

. Jj<,H An;,'<-li'H, Oct. .'50. ';
- Sam Sa.Ivin want.s to rlos'e. "f Jood
;N('w.s''' at the Curran, .Sari .Fran -
ol.Sf.'p, this Saturday.

yiomor Curran, owMfr-m.'jnager of
the house, proto.sts at. thus darken-
ing his hou.se and thr'-atf'n.s to g'-t
an Injunction on the grounds that
an advance sale exists.

Legits in "Blackface"

'==TmfT^a"viiT??\r^^

ley Pvid.i-re.s' and CharI"H I,)owciarke
lioppfd an early Monday, morning
tr.'On for Watprbury; Conn., tp make
tf-sl.s, for Brlstolphomt, The pro-
iiniiti.-a'i''-.'?- are for a picture to be
rallod "J'rlfK.'kf.'.i^'f,"-. a •mlrl.s.trel story:
by .Howard liogers which .'^ol I>efl-
Kfrr is pro'bri-Ing.

'.J.i'hnny Walker also made the trl>
to xiVf'pare sound sequences for *
feature. -

> 1

52

VARIETY

LEGITIMATE

Wednesdaiy, October 31, 1928

\ Figure* cstimatet* and conhirnent ppint to iome attractiohs being
jiucbessf ul. While the-same grbse accreditecl to others might' suggesfit
:iTieditfcrity of; losi/. T explained in the difference in

-house capacities vvithi the varymg overhead, . Also the size of cast,
Vith cpnseiquent difference' in necessary gross of . profit. / Varianqe
In biisinese necessary f 6r . muisicaj . attraction is against dramatic:
0lay is also considered. . ^

\ Claisslficatrpn of attraction^ hoiise Rapacity and top prices of the
adhiission iicaie given below Key to ciass.ificatipn: C (comedy) i;
O (drama) : n irevue)r M (musical comedy) : iF ( farce ) ; O ( g pe r'etta ) . :

Ad'inissioii tax ' applies qn tickets' over $3^

"Americana," MaHSfleld/ (Ist- week)
■r .. (Ii-l,030-?5.50)v Presented by J,-
P. •M(:~Evoy; a revue authored by
. . simie, Kogeir Wolfe Kahn and Irv-
ing Caeiser:6pened Tuesdaj'T :
"Animal Crackers," 44tn Street (2nd
,. week) ■ (M-l,323-$6.60). Out - in
front with the big gross musicals;
'. Xui^sday opening,' With '1(11 . top
counted irt . takings of $40,000 first
. sov«jn p^rfbrmanpes. ■ \; ■■ ■:
*BiHie," .Errang«r (5tb;- week)' (M
. l,520-$3.85)i . Has been little af^
, iecied - by pre-election: slump, be-
. : cause of- heavy agency buy; buar-
ness better than $29,0O0v which :is
big at scale. ' : ■■ . .■■ . ^

:»'Blackbirds," Eltlnge (26th week)

■"Luckee Girl," Harris' (7th week)
- ,( >\r-"l,657.-?4.40).. . Moved hcr.e' frona

DRAMA TOPS BOSTON
IN FOOTBALL WEEK !

■•Boston,: opt. BO!. ■'.
. The town fiooiied with^ v tor
the :i>artmouth-Ha:rvard..game, per-
fisct vyfeiather conditions . for the the-
atre and the best any show, doiild
get; was ; , $l$,bOO» : And ' the t<>p-
notc^i er/Sy 4^n't; a: muslci^
: .There was eyeijy opportunity for :£i.
hit to develop .hetiB. within, .t^^^ past
couple ■ of "weeks, , but . :nohe' . .cariie
through; • : '.

The - Goionlal lia« always had a.
big musical in - for: the foo.tball
weeks and cleahied up big. "AmeirT
icaha;" left the hbiisei; Saturday after

Chicago,:, Oct ;30. ;
Not. one of the threej hew ■ 3how3
I of ■ the: " week canie in with a sihaiili,
All had Sunday , openings.
.■ The three Shubert hOysfes;: v^rhich

Idnlal faces an Indefinite: period of
darkhe^. Thli is the second tliht^
this season . that the .same situation
has: prevfiiled at itie .Goionlal. -tJndei'

. j)ccted; paced about jlCOOO. -:. , .
"iVlachinal,"- Plymouth (9th. , week)
. . (D>J,015-$3). Not a sell-out, hut
. cominands yfery gObd
and should make a,: rU
: ter;iast week; at about |f 14,000
"Mr. Morieypenny," Xiiberty (Grd,
weelt) (D-l,262-$2.50). Claimed
;$14,000 last- week, first; full week;
S*.ery. good figure at the scale;
mostly lower floor business.
"Night Hostess," Martin iBeck (8tii
week) (CD-l,189-$3). Doing mod

San Prahblsco, Get. ;30.

iigit, depressibh coritiiiued; /'Gopd l gjiVbe thfe start of thb^rtew' sea^hri '
.,ews" hid another; tough seven have been .without hits, drew thi
da.ys a.na two more weeks; will see new shows. •"Five o'Clock Girl'' at
it; depart, Curran |a. bHnging the the Wood.s;* and VGang War" went
Macloon production of "The Desert hntp the Majestic. ^ ■

^S^S w^attlie Gbary ^^^^^
;The Royal Family^' departed ()ct. abouts^ ore causing heayy advance
27 and .replaiced' currently by : ''The sales for the .week-end perforin-
Squall " ' , ances of ; the strong gross . pullerai

Another departure Saturday was Mail pi-ders at .the .brokers' are far.

- 'above In number ajiy.th^

the AlckzsUr. Duffy brought his prbr | uctopung tne system, taking lha
ductlon,- "In Love With Love," in jiihances with checks 6n the strength

id business """^ir^'nX^ DufEy's production of "My appve in numoer^anyth^

n otit; bet- "i|l,^°^SD^^^^ Son" ■Which had two: bad weeks at b^nd previou^^^^ not^d, Brokers ar

It $14 boo. : i^^?!--^^^^ Alcazkr. Duffy brought his prb- .adopting, the .system, taking Ih

should be;

At the Hollls "The Bachelor I which Dale Wihter (Mrs.* Duffr) ahd I of the: university Stitiding'

topping I himself are featured over trbm three j "Rip Rita'* is ^^^i^^

Father!*.: grossed ; |18,000;

everything,
.'■Take the Air;

big Weeks at the. new DufWln; Oa feld record at the Illinois. At least

. ,.u<s which had niany | land;, "baddies"; cbhtinues it the I the activities appear so. - "Rita", ia

pl-ofitabre weeks ^t the ; Wilbur, president, with tlie end not yet in far above eyerytHlriff in town in de-

closed Saturday night Jtempoi;ariiy. gight The Jong awaited engage- jmand
Of : the other - musicals ; "The; j^ent of "Kongo" got under wa;:y at Because of weakness of shows in
(R-8'J2-$3 85) Cleaining up; col- .1 eVately weU and making, money I Queen's .Taste,'^ which finished up the Capitol lasit week; and started three hotises and. two houses dark,
bred revub has been, running- half . ; both ways; Will probably stick at. the Shubert last- Saturday, came • well. ; . : . the total week's gross keeiis miss-

a year aind really cliihbed to da-
paoity dffer lAbor Day; ■ nearly
$19,500, whibh is capacity here; .
•Courage,^' Ritz- (4th week) V(D.-945-
$3>. Agencies have, some, call and
: iinpr'ovement. in ijusiheiss, cla.imed ;
'matinee trade strong,, indicatin:^

■ fenuhine draw; ; $.8,000 tp $9,000
... last' week..'. ' ■■: ■' ■: ; ' ' • , \ ' .
"Crashing ThroMgh," Republic (1st

week)- (G.-901 -$3).. ; Presented by
•Oliver b; Bailey; • written by. Sas-
oh Klingt; .bperiC'd.; Monday night.
*'Cr6ss iVly Heapt," Kuickertoocker

■ i7th week) (Mt1,412-$4.4P). .Go-:
' ihg to road' after Another two
• > weeks and will probably do better

- there than - here; .$.16,000; ?'Mac-

'■ beth" due-^N^)y. , •

••Diamond Royale (30th week)

(CD-lvlI7-$3). In face of new
shows this hbldover has been do-
ins very well;' better last , week

■ at ; $li,opo; looks okay \until ;.flrst.
of year.

"Elmer the Great," Lyceum (C-957-
. $3). Was taken off last Satur-
' day;" played five weeks; disSp-
. pointment after fairly good indi-

■ ca:tioris; in Chicago; house dark. ■ '
•ExcWdihg Small,'^ Comedy (2nd
: week) (0-682- $3) . . Appears^ to

have little chance In competition
with other- tragic plays; ^ :will
probably, be ; succeeded by fresh
attraction next month, judging
f if om first week's pace; , $4.00^
•Faiist," Guild (4th Week) (0-914-
$3), Another twp weeks tp cover
subscriptlcn period; pace holds
around $14,000, but strictly ^froin
' Subscribers; /revival of - "Major
Barbarii'* next, with "Wings Ovei

, .Europe" tP follow. : .
: •'Front Page," Tinies Square (l?tb
V week) (erl.057-$.3.85). :Leaaer3hip

among nonTtnudlcals challengeJ

by "Paris" In point of gross; stlU

getting heia-vy dough, thoughmat-

.inbcs a bit off; $23;O0O. . . .v,
; -Gentlemen of the Prjss,^^ 48th

Street (iOth week) :(C-969-J3)^.

is^t quite as gobd as . when it nr^t

moved here: $6,500 estimated;

claimed to turn a. prpflt at tha.

•Girl Trouble," Belmont (2nd week)
(C-515-$3). Opened Thursday
. last :.w eek and drew a general pan-
ning; prcniiere performance . .a
surprise, as shbw was touted good
at tryout. . , ....

, •Good Boy,'' Hahimersteln s .(9th
. wook) CM^1,400-$6:COO. :W1U prob-
ably be followed by the musical
"j.^olly" in _a inpnUi or so; used
sonle : cut rate9:nasf'7W5Hlc7-golng-
: -tin several thousand; $25,000. .
: : -Gods' of the Lightning," Little (2nd
week) (D-530-$3.85); Melodrama

won raves from the critics; bust-

ness after' Wednesday: premiere | wxhe Common
. big until. :Saturday night— off;
~ "Good NeWs,"^; Chahin'S.46th Street
. ' (6m week) (M.-l,.4l3-$5:50), Will
' probably take to/.the road, after
' ' Thanksgiving, a new musical ■bet-
ing die. iii house then; haa been
. • .''•$2Qi00O and over lately,- . .• ;.
"Hello Yourself," Casino (1st week)
' ; (M-1.477-$4.40). ;Prc.sentod by

until holidays and ihay. go
tluoiigh winter; $9j5dp.
"Olynripia," ■ Empire .(3rd week);
; (D-I,.099h$4.40); Little ;chance ini
dicated frprti business, first : two
;>v.ecks; used some cut rates last
week - when . jiace wais. $8,000 to.
$9,000 ..again; another shoVir likely •
■'■ Soon.- / ■

"Paris,'* Music : Box : (4th ; Week)
(e-:l:.000^$4,4'0).;- Right at top of

through the tryout; fairly well. It
left; here tp gp to. Newark, .then oe |
to Brpoklyh, being headed ; eventu-
ally for; New York. Several changes |
wbre made lh the cast;

At the ■ . Colphial . ''Americana"
wound '-up; rather . sa^ly Tvith ;iowest
gross : of . Its three weeks. : Never
did. the grbss gp better than $18(000.

"By Reguest" at the TremOnt had
a fair ppehing'. week everything cqiit

Estimates: for, Last VVeek .ling the recprd tptai;week'^'grpss as
Curran^''Gbpd News. (Continues for the last half dozen years at this
to slide. Sixth week little better peripd of the fall season; ; The: town

thian $15i000i , Weak.

Oapitbl--^"KohgQ.'? Initial week
holds, hope for healthy run. . $12*000,
at-$2, big.. ■ ■■^:^:;;....^

Geary-Tr-"iRoyal Family," Sixth
and ifinal week, ai'ouhd $10,000.

at this; time is spotty, holding -JuBt
labove hortaah . ■:■-■■'.- •:-:

. Estimates for; Last Week
'Five o'clock Girl":;(Wpbds, Ist
I Week); Figures uhcertairi, brokera
I not lining- up for it : as. yet. "Young

Presideht-rr "Daddies." Robfert Mc- I Love" for two Weeks; gha,stly.
Waide: cohtihues .big draw .^^^^^^^ 'Dufty \ ^Gang War," 'Majestic (1st, week).

Its division ..with;; trade ^;va^^ Coming Intb . a house that production; though soifhew^ in Prbblbmatlca,! bopking. Nothing

arbiind ■ $23,000 : laigt week; ;e>CAel
lent call, in- agencies: and a class
. ■' draw.' ■ :.
Possess; bn,"^; Henry :' Miller : .(5th
. ,weeky (CD-;9.;c-S3).. Moved here
"Monday from Booth; .witb Mary
Bpiahd in the lead/ replacing 'Mar-^
' garet Lawrence; business fair at
; •; $8,000 or a- bit niore^: . v - .;. ^ ■
"Rain or Shine," Geoi"ge ;Mr Cohan
:(39th weejt) (M-l,371-$5.50); be
presslon has hurt spine of the run
; ; attra,ctibns more than others; no
exceptloh here, but run .will .ex
tend well into -wlhter; $25,000.
"Relations,?* Wallack's (Ilth week)
(C-770-$3). ApiJears : tb:\bfe get-
^ .; tihg by' with support of cut rates ;

appfars to. be In for , some- time.
*'Revblt,»» Vanderbllt (Ist week) (D-
882-$3). Presented Indepehdeht-

had been dark It opened to $12,000
The show will be followed by Lew
Leslie's "Blackblrdig.^ '

At the . Majestic . "The .. Silent
Hbuse" . went . sti"ong enough to jiis
tify. It belhg :erv(itched to the- Plym-
outh Mphdajr night ;■

. Estimates for Last 'Week " ■:

" By ; Request?* .(Tremeiitv 2d week)
Did $12,000 .bpenihff week. One more

^ "Th(» ■ Sileht HoMse'' (Plymouth,
ist Week at this house, being .mov^d
from the Miajestic). :Gros3ed $12,000
:whlch Vas . the poorest business of
the run.

keeping with depression hit better original in title for this. town. "Red
than $4,600. Robe" didn't click.

Alcazar:^"My ; Son." Put pa by "The Skull," Garrick (Ist week).
Duffy In a hurry wh^n MarjoriC: Got away. Sunday witli fairly good
Rambeau's ..;engagement ■ terminated gross, but balance of sales sfandljiff
"by mutual consent." Second and. |jS5tin. "Sileht Hbuse?' never respbnd-

:flnal week poor at '$3,500.

Green— "Easy ; .- ' f pr. Ze^
Around $2,000; hlce prbflt.

Zes.'^

MiNNpAPpLlS BIZ

. ; Mioneap^

Edith .Taliaferre: drew sehsatipn'
ally in "Lulu Belle" aihd the Bain-
_-u"" li I- I e Au jt ,1. I bridge Players (drkmatlc . steck)
The Baoheler . Father^' (Hollis, played to capacity at every per-

2d week); I^d the field with $13,:^
006.

"Coquette" (Wilbuir, 1st wreck)

ly;;^ritteh . by Henry . Wagstaff This

Grlbble; opens tonight (Oct 31)
"Scandals," Apollo (18th week)
(R-K168-$6:60)... Agency biiy t^^^
Ing In taost bf ; top scale :se;ats ex-
-; ;pii"e5 in another two weeks; jiidgr
' InjET frbln brbkers' complaints it
will hot ; be renewed; . blalitiing'
. over $45,000.; ■ V
"Straight Thru the DooPi" 49 th
Street (5th .week) : (C-708-$3).
Satisfactory business; approxi-
' hiately $7,000, which IS all right
; for Hpdge shew, ; geared : to' eper-.

ate mpdestly. . ■
"iShow Boat," Ziejgfeld (45th week)
. (M-1.160-$6.60). Tops the Held
this seaspn as It did last; also best
In.Londpn; perhaps seme election
depressipn, but . quoted at. $47,000

"Skidding,": Baiyes ,(24th week)
(C-861-$3), Started, early .In sum-
., mer and hot flerured tp last, but
: mPved to rbbf theatre/Which few
attractions . would consider; re-
T)orted making a little money.
"Strange Interiude,^' John Golden
(40th week) (r)i-900-$4.40); The
. atire Guild has .a little gold mine
in . long : 0'I>jeil drama, . presenting
six tiin'es weekly; capacity, $16,
.: oo'o. .■ .:':■ • . ",;...: r.-^' .

"TKe~CbTTijnind -Performance,?^ Klaw
; (D-830-.$3). Was taken pfl Jast
: week; play Ing four weeks ; ap -
pea:fs to have just missed; aroUha
$6,000

Sin," ' Forrest (3rd
week) (P-l,015-$3). Final week;
plugged, biit had littlfe strength
'although: ah agency buy; . second
week estimated under $6(000,
"Tire Grey Fox,?' : Playhouse; (2hd
week) (C-87S)-$3). First n.lghter..s
did not take to : this one, and
doubtful of getting across; first
week; about $7^000, estimated.

a gppd sale, f rem the society crowd,
for the opening; ;ahd Ippks strbng:
In final week at. the hbuse the Will
Mahohey( show, ''Take the Air," did
$16,000.

"The Red Robs'* (Shubeirt, 1st
week) '. ' Opetied strbng,
week "The Queen's Taste" did $16.
000, considered fair,

"A Cannecticut Yankiee'' (Maljestlc,
flirst ' week)^ Opehed up to. good
business. : The . . Silent .House"
Switched frond here to. the Plyrnbuth.

•:forrharice. . despite strong opposition
at the inQvle and yaudeylUe houses.
Did about. $7,60.6, and is held over.

A tablpid, "kid Bppts;" alsb was
a dra^wing card f pr the McCall
Bridge . P'layers .. . (musical cpmedy
;stbck). at the Palace, around $6,000
The Gayety (Mutual wheel bur
leSque); cbntihued. to suffer from
the- unfavorable publicity in con

ed to heavy plugging.

"The ConrtHTand to iLbye,?*- Studer .
baker, 9th week).. .Managemeht cbn.r
fldent of falsing .the. total gross fojr
engagement' :with ; hbliday tradeV;
Drawing ^ea.dy high grpsses. : a,l- v
thbiigh balcPny wealcness still felt,
lA.rpund $16^000.

""Good News," Selwyn. ;37th week).;
Marvel $4.40 - :pr'ice : show for :all •
times In: this towii; :Present a.ver-
aigb around $23,060.

''My Maryland" (Great Northern,
9th week). Nothing to' W^brry. about :
here.- Up to $27,000. - ]..■.:-

"Manhattan Mary" (Grand, . 8th
week). ' High stopper fbr Shubert-.
controIle:d ' houses; Sticks; around
$32,000. .

"Rio Rita" (Illinois , 3d week).
Abbut ; 'as strphg as aiiy Zlegfeld

In final necUon with city council threats tP f""^,!^ ^!*^- Viean up iPr oro

w ^ -BUriisqS;" Harris. 7th week).:

bend King":

Arliss lii "Merchant of Venice" last
half

(7tli week) (C-«05-|S.86). Being
fairly well, with , the. call mpstly
first floor; tislbg icut rates; .up
stairs; |8.006 estimated,
"Tin Pan Alley," BiltmPre (1st
week) (CD-1.000-$3). Presented
by; Lang :ahd jFVirbes, new mana-

fi?^t ?iair and GSpre^ has brpught valuable help..- Im.
first naif and A^eerge | p^.^^^^ . ^^^^^ shpots gross abov*

$16,000.

•'The Queen's Husband** (Cprt. 7tb
week). At $2.60 marks weekly grpss
at $12,000; hlthly satisfaGtbry.

"Mary Dugan" (Adelphl, IOth
week). Steady demand Is iriaking
fpr hpuSe new; grpss recerd; $23,000
weekly occurrence; ■ .
•^Vofpono" (Blackstohe, 2d week;

Guild Bigf in Balta

Baltiinpli'e/ pct"v3^^^^
The New York Theatre Guild sea-
son at, Ford's got off t6 :a fine start.

••The .Guardsman," With tbo LuntSi ^

drevv.the ritziest aUdleiice since last 6.th local, week, for Theatre Guild
spring's seasbn of Metropolitan engagement); ; ChoppIrig off sub-
gerial team; written by Hugh Opera. Guild his 2,900 subscribers, scriptlon bharges. gross figured
Stanislaus; Stange; opens Thurs- hvhich places Baltimore second to around $21,006; very strong,
day (Nov. 1). . Chicago. "Bob" Slsk, general press "Baby Cyclone" (Central, ISt

"Three Cheers,'^ Globe (3rd week) representative of the Guild, Is a for- week). Change oif bill threw Into
(Mrl,416^$6.60) . ; Name and com- mer Baltirnotean, ind wa,s keen to | carhpaigh - new ideas^ and ■ another
edy shpuld make for; a seasbn's have the Guild play this city. B
engagehieht; has been a selNout ness for the opening week ; built
since premiere;, over $40,000. , steadily from the opening. Guild
"Ups-a- Daisy," Shubert :(4th week) has three more weeks in Baltimore.
(Mr-1,396-$S.60).. Musical compe- They will be bunched, two and one.
tltioh may -have. affect.ed. tlUs ;b^^^ :grossed about $19,006.

business dropped rather thah: im-. "The ishannotts' oyTBroa%way;""a
proved aftbr first week; estimated, the Maryland, reported $7;000, and
u.]*P4?r ^S'*;?'^®; _ . ■ vv UoWed up. This niakes the fourUi

?'VsnitieS,''^Earl Carroll (13th week) 1 traVeHng attracUoh to ; fclose/ i

this 'seasbn..: :

I $5,000 week anticipated.

Providence Raves Over

(Rr968-$7.70), Holding up to real
coin; . , affected sompwhat ;durlng
the months but not materially;
last .week quoted w^ over $36,-
006

"Wh ite Lilacs,"! Jolsoh's (Sth week)
: (0-1.776-$6,66).^ Agencies have
had. ;ho, easy. tiftie;with this ticket
tv^o for coupons beirig distributed ;

Ji A. Box Offices

i ljos A-hgeles, Oct 36,

Laat 'week's business ini legit
hpUses Included, $15i066 ipr fifth a,hd W thbir entirety
I exit; gross of ^'The Squall," at Belas- j Gohsiensus: of oplnlPh

; :: Providence,. Oct 30.-;
. Providence critics raVed. so mueb ■
over Helen Hayes in "Coquette m
her first road appearance that «»•
aistute management hired columns
in the press' and p.i-intbd i. .
reviews of the l^hbde; Island sheets

..,was

George Choois; favpraWe : report^ ««The High Road," F^ week)

parties figure- In ; claimed $.2Pi000 ,i cb. , "The ; Desert Sbhg," in its ; i20th npthing ■ like the actlhg' ©';

that;
Mis*

from try-out .spots fibput this
siralrbpehPd, Tuesday, .',/,'
•Hold Everything," liroadhurst (-Uh
work) : (M-1.118-$&.50).. IndiciV-
, tions point to; a. good run; good
a.f.^hcy call; businc'ss picked up
• . w-hoh 'weather turned cool last
week; pace around ,$2!?.p00.

■ -' (6th wepk^

(C-.914-$3.85). consistently ex-
. cellent : trade siiice opening
among the four leading non-mu
• sicnls; .$.lS,00g -and over weekly.
"The. Ladder," , Co.rt (106th ^veek)
.(GD-l,09.4-$3)'i V One week more;

""Tlie*' New Moon," Imperiill (7th
(M-1.400-$5.50):. . One of

average,

"Young Love," Masque (ist week)
(CD-700-$3). Presented by Ken
neth MacgoWan and Sydney Ross;
•played: ; Chlcagp, where , they
thou.ijht play was naughty; writf
.ten ;by Samson Raphelson; Dor-
:othy Gish in cast; opened Tues-
'day.: ;

Special ; Attractions^Little Theatres

--**Jxi4yiegan,'J_Xoil£0<:'Le (6th weekl week) . (M-1.400-$5.50):. One or .sijecial Attractions-^Little Theatres

(CD - 1,019 - $3.S5).; Rrron;Er TrfSt'l" -iHrTiew"'SeaBcm*s:-lea<i

"■ '•■ ^ run a year; prer^olectibn slump Pinski, . Provincetown; ope
barely felt here; approxlmatol.v 1 Tuesday.; ;. : ■

-=$4O^0^M=we^klyT|-ca,pafi^

Lopkihs^

ll(K)r trade, yirUially Selling out
ith or-e. hu t b alcon y luTsinoss ^ot

"Jealousy," Miixine Elliott (2n*l
■:- wt>i>k) : (D-0?-1-$a). Two-person.
■ drama atartinff rather Well anO.
pln)titd stick because of its nov-
el tv; first .week: estimated ovvr
' $ii.boo. V. ' ■ ■ ■■ ;' ■

••Just -a Minute," Ambas.<iador (4th
.wpok) '(M-l,200-.$-l.-40). Somewhat
better last week; figured better
than $13,000, but not breaking
even yet. . -^^^
••Little Accident," Morosco (4th
. week) (C-«0S-$3), Business im-
proved again ln«t wook and Indl-
c.T.tlnna favorable for successful
engngemcnt; over $10,006.

"The Three Musketeers,'- I^yrlc (34th
we.ok) (M-1.305.-$G,66),. Still a fa-
vorite; class operetta expected to.
run well liito winter; businesti
latclv around $31i000.
"The War Song," -National . (6th
week) (CD-l..lC4'-$3). Moderate
business probably bettering oin
even break with the aid of thea
tre parties; $11,000 estimated,
"These Few Ashe?," Booth, (l.st
week) (G7708-$3). Pi-osentcd by
a new managerial team, Shaw and
Nathan; a bomedy written by
Leonard Ido; opened Tuesday.
"This Thing Called Love,?' BlJou

by Charles Hopkins ,at
theatre; adaptation from French
by Cecil Lewis; opened Monday;
"When Cruniniies Played," Garrlck
(5th week); due off Saturday; ha.«i
been : CO -Operative; "A Man with
Red Hnir" due next week.
"The Light of Asia," Hampden's;
closed Saturday; throe weeks;
"An Enemy Of th© People" next
week. • .•-•;■' ;'■•

"Sun- Up," Lucille LaVerne , (Prin-
cess); revived.
Civic Repertory, 14th street; Blva

Iy€ GaTHenne company.
'*Black Scandsl*," Totten.

week at .Majestic^: hoverbd. around Hayes has been seen hbre
' last hundred years, or m^ybe

Biz fpr the wieek was gre^t at taw
prodiiction house, hard pressed oj
the movies.

A good week , waa had , by t^*
Modern Players, ; whb suest-starreu
Wallacb Eddlnger ih "The , Play ■
the Thing." Next week an 1""°;*^
tion will be tried, that of casting
Hope Gary, former Providence gi"*
and Thomas. Crosby^: Jr., in^^'^V.^h*
Qf dramatics- at- Brown, In
CU-cie^J .;- • - ■ ith
The Albee and Fay Tio uses— wtn
the prily vaude in to 'wh, okay.

$9,000.-

Not so forte at the- Mayan with
"Tlie Miirriage Bed." Maybe ;$S.,000,
and plehty of Annie Oakleys circu
latin.ij for third week.
"On Appi-oval," third week, Vine
Street, $7,000, and aroiind the cornei'
at the. El ■ Capitan ;$5,800 for fifth
week . of ; "ShaiinonS of Broadway."
Hollyw.bbd Pla:yhbuse reported $5.-
600 for third" week; of 'The Best Peo-
ple.". ''Wooden Kimono," at Presl-
dentj^^^^^^^j^o^t $'*|360 in -.ninth
we'e

GharlpUe Walker Out

: : ; .Los; Angeles,; Oct. 30.
Chariotte Walker was out of cast
of ';The i;[oyaI Family,'' Opening last
night at Ilolasco theatre. Belasco
&. Butler, West Coast producers of
the : Jed Harris show, paid Miss
Walker $1,006 for her contract.

inorenoe Oakley replaced. -Miss
Walker is now w'lLh "F.illen An.ciels,"

. Estimates for Last Week . .
, Opera House (Ind) - i^-^^^j'J^^
$2.50). Helen Hayfis in t^°^"^noO'
won unified acclamation;. $1.?>'^". '
exceivtiotial. ' ■ .V

Modern (Fay) " (1,460;
Wallace .Eddinger, guest •^starrea .
"Plays Uie Thine." Around J8.»"

°^'. (I.6OO; 1.^75K:j^n^

at the Theatre Guild, San Francisco. Bide; $12,66(f.

gammy of "Our Gang
with several publicity si

Wednesday, October 31, 1928

LEG I TIMA T E

VARIETY

93

on

ANIMAL CRACKERS

sim TIi Harris Jjrbductlon, Bt'aiTlrigr the
liarx Brothers' (4) In musical comeily. Book
.{y George, S... Kaufman and Morrle Rys-
kind, l-yrlc-
«h<] Haj-i-y

parti cuhtrly layifihi altliousli loyKinjjr
impressively importinf. . Four ts.Ots
and: two olios, throe, to each act. 1 t!s
that, type 6f pntertairinieiit,;. how-

5i;id ^c^i^^Sc ^r^Bcrr K^i^^^ ^yhieh, for; air;6t :Bussell ,E.

«h<] "Hari-y Biiby. Dances by. RosspVI, E. .Alarlvcrt'.s " excipUerit tc-rp mptlya-
Markert; • Uook statfed by Osear/ Eafiic; . tions by his chorus, -or Raymbnd
••ettlnss* -Rrtympn^-Soveyr Sovey's scenic investiture, doesn't

^^ZL^^^ird^u^%r^ matter and isvsd paled: by the eheri
New' York, to. |c;oo top. , . : Ipetically effiervesccnt , , ,stars that:

Hives, . . .....^//.v.:.;. . -Robert; arelff^^ m men

Mm, RlttenhoU3e^...,. Margaret Dumpnttjonpfr

^Arabella RIttenhduse
Vrp, ■Whitehead . ; . ; ,
firace Carpenter, . . ..
Wally ' Winston.. . . ,
John Parker...,-'. ;i.
Roscoe W. Chandler
Mary Stewart
Jamison::

, Aiicc Wood r St- Jbhh iSryine, the Woi-ld's iiti

Marftaret Irving, ported- true^jt: . critic,' an iidnilrably

. .nobby-PerWna courageous .'^X-riter arid a sterliiig' re-;

■ Mmon WaUion^ viewer, was radically iconoclastic in:

y * _ Louis BolTfi- .his reaction to the'. Marxies. Ervlno

. . . .'.iierolco Ackcrinan rt'dmitted,.. A" tribute to his ; fairness^

. . iZeppo Mnrx that his neighbors seemed to be en
.Groueho Mnrx "

........ Mroutno mur^ jpyinff;,thems.ely6s uprparipusly, but

V'.'/V; /.'.'.";HaTpq Marx that! he couidn't .quite fathom thi-

Captain Spalding, ,. . ^ .
^Jihdnuel Ravclll. ,

STie Profess.br. ,;■•■; .">. ■. .. - , , . ■ ,

.Show . GlrlB-Helen r*o\vbJe, Patricia Pur- whyfbre of. it. The World critic >sei,
»ley.- Alieeh- Sha'i\\ Virglhlrt. .Stone. Annette, about- analysing why visuch' wais- th(>

£^?{|''Tffi;^^SieSJj;^

Panclrig GlrlB— Helen CainbUdge. Vlr- And business, includinB that of ' tlu
>inla Mcyei^s, Lucille Milam, CVco, Brown, fltblen painting and Orouchc's oli-
eene\4eve ,Kent^ llolene Sheldon, Maxlne i^^iryaLtibn it's '"an :inslde outsid<
Marahall,. Gypsy nollls, Kay. ponegan; I joi,;. (At the pevfprmahcc. revieWcul
■Oerry -Hoffman, Bill e, Blake, . .Uorothy 'li;. ' ■■ '^-j.- <mj.-^- '«-

Knbwltoh. Gertrude Cole, Patsy '••Q'Keefe.-. .-Qroi cho^-- -backed .on • it,^ , an , ins^df
Hazel ; Boflnger, . Muriel Buck,' Mary .Outside joh: by S.t.-Jphn Ervlne." Got
*)'nourka. •'. ' a sophisticated riiniblo). '

Marktirt T>(in6exs-^-J,ari.lee,^Ernia, Audrey, that somb of the M.^^•xes' comodv
Thelma, .Mildred; .Knna,. Florlne. . Serrltft. , .. h(» anWlv^o^ 1<4 r«orl■>t^^r^hl^»
Xbulse, Alpha, Eleanore, . Mildred, Frances, is not tp, DC anai> zed ,lfl. compar?ip
irpia, , Dorothy, Alysc, Flol-ence XVall. Cap- ;tP our national reaction to ,Suoh'
«aih; , • catcji- phrases as: banari.a oil. so's

Ggntlemen-H-Edwnrd Young, .Jack Bauer, your, old man, etc; ^The .Marxes
:l*re.stt»n Xewl-s, John Elliott. waUon Ford, 'i„y-,v. ' nfttiva <!«in«p rtf linn-inr An
.Harry , Peilersoh. : Allan . Blair, .William P»umi>, a Tifiuve .sense OL nunior, . An
.Bradley, '■ Hermes Pari. Albert D'Amatp, American analogy comes : to ,mina
.Oeorge K. "Wallace,.: Ma'rty Rhlel,; .': ,: : when- the highly tout^d/AVilkib :Bard

flophed. so liil.serably at Kb^^
•^ATilmal - Crackers," although by sbnie seasphs'agb arid came back
any other nariie the M.arx Brothers a few weeks later to a rnore favor-
Would still be ?is funny, Is the type able. if B.till not senS'-itional jmpres-
«f musical >that'fl thej critics' de-; sioii , when . coached UPon American

bi-, |cbw»edy Rtaridards

Is sure of conviction; Tho accuf od
seorii, sure of that result, too;. Ac-
tion returns to .the hjm'hroi.)m on
the evening p£ the, elect n)butt<nVs.
There arp only, a few minutos 'rO-
moining before the fatal niiiliVlgivt
lioUr. Qutpide a crGV.'d has H.i Uivrcd
to read bulletins flushed oil a, ."^creon,
by s:>;inpathizers: : ThosC' wiiiun , tlio,:
ha^h, house, roni^- tlie bullotins frpni
the 'Window. Their bowed hoad.s anil:
furtive y/hisperi ngs. tol 1 .. t h o s t or y .
Hos^alie, ^Maci'eAdy's fifu.'ic.*.''..- is; 'cbjir
yiilsed with ./grief . ; as . the., curtain
:descerids.:.:--. '■.' . '.' ' . \ ;•. ;V

^Charles Bickford, Ke of the flam-
ing thatch, is, the bitter M iU'rbady.;
Hbra!ce Bfaham ;is just-as pfC(,>c^ivo
fts the: aesthetib. e.api'iwp. . .Tlip .rii;e .
b;f /Leo 'BulgakpV, as a radroal . who,
confesses to the niurdcr and who^ is
mprie- vibleiit than the otliers, - is bjic;
of. the gtrorigest forces in the play;
Sylvia Sydney IS Rosalib,. the only
woman In the cast saiye a perjiirbd
witness and a Salvation Aii'^i^y eiri-,
Miss Sydney, was ratlier well drcssjiid
in drab surroundings but prbyod «.
clever bmotibnai actrbss. Sain Coit,
a , ifatallst;. -John. IV. Hamilton, the'
defense :at^^^^

krunii wlib-.-wpuld ratlver bo a bum,'
aisb nrb'Well cast;:

"Gods of the .Uighthin.t?-: ■ i.s . a
small theatre and must iliv :\vt'li \<t
survive. The presentation, inade by
Ilamflltbh McFadden and K.Mlbgg
Gary; will doubtiesis at t ract .' cbnsrdr
erable' press-; mention but f'hi»nc?cs
are against it landing. . ./.bcCr;,

G1RL~T^UBLE

Richard ' llorndgn' presents- ■ .tlilfi JLlarry
Comior'K ooniedy in three aola :ind two >?i'ts.
starring -^ahd directed' by Alt.nn . Dinchart.'
Settings by Augiist Vimnera. At the BeN
mont, .Opening Oct. 2.V. . $rl,;40 top. ,
Mrs. 'James l>ockhart,.-Sr,; . , '' •■Lucia Moore

light.; - Hbre's one seasonal.: or
annual pppbrtunity /for, a . full:
• throated, belly-I.^iughihg ,- orgy In I
Which the critical tribi?,. St John
/Ervlrie excepted, can iCreely and un-
.ishanriedly participate. It's the type.j
of laugh ope?a which: leaves even,
a; professional: reviewer^ St; , John

St. . . John ,Efvirier or; np-.,- "Anini.al
Cracfcers" will run till lincohscibus,

-■ ;■ AW/.

of thb Ligrhtiimg

Dfaniailn:- three 'ac-ts' by, -iraxwcll, Ander.^on

Ei'virie ^ bScCepted, - positively limp. I riind^ iiarrtld" ' iirckei-son" p^^^ at the

It's that kind -of- comedy sequehcb y "le Oct. 24 by Hamilton vMacPaddcn and
Which:, •agisters ' its favorable Im- st«e^ hv M.cFnd.i.n.

pfesirfbrii St. John Ervine excef)ted, pot^
on all „aiike, and is guaranteed iio I Heine
•Wear the most jaded, .Sty John; vEi^-; ^^^l^^
Vine ;exceRtea, : into ; a ,state of Macready
,ftbdbniiinal •weakness from the laugh ike .,,
■ tbaraihori '■ .'Andy

ftbViewed on- the'.'thlrcl nighti .thb sJwo?by
aailiesL rave notices, St. John Ervine spiker : -
: e3<cepted, •with their : uniformly Bauer .'.
. eophombric . enthusiasm, are more IgSlon Lassie
than isuhstantiated after getting a .rerusairm siiiri
load of - the -Marxes, particularlijr, rolice Sergeant
Groueho and, Harpo.; Chlco ala the
/Wop virtuoso is also .prbmineht, but ;judgo : Vaii:
^eppo .iS' alnioist iriconsetiuehtial. and |. Assistant . . .. . .

Will, from, reppt-ts,': .retire vprofes-^ I Mre. Ltibln
tiionally . to cohcerri himself ' with
V his already extbnsive realty bOsi
.. -.Iiess. './■ ■ ■>■'' '.■'■: .

v. RevibWing a -Marx show Is- like

{lilting the , lily,, particularly when
I's as. cohslstbritiy an amusing -mur
Meal coiribdy as this Kaufman-Rys

•Bar.llett ■. i . . . . .
GlUckstelri
Lublh ; . . .

CleVk '.' .' . .

Sheriff Hehry'.li

Staged' by MacFtidden
'..;.■.■; i .'.:. ', .' . . ,t.'66 Bulgakov
..■,:'.■.■....'.;;'... Ai-lhur Ped'et'sori

. i. . . .". '.,. . JulM . Artdjld

.... . .-. i . , . . . . Sylvia Sidney

. ;. i . . . . . .Bnrlon McLane

. . ; . . . ^, . . . .Charles Blckford

...J .'.'. .. .. .... . .'Sam\ Silverasb

. ,:. . .■. .'.'. .Thomas Kelly
. . . ..< . . . . . . . . . ; . Ian Wolfe;

.-.,■.:..'.. :,:.'.;. ;.,Sarh' Colt
. n ; i . i .,; . . '.Morris ■ Ahkruiti

...... 'i .V. . ^ Jules .Ferr.ir

,i » i . Horace Braham
.\ . .. .Molly Rlcardel
,. ..'^Moss Flefslg
^Lloyd Sabine
Benjamin Fessenden
, . . .Wlllard Dashlftll
.';.'. .-,' Douglas , Wood
,'.'. . .- . iDel, Cle-Vdland
.:. . . .';',Eva.Condoh
. . . , . Ilarr^ Bliven
;j6hn R. Hamilton
.Mnynard B,urgess
....Edward Cutler
Henry Engcl

'• .• • • » •
* • •'••• •

Anbthet sefibuS' play ; Wia.s./axlded
to, the" urifamiliar. crop of the new
kind iibfetto. The latter, Mdriib I season's; tragbdies when ."QJpds ; of
Ryskind, is- receivirig his maiden the Lightning'.' arHved at the Little
Important progr^lm . distinction, al- last -week; First high ters, took It
though having cbritrib'uted anony- with cheers and the .Qritics riaved
mously to a great extent ta thb ovpr its excellencies; yet there is
''CoGoariiits" show, the Marxes' last doubt whbther It will, appeal to. the
♦ehiole. '-■ ' '■ :■ ■ -.. average playgoer. ; ;.,:'.; •. .- :

The cbm.bdiahs. With Sam Harris, ; The Sacco-yanzetti ea.^e (that of
kre - their, own managers; from re- two men convlcte^d and^electrocutbd
.ports, cwning a' sizable piece of the for the holdup and murder of a; Bos-
tipera ■ Other : than their own . sala- tori payhiaster) aroused : many peo-
;Hes, ..the show isn't particularly sadr Ple, ^?Peoially ^^t^^^^
: flied with grief. Margaret Irving is FOup?uWhO;helie^^^^^ *^TW^wi|
:• the.- primai Milton Watson, juv; J"^^^\^*y .'P"'^*^^^
Bernice. Ackei-man. ingenue; and that - the tna was not^
Arthur.Lipson, Louis Sorin.:; Bobby condu^^^^^^^^

Perkins and. Berth Mathews figure ^rawn out f^^^Ft,'^-;.^}^^^ °{
.-/in. lighter assignments. Watson and :Sacco and ^^^^^
.Miss Abkerman handle the only .the ^'f^tnlng. $^

^Sf" S^-; f rom -P^n^m^k^

!«hile the show , was breaking in j^^^ ^. Writing folk believe the
there, &am Harris said/ he was ! Victims, riot • crimina,ls.

.keepi ng jt a week .0r:.two:;lpnger: m .A-prig them l.s Maxwell Anderson

'■ ' ^J'i'^^leeRy burg to give Kalmar andT^j^Q^ -with HaVbld Hlckerson, /wrote
BUby ati pppertunity -for some new U^g 'pj^y ,:^,^cjbrsbn is said. tP have
«bng's. : , '.'The Long .: inland . Low- hung around dives to iget. the pr&per
ppwjil'vmay be the added starter— . slant on his characters^^^^
but; the,:show coiild sta:nd ;stUl,:ari- ig the furore that immeaiately . prc-
. other :snappy irielody cori tender; just ceded thb- electrocutions ' in th«
for the' raidip and dance floor plue^. spring of last year. No^mention Is
: , If .nothing else, ' since nothing, blsb made ; of the action of the governor
. matters butssidfe of thb Marxes. : ' 'pf Massfichusbtt.s' whb ia.ppoiri.ted the
..ehico'.s Piano specialty was in headS of Harvard, Tech/ijind another
•f-r'bni the start and 'whamraibd 'em promirient citizen, to act as , a cbm-
agairi on Brbadway, but Harpb. mittee . to review the evidence nbr
. frorii undcrstaridirig, was Induced to their decision . that .'the . prisoners
tllisplaiy his harp, ;,virtuosity after irislstance of innocence w

■ . holding , out In Rhilly. ' ; ciirrcd with. " : , ' ^ , i ^lui .
■■■r- The -DuBarry SG^e in v;the final I In spots thb_ new. jC>lay^:ls^.p

- Btretch, dovetailing . iritb tWe non
; sense, ditty about "We're Four of
the Three Mu.sketeers;''. is anotlrr)
version of the Napoleon- nonsen.'ir

■ irohi;'''!'!! Say She Does," some
years --ago ait the Casirio, and the
^ lib wlg-changing business which

. Harpo pulled on Groueho on that
■ Thursday of the first week in Thllly
■Is no.w part of the script. It wa.s
this juncture that Julius Marx
(Groueho) convulsed the. wi.sf

as violent as "Wha,t Price - Glory?
which Anderson . w^rOte with Laur
erice Stallirif?s, but It is far less ap
pballng. Those herpbs sSeem hardly
heroic. They represent that class

of worker opposed to law and gbV
crnment, despising the country and
the Constitution. They arc, of th
wobblics type: (I.W.W.).

Trial sberie perriiits the accuse
men to make inflariiniatory ;.spb*;chfp
pffpcttvc but iriiprobatblo. Dopart

Georgia 'Robertson.

iJhauffeur, . ; i

Fulton..:. .....'..'. ....

Bill' Gar.soh-,..... ..»

Jimmy Ijockhart . . . ,

I>r. Colemiain.t

Prof; . Errtcsoh ...-..'
Angela: CadwelK
Svelyn Waldron. ,'■.'.

Cissy Willard

, ', Vii-gltiUv ' HpNvell,
. Oha y los ■ . I'e tersbh ;
• Edward Broudlcy
;.. : Jack ' Al.icBrydr::
Allan blriehart
. . Wallace -Brskiric
Uoy<i l>.^vls
S.*ira lludcn
. /. . .^Dorothy Hall
.a<*orgl6 Leo Hall

Some picture, cbmpapy. Avili. have
at lot of f tin with this orie If . Richard
Herri^ori doesn't decide. ■ to she! Vb It
before the riecessa.ry thrbp wbeks.
expire : arid lie won't. This, talky,
lightweight arid, bccasipnally very
slow cbmedyris-iri. for 14.40, with airt
excellent cast/ The tbp is too high
despite: the diminutive hbu.se. It.
dbeSn't indicate itself is . better than
a, ri^oderatb- grb^s show at any ' tinie,
With the chances it ivlli have de-
parted by Christmas. If it .weren't
for . the personnel . "Cjirl,- Trouble"^
prbbabiy .'Wouldn^t have' made its
Brbadway debut iri its present stite.
And .yet ' : Barry . :Cohners '.. hash't
done a - bad : job. : The authbr has
sprinkled,, .many crackling cracksf
through. the. dialog., eyen if sepafajt-:.
ed by too iriuoh book- If the premiere
pierfoririaLrice iseenied slow in temttO,
this impresslori was mlghtly .hblpcd
by a 3 .o'clock; start and long inter-'
missions... Metropblitari first; night
mobs.; arb •as iriipati.ent alis; they IbvO:
to be. sophisticated. They wanf 'to
be iseeri.' see and run. .Hold 'em up
by prolonged delays for just a fair
show and the wordrpt-mOuth : be - ;
conies unriecbssai-lly vitriolic.

Fbw playa halve ever been as bad
as;:thb 'exltlrig lobby comment bri this
Orie . linplled. ; Neither fair to the
shOw nor author.v with soriio of the.
first ett-irig, critics entirely ' passing
iip the,thlrd; abt.. But the; fault, was
unauestibriably in . the .show. ; Begr
ging to be :played : as a farcbr it's
tryihgito be sedate, Allan Dinehart
dirbcted. . and riaiiSt shpulder ;Borine,
if .not all.' of the responsibility. :

If this cast isn't abbs back to
back, then • the boys hayb : entl rbiy
given; up stiid for bridgb. That .goes
from Luciai Mopre. as ai, ; "Silver
Cord*' mother of a l«ne son to Bd;-
ward Broadley's valet, plus Ijprothy;
Hall. Sara Hadcn and Gebrgie L**-'
Ha-U "sp'littlng, honors with IJinc-
hart; Latter givbs a calm and good
performarice. Perhaps .so calm at
times as to seem methodical and so
round shouldered In profile .aiiJ to
itopair Mb appearancg,/ ; .. .;;- /' ■/..■ ; ^
Georgie Hall /plays' hep sh.oW glTl

■ ,, J . '■ ;rhilaiii'lphja, 'Oct.^ao. ' '
; .'At; last I'hii'ly 'iia.s.-jt ;iVi';( n;\a tie show
in; (lut.sjiTa.'^h; liit :oia.<s,; its li this
sc'as.o'n.- -.':■
.;, it. was "Thp.'TriiiVo.f Jial-y 1>ii;?a,it"
that;;fiiniily',.'tairnod vho U'i.ciis.: Thiv
h'opkii'i'g was .ratlior, suilili'ri ,whl01v
■jji'ocludvii great acly-anoiV 'b;ViiiiKi;lg|\ -
iiig. ' 'D iii^jii ii'.' \v as, booivcd ' irito'
, R ri til's. \Y li rch liail ' 'dbiuv in i si>ra.bl y -
\vitlV its lirst^ l.w.i) rogiiiriiato. book-
ings !i nd \v Uibh s(H'riioil;:;iuvoauso . b I'
ii.*. large ca liar ity, .(p;O0d) . to ' bo.
badly adaptod. • A' biJlbr's riuvlodrama.
libwivvon'cliokod. ■ ; ■: -
:• Play ■•gV(>ss«a ..iii.'tlor' liiun . $'J4,0()0
at- $12,50..; if5at(n-day night albivo Uiil.
iioai^ly ,. ;$4,0.00. - /I'rubably got)d for
,(>ijrht.'biv'tbri '.\veo!vs; /.: .; •
'■■ Mai-ilyri ;M:illt>r arid; Jack Danahuo
^ai;r|v;cHl . . ■;>V^ with ''l^<).salib,''

said . to" 'iie Ziowfold's ino.st costly,
prbductibn, ■'. Tbroir - Nvboks-' to .Irii-
pbrtant riionoy ;arb ' oxpbcled at thb

lEi^iarigci-.; ' .■.•..■:'./ ';• .■-' , .'.;:. ■

Tho./Ont'y otlvoi' onU^la'iUVirigv box
ulHoe. socOosy of: 'la.si . \v.(;('k : was
•'Troasur(>^(5iiT' .' at: ; tlu;.,^ Shui)v;i\t:
•■riijs niusioal (MjincOy /Willi XU'i'h'nviir
IVawrcncf faiii'd. to; hit ■ca'pucUy cxv
•ov'lJt- on. Satin-day nfgli t:,;-,:bn t' : ti-ad t>
was ' steady ;aii ,Wo'ok, upaiairs, ami
down, and with a ?,3.SB; tt)i) (.$4 oil,
Saturdiiy,^ it gr.b.sscd:bet.Vveen $31,000
ai'^fl ,';?32,000.: '.f hp , show; gob^' i iritp
.New .York next .Mt)riday. , Iricident-,
•ally, ; the ,siiubcrt, with thi'oe hits
put of four ^^0 far this, seUsoni is
probably; the bnly house -iri: tOw:n
jthat. Is; put be the red. ,- / :< , '
; V Otherwise: : , busiricss; , was aga in
badiy^ off; 'FOo,tl)aH crowds, plu.s
cooler wbathcr at tlie wcoii end pre--,
vented an: utter rout in Some casbs.

"nolden Davirn/'-Jri tlib fourth arid
final, week of lts;rbtui;ri ;bngagement
here, went up; at the Cbbs tnu t.: The',
wiseacres figure th.-it; the ., Chestnut,
was ; t h o w ro rig- house for a ' . shb \y-
of this' kind, arid beliove that local
theatregoers Avei'b :Kk,ep"ti,cai'. belicv-'
ing this to bca/rpcvd (;bnipaiiy and
a chipapcribd production , which., of
course. It, was/not. ' ■

"Ilcilo ,Y6in^sel(!■^ benefited by, the
fpptball ctowds, boln^ a : cbl,iegl;U<<
show, itself, but grossed only, about
>23,00() in /its iftfth and fip.al Week
at the , Fbrrbst;;: Got great ribtlccs
and a fine start;, Ijist fall it ' would
.? v"bably.,haye beeri a serisatlbri, but
because of bad conditions this fall,
"Hello : .Yourself!" , droijpcd : af tf;r
three; first big wcek.s. J-iovvevbr, dof-
initbly bnb- of the, few hits pf 'thb
eairly .season, ; ■ ' :.'• ;, ; ' "
■] ."Intei-ferencb" woun,d up; four
;weeks ;at tbe Lyric wlibrc,- .dPS|)i,tc
gipw;itig rioticesi . It , failed to- db ,a,.s.
v/eli . a,s . ftjcpccte ^Mariy figure it
was in lUjoitt: twa/'W,ccks top early.'
missing the bln.ss draw. , ;The; flriai
week's grbss did not reach the $!}>DO0
,riiark-. ■,■/;,-' :

: /."Congai," the ; ;dramatic . .tryorit
with . Helen Mcnkpn, -playing, next
door at the Adblphi, r:\t. mixbd h;o-
tlces, the majority unfayoi'able, biit
got off/ tb a; fairiy :good ' .staVt; jirpb-:
ably bbcause ,of the . riimors tha;!
tho: show was Qf£-c6lor. It proved"
<lijitb tarite, -and the ^ fo.'vy snatches
of smoky: dialogue- were, cut early;
by the, local cen.ypr. Betwben ;$d,OpO
and $16,000, bribugh to warr-ant kcbi^^^
ing it herc-Ji third wbok.

So far. thC' Shuborts'; two North
F?road street housft.s,-,,-' Lyric aTifl
Adoiphl, .fhave riot had one really
sol.Id- hit. ■

: i'loward Thur.stori, in. his HOCorid
week, beat/iils first "wcick's figOre.

Frank Crav.ori'.>J "The 1 9lh: ."Hole."'
failed to show mujjh strength In itt*
return enKagombnt at; the Broad.
"My Maryland," playing a Slnitlc
week at the ICrlang'-r, was, pathetic.
;anirl ih'^- ^''^jrapj, birget f^
\y a y; off in second week a t .th,b War

tl.iird .'■vyoeki,; T]>i;s-c!<>vri; rcyiH-ihiRh--. .'
ly .:i>i'ai.''.ed;':hu:t' iK.is- - niu. .-^ihiw liuich .
!<trens;th, ".Thl'>' 'Laiiy ;]..iv.><'.'.- .next •;
wo<vk.;; . ■- ,;■ .'. '/■ ■

; R a,i n bbw,", (Oliesrnu t . li 1 s l nn;*^*;"!*!.
Ppo.ning , , pP.st pbned, . , lo /P^iio.sday,
night. "Xloldoii DayvMv" gtV ;i, iri t lb
in. ftiurth and ia?«t \V,vbk, 'claltning'
betweon:' $■;; 3.000': arid', $i-r,oo<t ;
"The Trial of /Mary Dugan,'*
(:lCoitli'.s vseoahd ; •week), .Thcv, , soa-^ ^
S()n^s ^n•.st, dramatic sjnash hbre,
Got ovor $'j-J,OOQ la«t Week iit a
$2.50 lop. Should slay eight .AV.ei'liS. ,

"The Royjil , FamUy," ;(Lyrii% Mrst
weeiv);^ Last, yoivr's Xow York hit/in
for; four , weeks , with good: advance. ;
"Intei'fei-bnce'' dropped ■ to arotind;
$8,0.00. last ,wbek.,;., ', -. / .

"Corigaj,''; tAdelphl. secoiid \veek).:>:
Slixvd 'Oijlriions. ijueoiiraging sUxrt,
but not. bntirely b<ii--nc out in ; fir.^t '
week's/ iiKUfC; Kop(>) ie<rti-;iittib oyer
$!);.000. .''- /■ ■ ■■..' ■■ :.''.^:.' •.;.•:- : ■:■

.."Ro.salie,''; iTOi-lan;!i<.^r.; fi.rst wcoK)-
Dig; jClogi'.old show iii. ftir Hi.yetv' w*;'ek;S
at" .$.-). 40 top, ■; .May: ;put .house; 'bn ; t hb ;
;nv.'i)):' . a'fiain'.'.. "'My .. M.-ti-y'laiidV...; did.
ri'ijscrabl'e ' ..wooiVs ' ira^ last week;

nntKv ^. - - - , 1 among the -first riighter.s. -

«uinor.<3. by stopping the scene and po^j^je Wa.*<hlngton may view tin
aemanding- to know how they CJime L]tt(ir.inces of Macready a:nd Capraro.
^b 'Write themselves a new Bcquoin-e | the. Sacco and Vanzetti of the play,

to be treasonable. The. riiain.s'-ories,
a lunchroom attached to .a. lal."?''
lyceum and the courtroOin, are both
good. The play .starts in a rather
muddled way but when the lends
enter it gets rapidly into stride,
in the district attorney'.K: offiee Mie
case in rated a rotten one. with

><J^lihitum;

/,. '^.bc Plot about the Long Isl.anrl
ToccptiPn to the African V'^fpioro'
^apt. Rpaidin^^ and the enR.uin
cbmpUcations of ^a .stolen painting',
a.oesn't really matter. ;It's Just an
excuse tot the Marxes to mak
merrj-— and how!

from the hlps, giving. It plenty, while
Mi.ss Haden is about perfect as the
cbmmori-serise girl frbriri: the middle
west ■Wha would like to sign art-ofil-.
.cial contract with Dinehart but
Who knows chiidhbod , .fribndships
rarely ■ blossjOntj, and so laughs her
.way- put.;. .■^:.''.. •..'. 'V ■ ; .

. \Doi'othy -Hall, spread.s . .enough,,
charrin, refinement ' and ajji/carance
acro.s» the stage to .pbssiVily libe!
her asslgrimbnt of a barnival young-
stcr become a high, diver and then
successful on the, stage./ This last
pbirit- is never maidc quite f lriar. .All
the men, are uhifbrmly good, with
Brb^idley; standing put. .v •: [;
/Script is slow- in the. first net; while
plantirig';the.. agluatlon »f the'rnother
over hbr ' much-guarded- ;<r,n. .. w)io
has suddenly developed some iil'-a.-=
of his own on the powde r ,and' pviff
Contingent.' Taking; about a half
houf to get ; everything set, thj,"
stan7.a unfolds the, best ell niax. of
the three acts when I>lriel,:i( t ;l•!•lrlt^;
In ■Dorothy Hall to introdiief; her to
^nsH^i^frtlti^m b a n dr . -fi;n n 1 1 y,- V,'?' 1 j< =■'
buf after, announcing . she s ;^the v^r]
he married Wheh he was 17. wMeV ♦^^^

union the mother immediately hnd " \, Zu * , „ .1 . ,

h-id annulled Howard Thurston (f'Jarrlf k. tliird

Thereafter ■ it deVeU.ps thr.t any'-v/ei-lo. Th- rn^i.-^iel-u.' ' ii'innl k"^m'! .
afHion and l.augh.S: lu . u . . , v.^^j,,. r;i);.rd:;tn-ui." '

■niit; ,v

.; Newcbmbrs niay change things
thl.s week; The adyaricc for George
Tyler's "Maebelh" at the Brpad. was
reported > sensatioriah ,, 'tThb Royal
Fiirrilly"^ has al.sp . showed much
strerigth In-lts -advfLricb Sale at the
Lyric-. '■- ':•■.'•...'":'■;/:•'-'.■/.''.■■''■'..': '/■;'
; A 'riew Shiiber t ■ opf'rettiri , "M;iiHi<'
in/ Maj',"' .-iri-lyed , a t the ^"'prrest for
;a n rndefini in engafcem'ent; and I^hil Ip
Goodman'.s, - -'Jialnliow" <:n.mf> into
/the Chestnut, ' -The ia.'lt-nam'fjd;. Was
Veheduled to open Monday, but /fi
«ef;(jnd po.'-tponej-nent s"t It haek to
Tij<;.Mday. This is the fifth show 1 his
yp.'ir in I/hllly to. of^en. on othy-r.'th.'tri
a.'^ioh'iay nlf^ht,

Estimates of the Week

"TVIacbbth" (IJroad, first: . week;
; Georxf! ; Tyler I'.e vl val ' reports v< ry
hi;,' ,a;d.vope!r'; K.-ile at; $4/40 top., ■"l.illh
Hole" disappointed in return en-
gaKf-r'nent .'irpund $7,000-

ENGAGEMENTS

■ :Mav>' Wlills, "RelatibiiH.'' .: . : ^
/ i'ei'.fy \Vara;m, liliott Calibt. ITelbn
Wes'tiey, , Charles Gburtnciilfto.' dale ;
Sondi^'gaard, /Douglas Monlgoiiicry, , ,
"Major Barbara,'*- : .:: ;,. .//^ •

Bobert- Strange, Austin; Fall-man.
Sidney/ Booth, Blytiie Dalj'-, Kirk
Am.e.^, ;Pauline peritori,/jritri'y Jt'ar- ;
foot* "A Alestiriimoral VS'oniari." ;

• ; George Probert, "The Squeitlor."
Reginald: Mason,. "Olympia."
Beth Moakln.s^ Eric 'ritu,s.."Luckee ■

Girl."'".-' "'. ••';/.-^...;//.. ■ ■ ■ ' ■
Leon Blank, '.'The Eternal. Slave.".-
John Vosbutgh, Emily RoaSi Elba--
nbr Z: Audiby,- .Charles -DOsch. ,Sel- .
Wyn Goddard, DOrothv Chard, Ray ' , •
Wiilburn. -'On Call/' ; ;/

Joe Sal v.inl. Mary Getlltz, Bradley ■■
Cross, "Aniericfina,"
/ Willlarti Frederic, "Skidding."',,

Frederick TrUf?edell.' ".Crashlrig /
Thi'oughv" .
vvivlenrie Hall, "Whobpee.", ,
Riehard Ross,. "Courage." \.
Russell Stewart, "Black Scandal." ;
.lack Haley, Schwab arid Mandell
musical.". .! '■■'.

Vlvl.m: Hai-t, "Good Boy.".. ;
Eva • Ca veUir : Jack llurlbii rt's 'Re-
vue. '■' ; ■ '.'

Anita Dami-bsch, "The I.Ady

Lies.'?.'/: ^. : ./ ■ ■;.,'■ v"':'^ •.;■ "■ '

Dcririle Moore, "Ja;rnegan."
Lester Lonergan, "'i;he House; Un- -,
gi!fi.rded,.' ■ ::\ ■■ "

'Frederick Cdfperiter,-: Frances ; ;
Mann, ^''Miirraiy. Ariderson' s: . "Alma-." ;
nac.'*' ■ ;;■: .■ ..;'■• ''. . ; ■' :' .■ ' ''■ ■■'. ' '■; ■; /

• Wllliairi Faverahajri, Jr.. VHotbed." ' /
. Frbd Allen, Barbara Newberry,; ..

"Polly.:"' ■"■:■•"'■:■.'■. \ :.;. ' v ' '■

' . Herbert Clark; "Relations." :;
Elsie FtTguson, "Last; Lover." , / ' ,
Fred Lig}ifi|eri, "Well, Well, Well.'V ,

,,/Alyce D(^ra,;i ';jjrptli,ers."'

AHEAP AND BACK

Noljib, Kevell, pribliclly for J. P.; ;.
M^AyoV's^"Arilerlcaria.^' : V. , . y :

irarrjr Kellef, ahead pC "Davy
Jones Locker."'

.John Carney; will be associated
With tiib now ,' lioston Madison
Sf,<uare Garden. , It is now under
rpnstYHrUojr.- Carnfry '^va.s-trefi surer
Of ,'\V?ihliciri*H Casino, Boston, for
.several years.

: Abb Blatt has roBlgried as house
m.n riager of . the Martin .l'.eek. New ;
York, to become general, manager
for Herm.an Shumlln.

Thomas .y.i n jPycke, w][i'o reslgm^d /

post of genbrai press .repreHbntatlve
for Sam H.: Harrl.s two /weeks ^
has been .appointed gerieral . press
represeritati vc , for :.tho l|Ybhman
Coriipany. . .^ : ' ; '/''■'; ' %
; Ann/ Grpsvenbr-Ayres- . ha^^^ jg-: . .
supied her fbrnaer iVbst ;is geiif ral
.press repres,eritatlve 'fpi: Kleliard .G- ■ .
IJerridon.

' Harry Shapiro, ge'riernl rna nager , .
fji-w Cantor enterprises.
. H.'xrpl'l'Iifirg,. adyarice, "The .Sk
(oji tour>. ■'■ • '■ '■

y^'DocV -MoGoriigle," p: a; for Crort- :
by Galge, Hueceeding .Sor)liie Tre.id-
well/-;^" ■ :;. ■,-::/^';

. C.'i pl. George If. Mfiines , d'llng
special iHjhlif'ily for ."CrofS .My
Heart."

.;, Lecin 'I{lurii/;nfeld, alu-./d ' of "On'
Call," due ;..t Wallaek's N'lV. 12, .
;(.;;ijarles: W. ybrk, ahejid ; -'SVilliani

"Treasure Girl," rSh-rbert, third-.! *^'-*il^"". - Uaek..^ w^l)i; "iJapPV n.'vs.-
weekr Gertrii'le : Lrnvrenee riiMf<ir-al 1 '■^:'ast inuMeal; at ^.u]<>u\h):^, i^.m

The production" is effective if not ' flimsy evidence but the prosecutor

r;<mie<ly led . the town,: ah liough

'•rH"e""V'f£" "I nVrri ' "liriVf IV'-eli V ' 1 1 f u r'f-.
J',eU"-n $31.00.0 and $32,006. "l''jlly"

l'-r;i ri'-i -' o,

I'"i"'T^T77a.i-ji,<TT^I iTTTi/
('■r 'J"h'/rijp:-"n; {ii.'':iit <•}
.'It Maj' :! je; f 'hi' <i»:''>.

f ;:.'i.

• ( • : .

J.}, fo

stly wait upon th/- enirane^ 0
ler Georpl.e I fall or ML--s rr..'le7,

Sfl.Tilt >./>tWf'ITl D-'irfi' ?. '." IT:.V. .'if;;

most
elthf

A se'-ne betwefii D-iff^
Dinehart over a hr- ■,■'r ^
(Contlnutd,on i>ii«»

!r;'l
•-.1.

"MuSjc. in . M'ay" (VUnv.i
-Wf-J;)/ N' w- ^^l-riherf u.- i .•■■■A
' n:<]< i.iAf". ' "Jf/-llci \<,iM • :■: '

;.cj,0 i.- $2,'J in !;it':, ;>ii'l..;.f, -I
I "Grand Street- Follies," • V

'fir 'f
' i.'.'.'."
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.III- 1.

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64

VARIETY

LEGIT I M ATE

Wednesday, October 31 » 1928

THE MARRIAGE BED

t>iny: ■■ in t Urob ' <i"cts , ■ b nfl- one ■ scoiiP P"'<? -

• .eeWil' bv. IJplliv YoupK ut tlje Maiun. Lo?
'•AtfgWca;^ Oet. IT. Wiltlfcii. b}: .Krnest. -l

■ . cai, stJigoii by . .IttiboiH >MlHon .wiUi syVtlnS:

by -"pans Drl<T.
, Mafy ..noyi-.V- '• '• >

.Cdoi-K-e . U(>yd: ... ... * .

.. Cecily' Re.lfl. I

• GhrlfHine K'niinedy., .
. itrs. Ri^ld. i ...

A Mollte . .fi'nupiltiM . ... .

•AniHrew TrasK. . . ...

' Ciyrte SAunders. . . ...

' vMr.^. '.Rcld ; . . w . . . .. .

Premfere $5.00' t<.>i>. •
. .■: . . . Alice ■■.T.oyco
. . . .'; .(jwen Moore
. .iSylvia "Ucci'hcr'
; . ; . .DuHs ■.I.loytl
.lJliihch(^ F.rl4~erlci
, ; . li*l<)i ence .. M.-ison
.William DayUlHon:
, . , ; /.Kfncst A\>ii!
■. .Wnu - AV .TurtM . :

iho.<;'o .iioiicl.ialunt - s-tyU's Uv.it ' 'l"*^
iVf'l v-i'l '•' 'iM'iiir.;;'!"'! ■;(>!■ iiX- , P^,
OIU' Si-C'lio" wlV(M-(' t^•illVV!':^r.lMll,^- 'M|l(•:^•■
oUt' jvnd -tlliit is. .\H. thn :,i:i.ra: ■
u lio. cMUSf.'i 11,10 ti:mil)lo.. .ni'ViM. I4l'.V.J
! s ' .t 1 1 r ■ . i M ^ IH 'U IV Fii.( 1 VI ' i r' i ' '
riUI fiK4liiriiT0(l' Miotli(M■••r^)'••^!^|■<,M••t.■ IV:^^^^^^^
ni thv va^V :<>k;iy-;- All Oiciui'o .pooM!,:
'^vho c-ui Uillc., . .

. Ir:.iIliM-0 ni* .iV Xnixii ;f!'!l()\VS \V:lVi-

stf'p' out . oil . tlip- •nvissUH' . ami , fC':i»
Ino(^fllol•'s^ .tnlcs : .'ind . wiin.t . to sI.H)v.-
• • . •• yyivfia thiit .-tllfy .s!u>iil(i;i--.i^-.b>'');V:'
. tTf^a. tbi.s.- one . is- lihWo ..to ; jr-'
. .is'bC trado. But tliC rt, b.. rtn .wliU

■ v: . ■ : :. • , ;.; - . ■ ■'stt'lis rtntl docs. 'n

^ f .; : Fcilix: Youngt Is .«ow a; producer; "-to • nnythirVff will :m)t AViint tlr .

' 'He got lic)ld-'o£; a:, p^^^

Ps^s'cal' nob] . worked o.ut pri mar-
riail:e:.prQbl^ms^^ Cireat : toixiti uny-

• timo, •;ie;Ycn thpukli not so; shoclclny
•V' to- '.lAie .jftudicU ; .jt. ;m;ie|iV
: iiave b^en .iO .or l,5;y!ears agq.: . ^h«T>/

Robert •.Milton, who U a draCtsmcni^
'^liperb ■ at the art. of stagijnff.. c^m<;
'iiito tlve^

;. -.To sea|\ the; iSi'bdutAioh parcel, the
' : • i? r Qda G<i r t li en got • h o Id pt Ha

• .':'ll)rier tx> ' dt Jign - tue .sCis. . Tlie :; gano

did -a-good joD. all aruiind. • ,
-~ . .In' tlio.' uni'Glding. pi . .'the . ritscu
thesis, one lieais it DSTiiiinute : ue
bate. .v Ih.tere^ting, ; biit tor .ac.tuig,,
quite liCigiiBible.' St6i''y Is of a; thou
.' . business riian., .Aftiei:jlO years mar-^
: i'ied iEtnd'.a couple^ 6L kids, he starts
• ' edttlng .'successful^ ' Meets: a . gal,
"": l<'allg / tor ;, her. : The -wil'e.'s .motnoi.-

m.i.'^.'iiis Itp- .S!.''(» tho-'s.how-..' ... •. ,v. . ■

•.Had . liiis' orvo IX^oii' piit.- oil: ,th;
Jioai'.ds 1.0 yeiii-.s' ;.i«-p it -.v.-ould hav>
boeiv a b. 0. . rtatural.' . ,Trjil.fiy,. i.t 1 ~
.df'li.ltaliTf' ■jifs.U««/t;hi»y.text;-yC tiift-:ril:),'''
in .e\u}reK.iyioni.';tic forrtr. ■ :

TREASURE GIRL

Philadelpliia, . Oct: 30.

Thik secphd Aarpns and l&lreedley
musical tryput: oj . the serisoji -here,
and. their aeVehth prouuGtlph to be
shown in this .city prior-, to Broad-
w.ay presentatidri, .ishfipes ,tip' one ;
.|<j>t" the. smoothest, and inP.st cpriiplete'
of the list. ■ It has Gfeated favorable
word-pf-mouth thil't has resuJt<jd m
great btislness throu^ljout tbe local
run. Since opening, the b;oPii;..ha.s
tjwdergoiie certain changes, arid spfc-
cialists have been balled in tp; give
Walter CatleCt moive coniedy, . gags

.. an<+ : spine pi;Vthe..famil}^^^ come fo»^th Hjj^,.j,ygr, the principal alteration

. td tell, tlie ••wife . what is gping .on
The^ wil> ' c.al.nlly ■ teUs . :; them ..sht
knows and ihey. fehould- inind..,thei.i.
own' affairs.'^':. ^■. - .^

■\Vi.£je' siiyis .she :' will, not divpvcv
as •l^lie. -mbtlier did /on . the inipulst
.becEtUsb she knows • it . is .<in ly a ' pass -
ihg. fancy vand does. not. want her.
hPriie. '}ite wr^elced hbr 'docs she
want -t6 sacrifice what' slio. has ; a

has .heen the . oxchahge of . t he first
and last, scenes. ■ .

ilqa-son w'as obvious.- .Opening
Ohbrus,' both in ' tune, arid dancing,
was a panic. 'Opening night it. canie
close to, s.tpppihg thb shoWv .It give's
the show i.. whirlwind finale.:

Presentatiuri-'ls featuredv.by ..thrc'e
thjrig.s : . Gertrude Liawrenec, tlepige

ers

. 'There's a k^ci,iivg.;ari.uj.nK:'tlVf' ,
■ musical cohiedy ;a>uirn.)i?t?.lu».::
: a^pii-antS: tluU- thtVy's .A.^K(JO^J
. thahrie for^W!W ' writers ..rif?lit.,
,nbWr-iTif»r\^thfin;-.ever'. before, s . j

■■■ ..The ta 1 ii^v^;~'i re • svaTjbing;: uj) ■
•;p,vp^rythiiig 'and. eyeryhody ih.-

>i<?ht, ; liV^nce .Hie wihdfiiU . ;Xor.
■'the';cmbi-ypH. ''.;.:■/;

THE QiTEEN^^^^

■■ ■. Boston;; Oct; .a?.;-,''

•Comedy wiiii music in thh-c acts dnd'.fo'ur
•sceiiiw;- W^seriteU by. Ihi- Slmberts l iifed
oir the orielnal. "A Koyal I'.umlly^. . by
Cant. Uobert..MiirRhall. Adapt.ed. by Fanny
ToVld Mllcliell.. .. -Music ..by:-All)eria, . Mthol^...

riviics by Mafin Hollner, ijCURCd by ueorge
Marlon. . Dances and cnaembles by. uay'
m.-nd i't'KlBloy; SDcclal .dances staeedj^by
01i(*a;er Hale, Oi'dicstratlon.";. . by . fcml.c.
cjcrtonbiTKer, ^ SfitLliiBs • by. '..'VVatsan Jiar-
laii. l-Tomlbre' at tbc: Shubert tboatrc,
iSoUori, early, in. --pctober,.- . . . v . . - ■
Louis VII ..... V .. . ...,v ^•'^r-J/

QUT)en : Mariiavel ; .. ..... .V. i i, ...Clara AlacUin

Queen I>>rdinande. . ; . ; . . AUson i)l<!])worth
Countess Carini . . . ..Meelta AUlr cb

Uaron Von Holdenaon. .^vi . ..i . .Mark femlth.
"tirand PulLO Hubert. ,\ ... > • . .Florcnz Ames
Princess Angela.. . . . . Ji'ane.tte MacDonald

Uijoii . , ; . •: , ..- . . .. . . . , . , .:. . . .•Virginia Wa taon

Queen b£ Uerascoh;. ....... Carl llandal,

Servant. .•.'^. . ...... iv..... ; . .James . Ray ;

f'rince Constant Irie ; . .•..•; .■ . ^. « . K<iy. Hoyer
Iv'hilomon . Button. . ... ... . . v. .Gus; Alexander

Mr- ijnccUenbci-eer; ... iv.i; . . . . ...Arthur. .ColCi

t he grfa lOrj t wa .st e of li i's t . claas . tal -
ent.horc ill a liiMK. time. • .. • . ;

In eyorv dj'partliii'nt except one It
lai'k-s dh-^-tiivclion .-.or. anything ' to
wirv.v it'iiut i>(. the i-aiil:.'! of the or-
diniiVy. The exfV'ptivn i^^ the wiug-

. l{i -by; AS'iiliam OVtn^an • Who
(1 i iM •! • Is i li e . orchcs !: i-i i ; !.« i)pk. by J ohn
E; i'ouivg, .priiuMpal. coinwllari; -In-
)reinri.v-i.s ■ Eiilalle..' i'ovu and' the
il-a'rvon.ii'ii-Di.tihan . boniljinivliqn..- t.s..

Chi "Front Page" Troupe
Wi Play at Erl^^^^^^

The Chicago corripahy bf VFront;
Puge" : hfi.s been bbolcod. into .Er- ; ■
ia.hL'er';S . Ih that. pity wlicre it opens.
Thanksgiving \veek. It isi.thc .flr^t^ : ■ '

bobkinij of the jbd Hafri.s man£v6^
of courtfe.j .kiiown.- . Tlic. - .'score.. ^ I'liftont. throiigh the KrlaiVj^et. ofllce .'■ •'■
iivi;<lir.i^i:e; Xl^e bubk' t?tii'£ and ,atpdgy ■ . .^^s .statt>d iit the Harris oflico
and ^I'H^^ny ;^<^vo hl^ com /is . Independent. ;there li^S. '

" ' Jii'inby : Bi^rk'ek'i''s .. cont.ribution.s Krlang.cr. or. Shubert bobklng pffloes.
consl.st of two dancing numb^i's, the . It ;vyas exp!aine.ci-tha.t .rtflatlpn.s with
cniy ones in tlie- i'how;;and e.^iptciaUy tho -iSbubertS' are .the sarte in . the V
.\veil done,. .Standing oyer the- i^est of . past.iand that, there wa'.s no Shubert
t,hb : :pi-oductiol>,. Tlie .prpductipn uieatre Available in Chicago at ',
looks .to:.bc..,t ie^,re^t^ time..: ■ : ; " ^

cprporatJLon . nnd needs new l- , . — - ^

idea and

blood badly. ' A good book doctor

tp give .nim. a cuvoice. so ,ne c^'M Tiibmpsbii, although .. conventional

.niarry the;d.a:nie. ...Xix is thi« answer.;

tp a degree, affords Miss Lawrence
l a chance tp ;bc .a clown; a. roiiiantie

Without hysteria or. rianting by the
■<v.lU:r Then h-u1>br.-ana:;daine:-oon-ic;|:'

. to the house and the gal docidet ^^^oi"®;^^']^^^^ a .yocaUst^and an
■■■ ... : . . I exponent o£ high .comedy^ She has

;eight numbesvs, and hve irtay be in.-',
eluded among .the outstianding hits
of the pieced

Gershwiri'i score is one of the be.st
he. has ever offered. Some of the
numbers are hot put over as . thev
siiould be* .but th,ere is nb . reasp-a
why the following shoiiild.' not be

shp. will make . the plea hc.r.sel'f a
!' a • little Stiahger is; coming along.

! She: riieets thte." lister of the wife,
wlip is a gill .that has fallen' for hei
'bbssi and been ;:naile.d ,by his Wife
Shb frankly says that . living . tp-

^■ gether ; is . no harm, in tlie .set she
travels as 'irtiiny of- the mertiberi,
.cannot ,uot^ dlvorcos, etc.

Iri-.walks thfe: wife: She . puts the •^^^^S^f^^"^^^^^^
IcWll ioni the dame %vilWn. ji.io/:-aH..r. }h®:f.5o.^^,^cU^^
. for the aivm-cb and tens' lier .to Hi^t Th hk'ril^a^^
out. have ho.r baby br anything else.: j^^^^^^

. m Sister , interrupts,^ .iellins .wific ,, CaSs^^at^ and

;. She 18 wrong, citing her bwn case; ^iwhere'^hf lioV^^^f^tl^-^^
.Me>ntlm>'. hubby has been up to ..i^"f,„„ T>!if -^?i?;^„,."Lw
look at the kids ahd' when he comes :«^,f^""iHi "^^^^^
dPwn wife s'avs '■ olcav trot vbur- di- F*^"^' with ^V here s ;the Boy? as
Voi^e' says oKay. get yom ai runner-up. .."I've Got a Rainbow''
^■^^^^!^^^^^^' ,vi^ tiV^^ (whlch haa sbme pf the same lines
Kind. of . interesting -up . to. then.lag Jolspn'a number fn

him and that he is ' bfl." his hut' as
result. ■ Wifie^ has sori

of . ta:k;en "oh a frierid . of . hi$ . whc:

: is a lawyer aiid has/ b.eoiii a: proa.',
help fLO the Iniblsy. J^riond says; ho
wants to marry the yy'ite- and hopes

.- they will ■cbntiinio to . bo frlend^s
• Hubby,; groggy ..'iiid not c-iriiij^ wh;; I
liapiTfon}5, puts .the okay on that. bho.
;. ./.In; walks tlye - daniO : to- toil . .tlv
\vii!t' pjio blew the hul)l)y--no' bnliy.'
etc.i -aiHl ; tliat .she is. throiiuch . w-itl
.men. / Hiibby .c'Vnies on scoive aiiO
tries to iSQ.ua re. daine but -she wil'

■Tnot , hrive -itr Then thf' btlunv pnj-

; '.makes' Ih e PrPni^>?ltlTVTt^-TvdtTTr^'siTT

. say.s -nix-;- Hiisb.and. tlion.' toll.q-' how
.he i.bvc.s. : kidfl and. hoW': lie Avants
to .-tc.'i(?h , his iiivy .'to . ride a bicrcje

- .w/Ith ..iotirtaltii prOihg down on Wifr
. Indicating by faoiiil expre.si?ion. that
he ca n come back, home,
; :Mlltbn; dW ;a pood , lob. Ills tbiiol

, helppd. Immen.soly. - AliO.e .l.pyco a
.the . :wlfe aoliially; . played the '. pari
fthd lb(<k« like a bet.'f()T t.l\o taliter}!

■■ .Rlbore ployed ' tht! ;. role in . one o*"

30N JOUR

JACK MRESTER

" TBATt'kEb " "

CASINO DE PARIS

DOCinLINO .

PERROQUET

steps i.s :distinctly good
throughout: "I Don't Think I'll Fall
in Love Today" is the best. on lyrics
and represents ird Gershwin's tiesr
contiibulibh

Oast; besides . Mi.ss LawrehcG!, is
Okay, with Paul Frawley tik thj
juvenile. Catlett, Mary. Hay :-ahd
Clift()n, Webb oiitstandinp.: I'Vawle
both sin'gs'.and acts eiriciently. Cat-
lett .'Urugples with a paucity of com
cidy lines, but has improved h i.s role
imhiehsoly in a week's time. Mis.s
Hay .seems glad to be back on the
sta.i{o, and roiiistcfs far more fbrci-
])ljV..tha iv ishe . di d in - 'Suhny.;" Webb,
Too7~^ToTcS^bFtC?Tr^
sorne time;

.1 o 0 p li Urban : lia.s o u id o n e h im -
self oil ,set.tinp.s. Thorb are four that
.stand ou t,, and they should . caiise
talk. . Cb.sttimes are especially col-
orful and tasteful. ' . ; .
' Story concerns a treasure hunt
instituted ' by '.a billlionaire.. . Thi»
heroine, badly in; ilebt, uses all klhd^i
of Ine.'vns to find the buried wealth.;
and / is eventuially sf rarided oh .'.a
lonely lisland wJtii [ the ? hero; whbm
she. prevloiisly flputed. .; Here is his
chance . to do a ' caveman, and hf*
does It. with a yenpeance.

"Trea.sUre Girl'.' Is wOiat might be
ferhved a class show. No Plapsti,ek
comedy and no rough, and ready fear
ture's. Fun is legitiniate, book is ad-
hered to .till the ,way. and, at tiie.
same time, dancing is erriphasized.
It should be a r^al. lilt. Tl'a.tcrs. .

•The Shuberts :have>unk .a lot. of;
dough - in this antiquated .musi'ca'.,
and it ibbks as'.if It will stay sunk.:
. ■ is'carJ y 3 0. -year . ago. it" - was. . a neat
little comedy at. the Lyceum, New
irprk,- with .such players a^i ■:v^^s. Gil-
bert, "W. : il. : Thompson,. ..Chiarres
liichihah; und - A'anie liUsseli. In
nuiking the ia28. musical a^iaptation
Nvith the Chester Ildie : girls . and ..a
'itiusical. - but 'popless.; .score,, it ■ wa:s
apparently believed that- the old .ve-
IVicie would , carry .rtlirbUglV -With
modern trappings, ihcludlng the. now.
impoiisible sctMie of- tive. lovers hid t
ing' in the tree while the royal, fam-
ily ate lunch on -t lie liiwh, lihable lb
understand why crackers arid othpr
eoniedy: props fell 'trorni the; tree.; ~ ;

It jU.st' •doesn't click. Recasting:
hiis been;tried, and .everything, from
lioke to. aphrodasiiic has. been iiir
jected inio' the production without
success. The next , step wilt ,prbbr
ably be the addition bf a few spe-
bialtics arid possibly Max Figman
as a conxedy builder, as .J. J. Shur.
bert: seeing deterrtiiried tb'. carry on
Witii the prOductibri iritb New YPrk,
where,; bf ; course, . stranger^ thirigs
than .this ha,v© happesned. .

The story concerns a fo.teign prin-
cipality in iirtahcialV 'stress a-nd' a
jritarriage: betwe'eh the princeSs 'and
the prince of the adjoining klngdb in:
The .'priiicess. talis in > love with a
humi>le strahgei', and when thie.mair
ridge is flnally forced, slie finds the
humble stranger; was the . prlhce in
disguise. Therb you have it; . There
is the bid dowdger, the phllarideririg
old brbther of the. db wager, the
comedy chief . o£ police, the bbmedy
king .'and ?vll the oihbr" irigredients
that have served sp ■ long and' well
in musical comedy. - . •

Some;'of tiie comedy has" pbsslbilir
ties/ ihciuding. the modern touch or
the dowiiger : reading ; thfe testimo^
nials she - signed In ^blank' .with . Mr
Ginsberg, her. Arimrican agent, Avho
has her endorsing; corresponderice
schools, . washing, ; machines, and
what have you, There is a scene
wliere a war is planned along con-
venient aGhediil.cs,. •■with the princi-
p.tls forgettiiip the 'war in trying to
recall the name of the lopei^a (n
"which an appip te shot from a. boy's
head. - - . .'.
: But in the main the niu.slcai adap-
tation lia.s been followed -.too liter-
all-yr-on the theory that what used
to be good bupht - to still be good.
One remedy might be to turn the
shbw-oyer-to ra^how-nian -w;ho^^
saw the . bri.firinal book SiJiA then let
tile chips fail where tiiey hiay, much
as a popular novel its rebuilt for a
popular movie p.rpdii.etib,ri.,'.' •■•-.-'.-■
Ag ; it now; plays . "The Queeri'.^
Taste" h.lsh't a : chance. . ,• Lilib/'y. ..

When iiarris retrteii^iTer^
might prove a life preserver.. i Square, where, the original "Front

: The story laid in Czecho-Sloyakla Page" Is cuiTeritj the- hPtise ; was
has to db \vith the disappearance of- rated' ah< indie starting- this si^a-
Joseph Nowack . 15 /years ; beforey gpn. House is one bf . the S<ilwyri
ieaving- behind wlfe, ;daiighter a^ iw; whieit - thb. Shuberts were

SS^=^^^J?Si"-nS"^^ ^^^^^

After the first act th'e story blows .Pyoflts basis. That agreenaent . ex.-
conipletely .wit^hout .even a sem- .Pi.rbd Sept./l.

blanpe of a . logicdl idea :or conclu -? .■ . "Front . Pdge" is the , first iprbduc-

siGii,/. • " . \ tion Harris V has ■ rixade witlibiit a

/Comedy ...is.- by John Young a^^
.Tohnny Cl'ow; American aviator. In I , ,, . . - • ■ -
Czecho-Slovakia as . a .result of . a
non-stop .trans-^Atlantlc flight/ What
comedy there .is is brutal; ;

The perfbr^n^ance ; depends tnostlj:
Upon thb Ibbai effects -vvith the

CarrolPs Pipe Organ

hoirus selected for vocal ability
rather than Ibbks. A male - chorus |
a,rid' that with othei:-' evidence that
Ortma ri - h ds the ^'Student Prince";
complex. Roy Cropper turns .in. ah.
excellent : ;tenbr performance l)ut.

nothirig more,, and . Joe. -'M^

plays the fathet .; in . grand opera
style/ .-The honors go. to Miss -Mar-
Venjia .who' in Vbico/ appearance -and
gen.erai;.;.deportnient " is par excel-
lence. ■ .'.'. '/: ■ ' ■•

The ebs'tumes ..lU'b bright •ar.d..thc/.
ensembles ' well, directed./ - IS'urloiti

The pip;0. brgan. as" a. ibgit .hpusei
foattire becomes : a. reality ih;. a few-
wei^ks- 'Aviien Eai-i Carroll' will usb
one on the . rising .. pTdtform in his- ,
theatre -during, .the .preseht; ''Vanl- /

Carroll igbt Credit f or .- being the
first to ihiit the ri;slng . brchbstra pit
into operation in. .a legit hoiise'. />

In Januarj',. wlibn the new editibri
of-/ "Vanities ■^■/pilen^ •/Carrbli; .will;
have three l>ipe /organs in the. Car-
roll ;theatre. instead- of one;.' wittt
eight pirls playitVfif: tlieni; by. way of
injecting .a'.noveUy iiito the show.

THESE DAYS

ila'rtfbrd. Conn., Ce,t; 20;
'Thc^se Days" . wh iolv . began . life
last ; y ear /at the Un iver'si ty. Theatre,
Yale, New- Haven, saw .it^ .firjit^ pro/
fessibiial p.erfb.rm.a'nce at Par'soh's
Theatre, in Harifbrd ;this "week. .,P

fessoi" Geprge Baker's dramatic per- I Eddie/ Cole and;: Charles Clyn?,
formdnce ;"ow ; staged by Arthur former' mpmbers of : the ; Jack Kielley .

Hopkiii.s found a 'iningled seiitLmertt stock,; have been suspended tiidefi-
in- this city. . The Robert . Edmond. -^^
Jori^s ' settings fu-e good, the- players I'^Me'y^Dy ..
aro; effective -and .-should stay S.uspension was made upon-com-
tlirough a seafson in New York. The Pl'^vnt of Kelley, -whb /charged both
play ; was written by K?,therine With/unbecpming cohdiict..:
Clugstpn. a Yale dramatic student. |- Kelley'a troupe is a terit oiitflt.

Miss Clugston has evolved; an uri-
usu.al play, basbd .on the problem bf
the; education of rich, eirls. The piece
emiJibys many.' different characters,
bnly one: of w'hbm goes; through the
whble stbry. It has uriif)leasdftt fea
tUres, delving / into, some: rivprbid
phases of psychology. It is briatally

tpurlrig; the middle, west.

Firit Night belay

; -Chicago, Oct. -30. .,
''Five .o;cioclc Girl''/ got .off to ;a '

. ., , , ^, . . ..I tough atart opening- night (Sunday)

frank In language; and profane m At-tt,;- ■ot^^aZ T-.«it„- i!,
the th'bughtlfess :profanity 'of -youth. Woods. Delay in putting _^up :

The play w-ag formerly known as sets caused the show to bfe retarded /
"Finished";' which i§ more .appropri- Lhipre than half an libur arid the .
ate than the title used at present, iirst riighters were in an ill humor
;Beginnin.g. .in . a brief : scene /in by the/time the curtain finally flew.
Which .school girls are seen on;^their Among other things, pif muslciana'
way home from, school for Christ- ^ ■ ■ ■

mas, there is sonio good character ;,- J"® '^? ■^^'^i^-^- r . ■ ;/ .

drawing immediately made evident, } One broalc the. shoW-got was that
The love story ; of the- rich girl :' the ..firsts string ;..criti<^s :wcre/ not
cursed with uhhaiipiness ;at home . theref the boys; having - gorifi. to ;
boffins here. • Tlien her. -home' life. >'Oo»,cr ;Tix'.»,. » . ' \ / ■ .

bbgins here. • Then her. home' life
is ahow^n rich in everything ma
terial, poor ' in .every thing else;
- The school "scene, that /makes up
the second act is long and introduces
;many (.'hdracters arid intorests-rr-the
tyrariiiida l school mistress ; reigning
over hor charged through the power

"Gang/War.'

NOBODY'S GIRL

'"■■,-.V'-V''- V- ' "BufCalb; "Oct. -.^6;.;
■ Three 'act : niuslcaV '.ropnance. • JScotc. l)y-
WUllum.CVrtmun. Hor>k by. John IS. -.Youni;.
LyrtcH by. .CiUs 'Kalin and Hay iSgan. • . Mu-
Hlcal numl)bi'3 staijed by Bu.sby- p.erkeU-y;
Produced by. .Adnart l>roi1uclii|f - Go.,- under
direction :of. ,1, -.A. :Uoc(l,^ fast- Include.'*:
tlso MnrvPiiRa, . : Jf>hn E, Yciuni?, - '.I-x^eiih
Mi ndp.l.s()hp, -Qcoi-Ke is. Mack, Roy ;erpi)pci-
and' Nannelte I-'latk,. .

Duet Play Resiimes

"The perl'orriiance of "jC.'ilousy";at
\Iaxine EniOti;'s was ciilled'.off Mon- ;

..... . - I day night, bbcause of' illness ;of John

of dori.'it and us.ng base,.methods of nalliday. who suppbrti? Fay • Bain- ;
appeal to the . emotions ot adolos- •■ v^„.,dA,^^ v«i.,x/ tii«

conce: Then the hurried elopment -t?'*^ two-porspn - play. , /The

the .girl with ;tiie. boy .Who/lbvcs W(V»n.<.'.e -wus di.smiss.od.,and mpney
r well and finaily, two years. later, refunded. . Ilallid.a/ wa.s in consid-/

biit :was reported in

"Nobody's Oirl'' struck Took toi':
its -sooond woek en i.butc to Detroit,
in its present shape it looks like

of
ho

the .scene of complete disilHision
men t despa ir, divbrco In atmosphere
;irf^lit>an'y"'TWtl--^rbaivdonriierit.-
.fiii.al.'.scene i.s vvhblly aiiart f rprri tjie
;pe3t bf the .pliiy In: char;ictors. except
thb; girl . whose' eharactei'-study
nlnkcs the. .story. ■.

. Mildred McCoy plays the.enorm'-.^
ously dillloult, part of the gir\ -with
a growinfj power. Her Work in .the
emptibnai scenes; is clear, arid flhivl.
The school -girls §Lre - \veli assorted^
Mary .Hall playing the profane arid
:ti.ltra nioderh; young-ster, . Katherine
HeDburri ■tin ddmhablo. and .Saner
role.; Ileleri. Fi'ceriidn gave a con-
vincing portrayiii; of . a woman of
suppresapd; desires— an unpleasant
oharft'Cter and ah evil one. The
Goorpo .McQuarrle's bit as the
drunken father was good. There
wa.s pood - pl.iyinp, too, in minor
roles of. the school: pVrls and others..

erable pain,; _ .
good condition i'a.st, night (TiTesday)
~\vhT^ii- the— playt~resiimed- T-

HARRIS WANTS INA CLAIRE

Jod irVirri.s: is angling for Ina
Claire 'iis star pf .hi;s; next produc-
tion "Childn-n of Ifiarth,' 'by ICdwln

£_Mayer/^_ ■ ; .

~^ti .ss t.M;v"i I v^fTTimnn^Mrcm

Ziosfivia. .Jr, ;is potont-iiil star
j iif ,1 1.10 • tiiii^iio^il \ oi/sioiv oi: '-ScU
; 'Jwyiino." LatU'r iri t(('t .jiafk^ ihdolV-
uitt;ly,' .

CANNED MUSIC ; OUT

• Waterbiiv.v-, Conn., Oct; 30.- '
. - .J.iCqU.es thoati'c. stock, which has:
!)(>(>» operating over. a- year with a
.phonograph iii tho pit;, now has :an
oroliestra. IjouIs bi Vito: is leader.

1>ERC Y HAIL SUSPENDED

Percy'.Hali; rbpbrted;.hy. a; ;l.l.•avel-
^ng r.e.prcs6ht.atfve; to iBfiuIty .a.s ap»
p.eiirlng in a /non^Equity; rep .com'-
pany, the Rpsal ie Na sh plaVcrs, was
su.sporided. for t Wo nibnths. :

It was to.uhd /that . Hall is . lh ar-
rea i\s to ISciul ty for money ad yanced
when stranded Irt 1924 /and he. was
ordered to repay the debt, of $7**
on the basis o? .10 per /cent, of his.
salary wi-ieii resuming piayirig..: . :

Wall St. Broker Backer

\N'orld's ' "Worst • Woniaii." ;;dranv-
atlzatibn of a motion picture see-, ,
nario by :Sidney Golden, 'by Ma"^!
Binder, will be Initiai prodit^-tion of
John M;clJridp, "VVall Strcot broker,
who - is . taking - a ;fl ihg- at: If'^il .1»'°'
.(l.uolnir ■ .is; ..1 .side line.. ,\ .' - \

week. '■

• ' Zach Harrls^ Codsf Sfibw_

: ' z;ach Harris; KoW York.: vrO' -
duccr. Will stage ;lirs ih-Mt ' show . on

the west coast when • ho
"Trial M'arrltige" at the Rpan. T^"^'
12, 'with : Louise (Th.ui.nV.
.scroon .'ictross,. as the' J'tf''.
Philip Whiting, ifi diroctini;.

<:()rin«?r;

Wednesday, October 31, 1928

L EGI T IM ATE

VARIETY

55

I%y$ on Broadway

, ^.Continued from page 53)

doesn't rate the many minutes given
to it, although nicejy played.by the
couple. Last act is. coriventlbnal in
havlhg the mother worried, into »ub-
misslon and a guUty conscience, plus
permission for . her boy'is second
marriage to the same girl. Title is
derived from binehart being in de-
in^nd by his former child wife, the
show &jrl who wantk to exchange a
husband and ia, gray-haired, provider
for two tickets to Havana, and the
home town damsel, destined to al-
ways be jiist , an understanding
friend. ' ■ .

As a play Connors' story doesn't
pta n d up, bec ause it telegraphs its

answer early arid there IsiTt sxiWcrSrvT
pace or material, to hold the • Inter-
est during the Interim; Certain
lines spasmodically sparkle, but the
rest of it Is pretty much ro^itine.
The screen Is where it belongs^ per-
haps with sound but no dialog. "The;
studio can fill An the: Implied and
talkedrbf offstage; aictlon, . Connors'
punch lines being certain as laiigh
titles. . Sid. ■■

swank, eyen though both parents of
Consuelo Poole have since divorced,
hiarried and dlvprced again, and
both are on the brink of third mat-,
rimbnlal, ventures. • Ami d such en -
vik"6nmehti with only a captib.us but
profoundly wise grandmother, ■ the
dowager Mi*3i Po0le, to lean ph.- Gori-
siielo has ideas all her own. V; \
For one thing a Viking; steel
worker lip in the clouds ismites her.
When . he conies crashing ; through
the skylight^ it!s the . beginning: of
the end, .even unto a companionate,
with both reveling in th<Sir. ImpendT.
ing offspring vbluntarily without
benefit o f clerg y. Of cour sei; the

CRASHINO THROUGH

■■■ .Oliver "D. Bailey:- production of Comedy-
drama In three acts (single set) by Saxon
Kling, staged by the producer; Betting ^by
P. Bodd Ackerman . Opened. Oct. 2» at ti
Republic, New. York. ' ti^w„„

Phil iix)t8 . . ; . . . i., . . . . v; . • Alf ^ ■?
Jones. ,. , ..... . . ... . . . •a.-l'estcr Paul

. Consuelo.;. . ..... .... . . ... . . . .;.Ho5e;.Hobart

The Dowager Mrs. Poole. Henrietta Crosman
Mnrtha. . . . . . i . . . . • •.• ..Marle^Haynes

Blch.ird Jefferson. . . .Robert Harrlsan

Christopher Mansort. . ; ... . . i .Gavin Gordon

Another .Steel . WorUer - / .

Walter; W.Shuttleworth
Peter Poole............ FredeHoIi Truesdell

Teresei....... ...... ..•••Eleanor >Voodruff

Adre Da SJlva.............. Alberto Carlllo

Mrs. Harvey Robblns.....;.; Judith Vbsselll

The Bishop Frost Albert Bruning

"Crashlrig Through" is a- dud. It
probably ^iron't crea,te a jbrush evien
from, the gate-crashers. . Marking
Oliver D. Baileyvs: comeback jas ah
active producing managier, at hi
own house, it's a certainty the entre-
preneur-lessee of the Republic will
have to look about for a new tenant!

Saxon Kllhg,: the author; a former
actor Identified . with tiie Qreenwich
Village thespians soihe years ago
and latterly on the coast .in pic
tures,: meddled with a theme that
was too much for him. He wanr
dered and Wr'allowed aboiit and. after
getting to it, finally, in the .third
act, it proved far beyond his drama:
■turgical capacity.

It's hi-hat stuff, with the old! New
York: family of Poole very gah-gah
about proprieties, formalities /and

tiohal ; heiress was prominent
:ihrbue:hoat and likewise effective:
The rest were fair to:medlocre. Ju-
dith- Vosselli fihbuld bfe spotted, in-
cidentally, not with her back to. tlu-
audience,, piarticularly in that decvol -.
lete of hers. ;■
: A flop. •. ,-, Abel. .\

EXCEEDING SMALL

mater . iand the pater and the grahd-
mater and all the ; .bther tomaters
go In for significant exQlamatiohs of
'not that-^! '■; and "ybu mean——! "
aa the leading pair proudly .delight
ill this unconvehtionial situation. ■ Of
course, there's the usual compro-
inlsej tb. cbnyipntion,. with a.: blshpr
handy oh the scene to take .care of
that certain ritual busiheiss, a:nd so
it ends, .with love and youth flam-
ingly, if lawlessly, triumnhant . over
doddering respectability ^ attained
through the miedia of a marriage
cereihony . and a divorce lawyer
And, of : course, . the ; understandlntr
granny is the exceptipn, siding With
the hapilesis lovers. ,
' Conceived, ultra-moderni.gtlcally
the playwirlght . becomes banal . In
.spots. V He makes his. people use
"menage" for house, a . good' bid
stolidly resjpe'ctahle noun, and alto-
gether sounds like the. "Gjraphic"
putting oh the>itz. Which is :a good
enough idea. ' . ■

The hero,.: too,, is probably the
Gen^: Tunney of the Iron Workers.'
Union, indulging in poetical flights
and freedom of fancy: not to be: as-
■ SGcIated with :any self-respectihir
riveter, particularly if he's a good
one such as Chris Ma;hson bOa?ts ,ipf
being.' ':. '
■ Casting Is so-so; . Hehrletta Cros-
man as the Irascible grandmothei"
: was cbnvihcihg. ■ . • ■
; One of her lines, cohsldering that
Miss Crosinah is the wife of Maiijpr
Maurice Campbell; prohibition : en-
forcement chief in New Tbrki .waf
n h inside, laugh. She said some-
thing to the effect that "people
• should :drlnlc liquor as the good
Lbr-d made it aind hot all : shaken
up" (referring to Gocktail.sV, which,
if- liter.itUy: ai>plipd tb :th.nt devastatr
infiT hite clhb mbrticinn, Mai.;- Campf
bell, 'doesh't go, whether .straight or

mixed. ■ : ■• ,

Rose Hobart a.s the : uhconven-

acts by .Caroline . I'"Vanfike
Comedy Oct. 22 by the
Jno. Staged by : Rachel

. . ; '.Eddie : .Garvl,(>
. . . . . . . . i . Arthur Lieonarvl

. i ... . i .'/."Robert;; .Hudson-

. i.. . . ... .Kathleelii Lowry

K'onneth D;ihti
..Ruth Easton
.Eric ..-Dressier
.Nan' Converse
.Frank Frayhe
.' . . '.jack Daniels
..Gertrude. Wlnborne

. :M.nyhpll,> ■ TIpriAling

; . .Walter Speak ni.iin
.Gordon .McRiie
. ,. i ...Mary Bradbury
........Dofothec Nolnt)

. Caroline Morrison
. . .HalUam BoswprLh

* *

■: DraiiiB In. throe
presented at .the
Actors Theatre,
Crothers.

Platz • i ....'«.•.... '

a:. Man; . . ; ... . . . ,

Another . Mao . ', i ,
Min. •'. > . . . . , .

Bob.,
Gert.
Ed.;-,

A Blonde........

Her Boy Friend
A Ybuhg . Man . .-
HI.s .Girl Friend
Bee ' I , , -■ . ■
Harry... .\ .

I>ou .'. ... . ... '. . • ... .1

A Girl..

Another GIr(. • . t\
Mrs. Marone, ....
A Doctor^ , . . . . •

Actors Theatre, an indep_endent
prbdu ci rig groii p; f brm.erly known 'a.s
the Equity Players,::.has: taken pos-
session of the ; Comedy for ; :it!5
seventh subscription- season.' Se-.
lection of "Exceeding Small" as : the
opening ofCerlng was not ti- luclty
choice. Woh't. be long before an-
other prbdtictlon ■Will take its place;
despite: the genera.! merit of the
plaV. iind its presentation;

"Exceeding Small" ii taken frorii
real life. :- Authors before Caroline
.Francke have itterripted tp. depict,
all manner of things on the, stage;
butMike the , ne^v play it was not
gobd theatre, ."ihcse days tragedy
must : be siirrbiindcd by : novelty to
achieve- fihanclal : success. Several
plays with traigic plots arrived this
season before. "Exceeding Small"
and are doing well becauiae cf tlie
element of nb.vielty; :

When a young manj just wed,
gets a heart attack and is told he
must take a complete rest for six
;mbnths " It strikes pretty- : nearly
home. Ed and Gert are . as much
in -iove . with/ each other as any
young inan a-iid woman could; be.
The play's sincerity establishes that
faqt. . But these kids have- little
money-^they are the kind .who keep
cbmpahy, Both work arid .eyen to
be married was tiaking chance,
the girl fighting against probable
future poverty, but finally suc-
cumbing because : Ed is the only
man tor her. They are faced with
a barrier urisurmountable to them.
Without the money to provide for
themselves, and learning from the
dbctor that. Ed can live for only
si fe\i^ years at best; and sure that
she could not go on without htm,
they commit suicide tbgether. The

gas is; .tiii'ned oh - in -their cheap
room and that's the curtain. - .
'..Play gets off •. to a pi;oi\iisiiig
fitsart, the first ai>t being in a Chink
joint , and dance hall. :Tluit' culls'
for .tlie use of nio.st c>£ th.e -2 people
in the cast. . Tluv second -and third
acts are progressively .-qiiiot and
f^onrbre. ' .'.;'-:,.■'-■■ :

Kudi. ;: Easton, a , '.conipairatlvoly:
newconior, gives. a line- perforn\an.<"c
as of: Caort. Ei'ic Prcss.ler is .Ed and ;
he too contributes a real character-
.ization. Tlie >[in of .Kathleen LoU' -
ry. . was likod and, liv. smaller.; parte
;\vei:o Kcimeth Dana, Eddie CJar-
Vev (very good with' a diaUK^ )
Caroline ;:; Morrison: 'a;hd: ■ HalUatii
Boswdrth. [:\ \ .-' -.'.■'
■. Actors 'ThQalre has .a rental ar-.
rangemeht th.at gives the orgatilz.'t-
tion - a.' good .clva nee for .a successful-,
season. 'Shoiild they . land .hnothor
'^Saturday's Children" it would be
a . clean - up. .''Ks'o'(?F'diTfg~SniTrtt''-t3-
well done, .but has no chanoe to

Wis five friends have died in action.
All that lie looks forward to .is- the
virginal Atide. Thore ^yas to have
been a wedding, but'wUh only a few
hours' romiiiiun.g before he returns;
the cerpmbny has been set bark.-
Tlic girl, in hor adbration,: wants 'to
give luTSolf to hinii .ahd' the- pair de--
cJiire /th'oin.'^olvo.s Wed.. •, In his .bod- :
ohaihbov ^thore is. some doubt about'
her love- .for him, and that ^ portibh.
of the play Is- particularly clouded.
• Tlic ?bl.ji.o.r's return to tlio ,regi-
nrei.it virtually hiean.s his. doath be- '
cause', as a .price for his. .lea:ve-ta.kr
iiigi. hp. 'had voluhteered to go be-
yond the .French lines bn a .jgrenado
party. - ' I'he . young ; '.wife . swears- .
that she '..will .. join ■ him- beyond .the
day she learns of his death. Before
he departs in: the early .' morning;
the .soldier' puts hi.s . house .in .order.
.Pir.st.^he h'l'inRS his .old: father tO:.the
yoflliT-ifm-n nf Mii-» tpprnr c nf .w.ar, .nnd

reap profits,

The Unknown Warrior

Drama in 'thrfc acts, TfaiVsl.Ttcd. from
■Paul Ravn:il's Ki-onrh '.'I.e ..Tohjbo.m .i'ous.y
I'ArC do "Trloii'ii-ihcV by Cecil ■T.icwls. , Pro-
seiilcd by ('harloR Jl'ii'Ulrifl at his thofttip
.OcV. 2".), tJin'(;i>il • by Hopkins.
A I-'ri-nch. pi.il'her'. . , ; . .TA'stor Vail,
An Old ■ Man . .:. ; ■ ; . . . . . .-. . .Tyrono Power

Aude, . w.lio Is ■JO. . . . . . .Uealrlx ITiouL^on

, The ibhgost; dra:\vn' out , weep Svrit-
ihg among the growing flock :pf
tragedies on" Broadway. . The.; prb-
prram, numerous, in :, credits, ■■ states
"The. Unknown; :.Wari-li(ir":. \vas first
presented at tho:'Com.edie .Francaise,
P.iri.s, :and subsequehtly in .other
Eijropean. capitals. But Itis sbmbre,
highbrow proceedings carihot be ex
peCted to arliieye fa'm© bn
way., '.'-..::■ '• ■ y .'

As to aetbr.s. It goes Into competi
tioh with "Jealousy,'' which has two
players, as against three in "The
Unknown :. Warrior;" '.'Jealousy,"
too. Is serious but by far. the mbre
moving and interesting: One ob-
sei-ver v niade the suggestion that
'some mana,ger \ might attempt to
present a bne-persbn ; play' by the
use of a ventriloquist.

"The Uhknbwn Warrior", has
fiiany bitter phrases aga:ihst :and
about the ■war.. That war is useless
and brutal isi but one; It is: more a
pro test against war; than a dra,ma.'
Its story im pressed as being the, aij -
thor'.s Idea of , wh.at - may. have hup-^
pehed to the Uhknbwn Sbldler,, in
this- Ga.se . a Frenchman-: . •. .
. The play heglns with ;the return
on leave of the soldier. The Joy bf
his father and his fiaiiicee. Aude, is
blighted by a telcgrahi which .iir-
riveig almost at the same timie, sum-,
mohing the man- back to his regi-
ment; He has becbme pmbltterod
with the hard."?hips . Of the front.

in.. the end obtaiiis the promI.«ie ;froni
Aude that she wiir go on living if
he dles,:^ biit that she must select
sortie soldier as heir future mate. On
his side he neclarcs his belief in
God, whom he had diehied, and he
depart.s with, the wbrds of AUde,"I
Ibye -you,":' ^thc only thing., he cai-es;
abciut^ ' .":■. -. •■. ■:.- ..■■'/■':•'..■■-■'.■.

There la much of the poetic in:
'VThe . Unknown : \Vajrrior.'' . It; ; Is .
given to lon.e: speeches, lltt le a.r.tio.n, -
rriuch: an.gulsh; Lester Vail is. the ;
soldlor, :bittcr.and doomedi . Beatrix
Thcimson, who must leave the calst
beciuse of Equity's: rules ciri aliens,
is the.: giirl.. . She Is : very good, but
another aetross . .must ; be selected
Within 't-\vb . weeks; .. Tyrone Power
Is the father,

This la totally different from war
plays as Brbadwny knows them, but .
that is not enough to attra ot other
thaiT a limited clientele. Too lim-
ited to last. ■ ' /6C(?. .,

Two Mikes in Agam

The two: :Mike3r--MlhdlIn' and
Goldreyer-^are back In show busir .
hess and 'teamed up again. This
boys , have dug ' UP a bahkroU or
saved it up themselves, the guaran-
tee coin being iposted with -Equity
aind they are already, to shoot.

The show is tentatively called
"This— Queen' bf Sheba.'* tjist time
the MIkeis were together they did
''The I^st . Warping,'' with ni .dozen
other guys having a piece of the
show. ' ' ■ ■ ■ ' ■ ^^ '-v ■

Mindlin Is said to have done very
well ■ with : sure-scater : picture
houses. He h?t3 two now and will
have another. The Gbldreycr Mike
has been press agentlhg Yiddish
shows..' . " .- :. ' ■ ■:-.■■"

■' ::..■ AT THE

COURl^SQ^
THEATRE

SPRINGFIELD^ MASS.

FOR

Thanksgiving
Week

ERLANGER

BOOKINGS

ffFFERS FOR^UBLIC APPROVAL HIS OWN

IN TWO ACTS AND TWENTY-EIGHT SCENES
BY A CAREFULLY CHOSEN COMPANY OF 100 PEOPLE

PUT TOGETHER BY THE MAN WHO STAGED THE BEST EDITIONS

of the ''ZIEGFELD FOLLIES''
IT CONTAINS Ali t^

CLEAN FUN

^ ^ : GOOD VOICES

AND EVERY TYPE OF DANCING SKILLFULLY PERFORMED

VARIETY

By ABEL

Nibk Lucas

..,,»,„._«w», . I iammer virtuosity AVith -'Gotta. Big

Crbonltie : troiibaabur, as Lu6aS. Is Date With a.Little Girl'; and "You're
Btyled; has a- couple of p£ut 'nuinbers a Real Sweetheart.*' Mu.rra,y- Peck
for his intimsitely sympathetic yoca^^
delivery in "Marchcta" and- "Wait-
ing f6r,&hip3Tha:t^ever_Cpme^;^ ; ■ : AcJeiaitJe Hall
Both are ballad revivals. \ lolin and | ^ ^^^^ Miss ilall, from Liew

^ Violin and: .^^^^^ .j..^., ..v.... „

efuiiar : accompaniments -^^4 .f «"?g»er | j^^gfj^i*- •BFUckblrda'^rVvue^^

. .^.^ _., ri torrid ditties ifrom the shovir,: -'I Must

laAf^Tliat^Miyilland "Baby," ; The

■ charnivto the . numbers
Mo. S^eS;

George Olserr

Two theme songs, "Sonny "O/..
.(fo3£-trot) . and "Beggars of Lif^ ,
(waltz), ane coupled by George Oi-
seh and the Troubadours, respect-
Ively Besides their appealin-

original band from the juesiie slTOW-
furnishes the, aiccpmpaniment. .

Paul Whiteman

A couple of Foist Hits are backed
UD on a i2-irich. concert disk by
^• ' ^ -^fo^^ll tl^ri^isic:'keynoi? I >^it one of . thom[, th^ ■picture

"^^-T'r^J^^Krf iierte s^f'-s Snsld- theme song hit, "Jednnine." .and the
♦'^l^ t^f^v nre^lh^do^^^ appealing "Gypsy." . The

erlng that they are th^^ latter number ..Is one of Whlteman's

themes, both. make excene^^^^ feattires on his concert tour

numbers;. Victor, No.. 2168 J. , I and^was originally .introduced by

^ . „ . _,.,. , him at Carnegie Hall recently. Go

GaMa-^inr^ ,. „ lumbia No. 50095
, This exclusive Brunswick artist |.
is a wicked accordionist. ■ Galia

RinI, i standard in the varieties, and |
picturfe houses, displays his wind.^

ANI)inSi)RCHEptA

Formerly Herb . Wiedocrt^^
Nbi^ at Cindeirena Roof
Lo* Ahgeleai Calif .
EXCLUSIVE:

Briinswick and VitaphQiiie
Eccording

. Jesise: Crawford '. :
I*aramount . organist: star has .eh-;
listed a tenor and a harp for. nov-
elty accompaniments ^ on his. latest
Victoi" release. The;, selections are
Just a Night : for Medltatlon.V
backed up. by a rose Song, playing
Impressively as ever before.-. ■

MUSIC

Pichire Song Working
For Pub. and Screeii

The pictur'6 song, from the noiualc
men'ia viewpoint. Is the ihlllenlum.
It's the quickest; easiest and least
cipiensiye meahs:. of BOtig hit inia-k-
ing ever known.

The biggest sonff hit In the tareer
of lieo Feist, "Ramona,": cost thii
least to explolti alnce the picture
carried Jt. Ditto: Pelst's "Jeannlrie,
t Dr^aih of Lilac Time," froih. the
film .Of that name.

Al Jolson'B "Sonny Boy," DeSyl-
ya, Br owu & -^H6nder-aon!a-_litL^
proves anew that Jolson can make
any song a hit. Jolson used to do
it jslngle^ handed but now it's scores,
of J'olsons, on the talking screeh,.
arid, it costs the Arm next to notiilng.
for the grand plugfest - Ditto with
the same firm's ''Angela Mia" .(''Mjr
Angel"^) from ''Street AngeL' ,

From the picture producers stand-
point, the song hook-up is invalu-
able. It gives their celluloid jprod-
uct a new form; of plugging and
exploitatioh oyer , the radio, on the
records and In the strieets, through
mass whistling ' and harmonizing,
which no a,tno'unt of paid advertl^^^^
ing could accoixipHsh. ; ; .. ■ '.

Hits in

J.:

liawrence Wright, English mUslp
publisher, Is cOrninisr : over on the
''Ijevlathan" Nov. 2. DoSylva,
BrowQ & ' Henderson : hold . the
American publication .rights to "My
ihsplration Is You," a ;'Wright ptih-
lica:tlOn,- wii.Ich is by the. same writ-
ers as "AmOhg M;^ $6uyenlrs," which
the same ; two;, .firms csxplolted on
both sldfe^ ofL tixo Atlantic.; ;

Irwin Daish, thei jVinerlcan
eixpioltatlon man whom Wright .im;-^
ported . to London under vcontract,
says; the big American songs, in
"EnglaTid-Tare-^Tha;tiSr-M-yJS^
Now,'' "Stay Out of the South" and
"Ilamona" and th© . hatlve product
that's selling: is "Ihsplration,'! !"Ju3t
a Littles Fond Affection," 'Tin
Sorry," '^Mlstake^,?* ;,• ''Just ^Llke
Darby • an*i ' Joan" "Mary'
^Browh/':-'';,;-- ■ ,.

Wedn<ssday, October 31, 1928

1 M. OFF IN EVERn
FOR COAST MUSICIANS

jolsbn-Bmnswick Renewal

Leading Qr^afiisff
in New

B

ILLY
^RNES

■'ORflANISTK
HODERNK"

iiOew'K. State Thwitre; Times Sq.. N. •

Ruth Ettino

The "sweetheart of the Columbia
records": has beesp keeping away
from the disks a bit oyer-lohg. Get
a sample of her interpretatloha o£
"SOnhy Boy,'' doing a femme JOlsorL
with Ai's "Sirigihg Fool':' song hit,
'and repeats . with "I Still ; Keep
.Dreaming of You.'

Maurice Gtinsky

' This vocalist is one. of the pppor-
tunists of radio. His confidential,
manner '6f singing, via the ether en-
deared him to a western radio, pub-;
lio iindi put him into the hilr mphey
division for personal appearances.
His. renditions of "Paradise" and
'^Dolores," both thesme songs, .;^yi-
I dences the whyfor of his larynx :ap-
pca;L Columbia Noi 15 64i ' ' :

Leo Reisman ' :

Crack dance maestro from the
Hotel Brunswick, Boston, is Co-
lumbia's New England ace^ Reis>
man doea the "Vanities'* selections,
•'Once In a Lifetime*' and ^'Vs^hl-
teaser" and produces a pair of birac
ing fox- trots.

Al l Jolson has renewed his con-
tract with Brunswick* at $5,000' a
record.: Jolson's "Sonny Boy" re-
cordings, backed up, are past the
300,000 sales mark in the first fOur
weeks on the market, and indica-
tions ar» it will top 1,000,000,.
establishing a new record- high .for
the company. . , '

"This Is Jolson's flrsrt real big
money-maker for Brunswick. His
past releases, because of the terri-
fic guarantee to the comedian, have
proven financial losses. Brunswick
charged it off' to advertising, count-
ing on the Joison- prestige. . Jolson
now flgurea he owes Brunswick an
obligation for Its consideration, be-
ing additionally a stockholder in the
company.

Moret Lb^es Black

Ben: Black , has resigned actively
from Villa More t. Inc., as vlce-
prfesident, although still reta,ining
one-third corporate interest iii .the
music firm. Black's contract with
Publix calls for .his song .output; to
be published by. the recently or-
ganized Famous; Music Corp., of
which Harms,; Inc., is selling agent.

Falnous is : the . Parathduht-
Piibllx's music publishing subsidiary
a,nd Black, as one of the m. c. staff,
is in executive supervislhjcf charge
of the : circuit's masters, .of .cere-
monies. ^'^ ' ■

Union Votes for F. & M. Pro-
posal—Allows for "Swing"
Outfits to Alternate

Los Angeles, Oct. 30.
}: ' By a clbise vote of :32 to 28 th©
local musicians' union voted' to -ac-
cept Fanchpn and Marco's; counter
proposal to give musicians one full

-Wpplr-f»«T— ln-PiVAir!iL-.c»f.vpn, '< ncfoni il of

one diay In eVery week.; : ■ .

This will . ;give orchesfras their
vacationa intact, and will create a
number of "swing" band.s ' to alter-
nate in houses- aa substitutes . for
vacationing musicians.

MONTANA
SPECIAL

PAUL

Spio Organiat

Keith-Albee Theatres
NEW YORK CITY

W.J.GILRPY

FBATURING

^ ■ O
PROCTOR'S 86th ST.

NEW YORK

Eddie Schwartz

Featured Organist

V; Kelth-Albee Theatres,

New York " " ' ; "

Henry Buss* v-

Proving that you can't keep
good song down, "One Step to
Heaven" and. "How Abbut It?" sur-
vivors of the flop "Say. When," mark
Henry Busse's debut as a. Victor r©
cording artist The ex-trumpet star
with Whiteman was the band at
traction of the musical. Buss©, has
since trekked westward to m. c. oh
the Coasti In this disk, his first
for Victor, Busse dishes forth some
plain and fancy dance music, with
the muted brass naturally prominent
In the jarrangements.

Proctor^a; Fifth Ave. Theatre

JAGK SKtLLY

At the Wwlitzer
Keith-Albee
WHITE PLAINS THEATRE

Kenn Sis6on

SIsson was best known as a Ben
Bernie protege and arrange. , thus
coming to this fore .arid Into demand
as an orchestrator for the music
publishers. Kenn Sisson' now has
his own dance band and with "Don't
Keep Me in the Dark, Bright iSyes
and "If You Don't Lovo Me," he
manifests his dansapatlon prowess
as well. Both are rhythmic fox
trots, with Jack Parker and, Francis
^iiTther^further--conti-ibuting- vocally
Brunswick No. 4018. -

WALTER WILD

Feature Organist

AT ■

; Keith's Hippodrome
NEW YORK

Paul Whiteman , ;
Whiteman again, this time on
Victor Nos. 35033-4, two 12-lnch
disks being required to can the new
i Ferdle Grofe "Metropolis." a blue
fantasle. It's on© of Whiteman'
feature humbera . on : toiir : In con
cert and was recorded by him last
spring prior to the expiration of his
ViptOr; cohtract, ; follpv^'lhg. which
VVhiteman switched tO; Columbia be
l oause of better terms. "Metropolis,
I as the title implies, is a ton© poem
of a throbbing American city, and
Grofe has outdone himself on the
orchestrations of his own compp
sltion. Voices; are intertwined on
occasion with the Instrumental in
tcrpretatlon. Product Is a majestic
inspiring symphonlzed jazz.

(Fedture Organist of Loew*s Met. Theatre)
SCHOOL FOR THE

ORGAN

MODERN THEATRE ORGANIST

PRACTICE ARRANGED FREE

Studios:

291 Lincoln Place For Details Call

Brooklyn, N. Y. NEVins 0018

Second Wife's 2nd Suit;
Kadey Divorce tip

Chicago, Oct. 30
Second wife of .Charles Kaley,
m. c., at Marks Bros.' Granada , and
Marbrp theatres,, has again . filed
suit ' for divorce against him. She
oharges cruelty. -

Mrs. Alfeld Kaley, non-pro, mar
ried Kaley in January and started
suit against him In February. "They
later became reconciled. The Kaleys
were living together until last week.
. About a year ago Kaley eloped
with Hannah Williams, of the WU
liams Sisters, with the girl's mother
causing ati annulment almost im-
mediately.

PIT LEADER, M. C.

Lbs Angeles,.. Oct; 30.
Ernest Wehl, niuslcal director at
Loew's State for five year.s, Is go-
ing to be a Fanchon and Marco
ni.c. ; . ;■,.- .;- -. ..

With name .changed; to Ernie
Wales, he will open it the West
Coast theatre, Long Beach, Nov. 4;

ROY SMEGK
STAGE MODEL

^'SILVER BELVr

Illustrated. Lists FREE

THE BACON BANJO CO.

Ine; . - ■

GROTON, CONN. ;

IRVING AARONSON

and HIS COMMANDERS

Now featured with.
Irene Borjoni's "Paris'' . ;

MUSIC BOX, NEW YORK

: After Theatre: Club Richmah :

PHIL FABELLO

26 "Jeannine" Disks

Los Angeles, Oct. 30.
Figures from ' ya-rlbus recording
companies show 26 records have
been m^« from the melody of
"Jeannine, I Dream of Lilac Time."

The flexibility of the music, in
this theme song is illustrated in
the variety of ways In which it has
been recorded. These include songs,
dance and symphony orchestrations,
organ and piano selections. . .
" Companies " that" 'havo ' prpduced
records, includes Edison and Co-
lumbia with four, each, Brunswick,
Velvetorie, Okeh, Bell, Pathe, Plaza,
Cameo and Graygull two each,
while "Q. R. S." ahd Plaiibstyle
have each made a piano role.

HERE AND THERE

Marvin Lee, formerly Milton Well,
is now traveling rep for DeSlyva,
Brown & Henderson, In&

Lionel Kennedy's Band opened at
the Rainbow Dance Palace, Bolton
Notch, Conn., for a winter engage-
ment. . ■ . ■

Julius Lenzberg has returned to
his former post at the N. T. llippo-
drome after a brief absence spent, in
directing the 81st st. orchestra.

Al M«?5f«; liT'TaiTde' and- -plcturd
houses with his band, has shelved
his orchestra to direct the orchestra
for the new Keith Memorial theatre,
Boston. '. •

Drops. Bands for Acta

Cincinnati, Oct. 30.
Castle Farms has dispensed with
feature bands and Is playing acts

instead.

New floor show Includes Lafaydtt(>
and La Verne, Babe -Sherman and
Helen Mlgnon.

; and His

ORCHESTRA

LOEWS 7th AVENUE THEATRE
New York City ■

MAL HALLETT

AND HIS ORCHESTRA

TOURING N. E. BALI. ROOMS
Personal Management
CHARLES. 8HRIBMAN
' Saleni, Mass.

GEORGE UPSCHULTZ

and HIti
SCR FRANCIS DRAKX HOTEL

■ ;■ Concert Orcheatra
AIm Pbnbllnir. Royal Theatre

■ - ■ ■ ' ■; -SAN FRANCISCO ■ ■

THE ORIGINAL

DINTY MOORE

now Bit
ARTHUR MacLEAN'S

HUNTER ISLAND INN
Pejham Shore Road, N. Y. ;

GEORGE OLSlEN

AND HIS MUSIC
SOON

F. ZIEGFEL D'S " W HOOPE E"

" Starrrinrg- Eddie-Oantor - -- -
Office: so West 43a Street

New York" City

PARISIAN RED HEADS

America's Greatest Girl Band

This Week, Aibee, Cincinnati
Week Oct. 29, Princess, Nashville

Pormanent Address
«• We«t North St., IntllapapoliBt Ind.

FROM DETROIT

JEAN GOLDKETTE

:\ Orchestras ■ C

VICTOR RECORDS

OfRcft: 612 Book Tower
DETROIT ■

SAMUEL HEGGE

lieadlpt a Great Uttle Band

Proctor's 86th Street

. NEW YORK CITY

VINCENT LOPEZ I

and His ORCHESTRA

Exclusive Brunswick Artist
WOODMANSTEN INN
Pelham Parkway, N. Y.

JELLY ROLL

and His Red Hot Peppers

victor RecordbiK Artlete
: ■ The Orlgrlnator of Ja»s aiad Stonip* .
7th Month, Rose Danceland ;
Communicate for Ooen Time
■ ; . ■ ■' Mannitenient H. O. A* . Vi«»fc
Permanent Address:. Vorlety, New Xoi»

WILL PRIOR

And His Concert Orchestra

at;' ■'' . -l--
United Artists Theatre

Los Angeles ; ;

PAUL WHITEMANl

And His Greater Orchestra

:■_ CONCERT TOUR

■ . ■. OftKei^ -
1560 BROADWAY, N. Tv C.

ivrsonul I)lrocti.i>n, . -
JAMES V r.lM>KSl'IK__ .

IF YOU DON'T
ADVERTISE
. IN VARIETY
DON'T ADVERTISE

Wednesday, October 81, 192a

MUSIC-RADIO

* VARIETY

57

By ABEL

I HOOVER'S 70 STATION
ELECTION EVE HOOK-UP

Musing's Saturday Work

: Ted Husirig still remains the, best
football . an npuncci' in - the -east,:
^ilnchihe. his fiivorable: inipfcssion
fti the Princeton -Cornell- gaine'. on
tie : Goliimbia nefworlt. . Grahanv
■ MdNapiee was , n. s. . g.. in ' the • Yale-
V. Army broadcast, iaVthough -lmpr"i)V:T
..Jhe -over last season: ■

Xftcr some transmitter . trouble,
:the NBG's Glbncert and; Artist, Byl-
teati program ha;d ; the- Forice Sis-
ter^ : in some :: effective • harmbny
duet? ' T-Tpnry r^reiier's . xvlbnlidne
solos registered as dld the Jklodit^sr;'
. . naneans dance band. ' ~ , '

;v Lopez Arinouncirig •

Vincent Lopes; is bjicit bn the NBC;
- network after Un absence pre.cipl-
. tit'ed by the sf atjoii's arbitrary rtilo
. against . announcers , .making theii
dVvn introductory speebhlets. Lopez
switched to WORi ; B. A. ' Rolfc,
, after, abidingr. by t>i6.; NBC , Ruling,
wai3 ilteraliy £orceci,.back to the niike
by public demand; This Influenced
the NBC. to countermand ; its P.rig-
'■ ihal ruling. \ ■ . .

Lopez l3 how at 'the St. Regis
hoti?! i-oof for - .the . Winter; sea'sojn,
/dispensing politely distinctive daivs- ;
. apatlon to the .white fronted cover
. charges;: Seemingly ^..under , the hi.-
tiat influence, ,be is noW: , going In
tor flossy, and- a :bit-..lohg-winded
■spiels in connectloh: with .the song
titles. Lopez should . cut ,that 'down-
dr but, or both, Thei biillyhpb .;abo.ut
^ Uie atmospheric, aura of the Urban r
esque St. Rbgis robf sptinds hooey
Whicli^^he hotel's pi, ai; may/ have
prepared -for yihce.', The result . ^;
tlhat the chbery "Lopez .speaking" is
aounteracted by, ah', ir-ritciting note.

Npnethcless Loi^ez still drives but
iiriart rh3»;thm.opation. • By his music
. albne is bxplaihed why .he put iho
i St. Reigis on the map. so decisively:

charge for the. space devoted to
radio programi3../"which, .being tlxe
free advertlslnjbf-nibdla, help to make
possible the broadcasters' charging
fancy scaliea,:for the! radio'^Jtim^/V ■ •

B. Sv Moss Paying for Talent
on Program-=-On Air from

Smith Biography

. ''l^p From ,-th.e' City - Streets'.'V pre-^^
sentbd :,by the pemocratlc National!
Gbmnlitt^e,; rates rbest. radio,

play -yet broadcastV W cast of
prominent />Bi^bad\v?iy:>.p^^
sketch . . of .. Governor*. Smith's Jife
proved- 6"^<isll€nt .. en tCT wltli-
rtot a few punched injected In the
hour consumed. The play is basQd
bh ; the; book of sime name by,; Dr.
Henry MbskQ.witz' aiid'Nbrihan Hap-
gobd, .beihg;:adapted;b'y Fiiltbn Ours-
Ipr. It was broadcast Sunday night
b.y, WJZ over' ^ a. n.ttibnal hetwork.
That was; the -second time -the -play
was On the- siir..and iti is. due .to; be
.repeated' a *third tinie . next Suhday
evening. ■

Helen Hayes itnd Roger Pryor
are the Betty and Billy w'ho reia.d
the book and visit the Scenes b£ the
governor's childhood. .Miss Hayes'
soft voice plays rib little part in the:
effectiveness of the .- aii' sketch.
Richard Bennett ' as; .'the.v governor
made ■•brief, ringing: speeches^. ;

; Helen MacKellar's . vbice as Al's
mother ; was another effective role,
then thiere- were .Walter ;Gbnn oily ais
Al's father, William . Boyd asv As-
sembly man Foley, Gpprgie Price ; as
a singing waiter, Anne Sutherland,
Peisgy Wood as Al's wife, Dan Healy
as her brother, Jefferson D0:.Angelis
as t^ranklirt Dl .Rooigevelt, Edna
Hibbiaird as. a teacher, Pedro de Cor-
doba ' as speaker of - the ; House,
George. Stiiiwell and Herbert Ran-
som, speakers; Viyiehne Segal who
sang "My taddie'.': Howard : Merrill
as Al the boy and Arthur Vinton
as Al the young man; In the play,
tpb; wei^e Rosamond PlhchO.t and a
quartette .: consisting • ot Ralph
Fletcher, Francis Tyler, Jack Shan-
non and 'George W. Goodwin. There
-w:as. a chorus bf 15; newsboys and
the music . ; was ':■ by , Freddie
Berens- band. "Up Fi-orh the. City
Streets'' . was .: dir^^ William

- With $25,000 of his. own money
said to be sunk in it, the Hbover-
Curtis Theatrical League, largely
promoted by B. S. Moss, Will puU
ihe master aiprial stunt of the Re-
publican campaign when a network
oif ■ 70 . stations , win broadcast party
propaganda from 9 until Id p. m.
■bisection-- night.- , ■• .

Prominent theatrical arid ;film ex- .
cCUtiVes Stml artlslsi as well— atr-a-
chorus; bf - 200 voices, ^ill ; comprise
a part of the prbgram.

Since his deals with - independent
exhibitors , for the establishment bf
country- wide circuit, failed; to
'materializbj .Moss his practically
turaed over his /lal-ge. suite .in the
Savby Plaza: to speial campaign
work. ;' The Republican f urid is
meeting the. broadcasting expenses
whllfe ariy outlay -for talent -is be-
ing borne by. Moss.

The 18 prominent riamcs; now pro-
gramed- are expected tq be .aug-
mented by those bf Ganna Walska.
Mary Pickford and Douglas Fair-
banks. The two film stars aire ex-
pected to broadcast froni California,*
whbre: Hoover will ha.ve access to
the mike from his home In Cali-
fornia.

A few of those already listed m«
Fx'ieda Hempel, . Daniel Frohman
and Irene- Fenwick. /■

Night Club Reviews

Russian Kretchriia

Sweets; Heywbb<l ' Broun was mas-
ter of. ceremonies. ----- - ■ -

Haripy Cooper Whbopeel -

Donald Flamm at the "mike "for
.tyMCA in . broadcasting Barry
Copper's testiihbnlal ;baTiquet from
the Conimpdbre . Hbtei- had the
dcerib. of activity anhbuticed; as from
everywhere but the Commodore. It
switched with a twist bf the tongue
from tbe I'blo Grpyrids. to the Hotel
Bossert . to . the Yankee' Sta,dium and:
in^aybe those riiicrbphOrilc noises
didn't sound as if the audierice was
Jtaakihg whoopee! ; -■ .

■C^riiSaSVup:! Club Richnan's $16,100

""town to' the Swahee Cluh, a terrible

Sir Joseph Ginsberg, jr., ! ma46 the

original Sir Joe lOok like the cheese.

In fact, ; ; someone should tip the
' orignal iSir Joseph off ..that ^ the

Junior Ginaberg is stealing bis \. ~r^ days a week, the '$5 on ' Satur

thuiider. An Injunctibn suit is sug- '

gested. ; Maybe Willie Howard will

take; up the legal cudgels; in Joe's
; t)ehalf|: Besides, Joe. rieyeir adriiltted

to a I^d,y Josbpb .Ginzbe^^^ how

Wme? '- ■ .

Baltimore, Oct. 30. ■
A rumor that a poolrporii band is.
stealing racing information af the
Laurel track by radio was rife here.
According ; to Information sent to
Ira E, Robinson, member Of the'
Federal Radio Commission, the pool-
rpohni ■ brbadeasters a-re using poft-
able transmitting apparatus con.-
cealed in field glasses, sending out
the info on a wave length ranging
from 180. to 225 meters. . C, Y. Cad-
mus, supervisoi- of the Third. Radio
District, with heaidquarters in this
city, discredits the complaint;, being
of the opinion that the letter to
the Commissioner is the work of a
crank. -' .' -

With most of the nite -clubs.Vdy--
ing,: the; chvb Richman is reported
to have done $16,10.0. l^st wbek.
Club gets a $4 and $5 couyert for

daya. ';

Room ;has a terrific overhead in
liarry "jiichmcini Frances Williams
and Irving Aaronsbn's Command-
ers as features, augmented by lesser-
acts. -. ■ .;.;..;■ ... ' , ■ ■

kudy Vallee is back again at the
Height Ho With . his dansapatipn ]
inarathons and. dispensing excellent
music: Immediately ensuing on
WOR. Berrihard Leyltow from the
Commodore . registers niceiy^^^^ ''^l^^
Ms concert ensemble. '-

Hits Careless Stations

, The New' YorkSlhrenlhg;' Sun, • in
, an editorial Oct. ;• 25,; criticized
; .; broadcasting statibns. for failing to
" give notice of any .changes in thbir
:::,^prog?ani.: J The-'Suii- tiakes

point this valuable public obligation
' which .-.makes pbssibib the ^s'tsitibfjs'
\ command Of high .prices for time
on the air, and; that the radio pro-
grams, though published gratis by
^© dailies, takp; on the; weight of
authorized adyertlsements.
. There has been a noticeable tend-
• ency of stations coming on antl off
' haphazardly. This goes chiefly for
the non-NBC stations, but they are
Jjound to suffer with the others
•hould the dailies decide anew to

The Outstanding Song Hits
. from the .-

New 1928 Earl Carroll'*
"Vanities"

"Bhe Shadows"

"Once in a Lifetime" |
"Raquel" i

Sing Them— Play Them— H
Buy Them •

Hpbbins Music CoitroRAiibN

Scwat h Avcmif. N rwYoA "

— SESSssr —

FISHER UNATTACHED

,;' . ■ Los Angeles, Oct. 30.. .
Fred Fisher, - veteran . comppsser
who arrived, here a mbhth. ago to
take a whack at niovietorie,,. was
with M-G-;M payroll fpr two weeks
It is said that the weekly amount
bf reimbursement for services was;
the . reason ^f pr Fisher stepping out.
and is now. unattached. ,

MUItlEL POLLACK'S MUSIC

MurieL i'bJlack, one .of, ..the two^
pianists in the pit for "yps-a-paisy"
is the. composer of the scOre for
"Well, Well, . Well," new musical
about to go into rehearsal for the
Shuber.ts. . ■'

Story is based on a; bOpk by Mon-
tague G.ia3.s. -V . ^ -

WHETEMAN'S "GABllIEL" .

■ Los Angeles, p.ct. .30. :.-
•'When Gabriel Blows His Horn"
Will be Paiul Whitcman's picture for
Universal. It's a story of jazz.
Vproductlon starts about Jari. ■!>

Helen Lannbert's Club;

. Helen Lambert, after coh.siderable
Broadway hoste.ssing now has her
I own club, the . Red Lantern, in the
upper EC's.

A.ssbciated are Yalloft, formerly
with Texas Gulnan, and Sam
Thorpe, last at the J ungle. Club; ;

Miami and Havana

Ihtenid to Open Early

. Holier-than - thoii c a m p a i g n s
against the New York : night . life
are expected to react In favor of
the night clubs in Miami, Palm
Beach and Havana, and club owners
and operators are making plans for
early openings.

Club Lido, Miami, operated by the
same interests that cbntrol the. New
Y»rk class spot; Le, Tpuquet. Nara-
gansett Pier, and the Embassy
t!lub» Boston, will get going earlier
than! usuali pr.esent plans calling
fpr.a New -Year'.q eve 'sta-rt.

The r.n f ine season in Miami opens

Jan. 17, • ■

In Havana the; season will also
get off earlier than heretofore, with
100 days bf racing and McCoy fire
water as the mialn attriactions.

Basin Woon, the author. Is ban
dling the publicity for the Bowman
interests in Havana.. He is using
considerable' advertising space to
plug the island. TTIs lattst: mjok."
"CocktnlV 'Hour In Havana, '^ was
recently published.

AL SHAUTE SAinNG

Al SJiayne, nitc. club m. c., sails
Nov.' 3.-for Paris to do that certain
reglsseur business at the Club CfSd

nova. '.' ■■

Shayne. holds an eight yveeks

contract.

(NEW YORK) . ;

New York, Oct. 25. ?
, A • delightfully, bizarre room is the:
Rvissiari Ivretclnna (liteiwlly -'trans-
latcd .means .Kuss.ia'n rendezvous,
hut or gathpring place, according to
Max and Peter Nomiroff, propie-
rcrs) at 244 East 14th street, ir the
b.i.seraeht ,6f the no.w Labor; Temple,
cornering I:r»d - Avenue. • . -
: In the recent trend bf . Greenwich
Village spreading east and noi-th;
this 14th street . looatinn ' insui-vs. ,n
double play ;l^x;om totii'ist- and ■ local

patronage. " ■•-•':'.'-'■.

i— Forr~lr ke ■ evoi-yt^^ihfg^-elnc. ■ thuvfis-
ain't what they; used ., to Svus. .Soc.-
orid avenue has Jbst its pthettb air.
It' is . -quite tony in hiany- .tlvih'cjs.:
From hi^h rents,,, ultrrt-modorn
ap.artmonts and smart shops, the
trehd - haS - been to; the aesthetic in
rest.^urants. and ; the l)izt>rre in the
nite Jlfe. -',' ', -'

.; ■ . The phcttb nlujuril, with' the lower
l']ast Side; - how.-. tUorbuRlily assuhi-
iatod, what wilh rosirlctod immi-
gration '. and . the; ' east ; lOuf.opoan
quota thoroughly • exhaustod ; for
years to conic, now .return, to .the
neighborhbbd of their cradle days.
They nvako friends anew with iioo
die zoop, Iluissian atriiosphore, Uun
gariah culsirie and; the various diar
Icctic customs and . tastes that il.our-
ish bolow 14th street. And a new
and interesting, nife life .it .is.

The 2nd avenue cafes, \Vith- their
babel arid bedlam of. noises, and
sfili - tetainirtg their sidewanc table.<i
behind discreet screens ' during the
warm ■ days, how have historic: as*
sbciatlori 3 linked with tlTorii. The
Metropole i.s sjpoken.pf in the same
br^eath. with Slgmund Romberg.; ; and
such and such another place l.<?
linked with, some othbr Broad.way-
famed composer, - thespiari ' or lit-
terjiteur. - -.- ; 'i .

The Kast. Side graduates, have
made possible the Russian Bears
and kindred tony couver charge
caviar eateries. The Russian
Kretchina, in its setond season, fs;
importantly in the field, .i clicking
the protiiest of all.

Here's ' an atin osplieric room that
breathes life and color, arid which,
; udging from the special Thursday
evehlhg occasion, scciris ali^eiuly .iri.
Thex'e's - rib cover, reasonable food
scale, Russifih string danco band
which, for all of Its lack of the noc
essary sock is alright for its pur
pose, and. several .variety acts. ' .

One of these acts, Adia Kouznct
zoff, if not quite the second Chalia
pin whom the manogeirient thinks
he is, would be a panic on 03 road-
way . Kou znelzbff is-, a tall, . strap -
ping Russ, with ai ton .of person-
ality, an ihipve?!,sly'e bas.sp voice and
an hIst^^c^nic iriVpi'essivcness in' his
Russian Interpretations, which
would caluse the giddy a. k. gals
in the uptown class rooms to grab
mash -note pen in hand. Take that
frorti Mrs. Abel Herself no a. k. and
quite a flaming youth, who okayed
that as . a cinch feriimc .react'ioh If
ivouznetsio.ff wore in a clas.s i-poni.

Kouznetzoft ;i3 quite a virtub.sP Iri
his Russian . song' deliveries. . He
'strums a . wicked string in.strunricht.
some sort of balalaika,' no doubt,
and has a good .riian Friday, by his
side on; the floor doing ditto With
another keyed: stHng . instruhicnt.
Kouznetzbff Is quite a .qonsatlon and
the newspaper ei-owd who- were the
jests of honor tonight, were con-
siderably ; iriiprb.s.sed, . blorig .with
such prbfesfjicmals. ' as ' Helen Mor-
gan, , Helen Kane, Betty Com ptpn,
l<Yanecs Uptori, Grace iJowmdn an.d
Danny Ilcaly, who .olliciated as
hosts on behalf of ., the; manage-:
ment and Johnny Moran, the p. a.
for the platie,

A Mr. Marti rioff, with a dagger
dance, Is quite an oddity for a
-i^road'wa^y—r-fl bp r — show — . F.omcen
Brother.^, virtuosi of the acicordiaris,
bovild cHck anyw^ei'e. lleleh ,Kaza
nova, vlbliniSLe, and Tainara .Ko
rentelly, male dancer,' fared well,
but are locally limited.

For the Broadway mob, looking
for ebtnf'I'lung diff er()nt, the Ru.ssian
KretcMi ma i.s a .n ovelty cafe, worth-
while 'tor . Uiriher- or; isupper.

Abel.

be playodi All • the boys Solo' in the
cntortainriiont. .; ,-. : .- ' .
-:<.ioor,i;e MoQuoen is doing a
sparkling . Job as ''ni-o. ^ Hi-s indU
vidual con.triVnaion . :Canio'. -in for
gracious lia'uils, . and , his '.-It."' ' song
sorit' him-, dw'ii'y to 'salvbs.; 'A cute
spubi-et is - Ma.dlyn .^^a;cKohzic;,and
a -crack pl'iina donna is iii^'lon ;C'.or-
ro.ri. Evelvh .Ilbffniijn. daribcr.. with
n, rep in ;t)ie Middle: West, did not.
appear owing to a 'serious- ilihoss
"which sent hor at: the eleventh hour,
to a local hospital. v' ; V

It wbuld' be worth ix trip down
here : for the night life:; reporters of
Broadway to have; onb;. peck: at the
Little." • Then they could hie back ^
.t.Q-fehe-^flUttor4:rig::a^|f ties arid mak^
faces at the gorillas Svhilp carefully:
explaining to them jUsf . how. fai*
back they are in the water and ; Ice
racket. ■■ :Samucl,

iTLOUGS MAY REOPEN

■ ',-■; Chicago, Oct. 30.
Frolics cafe; ; padlocked about
eight months ago, . Is due to reopen
New , Ycfir'.s eye. if permis.sion is
granted to the manageriient.

In Arbuckle'8 Ci.uh

• LPS' Arigeloa. Oct. 30.
Cose Hagen and Red Njcho^li.s' or
chcstra -will open : at itpscoe Ar-
:bnckle;B,-Plan.tatlori;jC^fe_in^^

Leon RosebroPk, cpnductor pf the
St. Louis Municipal: Orchestra last
1 season sails from San Francisco on
tiio Sierra Nov. 8 to open at the
State, Melbourne, Australia, on Jan.

15. -; ..

The American musical director
has a long tei'm contract with the
Unlen Theatres, largest picture
' houeo chain In the AnUpodea.

Unit Wave for Chain

. ■^:,;'': Wa.shlpiiton, VOot. .30.

Latest . c-xperiment .' scheduled Is /.
the siynHirbnizatlon.: Of broadcasting. -

Idea l.«» being sponsored by the
engineering-: staff, of the :Foderal..;.
Hadlo. GOmriiif!s,ion : with; the hope
that :A .whole .gTpup;:et^^^ may .,

be able to- broadcast on . ^^ prie
wave-length. / . , . ; ." ; ■ ■ :

This would enable chain 'broad-,
casters 'to, cut dp wri their now big-
gest expenSe-rWirc charges. ;;-

In Helen Kane's Room

Helen Kane opens the old Heien
Morgan Club shortly after clectlpn.
day as an : Intimate room, to be
kiiown: as the . Paris.

Nicky Blair, Miss Morgan's for--:
riie'r entrepreneur, ::w|ll. be behind
the works pf the K.ane cafe. The
comedicnnc' la dbUblihg from "Gbpd
Boy," and wiU have Betty Cpmp-
ton of "Hold liVvery thing:.' .as a sub-
feature, Along with Chic, Eridor, for- .
merly of the Yacht Club Boys, who
is now back.

Eridpr is the entertainer who was
marooned in Kn^land for a time
through staggorlng: aliniony ar-
rears, but has settled that.

Along •with Kndpr'?;, dance band a.
tarigo combination will ofllciaite, .

HYDE IN SAJiLROOM

Alex Hyde -follows Art .: I^ndry
as the musical card in the lUtz
ballroom, Buffalo. Nov. .9. His stay
is 'iridellnito ,and.vhc is reported get-
ting $1,000 wcokly .for the enghge- .
ment/.: -- ' -, ;' :, . ■

Hyde and band h.ave. been flUIng
a .lbhg.'cng.ngement ;at: Shegi'S; Buf-
falo .for publix..' - '; '-'-.

BEE PALMER IN CLUB '

tJridcterred 4)y 'Mabbi's persistent
fbrilys, ne^y:. club.s are appearing
along the" Alley; .

Dan Healy arinouncos that; :wlth-
in three weeks the Little club will
open .with one "of his; rcyues draped
aroimd I'.cc' I'aimer, Foiir partners
will split the proceeds of this -ven-
ture, . "•■■.-■>■:

OPENING RECEIPTS STOLEN

New Rit/, ballropm Ib.st its open-
ing three .days' receiitts, totaling
over .$3,000, when the olflce safe was
cricked ', by yeggs; early Monday
morning. . " ;.

Kntranco was gained by prying
open a Skylight. ' -

Casa Nova's Lineup

Ttfthamed the Casa Nova, thp for-
■meix^UelehlJSI-oj:g.a,n-.cJ.ub::,oj2en^
U'ay Willi IToU-n -J^ane,.. McCarthy
{SisieRs and Chick Eridbr. .. Nick Blair.
and his asHpcia'tos aro'^ op.w^^

City December 2, replacing ifenry
Halstead'B orchestra.

Ben Blue at College Inn

.. Chicago, Oot. 30.

Ben Blue opens at the Colk gc In.r, !
Nov. 12 as m.e.

He wlll h*.'ad an all eomody floor
show booked by the WilUam Morri.s

office.'

LITTLE GLUB

' ' ■ ' S(.'W\ prl't ans, .^ict. 26.
Tony .Dbriapol.i.s' -Little Club Hf'ijl
.stands- supn-rrir- as.; thq. . :i)i"t'i"i<!r
rilgiit club of .tiitj .v-'orld.. ;

N'ollilng' In Paris, hnudun or New
York to .bdiripfirc v/ilii it. Here is
a riii^bt club -with a <;'jurt yard, en
Irani' ]. -jjl.t wiUiiri a. building, bi-au-
t'ifUl ;s|pr;j..yin"g .' : fountains ; and ■ - a
proirif-nadc;. of statuary , and i)aint-
InK^.v i..:;jr:.'(\-. tit:t;-..t-li/.-.i<.OJCy KOd. liara-.
iiKiLitiL iTi .Vow- Yo'i-k. •

Ixr.r.i prjlis if-, -ono .of tlio r-oUnLry'.-;
. >^4/j..ff:WbtoiuLli.^^iaiil-^Ui-in^
-is ills .fjf.-t .}iirWl»i'. ' llf: prf.-fers . b'. i,i:r:;
l.}„- })o':f r.''.(t;'''r 'tlij'ni tb'; ul-.i.t-'f .
the tT.vn and .'•pf-nrl.'-- plfiUy. to.b;v.->'.
jri th'i suii.-.i.ine of \)h\r.i\::rily: .

'nn,' pre:-' at -att;iy, all "olK-iiUi-
laHt: v.'.-flc. to ri (.•g.iv'-i:t
iHit lKiiC a liou -.- i J iii'H in Hi" <a-; .;
f:h<;.-!r;i.i Mi'l. '1 J.-r.-ip /ij.S. bro_n -;;'
l-'ranki'- Qir- iV ll ''n'l liii! ;-;'. re !'
from (•},.• • '". a, :.w" t . a •■:uh: .
playing . danci:' music aie it . shbiil i

OF EXCEPTIONAL MERIT

156-8 WEST 48TH STREET

.,m I ■ ■ E«»t pf Broadway - — —

58

VARIETY

OUT D O O R S

Wednesday, October 31, 1929

Performers in Murphy's
Carnival

;v St, John, N..J^;,'Oct/ 30. v

' A benefit perfprmanfce has b6en

. 'considered, hecegsary ,in 6rd_er; to
Msure: -t exit from' ;thia city oE
petformiers" , playl^ ■ local

V auspicea with the' Muryhy. Bros.

;'■ Carnival. Thfr . acta ' had been
working ; In a rink under axispiqes
■ of the local Dokeys,- and previougiy,;
the local Elks,

: . ; Hart^iS Mi^hland ^Girls, left:

, city ph their own. Ponies, dogs and

rnonKe'y^ 6rMli« Hfrx—:animia.l--adL
were seized; under a bailift's war
rartt.- Bringing; aptlons a&a.inst the.
cariiiyai weriB a .hotel' for $766 and
foyr local firms for .isunlS: ranging
from:; $119. to $400 ;ior goods f ur-
' liishcd ; the ■ show. There is also a
Sum due . the custorils for. entfles..
The perforiners Vr-ere linable to col-
lect salaries f or several weeks,, it has
been reported, from Eiigene J.: Mur-;;
phy, riTfianager of the carnival, v;ho
l-ft town last week,; leavlnig theper-
forniers ; stranded in St. Jbhin.
: The . Pokeys .' sta.te. th ey; were re -
;eeivlng. 20 per cent of the gross re-
ceipts/.' the.- balance' being . in . the
possession of ■. Murphy.; When; the
court orders ;were' slapped on tlie
properties of the acts, the Dokey*
fa,lled to get. the^2b per ■ CehtVf or one
night, jn all, .the Dokeys reported

getting $600 ir.om the- f^^^

Fred; Ilex, of the Jtex animal act,
is ; In " the city, and also - his .family.,
.All the. performers ore eager to re-
cb.yer their, equlpnient, .held by the
bailiffs, acting f or .th^ loca!!' credi-
tors. ;The' Mui'phy; Shows made their
debut in tills territory in 1927, and
returned -this year . undier canvas. ,

podsoh Killed :

Elgin, 111,, Oct. 30;.
' Arthur Dodson, brother of. C,
and Melvih Dodson, , owners of . the
; Dodsoh ^V^orld's Fair' shows, and
who haid organized his; own; travel-
ing carhlvai last spring In tiiis city;
died Oct. 19 In an . auto; crash .near
Jonesboro, I^a.

s He was general manager, ot the
show and was traveling with the
^ajnlval when the tragedy occurred.
The body Svas' taken to Columbus,

ma-V ' v. '^ ■

CARNIVAL

; (For. current week, Oct.: Mi When*
jlot otherwise indicated.) '

Alabama Ani. Co., Mer RoUge, ioi.
, ;B; & B, Am. go:, Zebuioni N. C.
Beatty Greater, L6achvllle, Mo. .
Benton Am. Co.; Marks, Miss. '
Bernardi Greater,. Goidsboro, N. C.
;. Brod^eck Am. Co., Arkansa,s City,
;; ;Ean.': ••

..Bruce trreater, .' (Fair) . Raleigh,
;--K. C. ■■

Bunts Am. Co.* TOccoai Ga. .

Cetllh & Wiisori, (Fair) Chester^
field, S. C.

Craft's Greater, Calexico, Cal. :
;, . Dodson's World's Fair, Gulf port.
If Iss. '." ■ »

Fairly, -Noble &, Ft. Smith, Ark.

Gloth. Greater, Farmville, N. C.

Gray,; Roy, No. 1, Bay City, Tex.

Gray, Roy, No. ;2, (Fair) San Aii-.
Custihe, Tex. ; ; .

Greenburg Ami. Co;, (Fair) Dem-
Ing, N. M.. ■

Gruberg, Max, (Fair) . Columbia,
B. C.

Hansen, Al C McComb, Miss.
Hill's Greater, Smithfield, N. C.
Jones, Johnny J,', Orangehurg, S
C; 6, Augusta, Gal . ' ■

:KelliG-Grady, Haleyyille; Ala.
LaMance's Attractions, (Fair)
Greenwood, Si C. '
Laughlln: ■pin'^io^id; ArkV
Miller, Ralph R.; (Fair)' Ruaton
/ Mlss: ■ ■:

Morris & ;Gast1>> (Fair) SHreve-
• port, La.; '•■ '..

Murphy. D. D., Vicksburg, Miga.
: Ozark SiiowiaV Augusta, Ark.
- Pollle, Hughes. Ark.

Pa;ge; J; , j. IBifcpo . (Fair) Camden
: S. C;; 6, Newberry.
■ Reiss, Nat, (Fair) Fayettevllle

: N. c. ■ • ■: ■

Rice-Dorman, (ITalr) Becvillo
Tex. v'--. ■ ; .-.

Rice Bros., (Fair) Lyons, • Ga. •

Ilock City. (Fair); Reldsville. Ga.

Royal Palm Am. Co., Jacksonville
Pla. ■

Rubin & Cherry,, (Fair) Spartan

• burg. S. C. .

— -Stiuie.jW. T.. Bennettflvllle, S. C
Strayer. AmVCo.', Ba'SlvoprLar'
Suhgi?t, (Fair): Gaffnoy, S. C.

.=~=S £gRlgM_I^ ^po-'» (l^''air) Quantico

W.T.do, W. G.,,'(FaIr) Albany, da
Wo.st6rn Am. Co , Siler City. N, C

OutclQqr Bille;rs in Tussle
As Monopoly with Dept.

; ; Wa.shin^

General Outdoor Advertising - Go.
and tlve otlier defendants named,
are seoklng a .hea,rini?.:ln~ their figiit
with; the Pepartmen t of Justice to
have a chance to prove, the.se com-
;panies do not operate, in- interstate
commerce.' ..;-;:..'.■■;■■.."'....,.,.;•;:■;■■

Department .cliarges that tiie pomr
pani.es have cheated ainioriopoly in
the outdoor advertising field;:
: Effoi'ta were being niade to have
the hearing yesterddy' (Monday) in
.th0: ;NeNV . York ..,fede!ra,r. court. ■

OBITUARY

Wilson GRAY CROTHERs

; Wilson Graiy Ci*Qthers, > 31, ; pro-
duction manager tor Blattnar Film
Company; 4ied at ;i\lonto Carlo Sept.
2i, following the taking of an over- .
;dose of . veronal. He wa^; tlie iaon of .
the Minister of Labor for Canada,

; OSCAR SHAFFER V

; Oscar 6l]iafCer,^^3, last of the old-

tihie circus Clowns, wais Jjurled last

week at Amherst; He was

within a week of attairiing his 94th
birthday when he died at the Sol-.

BRITISH FILM TIELD

- (Continued froin page 6)

iions for union, rates ; and men a
fortnight befbrie the house reopened.
Couldn't ; get "^Bundy, Sam Berney
and p. A. Abraliams (son of A. E.,
now building the Regal circuit) to-
gether, they being the fellows con-
cerned. . Got a last-minute promise
of union wages. But don't regard It
as binding. So the union wanted to
refci' the "dispute" to .a Ministry of
Labor, but the manager of the the-
atre. ha;s refused:. On goes the pick-
eting, and Up roll thi crowds to see
what it's ail about. Not a p.ublicity
stunt. But a good one if some, one
had pulled .it. ; : '

; : Soundfilm Flotations

Public issues of stock by soiind--
film promoters are coming fast. And
getting the money. There surely are
some fali guys this season. By the ;
time everyone;;. gets tlirough with''
promotion ,the public won't have
sufficient money, left to sefe arid hear
the talkers. ; ' ,'\ '' \ .
. Celebritome, , disc systeni with .
syniJhronized . amijllflcatiohi came
out this week for ;$450,0'00 in 40-cent.
stock arid got it immediately, clos-
ing the lists' the, Vame mdrning,

Pirectors of this concern are Rear
Admiral James cle Cpurcy Hamil-
ton, M. V. p., director also -of the
Army and Navy Stores ; Sir William
Joseph Holberton, G. B. E., director .
of.Puophone Fpi-eign, Ltd.; Richard
Long Haw;keswprth, of the Union
Securities Comjpany, and Saul Har-
ris, associated in the North with
the film business. Former is man-
aging director. The company makes,
gramophones and loud-speakers as;
well as machines for theatre repro-
duction. . . ';....

Another concern operating as the
Ribbon Records Coriipany, with a
nominal capital Of $5,000, will float
early In November for $750,000, It
claims a system of recording on
fllmredge by Indentations similar to
disk records, the sound being repro-
duced by a needle and amplified in
the usual way. Pirectors at present
are R. P. Thorogood and J. Good.
If there were anything in a name,
Mr. Shakespeare

BARNES-CARRUTHERS

Fair Booking Ass'h, Inc.
121 Ko. Cliirk St., criiciiffo

WANTEI) FOR 1929 SEASON
STANDARD NOVELTY ACTS
SUITABLE FOR OUTDOORS

lArgrest Fair Ilooking; Afrcncy in America

MY INSPIRATION
YOU WILL LIVE FOREVER

who held that position for 18 years
until His death six years ago. He
saw o.yer-seaa ; service . with; the
Princess Fat ..regiment -and was
wounded and gassed.

Mr. Grothers .'made his film ■ debut
as an assistant casting director and
became casting director for' Metrp-
Goldwyn-r Mayer. . When . C. B. Pe

diers' Home In Chelsea, Mass.

His,: first circus experience was
with George K, Goodwin, a pioneer.:
He wa^ a candy butcher, ballyhoo
man and clown. IJe also once was

Sound News

Two more houses are being wired.
Universal's Rialto " oh Leicester
Square and its other house. New
Oxford, in Manchester. The latter
opens with "The Man Who Laughs"
(sound) Nov. 1, and tlie Rialto starts
its sound stuff Nov. 19.
■ New Gallery, P. C. T. theatre on
Regent street -where : the Movietone
talking shorts have been in for some
time. Is putting in Fox's "Red
Pancer of Moscow" next month
with a human orchestra and a sllen.t
print, although the picture was pre-
viewed at the same house Sounded
a-tf ew-weeks-^backvv _^

No further development at the
Plaza, yet, though the; Paramount
house is now wired. ■ They are wait-
ing to see how "Ij^terference" turns
out, arid if it is good enough it riiay
go in early in the New Year. War-
ners are doing good business at the
Piccadilly, with "The Jazz Singer,"
.but it camie out Oct 24 to hnake way
lor '.'The Terror," ■
^ Colonel ; A. G. Bromhead aind
brother Reginald; heads of, the Gau-
mont combine, left yesterday for
Pai-is to see a demoristratiori of their
British acoustic system at the
Cameo theatre, where a full-length
picture, ^sounded on their two-film
syisteiri. Is. shown. They.: haven't
done, so well with their synchron-
ized shorts at the; Capitol, but
they're installing It at the Sheperd's
Bush Pavilion, largest neighborhood
house. ■ ■

The queer thing here is half or
more of the people running sound
aysfems-dttTT^btf ilom in Ihe -futw-
of synchronization,- but figure it'-
good enough to cash in on the craze

"tg-h-j-H^^it^lHflHr- ■ . ■ .- , .

About Folks .

Syd Chaplin is in Uorlln. SBcen
taking a look over the Ufa studios
at^Haljolsbui-g, a sort of 'busman
holitloy.

, Gene Morel, son of the labor
Icadc^r. E. I). Moi-ol, who :,<»tartcd the
Red lUi.hbcr scant! al^j in the HcUrian
Congo; some; yoara ai?o, di<>d thi.s
■week; siiildpnly. in Munich, whcr
he had bO(>n. playing, for Kavl.Orun
in 'Watorlpo," a sociuol to "Napo
loon." VoiingMcn-oi liad roctMitl.
played loa» in Hu^og Gorman lilms

IN MEMORY OF

My Beloved Husband

He went away forever
Oct. 31, 1926

BEATRICE HOUDINI

Mille left ; Paramount he took Mr.
Grothers along and made him cast-
ing director at . the PeMIlle studio
In Hollywood. He held that position
uritil a year ago, when he went to
Europe; as productioii manager for
Blattnar . Films. ■

•Peceased was married to Molly
Malonci a screen actress, about five
•years ago. They were divorced in
1926. A little over a yeaf ago he
married Natli Barr, when brought
to America by First National. She
is now Ini Europe. :

Besides the widow, his mother in
Ottawa survives. ':.

and was regarded as a coming
juvenile. , .

. Mady Christians, Gerriian star, Is
jiere,^ln_^gri nce38 Pr iadlla' s Fot-t-.
night," directed by Antnony ASRiTiithT

George King, for some time side-
kick to Pan Fish, casting agent, Is
starting On his own.

Paramount IS to give a -world re-
lease for "Juanita," Spanish story
just going Into production, George
Banfleld directing for British Fllm-
; craft .;-.;;

A Britlsii branch of the America:n
Society of Motion Picture Engineers
has* been formed with the help of
Pr. Hickman of : Eastman-Kodak.
The Pr. returns to New. York next
week. •

: Heather Thatcher Is to play lead
in a feature to be directed by Cas-
tleton Knight (formerly manager of
Capitol) for British International.
Working title, "Life Is Pretty Much
the Same.".

First National, having raised a
bit of a storm by putting a clause
in ita rental contracts ta the effect
the contract did not give any right
-to- uae sound. , on— any sys te m, h as

amended It so it reads.

"It is understood and agreed that
-the xcntfijL la. D5Le.blIj2ated to supply
a synchronized print or .any^o'uri^"
.proces.s, no matter how recorded, for
the fulfilment of this contract" This
lias satisfied, tii© Exhibitors' Asso
elation on liie poirit

Some 20 German exhibitors have
boon her© this week investigating
the soundfilm situation.

Whatever may be J. P. Williams
a.'s.sorlatlon with Photophone, John
Maxwell here still says British- In-
tornatlonal is laying off sound till
it has boon proved It's perfect and
the public wants It.

: -la XAyliigr Memory of

My Dear Mother ; .'

HESTER ROMER-KOSTER

Nor. S, lOZT
LEILA ROMER

employed by P. T. Barriuih. Shaffer
fought In the Civil .War ais a private
with Company H, .11th Massachu-
.setts Volunteers.; ■>;' ?• '.^i. : ■ '' :'.;• '

■ W. O. ROBINSON :

W. O; Robinoon, 68, who :40 yieara
ago was the giant with the Ring-
linff, , Barnum ■ and other circuses,
died Oct 24 at his home In Knox-
ville, la., where he. was a promi-;
nent business riian.
RoblnsOri was seven feet 11 Inches

IN - MBMOBY OF

HOUDINI

. . Who Passed Away
October 31, 1926
Gone But Not Porsotten by

JAMES COLLINS

tall and one of a. family of brothers,
all of unusual height. His widow,
four children, and brothers arid
sisters survive.

ART bopsON

Art Pobson, general manager of
Podson's Exposition Shows, died Oct.
19 In an auto accident hear Janes-
boro. La. ■• ^X-' - ' .'

Body was taken to Golumbus,
Ind., his home, for burlaL. ; Podson
is surylded by a widow and daugh-
ter. . ■ . . .,.;".

Jack Conway / Mass

. A month's riiirid mass will be
. said at St Maliachy's Church :
on Saturday, Nov. 3,; at 9
..o'clock, for the late Jick Con-
way, the Rev. Father Leonard
■'oifriciating, . . '■ •

died of heart trouble in Galesburg,
■111.,: last- week. '■ ■
— She-Jtad^pent thp -taatSglight yo.irc;
with carnivals. At one tlriie ahe
weighed 600 pounds but since he^
last illness had fstllen to three hun- '
dred. .; ':: : .

BARRY WHitCOMB

. Barry Whitcomb, 56, actor, died
Oct 25 In New York of Intestinal
trouble. ;■ :■.•'• ■„■ .■

; Wliltcomb had been in both legit ■
and vaude. In later years hejtding
his: Own act, a sketch.

I. A. DEATHS

: Peaths recorded- ~at I. A. head-
quarters. New York, iriclude the fol,
lowirig: Ed Allen, Baltimore, local
19; .;CI....-les ; Colwell, ;secretary,
Scranton, No. 68 ;. W;;;B;^ G^^
former business ; agent. ' Stockton,
Cal., No. 428; W. E. Famm, Raleigii,
N. C, No. 603; William Palmer, To-
ronto, No. 68;: Martin Reynolds,
Penver, No!i 230; H. H. White, re-
cording secretary, Lockport, N; Y.,;

A Year Ago We Lost Our; Pal

"ERNrCARR

Pat Walshe - Irving O'Hay

No, 318; Brad C, twigg, former
president., local . 258, Cumberland»
Md.; W. p. Little, Jr., lost; his life
in a film .fire In .; Sherman, Tex.,
No. 468,

■ Edward H. Ho'uche, 85, circus
acrobat, died .at his home in Old
Mystic, Conn., Oct. 24.

.Mother of Jerry Gargill, New
York agent, died . Oct 25 at her home
in, Grand Rapids. She was 50 years

old.. ; .- ■■ ; "■ :". : ■

The 11-year«old daughter, Patsy,
of the Goranis (ventriloguist) died
Oct. 25 In .Eriigland, the home of;iier
parerits. Coram cabled ;the sad.' n^ws
to Eddie Pirling. ;''\ ■

Sam Wolf, 68, father of Nat Wolf,
picture buyer for the Orpheum Cir-
cuit; Joe Wolf, Pathe representa-

IN LOVING MEMORY OF MY DEAR WIFE

WHO DE PARTED THIS LIFE NOV. 1 , 1927
REST IN PEACE, IVIY PARLING

U. $• Thompson

_^ JOSEPH p. CUPERO

""^Joseph P: Cupero,'- veteran- mu-
sician, died Oct. 24 at his home In
New York. ■. •■

Cupiero for years was with the
old Pocksrtader show arid with difr
ferent traveling outfits, , ; ; '
; In addition to his widow and two
children, three brothers, all. mu-
sicians, survive.

EDITH C. GORDON
(Croliiis. Sisters)

Edith Crollus Gordon, 65, known
professionally as one of the Crollus
Sisters, vaudeville, died Oct. 26
from the effects of a paralytic
stroke. ■ ;■ ■■ ;■ -■■;;

She Is survived by her sisters,
Mina Crolius Gleasori and Louise
Crollus Burns, and a son, Jerome
Flanagan. ;

jAMeS-SOUTEsl
James Souter, - 60, supervisor at
the Paramount studio, Hollywood,

caT.^area oc£:"7g~6r asHnrg-w

the arteries. . He had been employed
by Paramount for 10 years and was
president of the Paramount. Studio
Club,, a social group of employees.
A widow survives.

MAUDE I. WEISS

Maude Idola Weiss, 48, billed as
the world's largest woman when
she apprarpd with the Johnny Jones
carnival shows several year^ ago.

tive In Philadelphia, and Al Wolf, .
Universal representative_In :.Chicag.<>i
died Oct. 20 In Houston, Tex. ;
had been retired from business 10
years.; . 'X' ■■■ i'^---' -■■:■'■/ X- '" .-•

The sons' were unable to reach'
his bedside before his death.

: Noah; S. Long, 82, father of Louise
Long, Parariiount scenarist, died at
Beverly Hills, Cal;, Oct 18,

, Marceline ,.

In lorlnit Tnemory of my husbftnd, wKo a'M
In Now York, November 6. :1927. :,
. This diy brJnue bnfk sad memoriea
• Of a loTcd one Ron 6 to rcot;

A Fallen SUr. , ■ .
■■. Those ' who chcrLsli hla moinory today;

Arid: those >Tho lovod talm boat .
Inserted by his wlfo. .

liOulsa Marceline Orboe,
' Bamos. S. W.. Knglsnrt.

DEATHS ABAOAD

■ Paris, Oct. 17-

J a n C uzikf Polish medium, died, at
Warsaw, after long illness.
-. Jflnacio_Jgiesia8^.._^Spanish play-
wright and poet, dled"atT!Jrtrcelon*'==^

Robert Reiner, 56. German picture
producer (Ufa), a^, founder pi
Emollca. .•

Georges Latil, French, artist, was
found dead in Pa.ris unaer mys-
terious clrcumstanceSi

Alexandre kougueir 71. Hussion
critic/ better known ' as Iloj"
Novus, died in ;■ Petrbgrad tbonin-
grad).. . ;

Wednesday, October 31^ 1928

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List.'-,: ■ . ■■■ .'•

Palace : \ . j ton^Cluij. llrpiece . orchestra closed

X- ■* >, K^-^T hi'ii -Sf tho ■Pilorp <?un- the bill. • An ali-o6lbred instriimontal
.^°^hJ&J^ ^ti^- IStrly and and dance act. featiuihp an: orisinal
daj^ afternoon, tionij bantiey ana | .,,p v.^ff„^t ;,r.,,r,nfr v.at iti-<.\x;n:

his m
Seyrho

^^L^gaSg'Sa^JS^SSrieS^^

floor,. ««tliuslasm^^a^ npt «|^g^te , ^.jj^^^ bobsori.' thirfli' A^rorU a
; a3 usual her^ l?^^^

^"^"^Jw^M^^^nS? £vil'3^^ A With ;aGtiQn d^pletea; by -.liehtinpr. of.

Opening . " ,LPJ .-^S'^n nc various win tVows In .the hou?e. ; Story
^'^^^""^ -iy^n<,i^^ S» iro Ublr s of a hubby during

.(JtnfieMwitb^^ise,^

that shows , t^ie hand of Bert Jian- i.^iugH. . preiiminal-y ■ tO'- .the :skc.tch
ion. also on the same bill.. ^AUen and . " ^^.^^ ^. j,^„^- and dance . rou-'
Canfield work nicely tpgother. • .. tii- nhiiitv Secand ■vv-ere-

;.-::Hanlon. after t^^ G^c^: ^4^MoS?^ffl^^am^

up the tempo. . Mateml lUve^

• Ion's, always good.: First: half closecj 1 .. ts^jcc : early filler. Larimer
with' Toto; . The. .clowii pantomimist ^yj'J^son^oiSvs' are comic :aiid

. is doing some hew, Stuff in his rou- .l "'^
tin^s this season which are just as
good if njot better than the old ones.
Tbto ; still ranks high iri\his class,

• Johnny Berkes with- Virginia Sully,

program med to o pen : t he jse-c 6 rt iV p or 7

tionr'but out of .show'. ■ Santrby :.ard

his gang in here and stayed, fpv
"plenty. ' .Was rather tough, for the

band cohsiderlpg: Ted .Lewis:, J:wp.

wpek^ previous, but if anything

made up for 'that it was AhPa Soy-.

hiour'.9 clowning: aroun^el, ia^betted bV;

H.'irry's docile, straight and' hoofing-..

. ,Tbe ■ Meyakos, briehtaV
gal.s and' a bdy, closed. . . Pleasingly .
' .enter.taihlhg, ' wlth.,..th^ gal."? /nifty
lookers. . ' T/opp.

State-Lake / . "y

i' " Quito a !ci\o\yd here for. the Sunday
noon show, i'ndicatihg good busi^^^
•foi' the . week. . Evij,'. T.ahgUa;y • heafl-.

• iining the vaiide is partially; rfespph'
sible, arid ■Willia:m- Boyd on the

. screen in "PoAvec"-. ' (Pathe) al.so.
means something^ locally.
, Atti tilde -of the Sunday:; crowd,
classed the-, bill as bettor , .in ' draw

• tl'ian in entertaiiiment. :yiis?s Tan-
. ' fe jiay. had. her ■ entrance reception ,
■ arid worked; the. house into mild

enthusiasm .. with ' ''1. Don't Caire."
Ruth Wari-en" nind company, .in a
hotel sketch with '.song and dance

novelty' balancing act; \vith Thclm.'i
featiired siiccoPi^ive .jumps oii her.
U)oW to pairs of small sticks' respin-r
bling candle ;l)oldovs. . Act lias ap-
p(\al .-through . tiio .apparent clangor .
elernent.' A girl and m.aji. :tho latter
pro.bablv Tlielma.'s father, and ex-
ceilirig. Tbelma in. thef act, do similar
work... Closing:- is, .a high-lilciving
•domohstratio.n.- • .' ' ' ■

Lester and .Stuart,-, deuoing, Avent
riic'ely in a conibinatipn , 6f c,oc^.ntr.ic\
hoolilTg: titid coinedy- talk,. Man' iiml
ii-l.:: . Third w as Cliarloe Kovuo

(Xew Acts), .five- people sang-anu-
aiinre- turn, -fciituring an nttraotivo.
and V.er.siitlle. perfrirmoi' in •. pretty
inuuliliiVp. :■ i;r:in.kt'l . and .iwinlc.vy,
blaCkfaoe coin ic.«, had. it: easy ' next
to .closing.'.Witl.i dialog. Last, a.et .was
■the Ohio State Hand, nineTpleco ciiV-
loti.ate outlit, with a .oiniple of. .side-
%Va.lk libbf^rs. thrown in. .,P.urp(>-^-o is
'comedy, with .music, incidental; T-i'g-

ana.nuason,, oiM'nfi5<i .itit- .ci..^. :p^,nnv(iv with music incini.'ntai; i..i'k-
girl on bilces,,. ..nrixing , p.(u1t.opiniio ^ -^^ olV.sor-lor aii intfrmediate bill,
laughs, with real riding talent, ■vet- ..rpj,(^..-yv^-ip-.. :(xox) foiitiu-e.- Biutu .
era'n .and'-gobd vatide.- • . ■ , • ■ -.i.. ■■<. .

. . ■; : .■ ■ . ... ... .: , , ,;. •■ .« ■.■

engaging a: Vturi; for - tl»v uvw;:Ory
plunnn th.catre, thorc to . bo'. opened
williin' tlKv, iu'X't/thi-oe:-. w(>v^^s;.-,

'ijuring liiuaiihg'^' ab.seiu t\. W'Ul-
luin l>yVhc /'is ::icting ..■maiiagOi^ - in
(imaha:. , ..

'. - Aaron .Tonos' Uii'ilto ili.-<i>uniiii\iod
.S;.uuiHi':i.v: inidnight perroi'ina-nvo' nl
:i:viii-lerfii:vi>' 'al'toi-: ivne try, . - •; ■

DEtROlT

Scott Sandei-s .-and Moran arid
Wiser not, included iri. fli'St sbo.w.

.Curly KGS.S is booking the Little
Clu:b,-.N(>>v,.Ori(-an:s.-:

is.

Tiist a . n!">v -Slu.ibert;.- iiivi:-'<-'a-l,
.slati'd f.(H- the A.uV.it'»'^iic.
:- .Worbu^s- I'Matbuslv .. ■ i)p-viVs;\next
wi'ek. with , ^Irs,:- ■ L«>liv' i:;^^■l<.^r ■ iii
'•The :SUa.nshai .tJesiiifo". a.s. tli'<>:;iirst
hit-raotibri;. :' , ■ ■:" ■•'. '' . •■'■ <

rasiriiv
lifl'^-^ring i

slpok
Jviuday

: burlo;s(ii.i.t'>v'
va'udo.' ■

i.'^: rio.w

iVon y<MOv(^wi'oU '0f. -rubliS:. throw a
party .-for Urooktyn-' noAYspnp.er : inen
a t • the O.rt'tsC'on t -..A'tli lot.ii^' C I I'l b ^ l;.iVf

.'Americah .■.".' ■ ■/ Arioiher snot added;, to the 'list of

All matter in C O R.R E S P O N D E N C E refers to current; week tinless

■ o'th-ierWise indicated.-. ■ ■ r ^ ' ■ ' i- -

: .;The *it^^s utidei': Correspondence ip; thiis -issue of ;• Variety are as .
follows and on pages: ' ; ^ ■ : ' ■ y ' .

BPtbokLYN . .
CHICAGO . . ..
CINCINNATI ..
CLEVELAND ..
DENVER ;;.'..! ...

;pETfioiT

iNDlANAPbLlS
KANSAS CITY
LOS ANGELES
LOUISVILLE .

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..61
, .'60
60

.,5cr

.66

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,.62
.61

MH.V/AOKEE

jyirNNEAPoLiS'

MONTREAL ......

OMAHA

PORTLAND, ORE.

ROCHESTER
SAN FRANCISCO
SEATTLE
SYRACUSE
TORONTO ; ........

WASHINGTON V.

...61
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.....60

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( .Ml Ini vro. and HeatlvV;

Shubcrt -; Lafayette /— • Xobody's
Uirl." • ■■ ■ ■■ ■ ■:. ,

Cass— "(lohlen nawn"" Cro.turriV..

Civic— 'llTile- vCorisiant ] Wile"
* .•itiick). •:•■. ■ ■ ':

■ ;state-~''Tiie. Ti>rri>r.'' ttalkor).
.. Capitol r.Cau.ybt . in ; tiit.' .For"
(lalkvr )- 1 larr'y .Lan.mlnu im stage,. ..' .
, . lyjr'chigan;—- ".Captain ; Swaggvi:'"
vsnuivd )-si;i«(>. Airiit. ■.

- Adams— "\Ving.<*'.; ■;:;.:•
, M adiso.n- ■• "Iviriy.cVl" .K ing.s'' (scaiiul) ,
.2(1. wi'i'ki " ,

. United Artists— '•W'oin.-in 1 M.'^piit > .
c'd"' ;(.tJOiihd), 2<1 ,w'eok.-- ' . ;■. -■
. Fo?<- ■•■.:;^rotlier KriovysT^^^^ (talk.-.
Or), 2d wofk: --S^lagO' sb.tiw. ,
. Little— -'Ivan the; T.-rrible," 2(1

- wi (.'k. ■'■ ' ; ■■■::'

;;brientalf ^■\^tolon' -Love;'-yaiHlc- ,, ;

: Cadillac — ^^^ftitual: •. ..

':• Burlc.''<iu'e.at the C<vltmial,. .Averiue,
-Loop, B,roa<l.way, Stranit. .,.Na tional
and Pal.aoe;

sveck. in behalf of tjio- ui'Vv l.iruoklyn-
-l^-.^ivnm-'n-t-t-lu^a-Uu'^Xua'jdy.iai-l noal

niovio s'cribblers and-. dr.'inia editors
w't'rii: prosr-nt.; -'- ;

■ Hotel .'^t. ;(.'iOorge.dihirig room o.rtl-
oia 1 1 y ' o pene d la st ; Week - v-it b ; a. -lien
JVornle- orobestrii.-,, '■:..''■.'.'■.■>■. ■'

-SlandanV'/T-nion daily b»s tied' up
^vith' t he A.lb.eiv'tlu'Ji.tre on o.xiilbltlng '
I'ootball llhixs ■ .(if local , s(<hpo1b6y
gariu>s:.playi>d hero. , .

1 . . ;n !<'■ 1 ) ( 1 1; I M.- -. liuffe r t, in i usi re:i ,
i l'Msv;krd .t'.iiniibi;s: of tivo Al O.

siiing
t'ieViVs

Hai-ry Langdori. -iS offering the,,
cbriieilv act he bsed in vaiidevili;.*
at the" Ca pitol • th is week. He . apr:
pears . sopal.l-ate; from - tlie regular,
stage pW?sontatiori,' and; ha.s' the iis-
.•^jstarioc: of M'iii' Marvin. .- . ; .. .

Irene iv<>-'>;ler, biuOs singer .anil,
dabghter. ' of Charley lCc>sHlor, ..caife
proprietor known to ; niost ^VisitinK
sluiw. folks,, opens; a ti.)ur - of Keith
iri-io 'at the. Qrlental this. -Nycek. , .■

::U!;.i: i)V...-^; the C)i;iental..restaiiralU.
below. the cafe,- . .. - ;;;. • . ■

We Serve Only What We
Know How id Make Best

bTameable .to^ racing of. linos in this too. . For- one- thing, the pit band • - ^ <i'- n,,o,>t.,i ...st.m.aiu

large hoiise, . whiclV mdde most of, ..how soiands. like; something. •
the talk uriintelligible;' - - Policy, bt- the J^0UH4 . is split ^^i

Ariibng the talking .turns Eddie ways a 'week, with continuous .pic-
^ Conrad and Marion Eddy .went best,, .(-ui-es. Wed neaday night seven and
arid .still. .di(ln!t got ;anV.eTicbre.. call, sometiriies .eight acts show. This
- Confaid unreel.s :nut comedy Avlt.h niglU is pbw' being booked; by Billy
. Hebe accent, .' and;. Miss .;Eddy is a 'uianipnd. - On • his : IVrst layout Dia^^
;■ better singtr' than the . aiit; .per'nitS mt,nd brought out several . good
• her to be; - lturn.s, while others were prospective.

■ Brown arid McGfaw with the Cot-. spaulciing:Br6s. opened with gym-
nastic and ecjtiilibrlstic. rpu.tines.gbr.
i-ng' into sbmei'.saults and winding u p.
with .'flying hand-to-hand : catches,
C5o6d execution, but. nothing out . of
the ordinary. Annette. Malbpn, col-
oratura soprano, impressively' Span- .

ish; offci'ed a nice appearance, but
not enough' experience. Voice has
quality, but : only iri . native . tongue
is it pronounced; For this side she
hee(j<3 -to brush up oh humbers..
. Lang and Ray : were, a male, com-:
edy team .•e'mpiloying ; mainly re-
hashed gags. . Cbmici - entei;s from
the audience :after. breaking aip , his
partnei-; L.attc'vV .iff- a gpofl straight
and ^ can sing. . :'L>ance ' Preoms,-
nash with five song-and -dance
femmes arid boy hoofer, may make
the gi-ade after it has played around
a, hit. It brings out a little Ingenue
who should be a picture. house natu-
ral. Cavanagh and Drexel, m.an-
and woman :-vyorking' in a domestic
skit -with six songs, Ip.pk okay.
Thome is an argument . over a pet
- pup.;, some .sriiart: lines put tins p.no

:-^itQhle;:xSchaetftr.;:OrcheSt^^
combo- of six boys and a swcet-lpok-

Srhwab ■& M.andol v'ill. premiere
'Follow Thru;" ' a.- inusicai coniedy,
rit the Ca.s.s thoa.t.re.,a>joiit tlie. middle
Of .i>eci*inlH'r; • After twp; :w(ieks it
will be moved to Ootham to sijcccod
^'Good Xo\vs."" ',-■ ..

■■;";;;■'.;..■• ■;.;.>Wh^r^"--'^>
All the Stars
Meet and Eat .v

Delicious and Wholesome

F:6^;aD;,;:;fv

171 No. Dearborn St.

CHICAGO, ILL.

!-Q i Preservtatip'n. Coat ymi^f.O^

.fe^'! 14 WEST LAKE ST CM I C A GO ILV '

!n ' EXCLUSIVE CPEMIONS

■ 1 ■- ■ ■■■ P R I fj G I PA L S ,>:..;^ ,\0:

' ; rORiALC • MAOE TO onOCH ■ FdR fiCNT-,

if

WANTED

SL'RKFIRB lJ\r(iIIINr* SKETOII
THREE PEOPLE
1 MAN, 2 WOMEN .

THORNTON FRIEL

658 Englewood Ave., Chicago, II

. After six weeks iri Minturn's Cen-
ti-al. '•Broadway" moved . this week
to the Ambassador, .'west, side stock
hbus(;; .. Central i.s playing : •'Uaby
Cyclone" for four weeks. l^iske
O'Hara following. - A. ^ -

Cindoreila., west; side ballroom,
opened last week, .exploited as the
ballroom, with . '^it." Louis Panico
and his ;0rchest.fa officiating. ^

Blaine Theatre Corp. is putting
;up !)00-s'6ator. picture lious<j at
South port, arid \Vaveland '.avenue,
called the New Blaine. Old house,
at; present on the site, will be razed,

Andi-eyev's "'Wiltz ojf. Dogs'V.fpi
nrst time iri' Chicago by Theatre
Club. . . - .:

, Annual convention of the Interna
■f.ibrial Skating. Union; .olperied here.
Saturday. Quite a .surprise to pco
pie who . didn't even know.^ . \ .

"Davy ■ Jones' Locker" did ncit
open Oct; 28 at Erl-ahger as., -sched-
uled,, with nothing immediately an-
riounced. Play, tried out in Pitts-
burgh last -vvcck. : . . ,:; -■

Albert' F. Brown, solo organist at
Granada since it bperied - twp yeai-f*
' ago, has renewed his :c6ntract..jCor
two years. • \. .

ing girl who sings and dances. >oys
try for comedy but f.all short, ^1 - .
though dispensing' ."onie really hot
music. Can be whipped into better
shape arid .cut down., Seydler .and
"Shelton; colored, finds Shelton still
doin? his Chink characteri:4fltions ;is;
when formerly;, p.art of Fiddler and
Shelton.. Good stuff. . • . .- . .
. . Six.; .Demons., are^ a .f«i^ {|
troupe. . Picture, . "Grain, pf ^.Pbf-t

(T-s). ,' . ■

: m i n t I'd' s h 1 1 wV 1 h 1 b.p Q.Viee n s C 0 un t y
Suprenie Ooiivt for v breaeh of - cori-^
' tracf , wa.s^ a.Nva:rded '.107.7.7;; after
a Rking for : $ 1 fi.OOa . 11 u fPer f ; .e.l:i Irn.ed '
il'ie a:u>biliil ..was duo hlni. at $Si5 a
Vv.eek for. -10 weeks, HulYert alleged
hi^ , WfKS discharged bri.Jtlve Piieriirig
(Liy after llie fii'at.perfprmnCncc.V.^^: ; ■

, . ITobk i n.son th e.atrc, pl.a yJ ng J'c^-lsh ■
.attractions in the Bi\0nw.3\Mlle sec-
tion,; reopened last week with *.*.For-
Parenf s'.; Sin.s," molbdrarna, featur-
ing L()iils -and. Fl<)rence: AVolss. ,

. ToehiVloolbf h.a^ cotiipU^ted , an-:
other . (Vroaf Event; .Series., "Tbe
Ari.st.<>.otat-,'.' ..\yilh PrLst-iUa, .Dean, ■ ,

rhanged title to. ^iilalf" An HDur'V
un .Tamos -M,. Barrii?'s taiker,: :.'The
"Doctor's SecrOt," Par. .

WJfieti in Chicago
Visit these Hits

Walldn- . H. Stew.irt , appointed
l)res,s agent of the U.. 'A., the.itre.

Gayety, former homo of Columbia
burlesiiiur, is .<Dric>j ri-ipre; to; .house I
burleK<['uei This time .iitock.". '

C.'ibarets in T>etrolt must abide by
the 2 a. rh; curfew law,, declared
Conimissiorier : of Police BUI . Uutr
ledge. as he »tartod a new e.ainpaign
against, wine, arid dine parlors.

Complimenting his wealthy friend
and pal,' Col. Walter S. Biittorflcldi
Governor P''red W. Green feQ\ia;ilv
wealthy) is buildJnp a 1.200^seat
house in 'his hom<j town, lojrvi.v, at a
cost of $125, .000. ..Copipleted .rioxt

April. • .;•; ";,... -'-^

■ Fi.shOr Brotliers,- who have beori
Startling Deli-oit with . thi?! way; lihey
have been throw'ing njon^y into new
building; plan to startle the actors.
, . Altbf)Ugh primarily a. picture the-
atre/: the backstage regions of the
new Fisher: is more completely
equipped than most legitimate thea-
tres. .■;..■• ',' ^ ',,;•:■,;

Instoad Of tho. URliiil row of .clQc-
triC' bulb.s around the mirrors tlxir.e
will be cbntrivances which will per-,
mit the- actors to s<?e their re flections
in the mirrora urider varlo\is <iolorf.-d
liphts, so they may jud^e then
m.ake-up under exact lighting conl-
tibhs on the stage. ;

H .SAM JI. >r.aitlnbcfl ;-^'oliinc8ildy Md;
. ARRIS . • Saturday ..

Arthur Hopkins Presents

nirort from rt Jottr*(» rnh In
N«>w York, <ho OMMit C!«)nic<I.v SpvcesB
Called "lit'KKlCSttrK," Willi :

Hal Ske^
Barbara Bt^iiM^^^

SELWYN :Ma.»,B.' Th'ifB. and^ .Sat.
SCUW AU anil M A.NDISi; '.nrlng. . Vbii ■
. TlIB NFAV COIil-EfJIATB ;

'^GGOp NEWS!*

■ ■■ '■ wiih. III! :; ■ ;.

\f,l.-A.MiC|tirAN TlRAM .OP ri.AyEBS

FORTY FLA rrER l-KKSIIIHS
.AMic I.XMA'N (IllniHeif). A IIIS OKGII:

MAT!?.
Wisn. arid :.SA,T,:

Belmont ; ;

Cprisidering .the two-^bi.t scale

. ivddlC Haiiley , replaced ' -'Mbse Lir-.e
as m; r..- at the;^ Parthenon, ..Jtam;.
mond, Ind.

^ - f^uit;- ag£iin.4t. Darling and Cl'jrk
Kcv-ue for GOmmis.^iori by.'lyou Gold-
berg; agent, 6onUnu(id to; Jan. 8. AcL
is' attemt)tiQg:tO prove an. avent .hns-
nb'..:right to: collect .eommislson on
dates .secu;red by the act dit^cct,

-. ^Vllli.am Morris' CblcfiKO. ofTic^i
P to rt s bo ok Ing- th e T i.\: ol i; G a r y , Ind..

:^;bv.;■8.; •.■;.■... .:."■•-:.

considering, the ^two-m....a^^^^^

Yl'i'' S fi^e IcS'^rS^^a UnhVrsal. visited tbo ',neal..x'-hang.
ning stage. .shoA\. nve acis . . ^^^ipg .moetintr;

rcaturc: picture- ..would .h'-^.^^- be
•pretty- bad to cause, a squawk. JIon
pf the n.atives blew in .bofo.re -the
scale, jumped tp. «.nts . W)th on y

scale jumped to- 40. cents, w)mj o.'u. - — ■
a - few of the reckless .dnfilng r-obbie. Pir-ni-

diu:ing;the,next half houn,^^^^ ■ ,. :

and held a sales meetintr;

fVillowlnp acts .b.avf; . Ix-f-n add'-d
'tn B&-J< -units' oritrinating at th"

-■ •• ■ (Mrjlliiio.,,

r;d.

. \:au(ie lln(;up.: : was >!<

Thelma He Lonzo Co.,. opening, is a

1244 N. DEARBOhN, CHICAGO. SUPERIOR 49aa .
Swimming Pool— Gymnasium— Rehearsal Hall

. Rates .Weekly l^^il^Zi'A

^ we pay your trans portation by taU from any «tatioD »n the city

i Brooke Johns w.iir syw . I*, ul
iAj=ii_»t 1bP OH'rital .V'AV 17. wh'-u

P.i'.ooklyh.

BROOKLYN^ N Y.

; ' By j6 abrAmson

Werba's Brooklyn>— "Uridressed

k'id." ;,..^ .; .". '■ : - ' ■ ■■

Majestic— "The Searlf;t Woman:"
Werba's Jamaica— "I'Vimily' Up-
Mairs." ;..

■; BbulevSrd^''Sb.'inkhal CK'stiu e;":

. . Fo*:-r."T)ie Air. CircuH-sl.age,. show.

'■. ;Gtrahcl '--'"Tbe. ToiTo.r.s.-" . . — '^

E. Aibce--"Thc; l\atriot'.'-vaude-. 1
LocW's Met-r-.".Two Lf>verH"-:vatiflo

~ QrpheUm- -"Alan-made Wo.man"-

V;rilf'le,. : ■■: ,• '

St. George -D'iuble f'Titurri. :
Mbmart-."The; ;Mystlc '.Mirror."
'Fulton— "I.ulu P.i lle" .^stoe.k).
May'fair—".ja/.z Singer" fstoek).
P ive;ra— "Sal urday's /'hi.ldren"

i f;i ();<:k ■ ■ ■ ■■ ' ■

Star- '"Fl-'ipP'T FollI".'!.". i'V^l^r)..;-
; ■ Gayety- ••i^'ll^■.s I'uh:<' fbur;.

■ Empire--"i'.arf; K;.els" .n)ur).
Casino . ■ "V:nii-Tea.'--er.H" :• ..fstock

I'liri.

A. 11. ivoonS'
ADELPHI

.. A, It. w'odoS'
"The TRIAL OF MARY BUG AN"

liy Itftyiiril VulUcr -
wllh ANN IIAUOISC ■
. niul Oriciniiil N«!W Vork C«Ht

irUDEBAKER Mat. Today

,\1 AUy . ItASII. • .Vlolti Ke.»nplc

NASH RATHBONE COOPER

' ; .IIISNKY ^ ^ ^ 'rKItf^JNANb .

STEPHENSON GOTTSCHALK

-AhKlHt<><l- hy-OrlKJiiul -tiiiit In .

tlio Coril'nenUil C(>m<>iJy Hcnmitloa

The Command to Love

CGRT. ../MATfi.' .WKD:.. ANO' .SAT.

A HIT

I.N
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WOODS KftturOay Only ;

l'h<» XrUiorTiil of M'jctf.-a <"ofTr«>uifla •
J'lilllu fS-'ocldi iri r/< ^<"iirK , .

EATON SHAW

«

THE 5 O'CLOCK GIRL'

. ■Wllh' ■

I'f.r' Ki T'-n , : !-'l.:i-.v * T.i-o

r.-i'-k ■■.S''rr''-..-n ...Ji;,ritiv. l>.vn.-

(;r viri.'il .V' W York, Cii.'U >uiH •I'ro.iui.l-.'.^a

li.'i ■ 1
h'-i'-

iN/.v^-nrber. ti^e ; "fvi.ri.d i-i' r nr.;. m
' liv ri.ri r;'ir:^:ir<- j,y'\fi<M f-r to ]']■•■•■
• ■n(,u--<- yinrr-.-.U r,x,r r>' i\ in '

C f il I) ni I 'i a ' ' 1; ^.rn • i r- i t 1 / '
hockrd into Cui^'-l Ar-;-'

-, .- . . . oj.'- n.

Other wa.? "Kinf,' of .Kirifr.-;.

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t'l-
i-.-. v': ,

• \V.il]!:.n, in.i t-irii'. m;.n. : "! 'i''
Orpbeum, (jm.'tl.a, i.« in M'-mphi.'

ii- lb; - V.-' ' i:. .\t \\'' ib'>'!* I!i-'''>1--
iVu "I'li'li ' I.'id," Wili/.irn Gi 1 v. '.'
'•'•rh'--.'! V. ritji-ns', ijii'i at ' - ^Viyr-'^ 't:
.i'-. 'i)ir.if: !■.■')•' -i' ri' )'j"'J';'i ^i'-''.''
\V<,i|i;it.. ' All ' a'is rlr' -r- ^].•'. in' i
-^i:-!;'- j--<:.i:I"^ ■V,'i,]i:':n,"- ir'a
' f''-''V •'r;<l Ti'-i'. a -tr'--

Av' W'Tbiii.s .n'-xt W' ek _"'ne'-
^^1(1)1 I >'r ' r!fi(fj' •■ in , arj'i 'I'.:
ir.lrii. - ill ■'•Hp ' f:. • 1. 'I' - ■ ' [O- .:
o.it at tb« Jionlev.iJ.'l, "Tb' Qi.. '■n '

.1 L LI NO I.S n^ . IK I •.•:.y
.^ I .It! r ;'f. V ri .1 I'. ";^'.:. M.'.n.

ZfK.FFLD KFHS/XTIONAI SUCCESS

RIO RITA

•. [.;.■ ,:.:.: ■> v.. .w,.. IM ZV./!'.ll . -
Tl. -L'r- S> li;T\., W il ..K'' -' '.'ill:.
I,". »-••: 'h-iry J. llAr.i) 1 Yinrriy-.

■ [•. rt W i-i.r - a \^ K.l- i'y

V • .-I •. ;■■ >r:ii,i> ■ .M 'fi" H .wic

It; .\!.iii:i,'T.iv\ .I{.\!-''.;h- r.>.\N< hi!!+ -18

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60

V A R IE TV

Wednesday, October 31, 192S

VARIETY'S
SAN FRANCISCO

^- OFFICE;-' -
WARFIELD BU ILDING
JACK EDVyARDSi in Charge

■ ■■■ Imperial
.' : Giiri;c;yt bill just ordihury, ' I'^llrst

. thr6e ;arts,. failed to: mousure up;, to
Levey .fstiiridard.. Fourtli and closiritj

■' turns mdi'itQd "m.ore . than paiising
ndtei .Badijf laid out bill, , due tp
two. sinj;lejj. .'and ihotlier . act work-
zing. iiV one.
.'•Ijorcni^pi • singer. . and •Whistler,

/opcned^lilcasing .YX>Jcie. jind
expertly but .weak .iinish. JPeude al-

. lotted to the .Lampliios, ma'ni and
woman in magic and Illusion. Sonie
comedy^ exposes, Man works with
decided foreign jvcceiit; Disappear-

, ing bit is crudely done, ' ;

. ;Minerva. l^Trekai . character conri-
edlonhe, has a plca-sing soprano but
her diaieit. didn't^ convince'. First
bright spot , was .LaBoheme Trl-j
Cniales)/ harmonists and instrumeri-
.ttijiists, Closing act was one of best
equilibrist turns seen ' in- months.
The Three Kays, two males and ii-
femme. are experts in their llrio.
Sehsatlpnal finish sent; them . of£ to
milch applause, ; Screen fe.T(;ure,
"Virgin- Lips" (Col). ■ ■ Edu-ariJs, ..

have tried to hold her hands and
pinch her arms.

. William Cour.tcnay, stfir of "The
tr'pidcr," how playlrig at ; Dehham
(stddk) will n,ext;rripvc tb: the .Kah
•sas City Orj)h6urn to head the com
pany ft>r two M'ccjks;; .RJ.lry Bolahd
slated to come here fpHowIhg
Courtenay, :

.Al PLaagen, . manager of the \Go1q-;
rad.p theatre which; w^nt .bankrupt
for nearly $i)00,opo several .Tveeks
ago,, lis understood ; to be plannirrg
court actioh.against majpr film prp-
<1 1. ci c orn pani es . . .H a age h .c ha rges;
he is being .■ discriminatod again.st
and eati't, buy plcturois. ; He: has
not'ovcn: bepri . successful in getting"-
tKe ..indict he .wants,: accprdihg. to
his -complaint.— ,

Mr; and Mrs. Day id ' Loe w .ii,rrlved
here' oh their trahscdrttlnont:! ! auto
trip -eh route to Los Angeles.

John .Dayis, .whosis "Coffee I)an''
cafes .here and in Los Angeles are
knowh; all overi .hasi , brought his
bride here, the former Ruby Adams,
.stage dancer, In 1925,^ while dancing
.oh thie. stage of thia ■ Strand here,
Miss Adams AVivs hit oh th© legs by
.a sandibag fining from the flies;
She received Injuries frbrii ' which
physicians said she.would 'never; re-
cover, Davis, paid ardeiit suit, de-
spite, the girl's injuries, ind. now, it
Is anhouriced there are- - hopes , shc^
Will again bo able.'to leave the wheel
chair, in which sh^ has lived since
that time, ; " - •' [ ■

. Pavl.f lsl one of the most popular
cafe operators on the; Coast.

.. Buddy Ma.son,. Hollywood - stiint
man, wa.s arre.sied and held/ feu-
several hours .'if ter. giving: dbWntoWn
n^dc.strians a thrill.: by ' riding a.
bicycle- around the lodgo.of- the Mor-.
rl.son hotel. Crowds tied up traf-
fic..'- ■

Gordon .Roberts, organist at the
Orpheiim, and Nina- Payhe, asisist-
aht organist at .the same house,
were: held , up by a masked bandit
while seated In an auto In front of
Miss Payne's :hom'e. , "The thug's
total haul was $4.50. •

VARIETY BUREAU V

WASHINGTON, p. C.

41(EI Thi Aroo'nii* V
t«29 - Columbia Roftd, N; W.
T*i«>ph6na Columbia 4630

By HARDlE MEAKIN

Bel aisco': CS hubert)-^Dark ; . VSoar-;
let \Voiman^!V^wk ■4; ■

N&tibhal (Erl-Rap)-— "Diracula." .

PoIi's 'XShubert)— Ethel.- . Barry^
mor<!i;' , ■ ■ '■•

GayetyW-Stock bur. .;•■.. : ;
. Strand— Mutual. biir.' . ' : :
[ 'Pictures ■

■Columbiai-r^'ITwo Lbvers.",

•Earie— "Terror." ' ^ ;..'
_ Fox— '■ ''Wom en." .
' " R'e Pffi's— V a gaflh n. - 4— — -.— ^.
.. Littie^.^Nature and Lbve,'.'
: Met-:-"Lilac 'Tlnie.'-';

Palacer-^"Take Me Honrie.?' V

Rialtb-T-"The.Whip.'? :

ira LaMatte . has resign^sd .at : the
Strand (Mutual bur)., Going to take
a Henry Duffy house In Calif. .-

'(Shannons of Broadway'.' for . Be-
lasco this: >yeek last minute, cahciel-
latloh with: hoiise dark. ;

Slba night club, formerly Gablrla,
In. thb North Beach district, re-
opened Oct, 27. Neil McNeil's band
is featured.

A street ballyhod is being used
to declare. the Embassy "Unfair'-' to
uhion .labpr, .On the -same banner
the Warfleldi' St. Fra-npls, California,
131 Caplian, vPantages and Granada
are advertised as being ''fair.*'-

Dlerpi accordlbnlstl relurhed Oct,
25 frOni; Australian : tour.

.Betty Miller, trteasurer at. the Oak
land Orpheiim,- recently hield up and
robbed of $300, received a note
threateriing her life If . she did. not
tiirh oyer $500 to .'a woman who was
to ni^et her at a designated; street
corner. The nianagement provided
:.her with a police escort.; She got
a lot of publicity in the dailies. . ,

eLEVELANp

; By GLENN Cv PULLEN ;

■ Hanna— -iBlossom Ti.ine'' (i^peat^ /

Ohio— "Interference." ;;

Little— Stock. \ ,

Gordon Sq.— Stock.

Alhambra— Stock. ,

Play House iKep}- ' Patriot" (2d
week). ' ■ " -

Colonial \ C^\iri?d )r^'"Simba'' (3d
week). ■ : V-

Still man (wired)— "'VViiigs" (:4 th
week). ■ .-v . '
, Allen (wired)— '•Wind,";
- Camop ■(Wired)^''Midhight .Taxi"
(2d week); -V-

Hip (wired)— "King of Kings."
. Palace— '^Mother Machree"7.vaude.

State (wired)— "First Kiss"-stage
unit. ■■ ■ V ', ":

Keith's 105th— ''River Pira:^^^^^
vaude. .. ■. . - ■ " ' ■

Columbia— Mutual bur.

■ Fox back again .with big flash
stag.e shbwSi- Eight acts this week;

' Aster is, latest of the yellow peril
restaLurahts ti3 get under .way here.
Emory DaUgherty and' his orchestra
in for dance music. :

. Park is the sixth Loew house in
town wired. .Granada i^ Locw's sole
major theatre not wired. ; "Beggars
of Life" (Par) starts sound at Park
tomorrow (Thursday). .

Regis Duddy, formerly of ; Keith's
Palace, appointed acting house man-
ager of Keith's Hippodrome. John
Royal, Keith rep, is still on the look-
out for a permanent managei";

SYRACUSE, N Y.

By CH ESTER B. BAHN

W ifet 1 hg— bark ; ndxt week, flrst
hialf, Mitzi in '*I>6vely Lady."

B. F. Keith's— yaiide. Alms.

Savoy — Torn Phillips Burleskers,
stobk; and films.

Strand— "Show Girl," ISrnie .Mills
Debs . (girl band) and Yitaphono
Movietone.. .....

: Empire— "Lonesome."

Loew's State-T-"The Woman Dls>
puted" and Movietone.

- Eckel— "The King of Kings."
Regent— "Street Angel.'- . .

- Harvard— -'The . Divine Woman"
and '*The Head Man."

Avon-^"The Enemy" and "Half a
Drlde." ■■■ ■ -^v;

Palace— r"Ro3e Marie." V

Rivoli— "iSon of the Golden West."

Brighton — Opens Friday ■ with
"The Joy Girl."

Robert B. Lochr, wealthy Ibcal
amusement park cphcessionalre,
must give up $300 a month tem-
porary alimohy to his AVife, as the
e^ult of a court ruling. Too many
other wonich was. the cbmplalnt
made by Mrs. Ruth B. Loehr, who
Is suing Lpehr for divorce and ali-
mony. Loehk" did not appear in
court to contest action. -

Velma LancoUr, head usher at
the T. & D., Oakland, has been
named in charge of service staff at
the new West Coast Oakland, which
got under way Oct. 27.

SEATTLE

By DAVE TREPP

Met-^" Appearances."
President — Stock.
Orpheum "Captain / Swagger"-
vaude.

Pantages— '"Jazz Mad"-vaudo.
■ Seattle — "i^etfxa.r.'j".-.st!iK(\ .fOiow.
Fifth Ave.— "Mother^iChbws Best. "
Music Box— "Singing Fool."
BJi.;e_Moucp--''Iiom''' Towners.''
Co ru m Bi a:^ 'Lardy- Ricf flTis:' ' ^

Winter Gardeh--''Warming Up."
Coliseum— ''Beau Broadway."

. Leo Ryan is now manager- of
Winter Garden.

"'. Bernard Hynes has left for the
Fox Poll circuit, under Herschel
Stuart. ■■ '■. . .

Leo LIndhard, of Duffy Players
stock at local President, has gone
to Duffy's "Vancouver company.
Howard Hull G Ibso.n comes to the
President. ." .-.

Lola Wolf ran, snake charmer with
a local carnival, drew 2 to 5 years
In. prison on forgery count. She. was
found guilty of forging a check for
$45 to buy clothes,'

DENVER

' Aladdin— "The Red Dance." .

America— "S.tate Street Sadlo."
_^_.Broad way— Dark, ^

C 0 1 o r a J^o— TT"oTmni(!5=Tyf =n=-Ru77Tre^
Denham— "The Spider" (stock)
Penver^"Woman Disputed."
Orpheum — "Danger Street" and

vaudc.

Rialto— "Wing.<>" (third week).
State — "Vamping- Vonu.S;"'
Victory— "Say It With Sables'
. (flrst half).

•Troubled by complaints of mash
era, Isis. theatre planted Police
,Woman JBdIth Barker In the house
for several days. She gfabhed Dr
LeRoy. R; Hafen, curator of the
state museum, after he is alleged to

New $125,000 - Ritz, Tiffin, O.,
turned over to Tifnn Ritz Theatre.
Co. by Daniel Kirwau- and Adarii J.
Ritzier, Lima> O., theatre owners.

A $150,000 theatre is to be built
PI qua, O., by T. C. Fulton- and
I. J. Collins. Proposed house leased
by Theodore .-Pekras, Columbus ex-
hibitor.

For a second consecutive week,
Albert P. Kaufman, Empire . man-
aging, director; has p. huge 16 by
16 feet banner strung, between the
theatre and .the opposite side of the
street. This ^ week's flaming red
cahvasa is devoted to "Lonesome;"
last : week, "Mother Knows .Best"
was adyiertlsed. '. The stunt, irici
deritally burned iip aevera/l of Kauf-
man's competitors who had previ-
ously been denied a niunicipal per-
mit fbr the same thing. Even Loew^is
was turned down.

. Photo phone Installation ^ at Frank
Sardlnb's Syracuse, first local house
to be equipped with the R, . C. vA.
synchrpnizatiOn device. Is to be
completed by Dec. 15. R. C. A. en-
gineers are here today for the final
aurvey of the theatre, 2,595 seats.

"Touchdown !" has been selected
as the release title for the scholas
tic football picture which the Cin
ema Critics' Club of this city Will
put Into production " this week. It Is

the. film fan organization's, secbnd
effort, and Is being ma^e in con-
junction with the Empire theatre,
Walter P. Mcintosh, vico principal
of North High, will direct, Football
aequences will be .shot during, the
NbrthrVocatibnal gfime oh Nov. 8.

. Syracuse's first de luxe neighbor-
hood, The Brighton, erected for the
Ullman interests of -Buffalo, bows
In with an invitation^ screening of
"The Joy Girl" on. Thursday night,
the public inaugural taking place
the following evening. , Charles
Gould ing. first managing director of
■the Ea.stmah; . Rochester, will direct
the house for thei Ullmahs...

Using 22 .ordiiiary : victor taik-i
machine records, . which cost the
house. $75. Lionel Wilcojc, assistant
manager of the Strand, turned "The
"gc^af let : Lady,''- Columbia :4)r<iduc-:
tioh, shown last week, ihtp a sound
film. The records were cued to the
pictuVei in some instances only brief
pasffages being used. One; projec-
tionist gave all his time to. the
double turnta;ble with which the
Vltaphohe apparatus was hooked
up. The brief interval as the
switch was: made from record to
record proved a problem, but WIl-
cok solved it by perfecting the "Mu-
sical fadeout arid fadein."

"The Woman Disputed," Norriia
Talmadge's picture which has a $5
top opening in New York, Is at
Loew's State this week at 50 cents.

INDIANAPOLIS

By EDWIN y. O'NEEL

Circle-^"Wlngs" (2d week). .
Indiana— "Docks o£ N. T." .
Aw>llo— "Fool" (4th week). ..
Palaice— "Woman Disputed,"
Mutual — Burlesque.
English's— "G. V. F." -' ...V^-

Cliarles R. Metzger, attorney, and
theatreowner, .wa'^ named business
manager of Theatre Owneirs of In-:
diana at annual- state convention.
Other officers: David B. Cbckrlll,;
Newcastle, pres.;; A. C. Zaring, In-;
'dianapblis, v-pres.; Gene Marks, In-
dianapolis, treas.-; Helen Brown,
secretary.

PORTLAND, ORE.

By JAMES T. WYATT

Portland— "River Pirate.'?

Bro.adway— "Lilac' Time.'*

Oriental — "Garden of Eden."

Pahtages-r— "Court Martial." .

Music; Bii)X^"Singing Fool" t2d
week), . ,
: Un iied Artists — "Battle of Sexes,"

Blue Mouse— "Caught in Fog."

Dufwin— Duffy stock./

Loii , Metzger, now general: man-
ager of Universal, ia recalled her©
as a boy and young mart. He- Is the
son fo Barnie. Metzger, Portland
business man and theatre, operator
in a small way; ; Lou started hlg
theatrical . career by ' helping . Ihla
falther in the operation of a small
second -run ; house call<?d .the New
Grand. . "' > •■'

West Coast Theatres put over big
publicity stunt with a star identi-
fication contest, running four reels
of stars— one a week for-,four weeks.
Tife-up with local, paper.

Pprtlarid theatre launched a riew'
publicity idea with Greater Stage
Week. Manager Floyd Maxwell- pro-
nounced it highly successful. Port-
land has a ne-w stage band, styled
"Portland Revelers," with Don Wll-
kins f^nialning -as leader and m. c.

: Heillg, closed since August, short- :
iy reopens w^ith vaudeville .at 85c.
M. Geller and W. W. -Ely operators.
Booked from Sah Francisco, . prob-
ably in conjunction vvith Ackerman
& Harris/' ' /

Margaret Hudspeth, asst. sec. of
A.. T. O. of Ind., married to : Oliver
C. Mills, Indianapolis

John A. Henman, P.' C. Baker,
Johh Burgess, Charles M. Taylor
and Clarence Walker selected . for
thte "Mary Ann" cast at ' Purdue
University, Fafayettc. Indianapolis
students. \

Antoinette Boots, mUsicial c6med>'
actress, will nriaVry Gib.bey Welch,
former . .Pehn.syivanla . Unlyer.sity
football star. Miss Boots is of Ne^v
Albany, Ind.

Margaret Kunkle, 25, dancer, and
Kd F. Galllgan, Rlalto' manager, ar-
rested on public Indecency charges
by Police Chief Claude M. Worley.
Worley ordered -the lid on midnight
burlesque shows. .

NEW ENGLAND

The Strand, 'Wiiliniahtlc; , Conn.,
vaudfilih, has been, sbld to M; W.
Sperry, of Hartford. K. W. Tjffltt
has been retained as resident man-
ager. .■

Strand (Fox-Poli), Waterbury^
Conn., added sound plCitures last
week.

TOROf4TO

By GORDON SINCLAIR
Royal Alexandra— "Trial of Mary
Dugin." . ,

Princess— rDark.

Erhpire — "Abie'ia : Irish .. Rose"
(Kepple stock 2d week).

Victbria—''G6od -Morning, Dearie'*
(Cook musical stock).

Regeht-T-"Carry ; On, Sergeant'V
(Canadian Film).' .

H ip--:-''Devil. Dahcer,"-vaude. ,• .

Pantages — ''The Crash" -vaude.
: Loew'8T^!'Nap.pleon''-vaude. • •

Tivoli — "Street Angel," fourth
week.

: Uptown— "Revenge" -stage show. ,
Rurinyilriede-TT-''Tempest''.- vaude;

'. Palace— "l*atrIot"-yaude. v
Bloor— "Oh Kay"-vaudei

British plays in stock, are being
featured by George Keppiie at the
Empire. "Pickwick": and "The
Prime Minister" were outstanding.

Concert season opened strong
here with . Bosa Ponselle, but fell
off With Sophie Braslau. ..

Toronto would ' not stand stock
at $1.50 a,nd Charles Emmerson
(jooke, -who came from Montreal
just to give Famous. Players a ten-
ant in .the Victoria, has cut his
price to $1.

City has approved plans In part
for the New Famous Players house '
to be put up on- the matin stem
here. Will be the largest and most
up-tQ-datie flicker palace in Can-
ada, seating over 4,000. So far not
named. .

Organists at the Capitol and Met-
ropolitan, Winnii>eg, have been ad-
vised they are out of work after
wiring is completed. . The Garrlck
has done away with its entire band.

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lajmdry, shoes, etc;y are isent out^

Neairest Hotel to Downtown Theatres Q

The Morrison stands closer thin any other hotel to theatres, stories and railrbkd
statiohsV Yet, at this central location, rooms are rented for $8.50 to $5 that would
cost $5 to $8 in any other leading hotel. Store sub-rentals here are so val\iable
that they pay dZZ the ground rent, and the saving is passed on to the guests.

The Terrace Garden anc! Boston Oyster House

At these two famous restaurants^ the intimate, cairefree atnvosphere Has wort
iiiternational celebrity. In the Terrace Garden the light, vivacious dance music
and sparkling eritertairiments haye made it a favorite rendezvous for limcliv dinner
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Tfcf NewMprriMoh, whmrt completed, Will be the /orfMt,
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KANisAS CITY^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

By WILL R. HUGHES
. Shubert— Vgileht Hovtse." \ : .

Loew's' Midland---V-Woinen v Tliey
talk About."

Mainstreet— yaiidfilm.

Royal— "MeloUy Love." ,

Newman-T^'-Singihs Fool.''

Pantages^ — yaiidfilm. .

Orpheum— S.t&ck. \

Globe— Pictures.

Uptown-— Pictures-.stage show, ~.

Gayety— Mutual bur; ;

Orpheum opened ..its stock Mon-
day With "Baby Cyclone." . Ober-
felder-Ketcham Corporation oper-
ating. Cast : Clifford Dunston, Hal
Thompson, Edgar Hennessey, Jaiiieis
Scott; Guy. Kibbe;, Harvey Stephens,
Russell Hardie, Phoebe James, Bies-
,sie Farrell, Olive Meghan. Dickson
Morgan prod ycer,

MONTREAL

By C. W. L.

: Palace— "Sunrise" (Fox), wired.
Capitol— "Revenge" (U. A.).
Loew's— -"The cameraman" M-G-
■ ¥) . •

Imperial— Vaude. '
■t""Princess="PjrfJ§ Bmiml;''"^

His Majesty^6^4th' we6.k - Frencn
M&ys, :•

Orpheum— Stock. '
Gayety— Mutual.

its existence up to last July, when
it cut them out, figuring that the
Children's Act of this province, bar-
ring youngsters under . 16 entirely
fronrj movie performances, would
give it the monopoly of the children
business.. But the Children's Act is
shelved, and the Imperial is being
rapidly left in this. cold..

George Rbtsky, mdriager of the-
Palace, addressed the Advertising
Club .of Montreal on talking pictures
at a. luncheon. He .said it ha;d cost
$100,000 to wire the Palace, but it
had paid. . :

, Will Osbonie aind .his ^Ianhatters
have signed a contract as dance
orchestra w'itH the Ritz-Cai'lton
Hotel here following. Andy Tipaldi
and his Melody Kings, at. that hotel
for four years. Latter has gone to
Arcadia ballroom, cabaret.

OMAHA, NEB.

By ARCHIE J; BALEY

Tod Emerson, formerly of the Se-
attle and Portland theatres, has be-
come pnblicity director for the
Kivicra (publlx). .

The Imperial, two-a-day Keith
house, will reinstall its screen next
, Suriday ^ and cut down the yaudo
acts, . "VVhether the house will also,
cut down its prices from .$1.50. top
has not yet been announced. The
Palace , (talkers) has . 75-cent top.
The. Imperial had always run pic-
tures for the 10 .yearfl or more of

WANTED

■ For twenty-four, week's for Frolics,-

. America's , nnest night : club, Mlatril Ile-
■ jues, (lancing tiBam."?, hafiiiony Blnffors,
, Pjue Rtnper.i, acrobatic danr.e.ra, choruH

. Jirls that do epecldltles, bands of high
recognition that can play for rdvue nnd
oancing revue' Jiroducer that' -works in

■ A'l'lreHS all Communlfntrona to

•P^rollcs ,CIub, Miami, Florida, P, O. - .Box
«62.. Send photo and lowesrt. . salary.

- fl6rftr 6neeFany'=MiirTni°'l3OTTkf--^^^'^'=-^=

A, H. Blank has announced that

in s"imi fn-nifri ix^xtiaitd^

rhodcled next spring. Rialtq, onr(
ihc local ace lious'e, .has fallen be •
liind dPS])ite early, wiring.

■ aWo- I.Tolflsbcrg,. once nn u.^her at
tlifi Rivjora, ..owaPKist.iiit manager
pf the Des Moines theatre, . Der
MOineis. '

nasha, the' twin cities of this state.
Theatre is the first : f a chain of
small-town houses to .be opened in
opposition to Fox and Universal,
reports have; It; ; .'

Riverside (Kelib) has raised its'
•Saturday-Sunday prices .from.. 50
to ,6'0: cents.;',/ ■ ■ ■ ;

Buddy Hashman^ who last year
ran his b-ivn tab, has joined the
Chavie.s TxiFord troupe no.w playing,
in the Fox neighborhoods.

iroiis and dlamage are closing
their stock burlesque trbupe at the-
Empress Nov. 2. Henry Golden-
berg, house o.wnier, Is said .to have
made FlrrangementH to' run the the-
atre on his own ■with a riew troupe.

CINCINNATI

By JOE KOLLING

Shubert— "The Desert Song."
Taft— Stuart Walker stock. > ,
Cox— National Players stock.'
Albee— "Moi-ari of MaTlnes"-yaude.
Palace— ^'Haunted Hbuse"-vaude.
Empress— Mutual biirlesqiife.
Capitol— "Singing Fool." wired.
Keith's— "King of , . Kings". (2'»
week), wired.

-ty r i c— 'ADocks- ot-New yorlc''^^.^^
wof'k). » '■■ ' ■. . . ■

Strand — "Kit CarSon.

lOyeb'rowK nnd
LnNhvn DBrUened
Pcrniitncntly

f^nloiin darkcni them dermancntly with one
•gplloautm. Bapy . to tpply— hnnnlf ™. . (Jn-
"ected by, .waahlnn, cre:im«, pcraiilrDll"n
2^ Eyol.pnwf and Inilics shfipcd and dnrh-
W ennnrti at. our ihopo, 50c. . Box of
coioura wiih - infinialona. 11.25 ooeipald

L**'^"'*. tS W. 38th 9(. ft 34 W. 46«h St.. N. Y.

■ .Orpheum - has about, turiied .Intr
a movie' house. During the \pasl
few weeks ^rotl'o piotiir.os havA been
.fidv<»}'tisod .as 'program features
B.ottor pic.t.i.i PC'S, ought . to help. . .

^^^^^^^^^ 1^

• fiesN Pabst— ^'Merchant . of . Ven-
ice" (CJcorge . Arliss):

.Garrick— Gorman, stock and con-
certs.' .

Erripress-^Stock burlpf-tiue.

Gayety— Mutu.al burlfsfiue. .

Alhambra— ."l.'ncle 'Tom's Cabin
.(2rt weok-soundV. ■ , ^ . • ..- ;
. Garden— "Siniging Fool' .: (4th
weok-Kound). ,'- .

Merrill— "Loves of an Artross," ■
. Palace— '.'Thru the Brr-akcrs -
vnude. '

Riverside — Vaufle. .
Strand — "Wings'; ■ Cl'} .week-..

sound). . ., / .,'

W i.s.co hsi n— ">I«.?.-.Gangst <t" (souna

and stage show).

Mllwankoe Interests arc - said to
have taken ovor a nf>\v lions-o now
under construction at N.ecnah-Me-

Gayety— -French . . Models" . (Mu-
tual burlesque)!

.■; MihniBsota—"The Inlying iCircus."
Publix unit. ;

Stiile--"l'.eggars of. Life." ..
Strand-^"l'hc Weddins March.''
Lyric— '^\l()rah. of the Ma;rines," .
Grand^"Lilac T.inie." Second loop
run.;.,

.^'i,ulu : lielie" ia . the fir.st Bain -
bridge Playci-.s' offering to be held
over a second; -week at the Sliu.bert
in .t-yvo iseasons. , ■ ■■ ' : ■.

New Nbkorh',s the.'ttrOi iari Up-
towa hou.se, was openod last week
by P;, &■ R. It: will have four, changes
of bill, a week.'. ■

Erlaiiger-Grand dirk . this >'eek
after three weeks of capacity busi-
ness with twice dally screenings of
"Wings" at $1.5Q top. v ;.;- '- ■

'TJav:Paree,''featuriiig Chic -.Sale,
a good, dra-w- at. Shubci't- last, week;

$.3 t6p.'.';.' '. ? ' ' ..'

First annual Girotto indoor elrn.'s
Will be : staged- at the .■Mu.slc Ilalj
wcck pf Nov. 19.', ; ' . .-

. W'all;r.r .rr)mpany. presenting '"Th--:
First Y'vir" with Elizabeth Tnylor,
MiiriM kirk1a:nd, ' Harry Kllorbc,
I^arrv Fletcher, Aldrich' Bowkor.
Ja.fk" S.torf^y and I-Uchcl Sewall in

principal-parts:. ':: ... ' . • - ,,
: N\'it'ional . Players doing "Spooks-

this \vr-.-.-k. ' . " '■

MINNEAPOLIS

Provlncetown Players cpme, to
the Carrickv erstwhile 'movie, hou.so,
in "In Abriaham's Bo.so.m," Nov. 4-7.
Mr.s, nloanor -Poehlor, Ibcal Ini'prc-
sario, Is apoh.sOring the rngagemoht.

LOUISVILLE:

■■'■.* • -

Br.owrt— '•WiiiKs'; (road show).
Rialto— " Moran of Marines^ "-

vaiidc.

Gayety-^Mutual bur.

Strand— "i^inging Fopl," wirC.d.:

L o e w's —" Woman , Dlsimlod,"

wired. ■

-vM ary - n d cjison. — !'.iS.b P W. _ .Gitl^j
wired. . ■ ■ ■

A l a m b ---"Plastered : vin - Paris,'
wlri'd. . '/'.■ ' • ■ ' ■■' ' ■
: Majestic-ri"Thc AVliiip." .. - :

WainCit-^Tabloids. . ■: '.

B'WAY'S TANGOES

(Continiicd ifrdm plage ^

alone . has / iio . self -respfect. They '
even .get in on reduced prlcei?; : lit
they .want .to Idanpe, why doji't they .
get a job boi-c arid earn thoir Uv-
Ing? All they .ai'e iopking for are

dates.''; ' ' V/-' ,

sister felt etquelched.; but hiinar
around iiKloning; . to.i the hpstes.sos.'.
They danf:c evofy night from eight
to one and when, thciv haven't rriade .
enough: money they como ,b?lck ^ In
the afternoon. ; "

. When si.stcr went - downstairs
again a portly gont . accostpd her.
■'A buyer at last," fihe breathed, "or
at least a sollor."

But he *v/as just a fresh egg, and'
hp aeonicd ..:tP see a, wild . Variety
gloam In sistor's eye* for he .said to
her,. ".Si.vy, • Ilabo, ypu dpn't belpjig
in thif»: tea joint. • Let's igp Bonio
j)lacP where -vv'c cin really be cosy,
iand get a shputful;"- . .

;Wlic;rcupon .sister relucta,ntly gave
up her qucstr? ar^d haatcricd to
-^aricty's-'protoc't-infe- Rdr|La^ -■- -^-rA-

Lfhr - and :\ta?6n . Players hnv ■
!ig;i in ch.'mged.. p.ol.ioy. !s;6w .show -
irig- piftiiro;; willi." L'ibs and:'i.Miiinii);;
(•Ojitiriuously from i; to H ,p. ..m;. .' '

Mctropolitanr-"Vagaho.nd King*
(jf( 2^^-31 ; George ArliSs, "Mcr-.
rli.'int v,r Venire," Nov. 1-3. . . ■- . \

Shubert-'-"Lii;lu Belle" ■ ni.'i.In.-
bfi-l:.'<; dramatic' •tock). ; • S'-cond

Hcnnepin-prpheum— "Tf-nth Ave-.
niif" and vaudp. ■: „

P.aritages— "Street ' Of .. Illusion

" ^Palace -'"The Poor Nut" (MoOal'l-
Brid;rf- tab).

.TImmIe JoS:.. and Victor prcho.lsti'M.
op('nV-d an:lndi;f]iiiit.o f-ngagfmpn.t al;
Ouv Brown .Ifolcl '•Inst'-.'wijck, .Th(-.\
f-arrif from'. ?i.T'.i:raii('baf'3,> I'lotrd, K?) n-
s-ns .f'ity; and go to; William Bonn
I'iltsl.'Urgli. " ■■ - /v^ . .

Sparta I'rodiiGtinns. ; vvlll mak^ a
;''-iauro ' at th*:' .C'Viad wick- siiidio,
Jlarry Jiin'^luiV't:, dji-f^'ctiiig. ' CaKt;i|i-
'•iiid'.'S Noi'-rnani 'J'rovpr, . Flun-hf.e
Allen, . Al..'!.^ ; .i)f'rriPti:l, '.Fpr.<lin:)nil
.Sf.'huinanii-.i^'''inK .arid Franois l-'prd.

rolumbia .Playfrs. op<-'nf»d thr-r
s r^r I S . ti w I Hi " 1 1 f': ■ Pa t Sy '.' (;)c t . . 2 !i I
liio (Juiiirnl/ia ih^-atro. ■

. Fr,'i.ril:/ f 'ra vn d ii'f> . hero,: Nov. 1 ;.'
at 11:0 : i.!r',wn in ."Tiie -Niri"i '-fni h
I r(jl''.-" '. f or' thf'ro .dri .s-r, .''.( tre'r-n wifi-
.Vili.-if,"' Folli'.s" 'w^-iil compl('.t<! llj'
;W'f-k, ' .;; . :. . . :-

W. rt. Stioehan,- Fox, Will riot -.seMd
.lanb Shrn-c .'to ' N(Hy York for I'lay
.rri.'il crial,. Slie. stays here to vr.n-
par.e sct iiyt's for. Mf>v,lotone.. ' ■
' Frank Capra, to direct ■"11i:r7;5'jW-
. ori Fish,'- (Jol.7 . ■•...:'.

. Ca.-^t f"r QiJ.'ilily-.s ■ ".TazxlanO,"
■\''<.f,-i Jir-yrioldsi .Jiry.'int Waslifdiri).
I.Forr'-;tt ,<-*.! ;rt)l',y. <'arr:»'.ll Nye, ViV-
I I'.'nia li"'* fVii-iiln. I"lor' nr':r... Tiirri'T;
I. Viflft'P'ifd. Bou .'^hort, 'Carl Stn''!:'-
I r]n\f' and K4-,<;r-f,'il. Dallas Fitzfrer-
Lid di'rf-fts;

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Wednesday, October 31» 1928

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Profeasionalt hdva the fr«« un of Variety't
Loa Angeles Office for information. tAail'
may be addreeted care Variety, Loew'e State
Bidg^ Suite 1221o22, Loa Anoeles^ It wijl be;
held aubjeet. to call or forwardedi or advert
tised in Variety's Letter Liat.

Pantages . ''
'■S\': ':^ (yjired) , - ;
■ ^Vhen..dlif^ \V.ob.ster -ami liis bby.si'
. in. the pit conclvKled ; th«ir ..pictai-o'^
th6nie '.sonsT, ''Al'y . S\veethif;ti'rt" (Avith
'fait .cif ''Jcaiiine'' i:i'drii.:'*iiilac Ttme"
thrown iii), ' the ■ placards on the
proscen.iuiri broadcas t to . the well -
filled houise, thal^ thp. .'iFaritasy. He-
vue" \vri!5, about to open ' the .show..
•.. Four., little gifls-, • dressed . ■ and;
traihGd' .weir arid father ploaiiing to
• vviatch ; two young men who^ cavort
afbund ■waving huge paper macshe
■ swords in . tiriie with •thp; niusic,; and,
. boys-ra male ...toe . dancer! . •. ■
- Sylvia ttarmo.n/ featured, exposed
.a: neiit Section of a cUte torso iii her
adagiQ bits -iyith the afotementibried
rh. t, d., arid went over as the hit;
Three remaining. girls, .w.brking Til-
ler style, showed .signs of plenty of
hard, industrious .t»'ainirig.\ and re.-,
hearsing. Five changes of costume
added to their,,, enchantment. .The
two lads did little but dress the
stage, but the thirxi bby— oh! how
that ;i,4ddie: w.ork'ed! • He opened, as
the, other .half : of Sylvia'^ Vadagio,
dashed to; the pit to/ conduct the
boys : thrbugh . Sylyia'a second nurri-
ber,. and then caught: up, his skirts
and ru.sh(?d back \qt the; wings and
prettily entered for his bwn'toe spe-
cialty.-.' ;■-.;■,•;■■■■■•.' ';■;". •;•;;" .•':';'

Scott Brotiiers and Vernon 'deuced
and gbt , aw-ay big. Their' slapstick
patter and dusty routine were put
.oyer pleasin&ly :.arid scof ed! A .bit
Irt . "two,!j , with a;-;, si^eakeasy ; Jjaf ,
gave Ve.i\hon ah ., JopijortUnity ' ifbr
some-. Iriie drunk .sturi.', - arid; he did'
y^eli with it. ... Gib's e with -a musical,
string tno; arid, stole two.-. bows. . .. ■

Valencia Tipica Orchestra, :'15-;
piece string outfit, closed. Conduct-
ed by Miguel .de. Ijeon, the Mexican
string snappci'.s' started' to reel out
"sonie' ■great; miist<;.i^^ itight. In tK.-?
middle, hb\yevef;. one. of the musi-
cians- dr?igged a- hug:e gourd .from

beneath '■ .his . cluiir . -and b.egan
scratching.-.'its co.rriig.ate.d '.surface
with nn ivory . toothpick. . . lie kept
time to the music Avi.th this raspy
;'"sriuash,!' and from that moment,
until the .curtain fell the rasp, con-
tinued, drowning; oiit the really .eri-.
joyable music oft'lie zithers, guitars;
etc..".: ;■. , : ■ , ■ ,.. .'.. ^ •..;•■..
: .Mexico iElndo Trio, with the or-
chestra, ■ consisted; of three Mex jfrau -
leiris, . .Avho did 'some ybdellngl -in
their; native lingo. Good, For .a
nifty, snappy close, :.out, . of their
three lily \vhite • throats came a
Mexican yerision- of"Valfericia," t)ie
old reiiaitle, but no one in the house'
seemed to recognize it. .It' wasn't
until ; the prchestra . stopped ^ for a
patter that the house realized it had
heard this nUmbei: before; Word
quickly spread /around the atidiencc
that.- "Valencia" was. being sung—
and the man with the gourd kept on
scratciiing. - "'. - '• " •' ■--

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Orpheum ^ v^' -

■ Mild eritertainriveht; with a couple
of acts outstanding enough to make
them corispicuoiis.' Lou Hoi tz, hold-
over, again topped, and dfe.sierved to,
as his stuff went o.ver .Avith ■ more'
wallop than any- other turn on the
lineup. . '•' V ■;■;..■:.;■ . .■

-George Wong and. CO., six Chinese,
three ciite femmes, op.cn ed' s1ib\y; In
acrobatic juggling; .'that deserved .a
better, .spot. David Kayo and Jeff
Sayre; in' deuce did some good hof-
ing, but hit .-wais' a , Scotch terrier,
just above toy size, which danced
nhd did .sOmC: high jumping;;

Robert Emmett Kcane and Clairo
Whitney followed in a now sketch,
"Room ,909.". It maihtainod - their
X'op. .Went over well.
. Manny .Bes.'ier and Doi'othy, Bal-
four in; "Cigars vs, Cigrtrcttes"
show-ed Besser in; best of knock-
about comic form. Balfour Just a
.fill-in. feeder, but satisfactory.. ,
- .Cecil Lean .and Gleo Mayiiold had
No. 5; just ahead of the newsreel
Intermission, and did, their ."usual:
stiiff. ; Their .rapid-fire patter stuff,
the same, they've :b''?eri... using for a
long, time, as good as ever and went
as big. They also did a. millinery
shop stunt that had everything ex-
cept a good tag. but lack of this
gave it a 'flat fade'oiit. .Lean's bur-
lesnue of Roxy at the rnicrophone- is
okay for .New York, but it itieh.nt
nothing but here, where most of tlie
customers : ■ ha;Ven't even hedrd ; of
the name. . .

Ruth Biidd. aerial,. was. in the de-
.sirablp' No. 6 spot, ft'-.s hard to fig-
ure just;why. ■ : " ■. ■ ■./' .;

Shut was. a fairly good hbofing
turn. Marlon Wllklns, Jack. Dor
mondo and ,the Harris twins.

The JkTason. dark for weeks, ro'
opens' late In November with "Rose-
Marie," return.

; Joseph F. Poland's contract with
T'niversal as ; supervising scenario
editor expires Nov. 18. Poland will
become a freie lance writer, .

Don Alvarrido, contract player for
r. A., returned to the studio aftor
A three weeks' illness.

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opera tibn. to remedy .a nose ailiiient.

TUmi ^Vilson; will m.ake five inelo-
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lie, .(listribnled ^by Trinity- Pictures.

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directorial aid .to ;C. B. De Rlille,
will direct anbtlier western with
Tim McCoy, while valtiiig for De
MiUe. to get started op his first pic-
ture for M. G. M.

: Waii^ce Beery, screen actof, will
make a ten . Weeka^ ;K.eith-Orp)ieuni
tour in a sketch version of "The
Bad Mari,'': following the conripletlon
of; his current picture for Para-
mount, !"rong Wari," .

Florence Eldrige will play the wife
and Mitchell Harris the husband in
Edward Everett Horton's production
of '.'Her Cardboard Lover." .Will
succeed "On Approval," current ait
the Vine Street. . -. .

"The Wooden Kimono," at the
President (Duffy) will close a ten-
week - run Nov. 3, .. "Nightstick",
opens following day. ■ '

, Paramount renewed its options oii
four cbhtract. people, Jack Luden,
actor; Ethel Doherty, Louise Long,
writers, arid George Marion title
writer. ■.-;.■ : '• . • '

W. .S, Van Dyke find . cbmp^^ of
plaiyers enroute to Honolula; where'
they will film the exteriors for "The
Pagan" starring .Ratiibn Nbvarro for

M. G. M. ■. \-<

"So This Is London" will follow
"The Shannons", at -thfe- El, Cflpltan
(Duffy), ' Hollywood. / No opening
date set. ' .' . / V- - •

, Creighfoh Hale . will start a tour
of. the • Pantages vaude circuit In
iS'byi..^ 'Jack'.Carlyl^. Agri(?s Dctro' rind
Ednii; Marion, ;in suppprti /

. .Agnes Ayres i.s rehearsing a van de
sketch, "Desert Passion," Nicholas
Caruso is opposite. -u.. ■

; ; Dr. Hugo, Rieserifeld hats arrived
Cronri New York and ih' permanent
quarters <at United Artists; ; >.
. He will be chief b production 6t\
sound «nd ■ synchro'nizitibn; His
first subject is Grifiith's '.'Ma;squcr^
ade." ■■■ :;.'-;,;

Clarence Ralston, actor-prodiicer,
brother of Eisther - Ralston, screen
actress, hias- started a new stock at
the Navajo, . Burbahk; . Howard
Ralston, another brother, operates .a
i-otary. stock, playing s;ix southern
California towns., .

Nancy. Drexel will be featured by
Fox in i"The Great White; North,"
originan by >PJiilip Klein and Freder-
ick Hazlctt Brennon. Charles Kleic
directs.

Promoters of a Turtle Race, to be
staged at the Olympic Auditorium
Oct.; ;24 to. .2.7 inclusive, are solicit-:
ing a number of picture names to
sponsor the turtle entries.. ,

Barrett Kiesling,: who returned to
the C. B. DeMille fold as press
agent, has been assigned 'to Pete
Smith's publicity department, rit
M-G-M.- Besides doing the DeMille
propaganda, .. Kiesling: will also
handle two other units.

When Stanley Smith, now in "The
Royal Family" in San Francisco,
returns to Los Angeles with the
show for its opening at the Beiasco
Theatre Oct. 29, he will take up his'
<:ontract. wifi ;Pathe.

West Coast reopened Belrribnt Oct.
!7. 25c grind.

weeks' engagement '.at thie Capitol
Oct. 30, presenting as it last drama,.
"Virginity," written, by .J;ose Gou
Burgcll, manager of the company.
For the next two months, the com-
pany ■^^111 make a tour of Southern
California towns containing a con-
siderable percentage of Mexican
population.; Follbw.ing this, Fabre-
gas. will, return to Mexico City to
settle her affairs there and then
com© iback; to. Los, Angeles to os-
tablish permanent headquartei-s for
the Spa,nish Theatre circuit she is
organizing. ;>;

"The Lady Niext Door" will be the
next ; at the' Hollywood ' Playhouse
(Duffy), succeeding "The Best Peo-
ple," current. No opening date set

Edward W. Rowland, legit pro-
ducer, ha.s secured the coast rights
to "Little Orchid ; Annie," by Had -
ley Waters, and expects to stage It
about Jan. 1. [

Louis Aubert, producei" and ex-
hibitor of Paris, is. visiting ;Lb3 An,-
geles. He accompanied Maurice
Chevalier across the ocean, lea,vlng
iiim in New York. . \ . ' '; ;

Harper; Mitchell, fbrmerly • cbri-
nected;.with tl»e;irving .Yates hoolc^^^^
ing office of New York, is here to
establish a booking office of hl.s
own. ■; /.'

VTh©;wblve.<3," frbh>; the. French of
Romoin Rolland, had its. American
premiere at the Pasadena Com-
munity Playhouse, Oct. 30, with '.a
cast of 43, : all male. No fenimc
character's. . Coinpahy^ hedded ' by
John ;punCOn, Cyril .• Arnibrustor,
Wiiliam Earle; Joseph Sauers, ' Je-
rome Coray. and William Northrup.
Piece will riin until Nov. 10,

;. Theatre Treasurers' Club w ill hold
its' • second annual hiidnight revue
at the Biltmore Nov.. 3. Harry Holt
is. in charge. ' Felix Young; Larry
Ceb^ilbs, Sid Grauman and James
3. McKoWen are, staging the show.

' . Prince . and Princess Matchabelli
of Georgia are in Los Angelas for
four weeks. The prlnbess was for-
merly Maria Carmi. actress, of lta;ly.
She appeared in New York as the
Madonna in "The Miracle."'

• Uptown and! the Figueroa, West
Coast film houses, . weekly - changes,
went into split .Vveek policy Oct: 26
Shows will change each Friday and
Monday; .Both houses are striaght
film and wired.

Hal Roach's "Our Gang" comedy
troupe returned . to the coast frori;
a. yaude engagement and started
to work on. their first "Our Gang"
comedy with dialog and sound ef-
fects. ■ . •; •: ■ ■ . "

' Otto BrOWer and players left for
Win.slow,; Arison?i. for the exterior>-
for "Sunsef Pass," Par.

; ' Practically all the employees of
the ;Paramo.unt studios are .partlci-
pating.in one or ni.b're of the various
; sport tournaments now being spon-
sored by the studio. List of tourna-
.ments ; include handball, archerv
pistol shooting, tennis, golf, and
hockey.. •

Morris office bbbk;cd Gebrgie Raff,
The Rangers and the Pearl Twins
r6rH-he-nex-tifnitod--ArUstsU.Tlle;it;rf!.
I'.rolog;. to ; accompany' screen, featur'j
of "The .A Nvakening^" .starring. Vilma
TJanky. , ., .

Harry ;Gray, one of the few ex-
cblored slave.s .of the pre-Civil Wa"
ncriocV, siirn'ed by M-.G-M for "JJ,;i !-
.lolujnh." . Gi-ay is an associate edi -
tor. for, .Arh.s-te):dam : News, coloror
nowspape;r of Now York City;

. Fox. will not. have a monopoly ijf
tallcing p,hristmas shbrts,' as Tdm
Tcrriss is to write, direct and, sfai't
for ;t:.hivorsal Iri ''Scrooge,-' Dickono"
liQlidhy; classic. '.Terris's .h'ft.s\.don'o
the ; same story in vaudeville.

• - Los Saylov, former Century obni-
cdy player; has;'lcft screen work to
return' to his old vaude actV doing
acrobatic turn. -. .

A. IT. Van Bviren, Broadway ..^t,i.i;e.
director, luus arrived here to diroi'i
siuind pictures for Fox. ■

Rnvciina Theatre, at- Vermont
nivir lloverly boulevard, will be ;trri\
first, hnuso to be "Nvircd for Dristyilv
plumo; Floor plans already, have
'fi'iine. frirwjird and equipniont-is. iie-
uvj; awaited..

Change .lii .rotttlng Fanchon .a'tid
^^arco pr.e.<?onfntionsj jnaking Salem
Oregon, Tuesday and ■ Wedfiosdav
'^aoh w.ppk ; following run at Cri-
terion, Medford, Oregon, startinr>

Oct; 30, •■ - ■ ;■:

■ Do.n . Alvarndn,. one, of the man>.
Spani;^h load .<icrccn actors 'in. .Hoi ^
lywood will ■not' :Ivave h'i.s - eontrac!
with fnilcd Ai-tis.ts i-ciVowed' Jan!
1. Alvaradn.'s . last anh'-'nr''''nce in .•>
V. A: i')irt'|[iro .wa.'; in "n.nttle of tlu
Soxes." dircr-tcdviiy n; W. Griffllh.
Tie was later loaned out. to Co-
lumbia. -■ '

• ndw-ard- 'PlVMnnn win.'diroct
I^-trir.ain in tho Kremlin" for .1
vvrspi from nin.tr^Vzinc st orv' bv

iii-

Philip Gilibs. j; Grubb Alr,x;uJdc!r
wrote continuity. Joseph Schild-
kraut starred.

■ ; Because It .conflicted with a prior
claim, "The Love Sorig.'VD. w. Grif-
fith's last* has been changed to
"Masquerade." ; .; .

^ will King will make his third
tour heading a Fanchon .and Marco
unit for W.est Coast circuit in two
years, starting at Loew's State, Los
Angeles,- Nov. 16. He will , have a
company of six principals and 12
in the chorus.

Florence yidbr has sold her Hol-
lywood home to Mr. and Mrs. John
Mopk Saunders (Fay Wray). MI.S3
yidbr has bought a- coloni^^l home
m Beverly Hills,

ROCHESTER, N. Y.

By E. H. GOODING •
Lyceum— Theatre Guild repertory.
Temple— "Yellow" (stock).
Rpchestep-7^''Fa!!il" (sound) -vaude;
: Eastman:-r-"Wings" . (pbp) ('2d'
week). -■-;; .';

Fiay's:VV'SihgIng Fool" /(sound)- (2d
week)i ■■> ■ .

Regent— "Forgotten Faces," ^ '
; Piccadllly-i-:-"Eare Knees."
Victoria-r-Stock bur; '
Gayety— Stock buri ■ ':*.;;'

, Louis Calhern, pereni.ally popular
here ih stbck, arrived; to play load
in "Yellow" at; the; Tiample. ; Said
his wife;, former Julia .lioyt; -wHs
moving: from one nine -roorii ' iapart-r
nient to aiidth'et', so.- he ducked. May
play h^re two .Oiv three. wccMi.s; ; Says.-
he expects to appear bri : T !; biul way
this season in a ; show called "The-
Queen of . Sheba." '

Both Eastman and Fay's held over
Lheir pictures due .to' ',ie>«tr;> business.-
"Singing Fool'* is- beatin.i^ "Tlw Jazz
Sinrer" at Fay's. Probably will
stay a third week. • .- '.

A Theatre Guild company is play-
ing here for the first time week of

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.i;i; ip 1-V'irtl(<tt is ill at tho TIi.iiv-
•u'liiul liu'.«pitai; Ilollywood. '

. n;irilnor ;Tame3, .screen act -ii-;
n iiirni d to. hjs h'omn from tlu- ilf l-
!.ywin)il lios.pital, where lie w.i.s ;<•-;
• ■'"•rilly >ipi>rated. upon' for aiM>i-::<ri-.
'.•itles.

FANCHON and MARCO COSTUME GO.

Specialize in creating the most attractive costumes for chorus and
ensemble groups in. stage presentations and tabloid 'entertainment., JMY
are ysed exclusively by the foremost producers in America. They, are
.mags to. order and can, either be purchased or loaned to responsible
producers for sm^'peTToTmafic^^ .

FANCHON and MARCO COSTUME CO.

643; So. Olive Street LOS ANGELES, CALIF^

Tho Tiri;Inia Fabre.i;as f^p.'iiil.-;-,
Jl>>lii.<nory Company cl(\«od ati I'iulu

M. ;]t£[aE-]SLEM^

• ■ ; i N S T 1 T V T 1 O N I N T E R N A T I O N ALE , ;

^ Shoes for the S^a^ md Street

SiroVFOLK'S SHOESHOP- 1552 BROADWAY

Wednesday, October 31, 1928

V A R I E T Y

ALL NEWLY QECORATED
$ 8 and Up Single
$12 and Op Double

Hb»- and Cold Water and
Telephone In Each B^pm

102 WEST 44th STREET :
NEW YORK CITY

; i»l>oiie: URtJVNl 1228^2*

HOTEL lUlFON

. . (In the; Henri ai Ne» forliJ..

4 9 ahd Up Single ;
$14 and Up Double

' Shower Baths. Hot and Cold
Water and Telepnone .

' . Eloetrtc FuD lii eiicli rtwm

264-268 WEST 46th STREET

NEW YORK CITY ;

riione: l>u«;*'**^'"""** •'".''.O'V
Qpposiie N V. A.

LORRAINE

SINGLE ROOM BATH, ft.OO CP
OOUBI;B ROOM. BATH WLOU AND $21.00 WBEKLl^
UoVttl-E WirilOl T IIATU. $14:00 WBEKXX
LEON ARIX HICKS rresldent : .'

GRANT

SI.VULE ROOM WITHOII OATH $r«5 AM) $1.50 IMCU DAI
SlN(il.K KO.OM. UATII ii.W VVM DAY
UOl nut ROOM WlTIIOrr BATH. »H.0(| I'KH WKKK

i)orBLi< ROU1U H II u UATU »n.ao aNu $2i;00 w KiiKi.r

NEW HOTEL

100 Rooms
: 100 Showere'.
:qhd Tubs
double Rooms
$3— $4— $5
" Sinfli* Rooms •
$2.50 and $3.00

HOTEL KILKEARY, Pittsburgh

PITTSBURGH'S HOTEL FOR THE PROFESSION
Conveniently Lociated Withih Five Minutes of All :

DOWNTOWN THEATRES
Ahnouncihg the Opisning of Nevv Restaurant and Coffee Shop

:■. THE -FAYETTE ::. J.::...: ■

In Connection with the Hotel—Something Difterent. Qpod Food, Reasonable Prices

Absolutely
Fireproof: :
Artistic Steel
Furnitur-e
. vProprietor. :

NINTH ST and
PENN AVE.

j/ Fv KILKEARY

A REAL HOWE FOR THE PROFESSION

104 W. 49th St., New York ,G»ty-4)wher8hip Management

Lairee . Roums
Running Water
Newly Decorated

.00

Imniuealiitely Cle»n $|
CoiirtopiiN Ti'putmcnt .
a day Newly rurnlsliod ^

and up Spyciiil Weekly RatM

.50

a dJ^y
and up

Dbnble Room . '

tor !2, Bath
:• and Shower--

Phone: LONCAjTHE «806

p 139 W. 45th Str^

3— Just Bast ot Broadway — =

. — -' Oiinmlcrcly - rcnioiVi loil— pvciythliiB-

— ■ nf- ■ I lift bcstc-Slnimoiis (unilturo

■ — (Ititaiitvrost niRllresscs), liot .aiirl

— told.. -wiittT, ■ tclfphoni's. . sliOwcrB, -

— -• $12 for Shifrle Room.

. — - -f ' !iil3-$l7 for Double Room:

■ ■ !|tl«{-$18-$20 foi- Doiihle Room

. 1~] • ■ (with Private Bath) . ,.

~~ ■ ■ - - Summer. Concessions

— • Ti.i.. It II... '4vi»..V hotel :-for 0>t> •
• 3^^^ prnf ceslori^ln ■ tho heart, of . the

■ ilieatrlcar soition'

— . . PhoneB. Brs'an* 0573-4-6 -• - —

HOTEL ELK

205 West 53rd Street

Just. East of Broadway .
Running Water— Telephone in Every
Rborh— Bath Adjacent
Mo«1el Day and JilBht Service ,
Weekly, »9, . $1U. tlli with* private
batV $12, »14. $15
Transients $1.^0 up

Tel. ClRcle 0210 - -

COMPI.H I I'. FOR IIOl SEIvliKI'lNG

325 West 43rd Street

C^ib.' P^ SCHNEIDER i'rbp

FURNISHED
APARTMENTS

. CLEAN AND AIR*.

NEW YORK CITY

Private Bath. 3-4 Roonis

t'.iUcriiiR to the ebinfbrt . and -: convenience -ot '
the profession. - « •

ST?;.AM IIKAl AND EI.ICCTRIC LIGHT- - - - $15.00 OP

LOU HOLTZ'S

LETTERS

When Sendlns f«r KaO t* -
TARIBTY. addreu MaU ClMik.

rOSTCARDS, ADVKHTIBIMO «J

BR ADVURTISED -

XBTTERB ADVERTISED A
ONE 186UK ONLT .

241 WEST 430 STREET, NEW YORK CITY i
■- ■ - ■pHONE;.LACKAWA?iNA'7740 ; ... r/, 1

RATES llEDtCED One and ThriBe RoomSr Bath/ Kitchen^ ,

■ Cpmpletely Furnished^^^;; ; V

I n the Heart ef times Square ;

$15.00 UP

For, iTwo Peraohs

WEiTE. PHONE OR W IRE FOg BESE B VATION

600 HOUSEKEEPING APARTMENTS

LANDSEER APtS.

2-15 • West 5ist Street
: CoUmibu.* 8950 ■ .

IRVINGTQN HALL

. ^.S.'iT) \VoPt -'ist S^trpot
. ■ Columluis i.Si'iO -

BENDOR COURT

343 West 65th ' Street
. Columbvis 606C . .

HENRI COURT

. : 3)2 West -iStl) Street .
:3830 bcMiRacro ' \

HILDONA COyRT

•. : .141-317 WosC 46tl1i Street. 3560 Loiigarre' . \,- . ' "'
\ -2-3-4-rcom a part mo ins, Each apartment, wltli-pi^ivate bath,- pliotie,

. kllcl)ir>n. kilclienelte.
: $15.00 UP WEEKLY— $70.00 UP MONTHLY
The largest iiuiintainer of housekeeping furnished apa rtnicii ts d Iroctly
undf r the isiipt'ryision of- the owner.. Located ■ In the centtr of the
. theatriciit) district All fireproof buildings. ■

. ' Address all cdtnmunlcatione to

CHARLES TENENBAVM

Pi-iivcipal .OfTice : Landaiier Apts., ! 245 West 5 ist Street, ' New York
: .' Apitrtments can be seen evenings^ Oince in e.ach building. :
. Will Lease by the Week Month or .Year — Farniithed' or .Unfurnl^^^^^^

800 Eighth Ave. (49th St)

CHICKERINC 8550
2-3 RooiiiH. Bath and Kitchenette.
Accommodate S-5 PerHons. J-'^'^VW^
Hotel Service. Attractively l-urnlshed
L'nder New Manatcement
REDUCED RENTALS

(Contlniied fronri page 43)

BoDnott 'I>ura

Carusa Enrico Jr
('onboy Kelcey
Cunnlnglia-m Xi\\\y

'Dr'Go|-.)n;n»rt Diego

EtatLs Evelyn

Cucdr .iJlllan
(J onion Mr & Mr.s

JerroUl Billy Co
Joycij Uobort ■

. Klnt' Ooliy .

T.ee E J

Martin Ited
McAlplne N'Uza

^H IC AGO

Mi-i'nl)C K
McClibncy ■..Owen
JK'CjUirV John S
-Miller IJob
Miti^hell Fr.TnK
Monblian Will ■

Xolson Ed •

Oliver Cone
Orjno Norma .

Hodrigucz J

i-Swor M;il)'?lle

Trury hoy J

.•Belle- 4, Coaves '
Drunnles Mer'rclt '
Buclvley . Jiick •
.Biirltc Minnie

. rhn.se UlUy
Clifton Herbert
Clinton IJorothy
Conloy Harry

Dconzo- Wrh ' .

Do.wney -Esthnr
■ I5oylo-. Jiriiniy : .

Uuhcari SI.*! .
' DuI'drit.'^ The
- Dye nuth

ISrncr & Fi.Mher '
. :Er.shon .laolc .
Evan.s. Alvin - ■

. Plel.d.<? Miarlel •
.f oley Thomas .
Ford. Wall io
Forsyth. & Kelly
Po.«ler & Itlfiilo .
>'rohman Uorr
.I'^uUer & JowV-ll

f'ib.sofl A- Hotly v
. iilfforil \in\
■■^<Jllh';rt Hcrt ■ . ■' '"

^T.-jiuniona A I

"(•rtz rilliah ■-.
Hill .lii-itv
noKan & Stanley-
"ow'.ird May .
Howard .Myrtle

^nrhan -Wai-ron
. 'rvlnK Koae
Iversen Fritzle

Kehoe Miss
Klriff Catherine
KniBht Krank

lAMare Jackie
lAnge Howard
J>auren tt LaDare

Va(?(jt; Miio
Welch n
Whlto Terry
Wirili Frank - l="m'ly
IQEHICJE - _ ^ „Ji
Line Irvlrig.
:l:.ester H & <?;.. .

Mack: Granvlllb
Mack Harvey
MarHliall OeorBe
Martin Freddie ' '
May Janet
McCarthy. rF/ink
.Mighon Hplene .
Miller Bob lH'kface
Moore Al & Band . .
MorWno & .Maria
Muriel & FUhcr .

Owen Xiick':

F.Tilmor ITarry •:.
Volvjlla T .<J
l>n\vell Albert Sr
Purccjl Clias ■
i'ymm Fred & • V'ey

Randall Sllldred '
nankin Hilly.:
Ilogors & King
Hoi^cra Jack
rlo(.'cr.">. Wil.son'
Home A Diinn .
JloslLt MUo
Itii'ti-Hirom -John
Ilyah Bud"Oy ■ .

•Sandlin NoU.-
-•••^ ■'ihr a.''.'— -Jp^ '-raXV^j--^:,

i^cott IsobSI

rtheriiian, i<i Wiill;vo

Shfi'iiian Frank .

.Sliunalona Chlof

Sl(?(,'le

.•^mock Hoy ■
.mcinbf'ok 'Bruno
.Stpveri.s Go
.'Sylvester & Vance

TyreH K*n

White May belle
White Pierre
Wright Geo M
Wynn Roy
Tounser Jack

ANN ARMOR, M'lL

'MlcliliJiVn.

;at halt
ljlbb.v Dancers .
lilliy Hallen ' .
(One to nil)
. --ad half (8-10)
(:i,ira Howard.
(Two to fill) . .
BTUC C;'K. MICH.
IHJou,
, 1st half (4-7)
Rooneys

beagon * Canna fix
iliinjoland

2d half (8-10)
c:has Hll-1
13,^11 Bros
Don I.oe .V: I.onlse
BAY tilTV, MICH.
RcKcnt
1st halt (4-7) .
MidK'ill'and
FriHh Hector & T .:
Ch.TS Aldvu'h-
: 2d ha'f (.8-10)
.Xlie Roonoys
TT)llF^.»mi*m " ./
■nee nay. GoAan
B'T'N II'H'R, MCII.
IJUcrty
2d half (8-10) .
Midi?fttland .
Honey. Hoys . . . ,'
(One to fill.)
FLINT, MICH.

Ciipitol
'1st -halt: I--1-.7) ,
Tiebor'H Seals '
B F .t MiirphV: Br »
Flo Myerx.' Uirl.H
2d half (8-10)
The Briants :
(Tvi'6 to nil) ,

K'L*MV.OO. MICH.
Stale

1st h.llf (4-7)
;ira Howard.,
('rtlleano' Family
(Oho to fl.lD-

2d half (8-10) ■
Hewlit &■ Hall
(Two to fill)
LANSINO, MICH.

. Strrind
■ ■ 1st half (1-7) ^
Rodfo Boys
Paul UeiniiK Co.
Bronscn & Rpnee
2d half (8-10)
Newhoff & Ph"lps
Cnllrano Family
(One to All). . „

owas,so, MICH.

Capitol :■ : .
. 2d h. 'lit (S-10)..
TIfbor'.s Sea.ls
Fri.«h .nertor & T
('has Aldrleh
rONTIAC, MICH.

■ Sliite .
:^-^ st--ha-l£i-(^4^"0— -
Ball llrofi. ■
(T%v6- to 111))
•: 2d half (S-10)..
Rodeo 'V.oya . . ..
Paul ■ nemus -Co
Uronsi^n ' Hcnef . f <>
KAOINAW. MICH.

Te'inple
isi half '4-7) . .,
I,\lca.«. <t -Lillian .
c'haHHin ■ ■
Bee- & Hay Oonian

-'2d half. (S-lO'i
h F & Muriihy Bi-H
Flo Myer.'!" . (llrls;
1 One- 10 ,1111)'

THE DUPLEX

HOUSEKEEPING FURNISHED
APARTMENTS

330 West 43rd Street, New York
Longacre 718 J

Three and four rooms • with bath, .
complete kitchen. Modern tn every
. particular. • ;. Will, accomnnodate four
. .'or nriore adults.

■ $12,041 UP- WEEKLi-:;-

Wher

m

MONTREAL. Canada

Mal<e Your. Home at the

2d half (8-11).
Jerome & Evelyn ,
.-Vmerlcano .■
-AlH-y Usher -
:(Thrce, to .fill) ■>
PATERSON. N. J.
. ReRcnt

Isf half (5-7)

"Tail Ling Slnp &
Keno Sl Green .
Amateur- Klght.
(Two. to fill) .

2d half (8-11)
bljile 4
Hal Nei'mah :.
(Three to nil)

Fox M

BRIDGEPORT
Palace (20)
Paris Creation?
Mario &' Lazarcn' .
Avon Cotncdy '4
(Two to fill) -■ '
PbU

2d half (-1-1) -
Earl. Hampton Go
t'ole & Snyder
Modern Cind(;rella
(Two tO: fill)
lIAilTtORD
tIapUol (20)
Tr.'icey & Hay.
Hpaiy & Cross
carl Freed Oreli.

Palace
2d: iiiof . (1-4) .
nj'l;n>i: llooneys.
W.-i rsh~/f"Clfff k~"~
Ralph Whilch'd CO

Margie. CoaicH
(One- to nil)
KEW HAVEN
PaliK'c (20)
Juv C; :I' l.p);<'n Co

8PBiN<;.riBLi)

Pulaco
■ 2d half (1-41
Al Cordon's bogs
Jim Barton
(Thr<;c to fill)
WATERJICRY
Palace . (2«) '
Oscar Lorraine
Hont>r"able Mr Wu
Kidding Cinderclla-
(Two to fill):.
WOIM'KSTER
Palace (28)
Truce & Boreo -
McLellan & Karah .
-R— r.-t8lcT7i-icn"-8--M 1 n H
(Two to fill) .

APARTMENT HOTEL
Drumihond Street

Sperikl wvlekly ratea to the profeHMioii
RcMtatirunt in . connection - .

ROOM AND BATH
TWO PERSONS

Granada. : ■

(JuA. ■ lioihbardo Bd'.

Green. Mill .
Tiny li- I^eonard
Adele Walker ^
.Lillian 'Ua r'nes-
Mary .'.stono
Noel ft Judith .
Buddy Flslier. Bd

Kol.ly'A HtHblcK
J.olmiiy Dortd -Bd.

.Ori««n('iil-I)iivi«<
Al Hnndler - .

B Ev'en.v :
■Soi: AVn(>n<>r lid .

: l.ldo .
Tex- MorrlH'-y
Hank . . • - -
ilyrlle .I..;jTi,'-ing -
Gladys ' .M It z

-Kh,y bavidsoh.
Joo . Allen ' ::■

TerruCe -.Giirtlcne . ■

Olive O'Neill

(iiih C. Eiiw.'irds.B.d

' 'TiirlilHli Village,

Al :Cault

Jai k ll.'iiiilllon: - '.
liilei'h 'J'ann(»r
.MarKii- Il.vnn
j'-'reiidie .laniH Bd

Viiiilty Falr-
I.<arry Viln-ent
Gi.'ntj I'.ill
Dijily .'^i.i-i-I.ln
Jc/hii.son SiH
Jane .McA Mister
I'atsy SiiydiT. •
Ki'llli • HofM'hf.T

Dd

E

rrv

WASHINGTON, D. C.

Astor. .
bouKh'-rty (Jri')i
Chiinlcclcr.
Waiter. Kolk
M'<-yer , Davis. On-h

nub Mudrillon
J O'Donn'-M Orc'h

(.>r

LolUM

Hijcni.slcin

.SfVVilIMM'

Al Kfitu Oryii ,

Wutiirt Orch
Wardmiin I'lirk

Don fii Jerry
M'-yer Da vitj .Or»-h

I Stanley

1

BAYONNKi N. I.
.Opera Hoiise
Ist half (0-7)

T.ij'cal Follies

(Otbors- to fill)
2d- half (8-11)

Brown ft T.a.vell"

T^icril" Fotire.f

1 Three to fill)

ELI/ABFmi, N. .1.

iHt half- (5: 7 J
.Mice Morley -
Amifi-i'uno
Buck & Bubbles .
tlasa Sr. Lehn
I>5nd(in Palace Co
2d half (8-10) .
fShurr Boy.s
Thomas Johnson
Freda & Palace
Glhba Sis
(One to fill)
HAOK'NB'CK, K. i.
L^rlc
m half (S-7)
Ainerican Comedy I

i?r;>wn & T.ri(velle
I Tlir(-e to (ill)
IIOI'.OKKN. X. J,
»«• ralnec
:.st half (6-7) -
Aur,"<. ltf::ide
Fr' ilii K: .Palace
-Diir.fe I'arade
(T-.\<' tit 'ill)
:■ 2d ha:f fK-ll'

1 u,K Baker Co -
• Ttiri'" to; nit I.
JKR.'iEY CITY

t'entnil.
1 »;t h;i .f ( j-7 I
lljdK.n Wondcr.fi
fUih'''rB to nil J

P.\SSAIC, N. J.
. Montauk
lat half (5-7)
Shurr Boys
Thoniafl. &. Johnson
Haynea L * Kaleer
Olbtifl Sla
(One to fill)

Cabarets

NEW YORK

Chatenu Madrid

Harold: ■ LeohaTd Or
Jack.. White'
ij-rancOH. Shelley :
Alicfi Bouldch. .

<iub liamey :
Walter O K eete
Hale Byers Orch .

Club iJdo
Ro.sita & Ramon
H. llo.<<cnthal Orch
dub Rlclimun
ITarrv llichinan .
Francis Wllllarnp
A'ron.';ori"s Com'dfTS

rrlvollty .
S T c; Bey .,
T'/7i(-' 'Tlhiothy Bd.
Hotel Anibti«iuid<»r
ya.-.ht Clu.b Hays
V.'tri Der ZahOch Or
Hotel ItlUmore .
.s'orthway & Chlh-!-.
•uniinlnH. .<>r . ■ :
.Mlntdor
Kdith .Sheldon .
,1 t. M Jenhingi-
llee Jaekpon

Evi'lyn . Warlih " '
Vniie. .Sis . '
Arthur Gurdonl -
Meyer iJaVi.s Orch
Oakland'*! Terrucf ,
Will Oakland '
.Landau's Bd
Pftrk Ontral II«I«-I
<Mirf .(/Roilrke
'rtie <".-»rlt6n.<f'
Rulh Wllliariis'
Ben ~ I'oMai-.k . Or .

Hllver- SlipjKT
N T G Rov
Lfislle ."^lor^y
Frances Mild»'rn -.
Jiriir.-ry- Carr .f>r

Kt. R4-gI» Hotel
Vincent Loiir-z < 'r :
Fowlf-r Tan.:ir;,

vanity nub

Al Woli.inan

Evan B I'on.liiirj':.
' AJJ.cf^Jxtp ^.1 •-
Tt H n n^~TTiTl

Ethel Allif .

Herri, cc Boberu-.

Jeanne Ged'lo- y

BROADWAY BIZ OFF

. ( Con t in Uf-d. f rojn pa u^c OO)

the- Prr-Jrsf^V -:$(f;5t).0,.-^ai).d ■ ih<^; -ilcW:
•trailinpr. . .: -. -/-...••-'■-.-'. ^' :
$1 3,000 To $47,000 .--
.'\'^h(nv B<.at'V at,- $47,0.00. is .still -tho
mu.^ical lc;a.:der', ".S(;andais" claiijntid
i^niOOO; - ."Thr»'f! Cliocr8." -over $40;^
0.0.0; '-'The-. Nf w ' Moon," : -$40,000;
'" Vu'njTi»-.K;"-' • 000;.: •' ''Tlir('C..:'Miislif^;-
t <!< TS, ■ '■•'. i?A ,000; ■ '• I t-ol d - -'Kyfryt hi n^,' '
or -'.'^hinf-;'". .$:i.'),.00O;

00

<V.£EK

HOTEL AMERICA

149 West 47th St., New Ybrk City
/ Bryant 7690

J{<).v;' aj)(] '"Inline";
.$2O,.600:. 'i'l.llaf^kbirdH,''
-a-I>ai.^y;'.' iitKlc-r $20,-^
■ lyilai^s,'.'- . Iiljout the
My : lic'firl."' Jl.'j.OOO;
ilfi.Oi'jO: .'•Jus;? a- .M.iti-

%2HM<):, "Hain
.s.amr- . for- "Hip

"(iOOd -XOSVK,"

$1.0,500; '.'it-rts
000: -' "\Sh\\f
.'•aiii(. : - '-'( 'i'>>>~y-
"Va,(;k( (■ ';irl,"

•itK" ■:$.:i;^'0O. . ■ ■ ■ ■ -

'"ivh/ivr iliv <;r",''il", ('i>i'i'<-d at thr
Ijy.f-"iirij s U(lflcnl.\ lii.'- t- Hat urda y a ml
hoi-j.'^i- iV (J;i).k; -"TIK' Coiuruand I'cr-
! foi-rri.'if.i'-';'' lil:'-\v-if-''.' ' .('i'OM'd at tlic
TClaw.''' \\ liiVfi; ■ ■irfits' ■ ''troMiV-'I" .ri'-xC
, ^\•'-^k ; "-'J'll<■• .('orriJiiOTi Hin" is !^;l:ltc(l
' lo .f;li)^'- at tVi»'- J-'orrc-.'^t Mil.-- \\■(<<■^^

I w it )) iio
('r.iinir/iii

iji. -'(-'.<> 'ir
- :J.'lav<-(J.'

.ri;i rji''d :
i.-^ fi«!t<d

CHICAGO

Alabam
Dale Dyer
ollie Bugbee
Dottle I>ale
Ze'ma Jenaen
Willie Tyler Bd
BIa«khawli
CoeD-BaMdara Bd.

< ollegf) Inn
na.y Miller Bd
Blew Bl-(jwe)-H
- Golden I^imphin
Al Reynolds
Baby Pelra

f'Valle Nam
1 Bad Boys

' Thclma Terry Ud

VViifii

(jlJI

tin- - t J<il-t ii'k. " Wliir-h- AVill </)'li--|- "A'

.Man Wii.h il<<'d Hair" ^\<^x< W'-k :
■ A(ldit.i(;nal' opf'jiinK,'-' for tliC' 'j(>ni-
i.Inf.; Wf'.ok an- 'TJ-j is V <■,•■; of Or.-xi-'-."'
, .^f'lwyn: "Trfavur" (-;iri," Alvin;,
'"Thf Y«llow Jackt't" (revival) at tlie
lOoHurn rforrnWrb'- Iialy's 63i'd Sl ).
land "An Kiif rny. of tf.f 1''''.>I>I«' ;
; w-liU.h will t'o into 'h'- I lamp'-lf n,

thl8 houKO •iJolnfr dark tliifj \veek
thr.oiif;h the sudden clp.slhg: of
■Lib'ht of A'sia'V^last .Satin-day.
Those Incf'eaising tfuya
. Kum bor- of at,'on.f -y iaiy .s J u n) ped to -
31, the highest totjil so . far -.this au-
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I'ross" (481h St.), "AniiiiaT. C.'rack-
or.s" (44th St.). •\Slraiiih.t ThroXigh
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Itoad" (Fulton). "Thr(M>. Clu'ors'V.
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Wednesday, October 31, 1928

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1580 BROADWAY

(With Men's Department)

A New Shop, 30 West ^7th Street
St. Rtgu Shop,- Fifth Avenui at }3th St^
409 Madison Avenue, at Forty-eighth St.
Waldo rf: Astorta, 54th St. and Fifth Avenue

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